Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards/2008 Winners
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The list of winners is archived here: 2008 MEFA Results, Archived version.
Genres
Adventure
General
- First Place: Fennas Haradren by Linaewen
- Second Place: Dragons In The Trollshaws by Bodkin
- Third Place: The Mariner's Son by cairistiona
- Honorable Mention: Dol Amroth Yule by Isabeau of Greenlea, Pip-napped! by Dreamflower and Lindelea, Symbols of Love by Larner
Incomplete
- First Place: With Hope and Without Hope by docmon
- Second Place: To See A World by Nightwing
- Third Place: Eagle of the Star by Neoinean
Alternate Universe
General
- First Place: Untold Tales of the Mark: The Banishment of Éomer by Katzilla
- Second Place: As the Tide by the Moon by EdorasLass
- Third Place: Eucatastrophe: The Return by Dreamflower
Angst/Tragedy
- First Place: Five things that never happened to Nerdanel by Meril
- Second Place: For What I Wait by Dawn Felagund
- Third Place: Shadow King by Claudia
- Honorable Mention: Five Things that Never Happened to Serinde of Dol Amroth by SurgicalSteel
Drabbles
- First Place: Last Stroke by Elena Tiriel
- Second Place: The Least of Rings by Marta
- Third Place: Least Expected by Imhiriel
- Honorable Mention: No Man's Land by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn), Wave-Singer by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Incomplete
- First Place: Murder The Dawn by crowdaughter
- Second Place: Pippin-Frog For A Day by Neilia
- Third Place: The Search For Middle-earth by Jules14
- Honorable Mention: Lothíriel - The Tenth Walker, Book 2 by juno_magic
Other Fixed-Length Ficlets
- First Place: The Edge of the Knife by Dwimordene
- Second Place: Homecoming by Isabeau of Greenlea
- Third Place: A Path of Wisdom by Dana
Steward's Family
- First Place: The Prisoner of Time by Raksha the Demon
- Second Place: A Great Evil Unmade by Linaewen
- Third Place: The King's Colors by Dwimordene
- Honorable Mention: Parth Galen by Isabeau of Greenlea
Drama
General
- First Place: Answering the Call by docmon
- Second Place: The Last Throw by nau_tika
- Third Place: The Return by Lady Bluejay
- Honorable Mention: Choosing by docmon, The Consuming Darkness by Isil Elensar, The Dark One by NeumeIndil
Featuring Aragorn
- First Place: Generations by Bodkin
- Second Place: Estel I Was Called by Marta
- Third Place: The Keys of the Realm by Larner
- Honorable Mention: Eagle of the Star by alex_quine, Hope comes for Estel by stefaniab
Featuring Boromir or Faramir
- First Place: My Sword Weeps by agape4gondor
- Second Place: Enticements by annmarwalk
- Third Place: Letters From Faramir by agape4gondor
Featuring Frodo or Sam
- First Place: On Amon Sûl by Dreamflower
- Second Place: The Blessing by Mews1945
- Third Place: Promises Broken and Kept by periantari
- Honorable Mention: Cold by Febobe
Featuring the Noldor
- First Place: The Last Words by Rhapsody
- Second Place: The Scribe and the Heir by Dawn Felagund
- Third Place: All That Remained by Allee
Final Partings
- First Place: Moon Over Water by Avon
- Second Place: The Prisoner of Dol Guldur by Soledad
- Third Place: The Tower Hills by DrummerWench
General Drabbles
- First Place: Creation Myths by Tanaqui
- Second Place: Moved to Pity by Imhiriel
- Third Place: No Mercy by Tanaqui
General Fixed-Length Ficlets
- First Place: Wind of Change by Raksha the Demon
- Second Place: Alqualondë by Moreth
- Third Place: Burdens by Meril
Gondor Fixed-Length Ficlets
- First Place: A Midsummer Day's Dream by Raksha the Demon
- Second Place: The Roses of Imloth Melui by Aervir
- Third Place: Wild Swan by Tanaqu
- Honorable Mention: Heavens' Embroidered Cloths by Tanaqui, Moonset over Gondor by Raksha the Demon, Night Terrors by Gwynnyd
- First Place: Out of Memory and Time by Shireling
- Second Place: Loss by SurgicalSteel
- Third Place: Primum Non Nocere (First, Do No Harm) by Febobe
- Honorable Mention: Fidelis by Pentangle
Incomplete
- First Place: Kin-Strife by Isabeau of Greenlea
- Second Place: Tide of Destiny - Part One: Choices by Lady Bluejay
- Third Place: The Heart of a Knight by Imhiriel
Ring War Drabbles
- First Place: Gone Amiss by Raksha the Demon
- Second Place: The Shadow by Linda Hoyland
- Third Place: Now the Green Blade Riseth by annmarwalk
- Honorable Mention: ...and the sound of a battered heart, beating by Lindelea
Horror
General
- First Place: Maglor's Harp by Ford of Bruinen
- Second Place: The Houseless by Jael
- Third Place: Silenced by Illwynd
- Honorable Mention: The Dark of Night by Ellie
Humor
General
- First Place: Five Hair Care Tips for Rohirrim by EdorasLass
- Second Place: The Conscience of the King by Raksha the Demon
- Third Place: With Many "Fond" Acknowledgments by Thundera Tiger
- Honorable Mention: Full Brothers in Blood by Oshun, In the Van by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn), The Game of Kings by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn), The Revenge of Curufin's Horse by Moreth
Drabbles
- First Place: Sharing Good News by Imhiriel
- Second Place: There shall be Mirth at our Meeting by Imhiriel
- Third Place: Incarnation by Gandalfs apprentice
Elven Lands
- First Place: Rivendell International Airport by Primsong
- Second Place: MAGIC: The Password by Fiondil
- Third Place: Here's To The King! by Jael
- Honorable Mention: Horse Sense by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Gondor
- First Place: Surprise Inspection by AmandaK
- Second Place: One Summer Day by annmarwalk
- Third Place: The Vase that was Broken by Linda Hoyland
Other Fixed-Length Ficlets
- First Place: The Captain's New Clothes by Raksha the Demon
- Second Place: Eight Weeks by Dwimordene
- Third Place: Care to Ride My Hot-Rod Fell Beast? by viv
- Honorable Mention: Giving Gifts by Marta, Some Confusion in Accounts by viv, Sour Milk by Linda Hoyland
Shire
- First Place: Dirty Jobs by Pearl Took
- Second Place: Labour Pains by Aratlithiel
- Third Place: Took Broth by Pearl Took
Valar & Maiar
- First Place: I Ain't Got Nobody by Ignoble Bard
- Second Place: FAULT: The Doctor Is In by Fiondil
- Third Place: DISGUISE: Emissaries by Fiondil
- Honorable Mention: A Fair Trial by Maeve Riannon, Young Fëanáro Makes A Stone by Oshun
Longer Works
General
- First Place: A New Day by Oshun
- Second Place: The Work of Small Hands by Dawn Felagund
- Third Place: The King's Surgeon by SurgicalSteel
- Honorable Mention: Healing the Long Cleeve by TopazTook, Wars of the Valar by Fiondil
Mystery
General
- First Place: Dead Steward's Gift by stefaniab
- Second Place: Fait Accompli by Ignoble Bard
- Third Place: The Six-Fingered Glove Mystery by shirebound
Non-Fiction
General
- First Place: The Myth of the One Ring's Power by Dreamflower
- Second Place: Name Calling: Group Identity and the Other among First Age Elves by Angelica
- Third Place: On Canon and Fanfic by Marta
- Honorable Mention: Arvedui v. Pelendur by Roh Wyn, Tolkien's Parish: The Canonical Middle-earth by Steuard Jensen
- First Place: Aulë the Smith by Oshun
- Second Place: A Woman in Few Words: The Character of Nerdanel and Her Treatment in Canon and Fandom by Dawn Felagund
- Third Place: Pride and Despair: A Defense of Ecthelion's Son by Marta
- Honorable Mention: Galdor: An Elf By Any Other Name.... by Marta, One Step More - The Heroism of Frodo Baggins by ConnieMarie, The Importance of Being Bilbo by Dreamflower
Poetry
General
- First Place: Philosophia to Philomythus and Misomythus by pandemonium_213
- Second Place: Temptation by Princess Artemis
- Third Place: I Married for Love by Ford of Bruinen
- Honorable Mention: Elrond's Farewell by Armariel
Drama
- First Place: Merry on the Pelennor Fields by Primsong
- Second Place: 25 Rethe, S.R. 1422: The Three Travellers Remember by Dreamflower
- Third Place: Maglor's Song by Robinka
Hobbits
- First Place: The Ring That Sauron Forged by Larner
- Second Place: The Gardener Speaks by Armariel
- Third Place: Shire by Aranel Took
Late Third Age
- First Place: Weathertop by Primsong
- Second Place: The Search by rhyselle
- Third Place: Rebirth by Aranel Took
Romance
General
- First Place: Miquan Melave by Marta
- Second Place: Rebirth by Aranel Took
- Third Place: As Close As by Dana
Drabbles
- First Place: Call of the Wild by annmarwalk
- Second Place: Men of the Twilight by Elena Tiriel
- Third Place: Home is where the heart is by Linda Hoyland
- Honorable Mention: Bibliophile by Imhiriel, Taking Roots by Imhiriel
Elven Lands
- First Place: Early Winter at Himring Hill by Oshun
- Second Place: The Dance by Dawn Felagund
- Third Place: Arwen in the Afternoon by Gandalfs apprentice
- Honorable Mention: A Harmony In Autumn by Oshun
Gondor
- First Place: Summer's Lease by Raksha the Demon
- Second Place: Waterloo by Lady Bluejay
- Third Place: A Dream Come True by Lady Bluejay
Other Fixed-length Ficlets
- First Place: Gently Held by viv
- Second Place: The Wedding Gift by annmarwalk
- Third Place: Handy With A Sword by Tanaqui
- Honorable Mention: Celevon a Mallen by Tanaqui, The Blessing of the Waters by Raksha the Demon
Races
Cross-Cultural
General
- First Place: Feet That Wander by Linaewen
- Second Place: A Moment in the Morning in Bree by Budgielover
- Third Place: On Far Fields by Dwimordene
- Honorable Mention: Silver Blossoms Blown by Ignoble Bard, Sing My Worth Immortal by Perelleth, The Haradric Whore and Her Son by annmarwalk and EdorasLass
Elves and Men
- First Place: A Little Misunderstanding by Radbooks
- Second Place: The Legend of the Grey Riders by Jay of Lasgalen
- Third Place: Seas of Fate by Thundera Tiger
Fixed-length Ficlets
- First Place: A Large Bold Hand by Jay of Lasgalen
- Second Place: Light of the Westering Sun by Dawn Felagund
- Third Place: A Meeting in the Tower Hills by Imhiriel
- Honorable Mention: Another Prometheus by Gandalfs apprentice, Star-songs of the Eorlingas by Tanaqui
Friendship
- First Place: A Cat in King Elessar's Court by agape4gondor
- Second Place: Heart of the Wood by Kenaz
- Third Place: A Dainty Dish by Linda Hoyland
- Honorable Mention: And all was made ready by Dreamflower, Good King Elessar by Dreamflower
Frodo and Faramir
- First Place: Many Branches by Baranduin
- Second Place: Sun by Claudia
- Third Place: Of First Impressions and Old Friends by Dreamflower
- Honorable Mention: Concerning Walls by Larner
Post-Ring War
- First Place: Parting Gifts by Fiondil
- Second Place: The Onion Riddle by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
- Third Place: A Great Cause for Concern by Alassante
- Honorable Mention: The Misty Month by Le Rouret
Dwarves
General
- First Place: Trading Pledges by Adaneth
- Second Place: The Dwarves Treasure by eiranae
- Third Place: As Was Dwarven Tradition by Nieriel Raina, Bombur's Diet by Primsong
- Honorable Mention: Of Old It Was Not Darksome by EdorasLass
Drabbles
- First Place: Sunset Gates by Ignoble Bard
- Second Place: Hammer by Aranel Took
- Third Place: Dreamscape by Tanaqui
Elves
General
- First Place: Healing by Bodkin
- Second Place: Out of the Blue by Jael
- Third Place: Footsteps in Time by Keiliss
- Honorable Mention: The Ghost in the Garden by Dawn Felagund, Wayward Sons by Jael, To Be a King by Keiliss, Risk Assessment by pandemonium_213
Drabbles
- First Place: Unwilling by Elena Tiriel
- Second Place: Forsaken by Imhiriel
- Third Place: The Sky Is Over by Robinka
- Honorable Mention: A Race, To Be Like Me by Imhiriel
Family
- First Place: And Then There Was Cake, or Begetting Day Horrors by Klose
- Second Place: Shadows by Bodkin
- Third Place: The Librarian by Jay of Lasgalen
- Honorable Mention: Elflings by Jael, Essecarmë by Dawn Felagund
House of Elrond
- First Place: Star's End by Keiliss
- Second Place: My Shining Stars by Oshun
- Third Place: Spaces in the Heart by Keiliss
- Honorable Mention: Comfort by Bodkin
House of Finwe
- First Place: In absentia by Robinka
- Second Place: Denial by Oshun
- Third Place: Circle of Silver by Keiliss
Incomplete
- First Place: Don't Explain by gwidhiel
- Second Place: A Darkness Lies behind Us by Bodkin
- Third Place: Lessons from the Mountain by MithLuin
Mirkwood Elves
- First Place: King Stag by Jael
- Second Place: Seaworthy by Thundera Tiger
- Third Place: In Search of Stillness by Bodkin
Noldor Fixed-Length Ficlet
- First Place: Refuge by Raksha the Demon
- Second Place: Out, Damn'd Spot! Out, I Say! by Alassante
- Third Place: Vengeance's Folly by Rhapsody
Other Fixed-Length Ficlet
- First Place: Love at First Sight by Gwynnyd
- Second Place: Duty, Honour, Country by Rhapsody
- Third Place: Undivided by Raksha the Demon
Hobbits
General
- First Place: Too Many Rangers by Larner
- Second Place: The Westering Fire by Aprilkat
- Third Place: Harmony by Elwen
Childhood
- First Place: The Five Rules of Cooking by GamgeeFest
- Second Place: A Promise by Golden
- Third Place: Trouble at Bag End by Angiet
Family
- First Place: Elanor of Westmarch: The Return by Baranduin
- Second Place: The Last Dance by pippinfan88
- Third Place: Yule at Great Smials by Dreamflower
Friendship
- First Place: A Taste of Home by Pearl Took
- Second Place: Between Childhood and Coming of Age by Dreamflower
- Third Place: I Give You a Rainbow by Golden
Hurt/Comfort
- First Place: Of Cake and Crumbs and Distant Dreams by Lindelea
- Second Place: O Merry Mine by Larner
- Third Place: Dark Dreams by SlightlyTookish
Incomplete
- First Place: A Time to Hope by PipMer
- Second Place: Keep Him Secret, Keep Him Safe by shirebound
- Third Place: Turning Points by Cathleen
Post-Ring War
- First Place: The Flute by Golden
- Second Place: Regarding Ents by PipMer
- Third Place: Five Turnings of the Year by Dana
Men
General
- First Place: In Passing by Altariel
- Second Place: Reparation by Isabeau of Greenlea
- Third Place: Seeking the Sun by Linda Hoyland
- Honorable Mention: Portrait of a Queen by Aruthir, Only Water in Your Veins by Michelle, The Night's Eye by Vana Tuivana
General Drabbles
- First Place: Relief by Tanaqui
- Second Place: This crown of stars by Fawsley
- Third Place: Return of the King by Imhiriel
General Fixed-Length Ficlet
- First Place: Of Dreams... by Avon
- Second Place: Legacy by Raksha the Demon
- Third Place: Hearts of Stone by Elen Kortirion
Gondor Drabbles
- First Place: Autumn by Linda Hoyland
- Second Place: Second Best by Tanaqui
- Third Place: Deliverance by Imhiriel
Minas Tirith
- First Place: Wizards' Pupils by Altariel
- Second Place: Engineering by SurgicalSteel
- Third Place: Celebrity by Bodkin
- Honorable Mention: Confidence by annmarwalk, I Stand No Longer Alone by Larner, Music hath Charms by Linda Hoyland, Playing with Fire by Linda Hoyland, Before You Go by Nancy Brooke
Pre-Ring War Fixed-Length Ficlet
- First Place: A Fitting Occupation by Radbooks
- Second Place: The Fire of Hope by Raksha the Demon
- Third Place: Your Father Loves You by Raksha the Demon
Steward's Family
- First Place: Shall We Dance? by Isabeau of Greenlea
- Second Place: Dark Dreams by Avon
- Third Place: Scholarship by Raksha the Demon
- Honorable Mention: Consolation by Isabeau of Greenlea, Brotherhood by Violin Ghost
Other Beings
General
- First Place: Seven Stones and Seven Stars and One White Tree by shirebound
- Second Place: Old Man Willow by Nath
- Third Place: BRIDGE: Pá Valaraucar ar Námier by Fiondil
- Honorable Mention: Dispelling the Fog by fantasyfan, Seven Sisters by Pearl Took
Villains
General
- First Place: The Apprentice by pandemonium_213
- Second Place: Cat's Paws by pandemonium_213
- Third Place: The Making of Werewolves by Ignoble Bard
- Honorable Mention: The Captain's Mare by The Lauderdale
Fixed-Length Ficlet
- First Place: Broken Star by pandemonium_213
- Second Place: The Waker by Nancy Brooke
- Third Place: Expert Treasure Hunter by Tanaqui
- Honorable Mention: Cold Be Hand and Heart and Bone by Imhiriel
Times
First Age and Prior
General
- First Place: Wind and Fire by elfscribe
- Second Place: The Last Stand by Rhapsody
- Third Place: Hearts Like the Sea by Ignoble Bard
- Honorable Mention: Kementari by Marta, NIGHT and FOREST: A Glimpse of Beauty by Fiondil
House of Finwe
- First Place: An Ordinary Woman by Dawn Felagund
- Second Place: Vodka by Ford of Bruinen
- Third Place: The Pillar Perished Is by Imhiriel
- Honorable Mention: A Sleep Over by Phyncke, Like Roses over a Fence by Ellie
Second and Early Third Age
General
- First Place: Nightfall by Jael
- Second Place: Moon of the Sea by pandemonium_213
- Third Place: Long Memories by Bodkin
- Honorable Mention: The Last Messenger: A Tale of Numenor by Fiondil
Mid Third Age
General
- First Place: Lost and Found by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
- Second Place: The Skills That Keep You Alive by Gwynnyd
- Third Place: The Best Sword Ever by Linaewen
Eriador
- First Place: If You Could See What I Hear by Cathleen
- Second Place: Cuts Gone Wrong by Dwimordene
- Third Place: Star of Hope by Linda Hoyland
- Honorable Mention: A Place for Gandalf by Dreamflower, Meddling by Dwimordene
Late Third Age
General
- First Place: The Dooming of Small Hands by Thundera Tiger
- Second Place: Promise and Sorrow by Virtuella
- Third Place: They Also Serve by Marta
- Honorable Mention: Drawing the Eye by Linda Hoyland, Before the Black Gate by Raksha the Demon, Oathbreakers by Thundera Tiger
General Fixed-Length Ficlets
- First Place: Reflections in the Smoke by Raksha the Demon
- Second Place: Renewal by Elena Tiriel
- Third Place: Loudwater by Adaneth
- Honorable Mention: The Kindly Airs by Dwimordene
Gondor
- First Place: Sing All Ye People! by Raksha the Demon
- Second Place: The Lost Restored by Larner
- Third Place: For the Want of ... by Larner
Gondor Drabble
- First Place: Recognition by Dwimordene
- Second Place: Tying Notes by Imhiriel
- Third Place: Tree of Knowledge by Nancy Brooke
- Honorable Mention: Forfeit by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
Fourth Age and Beyond
General
- First Place: Seeing Stars by Raksha the Demon
- Second Place: Look Not With Longing by Dwimordene
- Third Place: Rekindling by Dawn Felagund
- Honorable Mention: Somewhere I Have Never Traveled by Fiondil
Fixed-Length Ficlets
- First Place: No Regrets by Linda Hoyland
- Second Place: Old Friends by Marta
- Third Place: Journey's End by Ignoble Bard
Modern Times
General
- First Place: Trinity by pandemonium_213
- Second Place: Dawn Twilight by viv
- Third Place: National Treasure by Baranduin
Multi-Age
General
- First Place: The Craft of the Elven Smith by Larner
- Second Place: WAR: A Promise Before Dying by Fiondil
- Third Place: Fulfilling Oaths by Nieriel Raina
Fixed-Length Ficlet
- First Place: Possessing the greatest powers by Tanaqui
- Second Place: An Elf-lord Revealed by Tanaqui
- Third Place: Feelings of Superiority by Gwynnyd
- Honorable Mention: Flame of Life by Imhiriel