New Challenge: Bollywood
This month's challenge offers songs, films, and tropes from Bollywood, the world's largest film industry based out of India, as prompts for fanworks.
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A Sense of History: Passing Ships
As Tolkien's characters in various texts gaze out to the sea, what do they see? What is brought by the ships coming out of the West?
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[Writing] No Time Have I by Flora-lass
A Silmarillion acrostic.
[Writing] An exercise in music... And patience by Aprilertuile
Makalaurë was sitting at the harp in his music room. He was holding a dark blindfold in his hands and was looking at it with much scepticism.
[Writing] I called it Fate that I should fail by AdmirableMonster
Nimruzimir, a natural philosopher recently out of his apprenticeship, hardly considers himself very important to anyone, least of all his colleagues. When his strange, prophetic fits bring him to the attention of the High Priest, however, he may find that his existence is less superfluous than…
[Writing] All of you by chrissystriped
Elrond and Celebrían celebrate their anniversary with their family.
[Writing] Lament for the Singer by daughterofshadows
A short thing about Maglor, death and grieving.
[Writing] Cosmological Poems of Arda by AaronAzrael
I would like to share my revelations of Tolkien's Universe in the form of narrative and emotional poems.
[Writing] Eä's Redemption by AaronAzrael
This is my new poetical attempt to add my own interpretation to Tolkien's Cosmology as to Eru's Creation and the Valar's minds and behind-the-scene providence reasons and mechanisms.. I often review Eä as part of our own world, just in another dimension, this is why I have always seriously…
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Bollywood
Prompts this month are films, songs, and tropes from India's dazzling film industry, Bollywood. Read more ...
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Revolution
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Fandom Chocolate … or Authors Love Comments by Dawn Walls-Thumma
[]Tolkien Fanfiction Survey data shows that authors view comments as driving their motivation to create fanfiction. However, perception of comments by authors is part of a larger shift in fandom around how and how often fans interact with each other.
Passing Ships by Simon J. Cook
[]The arrival and departure of ships across the Great Sea carries mythic significance for the peoples of Middle-earth. The image of ships crossing out of and back into a mysterious West appears as well in Beowulf and is alluded to in Tolkien's tower analogy in his lecture "Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics," where the tower allows those who climb it to observe the passage of the ships.
Fanfiction and the Serious Business of Writer's Craft by Dawn Walls-Thumma
[]Tolkien Fanfiction Survey data shows that while most authors self-identify as taking their craft seriously, a growing subset of authors may be pushing that norm.
Beyond the Silmarillion
[Writing] Staging a Battle by StarSpray
[]He and Diamond were visiting, though Pippin had been disappearing every afternoon, and taking Frodo and Elanor and most other lads and lasses in the neighborhood with him—though why they couldn’t use Pippin’s own pony, Sam couldn’t imagine.
[Writing] From whose bourn no traveller returns by losselen
[]So gathered they were to Bree, what lieutenants who could be spared, from their scattered watches west and east, for their chieftain had returned from his long sojourn in lands godless and mountains strange.
Aragorn returns from the South to tells his tales. Halbarad listens.
[Writing] Sand Sorcery by StarSpray
[]It is well known that Psamathos does not leave his cove. He does not like to get his feet wet, and prefers to spend his days dozing under the sun.
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Fellowship of the Fics: Summer Stories 2024
Fellowship of the Fics offers four weeks of summer-themed prompts during the month of July.
July challenge at tolkienshortfanworks posted
The tolkienshortfanworks challenge for July has been posted to the Dreamwidth community. The thematic challenge is: original character or unnamed canon character; the formal challenge: fixed length of multiple of 50 words. New participants welcome.
July 2024 Call for Papers and Proposals
Conferences and publications that have open calls for papers and proposals in July 2024.
Teitho June/July Challenge: Mentor
The June/July prompt for the Teitho challenge is "mentor" and invites fanworks about this relationship in Tolkien's works.
Scribbles & Drabbles 2024
A chill Tolkien event, where artists make art, and authors write little stories in response. Begins in June and ends in November.
New and Updated Fanworks
Include Beyond the Silmarillion Fanworks
What A Tangled Net We Weave... by Grundy
Young Artanis, Irissë, and Ambarussa were left to amuse themselves while their fathers were in a meeting at the palace. What could possibly go wrong?
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Aredhel, Galadriel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: Sitcom |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 119 |
| Posted on 9 October 2018 | Updated on 9 October 2018 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Agley. by hennethgalad
Gildis hopes that Írimë will cheer her up.
(free space, sitcom bingo !)
| Major Characters: Lalwen |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Sitcom |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 769 |
| Posted on 9 October 2018 | Updated on 9 October 2018 |
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Little Comfort to be Found by Independence1776
During one of Númenor’s last years, Tar-Míriel makes a decision.
| Major Characters: Original Female Character(s), Tar-Míriel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 206 |
| Posted on 7 October 2018 | Updated on 7 October 2018 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Drabbles for Tolkien Weekly by Ysilme
Small drabble sets about three pairs of brothers, inspired by the prompts of tolkien weekly, the Silmarillion and the Unfinished Tales.
| Major Characters: Celeborn, Celebrían, Elladan, Elrohir, Elrond, Elros, Galadriel, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 21 | Word Count: 78, 501 |
| Posted on 26 August 2013 | Updated on 7 October 2018 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Absinthe-minded by Sleepless_Malice
At a party, Maedhros meets Maglor’s (awful) artist friends and is quite shocked by their openly displayed brazenness.
– written for Fëanorian Week 2018
| Major Characters: Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Humor, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Incest, Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 7, 428 |
| Posted on 6 October 2018 | Updated on 6 October 2018 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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A Love Like Darkness, Like Light by Sleepless_Malice
In the Halls of Awaiting, Fëanor and Fingolfin meet again in exceptional circumstances.
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Fingolfin, Mandos |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Incest, Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 5, 606 |
| Posted on 6 October 2018 | Updated on 6 October 2018 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Comfort and Joy by Narya
It's the festive season in Gondolin, and Voronwë finds himself intrigued by the Captain of the Guard of the Secret Way.
| Major Characters: Elemmakil, Voronwë |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Erotica, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 358 |
| Posted on 5 October 2018 | Updated on 5 October 2018 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Graveyard Shift by Himring
After the First Kinslaying, Maglor's wife ends up with a grim duty.
Has she been volunteered by others?
Or maybe she did choose it herself, after all?
In the confusion of the times, that may not be an easy distinction to make.
| Major Characters: Noldor, Teleri |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Sitcom |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 781 |
| Posted on 5 October 2018 | Updated on 5 October 2018 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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"The Taming of Ossë" by Nerdanel by Sasha Honeypalm
Regret is a riptide; it will drown those who stray into it.
| Major Characters: Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General, Het | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 234 |
| Posted on 3 October 2018 | Updated on 3 October 2018 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Dispossessed For Ever by StarSpray
After Elwing casts herself into the Sea, Maglor finds her sons.
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: Sitcom |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 847 |
| Posted on 3 October 2018 | Updated on 3 October 2018 |
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Orcs. by hennethgalad
Fingolfin questions prisoners.
| Major Characters: Fingolfin |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 957 |
| Posted on 3 October 2018 | Updated on 3 October 2018 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Aware. by hennethgalad
Fingolfin reads the thoughts of two prisoners to see who is telling the truth.
(reading 'Orcs' first would enrich this)
for the 'Sitcom' challenge "Sophisticated as hell."
| Major Characters: Fingolfin |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Horror | Challenges: Sitcom |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 5, 194 |
| Posted on 3 October 2018 | Updated on 3 October 2018 |
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The Hearts of the Eldar by grey_gazania
During the Kinslaying at the Havens of Sirion, one of the Fëanorian soldiers makes a choice.
| Major Characters: Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 148 |
| Posted on 29 September 2018 | Updated on 29 September 2018 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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A Trail of Things Lost by Nitheliniel
Betrayed by Feanor and his sons, Fingolfin's host must brave the Helcaraxë to travel from Valinor to Middle Earth. The Grinding Ice takes freely without anything being offered. It takes bodies and souls, smiles and warm feelings, it takes the last of their innocence, and their ability to forgive.
| Major Characters: Aegnor, Aredhel, Argon, Elenwë, Fingolfin, Fingon, Finrod Felagund, Galadriel, Idril, Lalwen, Orodreth, Turgon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death |
| Chapters: 7 | Word Count: 7, 630 |
| Posted on 26 September 2018 | Updated on 26 September 2018 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Aftermath by hennethgalad
Hador and Gildis have their first row.
| Major Characters: Hador |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: Sitcom |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 652 |
| Posted on 25 September 2018 | Updated on 25 September 2018 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Filial Piety by heget
The story of the third companion of Finrod and Beren to die in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
| Major Characters: Beren, Edrahil, Fëanor, Finrod Felagund, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General, Horror | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 447 |
| Posted on 24 September 2018 | Updated on 24 September 2018 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Beyond the Sunset Leads My Way by mainecoon
As the Ringbearers prepare to depart from Middle Earth, one last question still weighs on Elrond's mind. Gandalf is not sure how to answer it. Six thousand years ago at the Havens of Sirion, the twin sons of Feanor found an answer for themselves: one that spoke of little pity and of no hope at all.
Elrond is not willing to accept it, and Gandalf wonders.
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Elrond, Gandalf |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 6, 133 |
| Posted on 24 September 2018 | Updated on 24 September 2018 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Arms. by hennethgalad
Hador begs the forgiveness of Gildis.
| Major Characters: Hador |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: Sitcom |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 161 |
| Posted on 23 September 2018 | Updated on 23 September 2018 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Ajar. by hennethgalad
Even on the night of his wedding, Hador turns to Fingolfin.
| Major Characters: Fingolfin, Hador, Lalwen |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Sitcom |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 572 |
| Posted on 22 September 2018 | Updated on 22 September 2018 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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To The Sea by hennethgalad
Erestor takes Glorfindel to Alqualondë to confront his fear of the dark.
| Major Characters: Erestor, Glorfindel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 6, 794 |
| Posted on 19 September 2018 | Updated on 19 September 2018 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Kol Nidrei and the Fëanorian Oath by Independence1776
Can Kol Nidrei annul Maglor’s oath?
| Major Characters: Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Nonfiction/Meta | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 273 |
| Posted on 16 September 2018 | Updated on 16 September 2018 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Dust in Desert Winds by Raiyana
Gondor after the death of Isildur is weak, ripe for the pickings - but what stirs among her neighbours is not what Elrond feared, and Erestor’s talents are put to a wholly different test than either expected when he and Glorfindel head into the desert to explore the sentiments of the region post the fall of Barad-dûr.
Written for the Tolkin Reverse Summer Bang 2018
| Major Characters: Erestor, Glorfindel, Original Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: Discovery |
| Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Sexual Content (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 8 | Word Count: 22, 207 |
| Posted on 15 September 2018 | Updated on 15 September 2018 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Burnt Lighthouses by heget
Círdan comes too late to the Havens of Sirion.
| Major Characters: Círdan |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 580 |
| Posted on 13 September 2018 | Updated on 13 September 2018 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Annael by Tomour
Tuor is raised by his foster-father and the Sindarin elves of the androth. Chapter 2 of Tuor Dreams of Gondolin, in several sections.
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 3, 084 |
| Posted on 5 September 2018 | Updated on 12 September 2018 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Elemental by Ysilme
"Each morning, Maglor started off along the beach, following the ebb and flow of the waves. Every day he walked until he grew tired and needed a rest. Then he sat, watching the sea and the sky, and then he walked again."
| Major Characters: Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: B2MeM 2018 |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 6 | Word Count: 2, 508 |
| Posted on 12 September 2018 | Updated on 12 September 2018 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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