[Viv]

[Note from Viv: First, I want to thank everyone who has submitted a challenge idea. Some of them are really good, and I'm having to restrain myself from issuing them all at once! But I'm going to be disciplined about this and issue them one at a time. (argh!) So, since it is the silly season, here's a brand-new seasonal challenge (and its sequel challenge, both submitted by Sindhote):]

The "All I Want For Christmas" Challenge

1. Entries must be posted on or before 12/24.

2. Story must involve an interaction where a Tolkien character receives a present.

3. Entries should be 10 pages or less (I think a page limit would be good because people will not have a lot of time to write due to the holidays and people are busier during the holidays and a shorter story would be more likely to be read).

4. The genre doesn't matter, but I personally would like to see some smutty NC-17 stories

And it's sequel, the "First Night Challenge"

Same basic rules as the first challenge except that it is due by 1/1. Story should feature a Tolkien character reflecting on some past event they regret and then they make a resolution to somehow correct the past.

I figure the 2nd challenge would be awesome for some tearjerker stories.

And one more thing - I will freely confess that I am hoping that SpaceWeavil will do one or both of these challenges. And I know and love that she writes multi-chaptered epics. Could you perhaps make a stipulation that while 10 pages or less is the challenge should ideally be, it is okay to exceed the page limit? That way I might get a multi-chaptered Thranduil or Elrond epic.

[Another note from Viv: So, yes. All of the above. Loose the muse... fa la la la la la.]