The end of McShep Match is here, and we hope whether your team won or lost, you had a great time reading and/or participating with us this final time. We'll be sad to see it go, but we know it's a long way from being the end of the fandom or this pairing ( Read more... )

Thank you as always to everyone who read, voted and commented on the entries in this year’s McShep Match. Whether you're a newcomer or one of our veteran commenters who has been back every year to cheer our teams along, the mods and particpants appreciate you all ( Read more... )

Yes, this is it, folks - we're almost at the end!

Just a quick note on scoring before we announce the results - the average for each category over all fics is totalled to make the results, so since each is scored from 1-9 the final score is the number of points out of 18.

The final scores were:

Team Cool: 15.59
Team Fine: 15.27 ( Read more... )

Results up in a moment, but for now here's the masterlist of entries for 2013 ( Read more... )

The polls are now closed and votes will be counted as soon as possible - look out for the results coming to this community tomorrow ( Read more... )

Voting will be open until 8pm GMT (When is that?) on Thursday 29th August. At that time the polls will be closed.

Comments left after that time will not count towards the Top Commenters Contest.

Results for the Match itself as well as for the comment contest will be announced on Friday. Not long now! :)

Yes, posting has now concluded, so it's time to catch up on your reading and voting!

Voting will be open until 8pm GMT (When is that?) on Thursday 29th August. At that time the polls will be closed. You can continue to comment, but comments left after that time will not count towards the comment contest as your mods need a cut-off point. The ( Read more... )

Title: Nine Hearts
Author: fluffyllama
Team: Fine
Prompt: nine lives
Pairing(s): McKay/Sheppard
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: AU (both characters have always been female)
Word count: 3071
Summary: In which McKay is a demanding boss and Sheppard gets fired a lot. Which is more of a surprise than you might think, considering she doesn't actually have a job.
Author’s ( Read more... )

Title: Perhaps We Should Notify His Sister
Author: wneleh
Team: Cool
Prompt: nine lives
Pairing(s): McKay/Sheppard
Rating: Teen
Warnings: None
Word count: 1415
Summary: John and Rodney, mid-The Shrine
Author’s Notes: Thanks go to trobadora for the quick beta and general encouragement!

Once you've read the story, please take a moment to vote in the poll below. ( Read more... )

Title: Invaluable
Author: skinscript
Team: Fine
Prompt: sign of the times
Pairing(s): McKay/Sheppard
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Word count: 4,850
Summary: "Somewhere there's a secret verse to the book of Revelations, and it describes that the first sign of the apocalypse is Rodney McKay saying 'You would have been better off if I hadn't come'."

Once you've ( Read more... )