Call for Contributors: Themed Collections

Themed collections offer an introduction to fanworks around a particular theme. They are not intended to be comprehensive, although the curator of the collection should aim for diversity among the works presented in terms of creator, interpretation, style, length, and format. The collection should encourage community input as to other works that community members feel are important contributions to the theme.

Status: Open to new submissions. Please contact us (see below) before beginning a collection.

Contact: Melesta

Publishes: Irregularly

Length: Any

Other Requirements:

The collection should begin with a short introduction to the theme (no more than 300 words). Possible approaches to take in the introduction include but are not limited to:

  • Why is this topic interesting to you as a collector of this list? 
  • What kind of space does it occupy in Tolkien’s writing? 
  • Does it hold a particular interest among fandom creators? 
  • Has there been an increased interest recently?

The collection should include five to ten fanworks that fit the theme. All formats of fanwork are eligible, or the curator may choose to focus on just one format (e.g., fanfiction, music, traditional art). Each item in the collection should include basic metadata (title, creator, word count, format/genre, major characters, major relationships, rating, content warnings, and summary). The curator should provide a brief commentary about why the piece was included.

A collection should not include more than one work by a creator. Diversity is important in the selection of items to include, and curators should ensure that they are representing works by a variety of creators that use different interpretations and styles.

The collection should end with an invitation to readers to comment and add their own recommendations on the theme.

It is important that, throughout the collection, wording should emphasize that this collection is informative and personal and is in no way limited or authoritative. Rather, it would ideally encourage community input as to which works fitting the theme community members would add to the list.