Squeeing Post to show off Shiny Things!

[curiouswombat]

The Middle Earth Fanfic Awards (MEFAs) results are out. These are the Oscars of the Tolkien Fandom - chosen by peer review - and so I am very, very proud of my results!

Pretty Banners - mostly by Ellyn;



Yes - A Powerful Absence got a First! It was almost painful to write - a bit like giving birth at times - and so I am very proud of that.

Also a First for the second set of drabbles about Eldarion and his governess - Return of the Governess -





A Third for The Fosterling - and what a perfect banner for it!




And an Honourable Mention for I must Go Down to the Sea Again - with yet another perfect banner made for me by Ellyn.





This year there were also special awards (Smaug's Treasures) for the stories that came in the top 1/3 overall, by number and length of review. This is because some classes will be very popular and the fifth or sixth entry will have got more points than the second or third from a different class. Three of the above were also given that award -



I am really, really happy - and want to say A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who took time to review any of my stories, and to everyone who is involved with he organisation - everything runs so well - and if you ever have an hour or two to spare, and want to read Tolkien related fanfic - then a visit to the MEFA Archive is a very good place to browse.

Congratulations, too, to all my friends who got wins, placings, mentions and Treasure - all well earned, and very one worth reading!

Comments

[shirebound]

How awesome! Congratulations!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! They are lovely shinies!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! am a bit like a magpie when it comes to shiny things!

[wormwood-7.livejournal.com]

Congratulations :)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you - and to you!

[dougalsservant.livejournal.com]

Well done that Wombat. I hope you are still safely attached to land. Although it was actually quiet up here yesterday I think it is getting going again now. Nytol tonight I think, relying on Tabs purring at me might not be enough!
D

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I am fortunate to have a low centre of gravity... but K says she would certainly have felt better if her bus home had been a single decker - and there is no boat tonight... again.

[gillo]

Wow. Very, very well done!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. A Powerful Absence was quite painful to write - but I couldn't write anything else until I did it - and so I am really pleased it won it's class. Return of the Governess is totally different - real fun to do!

[jerusha]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Does Dance of Joy for you.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Dances you back! With beer...

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Oooh, nice shineys!! Congratulations, well done, kudos and all that... and those 1sts are well deserved. Both are excellent stories.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you, thank you - and very well done to you, too!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I will post A Powerful Absence at Faerie sometime in the not too distant future - but having just posted part two of Stormy Nights in Imladris I don't think now is quite the time...!

[clodia-metelli.livejournal.com]

Many congratulations - those are very well deserved!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you - and well done for your shiny things too!

[hhimring]

Congratulations! Yes, I can imagine that "A Powerful Absence" wasn't easy to write! It very much deserves its 1st.
I do hope your rock isn't getting too windswept!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. A Powerful Absence really took my life over for a bit - it was painful to write, but I couldn't focus on writing anything else until it was done. The previous year Pure Morning did the same thing to me - and I was equally thrilled when it, too, won in the MEFAs.

The rock is in the grips of a Force 9 gale again - 50-55 mph winds gusting to 70 or so... Good job I have a low centre of gravity.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!
:)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[ellynn-ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, dear friend! *happy dance*

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And thank you for doing my wonderful banners for me, too.

(I did the Smaug one myself - I decided this was how I wanted the extra bit of kudos - all three on one banner.)

[kathyh]

Yay! Look at those pretties! Many congratulations :)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It is so nice to have things recognised - especially A Powerful Absence as it is the only full length thing of them!

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Yay! I haven't sorted out banners yet, that's tomorrow's job - was too busy today replying to my last-minute reviewers...

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I saw the nice bases in the ones that Ellynn posted - and she did them for me really quickly.

I did the Smaug one myself - I decided to just put them all on one - if you would like a similar one just say!

As for the thank you notes - I've still got some to do - that's my tomorrow job...

[cbtreks.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful! Congratulations!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It is fun around my FL at the moment - lots of people flailing and going look what I got!

In the Tolkien fandom they are more or less the only awards and winning really means something as people really do have to read to give a good length of review - the more, and longer, the reviews, the higher the score...

[just-ann-now.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! People didn't have to be quite so careful when reviewing A Powerful Absence as they were for Pure Morning... :)

[miso-no-tsuki.livejournal.com]

Congratulations-and well deserved too!
Go you!!!!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you - I'm really quite chuffed with myself!

[hobbituk.livejournal.com]

Well, congratulations on your well deserved success!!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. There are some excellent hobbit stories in the archive... :)

[kortirion.livejournal.com]

Well done, you!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That looks like rather a decent red... Dorwinion I presume?

[spikesdeb.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Quite a haul there :D

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you - I am rather proud of them!

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! I'm so pleased your Governess drabbles won! A big thank you for all the much appreciated reviews that you gave me.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I do rather like Firiel and Eldarion - I'm wondering about going back to them this week.

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Wow! Congratulations are definitely in order! You've had a great year.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I am rather pleased with myself!

[sockmonkeyhere.livejournal.com]

Wow! That's wonderful, Wombat; congratulations! :D

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And how nice to see you!

[thismaz.livejournal.com]

Wow. Very impressive. Congratulations!!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! (Of course all but Powerful Absence are just drabbles...)