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Back to Middle-earth Month (B2MeM) began in 2006 with an anonymous announcement on LiveJournal that encouraged people to pick a day of the week and post something Tolkien-related on it during March.
There_n_back jumped on board with prompts in both 2006 and 2007. The Silmarillion Writers’ Guild encouraged people to participate in 2006 and began holding events of its own in 2007. In 2009, Many Paths To Tread and SWG coordinated for the first time. In 2012, Arda Inspired on DeviantArt joined in and the B2MeM LiveJournal community was created. B2MeM has been hosted on LJ ever since. Over the past couple of years, we've expanded to other sites. In the summer of 2017, we moved from LiveJournal to here.
You can find more details about B2MeM's history in our Fanlore article.
Main Community: this community on Dreamwidth
Mirrors (please note these are admin posts only): LiveJournal community and our Tumblr
Email newsletter for daily prompts: https://tinyletter.com/b2mem
AO3 Collection: http://archiveofourown.org/collections/b2mem/profile
2014's separate collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/b2mem2014
Prompt Links
2012: 2012 bingo cards and 2012 bingo numbers
2013: Scavenger hunt prompts
2014: Seasons of Middle-earth prompts
2015: Market stalls
2016: Memories prompts
2017: Night and Day gameboard and accessible prompts
2018: Music of the Waters prompts
2019: 2019 bingo cards and 2019 bingo numbers
2020: Endings and Beginnings prompt generator and Endings and Beginnings daily prompts
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Brief mod post
May. 8th, 2020 12:31 pmindependence1776Back to Middle-earth Month's General Information and Links page has been updated to include links to all of our prompts during the years we ran: 2012 to 2020. There are several thousand prompts. We would love if people continued to use them!
"Into Darkness Fell His Star" by Narya
Apr. 3rd, 2020 10:22 pmnarya_flameB2MeM Prompt: Daily prompt 6, "Finish a WIP fanwork"; Generator, "finishing a book, song, or other creative work"; 2019 prompt G48: Maglor Through History, 'The Death of Gil-galad'
Format: Short story
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Maglor; Original Male Character
Summary: A bard of Annúminas cannot find the right melody for his song - but help is waiting in the shadows.
Creator’s Notes: The bard of Arnor writing the Lay is originallybunn's headcanon, which I have adopted.
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Format: Short story
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Maglor; Original Male Character
Summary: A bard of Annúminas cannot find the right melody for his song - but help is waiting in the shadows.
Creator’s Notes: The bard of Arnor writing the Lay is originally
bunn's headcanon, which I have adopted.( Read more... )
Paint, by Lferion
Apr. 2nd, 2020 10:16 pmlferionB2MeM Prompt: Day 23— Create a fanwork about a character who fits one of the following character archetypes: Mother | Father | Creator | Explorer | Messenger | Gatekeeper
Format: Drabble
Genre: Character study, Family,
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Characters: Feanor
Pairings: Not really applicable, though Feanor/Nerdanel is taken as a given.
Creator’s Notes (optional): Thanks go to Morgynleri and Runa for encouragement and sanity-checking.
Also written for the Fan Flashwork challenge 'Paint', posted here.
Summary: Feanor has a somewhat adversarial relationship with paint
On AO3: Paint
On SWG: Paint
Format: Drabble
Genre: Character study, Family,
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Characters: Feanor
Pairings: Not really applicable, though Feanor/Nerdanel is taken as a given.
Creator’s Notes (optional): Thanks go to Morgynleri and Runa for encouragement and sanity-checking.
Also written for the Fan Flashwork challenge 'Paint', posted here.
Summary: Feanor has a somewhat adversarial relationship with paint
On AO3: Paint
On SWG: Paint
B2MeM Final Good-bye
Apr. 1st, 2020 08:13 amindependence1776'Beren now, he never thought he was going to get that Silmaril from the Iron Crown in Thangorodrim, and yet he did, and that was a worse place and a blacker danger than ours. But that's a long tale, of course, and goes on past the happiness and into grief and beyond it – and the Silmaril went on and came to Eärendil. And why, sir, I never thought of that before! We've got – you've got some of the light of it in that star-glass that the Lady gave you. Why, to think of it, we're in the same tale still! It's going on. Don't the great tales never end?'
'No, they never end as tales,' said Frodo. 'But the people in them come and go when their part's ended. Our part will end later – or sooner.'~ The Two Towers, The Stairs of Cirith Ungol
Thank you to everyone who participated in Back to Middle-earth Month this year, commenting and creating and encouraging. We especially want to thank
jenni_blog for volunteering to tag one last time.A heartfelt and deep appreciation to the hundreds of people who have participated in this version of Back to Middle-earth Month for the past nine years. We’ve had a good time and we hope you’ve had a great one.
Our prompts are always available for anyone to use, as is the Dreamwidth community and AO3 collection.
As previously stated, we don’t own the Back to Middle-earth Month concept. If you want to do something next March (and we know at least one person is already planning), please do. We want B2MeM to continue.
Namárië!
~ Independence1776, Dawn Felagund, and Linaewen
Rearrange by smilebackwards
Mar. 31st, 2020 05:51 pmsmilebackwardsB2MeM Prompt: Day 6 - Finish a WIP fanwork. Generator: Beginnings - meeting your future spouse
Format: Fic
Genre: Romance, Alternate Universe
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Gimli, Legolas
Pairings: Gimli/Legolas
Summary: Prince Fili’s betrothal to the elf prince of Mirkwood causes Gimli many problems, not least of which, he’s beginning to strongly suspect that Legolas may be his One.
Link: Rearrange on AO3
Format: Fic
Genre: Romance, Alternate Universe
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Gimli, Legolas
Pairings: Gimli/Legolas
Summary: Prince Fili’s betrothal to the elf prince of Mirkwood causes Gimli many problems, not least of which, he’s beginning to strongly suspect that Legolas may be his One.
Link: Rearrange on AO3
"Elemmakil" by Narya
Mar. 30th, 2020 06:49 pmnarya_flameB2MeM Prompt: Daily Prompt, March 23. "Create a fanwork about a character who fits one of the following character archetypes: Mother, Father, Creator, Explorer, Messenger, Gatekeeper."
Format: Digital art
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Elemmakil
Pairings: None
Summary: A moodboard inspired by Elemmakil, who is Captain of the Guard in the secret passageway into Gondolin.
Format: Digital art
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Elemmakil
Pairings: None
Summary: A moodboard inspired by Elemmakil, who is Captain of the Guard in the secret passageway into Gondolin.
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March 30 Prompt
Mar. 29th, 2020 09:23 pmdawn_felagund“…their enemies shall be our enemies, their need shall be our need, and whatsoever evil, or threat, or assault may come upon them we will aid them to the utmost end of our strength.” (Unfinished Tales, Part Three, II, iii, Cirion and Eorl)
The Widening Gyre
Mar. 29th, 2020 01:52 pmmyblueroseB2MeM Prompt: March 26th: End your story with a line of dialogue.
Format: Short Story
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Finrod, Angrod, Fingon, Turgon
Pairings: Cannon pairings mentioned
Summary: In Valinor before the Darkening, Finrod has interesting news to share with his brother and cousins.
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Format: Short Story
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Characters: Finrod, Angrod, Fingon, Turgon
Pairings: Cannon pairings mentioned
Summary: In Valinor before the Darkening, Finrod has interesting news to share with his brother and cousins.
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"New Neighbor" by StarSpray
Mar. 29th, 2020 12:02 pmstarsprayB2MeM Prompt: Daily: partly open blue door
Format: short story
Genre: gen, crossover
Rating: general
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Maglor, Roverandom
Pairings: n/a
Note: This story follows on from the fic I wrote for last year's TRSB, Air All Full of Singing.
Summary: Roverandom catches up with friends, both canine and otherwise.
Format: short story
Genre: gen, crossover
Rating: general
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Maglor, Roverandom
Pairings: n/a
Note: This story follows on from the fic I wrote for last year's TRSB, Air All Full of Singing.
Summary: Roverandom catches up with friends, both canine and otherwise.
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March 29 Prompt
Mar. 28th, 2020 08:51 pmdawn_felagund“The Third Age of the world is ended, and the new age is begun; and it is your task to order its beginning and to preserve what may be preserved.” (Return of the King, Book VI, Chapter 5)
hhimringB2MeM Prompt: March 8: Create a fanwork that is set in the aftermath of a disaster, either natural or human-caused. March 26: End your story with a line of dialogue.
Format: ficlet
Genre: drabble
Rating: General
Warnings: none
Characters: Elemmire
Pairings: n/a
Creator’s Notes: This is a follow-up drabble to a double drabble I wrote some time ago: Darkest Time. It can be followed without reading the other two drabbles, but it probably works better, if you take them together.
Summary: During the Darkening of Valinor, Elemmire shares light.
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Format: ficlet
Genre: drabble
Rating: General
Warnings: none
Characters: Elemmire
Pairings: n/a
Creator’s Notes: This is a follow-up drabble to a double drabble I wrote some time ago: Darkest Time. It can be followed without reading the other two drabbles, but it probably works better, if you take them together.
Summary: During the Darkening of Valinor, Elemmire shares light.
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lferionB2MeM Prompt: Day 7:
All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses,
And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.
-Walt Whitman, excerpt from "Song of Myself" Full poem.
Format: Drabble sequence, short story, poetry
Genre: Angst, Experimental, Afterlife
Rating: General
Warnings: N/A
Characters: Fingon, Maedhros, Nerdanel
Pairings: Fingon/Maedhros, Fingon & Nerdanel
Creator’s Notes (optional): Many thanks to Morgynleri and Runa for encouragement and sanity-checking. Goes with Slippage.
Also written for the Soundtrack challenge on SWG. My prompt was The Streets of Whiterun from Skyrim. On YouTube
Summary: Luckier. By whose definition, luckier?
The Glitter of Snow, the Sparkle of Mist on AO3
All goes onward and outward, nothing collapses,
And to die is different from what any one supposed, and luckier.
-Walt Whitman, excerpt from "Song of Myself" Full poem.
Format: Drabble sequence, short story, poetry
Genre: Angst, Experimental, Afterlife
Rating: General
Warnings: N/A
Characters: Fingon, Maedhros, Nerdanel
Pairings: Fingon/Maedhros, Fingon & Nerdanel
Creator’s Notes (optional): Many thanks to Morgynleri and Runa for encouragement and sanity-checking. Goes with Slippage.
Also written for the Soundtrack challenge on SWG. My prompt was The Streets of Whiterun from Skyrim. On YouTube
Summary: Luckier. By whose definition, luckier?
The Glitter of Snow, the Sparkle of Mist on AO3
March 28 Prompt
Mar. 27th, 2020 07:48 pmdawn_felagund“And curb your pride and your greed, or you will fall at the end of whatever path you take, though your hands be full of gold.” (Unfinished Tales, Part Three, III, The Quest of Erebor)
March 27 Prompt
Mar. 26th, 2020 08:22 pmindependence1776“A vain pursuit from its beginning, maybe, which no choice of mine can mar or mend.” (The Two Towers, Book III, Chapter 1)
March 26 Prompt
Mar. 25th, 2020 09:43 pmindependence1776End your story with a line of dialogue. For non-story responses, create a fanwork using a famous line of dialogue as inspiration.
March 25 Prompt
Mar. 24th, 2020 08:29 pmdawn_felagund“Start” painted on a sign: https://pixabay.com/photos/start-beach-summer-holiday-relax-2465624/
"Uttermost West", by Sasha Honeypalm
Mar. 24th, 2020 07:10 pmsasha_honeypalmPrompt: March 3, "Think of something that happened to you today and write down the first thing that comes to mind. Start your fanwork with your character having a similar experience or performing a similar task."
Format: short story
Rating: gen
Warnings: n/a
Characters: OFC, Finduilas
Pairings: none (really) (none intentional, anyway)
Creator's Notes: Feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Summary: On the eve of the War of Wrath, a reborn Nando isn't sure where she belongs.
Format: short story
Rating: gen
Warnings: n/a
Characters: OFC, Finduilas
Pairings: none (really) (none intentional, anyway)
Creator's Notes: Feedback would be greatly appreciated.
Summary: On the eve of the War of Wrath, a reborn Nando isn't sure where she belongs.
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a piece of her old life by Alasse
Mar. 24th, 2020 12:45 amalasse_mirimielB2MeM Prompt: Day 15 - Begin your story in the middle of an important scene and watch how it unfolds from there! For non-story responses, choose a book from your shelf, open it to the middle, and choose a sentence from the middle of the page; create a fanwork starting from that point and see what develops. Day 24 - He sat down on the bank at the side of the road and looked away east into the haze, beyond which lay the River, and the end of the Shire in which he had spent all his life. (The Fellowship of the Ring, Book I, Chapter 3). Generator: last line - There was only silence.
Format: art
Genre: gen
Rating: gen
Warnings: none
Characters: Elwing
Pairings: none
Creator’s Notes: Sorry for the drop in quality... my computer died on the second day of quarantine and my tablet is not compatible with the one available at the moment ;n;
Summary: Elwing waits for Eärendil to come home.
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