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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Cultus Dispatches: Fandom Chocolate … or Authors Love Comments
Tolkien Fanfiction Survey data provides insight into how comments benefit authors and which authors are most impacted by a lack of comments, with a digression on authors' perspectives one-click feedback like kudos.
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?
Beta-Reader List Now Available
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New & Updated Fanworks
[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] No Time Have I by Flora-lass
A Silmarillion acrostic.
[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…
Current Challenge
Bollywood
Prompts this month are films, songs, and tropes from India's dazzling film industry, Bollywood. Read more ...
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Many Meetings
Create a fanwork centered on a nonviolent conflict. Read more ...
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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.
Around the World and Web
Fellowship of the Fics: Summer Stories 2024
Fellowship of the Fics offers four weeks of summer-themed prompts during the month of July.
Elrond Week 2024
Elrond Week is a fandom event dedicated to Elrond Peredhel that will run from July 10th to July 16th on Tumblr.
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.
New and Updated Fanworks
Include Beyond the Silmarillion Fanworks
Gildor and Elrond: amalindë by Encaitariel
A weary return from an arduous journey, and a conversation with a young ellon, makes Gildor realized that heroes are perhaps a matter of perspective.
| Major Characters: Elrond, Gildor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 5, 201 |
| Posted on 1 February 2016 | Updated on 1 February 2016 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Finrod: se wídfarende cyning by Encaitariel
While the title is Anlgo-Saxon, this is a character study of Finrod Felagund, "the far-wandering king" of Nargothrond; written from... an unusual perspective.
| Major Characters: Finrod Felagund |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 139 |
| Posted on 1 February 2016 | Updated on 1 February 2016 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Finduilas: object in motion by Encaitariel
A character study in prose form of Finduilas, Lady of Nargothrond.
| Major Characters: Finduilas |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 4, 844 |
| Posted on 1 February 2016 | Updated on 1 February 2016 |
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Gildor and Lindan: point of reference by Encaitariel
In Lindon, in the middle of the Second Age, Gildor Inglorion and his oldest friend both give and receive some unexpected news.
| Major Characters: Gildor, Original Male Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 12, 796 |
| Posted on 1 February 2016 | Updated on 1 February 2016 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Second Gamble by Keiliss
Fate, Ulmo's goodwill, and a family history of stubborn determination bring Idril to a reunion she had never thought possible.
| Major Characters: Idril, Tuor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Adventure, Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 423 |
| Posted on 18 January 2016 | Updated on 18 January 2016 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Behind the mask of bitterness by Harnatano - Lithenna
An exploration of the dynamic between Curufin and Celebrimbor in Nargothrond, how the father struggles with his own issues and mental blindness after the loss of Himlad and how Celebrimbor tries to bring his father back the way he used to be.
Celegorm as the 'unfortunate' witness of it.
+ a cat.
Illustrations by the talented Soraniizu
| Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Celegorm, Curufin |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 512 |
| Posted on 18 January 2016 | Updated on 18 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Another Bite at the Apple by Himring
In Mithrim, after the rescue of Maedhros: Fingon and his half-orphaned niece Idril and an apple, a special one.
| Major Characters: Fingon, Idril, Maedhros, Turgon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 699 |
| Posted on 16 January 2016 | Updated on 16 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Silmarillion : Flight of the Noldor by R A Sharkey
A dramatic retelling of the events depicted in The Silmarillion and The Unfinished Tales. Part 1 of 6, Flight of the Noldor deals with the war between Feanor and Melkor over the Silmarils, and the exodus of the Noldor from Valinor to Middle Earth.
| Major Characters: Fëanor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Script/Play/Screenplay | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 152 |
| Posted on 15 January 2016 | Updated on 15 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Memories of Starlight by Levade
Bits and bobs, drabbles from challenges and other small stories that don't fit anywhere else. Some are related to other stories, like Malaise, and others are just oddbits. Various ratings and characters.
| Major Characters: Ecthelion of the Fountain, Elemmakil, Elrond, Galadriel, Gil-galad, Gothmog, Melkor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Adventure, Drama, General, Horror, Humor | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 900 |
| Posted on 13 January 2016 | Updated on 14 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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| Major Characters: Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Horror | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 361 |
| Posted on 13 January 2016 | Updated on 13 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Somewhere I Have Never Travelled by The Wavesinger
Finduilas makes a decison that will alter certain paths, including Nienor's.
(Written for Amy Fortuna for Fandom Stocking 2015)
| Major Characters: Túrin |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Alternate Universe, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 355 |
| Posted on 13 January 2016 | Updated on 13 January 2016 |
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Voices of the Sea by The Wavesinger
Always, always, Mithrellas hears the sea: Nimrodel, Nimrodel.
(Written for Elleth for Fandom Stocking 2015)
| Major Characters: Galador, Gilmith, Imrazor, Mithrellas, Nimrodel, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Het, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 473 |
| Posted on 13 January 2016 | Updated on 13 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Not The Last Farewell by The Wavesinger
In the chaos that follows the Oath, Elemmírë says farewell to her lover.
(Written for Scribe_of_Mirrormere for Fandom Stocking 2015)
| Major Characters: Írimë, Elemmírë, Lalwen |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 148 |
| Posted on 13 January 2016 | Updated on 13 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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An Oath Once Sworn by The Wavesinger
Just before the Union of Maedhros, Araloth overhears one conversation, and remembers several others.
(Written for Himring for Fandom Stocking 2015)
| Major Characters: Fingon, Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 056 |
| Posted on 13 January 2016 | Updated on 13 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Master of Mirecourt by The Wavesinger
A young luthier is apprenticed to the one they call the Master.
(Written for Independence1776 for Fandom Stocking)
| Major Characters: Maglor, Original Female Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 712 |
| Posted on 13 January 2016 | Updated on 13 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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New Year's Night by Elleth
On the plains of Northern Rhûn in the early Years of the Sun, a young woman of the Kinn-lai goes on a perilous journey to rescue her missing sister.
| Major Characters: Avari, Original Female Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Adventure, General, Slash/Femslash, Suspense | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 5, 354 |
| Posted on 3 January 2016 | Updated on 11 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Reminders by Elleth
One winter in Eriador, Maglor receives a summons to Imladris for the season, and finds more than he bargained for along the way.
| Major Characters: Maglor, Original Female Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 826 |
| Posted on 10 January 2016 | Updated on 10 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Mystery of the Missing Cake by The Wavesinger
The Midwinter cake is missing, and Idril, Aredhel, and Meleth go on a quest to find it.
(Written for Elleth for the 2015 MPTT Yule Exchange)
| Major Characters: Aredhel, Idril, Meleth (Elf), Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, General, Mystery | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 771 |
| Posted on 10 January 2016 | Updated on 10 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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An Enquiry into the Matter of Gilmith of Dol Amroth by Elleth
As it is part of my own and Éomer's shared origin, we have taken some interest in the geneaologies of Dol Amroth, Lothíriel wrote, and although the Line of Princes is documented in detail, mysteries continue to surround the women of its beginning, namely the Silvan Elf Mithrellas and her daughter Gilmith.
| Major Characters: Gilmith, Mithrellas, Nimrodel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Experimental, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 784 |
| Posted on 10 January 2016 | Updated on 10 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Swanships by heget
They are the equal -if not greater- in worth to the Silmarils.
| Major Characters: Teleri |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 631 |
| Posted on 9 January 2016 | Updated on 9 January 2016 |
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Where the Lilies Grow by Elleth
Niënor takes Finduilas into the gardens of Nargothrond - and it turns out far better than either of them imagined.
| Major Characters: Finduilas, Nienor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Alternate Universe, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 798 |
| Posted on 9 January 2016 | Updated on 9 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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An Unexpected Welcome by Independence1776
They stared at their father and then at Maglor. Arwen eventually said, “Welcome to Imladris.”
| Major Characters: Aragorn, Celebrían, Elladan, Elrohir, Elrond, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 129 |
| Posted on 8 January 2016 | Updated on 8 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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What Comfort I May by The Wavesinger
Afrer Alqualondë, Aredhel grieves for her lover.
| Major Characters: Aredhel, Elenwë |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Experimental, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic), Violence (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 584 |
| Posted on 7 January 2016 | Updated on 7 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Beating the Bounds by Kenaz
When Erestor was young, his father had shown him their family’s heirloom: a primitive map of Cuiviénen and the inland sea scratched out on deer hide in ink made from soot and oak galls, the work of his father’s father. To the east of the Orocarni was written in the ancient cirth, Here be Monsters; a warning that what lay beyond was unknown, and best left unexamined. Erestor knew, as his grandsire had known, that some things were best left unexplored. Yet like his grandsire, he pressed on in spite of this knowledge.
| Major Characters: Erestor, Fingon, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 12, 082 |
| Posted on 5 January 2016 | Updated on 5 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Tall and Bright and the Wind in Her Hair by The Wavesinger
Snippets from the tale of Galadriel and Andreth, and a love never meant to be.
Written for as a treat for Elleth for the 2015 LotR Secret Santa exchange.
| Major Characters: Andreth, Galadriel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Character Death, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 553 |
| Posted on 4 January 2016 | Updated on 4 January 2016 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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