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SilverMoonLady
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Uhm, well, I tried to extricate the rules from reading the yahoo group, and I thought I read something about, "let's just do things written since summer 2005, just so we get some new stuff and not always the same ones over and over"... But I'd rather be wrong about this particular detail!  There are plenty of fics from earlier that I haven't yet managed to nom at those few awards I've participated in, either due to rules or my own procrastination and failure.
Was quite set for a few NC17 noms to MEFA till I found out it only went to R.
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Alassante
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:58 am Post subject: |
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Sil, maybe you could nominate it and just put a note on there that you weren't sure about it because of the date. That way you can get it nomniated if its allowed and if there is a problem, they can let you know.
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SilverMoonLady
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:10 am Post subject: |
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Excellent idea!!
*runs off to do just that*
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:13 am Post subject: |
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| the hard-working Alassante wrote: | | Sil, maybe you could nominate it and just put a note on there that you weren't sure about it because of the date. That way you can get it nomniated if its allowed and if there is a problem, they can let you know. |
Yeah! Yeah! Maybe you could do that! 
Thanks for the pimp, Sil; You know that was the first piece of LOTR fic I started to write (though not the first finished/posted) and still one of my sentimental favorites. And, there is the sex ...  |
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SilverMoonLady
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Honey, quality speaks for itself, only not always in a voice loud enough to be heard amid the roar and rumble of the vapid.... I'm glad to be able to point people to a fic I never get tired of reading!
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Rhapsody
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| Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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| NancyBrooke wrote: | | the hard-working Alassante wrote: | | Sil, maybe you could nominate it and just put a note on there that you weren't sure about it because of the date. That way you can get it nomniated if its allowed and if there is a problem, they can let you know. |
Yeah! Yeah! Maybe you could do that!
Thanks for the pimp, Sil; You know that was the first piece of LOTR fic I started to write (though not the first finished/posted) and still one of my sentimental favorites. And, there is the sex ... |
And now she is telling me this! I haven't had the time to nominate more stories Hope to catch up this weekend. Gonna celebrate the marvellous news of my kid first
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ghettoelleth
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Seriously  and for that I apologize.
Wow Sil, thanks for the pimp on Nancy's fic. Had it not been mentioned here, I may not have forced myself to take the time to read and review it. Nancy is probably one of the best narrative writers I have ever read, bar none, (including classics like Steinbeck who makes we want to spoon my eyes out with his excessiveness and Hemmingway, with his egomaniacal voluptuousness. Seriously, if she wanted to, Nancy could be braggin' about her professional career as a writer and then people would be licking her boot heels to get the links to her fanfic stuff. Dayum, Nancy, can I borrow a hundy? lol.
Seriously Duchess, you are a wonderful writer. You know, this brings me to a question I pondered today, and sorry Al, I will mention the MPA's at the end of this. I'd love to see you, just as a hoot, write something that is strictly dialogue. I would love to see if your dialogue is as majestic as your prose.
That said, Go MPA's 
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ghettoelleth
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| SilverMoonLady wrote: | | Honey, quality speaks for itself, only not always in a voice loud enough to be heard amid the roar and rumble of the vapid.... I'm glad to be able to point people to a fic I never get tired of reading! |
LOL, I just noticed this. Before the villagers show up at your castle with torches, 
Now, repeat after me, "There are no vapid fanfic writers, only penetrationally gifted perusers..." Gawd, there's next week's drabble challenge title.
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Alassante
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Just an update on the MPAs. The LJ has been updated with all of the current nominations and I think you'll see alot of familiar names from OSA. We are still in desperate need of "General Stories". These are stories that are rated G-PG13 and are teen friendly for the younger readers. I know there are some on this site (not that I've written anything teen friendly ) so please nominate some as well as the other categories.
Also, the date submitted cutoff has been taken off but the story cannot have been an MPA award winner before. And another thing, someone on another site said they thought it was only Elf fictions. That is not the case. Any fiction is welcome in all of the categories except Elves. There is no hobbit, man, dwarf, etc categories because in prior years they didn't receive enough stories nominations to warrent those categories. I say this year we change that by sending them tons of Hobbit and Man-fics!
Here is the link to the LJ -
http://community.livejournal.com/mpas_awards/
And here is the link to their website - http://www.elvenlords.net/MPA/MPA2006/library.htm
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NeumeIndil
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<raises hand> I have a couple of questions for which I didn't find answers on the LJ site or the MPA site.
 Are there limits or guidelines for nominations or nominators?
Example 1: May I nominate the same story in 2 different categories (i.e. Drama and Het)?
Example 2: May I nominate a story for a different/ second category if it has already been nominated as something else (Someone has already nominated a story as Ficlet and I send it in as Humour)?
Example 3: Say I know of 2 stories I would like to nominate for the same category. May I send both as separate nominations for the same category?
What bearing does the theme: Summer Solstice in Lothlorien have on the competition?
I'm new to fic awards, so forgive me if I just overlooked these answers or am having a dumb moment. I just finished my list of possible nominations and had a mild stroke. There are SO MANY great stories in here! Whittling the list down is going to be tough.
Thanks very much,
Neu
P.S.: The LJ site looks great Al! You and Space did an awesome job. 
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NeumeIndil
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| Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2006 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry! Just found the line about stories only being nominated once. God I need caffeine! 
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Alassante
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:11 pm Post subject: |
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| NeumeIndil wrote: | <raises hand> I have a couple of questions for which I didn't find answers on the LJ site or the MPA site.
Are there limits or guidelines for nominations or nominators?
Example 1: May I nominate the same story in 2 different categories (i.e. Drama and Het)?
Example 2: May I nominate a story for a different/ second category if it has already been nominated as something else (Someone has already nominated a story as Ficlet and I send it in as Humour)?
Example 3: Say I know of 2 stories I would like to nominate for the same category. May I send both as separate nominations for the same category?
What bearing does the theme: Summer Solstice in Lothlorien have on the competition?
I'm new to fic awards, so forgive me if I just overlooked these answers or am having a dumb moment. I just finished my list of possible nominations and had a mild stroke. There are SO MANY great stories in here! Whittling the list down is going to be tough.
Thanks very much,
Neu
P.S.: The LJ site looks great Al! You and Space did an awesome job. |
Sorry I missed this Neume!
You can nominate as many people as you want and there is no limit to the number of nominations you can receive. However, you cannot have the same story in two different categories.
I personally have allowed more than one nomination on the same email if its in the same category but I don't know about the other list moms and dads. So unless you're sending it to General or Warm and Fuzzy, you better do it separately. 
Ah! The theme. Now that was a mystery to me as well for awhile. Here is part of an email that was set out to the yahoo groups:
| Quote: | *gasp* new to the MPA's *gasp*
Not sure what I mean by theme? Why that is what makes the MPA.You thought it was just a boring awards ceremony like every other one out there?
*gasp*
Okay, we started in 2003. this will be the fourth year. First year was an academy awards theme in Rivendell. the second was a Halloween theme in Mirkwood Forest and the third was an independance day/Canada day theme in the Undying Lands. This year the theme is Summer Solstice and Mordor Gras in Lothlorien. (The grande summer celebration of Lothlorien)
<snip>
So, this has been sent to the MPA ceremonies group as well (which is the group you will have to join if you are going to help out...thats where all our top secret planning is done).
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MPA_ceremonies/
join me to help out.
Me! click me!
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MPA_ceremonies/
C'mon, you know you wanna.
Please click me...I like you....
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MPA_ceremonies/
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*click*
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So Neume I would suggest you join the voting group or the ceremonies group to get more information from Tella (the boss lady). Here is the other yahoo group (not the ceremony planning group, but if someone wants to stay informed, they should join here:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MPAVoting
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Alassante
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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Congratuations to the OSA Nominees so far:
NancyBrooke
TheOboistinLorien
SilverMoonLady
GhettoElleth
Alassante
Cuthalion
LadyBlueJay
KrazyKatKave
SpaceWeavil
Rhapsody
RobinKa
Elliska
Inglor
Rous
Ottis413
Ellie
Aimless
LadyBlueJay
Lialathuveril
Aearwen
Viv
Batsojopo
Haleth
Now I may have forgotten some people because their stories were nominated with a link to another site so I didn't know they were members here. If that is the case, jump up and scream "Me too! Me too!" No need to be shy.
Here is a link to the LJ to keep up with the nominations:
http://community.livejournal.com/mpas_awards/
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NeumeIndil
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| Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:17 am Post subject: |
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Sweet. Thanks oodles, Al.
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Alassante
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| Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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The MEFA post reminded me - April 30 is the LAST day to nominate for the MPAs. There is also a new Silmarillion category which I'm sooo excited is mostly authors from OSA so far. hehe
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