The February Challenge will have the theme "Hearts and Flowers". Stories need not have a romantic theme but should contain reference to the heart and particular flower allocated to each writer. Elements for the challenge will be flowers . . . some particular to Tolkien's universe and some not ( Read more... )

I would like to announce that we now have two new websmiths (tech mods). Baranduin and zedille have agreed to step into that position and will be available to take care of any technical problems at the Many Paths to Tread Archive. So if you have a formatting problem or need to report a bug, they will be the ones you can contact at websmith@lotrgfic ( Read more... )

The Tolkien fanfiction archive known as Many Paths to Tread" is looking for one or two new mods to help out with technical matters.
Many Paths to Tread" is a family-friendly archive affiliated with the lotr_community challenge community and with LOTR Community General Fanfiction. The Archive allows ratings from G to R. It was established in July 2010, and is ( Read more... )

The September 2017 Challenge will have the theme "Bounty." Stories should feature a time of abundant harvest. In addition, this is our annual recipe!fic challenge, so the story should include a food item and the recipe for that dish, either in the story or separately at the end. Elements for the challenge will be a crop that is harvested in late ( Read more... )

(Now it is my [Dawn's] turn to offer apologies ... I posted the challenge last night completely forgetting that July's challenge is the FLF challenge! And I had online professional development for work last night, so I did not get to repost it last night. My apologies! This is the correct challenge ( Read more... )

I accidentally unlocked the stories in the queue early. However, since those stories already have comments, I will leave them up. Any other stories submitted will be unlocked on Monday the 19th.

The May "Back Garden of a Dream" challenge entries have been posted. This challenge asked for stories where the setting was an important component, with a setting detail given as the element to include. A few stories have come in, and please remember that late stories are always welcome! If you like a story, please consider leaving the author a ( Read more... )

The May Challenge will have the theme "Back Garden of a Dream". This challenge was inspired by a technique Tolkien often used in his writing, where his settings became so distinctive that they seemed to have personalities and function almost as characters in their own rights. For this challenge, stories should use the setting as a key component of ( Read more... )

The March "Spring Fever" challenge entries have been posted. This challenge asked for hurt/comfort stories set in the springtime with a healing herb as an element. We have lots of wonderful stories this month to keep you busy reading for the next few days! If you like a story, please consider leaving the author a note saying so ( Read more... )

The March challenge will have the theme "Spring Fever". Stories should be hurt/comfort and set in the springtime. Elements for the challenge will be healing herbs ( Read more... )