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Ainur Week 2026

Ainur Week will be returning from November 16 to 22, 2026.

Glorthelion Week 2026

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

Hello everyone and welcome to another year of Glorthelion week! An entire week dedicated to Glorfindel and Ecthelion relationship.

The event will run on Tumblr from November 16th to November 22nd. All creations are welcome, as long as it is created by you. Don't forget to tag #glorthelionweek and mention the blog (to make sure I can see your creation in case tags don't work).

Prompts are not mandatory! You can follow them, be inspired by them or let your imagination go wild and create whatever you want! Event rules can be found here.

Prompts 2026:

↳ Day one: A Glance across the Square | The Bells of Festivals | Gifts of the Heart

↳ Day two: Words in the Dark | Following the Star | The Weight of the Sword

↳ Day three: Silver and Gold | Sun and Moon | The Roar of the Waterfall

↳ Day four: Silver Flutes | The Language of Flowers | Water Mirrors

↳ Day five: A Final Glance | Entrusted Secrets | "I will find you again"

↳ Day six: Ashes and Sorrow | Waiting in Mandos | Forever Changed

↳ Day seven: Beyond the Circles of the World | Constellations | The Promise Kept

Happy creating!

Nolofinwëan Week 2026

Nolofinwëan week welcomes fan creations centering any members of the House of Fingolfin and their descendants through the ages. 

Nolofinwëan week welcomes fan creations centering any members of the House of Fingolfin and their descendants through the ages. 

To Participate:

  • Create fanfiction, fanart, headcanons, close readings and musings, moodboards, photography, rec lists or anything else that inspires you to celebrate Nolofinwëan characters. 
  • Mention the blog @nolofinweanweek in your post and include the hashtag #nolofinweanweek2025 in the first 10 tags. 
  • If you would like, add your work to the AO3 collection.
  • Take inspiration from the nonmandatory daily prompts.
  • Complete one or more of the community challenges.

Rules & Requirements:

  • There are no minimum or maximum requirements; anything goes!
  • There are no content restrictions or rules on tagging beyond what AO3 requires of you. If you post to tumblr and your fill is Mature or Explicit, and/or falls under one of AO3’s major warnings, please provide tagging on your post, though!
  • That said, please refrain from using genAI.
  • 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.

The mod runs on CET, but folks can post content or interact with the blog at their convenient time.

All prompts are non-obligatory—feel free to interpret as loosely or closely, to cross-match, or to ignore altogether!

Day 1: It Was But a Dream

  • Characters: Turgon, Anairë, Idril
  • Silmarillion Phrase: “poured forth their joy in music and song”
  • Inspirational art:

Amber Fort, Jaipur #1 Photograph by Inger Hogstrom 

Day 2: Breath of Darkness

  • Characters: Elenwë, Argon
  • Silmarillion Phrase: “there was now no returning”
  • Inspirational art:

The Night Is Stirring (Anger) by Zao Wou-Ki

Day 3: Light Splinters the Sky

  • Characters: Eöl, Eärendil, Gil-galad
  • Silmarillion Phrase: “as a naked flame”
  • Inspirational art:

First sunrise by Kimura Buzan 

Day 4: Embraced in the Mist

  • Characters: Fingon, Aredhel
  • Silmarillion Phrase: “green things even among the pits and broken rocks”
  • Inspirational art:

Shan-Shui style painting by Yang Tianyou 

Day 5: Flames Arising in Might

  • Characters: Fingolfin, Maeglin
  • Silmarillion Phrase: “shadows of madness and despair”
  • Inspirational art:

Burning the Slums of Nairobi by Kiure Francis Msangi

Day 6: The Sea’s Embrace

  • Characters: Elros, Elwing, Tuor
  • Silmarillion Phrase: “still hope may seem bright”
  • Inspirational art:

Moon Trace Art Installation by Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts 

Day 7: New Beginnings; Old Longings

  • Characters: Elrond, Celebrían, Peredhil Descendants
  • Silmarillion Phrase: “love would lead me”
  • Inspirational art:

Yesterdays Gone by Thomas Hjelm

14th International Tolkien Mailing Competition

The Hungarian Tolkien Society invites you to join the international “Quendi” category of the Tolkien Mailing Competition: five rounds of quizzes, riddles and creative tasks. This category is organised in English, open to any individual participant, and also to teams of 2–5 people. The five rounds of the competition will last from November to April. Application deadline: 5 November, 2026.

 

The Tolkien Mailing Competition ("TLV" abbreviated from its Hungarian equivalent "Tolkien Levelező Verseny") takes place for the 21st time this year—and it is international for the 14th time. In the first years it was organised only in Hungarian, and only for groups of Hungarian students aged 10–18-years. As many people above this age group became interested in the competition, we launched a separate category for individuals in Hungarian, and at the same time we decided to go international. The outcome was definitely encouraging. In the past few years the international Quendi category had many participants (and for a while even an organiser) from various foreign countries: you can see here the final results of the previous competition.

(Click here for the Hungarian article about all categories.)

In the international Quendi category both the challenges and the communication will be entirely in English—but you don't have to be perfectly fluent in English for taking part in the competition. You only have to be able to understand the texts by Tolkien, and maybe to write a story or an essay—it does not have to be of academic level. The competition was originally devised for middle and high school students, and we did not make big changes in the style, but it is open to anybody who feels young enough for it. You can always choose to count your years by Elvish standards!

Participation in the Quendi category requires a thorough knowledge of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. Other works by Tolkien may be needed occasionally, as some questions (riddles, quizzes, etc.) can refer to those, but you will have about four weeks for each round, that is, plenty of time to look up in the books everything you might need.

Besides the quizzes, there will be creative challenges. For example, you may be asked to describe a situation, write a short poem, make a drawing or take a photograph, etc. We would like to be proud of our participants, so we ask you to share the rights of your creative productions royalty-free (and you accept this condition by your registration for the competition). Your works—with due credit to authors/artists—might be published by the Hungarian Tolkien Society, e.g. on our website, www.tolkien.hu, or in our journal, the Lassi Laurië. (You can read about Lassi Laurië in English here.) Please do not publish these works yourself without consulting us first, and especially not before the end of the competition. (Artwork submitted by teams is credited as teamwork by default, but you can add the name of the actual author/artist for each piece.)

You can participate in the Quendi category alone as an individual competitor, or you can participate as a member of a team of 2–5 people. The individual competitors and the teams will receive the same set of tasks, but the winner will be announced separately for individuals and teams.

As an individual competitor, you can make the decision to solve only the quizzes or only the creative tasks in each round: besides the absolute winners of the individual and team subcategories, the separate winners of the lexical and the creative parts will also be announced. This choice is only available for individual competitors, teams are expected to do the full version!

We will go on with the team competition only if we receive at least 5 applications from teams. If we have to cancel the team competition, team members will have the opportunity to compete on their own or to withdraw their application. There is also a maximum limit of 60 competitors (individuals and teams counted together) in the Quendi category (and we got quite close to this limit last year).

The contest starts in November and continues until April. Every month you will receive the questions of the next round (five rounds overall), and you will have to submit your solutions until the indicated deadline (you will have about four weeks for each round). Communication is done via e-mail. Our e-mail address is tlv[at]tolkien.hu: questions and comments are always welcome there. We are happy to answer all your questions about the competition—except disclosing the solutions of the actual tasks.

Not submitting your solutions for two consecutive rounds means quitting the competition.

There will be no prizes in the international category, only the public announcement of your achievement and a certificate sent by e-mail. There is no registration fee, either.

If you want to participate, please fill in this online registration form.

Registration as an individual competitor: choose the “I am competing alone.” option on the form.

Registration as a team: each team member should fill in a registration form separately, choose the “I am a member of a team of 2-5 people.” option, and provide the same team name. We also need a contact person for each team. Please agree on a unique team name and choose a contact person from the team before starting the registration.

You should see an automatic confirmation message after the successful registration, but if you are in doubt about the success of your registration, ask the organisers via e-mail whether they have received your registration or not! You should receive the first round of tasks during the week after the application deadline. If you do not receive it, write to us!

The application deadline is:

5 November, 2026

Tolkien Food Week 2026

Tolkien food week 2026 themes

2nd of November- Dùnedain travel food

3rd Nov- plant-based

4th Nov- hobbit hole recipes

5th Nov - Elven feasts

6th Nov - at the Prancing pony

7th Nov- Dwarven banquets

8th Nov - at the Valar's table 🦅

Fics, recipes, ficlets, art, photos, polls, crack... have fun

These are mere suggestions ofc, you absolutely can post when you want on theme or not 😉

(Headers/banners here if you want)

The White Oliphaunt 2026

Sign ups will open on November 1st, 2026. See the blog linked in this announcement for more details.

Around the World and Web Archive

Events listed here are no longer active but are listed on the site for historical purposes.

Tolkien Time Warp

February 2-9, 2026

Tolkien Time Warp 2026 FAQs

Hello, and welcome to the first ever Tolkien Time Warp! This event is a celebration of everything time travel, eldritch, and Tolkien. Bring your fix-its, your angst, your fluff, your chaos! Open to all Tolkien fandoms!

To Participate:

  • Create art, post fanfics, mood boards, epistolary, recipes, filks, or anything that sparks your interest in regards to time loops, time travel, eldritch themes, and Tolkien!
  • Share your creations using the hashtag #tolkientimewarp2026 and mentioning the blog @tolkientimewarp!
  • Submit your creation to the Ao3 collection if you wish. The collection will be revealed February 2!
  • See if any of the prompts spark interest.
  • Reblog and like others' work! Spread the love!

Rules and Requirements:

  • No minimum and maximum word count or tagging requirements other than what Ao3 requires. Please tag any Ao3 archive requirements on your posts if you post them to Tumblr and your fic falls under Mature or Explicit!
  • Live and let live, ship and let ship. If you see something you don't like, scroll onward. Don't harass, shame, or police others' content.
  • No genAI, please.

This is the official prompt list for the Tolkien Time Warp 2026! All prompts are optional and meant to spark inspiration.

  • Day 1: Time Loops
  • Day 2: Changing Eras
  • Day 3: Lost and Found
  • Day 4: Out of Time
  • Day 5: Family and Friends
  • Day 6: Eldritch
  • Day 7: Rebirth

Tolkien Femslash February

Welcome to Tolkien Femslash February!

This is a femslash-centric February prompt fest open to all Tolkien fans from all the different sub-fandoms: Whether you enjoy the Silmarillion, the Hobbit movies, the Rings of Power or are into some entirely different part of the Tolkien fandom - you're welcome here as long as you enjoy femslash!

There is a FAQ here for all your questions. New prompts will posted daily in February, with a complete prompt list here. Feel free to fill none and work on whatever femslash you want to work, fill one, fill several or fill all, with no limits to the type of your fanwork. You're welcome as a writer, artist, graphics maker, podficcer, fanmixer, cosplayer or whatever else. The only qualifying factor is that your fanwork must center around a F/F relationship.

For any fanwork you create, please tag #tolkienfemfeb and @tolkienfemfeb so it can be found and reblogged here. There also is an AO3 collection to post your works to here.

Teitho Prompt - January/February

Our prompt for January/February 2026 is BACK TO THE START.

There are so many ways to approach this challenge—will you use a first chapter from one of Tolkien’s works for inspiration? Or will you choose a story’s beginning and take it in a different direction, choose a new perspective, a fresh viewpoint, alter one small detail and see how that changes the story?

Or perhaps back to the start will mean traveling back in the history of Middle-earth? 

Or starting a familiar story in a different place. 

Back to the start could also be revisiting a friendship, returning to a familiar place, tracing one’s steps back while on a journey, or even running into a time loop that keeps circling back! 

As we start the new year we can’t wait to see where you start your story for this challenge! 

Please submit by February 28, 2026 to teitho.contest@gmail.com
 

Filiori Fest 2026

Filiori Fest (2026) is open to writers, artists, gif makers, edit makers, fic recommendation list makers, moodboard/aesthetic makers, music playlist makers, and every sort of fan content in between.

Rules

  1. Above else, be respectful: No hate speech or bigotry.
  2. No: AI-generated submissions of any kind, or incest.
  3. Content should be majority focused on the pairing in question.
  4. Past works are welcomed, and late posting is okay!
  5. When fanfiction or art is complete, feel free to add it to the Filiori Fest 2026 collection on AO3, which can be found here:
  6. NSFW content IS allowed, but please tag appropriately! (Utilize the cuts, and proper warnings, etc. Thank you!)
  7. Use the tag "FilioriFest2026" if you'd like to have your works or posts reblogged! If it is missed by the mod, please feel free to tag @filiorifest or @skatesfullofsunshine to get that rectified!
  8. Please credit your sources, when necessary!

Prompts

These are entirely optional prompts! (Take as much or as little as you need from what follows; mix and match, or change them up to your liking, to fit your creation style. Or don't even use them at all! These are just here for those who work better off of prompts. I may add more as we get closer, but for now here are 31 different prompts for those who'd like them.)

  • "I thought you were dead."
  • "Take whatever you want, just please don't hurt him/them."
  • "Have you ever been in love?"
  • "You know him?" ........ "I thought I did, once."
  • "We've got to stop meeting like this."
  • 4 Times X Did This (and 1 Time they Didn't)
  • "Well, this is unexpected."
  • "I'm trying to protect you." ......... "Well, don't."
  • In Vino Veritas
  • "And they were roommates!"
  • "I thought I'd never see you again."
  • "Loser has to take the other on a date." .... "You're on."
  • "Draw me like you love me." <- Said jokingly. .... *Character takes a breath* "Okay."
  • "You read my mind like a book," said disbelievingly.
  • "Well, that escalated quickly."
  • Angels & Demons
  • Flowershop AU
  • Rule 63 (F/F)
  • Carnival
  • Sickfic
  • Wings
  • Unorthodox (marriage/getting together) proposal - (Like, think Ring Pop ring in place of an engagement ring, because one of them wanted to propose on the spot, and did so impulsively but all they had was X to use. The more ridiculous the better, imho, but do with this what you will if you want to. Lol.)
  • Fairytales
  • Immortality
  • Reincarnation
  • Role Reversal
  • Road trip
  • Prank gone right/wrong.
  • Fandom fusion or crossover (Think like placing them in St*r Wars or something like that.)
  • Demigods
  • Mythology

My Slashy Valentine 2026

Sign-up Period: January 17th, 2026 to February 1st, 2026 
Assignments distributed: by February 14th, 2026 
Deadline for first time participants: March 31st, 2026 
Deadline for veteran participants: April 4th, 2026 
Archive opens: April 11th, 2026

Tolkien Women's Week 2026

Welcoming all Tolkien fans to a brand new fandom event, Tolkien Women’s Week, which will run from January 8th-14th, 2026 on Tumblr and AO3.

This is a week where we can celebrate all of the wonderful women from Tolkien’s legendarium by creating dedicated original pieces for them.

Rules

  • Each day will have four prompts (as listed in the graphic above and below), and you may choose any of them to create a work of fiction/art/headcanon list/blurb/collage/etc. with any woman of your choice from JRRT's legendarium.
  • Tag your works with the hashtag #tolkienwomensweek
  • NSFW is allowed, it is only asked that you tag it accordingly.
  • Support other participants! No hate or discouragement on any pieces.
  • Spread the word :) The more, the merrier.
  • Please tag this account in your pieces as well! This is not mandatory, but it ensures we do not miss it.
  • Please give your pieces a title, as there will be a completed masterlist once the event is over, and each piece will be alphabetized. Again, this is not mandatory, but if your work is not titled, it will be given a simple name on the masterlist. (ex: Day Two, Artwork by @ ___ )
  • You have roughly six months to start and finish your pieces (from the time of this announcement), but late submissions are also welcome. However, no early submissions please. Post your pieces on the designated days unless you have late work/fall behind.
  • We recommend you follow this blog to stay updated on the event. If not, make sure to check the hashtag “#tww update” for posts from moderators about any new rules/changes/answers/updates.
  • *No work created by the assistance of generative A.I. will be reblogged on the official Tolkien Women's Week blog, and it will not be supported by the event runners. If work utilizing A.I. is posted in the AO3 collection for the event, it will be removed by the moderators.*

Additional FAQs can be found here.

Prompts

  • Day 1: Love / Family / Lineage / Companionship
  • Day 2: Betrayal / Curse / Spells / Enchant
  • Day 3: Valinor / Journey / Death / Creation
  • Day 4: Song / Language / Culture / Tradition
  • Day 5: Fight / Sacrifice / Protest / Battle
  • Day 6: Heartbreak / Longing / Determination / Reunite
  • Day 7: Stars / Dream / Prophecy / Visions

Arafinwëan Week

Arafinwëan Week will run this year from January 4-10, 2026 on Tumblr and Archive of Our Own. There is an Archive of Our Own Collection for submissions.

Please mention @arafinwean-week in the body of your post and tag #arafinweanweek and #arafinweanweek2026 in the first 10 tags. You may also submit a post. Please place any NSFW content beneath a read more/link to AO3.

For more information, please see the FAQ. If you have any questions, drop them in the ask box.

Prompts:

Day 1: Finarfin | Eärwen | pre-Darkening | growing and becoming

Day 2: Finrod | Darkening and Flight of the Noldor | learning and teaching

Day 3: Angrod | Aegnor | Crossing of the Helcaraxë and War of the Jewels | fighting and sacrificing

Day 4: Galadriel | Second Age | preserving and protecting

Day 5: Orodreth | Finduilas | Third Age | crafting and creating

Day 6: Gil-galad | Celebrían | Valinor and re-embodiment | staying and leaving

Day 7: Later generations | free choice

 

Magolfin Day

What is Magolfin Day?

Magolfin Day is a one-day mini-event encouraging Silm creators and enthusiasts to delight in all things Maglor/Fingolfin. A hopeful goal of the event is to get to 50 fanworks in the Maglor/Fingolfin tag on ao3 by the close of 2025. As of this writing there are currently 37 works in the ship tag — the idea is to inspire the fandom to create and post at least 13 new works featuring this ship so we can achieve #50ficsmagolfin.

How can I participate in Magolfin Day?

There are several exciting avenues of participation:   Create and post fanworks! On December 29, post Magolfin works on the platform of your choosing and tag @magolfinday or #50ficsmagolfin to be shared on this Tumblr! Magolfin works posted before 12/29 will also be very much celebrated, so please feel free to tag if you've got anything cooking. Mod will be monitoring ao3 in hopes of reaching the goal of #50ficsmagolfin, but Tumblr-exclusive fic and art will be gladly featured as well. Works can be whatever you are inspired to create — fic, art, podfic, etc. — and posted in any language, with any rating. In keeping with many other Tolkien events, Magolfin Day will not promote AI-generated work.  Prompt creators! Very informal prompt-gathering will take place in the run-up to this event! More info about prompts can be found here. Share! Comment! Enthuse! Spread the word about event fanworks and Magolfin so we can all have more Magolfin :)

I'm a creator and I need inspiration!

We have prompts for you! Learn more about prompts here. Magolfin fic recs and vibes will also be shared periodically on this blog.

Are Fingolfin & Maglor works eligible for this event?

Platonic explorations of this relationship are fascinating — however in order to count towards Magolfin Day and our goal of #50ficsmagolfin, works must use the Fingolfin/Maglor tag.

What about works that also feature Maglor and/or Fingolfin in other ships?

Fingolfin/Maglor does not need to be the only ship featured in your work — indeed Magolfin pairs very well with Maemag, Feanolo, Russingon and any number of ships. Fingolfin/Maglor should just be a featured tag in addition to other ships — ideally as a central premise :’)

This is incest!

It is! Follow the principle of don’t like, don’t read. All posts on this blog will use the tag #cw incest and #magolfin for blocking purposes.

 

 

Fanart Frenzy (Multi-fandom Challenge)

Introducing Fanart Frenzy!

  • As you may unfortunately be aware, scammers are currently flooding fanfiction comments with art commission scams (more info on the scam and what to look out for here). And we’re absolutely sick of it. So here’s our solution! Fanart Frenzy - an event designed to counteract these scammers and their impact on the fanfiction community, as well as raise awareness of their evolving scams.

    What is Fanart Frenzy?

    Fanart Frenzy is a month-long bingo event designed to bring a wave of fanfiction-inspired fanart into the community, entirely free and unsolicited, as fandom is supposed to be, in order to stem the flow of these scammers, encourage our favorite fic writers, and liven up our fandoms. This event is anti-AI - real, human-made art only! Our first event will take place from January 1-31, 2026.

    How does it work?

    You can sign up via our sign up form! In late December, we’ll send out bingo cards to each participant with prompts guiding you towards fics in your fandom to make art for. (Ex. Make art for a fic with no comments). Throughout January, you can make as few or as many pieces of art as you like - you can aim for a bingo, a blackout, or just pick one fic you really want to make art for. Post your work anywhere you’d normally post it, then share it with the writer and the Fanart Frenzy community.

    Can’t draw?

    No worries! This event is about all kinds of art, not just traditional art - everything from playlists to gif sets to cookies to fiber arts, memes, and more. Anything artistic you can do inspired by a fanfic is perfect for this event.

    If you don’t enjoy making art, the event also includes a Comment Challenge! During sign up, you can choose a bingo card with only art-related prompts, only commenting-related prompts, or a mix of the two. Non-artists can participate alongside artists by following the prompts to find fics in their fandoms in need of thoughtful, kind comments. (Ex. Leave a comment on a fic you’ve reread.)

    You can also help us out by spreading the word! Please tell your friends and fandom communities about our event!

Anairë/Fingolfin Day

Welcome to Anairë/Fingolfin day! This is a mini-fest running on December 13th, 2025.

This fest celebrates the Silmarillion characters Anairë and Fingolfin through the creation of fanworks. People can submit fanworks to be featured on the fest blog. 

To submit a work to the fest, please mention @ananolvo-day in your post and tag it as #Anaire/Fingolfin 2025. There will also be an Ao3 collection called Anaire/Fingolfin Day 2025. This blog will reblog all submitted works.

Why Anairë/Fingolfin? Because the mod likes them and wants to spread awareness of them.

Rules

  • All kinds of fanworks will be accepted, including fics, art, podfics, amv, memes, meta, etc
  • To submit a work to the fest, please mention this blog in your post and tag it as #Anaire/Fingolfin 2025. There will also be an Ao3 collection called Anaire/Fingolfin Day
  • All fanworks should feature Anairë/Fingolfin as the principal relationship. Other pairings and relationships are allowed, but this fest is about AnaNolvo
  • Dead dove, darkfic, fucked up shit is allowed, I just ask that you use your best judgement in tagging your work
  • On that note, please respect other creators. Don't read what you don't like. Be kind.
  • All genres of fic are encouraged, both gen and smut. but the mod really likes smut and she would be really happy if yall wrote smut
  • No use of generative AI is permitted

Prompts

These are just general ideas for fanworks, and people are encouraged to write/draw/make whatever they want, but these suggestions are available for you to use.

Gen prompts
  • Courtship
  • Courtly love
  • Married life / Life in Aman
  • Pregnancy and children
  • Friendships
  • Rivalries and court politics
  • Elf patriarchy, gender inequality, and tradwifery
  • Religion and spirituality
  • Intellectual life
  • Hobbies and crafts
  • Unrest of the Noldor
  • the Darkening and the Flight of the Noldor
  • Growing apart
  • DIVORCE <3
Sexy prompts
  • First Time
  • Bathing and washing
  • Ritual sex
  • LaCE but make it hot
  • Trad marriage but make it hot
  • Cultural taboo / Elf-Catholic guilt but make it hot
  • Praise kink
  • Food and drink/alcohol
  • Conception/pregnant sex/lactation, etc
  • Somnophilia
  • Aphrodisiacs
  • Holiday / Special occasion
  • PIV (this is a given, but makes sense to include in the list)
  • Oral
  • Non-penetrative
  • Hair kink
  • Dubcon/Noncon
  • Reluctant sex
  • Sex outside/ kitchen table / not the bed
  • Voyeurism
  • Rough sex
  • Loving sex
  • Premature ejaculation
  • Proxy sex
  • Masturbation / wet dreams
  • Last time