New Challenge: Title Track
Tolkien's titles range from epic to lyrical to metaphorical. This month's challenge selected 125 of them as prompts for fanworks.
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New & Updated Fanworks
[Writing] In Early Spring by Serinquanion
In what Maedhros was re-embodied early and was sent back to Middle Earth on his volition with Glorfindel.
This isn't about what happened right then but years after Fall of Sauron when he still refused to return to Valinor.
He found a strange sapling at the shore of what remains of…
[Writing] Umnenyalië by Serinquanion
He was going to die. The molten rocks would burn him just like the cursed gem in his palm did. Maybe less painfully but still being burnt hurt and Maedhros knew it. He intimately knew it from his time in Angband where Þauron burnt him often in frustration and to toy with him and his master…
[Writing] Winter Warmth by Serinquanion
A winter night in Himring. But inside the quarters where fire blazed in hearth was warmer, and not only from the fire or quilt.
[Writing] A Hundred Miles Through the Desert by StarSpray
“Come on.” Maedhros grabbed his hand and pulled him along down the path, both of them quickening their pace now, until the trees opened up into a wide meadow filled with flowers, bright yellow celandine and dandelions and sweet-scented pale chamomile mingling with cornflowers and irises. On…
[Writing] Who Will Hear Me? by XirinOfArvada
A lonely elf finds a flute half buried beneath the sand and wonders if its owner will hear him when he calls.
[Writing] Loyal, Faithful by Himring
Late in the Second Age, one of the Faithful reflects critically on past developments. (Free verse.)
[Writing] East Away! by Flora-lass
Aldarion storms off towards Middle-earth. For the Title Track challenge.
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Title Track
Create a fanwork using our collection of 125 titles from Tolkien's books, chapters, essays, poems, and fragments as inspiration. Read more ...
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Tolkien, Lunatic Physicists, and Abnegation by Cynthia (Cindy) Gates
This presentation for Mereth Aderthad 2025 discusses the parallels between the concept of abnegation in the scientific work surrounding the atomic bomb and in The Silmarillion. The relinquishment of self-interest in favor of the interests of others, abnegation was identified by Tolkien as a powerful act of spirit and reason. The legendarium has many examples of the complexities of abnegation, which parallel similar discussions held by physicists during and after World War II.
Twilight, Child Of: Comparisons Between Tinúviel, Lómion, and Undómiel by JazTheBard
This presentation for Mereth Aderthad 2025 discusses the many similarities between Tolkien's three "twilight children," Tinúviel, Lómion, and Undómiel (Luthien, Maeglin, and Arwen) in terms of appearance, plot, and cultural background. Yet these three characters play very different roles in the text.
The Aromantic in Tolkien by daughterofshadows
Presented at Mereth Aderthad 2025, this paper makes the case thata, although the term "aromantic" had not yet been coined in Tolkien's day, many of his characters can be read as aromantic. The paper takes a closer look at Aredhel, Bilbo, and Boromir as three examples of characters who can be read as aromantic.
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Beyond the Silmarillion
[Writing] here you will dwell, bound to your grief by Elrond's Library
Arwen grieves, and loves.
[Writing] Faramir's Verse by losselen
“Come, Faramir. Let us not stand in ceremony. I think words are due between you and I, and not only those between a King and his Steward.”
Faramir has speech with Gandalf and his King.
[Writing] In a Hole in the Ground... by StarSpray
“There’s a goblin hiding in the taters, Dad!” Pippin hefted the pan, which was much too big for him to carry, let alone wield.
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March Challenge - Tolkien Short Fanworks
Tolkien Short Fanworks is running a challenge for the month of March to create a Back to Middle-earth Month themed challenge.
Tolkien Fashion Week 2026
This two-week-long Tumblr event is dedicated to honoring the world of fashion and textiles Tolkien wrote about in his books.
Celegorm and Curufin Week 2026
Celegorm and Curufin Week is a Tumblr week celebrating the relationship between Celegorm and Curufin Feanorion
Back to Middle-earth Month 2026
Back to Middle-earth Month is returning for it's 20th year with many prompts and archival efforts.
New and Updated Fanworks
Include Beyond the Silmarillion Fanworks
Cataclysm by chrissystriped
Melkor returns
| Major Characters: Melkor |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: Bollywood, Jubilee |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 98 |
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Happy Begetting Day by Ecthelion
The tale of how the sons of Fëanor were conceived and named, and how the daughters came into being in the other two houses.
| Major Characters: Fëanor, Nerdanel, Fingolfin, Anairë, Finarfin |
| Major Relationships: Fëanor/Nerdanel, Anairë/Fingolfin, Eärwen/Finarfin |
| Genres: General | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 2 | Word Count: 2, 912 |
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The Obstinate Spirit Of A Dying House by Gabriel
After an attempt on the High King's life, Celebrimbor realizes his priorities.
| Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Erestor |
| Major Relationships: Celebrimbor/Erestor, Celebrimbor & Unnamed Canon Character |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Pride |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 691 |
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Sprinkles of Snow by Tamatoa
Instadrabbling from the discord event in January 2025.
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General | Challenges: Jubilee |
| Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 14 | Word Count: 1, 687 |
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Portraits of Elves by between_thepages
A collection of my portraits of various elves and the headcanons that lead to their depictions
| Major Characters: Anairë, Eärwen, Indis |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Character/Portrait, Clothing, Drawing/Painting | Challenges: No challenge listed |
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Portrait of Indis by between_thepages
A portrait of Indis in her wedding dress
| Major Characters: Indis |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Artwork Type: Character/Portrait, Drawing/Painting |
| Genres: | Challenges: Jubilee, Kings & Queens |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
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Jubilee 2025 Instadrabbling by elennalore
Three 100 words drabbles I wrote during the Jubilee 2025 live instadrabbling event on the SWG discord server.
| Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Sauron, Elros, Melkor |
| Major Relationships: Celebrimbor/Sauron, Melkor/Sauron |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Jubilee, Revolution |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 3 | Word Count: 308 |
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All Hues and Honeys by Dawn Felagund
This is my latest collection of pieces too small to stand alone, often written for events on the SWG Discord.
The Latest:
"Fly." Fingon's faith in his friendship with Maedhros leads him to the decision to rescue him.
"Salt." Uinen discovers the kinslaying.
"Sunship." Nerdanel places the final cog in the sunship as an act of resistance.
"No One Heard That." The histories withheld some details of Fëanor's muster of the Noldor.
"Cracked." Námo explains death to a young Fëanor.
"Sunship, Reprise." The sunship's launching, from the perspective of the other side of the sea.
"Shadows beyond a Campfire." The sons of Fëanor build a campfire after the Nirnaeth.
"The Neologist." Pengolodh on language and history at three points in Gondolin's history.
| Major Characters: Amras, Amrod, Caranthir, Curufin, Elrond, Elwing, Fëanor, Fingon, Finrod Felagund, Indis, Maedhros, Maglor, Nerdanel, Orodreth, Pengolodh, Salmar, Thorondor, Uinen, Arien, Mandos, Avari, Sons of Fëanor |
| Major Relationships: Fingon/Maedhros, Fëanor/Nerdanel, Curufin/Original Character, Maglor & Salmar, Eärendil/Elwing, Arien & Nerdanel |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: Block Party, Holiday Party, It Comes in Threes, Jubilee, Middle-earth Olympics, Restoration and Rebuilding, Revolution, Teen Spirit |
| Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 38 | Word Count: 6, 595 |
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Morning Mist and Silver Sun by StarSpray
A place to store drabbles and ficlets, mostly written for various prompts.
| Major Characters: Anairë, Arien, Arwen, Beren, Bilbo Baggins, Celeborn, Celebrían, Celebrimbor, Daeron, Dior, Eärendil, Eärwen, Elemmírë, Elrond, Elros, Elu Thingol, Eluréd, Elurín, Elwing, Findis, Frodo, Galadriel, Gil-galad, Goldberry, Idril, Lalwen, Lindir, Lúthien Tinúviel, Maglor, Melian, Nellas, Nerdanel, Nimloth, Samwise Gamgee, Tom Bombadil, Tuor, Uinen |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Crossover, Fixed-Length Ficlet, General, Het, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: B2MeM 2019, Block Party, Holiday Party, Jubilee, Middle-earth Olympics, Restoration and Rebuilding |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 44 | Word Count: 15, 918 |
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Instadrabbles (delayed dribbles) by 0ur_Ouroboros
A selection of brief writings (mostly conforming to drabbles but some veer into dribble territory) from the SWG events on January 18-19, 2025.
| Major Characters: Elrond, Elros, Maedhros, Maglor, Orcs, Elves, Beren, Lúthien Tinúviel, Celebrimbor, Sauron, Fëanor, Fingolfin |
| Major Relationships: Elrond & Elros & Maedhros & Maglor, Beren/Luthien, Celebrimbor/Sauron, Fëanor & Fingolfin |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Holiday Party, Jubilee, Restoration and Rebuilding, Revolution, Teen Spirit |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes, Violence (Mild) |
| Chapters: 10 | Word Count: 1, 233 |
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Changeling by Zara BalrogBalls
An epistolary series of unsent letters from Celeborn to Celebrían after her departure, chronicling the construction of a memorial garden in Lothlorien.
| Major Characters: Celeborn, Celebrían, Elrond, Galadriel |
| Major Relationships: Celeborn & Celebrian & Galadriel, Celebrían/Elrond, Celeborn/Galadriel |
| Genres: Experimental | Challenges: Experimental, Jubilee |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 472 |
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Jubilee Drabbles by Elrond's Library
Some drabbles from the 1/19/2025 instabrabbling event
| Major Characters: Eöl, Amrod, Maeglin, Fingon, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Jubilee |
| Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate | Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings |
| Chapters: 8 | Word Count: 915 |
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Hot Chocolate by Artano
Short interaction between Maedhros and Caranthir, written during an instadrabbling session.
| Major Characters: Maedhros, Caranthir |
| Major Relationships: Caranthir & Maedhros |
| Genres: Family, Ficlet, Fluff, General | Challenges: Jubilee, Revolution |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 120 |
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January 2025 Instadrabbling writings: Olwë, Tuor, Illuvatar, Finrod, Dior, Gil-galad by Quente
Short fanworks for the following prompts:
• hurt, delusions, tandem, fly
• The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.
• Oh, this spacious sky/Is not poetry enough for our swelling lungs
• Smells like teen spirit generator: annoying siblings
• From a random page of On Fairy-Stories: beauties, terrors, sun, power
• Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy.
| Major Characters: Dior, Tuor, Eru Ilúvatar, Finrod Felagund, Olwë, Gil-galad |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Ficlet, General | Challenges: Jubilee |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 6 | Word Count: 1, 240 |
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At a distance by bunn
Cirdan watches and waits, while the world goes down into the dark.
| Major Characters: Círdan |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Jubilee |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 214 |
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That's how the light gets in : a double drabble. by bunn
In the halls of the Maker, the Children sleep, until a bell sounds.
| Major Characters: Dwarves |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Jubilee |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 208 |
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Competition by Artano
Finrod answers a tutor's question before Caranthir can
| Major Characters: Caranthir, Finrod Felagund |
| Major Relationships: Caranthir & Finrod |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General | Challenges: Jubilee, Teen Spirit |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 110 |
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Jubilant Potluck by Grundy
Drabbles written for Jubilee, fulfilling prompts from Potluck and other previous challenges.
| Major Characters: No major characters listed |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Fixed-Length Ficlet | Challenges: Block Party, Bollywood, Holiday Party, Jubilee, Potluck Bingo, Pride, Restoration and Rebuilding, Revolution, Soundtrack, Strength and Beauty, Teen Spirit, Times of Bliss, Turgon's Rock Opera, Zingers |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 23 | Word Count: 2, 462 |
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Jedi Maglor & Singer Daeron by Independence1776
The adventure(s) of Jedi Maglor and Singer Daeron.
| Major Characters: Maglor, Daeron |
| Major Relationships: Daeron & Maglor |
| Genres: Crackfic, Crossover | crossed with Star Wars | Challenges: No challenge listed |
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Maglor and Daeron's Not-So-Excellent-But-Kind-Of-Fun Adventure by Independence1776
Maglor, a Jedi, gets roped into investigating the theft of the Silmarilli and some Sindarin treasures. His partner? The Singer Daeron.
| Major Characters: Maglor, Daeron |
| Major Relationships: Daeron & Maglor |
| Genres: Crackfic, Crossover | crossed with Star Wars | Challenges: Crossroads of the Fallen King, Jubilee |
| Rating: Teens | Warnings: Mature Themes |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 3, 194 |
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The darkness was fitting by Aprilertuile
Netyalindë was walking home slowly, after the Valar announced the horror that had taken place in Alqualondë, promising it would be the last time such a deed is seen in their lands.
Her eyes had gotten used to the darkness around her she thought. Or perhaps it was that she knew those streets like the back of her hand-stitched pocket that currently held in secret the brooch that Fëanáro had made for her for her wedding to his second-born son.
| Major Characters: Unnamed Female Canon Character(s) |
| Major Relationships: Maglor/Unnamed Canon Character |
| Genres: Family, General | Challenges: Hidden Figures, Jubilee |
| Rating: General | Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 839 |
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Sing before you can speak by Aprilertuile
Maitimo held his baby brother in his arms, and was surprised when the baby started to emit a melodious sound.
| Major Characters: Maglor, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: Maedhros & Maglor |
| Genres: Family, Fluff, General | Challenges: Gnome Tome, Jubilee |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 400 |
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Warm air but chilly water by Aprilertuile
Telperion’s light was bathing Oromë’s Wood in a quiet and eerie atmosphere that Tyelkormo loved. He alone among the elves was awake at this time of the night...
| Major Characters: Celegorm, Tilion |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: General, Humor | Challenges: Jubilee, Words of Wit and Wisdom |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 275 |
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In the deep dark forest by daughterofshadows
Escape attempt from Nan Elmoth
| Major Characters: Maeglin, Aredhel |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Experimental | Challenges: Bestiary of Arda, Jubilee, Vintage |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 178 |
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A Sign of Hope by chrissystriped
Barahir and his men find hope where they did not expect it.
| Major Characters: Barahir (First Age), Beren |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Rating: General | Warnings: No warnings apply |
| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 156 |
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