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. :)

[huinare.livejournal.com]

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

[ladybrooke]

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

[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.

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.

[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.

[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.

[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.

[huinare.livejournal.com]

Yesss.

[moetushie]

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

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

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

[myaru.livejournal.com]

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

[zdenka]

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

[hhimring]

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

[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.

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.

[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.

[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.

[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]

Elleth is correct: While the prompts were originally writing challenges, we always welcome all types of fanworks, so if you'd like to create art, go for it! :) If you decide you want to join us, here are your three random prompts. Links point to the alphabetical section of the listing that contain the challenge.

35. It's All in the Numbers
43. Journey Bread
61. Terrible Twos

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

[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.

[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

[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.