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

Angst

• 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)

Gapfiller

• 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

The Silmarillion

• 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

Vignettes

• 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

Banner for First Place in Drama: Aragorn or Hobbits

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

Hurt/Comfort

• 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