August 2013: Non-fiction

[dreamflower]

The August Challenge will once again have the theme "Nonfiction." You will not receive an element for this challenge; rather, we encourage all members to submit essays, research articles, and other nonfictional works related to Tolkien's legendarium.

The August challenge entries will be due Tuesday, August 14 and will be revealed on Thursday, August 16.

Please tag your essay "non-fiction" and " '13 august". Use the following special header for your nonfiction entry: Put "Nonfiction" as the theme, and as "type" indicate whether it is an essay, research, tutorial or other type of nonfiction. Make sure to put the name of your piece and your name in the subject line (e.g. "Sindarin Verbs by Scholar Sue").

<b>Author:</b> <b>Title:</b> <b>Rating:</b> <b>Theme:</b> <b>Subject:</b> <b>Type:</b> <b>Author's Notes:</b> <b>Word Count:</b> <lj-cut>

To indicate your participation, please leave a comment to this post, or you can email the mods at aelfwina@gmail.com, virginia_lee_redcat@yahoo.com, or celeritassagittae@gmail.com.

I hope we'll have lots of participants for our August challenge!

July 2013 Fixed-Length-Ficlet Challenge: Time in a Bottle

[dreamflower]

The July Fixed-Length-Ficlet Challenge stories, with the theme of "Time in a Bottle" have now been posted. All stories were Fixed-Length Ficlets, with the element being a particular word count. We’ve had six entries:

A Light From the Shadows by Ignoble Bard Unbidden memories catch Frodo by surprise
Rededication -- by Larner There are so many memories held in this room....
Remember Today by Linaewen Faramir bids his brother farewell as Boromir leaves upon his quest.
Lessons of Birds by Erulisse
Joy Like Swords by Dreamflower A moment Merry will keep in his memory forever.
The Other by Keiliss A gate guard watches as the Queen leaves Minas Tirith.

I hope you will check out the stories, and let the authors know how you liked them!

And authors, remember that late entries are always welcome! Also, please if you have the time, try to upload your story to Many Paths to Tread within a few days. It will save your mods a little work!