Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang
A little late in the day for artists, but for writers here's a promo for the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang. To quote from their overview:
This is a Tolkien-fandom-wide event celebrating the talent of our fanwork creators. The participating artists create a piece of art, which is posted anonymously for authors to view and claim. The authors will then write a piece of long-ish fiction (min. 5k words) based on the art they chose.
We are open to all characters, genres and ratings, and all canons that fall under the Tolkien fandom umbrella. This includes movieverse (i.e. the LOTR and Hobbit trilogies), lesser known works by Tolkien (such as The Father Christmas Letters), and/or other works with a clear link to his life or creative output....
You must sign up as a writer to see the art preview. There is no penalty for signing up and then not finding a piece you love or missing out on it during the feeding frenzy of claims - if you don't get the art you want, you can always write a treat instead.
Couple of relevant dates:
16th May - art up for preview.
21st May - author sign ups close.
23rd May - claims.
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29th August - fics due in collection with the artwork embedded or linked.
5th September - reveals.
This is a hugely fun exchange to take part in, with lots of variety - there are 122 fics in last year's collection. Raiyana and Narya are great mods, very friendly and accessible, and the bang is impressively well run. Throwing this out here because it's so easy to miss things when they're promoted in different circles.
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