Awakening - by Elwen

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Bingo – Beasts - O75 –Bee
Format: Drabble
Genre: Gen
Rating: Gen
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Legolas
Pairings: n/a
Creators' Notes (optional): n/a
Summary: Legolas helps to watch as Frodo recovers in Ithilien


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Inner Skills and Demonstrations by Erulisse (one L)

[engarian.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: 2013 I Inner vs Outer Strength
Format: Triple Drabble
Genre: Narrative Drama
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Characters: Glorfindel, Erestor, Elrond
Pairings: None (yet)
Creators' Notes (optional): None
Summary: Sent to the refugee camp of Imladris by Ereinion, Glorfindel arrives and starts to settle in.


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Remembering 10 Years of Back to Middle-earth Month: Memories of 2008

[dreamflower]

Discussion post for 2008:

2008 marked the first time that B2MeM was organized by The Silmarillion Writers Guild, which issued this challenge.

Back to Middle-earth Month: The Circles of the World

March is Back to Middle-earth Month, an annual holiday started to remember how and why we all got involved in the Tolkien fandom. Every year, SWG puts together a project to honor not only Tolkien's works but the creativity of the fans who continue his vision.

This year's theme--Circles of the World--considers the many different events that take place on Arda in the context of what inspires us as fans. We asked Silmarillion authors, poets, and artists to send in their work along with a few words of what their work, and their participation in this fandom, means to them, and, as usual, we've received an overwhelming response. We've received more than fifty pieces of writing and artwork, creative work that shows yet again the skill and imagination of the members of this fandom.

Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday throughout the month of March, we will release another set of this work, each fitting a different theme. Be sure to check our site regularly to find both work from your favorite authors and artists and, hopefully, to discover a couple of new ones!

There was also this announcement in middleearthnews:

Last year, in March, we marked "Celebrating Middle-earth Month" (CMEM-07). Let's celebrate our love for Middle-earth again this year!


March 2008: CELEBRATE MIDDLE-EARTH MONTH (CMEM-08)

You don't need to sign up anywhere to participate, but if you see this on your Friends-page and like the idea, please post this text to your journal to spread the word.

How to participate:
1. Pick a day of the week (or more than one) on which you resolve to always post something LotR-related in March, and let your friends-list know.

2. Go back and read your favourite chapters from the book, or watch the movies again. Let the beauty of LotR inspire you. And then, share the love.

3. Start your subject line with (CMEM-08) when you post, and use a "CMEM-08" tag. This'll make it easy to spot your Celebrating Middle-earth Month entries.
No matter if you just ramble about your undying love for LotR, picspam us, post wallpapers, icons, or write fan fic/create fan art, the plan is to get as many LotR-related entries on our friends-pages as possible throughout March.

Sound good? Let's celebrate Middle-earth again!

Did you participate in the SWG's 2008 challenges? Did you write stories for it? Did you make posts for the challenge from Middle-earth News? If you did, please share your experience with us here in the comments. Give us links, share your anecdotes and memories.

Did you miss out on it, but find yourself curious about it? Check out the comments and ask questions and join in the discussions! And if you check out previous works, be sure to let the creator know how you liked them.

Bows and Blades by Erulisse (one L)

[engarian.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: 2013 J Judgment
Format: Triple Drabble
Genre: Narrative Drama
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Characters: Glorfindel, Erestor, Elrond
Pairings: None (yet)
Creators' Notes (optional): None
Summary: Sent to the refugee camp of Imladris by Ereinion, Glorfindel arrives and starts to settle in.


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A Trout Supper - by Elwen

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: Bingo - Waters - I16
Format: 500 words
Genre: Mild angst
Rating: Gen
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Frodo, Aunt Esmeralda
Pairings: n/a
Creators' Notes (optional): n/a
Summary: Was Frodo scared of the river after his parent's death?

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Future Dreams of Knowledge by Erulisse (one L)

[engarian.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: 2013 K Knowledge vs Ignorance
Format: Triple Drabble
Genre: Narrative Drama
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Characters: Glorfindel, Erestor
Pairings: None (yet)
Creators' Notes (optional): None
Summary: Sent to the refugee camp of Imladris by Ereinion, Glorfindel arrives and starts to settle in.


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March 11 Prompts

[dawn_felagund]

Here are today’s prompts:

• 2006 -- In the "Tale of the Years" Tolkien tells us about what happens to certain characters each day of March 3019. We challenge you to write about the character(s) he does NOT mention: “Gollum visits Shelob, but seeing Frodo asleep nearly repents. Denethor sends Faramir to Osgiliath. Aragorn reaches Linhir and crosses into Lebennin. Eastern Rohan is invaded from the north. First assault on Lórien."


• 2007 (t_n_b) -- K: Like kissing the King of Númenor


• 2007 (SWG) -- And even as the Noldor set foot upon the strand their cries were taken up into the hills and multiplied, so that a clamour as of countless mighty voices filled all the coasts of the North; and the noise of the burning of the ships at Losgar went down the winds of the sea as a tumult of great wrath, and far away all who heard that sound were filled with wonder.


• 2009 -- How do you define your sense of humor? Is your sense of humor something can be universally appreciated? Think or write briefly about a time when your attempt at humor was misunderstood, or when you misunderstood another person's attempt at humor. Write a story, poem or create an artwork that shows different views of humor.


• 2011 -- Write a story or poem or create artwork where characters make sacrifices in order to achieve their goals.


• 2012 -- N33


• 2013 (H) -- “The love of Lúthien had fallen upon him in the first hour of their meeting; and he grieved at her captivity. Therefore he came often to her chamber; and at night he lay before her door, for he felt that evil had come to Nargothrond.”


• 2013 (H) -- “For in the days of the sojourn of Sauron in that land the hearts of well nigh all its people had been turned towards darkness. Therefore many of those who sailed east in that time and made fortresses and dwellings upon the coasts were already bent to his will, and they served him still gladly in Middle-earth. But because of the power of Gil-galad these renegades, lords both mighty and evil, for the most part took up their abodes in the southlands far away; yet two there were, Herumor and Fuinur, who rose to power among the Haradrim, a great and cruel people that dwelt in the wide lands south of Mordor beyond the mouths of Anduin.”


• 2013 (H) -- "The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater."

For more prompts, check out the 2016:prompts tag.

To the Bitter End

[periantari.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: March 2nd prompt- Defiance is defined as the willingness to contend or fight. Write a story or poem or create artwork where the characters defy authority in some way.
Title- "To the Bitter End"
Format: Short story
Genre: gen
Rating: G
Warnings: n/a
Characters: Merry, Pippin, Gandalf with some Frodo, Sam and Bilbo
Pairings: n/a
Creators' Notes (optional): This is the first thing that caught my mind when i read "defiance" so hope everyone enjoys!
Summary: How did Merry and Pippin convince Gandalf to let them on in the Quest?

Found here:
http://periantari.livejournal.com/316612.html?mode=reply#add_comment