Back to Middle-earth Month

Below the cut, you will find the "answers" to this year's scavenger hunt prompts, i.e., from where in the books the quotes were taken. Please note that this post in no way "closes" the community to future posts based on the 2013 prompts! You're welcome to continue sharing your 2013 stories and art as you finish them.

Many thanks to angelica_ramses for putting the list together and to ford_of_bruinen for doing the HTML formatting for posting on LJ.

( Day One Theme Answers )
( Daily Prompt Answers )

In just a few hours, I will be posting the first challenge for B2MeM 2013! We welcome and encourage our participants to post their creations (or links to their creations) on this community. As a bit of history, B2MeM was and continues to be an annual "holiday" for the entire Tolkien fandom. It is run each year by a handful of groups, but all are welcome, whether they are a part of those groups or not. However, because those groups have their own specialties, then there is a narrow but not insignificant range of stories written for B2MeM that would not be able to find a home on any of the sponsoring communities. For that reason, we created this community. All Tolkien-based work created for B2MeM is welcome here, but we ask that you please use the posting format below out of courtesy to your groupmates, so that readers know what a story will likely hold in store before clicking to read and can select content they're likely to enjoy.

• make the title of the post the title of your piece and your penname, e.g., "Frodo's Big Quest" by FrodoFan and


• use the header below and use an LJ-cut. Simply copy the HTML below, paste it at the top of your story, and fill in the information for each item. If you are linking to a story on another site, use the header as well.

<b>B2MeM Challenge:</b> <b>Format:</b> <b>Genre:</b> <b>Rating:</b> <b>Warnings:</b> <b>Characters:</b> <b>Pairings:</b> <b>Summary:</b> <lj-cut>

B2MeM Challenge: identify the challenge the piece was created for, e.g., the archetypes theme for Day 1 of B2MeM 2013

Format: short story, drabble, photomanip, poem, sketch, et cetera
Genre: general, adventure, romance, horror, mystery, humor, et cetera
Rating: use either the G-NC17 or General, Teens, or Adult system
Warnings: include reasonable warnings for content readers might wish to avoid, e.g., violence, blood and gore, graphic sex, profane language, et cetera
Characters: a list of important characters featured in your piece
Pairings: a list of any important pairings in your piece
Summary: a brief synopsis of what the piece is about

indy1776, our intrepid tagging mod, has written a post about how to tag your posts here. If you're comfortable adding your own tags, please do, as tagging is a huge effort for our volunteers.

Any questions throughout the challenge, feel free to comment here, PM me, or email me at DawnFelagund@gmail.com.

[Admin note: Our poll for this year's B2MeM theme ended up with a perfect tie between the scavenger hunt and alphabet options. We've kinda sorta combined the two, using the scavenger hunt format with the alphabet for inspiration. Thanks again to everyone who shared feedback with us!]

Middle-earth is full of hunters. The Vala Oromë found the first people of Middle-earth while hunting, and hunters have remained central to the stories since. Whether hunting for an Arkenstone or a band of Orcs or for truth and justice, Tolkien’s world is full of hunts for things both physical and metaphorical. Back-to-Middle-earth Month Scavenger Hunt: Expedition in the Abecedarium seeks to encourage creativity in the Tolkien fandom through a “quote scavenger hunt” that participants will use as inspiration for stories, art, meta, and other creative responses.

( B2MeM 2013 Participant Guidelines )

( B2MeM Participation as a Reviewer )

( B2MeM 2013 Reading Week Guidelines )

If you have any questions about this year's event, you can post them here, or you can message or email me privately at DawnFelagund@gmail.com!