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!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! They are lovely shinies!

[wormwood-7.livejournal.com]

Congratulations :)

[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

[gillo]

Wow. Very, very well done!

[jerusha]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

Does Dance of Joy for you.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

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

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you - and to you!

[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.

[clodia-metelli.livejournal.com]

Many congratulations - those are very well deserved!

[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 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!

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!
:)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Dances you back! With beer...

[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...!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

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

[ellynn-ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, dear friend! *happy dance*

[clodia-metelli.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I might post when I've puzzled out the new banner system...

[kathyh]

Yay! Look at those pretties! Many congratulations :)

[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.