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
The beta-reader list and profiles have been moved into our new system and are available again.
New & Updated Fanworks
[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…
[Artwork] Map of Valinor by Aprilertuile
My newly drawn map of Aman, as complete as I could make it.
Current Challenge
Bollywood
Prompts this month are films, songs, and tropes from India's dazzling film industry, Bollywood. Read more ...
Random Challenge
Trinkets and Treasures
Create a fanwork about an object that is magical or otherwise valuable in some way, either canonical or of your own invention. 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
Driftwood by StarSpray
Music was Maglor’s first love, but when he had decided to learn to make his own instruments, he had begun with wood—and had fallen in love with that, too.
| Major Characters: Maglor |
| Major Relationships: Finwë & Maglor |
| Genres: Family, Ficlet, General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 640 |
| Posted on 16 June 2024 | Updated on 16 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Monty Python and the Athrabeth by cuarthol
Bëor: Halt! Who goes there?
Finrod: It is I, Felagund, son of Finarfin of Valinor. King of Nargothrond, builder of Minas Tirith, sovereign of all Dorthonion!
Bëor: Pull the other one!
Finrod: I am! And this is my trusty servant, Edrahil.
| Major Characters: Andreth, Finrod Felagund, Morwen |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Crackfic, Crossover | crossed with Monty Python | Challenges: Crossroads of the Fallen King, Funky 70s |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 600 |
| Posted on 15 June 2024 | Updated on 16 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Wave Warbled Under by Himring
Aerandir, a mariner who accompanied Earendil on his voyages, finds himself at loose ends when he arrives in Valinor after the War of Wrath.
He is haunted by an encounter during one of their earlier voyages and comes to a decision..
| Major Characters: Other Fictional Character(s), Aerandir, Erellont |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Crossover, Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Crossroads of the Fallen King |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 336 |
| Posted on 15 June 2024 | Updated on 16 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Hua Cheng and Xie Lian Save Nargothrond by UnicornsInSpace
Xie Lian and Hua Cheng accidentally visit Nargothrond during its fall and help out.
| Major Characters: Other Fictional Character(s), Finduilas, Túrin |
| Major Relationships: Finduilas/Túrin |
| Genres: Adventure, Alternate Universe, Crossover | crossed with Heaven Official's Blessing | Challenges: Crossroads of the Fallen King |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 691 |
| Posted on 15 June 2024 | Updated on 15 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Sunset, sunrise by Independence1776
Maglor, a Jedi in hiding, is a mechanic for the Rebellion during A New Hope.
| Major Characters: Other Fictional Character(s), Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Crossover, Fixed-Length Ficlet | crossed with Star Wars | Challenges: Crossroads of the Fallen King, Funky 70s, Tengwar |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 961 |
| Posted on 15 June 2024 | Updated on 15 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Tengwar Acrostics by Himring
Responses to the Tengwar Challenge in which first letters spell out the name of a tengwa: 1) Early Encounter (Nerdanel, Indis); 2) Numenorean Lullaby (Almarian, Aldarion); 3) Tink-Tink (Telchar); 4) Such lamps as once shone in Khazad-dum (Celebrimbor).
| Major Characters: Almarian, Celebrimbor, Indis, Nerdanel, Tar-Aldarion, Telchar |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Family, Ficlet, Fluff, Poetry | Challenges: Tengwar |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 334 |
| Posted on 17 May 2024 | Updated on 15 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Pumuckl and the Staff by chrissystriped
Meister Eder is comissioned to repair a staff. Pumuckl does not seem to like the customer.
| Major Characters: Other Fictional Character(s), Aulë, Saruman |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Crossover | crossed with Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl | Challenges: Crossroads of the Fallen King |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 908 |
| Posted on 15 June 2024 | Updated on 15 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Esse Nuquerna by AdmirableMonster
Nimruzimir's father interrupts him while he is reading the most recent novel in his favorite series.
| Major Characters: Original Character(s), Other Fictional Character(s), Unnamed Canon Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Crossover, Science Fiction | crossed with Star Trek | Challenges: Crossroads of the Fallen King, Funky 70s, Tengwar |
| Rating: General | Warnings: In-Universe Intolerance |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 961 |
| Posted on 15 June 2024 | Updated on 15 June 2024 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Siren Song by polutropos
Maglor's westward odyssey nearly fails when he is led astray by an enthralling light and song in the depths of the sea.
| Major Characters: Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Crossover, Ficlet | crossed with Mythology (Greek/Classical) | Challenges: Crossroads of the Fallen King |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 363 |
| Posted on 15 June 2024 | Updated on 15 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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God, I Pity the Violins by StarSpray
On a walk down the beach in the early hours of the morning, Maglor stumbles upon a body. And then the body comes back to life. Things sort of spiral from there.
A crossover with The Old Guard (2020 film).
| Major Characters: Other Fictional Character(s), Maglor, Men |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Adventure, Crossover, General, Hurt/Comfort | crossed with Old Guard | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Character Death, Violence (Moderate) |
| Chapters: 17 | Word Count: 58, 435 |
| Posted on 29 December 2020 | Updated on 15 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Aloft in Splendor by StarSpray
One such evening gathering, however, brought a new acquaintance to the Elliots’ attention. He was known to Lady Dalrymple, and had connections to the De Bourgh family, and to the Darcys of Pemberly, and happened to have come to Bath on business that week. “He is a most marvelous musician, however, “Lady Dalrymple told Miss Elliot. “Perfection at the pianoforte!"
| Major Characters: Other Fictional Character(s), Maglor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Crossover, General | crossed with Persuasion | Challenges: Crossroads of the Fallen King |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 262 |
| Posted on 15 June 2024 | Updated on 15 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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| Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Celegorm, Curufin |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 751 |
| Posted on 15 June 2024 | Updated on 15 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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After Tirion by clotho123
These are stories set in the Undying Lands begining at the end of the Second Age
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 15 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Rebuilding by clotho123
Early in the Second Age Finarfin is visited by someone he barely knows. It's awkward that she is his sister Findis.
| Major Characters: Finarfin, Findis |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 2, 057 |
| Posted on 15 June 2024 | Updated on 15 June 2024 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Interleavings by clotho123
\'Interleavings\' because there is no central character or plotline, the series is just a way to group stories which have interconnecting references and which I intend to be definitely part of the same fictional universe. At some point some of my other stories may get included in this series as well, we\'ll see
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 15 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Ulmondil by mouse
Tuor tries some creative tactics to convince the people of Gondolin that The End Is Near. Along the way, he learns some of the lore and wisdom of the Elves.
| Major Characters: Ecthelion of the Fountain, Glorfindel, Gondolindrim, Maeglin, Tuor, Turgon, Voronwë |
| Major Relationships: Tuor & Voronwë |
| Genres: Humor | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 4 | Word Count: 9, 512 |
| Posted on 14 June 2024 | Updated on 15 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Leaf and Branch, Water and Stone by StarSpray
Galadriel sat at her loom and began to weave. As she passed the shuttle through the warp she cast her thoughts to the natural world, to the many varying hues of grey of the stones, of the myriad greens of the trees and the grass, of the uncountable shades of brown in between.
| Major Characters: Galadriel |
| Major Relationships: Celeborn/Galadriel |
| Genres: Ficlet | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 455 |
| Posted on 14 June 2024 | Updated on 14 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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White Water Flowing by StarSpray
In Valinor and homesick for Imladris, Celebrían decides to build a new one.
| Major Characters: Original Character(s), Original Female Character(s), Caranthir, Celebrían, Celegorm, Curufin, Finrod Felagund, Idril, Nerdanel, Nimloth, Tuor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Family, Fluff, General | Challenges: Meet & Greet |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 6 | Word Count: 19, 491 |
| Posted on 12 March 2024 | Updated on 12 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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A New New Home by Tehta
"Oh no, I just had a horrible thought. Does the new city have a name yet? And is it ‘New Vinyamar’?”
A decades-long saga about the naming of the hidden city of Gondolin.
| Major Characters: Penlod |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Humor | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 385 |
| Posted on 11 June 2024 | Updated on 11 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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The Merchant of Valinor by Tehta
A series of acrostics based on the letters provided in the Tengwar challenge, telling the story of one enterprising Telerin merchant.
| Major Characters: Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Humor | Challenges: Tengwar |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 12 | Word Count: 1, 279 |
| Posted on 21 May 2024 | Updated on 11 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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The Strands that Bind by AdmirableMonster
Merry Brandybuck and Estella Bolger named their first child Boromir, after the hero of the War of the Ring. But the young hobbit's dearest secret is the name she wishes she had. One quiet day, after finding an unusual necklace in the cellar, she begins to see visions of an ancient past that whisper to her of ways she might heal a poisoned pond that has never recovered since the Scouring of the Shire. Can she unlock the secrets of a long-ago chemister and his lover and find the courage to stay true to herself along the way?
| Major Characters: Original Character(s), Unnamed Canon Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: Unnamed Canon Character/Original Character, Original Character & Original Character, Sauron & Original Character |
| Genres: Science Fiction | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 11 | Word Count: 26, 554 |
| Posted on 9 June 2024 | Updated on 10 June 2024 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Quite Ready To Go On Another Journey by Grundy
The Straight Road is barred to mortals. But he's not a mortal anymore...
| Major Characters: Other Fictional Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Crossover | crossed with Indiana Jones | Challenges: Crossroads of the Fallen King, Tengwar |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 679 |
| Posted on 9 June 2024 | Updated on 9 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Oh where is the sun by AdmirableMonster
Lilóteo, the erstwhile Royal Physician of the Númenorean court, is waiting to be sacrificed when he receives a strange visitor.
Written for the prompt "And the Empire grows, the seeds of its glory, for every five tanks, plant a sentimental story" + manekimi's OC Death and Sauron or others
| Major Characters: Original Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: Original Character & Original Character |
| Genres: Hurt/Comfort | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Adult | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 063 |
| Posted on 9 June 2024 | Updated on 9 June 2024 |
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| This fanwork is complete. |
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Tengwar Drabbles by cílil
A collection of Silmarillion-centric drabbles written for the Tengwar Challenge. Short and sweet!
| Major Characters: Amarië, Arien, Celegorm, Elrond, Estë, Fëanor, Finarfin, Galadriel, Gothmog, Maeglin, Melkor, Nazgûl, Sauron, Tilion |
| Major Relationships: Amarië/Galadriel |
| Genres: Femslash, Ficlet, Fluff, Romance, Slash | Challenges: Tengwar |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 10 | Word Count: 1, 015 |
| Posted on 15 May 2024 | Updated on 6 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Truth to tell by clotho123
Maeglin tells of his role in the Fall of Gondolin. His version is rather different from the histories.
| Major Characters: Maeglin |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 1, 052 |
| Posted on 1 June 2024 | Updated on 2 June 2024 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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