Writing or creating a crossover is like adding another ball or three when learning to juggle. It's one thing to keep everything required of writing or creating a fanwork effortlessly aloft when you're dealing with one fandom. But crossovers demand that you add another (or more?) fandom and all that entails in terms of character, setting, plot, style, and the myriad other elements that creators juggle in their work.

This month's challenge is Crossroads of the Fallen King and it is, quite simply, a crossover challenge: Mix The Silmarillion with something else. What that "something else" is is entirely up to you. It could be a media text or another book. It could be another Tolkien book! It could be mythology, folklore, or real-world history.

If you're looking for inspiration, check out one of the 78 crossover fanworks already on our site.

Some housekeeping: We tag fanworks on our site by crossover text. Here is a list of the crossover texts already on our site. If the one you need isn't there, use the Moderator Request field when posting your fanwork, or let us know ahead of time and we'll make sure it is added. (Just reply to this email!)

We're having one of those wild months where we have two challenges running at the same time. The Tengwar challenge is still ongoing (since there are more tengwar than days in the month), and you can post Tengwar fanworks and receive a stamp up to June 15. (This is also the deadline for creator stamps for the Crossroads of the Fallen King challenge.)

If you've never done one of our challenges before, you should join us! Full challenge guidelines can be found here.