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Week of Kiliel
Welcome to Week of Kiliel!
This event will be held May 17-23! The goal of this week is to celebrate and be creatively inspired by the relationship between Tauriel and Kili Durin! We want to encourage The Hobbit community to make Kiliel art, fanfiction, edits, crafts, and more!
Rules:
• There are prompts for every day to inspire your creativity! You can pick one or multiple from each day, and they can be followed as loosely or as closely as you would like!
• Please use the tag “#week of kiliel” so we can reblog your entries! You can also tag @weekofkiliel! We are so excited to see and support all of your work!
• Late entries are fine, though we ask that you do not post earlier!
• If you have an existing work that fits one of these prompts that you would like to submit, that is fine, but please repost about it with the hashtag on the day it corresponds to! While we accept already existing works, we really want to encourage new Kiliel content as that is one of the goals of Kiliel week!
• NSFW is allowed! While none of the prompts are explicitly NSFW, NSFW is permitted as long as it is properly tagged!
• While the main ship and characters should be Kiliel, background ships and characters are welcome! However, for this event we do not accept Durincest or other incest ships.
NO AI WILL BE PERMITTED FOR THIS EVENT, ANY AI ENTRIES WILL BE UNOFFICIAL AND WILL NOT BE REBLOGGED OR ENDORSED
Prompts
Day 1 - Modern AU, First Kiss, Dating, Fluff
Day 2 - Courting, Erebor Never Fell AU, Wingman, Khuzdul
Day 3 - Sickfic, Poison, Angst, Healing
Day 4 - Mirkwood, Culture Shock, Meetcute, Sindarin
Day 5 - Height Difference, Cuddling, College AU, Bed Sharing
Day 6 - Crossover AU, Fake Dating, Arranged Marriage, Confession
Day 7 - Afterlife, Everybody Lives, Scene Rewrite, Alt First Meeting
Aspec Arda Week 2026
Aspec Arda Week: May 10th-16th, 2026
This event celebrates asexual and aromantic spectrum interpretations and headcanons of Tolkien's Legendarium.
Any creations about the aromantic and asexual spectrums are welcome! You can create edits, gifs, fanart, fanfic, fanmixes, and more! All versions of canon/fanon and characters are included, be it from the books, movies, TV, OCs, etc. Please tag your posts with #aspecardaweek AND @ mention this blog @aspecardaweek so that your work can be easily found. If you are posting your submission to AO3, we will have an event collection! This is not an event for generative AI works.
The prompts below are a guideline for the week’s events, though you are not obligated to stick to them when participating. They’re completely optional, and more of a source of inspiration than a mandatory guideline. Feel free to explore them however you’d like; an explanation for each is given, but you can interpret them differently if you want to.
Day 1 / May 10th: Asexuality || Hope
Day 2 / May 11th: Aromanticism || Community
Day 3 / May 12th: Across the A-Spectrum || Loneliness
Day 4 / May 13th: Worldbuilding || Dragons
Day 5 / May 14th: Relationships || Linguistics
Day 6 / May 15th: Intersectionality || Found Family
Day 7 / May 16th: Freeform
For further clarification, check out our FAQ, code of conduct, and prompts pages! Happy creating!!
Detailed Prompts
DAY ONE: Asexuality
What characters do you see as asexual? Why? How does that impact their lives?
Alternative prompt: Hope
DAY TWO: Aromanticism
What characters do you see as aromantic? Why? How does that impact their lives?
Alternative prompt: Community
DAY THREE: Across the A-Spectrum
“Asexual” and “aromantic” are umbrella terms encapsulating a wide spectrum of identities. From grayromantic to demisexual, and aroace to lithromantic —there are many other labels on the a-spectrum. This is a day for exploring those identities and the characters you associate them with.
Alternative prompt: Loneliness
DAY FOUR: World Building
How does acceptance and prevalence of aspec identity vary over both cultures and species?
Are all elves really baseline demisexual? What’s up with one third of dwarven populations focusing on their craft instead of taking a spouse? How do soul bonds work between elven couples who don’t want to have sex? Did Númenor get aphobic when they started distancing themselves from the Elves? Do aspec hobbits feel pressure to settle down and have large families?
Alternative prompt: Dragons
DAY FIVE: Relationships
Aspec people can have many different kinds of relationships, including romantic and sexual ones— but some kinds of relationships are more unique and common to the aspec communities, such as queerplatonic ones. Today is a day for exploring all these different kinds of relationships!
There are several relationships in Tolkien's works that could easily be read as queerplatonic, including Frodo & Sam, and Legolas & Gimli. There is also an interesting footnote in The Nature of Middle Earth which describes something like a queerplatonic relationship and provides some Quenya words for it.
Alternative prompt: Linguistics - Many of the terms for aspec identity come from root words of Latin, can you postulate translations for aspec terminology in any of Tolkien's languages?
DAY SIX: Intersectionality
There is more to a person’s life than just their orientation. Outside of fantasy species, how does being aspec interact with a character’s other identities and experiences, such as race or disability or religion? What’s the impact of a character’s aspec identity on their gender or other orientation labels? Today is a day for exploring the intersections of the aspec experience with other aspects of identity.
Alternative Prompt: Found Family
DAY SEVEN: Freeform
Post about something aspec related not yet covered in the topics this week, or return to a prompt you have more thoughts about! Alternatively, we have some additional prompts for inspiration that did not quite fit into the other days.
- Recommend a fic, meta post, etc. that includes aspec identity.
- How would a particular character respond to allonormativity / amatanormativity? What kind of amatanormativity / allonormativity have they faced?
- What is a particular character’s relationship with their aspec identity Is it a big part of their life?
- Post about an aspec character’s family, either found family, or blood relations. Does their family support them? Does their family (or society) have expectations of marriage and children of them?
- Post about aspec community (symbols, cultural practices, mentorship and friendship with other aspec characters) within the context a culture within Tolkien's Legendarium, or take a character and post about what parts an aspec community they would resonate with in a modern Earth AU.
Angbang Week 2026
This is the official blog of Angbang (or Melron) week.
We follow the tags "#AngbangWeek" and "#Angbang Week" as well as the current year variations of those tags. We have our ask box and DMs open if you have any questions!
List of prompts for Angbang Week 2026:
- Day 1: First meeting/Reunion
- Day 2: Dating/Intimacy
- Day 3: Competitions/Rivalry
- Day 4: Eyes/Gaze
- Day 5: Letters/Long distance communication
- Day 6: Last day together/Separation
- Day 7: Canon divergence
As always, there are two prompts a day to choose between. You may create any original work you feel relates to the prompt, and if you did not connect with a prompt, feel free to skip it. All previously unposted creations made by you are accepted (fic, art, moodboards, playlists, etc). For any adult content, please keep it below a read more and tag it accordingly.
When posting your works, please post them on the day the prompt appears on or on a later day and tag this blog directly by using @, or add one of the following tags (#angbangweek2026, #angbang week 2026) to your post's tag list so we know the post is for the event. Please note that the event rules have been updated to clarify that we do NOT accept any creations made using Generative AI of any sort, and as such we will not be featuring any such content on this blog. For any questions or further clarifications, feel free to reach out in the asks or DMs. Happy creating and we'll see you in May!
April/May Teitho Challenge
Our prompt for April/May is Heartbreak. There are so many possibilities with this one!
Will you go back to the very beginning with the heartbreak of Melkor’s discord during the creation?
Or will you take us to the time of Miriel and Finwë? Fëanor’s heartbreak at the loss of his mother?And later his father’s death? Or the loss of the Silmarils themselves, that led to so much heartbreak for so many?
The kinslaying. The ship burning. The Helcaraxë. Battle after battle. Betrayal. The heartbreak of The Oath itself.
The death of Fingolfin. Fingon. Finrod. The sons of Fëanor, one after another. The heartbreak of those left behind: Maglor, Galadriel, Elrond.
The tragedy of the House of Hurin.
Or will you come to the time of Celebrimbor—the glory of Eregion and Khazad-Dûm and the devastation that followed? The Last Alliance?
The travails of Frodo. The lonely travels of Aragorn. The heavy weight of duty straining the hearts of both Boromir and Faramir. Eowyn’s heartbreak in Edoras.
The doomed love stories that are woven into Tolkien’s books—Turin, Finduilas, Gwindor, to name a few.
Heartbreak can be so many things—with love, with loss, with changes that shift our entire world. But heartbreak can also be in the small moments—for a child, a parent, a friend, a comrade. It can be momentary or span years. Or even lifetimes.
Will you break our hearts with your stories and art this time? Or will you find a way to heal the heartbreak and find the hope that can endure and persist?
We can’t wait to see what you do with this prompt!
Submissions are due May 31, 2026. Please send them to teitho.contest@gmail.com
Your teitho mods
Sian22, Lotrfan, and Cassie.
Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang 2026
Schedule
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March
1: 2025 Gallery Opens
The Gallery for 2025 is live! Enjoy the beautiful pieces created for last year’s TRSB!
22: Suggestion Form Opens
This form gives potential authors (or anyone else who wants to play!) the opportunity to suggest characters, places and scenarios they would like to see in the submitted art. We will post a link to the form on our Tumblr and here on the website. The answers will feed into a publicly available spreadsheet listing the ideas submitted; artists can peruse this to get inspired!
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April
12: Sign-ups Open
We post links to our sign-up form on all the usual platforms. You can then sign up as an artist, an author, a beta, a cheerleader, a pinch hitter, or as two or more of these. Please see the ‘Sign-ups’ section of the FAQ for more details on what these terms mean.
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May
3: Artist Sign-up Deadline
9: Art Draft Due
Participating art submissions must be sent to the mods by this date to be eligible for the Claims Gallery.
For more details on how to do this, see the ‘Art Submissions’ section of the FAQ. Artists may submit up to two pieces of art, for claiming by two separate authors.10: Discord Server Opens
Come hang out with your fellow participants!
15: Art Previews Open
Our online gallery of art prompts will be visible to signed-up participants only. Signed-up authors can browse the artworks and see which pieces appeal to their muses!
16-17: Discord Art Talks
These are live chats on Discord with mod presence – start times to be announced – where we go through the beautiful gallery and admire the work of our artists. It has been great fun in past years!
20: Author Signups Deadline
23 (Saturday) 17:00 UTC: CLAIMS
Authors submit a ranked list of the artworks they would like to claim to write fic for. Claims are on a first-come, first-served basis. One artwork will be allocated to each claiming author; the mods will email you to confirm which piece you have successfully claimed and how to get in touch with your artist. See the ‘Claims’ section of the FAQ for more information.
TBA – Additional Claims
If any artworks are left unclaimed, we will hold one or more additional claiming rounds as needed. Generally, there will be 24 hours between rounds, but the timing is at the mods’ discretion. The additional round(s) will be announced to signed-up participants by email and on the TRSB Discord.
31: Post-Claims Check-in
The mods will email each artist/author pair to ensure that you have successfully established contact – even if you are not planning on a close collaboration, it is polite to check in with your partner, say hello, and make sure you’re both clear on must-haves and do-not-wants. One person from your pair must respond and confirm that you have done this!
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June
14: Free Rein Art Due
We know some artists like to give their authors as much creative freedom as possible, and we have a dedicated collaboration option for this (see ‘Art Submissions’ FAQs). However, this means we require these artists to share the final art with their authors much earlier than artists who are prepared to be more involved.
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July
12: Check-in #2
The mods will email each pair to ensure everything is on track. One person from your pair must respond – see ‘Check Ins’ in the FAQ.
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August
9: Final Art Due
Artists must share the final art with their authors – but don’t post it yet!
Don’t email it to the mods.16: Final Check-in (#3)
Deadline to abandon your fic to a pinch hitter. There will be no penalty for dropping out on or before this date. This year we ask both collaborators to contact the mods at the final check-in.
The mods will email all participants beforehand to ensure everything is still on track. We will ask you to confirm:
- Whether the art is complete (Artists: did you share it with your author? Authors: have you seen the final art?)
- Whether you have discussed posting logistics (ie, have you talked about how the art will be posted (embedded and/or posted separately to the collection), who will handle promo posting, any specific posting needs)
26: Art Can Be Posted
Artworks can be posted to your preferred platform on or after this date (but before they are due in the collection). Hype your collab wherever you like and get the excitement going! Artists should ensure that their author has received a link to the art for embedding or linking in the finished fic as agreed upon before August 30th (deadline for posting the fic to the collection).
30: Fic Due In Collection
Authors should post their stories in our AO3 collection with the artwork embedded or linked. See the “Posting fic” section of our FAQ.
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September
5: COLLECTION REVEALS
Around the World and Web Archive
Events listed here are no longer active but are listed on the site for historical purposes.
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!!
Tolkienshortfanworks challenge for August (Dreamwidth)
The tolkienshortfanworks challenge for August has been posted to the Dreamwidth community.
For the thematic challenge, there are some verse prompts compiled from Tolkien's Collected Poems.
The formal challenge is to write a Ten by Ten poem or another ten-line poem.
For more details on this challenge see the linked post.
Feast of Horns 2025
Feast of Horns is an 18+ Tumblr event for fanworks about characters in Almaren and Valinor. You can learn more about the headcanons that inspired this event here. This year, the event is a three day mini-event that will take place during the 8th-10th August, 2025.
Prompts
- Ritual pleasures
- Unwilling prey
- Divine feast
- Forbidden delights
- Amidst the dappled starlight
- Crowns and collars and chains
- The more the merrier
- Fear and exhilaration
- Weak and small
- Lust unrestrained
- Gilded net
- Relentless hunter
You can write/create for as many prompts as you like, and you can post on any day of the event. Good luck and have fun!
Fantastic Worlds Exhibit
Travel to Middle-earth, Narnia, and beyond!
In 1981, Karen Wynn Fonstad authored The Atlas of Middle-earth, the official geographic guide to the world of author J.R.R. Tolkien. This summer, for the first time, Wynn Fonstad’s original hand-drawn maps will be exhibited to the public.
From July 21–August 1, stop by the Robinson Map Library in historic Science Hall to get a glimpse at how this groundbreaking cartographer shaped our collective understanding of fantasy geography. Curated by her son, UW–Madison alum and current Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Oregon Mark Fonstad, the Fantastic Worlds exhibition will combine Wynn Fonstad’s original, hand-drawn maps with examples of her finalized published works, explanations of her techniques, and stories of her experience turning written, fictional geographic information into visual representations.
The exhibition will also include examples of fantasy maps created by UW–Madison Geography students over the years, so you’ll be able to appreciate first-hand the impact Wynn Fonstad’s work has had on cartographers-in-training.
Join one (or both) public talks to hear directly from Mark Fonstad—see event details below.
EVENT DETAILS
Fantastic Worlds: A Cartographic Exploration of the Works of Fantasy Mapmaker Karen Wynn Fonstad
July 21 – August 1
Open weekdays, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Robinson Map Library; 3rd Floor of Science Hall, 550 N Park St, Madison WI
Free & open to the public
Map Chat with Mark Fonstad
Wednesday, July 30
1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Cartography Lab; 2nd Floor of Science Hall, 550 N Park St, Madison WI
OR via Zoom
Join UW–Madison alum and geographer Mark Fonstad as he talks in-depth about how his mother, fantasy mapmaker Karen Wynn Fonstad, crafted her hand-drawn maps of Middle-earth. Free & open to the public.
Silvergifting Week 2025
Silvergifting Week is a Tumblr event dedicated to Celebrimbor/Mairon | Annatar | Sauron pairing, aka Silvergifting. This year, it will run from August 4-10.
Day 1 (August 4): First meetings
Either a canon version, or your wildest AU take. What happens next?
Day 2 (August 5): Romance
Them. In a relationship. As spicy or soft as you want them to be. Enjoy!
Day 3 (August 6): Tension
Emotional stress or conflict in their relationship. Perhaps it is mutual pining, or growing suspicion? Or perhaps they are rivals? You decide.
Day 4 (August 7): Threesomes
Them - and someone else. This prompt can be used either for romantic or gen relationships.
Day 5 (August 8): Hurt/comfort and angst
Silvergifting week would not be complete without a healthy dose of hurt/comfort and angst. Comfort is optional.
Day 6 (August 9): Rings of Power
Today's prompt can be used in two ways. It is either the Rings itself, or Silvergifting inspired by the RoP television series.
Day 7 (August 10): Second chances
They deserve that, don't they? Post-canon, new beginnings.
These prompts are totally optional, they are just for inspiration. Late entries are always welcome.
This year, we don't have a separate Alternative Universe | Canon divergence day. You can post AU content for any prompt.
Silvergifting week started as a Silmarillion fandom event, but the event also welcomes fanworks inspired by the Rings of Power television series. Those can be posted for every prompt, but day 6 is a special day in celebration for the tv series. The entries will be tagged #trop for those who want to curate their experience.
Nargothrond Week 2025
This week will be dedicated to celebrating the realm of Nargothrond, her kings, rulers and people from various eras, from the starting point and blooming bud of the idea in Felagund's mind, to her devastating destruction by the dragon Glaurung. Nargothrond Week will run from August 1-6, 2025 on Tumblr.
Rules
- Please be kind to each participant and how they have decided to express their ideas. Bullying will not be tolerated.
- There is no limit in how you have decided to participate in this week! Drawings, writings, Headcanon posts, moodboards, cosplays, etc… are all part of this challenge. Let your heart and mind lead you!
- Based on my own personal beliefs, I will not be reblogging works and posts containing sibling and/or parent incest. Thank you all in advance for respecting my boundaries and don't forget, anyone is free to participate!
- Mind the tagging! Use the #nargothrond week tag or #nargothrond week 2025 tags or even better, mention the blog or my own personal account in your posts! I will check them all! (I personally prefer to find you through the mentions, but use them all if you want!) And don't forget about trigger warnings or other needed tags.
- The week is a mere formality. Don't worry about finding this post too late and think you won't have time to participate. I'll be keeping up with the mentions and tags long after the deadline and reblog whatever I can find!
- Prompts and Themes (which will be further added and posted) are only there as guides. You do not have to follow them. They're merely there to water the tiny plants of ideas which are already inside your creative, beautiful minds!
- And most importantly, have fun!
Prompts
Day 1 (August 1st): Fire & Water
Born through water, and in fire it came to ruin. Works with elements of fire and water, whether literal or metaphorical
Day 2 (August 2nd): Friendships & Betrayals
Nargothrond is infamous with tales of the betrayals of the sons of Feanor, as they broke all bonds of friendships with their golden cousins with a greed born out of their Oaths. But it is also known for tales of great friendships like that of Finrod and all the free folks, or Turin and the bond he shared with the King
Day 3 (August 3rd): Feasts Of Gold
Nargothrond was a rich kingdom, and home to the most generous and perhaps the most vain of Finwe's grandchildren. Tell your piece of the glorious balls and the dramas they often followed with
Day 4 (August 4th): The Unlikely Bonds
We all know of the Nargothrond trio and their famous frenemy relathionship, but Nargothrond doesn't end with them. Many named or unnamed characters resided in Finrod's golden halls, but we seldom get to hear or see much of they were up to. This day can be about celebrating these relathionships (be them platonic or romantic)
Day 5 (August 5th): Those Bloody Fangs
Be it Huan the great hound to Sauron and his wolves, and to the dragon which brought this land to ruins, Nargothrond's fate was decided by beast and their fangs stained with blood of innocents and sinners alike
Day 6 (August 6th): Oaths and Curses
From Feanor's bloody Oath, to Finrod and his heroic and honorable promise, to Turin and his dak curse, this kingdom was set to be led by words of power
Day 7 (August 7th): In Irmo's Domain
Works revolving around dreams, be they telling stories of future and of foresight nature, or of the dark kinds which keeps our dear elves up at night, caused by hardship and pain
Innumerable Stars 2025
Innumerable Stars is a Tolkien fandom gift exchange for all works by Tolkien or associated with Middle-earth.
People Who Participate in Innumerable Stars are:
★ Interested in and excited about multiple Tolkien-based canons.
☆ Interested in their fellow fans’ creativity in fanfiction and fanart, and excited to explore their own.
★ Open to creating and receiving any one of a number of different prompts or ideas.
☆ Happy to read and comment on the fanwork(s) they receive with thanks first of all, but also to read and comment on other fanworks in the exchange.
People Who Participate in Innumerable Stars will:
★ Generally read and create for a variety of slash, gen, het, adventures, fluff, dark, erotica, worldbuilding, etc.
☆ Create their fanwork following their recipient’s prompts in good faith, and receive the fanwork(s) that have been given to them in good faith also.
★ Also write or draw “treats” for others in the exchange, if their own time and inspiration permits after they have completed their assignment,. These are not required but they add to the fun and excitement of the exchange!
☆ Create their fanwork without the use of AI, be it in writing or art.
What Innumerable Stars is NOT:
You do not have to be open to or interested in every type of fanwork to participate. However, Innumerable Stars is not for anyone interested in just one character, pairing, or scenario. Nor is it for people who find stories or art containing material they are not interested in offensive because it exists. If either of these apply, we wish you well, but this is not the exchange for you.
Schedule
- Nominations Open: Sunday, 03 August 2025, 8:00 PM UTC
- Nominations Close: Sunday, 17 August 2025, 8:00 PM UTC
- Sign-ups Open: Sunday, 17 August 2025, 11:59 PM UTC
- Sign-ups Close: Sunday, 31 August 2025, 8:00 PM UTC
- Assignments Out: Monday, 01 September 2025, 8:00 PM UTC
- Assignments Due: Sunday, 05 October 2025, 8:00 PM UTC
- Works Revealed: Sunday, 12 October 2025, 8:00 PM UTC
- Authors Revealed: Sunday, 19 October 2025, 8:00 PM UTC
Links
Esoteric Tolkien Week 2025
Mark your calendars one and all for the newest fandom event on the block - Esoteric Tolkien Week! This event is dedicated to the strange, inexplicable, fantastic, obscure, and uncanny in Middle-earth and beyond. It will run from July 13th to July 19th, 2025, and accepts all varieties of fanworks.
Inspirational prompts, as well as an ao3 collection, are forthcoming. Prompts will be out within the next two weeks; the collection will open somewhat closer to the event, most likely in May or June.
Event Guidelines
All types of fanworks are accepted as long as they are made by you - so no generative AI, please. NSFW creations are welcomed, though we do ask that you tag mindfully (e.g. indicate that the work is NSFW) and place explicit content under a readmore. Works can be in any language.
Be respectful of other participants. This event is meant to be a fun, inclusive space and is not a place to argue about interpretation or creative choice. If you don’t like something, we ask that you keep it to yourself and refrain from offering criticism unless the creator has specifically requested it.
Please include #esotolkienweek or #esotolkienweek2025 in the first few tags of your post and @ this blog somewhere in the post body. We want to make sure everyone has a chance to see your work! Late posts are perfectly fine and will still be reblogged, but we ask that you hold back from posting before the day of your chosen prompt(s). Tumblr can be tricksy, so in the case that your creation has not been reblogged here within 48 hours, please reach out through asks or messages.
This event aims to be supportive of all fans. Any form of bigotry, harassment, or hate will not be tolerated. We welcome creations that draw from a wide range of experiences and encourage you to do the same.
If you have any questions or concerns not covered here, feel free to reach out via the ask box.
Prompts
These prompts are for inspiration only - so feel free to mix and match, use them as a jumping-off point, or ignore them completely as you see fit.
Each prompt is composed of a place, an object, and an action. Choose one or two, combine them all, or work without them - whatever you do, we can't wait to see what you create!
July 13th - Day 1: Mountains & Valleys | Books & Maps | Climb
July 14th - Day 2: Seas | Treasures | Voyage
July 15th - Day 3: Forests | Crowns | Get Lost
July 16th - Day 4: Lakes & Rivers | Vessels | Sleep
July 17th - Day 5: Cities | Talismans | Beg
July 18th - Day 6: Temples | Clothing | Yearn
July 19th - Day 7: Plains | Songs & Legends | Leap
Teitho July/August Challenge: Heat
Our Challenge for July/August is HEAT.
How will you choose to interpret this prompt? Will you follow some hobbits in the high heat of summer days—to picnics, fruit picking, or dipping toes in the river?
Or will you give us stories that recall the scorching heat of dragon fire—in Beleriand, in Erebor, in Dale. Or Balrogs in battle?
What about the fiery heat in the depths of Mt. Doom? Or the great forges of Moria, Erebor, Gondolin, Rivendell?
There is heat in food—spices and tastes from distant lands.
Or the heat in a relationship, a love affair, an argument.
Or the simple heat of a fire and the company of loved ones.
We look forward to your stories and art for this prompt! Please submit to teitho.contest@gmail.com by August 31, 2025.
July challenge at tolkienshortfanworks (Dreamwidth)
The tolkienshortfanworks prompts for July have been posted to the Dreamwidth community.
The thematic challenge for this month is: flowing water.
Here is a choice of three quotation prompts, all taken from LOTR:
1)
They could hear few words, but it seemed plain to them that the song was a rain-song, as sweet as showers on dry hills, that told the tale of a river from the spring in the highlands to the Sea far below.
2)
For a moment Frodo stood near the brink and let the water flow over his tired feet. It was cold but its touch was clean, and as he went on and it mounted to his knees, he felt that the stain of travel and all weariness was washed from his limbs.
3)
The lights died down, and the glow of the trees faded; but outside under the arch they could see old Treebeard standing, motionless, with his arms raised above his head. The bright stars peered out of the sky, and lit the falling water as it spilled on to his fingers and head, and dripped, dripped, in hundreds of silver drops on to his feet.
The formal challenge this time is:
Write a concrete poem or shape poem that is in the shape of a drop of water or drops.
The simplest way to do that is to make your line lengths fill in the outline of the shape.
More details on the challenges at the linked entry
