Challenges for Tolkien
"Something Itchy This Way Comes" by LuthienTinuviel
Started 18 Jan 2008: Ended Sat Mar 01, 2008 6:00 pm
A humour challenge. Write something, (e.g., ranger Aragorn learning how to do his laundry in the middle of the forest; Elros discovering he has allergies after he makes his choice and becomes human; Legolas watching Gimli scratch his ears raw when they can't find a clean waterspot to wash off ).
Regardless, itchiness is the main theme. Can be drabble, poetry, short story, whatever. There is no word limit. There is a deadline, however: All itchiness must be resolved (that is, the story must be posted) by the end of March, 2008.
Have fun!Challengees:
- Dawnblossom on Sun Feb 17, 2008 11:48 am - Entry: Mosquito's and Ivy and Bedbugs, Oh My! (G)
"OSA Drabble Challenge #81: Onomatopoeia" by NeumeIndil
Started 05 Jul 2007: Ended Thu Jul 19, 2007 5:59 pm
Drabble about Onomatopoeia (words that imitate the sound they represent). Examples: Thud, slurp, boom, splash, squish, click, etc. ... Use at least three but feel free to use as many as possible.
Fic must be 100 or 200 words, no more, no less. Deadline will be in two weeks on a Thursday, July 19th.
A new drabble challenge will be posted nearly every week. 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 it, please do not hesitate to contact us by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.Challengees:
- NancyBrooke on Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:00 pm - Entry: The Waker (PG)
"OSA Drabble Challenge #80: Hunting" by Robbie
Started 07 Jun 2007: Ended Thu Jun 21, 2007 4:59 pm
Drabble about Hunting. Drabble about people or items being hunted, hunters themselves or a hunt (for example the Hunt for the ring, Gollum ect ect).
Fic must be 100 words, no more, no less. Deadline will be in two weeks on a Thursday, June 21st.
A new drabble challenge will be posted nearly every week. 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 it, please do not hesitate to contact us by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.Challengees:
- NancyBrooke on Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:45 am - Entry: A Game, Afoot (G)
"OSA Drabble Challenge #79: Trouble" by Sulriel
Started 28 Apr 2007: Ended Thu May 10, 2007 5:59 pm
Drabble about characters who end up in unforeseen trouble and for example how they get out of it. For example: Pippin is being caught cookie stealing, Turgon borrows Fingon’s sword without asking ect ect
Fic must be 100 words, no more, no less. Deadline will be in two weeks on a Thursday, May 10th.
A new drabble challenge will be posted nearly every week. 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 it, please do not hesitate to contact us by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.Challengees:
- Viv on Sat Apr 28, 2007 11:00 pm - Entry: Care to Ride My Hot-Rod Fell Beast? (PG)
- SpaceWeavil on Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:49 pm - Entry: Fell Beast IV: Flight of the Fell Beast (PG)
- LuthienTinuviel on Wed May 09, 2007 4:13 am (No story posted)
"OSA Drabble Challenge #78: Friendship" by Maram68
Started 14 Apr 2007: Ended Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:59 pm
Drabble about Friendship. Drabble about friends, people who become friends or friendships that end.
Fic must be 100 words, no more, no less. Deadline will be in two weeks on a Thursday, April 26th.
A new drabble challenge will be posted nearly every week. 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 it, please do not hesitate to contact us by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.Challengees:
- RobinKa on Fri Apr 20, 2007 10:43 am - Entry: I'm Your Pain When You Can't Feel (G)
"OSA Drabble Challenge #77: Inner monologue" by NancyBrooke
Started 01 Apr 2007: Ended Thu Apr 12, 2007 4:59 pm
Drabble about Inner monologue. So take an actual moment from the text where a character is wordless and supply the unspoken.
Fic must be 100 words, no more, no less. Deadline will be in two weeks on a Thursday, April 15th.
A new drabble challenge will be posted every week. 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 it, please do not hesitate to contact us by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.Challengees:
- SpaceWeavil on Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:51 pm (No story posted)
- Rhapsody on Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:00 pm - Entry: The essence of fire (PG)
"OSA Drabble Challenge #76: Commitment" by Robbie
Started 21 Mar 2007: Ended Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:59 pm
Drabble about commitment: commitments which come in all forms and sizes.
Fic must be 100 words, no more, no less. Deadline will be in one week on a Thursday, March 29th.
A new drabble challenge will be posted every week. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum.
To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum or issue a challenge yourself!
If you need more time or run into trouble posting it, please do not hesitate to contact us by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.Challengees:
- Alassante on Mon Mar 26, 2007 12:00 am - Entry: Cursed Commitment (G)
- singingshieldmaiden on Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:13 am - Entry: Sam's Commitment (G)
"OSA Drabble Challenge #75: Silence" by Rhapsody
Started 09 Mar 2007: Ended Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:59 pm
Drabble about silence. It can be about a silent scene, a silent character, silence imposed (forcefully or not) on someone or a self-inflicted silence.
Given that this is the 75th challenge we have issued, we have a different set of rules for the occasion:
Fic must be either 100, 200 or 300 words, no more, no less. Drabble series - a set of drabbles which should be connected to each other, but also can stand alone - are allowed. The deadline will be in two weeks on a Thursday, March 22ndth.
After that we resume issueing a weekly drabble challenge. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum or issue a challenge yourself!
If you need more time or run into trouble posting it, please do not hesitate to contact us by going to the Support/Feedback link in the main menu on the left.Challengees:
- Rhapsody on Thu Mar 15, 2007 12:00 am - Entry: The Voices of Silence (PG)
"OSA Drabble Challenge #74: Challenge" by Robbie
Started 22 Feb 2007: Ended Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:59 pm
Drabble about A Challenge for example: Fëanor challenges Fingolfin, Fingolfin challenges Morgoth, wee!Elladan challenges wee!Elrohir to do something. Or any other kind of challenge a character can face.
Fic must be 100 words, no more, no less. Deadline will be in two weeks on a Thursday, March 8th.
A new drabble challenge will be posted every week. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum.Challengees: None.
"OSA Drabble Challenge #73: Unable to deliver" by Sulriel
Started 15 Feb 2007: Ended Thu Feb 22, 2007 5:59 pm
Drabble about a failure in message delivering: pick a event and a messenger gets dispatched to deliver the news to allies, what happened if the message never arrived? or what happened that cause the message the delay (Gandalf on Orthanc, a horse that slips ect ect)
Fic must be 100 words, no more, no less. Deadline will be next Thursday, so February 22nd.
A new drabble challenge will be posted every week. To contribute a drabble challenge idea, visit the OSA Drabble Challenges thread in the Bunny Nursery of the Forum.Challengees: None.
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