Middle-Earth Fanfiction Awards/2010 Winners
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The list of winners is archived here 2010 MEFA Results, Archived version and here.
Genres
Adventure
General
- First Place: Flame of the Desert by pandemonium_213
- Second Place: Blackbow by Isabeau of Greenlea
- Third Place: The Ranger and the Hobbit by Cairistiona
- Honorable Mention: A Son of Eärendil by DrummerWench
Alternate Universe
General
- First Place: Five Things That Never Happened to Bilbo Baggins by Dreamflower
- Second Place: Starship by shirebound
- Third Place: King's Ransom by splix
- Honorable Mention: Before the Fall by Elleth, Choices by Linaewen, To Be Black by Encairion, When I Said I Would Die a Bachelor by Nancy Brooke
Incomplete
- First Place: TYou Live Your Life in the Shadow of the Mountain by Darth Fingon
- Second Place: A Bit of Rope by Aiwendiel
- Third Place: Sons of Thunder by ziggy
Character Study
General
- First Place: Broken by Thundera Tiger
- Second Place: In the deep places of the world by Tanaqui
- Third Place: Turn Down an Empty Glass by Keiliss
- Honorable Mention: The Light by Pearl Took
- First Place: The Return of the King by Jael
- Second Place: No One Rembers by Canafinwe
- Third Place: Walls of White by Elleth
- Honorable Mention: Seeds in Dark Earth by Ilthit
Drabble Series
- First Place: A Decent and Respectable Hobbit by Dreamflower
- Second Place: Warping Arda: Spectrum by Clodia
- Third Place: Seasons of Gladness by Raksha the Demon
- Honorable Mention: Midsummer's Eve by Dwimordene, Misericordia by Dwimordene
Dunedain
- First Place: Beneath the Surface by Canafinwe
- Second Place: Pale faced Tark by Canafinwe
- Third Place: The New Queen's Bounty by Larner
- Honorable Mention: Bruises by Soledad
Family
- First Place: The Apology of Elrond by Canafinwe
- Second Place: Reflections by Perkyandproud
- Third Place: Self-Defense by Isabeau of Greenlea
- Honorable Mention: Old Horses by Crantz and Snacky (CoAuthors)
- First Place: Tie Me to This Our Ancient Earth by Mercurie
- Second Place: Fourteen Days by Rabidsamfan
- Third Place: Darkness Creeping by Ygrain
- Honorable Mention: A Meal Fit for a King by Aranel Took
General Drabbles
- First Place: Innocence by Dwimordene
- Second Place: Following the Star by Linda Hoyland
- Third Place: The Ranger's Respite by Linda Hoyland
Gondor Drabbles
- First Place: Tree of Life and Death by Linda Hoyland
- Second Place: The Long and Winding Road by Linda Hoyland
- Third Place: What The Lightning Said: 20th June 3018, Minas Tirith by Azalais
- Honorable Mention: A Steward's Dreams by Marta, Calm by Wormwood
- First Place: Into This Wild Abyss by pandemonium_213
- Second Place: Goldilocks and the Three Balrogs by Clodia
- Third Place: Flying Free by Keiliss
- Honorable Mention: Along Came A Spider by Aeärwen
- First Place: Slipped Under the Door of the Master Bedroom, September 25, 1444 by Celeritas
- Second Place: Knife's Edge by Rumpleteasza
- Third Place: The Passing of Fire by Primsong
- Honorable Mention: Unravelling by Elleth
Crossover
General
- First Place: To Face the Wolf by Maglor's finch
- Second Place: A Singular Honour by Shemyaza1
- Third Place: Dwarf Fashions by Virtuella
- Honorable Mention: To Represent the Wizzards by aotearoan
Drama
General
- First Place: Hostage by SurgicalSteel
- Second Place: Prodigal by Aeärwen
- Third Place: Of Cabbages and Kings by Lamiel
- Honorable Mention: The Song of a Friend by KyMahalei
Aragorn or Hobbits
- First Place: A Star in Midwinter by Cairistiona
- Second Place: The Fairy Wife by Daffodil Furrow
- Third Place: Yavanna's Gift by Linda Hoyland
Family or Children
- First Place: King of Shadowed Halls by Jael
- Second Place: The Last Gift by Ellynn
- Third Place: Silver Bells by Nieriel Raina
Gapfiller
- First Place: Gentlemen's Agreement by khazar_khum
- Second Place: The Most Timid Hobbit by Antane
- Third Place: Weapons Forged by Larner
General Mixed Drabbles
- First Place: Enlightenment by Mercurie
- Second Place: BONES FOUND ON POSH ESTATE by MrKinch
- Third Place: Choosing by rhyselle
- Honorable Mention: Before the Black Gate, Second Age 3434 by Azalais
Gondor or Rohan
- First Place: Hearts in Stone by Raksha the Demon
- Second Place: The Moon Has Waned by Erfan Starled
- Third Place: Ice Sculptures by Shipwright's Trick
- Honorable Mention: A Sting in the Tale by Linda Hoyland
Gondor or Rohan Mixed Drabbles
- First Place: In the Uncertain Hour Before Morning by Wormwood
- Second Place: Quarantine by Tanaqui
- Third Place: Peace Denied by Nieriel Raina
- First Place: The Riddle of Strider by Cairistiona
- Second Place: Explaining by Larner
- Third Place: A Forgotten Song by KyMahalei
- Honorable Mention: Returning to Cirith Thoronath by Mirach
Incomplete
- First Place: The Tempered Steel by Lyra
- Second Place: To Everything ... Time by Estelyn Telcontar
- Third Place: Oh, Mercy by Lanyon
- Honorable Mention: A Beleriand Treasury of Childish Tales by Clodia, And The Woods Responded by Windsurfbabe
Later Age Elves
- First Place: Ghost by Aeärwen
- Second Place: Reach for the Stars by Raksha the Demon
- Third Place: Sacrifices by Aeärwen
- Honorable Mention: The Light Returned by Ellynn
Quenta Silmarillion
- First Place: The World That Ends With You by Minviendha
- Second Place: Within a Dark Wood by Marchwriter
- Third Place: After the Fall by clotho123
- Honorable Mention: A Part in Great Deeds by Hallbera, Envy by Larner
Ficlet
General
- First Place: After the Hour of Doom by Raksha the Demon
- Second Place: The Tower by Raksha the Demon
- Third Place: Not All Who Wander Are Lost by Kaylee Arafinwiel
- Honorable Mention: A Deck of Heroes by Larner
Eriador or Shire
- First Place: Meeting of Quiet Minds by Virtuella
- Second Place: The First One by Isabeau of Greenlea
- Third Place: In the Corner by DrummerWench
- Honorable Mention: Paradise Lost by Isabeau of Greenlea
Gondor
- First Place: The Archivist by foxrafer (csevans8)
- Second Place: In the King's Shadow by Raksha the Demon
- Third Place: The Silver Tree by Linda Hoyland
- Honorable Mention: For This Relief Much Thanks by Azalais
The Silmarillion
- First Place: Till my Last Breath by Ellynn
- Second Place: Roads Not Taken by clotho123
- Third Place: No Regrets by clotho123
Fixed-Length Ficlet
General
- First Place: Unrequited by elfscribe
- Second Place: Judgment by Aeärwen
- Third Place: Riding the Fire by Raksha the Demon
Children or Family
- First Place: Expectations by Raksha the Demon
- Second Place: Fosterage by Raksha the Demon
- Third Place: Kinsmen by Isabeau of Greenlea
Gondor or Rohan
- First Place: Some Like It Hot - But Maybe Not Quite That Hot by Virtuella
- Second Place: Ranger's Dawn by Raksha the Demon
- Third Place: Filling the Breach by Raksha the Demon
Horror
General
- First Place: Under the Forest Eaves by Jael
- Second Place: Spoils of War by Aeärwen
- Third Place: Hastaina by Dawn Felagund
- Honorable Mention: Tales from Vairë's Loom: Beyond The Galvorn Door by Fiondil
Humor
General
- First Place: The Ladies' Guide To Middle-earth's Eligible Bachelors by Virtuella
- Second Place: More Than Meets The Eye by Ignoble Bard
- Third Place: The Coimas War by Russandol
- Honorable Mention: Pillow Talk by Lyra, Transformation by Larner
Comedy/Drama
- First Place: O Misfortune! by Hallbera
- Second Place: This Side of Paradise by Nieriel Raina
- Third Place: Some Things Never Change by Nieriel Raina
- Honorable Mention: Lover's Leap by Ellie
Eriador or Shire
- First Place: Undue Patience by Celeritas
- Second Place: A Pretense at Civility by Larner
- Third Place: The Wizard and the Ranger by Gandalfs apprentice
Gondor
- First Place: Unripened Fruit by Gwynnyd
- Second Place: A Cold Night in June by agape4gondor
- Third Place: Refuge by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
- Honorable Mention: A Day In The Life Of The Royal Gondorian Aerial Corps by Anna Wing, Wedding Traditions by Vilwarin
Incomplete
- First Place: Not Quite A Maia by Kara's Aunty
- Second Place: Tales of Older Days by Clodia
- Third Place: Bringing Trouble to Barad-dur by Chisscientist
Mixed Drabbles
- First Place: Mightier than the Sword – Indigo by Linda Hoyland
- Second Place: Master of Imladris by Nieriel Raina
- Third Place: The Greeting Song by Súlriel
Parody or Black Humor
- First Place: Orcs at School by Virtuella
- Second Place: Kinslayer by Russandol
- Third Place: By The Book by Ignoble Bard
- Honorable Mention: Fighting Enemies by Larner, Monty Python's 'Fellowship of the Ring' by Morthoron
Longer Works
General
- First Place: Truth Be Told by Virtuella
- Second Place: The Sword of Elendil by Gandalfs apprentice
- Third Place: I Entulesse by MJ
- Honorable Mention: Interrupted Journeys: Journeys out of Grief by elliska, Swan Song by Ithilwen, The Sell-Sword and the Prince by Lady Bluejay
Incomplete
- First Place: A Long and Weary Way by Canafinwe
- Second Place: Or Perchance, When the Last Little Star by Larner
- Third Place: The Price of Duty by Encairion
Mystery
General
- First Place: A Disgrace to Gondor by Linda Hoyland
- Second Place: A Light in May by Antigone Q
- Third Place: Looking For Boromir by Valente
Non-Fiction
General
- First Place: Elvish Fanons and Canon Contradictions (Or, how to get those canatics off your case for stuff you were right about in the first place) by Darth Fingon
- Second Place: Ring-bearers, Aging, and Life in Aman by GamgeeFest
- Third Place: Hobbit Names and Naming Conventions by Dreamflower
Character Essays
- First Place: Aragorn - a feminist's nightmare? by Virtuella
- Second Place: Celebrimbor by Oshun
- Third Place: Take Pity upon Him: Did Maedhros Really Threaten to Kill Elrond and Elros at the Third Kinslaying? by Dawn Felagund
Poetry
General
- First Place: The Drums by Malicean
- Second Place: A Mighty Bridge Invisible by Noliel
- Third Place: Not So Easily Mended by jan-u-wine
- Honorable Mention: The Pathway of Dreams II by Nerdanel
Character Study
- First Place: Harthad by jan-u-wine
- Second Place: Unbroken by jan-u-wine
- Third Place: What do you fear milady? by elfenears
- Honorable Mention: Corruption by Calenlass Greenleaf
Drama
- First Place: Tears for the Fallen by pandemonium_213
- Second Place: End of Days by Shipwright's Trick
- Third Place: How I Wish by Dawn Felagund
- Honorable Mention: And Come What Sorrow Can by jan-u-wine, Anniversary (March 13, 1420 S.R.) by jan-u-wine
Hobbits
- First Place: Minas Morgul by Baillie from Bree
- Second Place: Across So Wide a Sea by jan-u-wine
- Third Place: A New Light by Marigold
- Honorable Mention: Frodo of the Shire by Baillie from Bree
Romance
General
- First Place: The Abduction of Éomer, King of Rohan by Lialathuveril
- Second Place: Through a Glass, Darkly by Beruthiel's Cat
- Third Place: Chasing Waterfalls by Ignoble Bard
- Honorable Mention: First Glance by Marta, The Fabled Courtship of Elanor the Fair by the_arc5, The Prince and the Shepherdess by Nieriel Raina
Dunedain
- First Place: Pure Morning by curiouswombat
- Second Place: Gilraen, the Fair by Gwynnyd
- Third Place: Love Began Here by Adonnen Estenniel
- Honorable Mention: A Seal upon thine Heart by Linda Hoyland
Races
Cross-Cultural
General
- First Place: The Courier by Jael
- Second Place: A Dangerous Hunger by Ignoble Bard
- Third Place: Uldor by Himring
- Honorable Mention: Orcs in Hobbiton by The Lauderdale, Strange Land by Elfique, The Battle of the Kitchen by Raksha the Demon
Friendship
- First Place: The Longest Night by Dawn Felagund
- Second Place: Size Isn't Everything by Bodkin
- Third Place: Witness to a Crime by Dreamflower
- Honorable Mention: Dance in the Moonlight by KyMahalei, Felagund and the Noegyth Nibin by Soledad, Lord of Gifts by shirebound
Gapfiller
- First Place: The Man Who Grew Tomatoes by pandemonium_213
- Second Place: Stranger at the Gates by Linda Hoyland
- Third Place: Praiseworthy by Thundera Tiger
- Honorable Mention: A Choice of Life or Death by Larner, At the Last It Biteth by Mercurie
Incomplete
- First Place: In The House of Elrond by Aeärwen
- Second Place: 'Til Death Do Us Part by Haleth
- Third Place: Another Road by KyMahalei
Mixed Drabbles
- First Place: Giants' Game by Larner
- Second Place: An Autumn Journey by Jay of Lasgalen
- Third Place: Translations from the Elvish by Tanaqui
Dwarves
General
- First Place: A Dwarven Yuletide by Soledad
- Second Place: Mazarbul by Thundera Tiger
- Third Place: Questing by Thundera Tiger
Elves
General
- First Place: Blood and Fire by Clodia
- Second Place: Bee-Elves by Darth Fingon
- Third Place: Avar and Away by Ignoble Bard
- Honorable Mention: In His Eyes by Alassante, Tales from Vairë's Loom: The Exilic Noldo’s Guide to Coping with Post-Helcaraxë Stress Syndrome (or PHSS) by Fiondil, The Day of the Dragon by Keiliss
Drabbles
- First Place: Ash to Ash by Dawn Felagund
- Second Place: First Snowfall by curiouswombat
- Third Place: Always Something There to Remind Me by curiouswombat
Mirkwood Elves
- First Place: Through The Mirror of Fire by Esteliel
- Second Place: The Little Prince by ningloreth
- Third Place: A Tale from the Wilderland by KyMahalei
Noldorin Elves
- First Place: No Justice to Yourself by Oshun
- Second Place: Tales from Vairë's Loom: Tenn' Ambar-Metta by Fiondil
- Third Place: Resist Not Evil by Perelleth
- Honorable Mention: Half-brother in Blood, Full Brother in Heart by Alassante
Hobbits
General
- First Place: Go Not to Aunt Dora for Advice, for She Will Give It at Great Length by Dreamflower
- Second Place: Sharing Dinner on Lobelia Lane by Pearl Took
- Third Place: Before Luck Runs Out by Marigold
- Honorable Mention: Roast Mutton by Gandalfs apprentice
Family
- First Place: To Absent Friends by Celeritas
- Second Place: September Days Across the Brandywine by Dreamflower
- Third Place: Worthy of the Name by Marigold
Mixed Drabbles
- First Place: When the Storms of Life are Raging (Stand By Me) by Dreamflower
- Second Place: I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way by Lindelea
- Third Place: For All Things, A Time by Marta
Childhood
- First Place: Chicks and Ducks and Sheep better scurry... by grey_wonderer
- Second Place: O the Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night by Lindelea
- Third Place: JAM AND PUNISHMENT by grey_wonderer
Post-Quest
- First Place: Sunlight on Ash by Ilthit
- Second Place: Sharing Sam by Celeritas
- Third Place: Concerning the Matter of Tom Took by Pearl Took
Men
General
- First Place: Penance by SurgicalSteel
- Second Place: Tales from Vairë's Loom: To Stand Fast Against the Night by Fiondil
- Third Place: Libation by Raksha the Demon
Drabbles
- First Place: Dreams of Trees by Wormwood
- Second Place: Mother Country by Altariel
- Third Place: Hospitality by Wormwood
- Honorable Mention: Threshing Songs by curiouswombat
Featuring Aragorn
- First Place: The Bitter and the Sweet by Cairistiona
- Second Place: Love Unrequited by Inzilbeth
- Third Place: The Fifteenth Fosterling by Inzilbeth
Other Beings
General
- First Place: Many Hands by Russandol
- Second Place: Shades of Black and Grey by Minviendha
- Third Place: Cleansed by Larner
- Honorable Mention: Looking For Dragons by Raksha the Demon, One Breath of Air by Celeritas
Villains
General
- First Place: How the East Was Won by pandemonium_213
- Second Place: Sacrifice by SurgicalSteel
- Third Place: I Shall Not Call the Sunbeam Bright by j_dav (JDE)
Times
First Age and Prior
General
- First Place: The Choices of the Peredhil by Inzilbeth
- Second Place: Encounter in the Forest by Ellynn
- Third Place: Tutelage by Marta
- Honorable Mention: In Bitterness and Loss by Bodkin, Lover of Fire by Encairion
Mixed Drabbles
- First Place: Dawn & Dusk by Clodia
- Second Place: Once Upon a Twilit Time by Clodia
- Third Place: This Shining Ember Burns my Hand by Primsong
Noldorin Elves
- First Place: Unrepentant Lovers by Oshun
- Second Place: Geography Lessons by Ithilwen
- Third Place: The Journal of Alatáriel, Missionary by Clodia
- Honorable Mention: Unravelling the Past by rhyselle
Second and Early Third Age
General
- First Place: Anadûnai by Darth Fingon
- Second Place: Mallorn Torment by Tehta
- Third Place: All alone in the Night by Soledad
- Honorable Mention: Final Voyage by MithLuin
Fall of Numenor
- First Place: Touch of a Vanished Hand by elfscribe
- Second Place: Woolgathering by pandemonium_213
- Third Place: Coda by Marta
Pre-Ring War
General
- First Place: The Call of Duty: Legolas at Erebor by Jael
- Second Place: Escaping By The Dozen by Thundera Tiger
- Third Place: Midwinter Forfeit by Gwynnyd
- Honorable Mention: A Brotherly Gift by Soledad
Ring War
General
- First Place: In Darkness, Light by Nath
- Second Place: The Awakening by MJ
- Third Place: Beyond the Pale by Dwimordene
- Honorable Mention: The Old That Is Strong by Linda Hoyland, To See the Light by Mirach
Gapfiller
- First Place: The World Below the Mists by Thundera Tiger
- Second Place: The Counsels of Men by Thundera Tiger
- Third Place: On The Eve Of Battle by Jay of Lasgalen
- Honorable Mention: Berilac's Errand by Dreamflower
Mixed Drabbles
- First Place: Rainbow Drabbles by Jay of Lasgalen
- Second Place: Resistance by Tanaqui
- Third Place: Under a Silent Sky by Marta
Post-Ring War and Beyond
General
- First Place: Threnody for the Dispossessed by Kenaz
- Second Place: The Jewel of the Shire by Kara's Aunty
- Third Place: A Time to Reap by Cathleen
- Honorable Mention: Fifteen Years by Red Lasbelin
Drabbles
- First Place: Reaping the Reward by curiouswombat
- Second Place: Scion by Branwyn (Lady Branwyn)
- Third Place: Time's Out of Joint by Linda Hoyland
- Honorable Mention: Only Sleeping by Linda Hoyland
Gondor
- First Place: The Ring- Day Fete by Larner
- Second Place: Passover and Pilgrimage by Larner
- Third Place: Of Mice and Men... and Elves... and Dwarves by Marethiel
Vignettes
- First Place: Passing Grace by Virtuella
- Second Place: Small Victories by Raksha the Demon
- Third Place: Reckoning by Dwimordene
Modern Times
General
- First Place: Elf Academy by Fiondil
- Second Place: The Last Hero by Jael
- Third Place: Grace by Lanyon