[Viv]

Hello, folks. Yes, there is another Tolkien-related fanfiction awards thingy: the Middle-earth Fanfiction Awards (or MEFAs, if you just need your acronym fix). Moreover, nominations are now open!

These awards are slightly different from other contests I've seen. Members of the contest nominate and then "vote" by posting feedback to stories. Winners are chosen based on character/word count of the feedback received. So even if a story doesn't place in the top three, at least the author has a chance to maybe acquire some new readers and get some feedback. It's sort of a win-win situation, and less of a popularity contest because the voters actually have to do something (i.e., write a coherent review).

For more info, please visit the public site:

http://mefawards.agreatserver.com

To nominate or vote, please join the yahoogroup:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEFAwards/

[Viv]

Here's the official announcement:

Calling all JRRT fanfiction writers! The Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards
Contest 2004 is open for business.

There is a new Tolkien fan fiction site that just opened. The designer /
owner is Ainaechoiriel. Her website seeks to publish good quality
Tolkien fan fiction. She is sponsoring a contest in which anyone can
nominate almost any Tolkien-based work, fiction or poetry, in several
categories. The voting process involves counting the amount of feedback
/ reviews.


The Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards is based on the model used at
alt.startrek.creative. What's special about that model is that it is
comment-based! It's about feedback! It generates feedback! And thus a
friendly, participatory atmosphere.

They take nominations (beginning May 1, 2004) for any story posted to
any public website before April 30, 2004. That means that great Lord of
the Rings fic you read back in 1974 can be nominated, so long as you can
find it on a public website (no logins required) and the author has
e-mail.

To nominate a story, and to vote, you need a Yahoo ID. The rules and
information can be found at this URL:

<http://mefawards.agreatserver.com/index.html>
http://mefawards.agreatserver.com/index.html

Many thanks, Ainaechorieliel! Regards - Chathol-linn

[Andreth]

Nominations are still being taken for the MEFA's. And Viv is right - they're not your typical awards. The focus is on feedback for the authors nominated.

In order for a category to be considered viable there must be at least five stories by two authors. We have plenty for categories like Elves, Romance, Drama, etc.. (although more are always appreciated ). Right now Crossovers and Orcs are viable categories, but just barely, and The Hobbit and Numenor still need more nominations to reach the viable mark.

If you have or know of any stories you'd like to nominate for these categories or any others, please pass them along to us. They would be much appreciated!

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MEFAwards/

Thanks much!

Anna

[Andreth]

Hi folks,

The nominations for the awards will be closed June 15th at midnight central US time, so if you've got any stories you'd like to nominate, please visit http://home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa/ . All the information you'll need is there. There are almost 500 stories nominated so far.

And for those of you who have had your stories nominated, there are now nominee buttons which you can find here:
http://home.earthlink.net/~ainae/mefa/nombuttons.html

If you don't see one you like, you can always make your own and submit it! Or check back because new ones will be added regularly.

Thanks!

Anna