Mithril Awards

[altariel]

Congratulations to all on my Friends List who had success in this year's Mithril Awards!

I think I got you all (tell me if I didn't!)... I've been mixing up pseuds and LJ names...


aesc
The Hour of Splendor: Best Tolkien Characterization, Runner-up


applegnat
War Dust: Best AU/Crossover, Winner; Best Drama, Commended
Light Lingering: Best Fourth Age, Commended
Ghost Fires: Best romance/erotica (slash; Voters' Choice): Runner-up


cruisedirector
Emblematic: Best LotR, Commended; Best Tolkien Characterization, Commended; Best Character Piece (Voters' Choice), Runner-up


echoriath
Shades of the Immortal: Best Fourth Age, Commended


edrys
Every Good and Perfect Gift: Best Men, Runner-up; Best Silm, Commended


fileg
Gifts of Life: Best LotR, Winner; Best Gapfiller, Runner-up
Slouching Toward Gondolin: Best Original Characterization, Runner-up; Best Silm (Voters' Choice), Runner-up
Breathe: Best Tolkien Characterization, Commended


forodwaith
In The Wild: Best Action/Adventure, Commended


rcfinch
Lasciate Ogne Speranza?, Best Fourth Age, Winner


stultiloquentia
Rose Riddle: Best Fourth Age, Runner-up


the_wild_iris
The Emblem You Chose: Best Hobbit, Runner-up
The Groupie of Dol Guldur: Best Humour, Runner-up


thrihyrne
Speak, Friend, And Enter: Best Other races, Runner-up
The Hours: Best LotR, Commended; Best Gapfiller, Commended
Under the Waterfall: Best critical essay or research article, Commended


tyellas
The Prince: Best Tolkien Characterization, Winner
The Unnatural History of Tolkien's Orcs: Best critical essay or research article, Winner
Quickening: Best Romance/erotica (het), Runner-up


Although the following author isn't on LJ, I particularly want to say how very glad I am to see these two pieces of hers win awards. Not bad for someone who doesn't write! Congratulations, Alawa - these awards are well-deserved and more:

Alawa
Keepers of the Hearth: Best Original Characterization, Winner
One Day: Best Poetry (comic or light), Winner


Well done to the Awards Committee for their organization and hard work. As ever, it was great fun participating, particularly to get the chance to read stories that I would not otherwise have seen.


Why, thank you for asking!:

altariel1
Sprits of the House: Best AU/Crossover, Runner-up
At Sea: Best romance/erotica (het: Voters' Choice): Runner-up

Thank you to everyone who voted for At Sea: I'm dead chuffed!

PS: I guess this means Denethor will have to be Guest of Honour at my celebration party.

Comments

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Congrats one and all -- extremely well deserved!

Well done to the Awards Committee for their organization and hard work.

Organisation might be overstating it a touch, but thanks for imputing it! I'm glad that you enjoyed participating -- I've certainly read loads of great stuff that I wouldn't otherwise have encountered.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

The work is appreciated.

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to everybody and a deep bow especially to you!

( I was "only" a judge, but it was exciting!)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

No 'only' about judging, it's an essential part of the Awards!

Thanks for the congrats!

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

Yes, well done to all of them, and well done to you. I love both 'At Sea' and 'Spirits of the House'. I'm glad that other people do, too.

Hurrah for the Awards and the Committee!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thanks, gb - Denethor did me proud this year! :-D

[stultiloquentia.livejournal.com]

You rock! You rock for your wins, and you rock for taking the time to list all your pals like that. Thanks. :-)

You know I love all your writing, but At Sea, in particular, fills me with great glee, so I'm, well, *gleeful* to see that it got recognized.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Doing this list enables me to procrastinate away the morning, and makes me look good by association ;-D

I was so chuffed about At Sea: it hadn't made the final list in the judged category, so it was such a pleasant surprise to see it there this morning.

[kathyh]

Huge congratulations to all involved. I know from the stories I've read that the standard is incredibly high. Particular congrats to you and Alawa with three great stories listed. And in the true spirit of award ceremonies I'd also like to thank the committee for providing me with some great summer reading (i.e. all the stories I haven't read) *g*.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Thanks, KathyH! There's certainly plenty of good reading in the list...

[altariel.livejournal.com]

It's a good set of stories, and there are loads I haven't read yet which have come with good recommendations. There's one that's a Lovecraft pastiche I'm looking forward to reading.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

The Strange Case of the House at Hollinport was one of my personal 'wow moments' this year -- a fabulous story, by an author of whom I'd never previously heard. I was so chuffed when it did well, because I wasn't really expecting it to be most people's cup of espresso.

[tyellas.livejournal.com]

thanks!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Congratulations - it's a beautiful sparkly glittery mithrilly pile of awards you have there! :-D

[edrys.livejournal.com]

Hey, Tyellas! Congratulations! I just got through reading the list at the Mithrils site, then wandered over here to see Una's LJ full of the news too. Well deserved. :-)

[edrys.livejournal.com]

Congratulations, Una. I'm thrilled to see so many of my friends on the list - and there are a few stories I'd missed before that are now on my reading list. :-)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

And congrats to you too! :-)

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Go, you!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

:-D Thanks!

[teasel.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Your stories are splendid, and the awards are very well deserved! *goes off squeeing*

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Last year's awards were what led me to On Gorgoroth Plain and then to your journal, for which I am enormously grateful.

[rcfinch.livejournal.com]

Thank you, and congratulations to you, too!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Yours was a stunning story, Finch :-)

[applegnat.livejournal.com]

*squees* You are a darling for taking so much trouble over this list. Thank you and congratulations to you too! *blinded by your goodficness*

[altariel.livejournal.com]

*hugs you* I am so delighted to see all your lovely shiny awards!

[ithilwen.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Your success was well-deserved.

We sure had a lot of good fics in the contest this year!

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you :-) It was another great set of stories this year.

[forodwaith.livejournal.com]

And congratulations back to you!

But much as I know you love Denethor, I have to say that I suspect he'd be a buzz-killer at any party. :-)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I wonder how quickly we could get him drunk, and what he'd be like? A psychotic drunk? A maudlin drunk? Or, most frightening prospect of all - a happy drunk?

[forodwaith.livejournal.com]

Awk - brain bleach, stat!

(I suspect maudlin.)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

*offers scrubbing brush*

I suspect maudlin too. Dreadful thought!

[cruisedirector]

Congratulations! "At Sea" is wonderful and you should be proud.

And I can't even explain how mortified I am that a story I wrote in 30 minutes for an improv, that was never betaed or edited, is sitting there with awards, especially considering that fannish competition is practically against my religion. Am thinking (after a week of really really struggling with Lupin/Snape) that perhaps I should never write anything over 500 words again.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Sometimes it just works out like that, I think - a good idea and inspiration strike, and the words all work together. Spartan Letters was written very quickly, but that one is another stunner.

Your struggles with Lupin/Snape are much appreciated.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-D

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks! I’m feeling a bit stunned at the moment really – and, of course, Bilbo couldn’t have done it without you. :-)

Congrats to you too – especially for At Sea – and to everyone else, and many thanks to all the organisers - I can only imagine the amount work involved.

Right, I’m in new territory here so let’s hope I’ve done this properly ...

Alawa

[altariel.livejournal.com]

You done just fine :-D

I'm so thrilled about your awards.

[(Anonymous)]

I have to admit that I am, in general, made nervous by competition, so I was a little apprehensive about these awards, but the Awards Committee was graciousness itself to me, and best of all, I found many fine stories I had never read before, including some of yours, Altariel. IMHO, any award anyone sends your way is richly deserved, and I can say that about the stories you list too.

[(Anonymous)]

I meant to sign this post and forgot. I am technically challenged but thrilled to find good fics.

Daw the Minstrel

[altariel.livejournal.com]

How very kind of you to take the time to post. And congratulations on your own showing in the awards too :-)

[vulgarweed.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! Well-deserved. VERY good run of stories this year too.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you. And yes, it was a grand set of stories this year. Good to know that excellent fic is still being produced after the films!

[windswept1.livejournal.com]

Congratulations:)

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Thank you - and to you too :-D

[the-wild-iris.livejournal.com]

Very late congratulations from a bemused traveller, Altariel - to you and to all the worthies you were so generous as to mention :)