B2MeM 2013 Is Coming!

[dawn_felagund]

Yes, that time of year is almost here again: time for our annual Back to Middle-earth Month event! Once again, the Silmarillion Writers' Guild, Many Paths to Tread, and Arda Inspired will be teaming up to bring the Tolkien fandom a month of fun, creativity, and community.

We are currently in the planning phases for this year's challenge, and we need help and feedback from our community to help us decide the challenge we want to run this year. If you have an idea for an event, please do share it in a comment here! (If you want to see what kinds of events we've run in the past, we have links to them all on the SWG site here: http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/specialprojects.php.)

Even if you don't have a specific idea for an event, if there's a past event that you loved (or a past event that you'd rather not see something similar to this year), please comment and let us know.

We have only one requirement for B2MeM events: They should be open to the entire Tolkien fan-writing and -art communities. Ideally, this should also allow people to participate whether they have one or thirty-one days free to work on challenges.

We look forward to hearing everyone's ideas and getting this year's event ready to roll!

Comments

[dawn_felagund]

I would still like to run Bingo again, not as part of B2MeM but as a just because, but with some caveats with respect to cards claims so that it doesn't take the people-power to run again. And I actually have an idea for something similar to the RP (that will probably also not be a B2MeM project but a regular SWG thing) that I only have to get to a point in my life where I have the time to run it, and I will propose it to my comods. So that's encouraging, I hope! :) I liked both of those challenges too.

Thank you for the ideas! :D I figure the mod-types will figure out what's feasible to run (everything you suggested fits that bill, at least at a glance) and will probably put up for the community to choose from.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

That sounds wonderful, I'm flailing with glee a little - and a lower-key Bingo definitely would be better for everyone's sanity, so no complaints from me on that count. XD (I still haven't written/finished half of the prompts from last year, and want to so much!) The same with the RP - I miss RPing (after doing it for years in the gondolin_rpg), but on the other hand the end of that took away one immensely satisfying creative outlet that made me focus on fic again much more productively so I'm in two minds about that one. Doesn't make it any less of a great idea. :)

And you're welcome! I just linked the planning post on my tumblr as well, so there will hopefully a lot of ideas from people who don't usually participate! :)

[dawn_felagund]

Yay! Thank you! We're always looking for fresh blood ... erm, I mean, new participants. ;)