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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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Tyelkormo and Maitimo Week 2025
While attention is often paid to other Fëanorian relationships, the sibling relationship between Maedhros and Celegorm is extremely underrated. So what better way to shine some light on them but by starting a fandom event?
This event will be kicked off from the 4th-10th of July, and we would love to have you all participate in this event to celebrate these two cute lil bros!
Now, much like any of the other events, the rules are quite simple:
- Please be kind to each participant. Bullying ain't cool kiddos and will not be tolerated.
- Writings, drawings, headcanons, moodboards and any other way you amazingly creative people can find to show your brilliant minds are part of this challenge. Go nuts!
- Due to both @sadtimo and my own values, we will not be reblogging works containing sibling incest. Anyone is welcome to participate, and we both are thankful of you for respecting us as well.
- Please be mindful of the tagging, tw needed, and don't forget to mention us in your posts.(The blog username, but we try to keep up with personal mentions too). And just to make sure it will show up, you can use the tag #tm week. We'll be checking whatever comes up on the feed.
- The week is just a formality, so don't worry about submitting works after the deadline. We will be keeping up with them after the event is finished, and we will be giving shout-outs!
- Prompts and themes are just there to give you ideas. You don't need to follow them if you don't want to. I personally never do because forcing myself to write/draw a certain topic can never come out like my own moments of inspirations.
- Most importantly, just have fun!
Prompts
Day 1 (July 4th): Before the Darkness Came
Includes all works focusing on the pre-darkening era of Valinor. They can involve their childhood, teenage years or their lives as youths in Tirion and Formenos.
Day 2 (July 5th): Loyal Companions
Stories involving Tyelkormo and Maitimo and their pets or the animal companions they had in life.
Day 3 (July 6th): The Matters of Heart & Mind
The personalities behind the warlords we see in the Silmarillion. What were they like? What hobbies and skills they possess?
Day 4 (July 7th): On The Front Lines
Tyelkormo and Maitimo as strategists and war planners. Whether through successful battles, disastrous battles, or skirmishes with Orcs, these brothers protected Beleriand and her people for centuries.
Day 5 (July 8th): The Gods They Loved
Day 5 is dedicated to the brothers and the relationship between them and the Valar.
They were their guides and guardians, until they weren't. Tell or show your stories/arts of what happened.
Day 6 (July 9th): The Curse of the Oath
Stories revolving around the oath, what it took and what little it gave.
Day 7 (July 10th): Healing & Renewal
From fourth age re-embodiments, to various fix-its, or just small, tender moments of comfort and healings they shared with each other.
Hope they are to your satisfaction! If not, then write/draw your own prompts and themes! All is welcome!
Samfro Summer 2025
From July 1st-10th, join us in creating writing, artwork, and any other creative endeavour for Samfro Summer! This 10 day event will have daily summer themes that we can all follow along with, and you can post your works with the hashtag #samfrosummer!! the daily themes are listed below.
Prompts
Day 1: Large Gatherings / Festivities
- county fair, carnival, summer festival, backyard parties, cultural celebrations, weddings, party time, meeting family
Day 2: Sun / Heat
- solstice, freckles, sunburn, tanned skin, sweat, blinding lights, searching for shade, sunrise/sunset, glowing, ethereal, wind/breeze
Day 3: Nature / Wilderness
- camping trip, hiking, bonfire, wildflowers, stargazing, shapes in the clouds, grass beneath your feet, mountains, wildlife, storms
Day 4: Rebirth, Regrowth, Rejuvenation
- finding yourself, family, change of seasons, trying something new/trying again, refreshing love, planting the seeds
Day 5: Snacks & Refreshments
- lemonade stand, ice cream, picnic, barbeque, cooking together, picking berries, come over for a meal, farmers market
Day 6: Summer Pastimes
- reading a book, lazy mornings, going for a walk, hammock, summer routines, boredom, domesticity, loving in secret
Day 7: Water / Beach
- beach day, swimming, tanning, in the sand, cooling off, lakes/rivers, cool bath, waterfalls, a quick dip, skipping stones
Day 8: Games & Creativity
- board/card games, art, writing, muse, sports, sculpt, gifts, scrapbook, paint, teaching the rules, having fun, crafting, sewing
Day 9: Hard Work
- yard work, gardening, building something, rekindling, getting out of your comfort zone, chores/housework, making up
Day 10: Wildcard
- it’s a wildcard!! create something for a summer prompt we haven’t covered OR go back and do a prompt you couldn’t get to / had more than one idea for :)
Rules
DO:
- From the daily themes, either pick one of the “example/prompts” (or combine a few) or choose your own related to the daily theme and create a work of writing/art/some other creative endeavour to share!
- Tag your works each day with #samfrosummer.
- Support each other! reblog and share one another’s works/pieces!
- Tag nsfw/mature/triggering content properly. We want everyone to be included and we don’t want anyone to see things they are uncomfortable with.
- Use the same hashtag if you post your works on other sites so that we can keep them all together
- Take creative liberties! Make works in canon universe, in different AU’s or timelines, gender-swapped, anything you want! All we ask is that you stick with the daily summer-related theme.
- Send an ask with questions.
- Let us know if you will be participating!
DON’T:
- Spread hate or ship discourse. Don’t like? Don't participate! Easy.
Disability Pride 2025
This event will focus on bringing attention to disability in Middle-earth. No matter what it is let us show pride in our diversities and empower one another.
- You may post works on fan fic, fan art, headcanons, playlists, gif sets, mood boards, stim boards, pngs, anything as long as its yours! NO AI.
- Past works accepted too. Don't feel pressure; this is all in good fun.
- Post your OCs.
- Write some headcanons.
- Learn about and explore mobility aids and different therapy modalities from a Middle-earth lens.
- Past works welcome!
- Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!
- #Tolkien disability pride
Teitho June/July Challenge: Inheritance
Our Teitho prompt for June/July is Inheritance.
We can’t wait to see how you choose to use this prompt!
Inheritance can have many meanings. It can be the physical traits one inherits from relatives—eye color, hair color, a cleft chin—or it can be a tendency that runs in a family—a short temper, chattiness, prophetic dreams.
It could be a physical object like a home, a sword, a keepsake. Or a heavier burden like an oath or vow. Or it could be both, like the Ring of Barahir.
It can be a bloodline—like the Dunedain or the line of Durin. Or a legacy—like the shards of Narsil or the Arkenstone.
Inheritance may be tangible or intangible, may bring joy, wealth, or immense tragedy.
Inheritance can vary between siblings. Or it can lead to strife between family.
What story or art of Inheritance will you give us this month? Please submit your art or story to teitho.contest@gmail.com by July 31st.
Kidnap Fam Survey
Polutropos is collecting survey data as part of her research on the "Living Legendarium", i.e., how the legends of Arda, from their earliest drafts by Tolkien to the posthumously published Silmarillion edited by Christopher Tolkien to the creative engagements by fans, are inherently indeterminate and mutable, inviting many and diverse interpretations.
This portion of the study focuses on the various ways that fans of the Silmarillion understand and imagine the relationship between Maedhros, Maglor, Elrond, and Elros: the "kidnap fam".
The resulting paper will be presented at Mereth Aderthad on July 19 2025 and published afterwards on the Silmarillion Writers' Guild.
COMPLETE THE SURVEY until June 27, 2025.
Russingon Week 2025
Russingon Week is a Tumblr and AO3 event for fanworks that center a romantic or queerplatonic relationship between Maedhros and Fingon. Russingon Week will run June 16th to June 22nd, 2025.
Rules
- Be kind and courteous! No shaming, harassment, or bigotry will be tolerated.
- Works featuring any interpretations, themes, and topics are welcome. We encourage creators to use appropriate archive tags and content warnings where needed.
- Creations of any sort (fanfic, fan art, meta, moodboard, fan song, rec list, interpretive dance, rescuing a loved one who is currently chained to a cliff) are encouraged!
How to Participate
- Make a work of any sort that centers a romantic or queerplatonic relationship between Maedhros and Fingon. If you post on tumblr, @ this blog (russingon-week) or tag it #russingonweek and we’ll reblog it!
- Sometimes tumblr notifs can be wonky, so feel free to message us or send us an ask if we haven’t noticed/reblogged your work.
- You can also feel free to anonymously submit anything you’d like using the “submit” function on the blog.
Prompts
Day 1 – June 16th: Beginnings and Renewal
- Valinor
- Childhood friends to lovers
- Re-embodiment
- Children and parenthood
- First time
- Modern AU
Day 2 – June 17th: Devotion and Desertion
- Losgar and the Helcaraxë
- Weddings and oaths
- Infidelity & Betrayal
- Role reversal AU
- Allies and enemies
Day 3 – June 18th: Despair and Defiance
- Rescue from Thangorodrim
- Battles and Kinslayings
- Angry sex
- "Make it worse" AU
- Lies and truths
- Breaking taboos
Day 4 – June 19th: Peace and Ennui
- The Long Peace
- Fluff
- Tender sex
- Time loop AU
Day 5 – June 20th: Memory and Song
- Epistolary
- In-universe writing or art
- Laws and Customs of the Eldar
- Salacious letters/erotica
- AUs based on another work of fiction
Day 6 – June 21st: Tragedy and Doom
- Nirnaeth Arnoediad
- Foresight and ósanwë
- Fantasy/ghost sex
- Greek Myth AU
Day 7 – June 22nd: Endurance and Survival
- Post-rescue from Thangorodrim
- Fix-it AU
- Legacy
- Nature
- Ritual sex
Tolkien Native Language Appreciation Fest 2025
This is an event aimed to celebrate the diversity in the Tolkien fandom, which takes inspiration both by Tolkien's profession as a linguist and inventor of all the languages in his opus, and his own characters' prowess in several languages. The event will run on Tumblr from 16-22 June 2025.
The event aims at giving all creators a chance to use their creativity to explore and experiment with all languages. All types of fanworks and all languages (including English and Tolkien's invented languages) are welcome.
Rules
- NO AI GENERATED CONTENT.
- No stealing/plagiarizing of anyone's work.
- Please tag properly your work and use warnings for mature/sensitive content, so people are able to filter it, should they wish to.
- NSFW: please use the "read more" function, or link it through a different website such as AO3 and use tags and warnings accordingly, so people are able to filter the content, should they wish to.
- GOLDEN RULE: COMMON SENSE
To be able to participate, please follow the below steps.
- Reblog this post and follow this blog.
- Use #jrrtlanguagefest preferably in the first five tags, so I am able to reblog your creations
- Mention the languages used in the caption of your post - a translation is encouraged so everyone can enjoy your creations
- There is no limit per day, you can post as many creations as you wish.
Prompts
You can use as many of these prompts as you like. Please specify in your post if you are using any of these.
- 16th June: Yellow - Shine - Opposites - Song
- 17th June: Orange - Sunset - Flowers - Dance
- 18th June: Red - Passion - Wounds - Rain
- 19th June: Purple - Noble - Valiant - Fading
- 20th June: Blue - Calm - Creation - Divine
- 21st June: Green - Envy - Trees - Fading
- 22nd June: Black - Grief - Moonlight - Deep
Tolkien South Asian Week
Welcome to Tolkien South Asian Week running from June 16th to June 22th, 2025 on Tumblr.
About
We are back after two years! I started my Everyone in Middle-Earth is Brown series five years ago to imagine Tolkien characters as people like me. Tolkien South Asian Week (TSAW) stemmed from there and is a fandom-wide event to celebrate South Asian peoples, cultures and lives through Tolkien’s Legendarium.
Guidelines
- Reblog this post
- Tag your entries with #tsaw25 and mention me @arwenindomiel;
- Everyone is free to participate, you don’t have to be South Asian;
- Creations of all kinds are welcome: edits, gifs, art, fic, meta etc;
- You can post whenever you are ready, including after the event;
- NSFW and incest are not allowed.
Prompts
Here are the suggested prompts. You can interpret them however you like, combine them or even disregard them. 2021 and 2022 prompts for further inspiration.
- Day 1 (16th): Ring bearers | Love | Courage is found in unlikely places
- Day 2 (17th): Kingdoms | (Im)mortality | Home is behind, the world is ahead
- Day 3 (18th): Home | The Ages | More fair than Mortal tongue can tell
- Day 4 (19th): Artefacts | Songs and Tales | No living man am I
- Day 5 (20th): the Fellowship | Lineages | The doom lies in yourself
- Day 6 (21th): A people | Oaths | The stories that matter
- Day 7 (22th): Free form | World building | Worthy of remembrance
Boromir Week 2025
Bring your Boromir fics, art, gifs, moodboards, and headcanons for a week of being absolutely normal about our beloved Captain of Gondor! Boromir Week will run from June 14-20, 2025 on Tumblr.
Rules
- Please tag any ships and/or triggers, and place NSFW/graphic submissions under a "Read More" and tag as such.
- No AI.
- This event is intended to show Boromir in a positive light and show our appreciation for the character, so anything that is blatantly anti-Boromir is strongly discouraged. Submitting an AU where Boromir succeeded in obtaining the One Ring or writing a Dark!Boromir AU is different (and hot, let's be real).
- This also applies to commenting on submissions. Don't like, don't read. Don't yuck on someone else's yum. Ship and let ship. Please keep your comments respectful.
- The main tags I will be using are #Boromir Week and #Boromir Week 2025. However, Tumblr's tag search is pretty much useless, not only showing results that have nothing to do with what you searched for, but also omitting a lot of results. So, the best way for me to know that you've posted is to tag @boromir-week
Prompts
Day 1: Brother of Faramir, Childhood, Protector and Teacher
Day 2: Son of Finduilas, Maternal Family, Grief and Loss
Day 3: Son of Denethor, Paternal Family, Thorongil
Day 4: Teen Years, Captain of Gondor, Friend of Rohan
Day 5: The People's Prince, Rivendell, Member of the Fellowship
Day 6: Change of Fate, Fourth Age, Alternate Universe
Day 7: Freeform
Camp Tolkien 2025
Welcome to Camp Tolkien!
This writing event is meant to be a little retreat in the middle of summer, giving writers the chance to work on a beloved project in the company of fellow writers.
Writers are invited to bring a project to Camp Tolkien--whether you're brainstorming, outlining, drafting, or editing--and spend the two weeks at camp working on your project. While other Inklings Challenge events are geared toward short stories, Camp Tolkien is meant to give writers a chance to make progress on larger projects. You can work on a short story if you wish, but since we're not aiming to finish the project by the end of the event, this is also a chance to work on whatever project is nearest and dearest to your heart at the moment--a novel, a play, an epic poem, whatever you like.
Camp Tolkien will be in session from June 9, 2025 through June 21, 2025. Every day from Monday through Friday, Camp Tolkien will offer four different summer-camp-themed activities. Each of these activities will be a writing prompt or challenge meant to inspire you in your project and/or add some fun to the writing process. Writers will choose at least one of the four activities to join in, though you can choose to complete multiple activities if you wish.
The prompts will be aimed at different parts of the writing process. Some will be better-suited for drafting, while others will work better for people who are outlining or brainstorming, and some are more about adding some excitement to the writing process itself, no matter which stage you're in. The hope is that everyone attending Camp Tolkien will find at least one activity per day that they can apply to their stage of the writing process.
For example, a day's list of Camp Tolkien Activities might look something like this:
- Photography: Find at least five reference pictures that visualize the setting or characters of your project
- Friendship Bracelets: Tell us about two characters who are currently friends, or talk about a childhood/former friend of a character
- Nature Walk: Go on a walk outside and use something about the experience (a sensory detail, something you saw) as inspiration for your project
- Rock Climbing: Set a timer for thirty minutes and try to finish as much of a draft of a scene as you can in that time
After finishing for the day, writers are invited to reblog that day's post, telling us which activity they joined, and either sharing what they wrote or telling us how the process went.
Each Saturday will be a Free Day, where writers can look over all the activities offered from the previous week and choose any activity they wish to use for that day's prompt. This could be a chance to complete an activity from a day you missed, or to complete an extra activity that you never got to.
The final day of camp, June 21, 2025, writers will get the chance to talk about their progress on their project and how the overall camp experience went.
This is a very low-key event, meant to make the writing process fun. People can join in as much or as little as they wish, and there is no sign-up process. Writers are just invited to check the blog each day and join in the fun of Camp Tolkien.
And that's Camp Tolkien! Now go forth and create!
