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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?
Around the World and Web Archive
Events listed here are no longer active but are listed on the site for historical purposes.
Scribbles and Drabbles 2025
Scribbles & Drabbles is an annual Tolkien event where artists create artwork and writers then write stories (a drabble or longer) inspired by the art.
So you want to be an...
Sign-ups (this form covers both artists and authors!)
Schedule
- June 1st: Sign-ups and art submissions open
- June 30th: Artist Sign-ups close
- July 15th: Art submissions close
- July 25th: Gallery opens
- July 26th & 27th: Art Viewing Parties
- July 27th: Author Sign-ups close
- August 2nd: Claims Day
- August 3rd: Additional claims open
- August 4th: Art posting begins
- November 1st: Drop-out deadline
- November 15th: Fic posting deadline November 29th: Fics revealed
Celebrimbor Week 2025
In honour of the greatest of the Elven-smith, we will be having a week celebrating the Lord of Eregion, Celebrimbor. Anything from the series to the books is allowed in this little event, all are welcome here.
Join us in celebrating his life and legacy throughout the story that is the Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, and The Rings of Power. Through art, writing, and gifs, telling a story of ambition, what ifs, love, and betrayal.
Seven days!
Seven prompts!
June 9th - June 15th
#celebrimborweek2025
June challenge at tolkienshortfanworks on Dreamwidth
The June challenge has been posted to the tolkienshortfanworks community on Dreamwidth.
The thematic challenge for this month is: Reward - Regard.
Did you know that these two words, "reward" and "regard" were originally borrowed into English from two different forms of the same French verb (regarder) and, furthermore. that the second element is etymologically related to "guard"?
Your piece should either simply contain the word pair (regard - reward, as nouns or verbs) or somehow make a connection between rewarding and regarding, in any way you like.
Bonus points if you bring in "guard" as well.
The formal challenge this time is: your piece should make use of alliteration in some significant way.
"Reward" and "regard" both start with r-, so you could achieve alliteration just by using the thematic prompt.
But this can be any form of alliteration, in prose and verse.
Side note: in the most strict form of traditional alliterative verse, alliteration would have to be on stressed syllables, so "reward" and "reward" would alliterate on w- and g-. This is not required for this challenge.
More details on these challenges at the linked post.
As always, these prompts can be filled separately or combined freely with other challenges that allow this.
New participants welcome; a Dreamwidth account is required.
Joyful June 2025
Welcome to Joyful June: a fanworks event where the goal is to let our favourite characters be happy!
The prompt calendar above is designed for maximum flexibility: if you can't do something for every single day in a week, you can still do one thing based around that week's theme!
(Or you can just do as much as you can anyway, whatever, the point is also for us to have some fun, but the completionism urge is strong)
Tag #JoyfulJune and #JoyfulJune25!
AO3 collection: joyfuljune25
Rules/FAQ
What sorts of works?
Fanart, fanfic, music, anything that you would normally consider fanwork.
What fandoms are allowed?
This event originated on the Linked Universe discord, but any fandom is welcome! Be sure to tag the fandom clearly and if you're creating for something in a nested fandom make sure you tag the right one (Linked Universe rather than Legend of Zelda; Rings of Power rather than Lord of the Rings, etc.).
Will you be reblogging work?
I'll be following the tag and will do some reblogging, but I am but one person and can't guarantee I'll get everything, especially if a lot of people take part.
Do I have to do/post work on the day listed in the calendar?
Nope!
Is NSFW allowed?
Sure, but please tag it #NSFW and note that it won't get reblogged here (I'm keeping this blog PG).
Can I use GenAI?
No.
Any other rules?
Don't be a jerk.
Prompts
Week 1: Seasons
1: New Year
2: Spring
3: Summer
4: Autumn
5: Winter
6: Birthday
7: Anniversary
Week 2: Nature
8: Sun
9: Moon
10: Stars
11: Animal
12: Sea
13: Sky
14: Mountain
Week 3: Comfort
15: Warmth
16: (Found) Family
17: Bath
18: Hugs
19: Sleep
20: Home
21: Quiet
Week 4: Fun
22: Dance
23: Games
24: Pets
25: Reading
26: Friends
27: Snacks
28: Music
Week 5: Time
29: Meetings
30: Memories
Numenor Week 2025
Welcome to the Numenor Week! This is a Tumblr event created for fans of the tragic and beautiful story of the Land of the Gift, from its birth to its downfall.
The event will run from May 26 to June 1, and will accept all the type of fanworks (fanarts, fanfictions, edits, gifsets, remix, etc etc). please remember to tag @numenorweek and to add #numenorweek and #numenorweek2025 in the first 10 tags of your post. NSFW contents are welcomed, but mind to tag them or to put them under a cut. It's ok to submit Rings of Power contents because the show follows the events of the Akallabeth, but only if said content is about the Numenorean characters.
Prompts
Day 1: Elros Tar-Minyatur | The Line of Elros || Characters: Elros, Elwing, Eärendil, Vardamir Nólimon, Tindómiel, Manwendil, Atanalcar || Prompts: The Choice of the Peredhili - Mortality & Immortality - Rites at the Meneltarma - Kingship - The Legacy of Eärendil
Day 2: The Mariner's Wife | Aldarion and Erendis || Characters: Tar-Aldarion, Erendis, Tar-Ancalimë, Hallacar, Tar-Meneldur, Almarian, Ailinel & Almiel || Prompts: Costumes and traditions of the Numenoreans, the Guild of the Venturers, laws of succession, expansion of the Numenoreans in Middle Earth, Uinen and the Uinendili
Day 3: Daughters of the Great | The Ruling Queens of Numenor || Characters: Tar-Ancalimë, Tar-Telperiën, Tar-Vanimeldë, Tar-Míriel, Silmariën || Prompts: the role of women in Númenor, usurpation, Queenship, the known and the forgotten women of the line of Elros
Day 4: The Faithful | Lords of Andunie || Characters: Inzilbeth, Amandil, Elendil, Tar-Palantir, Eärendur, Lindórië || Prompts: Secrecy, worship of the Valar, the White Tree, Pelargir, Strife between kin
Day 5: The King's Men | The Ban of the Valar || Characters: Tar- Atanamir the Great, Ar-Adûnakhôr, Ar-Gimilzôr, Gimilkhâd, the Witch King of Angmar || Prompts: Cult of the Dead, Fear of the unknown, Umbar, Pride, Ban of the Quenya, Nazgûl
Day 6: Akallabeth | The Downfall || Characters: Tar-Míriel, Ar-Pharazôn, Sauron, Amandil, Elendil, Elentir, Sauron/Tar-Mairon. || Prompts: Hybris, the cutting of the White Tree, the imprisonment of Sauron, Worship of Melkor, War against the Valar
Day 7: The Realms in Exile | The Line of Isildur and Anarion ||Characters: Elendil, Isildur, Anarion, Valandil, Meneldil, Ohtar ||Prompts: Exile, Gondor and Arnor, the Last Alliance of Elves and Men, Estel
If you have any questions, feel free to send an ask in my askbox!
Monster Fucker May 2025
Monster Fucker May is back for 2025!!! This Tumblr and AO3 event is put on by the Tolkien Pinup Calendar and is an 18+ event.
We hope you enjoy the prompts; we tried to give a good mix of prompts specific to certain media (Silmarillion, ROP, Hobbit, and LOTR) and some less specific prompts!
As always, if you want us to reblog please:
- tag us @tolkienpinupcalendar
- use the tag #tpcmonsterfuckermay
- Submit to our smut-missions form
- Add the work to our AO3 collection
The most important rule is to have fun! We look forward to seeing what you create! And remember, any creative work is allowed: Moodboards, playlist, digital and physical art, if you can imagine it you can share it!!!
Prompts
- Gothmog
- Goop Sauron
- Old Man Willow
- Ungoliant
- Beorn (only as a bear)
- fangs
- fur/feathers
- Unicorn
- Undead
- oviposition
- free space
Tolkien100 Drabble Community
Tolkien100 is a long-running drabble community that originated on LiveJournal and is currently maintained on both LiveJournal and Dreamwidth (the main link in this announcement goes to the Dreamwidth community; the Livejournal community is here). The community focusses on fixed length or "perfect" drabbles (100 words) inspired by any fictional works by J.R.R. Tolkien, including their movie adaptations. In its current incarnation (since 2018) there are also regular writing prompts. The current prompt is "Green Leaves".
New participants welcome! (A Dreamwidth or LiveJournal account is required.)
May Challenge at tolkienshortfanworks on Dreamwidth
The May challenge has been posted at the tolkienshortfanworkscommunity on Dreamwidth.
Here are some word prompts:
maybe, mayhem, dismay, mayonnaise, mayor.
Here are some phrases:
A cat may look at a king; pigs may fly; that is as may be.
Here is a song prompt:
May It Be, by Enya.
You may (ahem) use these prompts however you like.
Bonus if you get more than one "may" in.
New participants welcome (a Dreamwidth account is required).
The prompts can be freely combined with other challenges that allow this.
More on the challenges at the linked post and in the sticky posts at the DW community.
Teitho May/June Challenge: Weddings
Spring is a common time for weddings and it may be so for Middle-earth as well. For example, Aragorn and Arwen married in the spring.
Wedding rites may vary among the races of Arda. Will you give us stories of Elven weddings, the rituals of Dwarves, or the ceremonies of Men. What about Hobbits?
Weddings bring joy, they can unite families, they can also bring alliances.
How will you weave a wedding tale for us? Will it be a story of Fëanor and Nerdanel? Or Beren and Luthien?
The courtship of Sam and Rosie? Or a deeper look at Faramir and Eowyn?
We look forward to your wedding stories and art for this prompt!
Please submit your fic or art by June 30 to teitho.contest@gmail.com
Gondolin Week 2025
A commemoration of the life and death of all those who came to love the fair hidden city and call it home, the Gates of Summer begin on the first day of Laer and end one week hence. Gondolin Week will run this year May 11-17 on Tumblr and will feature bingo cards for the prompts.
Bingo cards for the event have been posted and can be found on Tumblr here.
Please tag your submissions with #gondolinweek2025. Works will be shared using reblogs when possible (or credited). For questions, comments, or concerns, please reach out by ask.
