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Men of Middle Earth Awards
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Created on 2007-04-16 00:47:24 (#12737181), last updated 2009-12-04
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| Description: | Awards for LOTR RPS and FPS |
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mome.awards@gmail.com AboutWelcome to the Men of Middle Earth Awards, where we celebrate the beautiful variety of the LOTR slash fandom. The awards are meant to recognize the best of each pairing in RPS and FPS for drabbles, ficlets, and short and long fiction.
Graphics courtesy of![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
stormatdusk Thank you! *hugs*
(screencaps from Annon Nan Galadh and brushes from Amarie Veanne.)
Eligibility requirements
What do we mean by the "Men of Middle Earth"? We're referring to "men" as in "all men are created equal." Anything goes here and crossovers are more than welcome. As long as half the pairing is from LOTR the fic is eligible for nomination.
All stories completed between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009 are eligible for nomination in the new RPS and FPS categories. Classic RPS and FPS fics must have been completed by December 31, 2007. Multi-chapter fics may be started at any time but the last chapter must be posted within the stated timeframe. Stories may be posted at any archive (Rugbytackle, VOLA, OEAM, Mirrormere, etc.) or journaling site (InsaneJournal, Dreamwidth, etc.).
Award Schedule
July 15 - August 31: Nomination period
September 15 - October 31: voting
November 10: Winners announced
Specific details for each award category (new RPS and FPS, Classic Fiction, and the Marquee Newcomers Award) can be found on the nomination post.
Nomination process
Nominations will be open from July 15 - August 31, 2009. You may nominate as many stories and pairings as you like. However, one person cannot nominate the same story more than once. Multiple nominations from one person for the same story will be disallowed in order to ensure that all fics have a level playing field in the nomination process. To check the validity of an e-mail nomination, individuals may be asked to submit a screened comment here so I can confirm they have not submitted nominations for the same stories before.
Authors may nominate their own stories. However, when the final ballots are being put together those nominations may not count toward the final tally if there's a need to break a tie.
Please note: moderators cannot be nominated or vote for winners.
Locked fics
You may nominate a story if it is in a locked journal. However, whether or not the story will become part of the official nomination process depends on whether the author (a) agrees to unlock the story from mid-September through the end of November so everyone can read it, or (b) is willing to post it temporarily at![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif)
lotrfics and have it unlocked for public reading from mid-September through the end of November. Obviously, fics will only have to be unlocked or posted to lotrfics if their fic earns enough nominations to become part of the final ballots.
You may want to check with authors before nominating their stories, but I will be contacting them at the time of their nomination to see if this plan is agreeable to them, and if I am not on their friends list I will ask them to confirm the word count of the story as well.
Award categories
Except for the new author categories, nominations are made by the size of the story. The divisions are:
Drabbles (100 words)
Ficlets (101 - 1000 words)
Short Fiction (1001 - 8,000 words)
Long Fiction (8,001 and up)
Because there can be significant differences between a 10,000 word fic and one 50K and longer, a Novel length category will be added if we receive enough nominations in a pairing to warrant this addition. For example, if we receive 18 Frodo/Sam nominations in the Long Fiction category and five of them are longer than 50,000 words, a Frodo/Sam Novel length category will be added for these stories.
Please keep in mind that a pairing will only have its own award in a specific fic size if it receives five distinct nominations. For example, if five different Karl/Viggo ficlets are nominated, Karl/Viggo will have a Ficlet category. Otherwise, the Karl/Viggo ficlets will be placed in a General Fellowship group, and the five ficlets with the most nominations will become part of the final voting in that category regardless of pairing.
A similar approach will be applied for threesomes. However, when nominating a story with multiple pairings please select the primary pair in your nomination. The story will be grouped with other fics of that pairing. If, however, all the pairs in the fic have equal billing and no one stands out as the "star," please include all pairs in your nomination and the decision of which pair should be used will be left up to the author.
Finding eligible stories
In addition to scrolling through the archives of your favorite comms and your memories list, we've set up a post for people to post recommendations or links to fic lists. Writers and readers can post a list of stories (their own, favorite fics by other authors, or both) they'd like people to consider when making nominations. Leave a comment here to let people know about a great story or to add a link to your rec list. (Ideally the list will be divided by pairing and word count, but it's not required). Nominations will not be limited to these stories, but should be a great place for people to check out when they start thinking about nominations.
Voting
In an effort to reduce the possibility of ballot stuffing, only members of this community will be able to vote. However, if you do not have a LiveJournal account and do not wish to create one, please e-mail the moderator. E-mail balloting will be allowed but only from addresses previously "authorized" to submit votes. People submitting e-mail ballots may also be asked to leave a screened comment here as a second check that the votes are coming from different individuals. The polls will be open from September 15 - October 31.
Award Selection
The story that receives the most votes in its category will be selected as the winner. Each pairing has the potential to win four awards (one for each fic size division).
All nominees will receive an icon in recognition of this achievement. The winners will be announced by November 10 and will receive both a banner and icon.
Plagiarism Policy
In the middle of the awards cycle if a story is found to have been plagiarized, in whole or in part, it will immediately be removed from the ballot and everyone who voted for it will be notified so they have an opportunity to change their votes. In addition, because there will not be enough time to check whether other nominated stories by that writer are in fact his or her original work, all of them will be ineligible and removed from the ballot. In future years the author's work will be allowed to compete, but the award moderators will be conducting as thorough a check as possible to ensure that these other stories have not also been plagiarized.
If the same author has another story nominated in a subsequent year that is found to be plagiarized, not only will that story be removed from the ballot but all stories by this author will now permanently be ineligible for MOME nomination.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please leave a comment here or e-mail the moderator.
Promotional Graphics
Graphics courtesy of
stormatdusk Thank you! *hugs*(screencaps from Annon Nan Galadh and brushes from Amarie Veanne.)
What do we mean by the "Men of Middle Earth"? We're referring to "men" as in "all men are created equal." Anything goes here and crossovers are more than welcome. As long as half the pairing is from LOTR the fic is eligible for nomination.
All stories completed between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009 are eligible for nomination in the new RPS and FPS categories. Classic RPS and FPS fics must have been completed by December 31, 2007. Multi-chapter fics may be started at any time but the last chapter must be posted within the stated timeframe. Stories may be posted at any archive (Rugbytackle, VOLA, OEAM, Mirrormere, etc.) or journaling site (InsaneJournal, Dreamwidth, etc.).
July 15 - August 31: Nomination period
September 15 - October 31: voting
November 10: Winners announced
Specific details for each award category (new RPS and FPS, Classic Fiction, and the Marquee Newcomers Award) can be found on the nomination post.
Nominations will be open from July 15 - August 31, 2009. You may nominate as many stories and pairings as you like. However, one person cannot nominate the same story more than once. Multiple nominations from one person for the same story will be disallowed in order to ensure that all fics have a level playing field in the nomination process. To check the validity of an e-mail nomination, individuals may be asked to submit a screened comment here so I can confirm they have not submitted nominations for the same stories before.
Authors may nominate their own stories. However, when the final ballots are being put together those nominations may not count toward the final tally if there's a need to break a tie.
Please note: moderators cannot be nominated or vote for winners.
You may nominate a story if it is in a locked journal. However, whether or not the story will become part of the official nomination process depends on whether the author (a) agrees to unlock the story from mid-September through the end of November so everyone can read it, or (b) is willing to post it temporarily at
lotrfics and have it unlocked for public reading from mid-September through the end of November. Obviously, fics will only have to be unlocked or posted to lotrfics if their fic earns enough nominations to become part of the final ballots.You may want to check with authors before nominating their stories, but I will be contacting them at the time of their nomination to see if this plan is agreeable to them, and if I am not on their friends list I will ask them to confirm the word count of the story as well.
Except for the new author categories, nominations are made by the size of the story. The divisions are:
Drabbles (100 words)
Ficlets (101 - 1000 words)
Short Fiction (1001 - 8,000 words)
Long Fiction (8,001 and up)
Because there can be significant differences between a 10,000 word fic and one 50K and longer, a Novel length category will be added if we receive enough nominations in a pairing to warrant this addition. For example, if we receive 18 Frodo/Sam nominations in the Long Fiction category and five of them are longer than 50,000 words, a Frodo/Sam Novel length category will be added for these stories.
Please keep in mind that a pairing will only have its own award in a specific fic size if it receives five distinct nominations. For example, if five different Karl/Viggo ficlets are nominated, Karl/Viggo will have a Ficlet category. Otherwise, the Karl/Viggo ficlets will be placed in a General Fellowship group, and the five ficlets with the most nominations will become part of the final voting in that category regardless of pairing.
A similar approach will be applied for threesomes. However, when nominating a story with multiple pairings please select the primary pair in your nomination. The story will be grouped with other fics of that pairing. If, however, all the pairs in the fic have equal billing and no one stands out as the "star," please include all pairs in your nomination and the decision of which pair should be used will be left up to the author.
In addition to scrolling through the archives of your favorite comms and your memories list, we've set up a post for people to post recommendations or links to fic lists. Writers and readers can post a list of stories (their own, favorite fics by other authors, or both) they'd like people to consider when making nominations. Leave a comment here to let people know about a great story or to add a link to your rec list. (Ideally the list will be divided by pairing and word count, but it's not required). Nominations will not be limited to these stories, but should be a great place for people to check out when they start thinking about nominations.
In an effort to reduce the possibility of ballot stuffing, only members of this community will be able to vote. However, if you do not have a LiveJournal account and do not wish to create one, please e-mail the moderator. E-mail balloting will be allowed but only from addresses previously "authorized" to submit votes. People submitting e-mail ballots may also be asked to leave a screened comment here as a second check that the votes are coming from different individuals. The polls will be open from September 15 - October 31.
The story that receives the most votes in its category will be selected as the winner. Each pairing has the potential to win four awards (one for each fic size division).
All nominees will receive an icon in recognition of this achievement. The winners will be announced by November 10 and will receive both a banner and icon.
In the middle of the awards cycle if a story is found to have been plagiarized, in whole or in part, it will immediately be removed from the ballot and everyone who voted for it will be notified so they have an opportunity to change their votes. In addition, because there will not be enough time to check whether other nominated stories by that writer are in fact his or her original work, all of them will be ineligible and removed from the ballot. In future years the author's work will be allowed to compete, but the award moderators will be conducting as thorough a check as possible to ensure that these other stories have not also been plagiarized.
If the same author has another story nominated in a subsequent year that is found to be plagiarized, not only will that story be removed from the ballot but all stories by this author will now permanently be ineligible for MOME nomination.
If you have any questions, please leave a comment here or e-mail the moderator.
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