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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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?
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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…
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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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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.
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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.
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
Seven Sons by Artaxastra
Nerdanel also had seven sons.
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Caranthir, Celegorm, Curufin, Maedhros, Maglor, Nerdanel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 761 |
| Posted on 28 November 2015 | Updated on 28 November 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Kinslayer by Artaxastra
Artanis had a part in the First Kinslaying.
Warning for violence. (This is the First Kinslaying. There's violence.)
| Major Characters: Finrod Felagund, Galadriel, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Violence (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 750 |
| Posted on 23 November 2015 | Updated on 23 November 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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A Minor Act of Reparation by Himring
Maedhros unexpectedly is offered a chance to make up to the Teleri for the loss and destruction of the swan ships, but what precisely is it they want of him?
| Major Characters: Círdan, Eärwen, Fingon, Maedhros, Olwë |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 191 |
| Posted on 22 November 2015 | Updated on 22 November 2015 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Dragon's Journeys by DrummerWench
An addition to the Fairy Tales series that also fits on SWG.
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Adventure, Poetry | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 266 |
| Posted on 20 November 2015 | Updated on 20 November 2015 |
This fanwork belongs to the series
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Relief Mapping by swampdiamonds
Gwindor and Celebrimbor have a chat.
| Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Gwindor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 896 |
| Posted on 20 November 2015 | Updated on 20 November 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Edge of Love by Agelast
Húrin and Morwen undergo an important courtship ritual.
| Major Characters: Húrin, Morwen |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Romance | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 171 |
| Posted on 17 November 2015 | Updated on 17 November 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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my hero bares his nerves by Agelast
Written for the prompt - the Turin pairing of your choice having disastrous sex. But it's always a disaster, when Túrin's around!
| Major Characters: Beleg, Túrin |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 122 |
| Posted on 17 November 2015 | Updated on 17 November 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Last Tango in Nargothrond by Agelast
It takes (at least) two to utterly destroy a city.
| Major Characters: Orodreth, Túrin |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Erotica, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 196 |
| Posted on 17 November 2015 | Updated on 17 November 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The heart of a father is a masterpiece of nature by Harnatano - Lithenna
A short piece about young Celebrimbor and his father, being happy in Aman.
| Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Curufin |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Experimental, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 626 |
| Posted on 15 November 2015 | Updated on 15 November 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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One Last Song by Harnatano - Lithenna
Maglor in the moments that precede and follow Maedhros' death.
| Major Characters: Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Suicide |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 666 |
| Posted on 12 November 2015 | Updated on 12 November 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Last Rose of Summer by Sleepless_Malice
"It was customary for the noble Lords of Gondolin to celebrate – every week, beginning the week after Tarnin Austa, one of the great houses of Gondolin held an impressive celebration in honor of the labor it took to build the hidden city and of their king, who was dearly loved by all. The House of the Heavenly Arch marked the beginning of the special season, followed by the Houses of the Fountain and Swallow and their respective lords until the feast of the King marked the end of the endless celebrations. Today, however, it was the night of the Golden Flower, and it would most likely become a night to remember."
..and it indeed became a night to remember - but not as expected!
| Major Characters: Aredhel, Duilin, Ecthelion of the Fountain, Glorfindel, Penlod, Rog, Turgon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate), Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 280 |
| Posted on 9 November 2015 | Updated on 9 November 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Kingfisher in a Cage by heget
The story of the fifth companion of Finrod and Beren to die in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
| Major Characters: Beren, Edrahil, Finrod Felagund, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General, Horror | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 344 |
| Posted on 8 November 2015 | Updated on 8 November 2015 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Almarë Eruo by The Wavesinger
Elros and his wife, and the making of a queen. A legend of Meneltarma.
| Major Characters: Elros, Original Female Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Experimental, Het | Challenges: B2MeM 2013 |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 236 |
| Posted on 7 November 2015 | Updated on 7 November 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Gone with the Wind by Sleepless_Malice
Glorfindel’s violent death has left incurable mental wounds behind and his memory only consists of very small fragments. Thoughts of how he had failed to protect the White City and its inhabitants trouble him to such an extent that Námo seems incapable to cure him. He is released from the Halls of Waiting to reside in Irmo’s gardens to aid his recovery, because: sooner or later, he has to return to Middle-Earth. However, his state remains unchanged and in his desperation, Irmo consults Manwë for guidance how to proceed with the grieving elf in his care, without being aware of their own fateful history.
This story tells their very own and special history and touches Glorfindel’s motives to leave the Blessed Realm behind, and explains what troubles him to such an extent that he fights against the help of the Valar. Can they reconcile and finally forget what had happened between them millennia ago?
| Major Characters: Glorfindel, Lórien, Mandos, Manwë, Nienna |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Character Death, Expletive Language, Mature Themes, Sexual Content (Graphic), Violence (Graphic) |
| Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 2, 836 |
| Posted on 4 November 2015 | Updated on 4 November 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Stranger in a Strange Land. by Cheeky
A bored Erestor gets the surprise of his life when Glorfindel returns from the dead. But their reunion does not exactly go smoothly. Things have changed in the last several hundred years. Can Glorfindel adjust?....Will Erestor ever wear trousers?
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 6 | Word Count: 5, 954 |
| Posted on 3 October 2015 | Updated on 3 November 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Feasting with the Lions of Valmar by heget
On the eve of the War of Wrath, Ingwion asks his father to be the one to lead the Vanyar in battle. Afterwards his family dinner highlights a hidden motive in his eagerness to journey to Beleriand.
| Major Characters: Ingwë, Ingwion, Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General, Het, Humor | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Sexual Content (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 896 |
| Posted on 30 October 2015 | Updated on 30 October 2015 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Queen and Her Consort by The Wavesinger
The Ruling Queen of Numenor and her Consort discuss Council politics.
(Finally cross-posting my B2MeM stories)
| Major Characters: Herucalmo, Tar-Vanimeldë |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama | Challenges: B2MeM 2015 |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 432 |
| Posted on 30 October 2015 | Updated on 30 October 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Noldolantë by The Wavesinger
Maedhros and Fingon: how they fight, and how they lose.
(Finally cross-posting my B2MeM stories)
| Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Experimental, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: B2MeM 2015 |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 578 |
| Posted on 30 October 2015 | Updated on 30 October 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Dust Clouds by The Wavesinger
Luthien rides in search of Beren.
I am finally cross-posting my B2MeM stories
| Major Characters: Beren, Húrin, Lúthien Tinúviel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Het, Romance | Challenges: B2MeM 2015 |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 378 |
| Posted on 30 October 2015 | Updated on 30 October 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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In Nocturnal Rapport by Cirth
Elrond remembers Sirion, and learns the art of the sword.
| Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Maedhros, Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, General, Horror | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 3, 652 |
| Posted on 27 October 2015 | Updated on 28 October 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Motionless in Time by The Wavesinger
#5: Aredhel, trapped in Gondolin.
A collection of fixed-length fic(let)s, each based on a line (or lines) of a poem/play.
| Major Characters: Aredhel, Beren, Elrond, Fingon, Gil-galad, Lúthien Tinúviel, Maedhros, Nessa, Turgon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Experimental, Fixed-Length Ficlet, General, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 5 | Word Count: 2, 322 |
| Posted on 3 August 2013 | Updated on 25 October 2015 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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'Star People' & 'Orc' by Himring
A short scene from the dungeons of Angband.
No actual gore, but Angband is Angband...
Now added: 'Orc' - an orc escapes from the Fall of Angband.
| Major Characters: Elves, Orcs |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: New Beginnings |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Torture, Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 359 |
| Posted on 31 October 2010 | Updated on 24 October 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The green stone by sullhach
Enerdhil' s green stone
| Major Characters: Enerdhil |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Gift of a Story |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 429 |
| Posted on 14 October 2015 | Updated on 14 October 2015 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Pins by heget
The story of the seventh companion of Finrod and Beren to die in the dungeons of Tol-in-Gaurhoth.
| Major Characters: Noldor, Original Male Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 132 |
| Posted on 10 October 2015 | Updated on 10 October 2015 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Rain and Drought by Cirth
The ups and the downs, and the things that lie between. A series of drabbles.
| Major Characters: Bor, Borlach, Borlad, Uldor, Ulfang, Ulfast, Ulwarth |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Drama, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 1, 355 |
| Posted on 6 June 2015 | Updated on 30 September 2015 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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