Signal Boost: TRSB21

The Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang is returning for 2021!

The Dreamwidth page has now been updated with 2021's need-to-know dates, and we're in the process of updating the FAQs over at the Tumblr blog.

Key upcoming dates...

 

• 1st April – our suggestions spreadsheet will open, so start thinking now about your ideas for our wonderful artists!

• 16th April – sign ups open.

Narya, what the heck are you talking about?

 

TRSB stands for the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang.  Signed up artists create fan art, which is posted anonymously for authors to view and claim. The authors then spend the summer writing a piece of long-ish fiction (min. 5k words) based on the art they chose.

 

We are open to all characters, genres, ships and ratings, and all canons that fall under the Tolkien fandom umbrella. This includes movieverse (i.e. the LOTR and Hobbit trilogies), lesser known works by Tolkien (such as The Father Christmas Letters), and/or other works with a clear link to his life or creative output (for example, Tolkien’s translations and academic texts, the 2019 Tolkien biopic, fan-made films like Born of Hope, and game canons such as Lord of the Rings Online). Crossovers between two or more Tolkien canons are permitted.

 

 

What’s the suggestions form?

 

This form gives potential authors (and anyone else who wants to play!) the opportunity to suggest characters, places and scenarios they would like to see in the submitted art. The answers will feed into a publicly available spreadsheet listing the ideas submitted; artists can peruse this to get inspired!  

 

Last year’s spreadsheet contained some great ideas – here is the link, if you’d like to use it to feed your muses.  

 

We can’t wait to see what everybody dreams up this time!