Challenges for Tolkien
"OSA Drabble Challenge #96: Good News" by NancyBrooke
Started 28 Apr 2008: Ended Mon May 12, 2008 5:00 pm
Good news.
One could write from the messenger's point of view, someone waiting for news, someone receiving news, someone choosing to see the news as good, or not ...
Fic may be 100, 200, or 300 words. Deadline will be in two weeks on Monday, 12 May 2008.
A new drabble challenge will be posted every week, but you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum.
If you need more time or run into trouble posting any challenge response, please do not hesitate to contact the challenge admins by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.Challengees:
- NeumeIndil on Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:24 am - Entry: Waiting up. (G)
"OSA Drabble Challenge # 95: Animal Noises" by NeumeIndil
Started 21 Apr 2008: Ended Mon May 05, 2008 5:00 pm
Drabble about anything, so long as animal noises are mentioned or made.
Fic may be 100, 200, or 300 words. Deadline will be in two weeks on Monday, 5 May (Cinco de Mayo!) 2008.
A new drabble challenge will be posted every week, but you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum.
If you need more time or run into trouble posting any challenge response, please do not hesitate to contact the challenge admins by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.Challengees: None.
"OSA Drabble Challenge #94: Change of Seasons" by NancyBrooke
Started 14 Apr 2008: Ended Mon Apr 28, 2008 5:00 pm
Drabble about a change of seasons, whether literal or metaphorical.
Fic may be 100, 200, or 300 words. Deadline will be in two weeks on Monday, 28 April 2008.
A new drabble challenge will be posted every week, but you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum.
If you need more time or run into trouble posting any challenge response, please do not hesitate to contact the challenge admins by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.Challengees: None.
"OSA Drabble Challenge #93: Things We Reveal" by NancyBrooke
Started 07 Apr 2008: Ended Mon Apr 21, 2008 5:00 pm
Things We Reveal
Drabble about characters where they either reveal themselves or things they kept in their keeping. Examples: Aragorn revealing Anduril, Gandalf emerging anew, Fëanor showing the Silmarils
Fic may be 100, 200, or 300 words. Deadline will be in two weeks on Monday, 21 April 2008.
A new drabble challenge will be posted every week, but you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum.
If you need more time or run into trouble posting any challenge response, please do not hesitate to contact the challenge admins by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.Challengees: None.
"New Arrivals" by Marta
Started 01 Apr 2008: Ended Sat May 31, 2008 11:00 pm
Babies usually bring important changes - certainly for the proud parents, but in the cases of nobility for their entire kingdoms. Write the reaction of any character (or characters) to the birth of one of Tolkien's many characters.
Challengees: None.
"OSA Poetry Challenge #3: Items" by Viv
Started 01 Apr 2008: Ended Wed Oct 01, 2008 5:00 pm
Items
Make a list of five items from the LoTR book or movies, or other of Tolkien's works. Write a poem that contains all five items on your list.
No line limit, no meter or rhyme restraints.
New OSA Poetry Challenges will appear on the first day of each month and will have 6-month deadlines (which should allow for epic tales as well as shorter verse). Please feel free to suggest Poetry Challenge topics on the OSA Poetry Challenges thread in the Forum.Challengees: None.
"OSA Drabble Challenge #92: Things We Hide" by NancyBrooke
Started 30 Mar 2008: Ended Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:00 pm
Things We Hide
Drabble about characters where they willingly hide things from another: Examples: Frodo tucking away the ring, Aragorn who decides to go into hiding, Elrond hiding the line of Isildur.
Fic may be 100, 200, or 300 words. Deadline will be in two weeks on Monday, 14 April 2008.
A new drabble challenge will be posted every week, but you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum.
If you need more time or run into trouble posting any challenge response, please do not hesitate to contact the challenge admins by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.Challengees:
- NeumeIndil on Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:24 pm - Entry: Tucked Away (G)
- NancyBrooke on Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:28 am (No story posted)
"OSA Drabble Challenge # 91: Things We Give Away" by NancyBrooke
Started 24 Mar 2008: Ended Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:00 pm
Things we give away.
Drabble about characters who either are forced or freely give away things: Arwen and her love, Galadriel giving a strand of her hair to Gimli, Bilbo giving the Arkenstone to Thorin.
Fic may be 100, 200, or 300 words. Deadline will be in two weeks on Monday, 7 April 2008.
A new drabble challenge will be posted every week, but you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum.
If you need more time or run into trouble posting any challenge response, please do not hesitate to contact the challenge admins by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.Challengees: None.
"OSA Drabble Challenge # 90: Things We Keep" by NancyBrooke
Started 16 Mar 2008: Ended Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:00 pm
Things we keep.
Drabble about characters who get to keep things or want to keep things. Examples: Gollum or Bilbo being influenced by the ring, Merry receiving a horn from Théoden, Tuor keeping the sword of Turgon.
Fic may be 100, 200, or 300 words. Deadline will be in two weeks on Monday, 31 March 2008.
A new drabble challenge will be posted every week, but you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum.
If you need more time or run into trouble posting any challenge response, please do not hesitate to contact the challenge admins by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.Challengees: None.
"OSA Drabble Challenge #89: Water" by Viv
Started 10 Mar 2008: Ended Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:00 pm
Water.
Write about anything, just mention water. Or water can be the focus.
Fic may be 100, 200, or 300 words. Deadline will be in two weeks on Monday, 24 March 2008.
A new drabble challenge will be posted every week, but you'll have two weeks to complete the challenge. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum.
If you need more time or run into trouble posting any challenge response, please do not hesitate to contact the challenge admins by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.Challengees:
- Alassante on Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:00 pm - Entry: Out, Damn'd Spot! Out, I Say! (PG)
- NancyBrooke on Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:14 am - Entry: Maid of Wind and Water (PG)
- Haleth on Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:32 am (No story posted)
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