International Day of Fanworks Challenge

[dawn_felagund]

February 15 has been declared the International Day of Fanworks by the Organization for Transformative Works and the SWG will be participating! Both writers and reviewers are welcome to join us in celebrating our contributions to this important form of creativity! Please review the guidelines below to learn more about how to get involved.

Guidelines for Writers

1. In order to participate, comment with a request on this post for a writer's prompt. (You can also comment on our Dreamwidth community, send us an ask on Tumblr, or email us.) We will send you three randomly selected prompts from our list of challenges. Your task is to create a fanwork using all three of these challenges.


2. You may replace one of your assigned challenges with the challenge of your choice. The complete list of SWG challenges can be found here.


3. Your response should be based in The Silmarillion but may be any length, genre, form, and employ any characters, pairings, or interpretations that you choose. (See our definition of "Silmfic" here.) It is also up to you to determine if your response adequately meets your assigned challenges. Although our challenges are aimed at writers, if you can create another form of fanwork using your challenges, feel free to do so!


4. Post your challenge here before February 15. Posting instructions for the community can be found here. The community has been temporarily been set to moderated status, and all challenge entries will be unlocked on February 15. Once your story has been unlocked, we encourage you to post it to the SWG archive and any other sites/archives you use!

Guidelines for Reviewers

1. In order to participate, comment with a request on this post for a reviewer's prompt. (You can also comment on our Dreamwidth community, send us an ask on Tumblr, or email us.) We will send you three randomly selected challenges from our list of challenges with links to the stories that listed those challenges. Your task is to review at least one story created for each of the challenges.


2. You may replace one of your assigned challenges with the challenge of your choice. The complete list of SWG challenges can be found here.


3. Leave your reviews and comment here to let us know when you do!

Comments

[greatandgrey]

I would like a writer's prompt. :)

[dawn_felagund]

Here you go! Links point to the alphabetical section of the listing that contain the challenge.

34. Inventions
5. Another Place in Time
1. Akallabeth in August

You can replace one with another challenge from the list if you want. Here is the complete list.

[huinare.livejournal.com]

Ohh, shiny. I'll take a writing prompt please.

[dawn_felagund]

Here you go! Links point to the alphabetical section of the listing that contain the challenge.

21. First Meetings
44. Nature of Fear
13. Differing Perspectives

You can replace one with another challenge from the list if you want. Here is the complete list.

[ladybrooke]

Let's see if I can get this done. I'll take a writer's prompt, please.

[dawn_felagund]

Here you go! Links point to the alphabetical section of the listing that contain the challenge.

64. To Be Free
18. Family Matters
30. Holidays in Arda

You can replace one with another challenge from the list if you want. Here is the complete list.

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

Sure, why not? Writer's prompt, please.

[dawn_felagund]

Here you go! Links point to the alphabetical section of the listing that contain the challenge.

65. Traditions
44. Nature of Fear
23. Forbidden Love

You can replace one with another challenge from the list if you want. Here is the complete list.

[moetushie]

Fun! I'd like a writer's prompt, please.

[dawn_felagund]

Here are your three randomly selected prompts! Links point to the alphabetical section of the listing that contain the challenge.

45. New Beginnings
65. Traditions
26. Great Journeys

You can replace one of these challenges with another challenge of your choosing if you prefer. Here is the complete list.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

I'd like a writing and a reviewing prompt, please. :)

[dawn_felagund]

Here are three random writing prompts:

16. End Is the Beginning
61. Terrible Twos
50. Parting's Sorrow

You can replace one of these challenges with another challenge of your choosing if you prefer. Here is the complete list.

Aaaand ... three random reviewer challenges! :)

1. Many Meetings
2. History of Tradition
3. Differing Perspectives

You can also exchange one of those for the challenge of your choice.

[myaru.livejournal.com]

I'd like to try a writing prompt, please.

[dawn_felagund]

Here are your three randomly selected prompts! Links point to the alphabetical section of the listing that contain the challenge.

48. Olore Malle
43. Many Meetings
18. Family Matters

You can replace one of these challenges with another challenge of your choosing if you prefer. Here is the complete list.

[zdenka]

I have no idea if I'll have time to do it -- but sure, I'll take a writing prompt, please.

[dawn_felagund]

It's a low-stress challenge, so if you don't get to it, it's no big deal! :)

Here are your three randomly selected prompts! Links point to the alphabetical section of the listing that contain the challenge.

59. Strangers in Strange Lands
13. Differing Perspectives
63. Three Silmarils

You can replace one of these challenges with another challenge of your choosing if you prefer. Here is the complete list.

[hhimring]

I'd like a reviewer's prompt, please!

[dawn_felagund]

Here you go! Three random reviewer challenges. (If any of them aren't doable, i.e., you're the only writer who has completed it or you've already commented on all of the stories available for that challenge*, just let me know, and I'll send you a replacement. :)

11. Elf Falls into Middle-earth
24. History of Tradition
43. Season of Change

You can replace one of these challenges with another challenge of your choosing if you prefer. Here is the complete list.

*Both are distinct possibilities since you're one of the top challenge writers and top reviewers! :D

[lynndyre.livejournal.com]

Is there an artist's option?

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Yep! See point 3 of the writers' guidelines: Although our challenges are aimed at writers, if you can create another form of fanwork using your challenges, feel free to do so! :)

[azzy.livejournal.com]

Oh I really need to get back into that fandom. I would like a writers prompt please.

[dawn_felagund]

Here are your three randomly selected prompts! Links point to the alphabetical section of the listing that contain the challenge.

17. Exchange Student
52. Promises Made/Promises Broken
1. Akallabeth in August

You can replace one of these challenges with another challenge of your choosing if you prefer. Here is the complete list.

[dawn_felagund]

Here you go: three randomly selected prompts! The links will take you to the section in the challenge listing that contains that specific challenge.

43. Many Meetings
37. Journey Bread
53. Sea Voyages

You can replace one of these challenges with another challenge of your choosing, if you prefer. Here is the complete list.

[independence1776]

At first, I was just going to ask for a reviewer's prompt because I know me and short turnarounds (and I haven't managed to write for the first line challenge despite really wanting to). And then I saw I could replace a challenge. So I'll take both the writing and reviewing prompts.

[dawn_felagund]

Here are your writing prompts. The links will take you to the section in the challenge listing that contains that specific challenge.

19. Fanon Inverted
40. Living Land
10. Canon with a Twist

You can replace one of these challenges with another challenge of your choosing, if you prefer. Here is the complete list.

And ... here are your reviewing prompts! :) Links go to all of the stories written for that challenge. You can also swap out one of these for the challenge of your choice, if you prefer. Also, if a challenge is undoable for some reason (i.e., you've already reviewed all of the stories for that challenge), just let me know, and I'll swap that one out for another.

6. Back to Nature
47. Strangers in Strange Lands
13. Family Matters

[willtherebetime.livejournal.com]

I'll take a writer's prompt please and thank you!

[dawn_felagund]

Here you go: three randomly selected prompts! The links will take you to the section in the challenge listing that contains that specific challenge.

23. Forbidden Love
64. To Be Free
65. Traditions

You can replace one of these challenges with another challenge of your choosing, if you prefer. Here is the complete list.

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

I'll take both the writing and reviewing prompts.

There is no length limit, right?

[dawn_felagund]

There is no length limit or any requirements at all except that they have to be Silmfic, of course. (Not that we'd even object to someone requesting a prompt and using it to write non-Silmfic for another site! We're easygoing.)

Here are your writing prompts. The links will take you to the section in the challenge listing that contains that specific challenge.

5. Another Place and Time
30. Holidays in Arda
18. Family Matters

You can replace one of these challenges with another challenge of your choosing, if you prefer. Here is the complete list.

And ... here are your reviewing prompts! :) Links go to all of the stories written for that challenge. You can also swap out one of these for the challenge of your choice, if you prefer. Also, if a challenge is undoable for some reason (i.e., you've already reviewed all of the stories for that challenge or you're the writer for the only story available for that challenge), just let me know, and I'll swap that one out for another.

51. Trinkets and Treasures
57. You Can't Go Home Again
30. Journey Bread

[helenllama.livejournal.com]

Can I get a writers prompt please.

[dawn_felagund]

Here you go: three randomly selected prompts! The links will take you to the section in the challenge listing that contains that specific challenge.

49. One True Love
62. Things We Never Said
55. Sibling Rivalry

You can replace one of these challenges with another challenge of your choosing, if you prefer. Here is the complete list.

[silverstarspray.livejournal.com]

I'll take a writer's prompt please. (:

[dawn_felagund]

Here you go: three randomly selected prompts! The links will take you to the section in the challenge listing that contains that specific challenge.

13. Differing Perspectives
8. Back to Nature
48. Olore Malle

You can replace one of these challenges with another challenge of your choosing, if you prefer. Here is the complete list.

Writer's prompt

[talullahred.livejournal.com]

Hi!

I'm giving it a try as , but don't hate me if I fail. RL is being busy-busy. :)

Can I also try as a reviewer? I will most likely succeed in that.

RE: Writer's prompt

[dawn_felagund]

No hate here! :) We're keeping this relaxed. If you don't get to it, no worries!

Here are your three randomly selected writer's prompts. Links go to the section of the challenge list where each challenge resides.

49. One True Love
48. Olore Malle
12. Color Of ...

You can replace one of those with the challenge of your choosing if you prefer to do so. Here is the master challenge list.

And now for the reviewer prompts. Links go to the stories available for each challenge. Like with the writer prompts, you can swap out one for a different challenge if you want to do so. :)

13. Family Matters
54. Wish upon a Star
19. Four Elements

[fadesintothewest]

I would like a writer's and reviewer's prompt, thank you!

[dawn_felagund]

Here are your writer's prompts first. The links point to the section of the challenge list where the instructions for the challenge can be found.

23. Forbidden Love
39. Lesson Learned
59. Strangers in Strange Lands

If you want to do so, you can swap out one of the assigned prompts for the challenge of your choosing. Here is the complete list of challenges.

Aaand ... here are your three randomly chosen reviewer prompts. Just as for the writer's challenge, you can swap out one if you want to do so. Links point to the stories available for each challenge.

2. All Good Beasts
24. History of Tradition
34. Love Conquers All

Hell, why not! ;)

[binkaslibrary.livejournal.com]

Can I please have a writer's prompt?

RE: Hell, why not! ;)

[dawn_felagund]

Yay! \0/

Here are your three randomly chosen writers' prompts. The links will direct you to the section of the challenges page where you will find the full challenge.

62. Things We Never Said
21. First Meetings
41. Lost Letters

You can replace one of those with the challenge of your choice if you prefer to do so. Here is the complete list.

[dawn_felagund]

For kicks and giggles, doing my own random three prompts in case I get a chance to actually do this ...

69. Untold History
16. End Is the Beginning
22. Follow the Leader

[binkaslibrary.livejournal.com]

Very nice set, too!