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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:
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:
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 Latin American and Caribbean Week 2025
A week dedicated to celebrate Latin American and Caribbean cultures, peoples and traditions through Tolkien's Legendarium. It will start on October 6th (Monday) at 00:00, Brasilia time. The event will end on October 12th, but feel free to post after the week is over. I'll still check tags, mentions and submissions for a while.
Everyone is free to participate, you don't have to be latino or caribbean nor have deep knowledge about Latin America/Caribbean to participate on this event. All creations are welcome - arts, graphics, gifs, fanfics, etc. - as long as they represent a Latin American/Caribbean element(s). It can be languages, cultures, traditions, anything from Latin America/Caribbean. Creations should be Safe for Work, no explicit content will be accepted to make this week accessible to everyone.
Please don't forget to tag your contributions with #tolkienlatam&caribbeanweek and mention me @tolkienlatamandcaribbeanweek.
Here are the prompts! Remember they are not mandatory, but they can inspire you. Feel free to create outside these themes.
↬ Day One: The Song of Creation | Years of the Trees | The Flight of the Ñoldor
↬ Day two: First Age | The Sun and the Moon | Hidden Realms
↬ Day three: Mortal and Immortal | Hope Carried on a Star | Fate Rewritten
↬ Day four: Second Age | Lord of Gifts | Last Alliance
↬ Day five: Númenor | Nimloth | Waters Took All
↬ Day six: Third Age | Not All Those Who Wander Are Lost | The Return of the King
↬ Day seven: Freeform | OCs | AU
Last, but not least, don't forget to check the pinned post with rules, FAQ, other notes, etc.
Erestober 2025
What is Erestober? Erestober is an event running from October 1st - 31st 2025, to encourage any and all fanworks featuring Erestor, chief counsellor of Imladris!
Why is Erestober? Because I saw an event called "Erostober," misread the name, and then got disappointed when I realised it wasn't about Erestor, so, here we are.
How do I participate in Erestober? You simply create fanwork - fic, art, meta, anything you can think of - featuring Erestor and post it during the month! For further information regarding permissible content, see the rules & guidelines below. No sign-up of any kind required.
How do I post my creations? If you want your submission to be shared on this blog, simply post it on tumblr and tag @erestober. There is an Ao3 collection as well where you can post submissions, and if you do not want to post on tumblr or would prefer to remain anonymous, you can post it on a platform of your choice and send an ask with the link to this blog and I will share it!
Do I have to create something every day? No! Create as much or as little as you like.
Can I combine creations for Erestober with other events, such as Inktober? Sure!
Can I post something I've created in the past? Go for it! The more Erestor the merrier.
Can I post unfinished creations? Absolutely! Tolkien had Unfinished Tales, and so can we.
Can I post creations for Erestober after the event is over? Sure! Just keep in mind that I likely won't be checking the blog daily after the month is over, so it might be a while until your submission gets shared - if it hasn't been reblogged after a few weeks, feel free to send a DM or ask to @maglor-my-beloved.
What about dark or NSFW creations? Dark and NSFW content is welcome, as long as it is appropriately tagged. If you do not want to see such content, it is up to you to take the necessary steps to curate your experience - harassment of creators will not be tolerated.
Why have you not reblogged my post? Tumblr's notifications can be unreliable, so if you used the tag #erestober and tagged this blog (@erestober) and your post has not been reblogged after 24h, please send an ask or DM with the link and I will share it!
Prompts
October 1st - 7th
Beside Glorfindel there were several other counsellors of Elrond’s household, of whom Erestor was the chief.
Origins | Lore | Life
Epistolary | Bookbinding | Meta
Roasted Chestnuts | Rainy Afternoons | Corn Mazes
October 8th - 14th
“Then,” said Erestor, “there are but two courses, as Glorfindel already has declared; to hide the Ring for ever; or to unmake it. But both are beyond our power. Who will read this riddle for us?”
Riddles | Decisions | Uncertainty
Drabbles | Moodboards | Costume Design
Falling Leaves | Equinox | Fairy Tales
October 15th - 21st
First rode Elrohir and Elladan with a banner of silver, and then came Glorfindel and Erestor and all the household of Rivendell.
Relationships | Family | Loyalty
Filking | Photography | Fiber Arts
Harvest Festivals | Kite Flying | Candy
October 22nd - 28th
“Thus we return once more to the destroying of the Ring,” said Erestor, “and yet we come no nearer. What strength have we for the finding of the Fire in which it was made? That is the path of despair. Of folly I would say, if the long wisdom of Elrond did not forbid me.”
Hope and despair | Wisdom | Experience
Poetry | Calligraphy | Sculpture
First Frost | Fog | Wind
October 29th - 31st
“But within those bounds nothing seems to dismay him,” said Erestor.
Alternate Universe | Crack | Beyond Canon
Playlists | Comments | Rec Lists
Ghosts | Pumpkins | Cobwebs
Barduil October 2025
31 prompts with a variety of vibes for this month-long event celebrating the relationship between Thranduil and Bard the Bowman. You can write, draw, make a moodboard, make a playlist, or perform an interpretive dance to one, some, many, or all of the prompts - just be sure to tag @bi-widower-dads so one of the mods can share it on the blog! Please feel free to drop an ask or message @scary-grace if you have any questions. For more information visit bi-widower-dads on Tumblr.
Prompts
- New Moon
- Woodsmoke
- Cobwebs
- Apples
- Masquerade
- Silence
- Fallen Leaves
- Bonfire
- Shadows
- Rites
- Candlelight
- Pumpkin
- Monsters
- Cold Nights
- Crescent Moon
- Clouds
- Spices
- First Frost
- Half Moon
- Costumes
- Folktales
- Dried Flowers
- Eyes
- Caramel
- Gibbous Moon
- Possession
- Stars
- Mist
- Spirits
- Full Moon
- The Veil Lifts
Silm Smut Week 2025
The aim of Silm Smut Week is to foster a positive, inclusive, and fun culture around the creation and enjoyment of smut, porn, and erotica. Silm Smut Week will run from September 29 to October 5, 2025 on Tumblr and AO3.
How to Participate
- Create something that narrates, depicts, or considers sexual activity involving the characters of the Silmarillion.
- Post it on Tumblr and/or add it to the AO3 Collection and mention this blog (@silmsmutweek) and tag #silmsmutweek2025.
- We will reblog posts daily.
- If you do not see your post reblogged after 24 hours, please send us an ask or DM mods @polutrope or @ettelene.
- The themes and prompts for each day are just suggestions. You can post anything any day of the week and we will reblog it.
- Late submissions for the event are welcome and we will try to reblog those as well but cannot guarantee that we will.
- Engage with other creators! Enjoy their works!
All genres, tropes, and kinks are welcome: porn without plot, porn with plot; fluff, humour, angst, dark; slash, het, femslash, poly, solo; canon-compliant, alternate universe; reader insert, incest, etc. And, of course, every imaginable kink.
All forms of creative engagement with the Silmarillion and the Silmarillion fandom are welcome: writing, visual art, meta/analysis, headcanons, playlists, music, video, podfics, cosplay, etc.
Prompts
Daily prompts are never obligatory. You may use one, three, all (?!), or none. You may combine prompts from different days. You may ignore them and write whatever you want.
This year, daily themes are taken from the seasons in the Reckoning of Rivendell. Take these as you will. A setting? A vibe? A symbol? Imagery?
Prompts/Suggestions are a handful of topics, tropes, kinks, ship and relationship types to consider for that day.
Objects of the Day can be used in you creation or simply as inspiration!
Inspirations of the Day are quotes and photos to feed to your muse. This year all quotes are taken from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien! Who knew the Professor could produce such smutspiration!? Oh, wait...
Click the links to find each day's prompt collection.
Day 1: Spring (Mon, Sept 29)
Day 2: Summer (Tues, Sept 30)
Day 3: Autumn (Weds, Oct 1)
Day 4: Fading (Thurs, Oct 2)
Day 5: Winter (Fri, Oct 3)
Day 6: Stirring (Sat, Oct 4)
Day 7: Dark (Sun, Oct 5)
Not moved to create by this year's prompts? Take a look at the prompts from 2023 and 2024!
LOTR Week 2025
LOTRWEEK is a week-long event to celebrate The Lord of the Rings here on Tumblr and AO3. This year, it’s taking place on 22nd-28th September 2025.
Guidelines
Each day of the week has three prompts. Create an original work (e.g. gifset, fanart, fanfic) inspired by a prompt or prompts, then post it to Tumblr! The prompts for each day are related, but you do not need to make something that responds to all three prompts – how you respond to a prompt or prompts is comletely up to you. The prompts are deliberately vague and open so that they can work for gifs, art, fics, etc.
Tag your works with #lotrweek in the tags section of your post (I won't be checking mentions) so that they can be reblogged here, and follow @lotrweek for updates on the event and to see everyone else’s works. If there’s anything nsfw or that may need a warning, make sure to do this responsibly and put said parts under a read-more.
You can participate as much or as little as you’d like! You can take part just once or every day (or even multiple times a day if you’re feeling particularly hasty). It’s up to you – just make sure you’re enjoying it!
Any works based on LOTR (book or film) are welcome, but LOTR should be the focus. So, for example, a gifset of just The Hobbit films wouldn’t work, but a gifset including shots from both The Hobbit and LOTR (e.g. to draw parallels between characters/events) would work great!
The AO3 collection can be found here.
Prompts
Day 1 (22nd Sep): brown | hobbit day | there and back again
Day 2 (23rd Sep): silver | the people | have you ever been called home?
Day 3 (24th Sep): blue | the water | thy heart shall rest no more
Day 4 (25th Sep): green | the land | dreams and legends spring to life out of the grass
Day 5 (26th Sep): gold | the woods | it grows perhaps the greater
Day 6 (27th Sep): red | the home | but I can carry you
Day 7 (28th Sep): black/white | the night/day | above all shadows rides the sun
Tolkien of Colour Week 2025
Tolkien of Colour Week is a Tumblr event for fanworks about characters of color in the legendarium.
I ask that participants do not use AI art generators. Other than this, all submissions are welcome. Tag @tolkienofcolourweek and #tocw2025 on your posts. Prompts below are optional.
Prompts
- Day 1: Kingdoms, settlements, nomads
- Day 2: Ancestry, heritage, passing on traditions
- Day 3: Food, music, clothing
- Day 4: Festivals, faith
- Day 5: Time, change, adapting
- Day 6: Home, belonging, ordinary people
- Day 7: Tolkien languages, non-English fan languages
Kidnap Fam Week 2025
Kidnap Fam Week is a Tumblr event for fanworks using the kidnap fam trope about the complex relationship between Maedhros, Maglorl, Elrond, and Elros after the third kinslaying. The date of the event will be September 22 to September 28th.
Prompts
- Settling in (day one)
- Angst (and maybe fluff!) OR modern AU if you don't like angst (day 2)
- Autumn/fall (day 3): E² first autumn outside sirion
- Adventure (day 4): E² sneak out for an adventure
- Stories (day 5): Maedhros or Maglor tell a story of their past
- New star (day 6)
- Reunion (day 7)
Prompts are optional.
Rules
Don't be an asshole. No slurs in here please. Cursing is fine as long as it isn't directed at another artist.
September Challenge at tolkienshortfanworks
The September challenge has been posted at the tolkienshortfanworks community on Dreamwidth,
The first set of prompts this month comes courtesy of duolingo.
Here are some simple four-word prompt sets compiled from a duolingo lesson (the left-over English words) to choose from:
1) next - beer - horror - many;
2) like - watch - milk - meet;
3) having - always - party - your;
4) she's - tall - meet - only.
The formal challenge is: September has 30 days. So make your response either 30 words long or a multiple of 30 (60, 90, 120, etc.)
As usual, both of these can be filled separately and freely combined with SWG challenge prompts and others. New participants welcome.
More details at the linked Dreamwidth entry.
Sindar Week 2025
Sindar Week is a fandom event week celebrating the Sindar! It will be running from Monday September 8th 2025 to Sunday September 14th 2025.
- Don’t be mean: Different people like different characters and have different headcanons. Please don’t attack other people for their opinions, favourite characters or headcanons.
- Bigotry in any form will not be tolerated.
- Please do not repost other people’s work without their express permission.
- AI created content is not permitted.
Please tag #sindarweek and #sindarweek[day]. You should also @ mention this blog (@sindarweek).
Prompts (not mandatory, just inspirational):
- Day 1: Early Days
- Day 2: Ritual & Religion
- Day 3: Women
- Day 4: Rivers & Mountains
- Day 5: Alternate Universes
- Day 6: Magic & Craft
- Day 7: Remembrance
Sapphic September 2025
Sapphic September is for all Tolkien works whether OC, canon, or self-insert, provided the work focuses on sapphic relationships (lovers, exes, gay besties, you get the drift).
- You can write fanfic/make mood boards/gif sets/poetry/fan art/world building posts etc. No AI.
- Anything so long as its yours and focuses on Tolkien sapphic relationships.
- If you would like you could also participate by making a mood board, image set, or playlist that describes how female Tolkien characters have influenced your sapphic identity.
- Show us pics of your sapphic OC!!!♡
- Past works welcome!
- If you have any questions feel free to reach out!!!
- Tag for works #tolkiensapphicseptember
