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Feanorian Week 2026
Feanorian Week Reminder (2026)
Hello Silmarillion Fandom! This is your reminder that Feanorian week will be taking place next month. Below are updated prompts (you are still allowed to suggest prompts)! When is it?: March 23rd, 2026—March 29th, 2026
The prompts are as followed:
- Day 1- Maedhros - > Childhood, Kingship, Angband, Coping, The Union, Relations with Different Races
- Day 2-Maglor -> Childhood, Spouse, Music & Songs of Power, Elrond & Elros, Kingship, Maglor’s Gap, Redemption
- Day 3- Celegorm - > Childhood, Hunting, Orome & Huan, Strength & Beauty, Luthien, Nargothrond
- Day 4- Caranthir - > Childhood, Spouse, Betrayal, Lordship, Dwarves & Humans, Marriage, Appearance
- Day 5- Curufin - > Childhood, Spouse, Celebrimbor, Forge Work
- Day 6- Ambarussa - > Childhood, Lordship, Regrets, Twin, Hunting, Nandor
- Day 7- Nerdanel and Feanor-> Mahtan, Finwe & Indis, Marriage, Reunion, Traveling, Creation, Healing
Rules: You are allowed to post anything fanrelated on the days. If the prompts are not to your liking, you can do your own thing. The tracktag is #feanorianweek. Tag your work accordingly! Have fun and be nice to others. Disrespect towards others will not be tolerated.
March Challenge - Tolkien Short Fanworks
Thank you for your engagement with this community during the past month!
Here is the tolkienshortfanworks challenge for March.
It is the 20th anniversary of B2MeM (Back to Middle-earth Month) this year, so I am picking prompts with this (and with this year's event running throughout this month) in mind.
Thematic prompt:
Spring or Autumn.
Below is a selection of relevant (optional) quotation prompts from B2MeM 2014: Seasons of Middle-earth.
You can find more seasonal prompts to revisit on this page:
https://b2mem.livejournal.com/247842.html
1) "The dragon was dead, and the goblins overthrown, and their hearts looked forward after winter to a spring of joy." (The Hobbit, "The Return Journey")
2) "Spring surpassed his wildest hopes. His trees began to sprout and grow, as if time was in a hurry and wished to make one year do for twenty." (Return of the King, "The Grey Havens")
3) "And these trees grew and grew, till the shadow of each was like a green hall, and their red berries in the autumn were a burden, and a beauty and a wonder." (The Two Towers, "Treebeard")
Formal challenge:
Your response should respond to the number 20, as: 20 lines, a multiple of 20 words, 20 sentences or sections, etc.
As usual, these two prompt sets can be filled separately or combined.
Usual reminder that in order to post the fill to this community or to the related collection on AO3 (linked in a sticky post at the top), the fanwork can only have a word count up to 1000 words and must be linked to a Tolkien fandom.
Rec lists and podfics can be posted as fills for thematic prompts, as long as the fanworks concerned meet those conditions.
Also we continue to welcome other pieces unrelated to any challenge, of course, including cross-posts and older stories, as long as they meet the criteria!
Tolkien Fashion Week 2026
Welcome to Tolkien Fashion Week!
✨The week for clothes and jewelry in Tolkien's world✨
RUNNING FROM THE 16TH TO THE 29TH MARCH
This event is held by @tar-thelien
This week is dedicated to honoring the world Tolkien wrote about in his books.
To participate, tag your submission #tolkien fashionweek 2026 and/or #tolkien fashionweek and mention this blog. This event does allow film adaptations, which I will tag as #tolkien fashionweek film adaptation, so while not a must, I would appreciate it if those submitting those would tag it (read reason in How to Join & Allowed Content) I will be sharing late submissions when I see them, so if you don´t finish in time, no need to fear :)
How to Join & Allowed Content
Prompts & Days
Rules & Tag System
Day 1 - Races┃Ainur & Elves & Orcs & Men & Dwarves & Hobbits
Day 2 - Cultures┃Different groups in Races
Day 3 - Classes & Professions┃Working class & Upper class & Uniforms
Day 4 - Seasons & Weather & Climate┃What is worn in different seasons and weather & What effect does climate and flora have
Day 5 - Casual┃Under clothes & Layering & Daily life & Children and adults
Day 6 - Formal┃Holidays & Celebration & Rituals
Day 7 - Import & Export┃What materials are imported and what is exported
Day 8 - Differences & Meetings┃Interactions & Trade
Day 9 - Off the Map┃Lands not named & Immigration/Migration & Nomads
Day 10 - Across the Ages┃Years of the Lamps & Years of the Trees & First Age of the Sun
Day 11 - Across the Ages┃Second Age & Third Age & Fourth Age
Day 12 - Hair & Makeup┃Hairstyles & Makeup trends
Day 13 - Fiber & Jewelry & Material┃How is it made & Who makes it & What is it made out off
Day 14 - AU┃AU designs
Celegorm and Curufin Week 2026
HELLO EVERYONE and welcome to the THIRD(!!!!!) year of Celegorm and Curufin week! Much like Celegorm and Curufin, I do not know when to quit. Our event will take place once again in the third week of March, from the 16th to the 23rd.
Prompts
Mar. 16 - 17th: Celegorm | Reunions
I think he deserves something nice so here is something nice for Celegorm. Or perhaps it can be an utterly miserable reunion— there are many crimes for Celegorm (or Curufin) to answer to, and many relationships that he’s abandoned that may come back to bite him once more. This prompt can utilize both themes, or just one of them. Or even none!
Mar. 18 - 19th: Curufin | Betrayals
Because that is what Curufin does best. This prompt can utilize both themes, or just one of them (or neither if you dare!). What sort of betrayals, both metaphorical and literal, were committed for Curufin (or Celegorm) to get to where they are today?
Mar. 20 - 21st: Himlad era
Celegorm and Curufin’s reign in Himlad is glossed over quite heavily in the Silmarillion. What were they doing in that cool plain? What the fuck was Celegorm during the Aredhel event? How the hell did Curufin meet Eöl? What was the founding of Himlad and the fortress at Aglon like?
Mar. 22 - 23rd: Relationships
Celegorm and Curufin didn’t just hang out with eachother (or maybe they did?). What was their relationship like with their parents, brothers, cousins, uncles? Who were their unnamed friends and enemies, possibly even lovers? Just who were Celegorm’s cruel servants?
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Events listed here are no longer active but are listed on the site for historical purposes.
LOTR Week 2025
LOTRWEEK is a week-long event to celebrate The Lord of the Rings here on Tumblr and AO3. This year, it’s taking place on 22nd-28th September 2025.
Guidelines
Each day of the week has three prompts. Create an original work (e.g. gifset, fanart, fanfic) inspired by a prompt or prompts, then post it to Tumblr! The prompts for each day are related, but you do not need to make something that responds to all three prompts – how you respond to a prompt or prompts is comletely up to you. The prompts are deliberately vague and open so that they can work for gifs, art, fics, etc.
Tag your works with #lotrweek in the tags section of your post (I won't be checking mentions) so that they can be reblogged here, and follow @lotrweek for updates on the event and to see everyone else’s works. If there’s anything nsfw or that may need a warning, make sure to do this responsibly and put said parts under a read-more.
You can participate as much or as little as you’d like! You can take part just once or every day (or even multiple times a day if you’re feeling particularly hasty). It’s up to you – just make sure you’re enjoying it!
Any works based on LOTR (book or film) are welcome, but LOTR should be the focus. So, for example, a gifset of just The Hobbit films wouldn’t work, but a gifset including shots from both The Hobbit and LOTR (e.g. to draw parallels between characters/events) would work great!
The AO3 collection can be found here.
Prompts
Day 1 (22nd Sep): brown | hobbit day | there and back again
Day 2 (23rd Sep): silver | the people | have you ever been called home?
Day 3 (24th Sep): blue | the water | thy heart shall rest no more
Day 4 (25th Sep): green | the land | dreams and legends spring to life out of the grass
Day 5 (26th Sep): gold | the woods | it grows perhaps the greater
Day 6 (27th Sep): red | the home | but I can carry you
Day 7 (28th Sep): black/white | the night/day | above all shadows rides the sun
Tolkien of Colour Week 2025
Tolkien of Colour Week is a Tumblr event for fanworks about characters of color in the legendarium.
I ask that participants do not use AI art generators. Other than this, all submissions are welcome. Tag @tolkienofcolourweek and #tocw2025 on your posts. Prompts below are optional.
Prompts
- Day 1: Kingdoms, settlements, nomads
- Day 2: Ancestry, heritage, passing on traditions
- Day 3: Food, music, clothing
- Day 4: Festivals, faith
- Day 5: Time, change, adapting
- Day 6: Home, belonging, ordinary people
- Day 7: Tolkien languages, non-English fan languages
Kidnap Fam Week 2025
Kidnap Fam Week is a Tumblr event for fanworks using the kidnap fam trope about the complex relationship between Maedhros, Maglorl, Elrond, and Elros after the third kinslaying. The date of the event will be September 22 to September 28th.
Prompts
- Settling in (day one)
- Angst (and maybe fluff!) OR modern AU if you don't like angst (day 2)
- Autumn/fall (day 3): E² first autumn outside sirion
- Adventure (day 4): E² sneak out for an adventure
- Stories (day 5): Maedhros or Maglor tell a story of their past
- New star (day 6)
- Reunion (day 7)
Prompts are optional.
Rules
Don't be an asshole. No slurs in here please. Cursing is fine as long as it isn't directed at another artist.
September Challenge at tolkienshortfanworks
The September challenge has been posted at the tolkienshortfanworks community on Dreamwidth,
The first set of prompts this month comes courtesy of duolingo.
Here are some simple four-word prompt sets compiled from a duolingo lesson (the left-over English words) to choose from:
1) next - beer - horror - many;
2) like - watch - milk - meet;
3) having - always - party - your;
4) she's - tall - meet - only.
The formal challenge is: September has 30 days. So make your response either 30 words long or a multiple of 30 (60, 90, 120, etc.)
As usual, both of these can be filled separately and freely combined with SWG challenge prompts and others. New participants welcome.
More details at the linked Dreamwidth entry.
Sindar Week 2025
Sindar Week is a fandom event week celebrating the Sindar! It will be running from Monday September 8th 2025 to Sunday September 14th 2025.
- Don’t be mean: Different people like different characters and have different headcanons. Please don’t attack other people for their opinions, favourite characters or headcanons.
- Bigotry in any form will not be tolerated.
- Please do not repost other people’s work without their express permission.
- AI created content is not permitted.
Please tag #sindarweek and #sindarweek[day]. You should also @ mention this blog (@sindarweek).
Prompts (not mandatory, just inspirational):
- Day 1: Early Days
- Day 2: Ritual & Religion
- Day 3: Women
- Day 4: Rivers & Mountains
- Day 5: Alternate Universes
- Day 6: Magic & Craft
- Day 7: Remembrance
Sapphic September 2025
Sapphic September is for all Tolkien works whether OC, canon, or self-insert, provided the work focuses on sapphic relationships (lovers, exes, gay besties, you get the drift).
- You can write fanfic/make mood boards/gif sets/poetry/fan art/world building posts etc. No AI.
- Anything so long as its yours and focuses on Tolkien sapphic relationships.
- If you would like you could also participate by making a mood board, image set, or playlist that describes how female Tolkien characters have influenced your sapphic identity.
- Show us pics of your sapphic OC!!!♡
- Past works welcome!
- If you have any questions feel free to reach out!!!
- Tag for works #tolkiensapphicseptember
Ainur Week 2025
This is a Tolkien fandom week dedicated to the Ainur, J.R.R. Tolkien’s fictional species. The Ainur, including the Valar and Maiar, are the first beings created by Eru Ilúvatar in the Professor’s lore. They are powerful, mysterious, and even controversial. Come celebrate the Ainur by creating fanworks centered around them! Ainur Week first took place in 2023 and is happening for the third time this year!
This year, Ainur Week will run from September 1 – 9, 2025.
Code of Conduct
Basically, please be kind and respectful of other people. Here are the core rules:
1. Do not repost other people’s fanworks without their explicit permission.
2. Respect other people’s interpretations of Tolkien’s characters and relationships. Do you disagree with a certain ship or a creator’s perspective on a character? Please keep that to yourself.
3. Fanworks that are bigoted/ prejudiced in their messaging are not allowed. You may, however, depict instances of bigotry/ prejudice in your fanwork. E.g. You can write about characters experiencing sexism, but fanworks that endorse or promote sexism are not permitted.
Violation of these rules will result in your being blocked.
See the FAQ for more information. If you have questions, feel free to send an ask!
Prompts
These prompts are not mandatory, just designed to get you inspired.
Day 1
Manwë | Varda | Eönwë | Ilmarë
Light in the Darkness | Music | Unity
Day 2
Aulë | Yavanna | Curumo | Aiwendil
Creation | Curiosity | Relationship with Dwarves
Day 3
Ulmo | Ossë | Uinen | Salmar
Serenity | Home | Relationship with Elves
Day 4
Oromë | Vána | Arien | Tilion
Exploration | Romance | Mythology
Day 5
Mandos | Vairë | The Blue Wizards
Wisdom | Friendship | Relationship with Men
Day 6
Lórien | Estë | Melian
Eldritch Beings | Visions | Deep Time
Day 7
Tulkas | Nessa | Balrogs
Battles | Rituals | Betrayal
Day 8
Nienna | Olórin
Teaching | Humor | Relationship with Hobbits
Day 9
Melkor | Mairon
Mystery | Cycles | Rebirth
Finwëan Sibling Prompt Fest 2025
A prompt-based fandom event aiming to focus on celebrating Finwë's children: Fëanor, Findis, Fingolfin, Lalwen, & Finarfin - ships, gen relationships, or character-centric, we love to see them all.
Schedule
- Prompting: September 1st-14th
- Publishing of prompt list: September 19th (or earlier)
- Claiming Begins: September 21st at 18:00 UTC
- Sign-Ups Open for Betas/Cheerleaders: September 21st
- Works due: November 21st
- Posting starts: November 28th
Prompt List | Prompt Claiming Form
Email: finweansiblings.fest.mods@protonmail.com
Mods: @atlantablack, @queerofthedagger, and @annarobots
Rules
- The Finwëan Sibling Prompt Fest is an event focusing specifically on Finwë’s children: Fëanor, Findis, Fingolfin, Lalwen, & Finarfin. You may create for any ship or gen relationship, as long as one or multiple of the siblings is the primary focus of your work.
- You may create for any rating or genre; there are no content restrictions, as long as you adhere to AO3’s rules and tagging requirements.
- Please make sure to sign up with an email address that you check regularly!
- Plagiarism will result in your ban from this and any future iterations of the fest.
- AI generated Art and Stories are not allowed.
- Minors may not submit E-rated art/fic or request E-rated art/fic.
- There will be a Discord server for participants and invites will be sent out with the claim confirmations.
- Last but not least, this fest operates firmly under the premises of ‘don’t like; don’t read,’ ‘ship and let ship’ and ‘your kink is not my kink but that’s okay’ (if you’re unfamiliar with these concepts, see this post). We will not tolerate any shaming, harassment, or attempts to police content, and if you are found to participate in such behaviour, you will be banned from the fest permanently.
Requirements
- Stories must be at least 1000 words. There is no maximum wordcount.
- Each Story must be complete and entirely your own. You can not submit a WIP. It also can’t be part of an ongoing series - if you want to continue your story in the future, that’s up to you, but for the fest there needs to be a proper ending.
- You’re welcome to collaborate! Just let us know your co-author when you sign up.
- We advise you to get a Beta though it is not required.
- Art can be any form or medium, and as long as you consider it a complete work, we’re not going to tell you that it isn’t.
- Gifsets must be at least 6 gifs that tie together to tell some kind of story.
- Moodboards must be at least 5 images and follow a theme and/or narrative.
- Fanvids must be at least 30 seconds long and tell some kind of story.
Prompting and Claiming
- You can leave up to ten prompts, and you don’t have to create anything in order to do so.
- Each prompt can be claimed once for fic, and once for art (regardless of art medium). Claiming will work on a first come, first served basis.
- You can claim one prompt. If you finish before the deadline, you’re welcome to claim another one!
Submissions
- All fics must be posted to the AO3 Collection. The collection will be moderated, and works kept hidden until the reveal date. If you don’t know how to add fics to the collection don’t worry, there will be a how-to post later.
- If artists wish to post their submissions to the AO3 Collection as well they may though it isn’t required. Artists will be given a date to post their work and then we will reblog it on this blog.
- Works will be revealed over the course of a week or two (depending on how many there are).
Last But Not Least….
- There will be a discord server for everyone who sign-ups! Invites will be sent out with claim confirmations & sign-ups.
- If you’re only prompting and wish to join the discord you may also sign-up to get an invite. However, anyone can leave prompts without having to sign-up!
- You can contact us through asks and messages on our tumblr, or send us a mail at finweansiblings.fest.mods@protonmail.com
- We will post reminders and further information regularly.
- And huge shoutout to @queerofthedagger who I (Atlanta) used to run another prompt fest with a few years ago and who is the brains behind the lovely organization system and rule set-up of the fest <3 I wouldn’t know what to do without you truly, thank you for letting me use your set-up <3
We’re looking forward to a great fest!
Tolkien OC Week 2025
Tolkien OC Week is a fandom event on Tumblr for OCs and underdeveloped characters in Tolkien's world. This event celebrates both characters of Tolkien's world and our own characters that need more love, by creating and reblogging all kind of fanworks, like fanfiction, fanart, fanvideos, fancrafts, headcanons, playlists, edits, moodboards etc.
The event is modded by @yellow-faerie and @elamarth-calmagol, and will take place between 25th August - 31st August 2025 for the fourth year running.
NSFW text entries are allowed and we’ll tag them accordingly when we reblog them, but please put them behind a “read more”.
We'll also be tracking the tag #tolkienocweek during this week!
Prompts
1. Family Members (25th August)
Tolkien may have given us all the family trees of the hobbits, but he definitely didn't finish the ones for elves, dwarves, or rangers. Add an original character to a gap in a family tree, such as a missing wife, or create a whole new family member, like a second child for Galadriel and Celeborn.
2. Diversity (26th August)
It isn't the 1940s anymore! Create an OC whose race, culture, gender, sexual orientation, neurotype, or disability differs from what people usually imagine when they picture Middle Earth. For a world to feel real, its people must be diverse!
3. Forgotten Characters (27th August)
With so many versions of his stories, Tolkien dropped a lot of characters along the way. Choose one of these forgotten characters, such as Finwe's daughter Faniel, and share a fanwork about them.
4. Alternate Universes (28th August)
Share an OC from an alternate universe, such as a modern character isakai-d into Middle Earth, a daughter for Feanor, or a post-canonical love interest for someone who died in the original story. Anything goes!
5. Relationships (29th August)
Today, share an original character who is close to a canon character in some way. The relationship does not have to be romantic or sexual. The characters might be friends, colleagues, neighbors, or even arch enemies. What matters for this prompt is exploring the relationships between the original and canon characters.
6. Off the Map (30th August)
Tolkien's maps only stretch do far into the east and south, and his images of Valinor show even less. Today, give us a character who doesn't live within the bounds of the canonical maps. Maybe they live in Harad or Rhun, or the briefly mentioned continent created to the west of sunken Numenor when the world was made round, or even another planet within Arda.
7. Freeform
Every fandom week has to have a free day! Choose a prompt to do a second time, expand on an OC you already shared, or share an OC that doesn't fit any prompt.
Since we want to celebrate creations about neglected characters all year long, the mods will occasionally reblog posts and fancreations about OCs and underdeveloped characters. If you would like to see your post on our blog, you're very welcome to tag #tolkienocweek. Since tumblr's tagging system is often being faulty, don't hesitate to message us, too!
We are looking forward to see and share all the awesome work you come up with!
Tolkien Gen Week 2025
Tolkien Gen Week is a week-long Tumblr event to appreciate all of the incredible characters and relationships within Tolkien’s legendarium that fall under the broad category of “gen.” There is a great wealth of wonderful gen content in the Tolkien fandom, but those creations are not always the most visible because of the shipping-focused nature of fandom at large. This week is an effort to give them the appreciation they deserve.
This year, Tolkien Gen Week will run from August 11-17, 2025!
Any content and creations are welcome as long as it is non-romantic and non-sexual! You can create edits, gifs, fanart, fanfic, fanmixes, and more! Please tag your posts with #tolkiengenweek AND @ mention this blog @tolkiengenweek so they can be easily found. If your submission turns into a long post, please put what you can beneath a “Keep reading” divider. You may also post your creations to our AO3 collection.
Below are some prompts for each day of the week. They are not mandatory, but they are here to inspire you. This post will lead to an explanation for each one.
- DAY ONE: Family ● Mentorships ● Community
- DAY TWO: Friendship ● Animals ● Group Dynamic
- DAY THREE: Gray Spaces ● Enemies and Rivalries ● Fealty
- DAY FOUR: Solo ● Work and Craft ● Language
- DAY FIVE: Culture ● Diversity ● Traditions
- DAY SIX: Environment ● Places ● Objects and Symbols
- DAY SEVEN: Freeform
For further clarification, check out our about, FAQ, code of conduct, and prompts pages! Happy creating!!
