Current Challenge: Arda on Ice!

Banner reads Arda on Ice, SWG challenge, 15 March through 15 April, and shows Luthien dropping Beren into a death drop skating move, banner artwork by Lyra

As the Northern Hemisphere bids farewell to winter, we pay homage to a sport that, just like writing and art, involves both technical skill and artistry: figure skating. For this challenge, you will design a skating program using the prompts below. Before you begin, select the prompts you want to incorporate into your program. You can complete a program at four different levels:

  • Novice: 3 prompts
  • Junior: 5 prompts
  • Senior: 7 prompts
  • Pair/Team: 8 prompts shared between two or more creators

Prompts can be used in any order that you want and are intentionally broad, inviting a variety of different interpretations. You can find the prompts for the Arda on Ice challenge here.

You can also collaborate with one or more other creators for the pair and team events! You can collaborate on a single fanwork, or you can collaborate to create multiple fanworks using a set of prompts. For example, one person might create a work of art, another might write a story about it, and a third creator could make a playlist, compose a poem to introduce the story, or conduct research to produce a comprehensive set of notes.

Thanks to Wanyin for suggesting this month's challenge and thanks to Lyra for the artwork used in the banner and stamps!

In order to receive a stamp for your fanwork, your response must be posted to the archive on or before 15 April 2022. For complete challenge guidelines, see the Challenges page on our website.

Posted on 12 March 2022 (updated 14 April 2022) by Dawn Felagund