yessss you heard that right!! this event which has been almost six months in the making is now one month away!! don't know about tolkien women's week or need a refresh on the rules? click here to look at the master post!
Tolkien Women’s Week runs from January 8th-14th, 2026, and we would love for you to be there, whether it is creating pieces or supporting from the sidelines!
A reminder of the daily themes:
Day 1: Love / Family / Lineage / Companionship
Day 2: Betrayal / Curse / Spells / Enchant
Day 3: Valinor / Journey / Death / Creation
Day 4: Song / Language / Culture / Tradition
Day 5: Fight / Sacrifice / Protest / Battle
Day 6: Heartbreak / Longing / Determination / Reunite
Day 7: Stars / Dream / Prophecy / Visions
NEW ANNOUNCEMENT: the ao3 collection is now available! you can also take a look there for a refresher on the rules, and a reminder to all posting fics on ao3 to please add it to the collection as well :)
thank you everyone for following along, reblogging posts/spreading the word, and sharing your excitement! i'm so thrilled for this event to take place, i've been planning it in my head since late june and i can't believe it's almost here!
if you are participating, please take a look at the master post (linked above, also the pinned post on this account) for a refresh of the specifics like rules and tagging and the such.
*a reminder that if you have any questions regarding the event itself to send an ask to my inbox or a comment on any of the tww account posts! if you have specifics for how you would like to be tagged in the collective master post after the event ends (if you have preferences about having your tumblr post or ao3 post linked, if you want to be tagged/which account you want to be tagged, how you want your pieces titled if they differ from the template ["title of work" by ___], etc.) please let me know asap!*
Welcoming all Tolkien fans to a brand new fandom event, Tolkien Women’s Week, which will run from January 8th-14th, 2026.
This is a week where we can celebrate all of the wonderful women from Tolkien’s legendarium by creating dedicated original pieces for them.
Rules and event information below, please take a read if you are interested in participating :)
Rules:
Each day will have four prompts (as listed in the graphic above and below), and you may choose any of them to create a work of fiction/art/headcanon list/blurb/collage/etc. with any woman of your choice from JRRT's legendarium.
Tag your works with the hashtag #tolkienwomensweek
NSFW is allowed, it is only asked that you tag it accordingly.
Support other participants! No hate or discouragement on any pieces.
Spread the word :) The more, the merrier.
Please tag this account in your pieces as well! This is not mandatory, but it ensures we do not miss it.
Please give your pieces a title, as there will be a completed masterlist once the event is over, and each piece will be alphabetized. Again, this is not mandatory, but if your work is not titled, it will be given a simple name on the masterlist. (ex: Day Two, Artwork by @ ___ )
You have roughly six months to start and finish your pieces (from the time of this announcement), but late submissions are also welcome. However, no early submissions please. Post your pieces on the designated days unless you have late work/fall behind.
We recommend you follow this blog to stay updated on the event. If not, make sure to check the hashtag “#tww update” for posts from moderators about any new rules/changes/answers/updates.
*No work created by the assistance of generative A.I. will be reblogged on the official Tolkien Women's Week blog, and it will not be supported by the event runners. If work utilizing A.I. is posted in the AO3 collection for the event, it will be removed by the moderators.*
Prompts:
Day 1: Love / Family / Lineage / Companionship
Day 2: Betrayal / Curse / Spells / Enchant
Day 3: Valinor / Journey / Death / Creation
Day 4: Song / Language / Culture / Tradition
Day 5: Fight / Sacrifice / Protest / Battle
Day 6: Heartbreak / Longing / Determination / Reunite
Day 7: Stars / Dream / Prophecy / Visions
Questions? If not answered below, please send an ask:
Can you create a piece for the same woman more than once?
Yes! Do not feel like you have to create a piece for someone different each day, especially if you have ideas for the same woman over multiple days/prompts.
Also, if you wish to create a single piece utilizing more than one character, you are very welcome to do so!
If I can only participate for a few days/one day, is that alright?
Yes! Participate as much or as little as you want. If you’re very inspired, feel free to submit multiple pieces on the same day. If a prompt doesn’t inspire you, don’t waste time on it!
Will there be an AO3 collection for the event?
Yes! Coming closer to the event, keep your eyes peeled . . .
Exactly what Tolkien women are allowed in the event?
All of them! Any character from LOTR, The Silmarillion, etc. We welcome women of all the races of Middle-Earth (human, elf, dwarf, hobbit, ainur, ent, orc, animal; quite literally any of Tolkien’s female characters) regardless of how much or how little screentime/pagetime they have. You want to create 10 works for Arwen? Go for it! You want to create 10 works for someone who was mentioned in one lone sentence in a single book who had no dialogue? Do it!!
We politely ask that OCs remain separate from this event, not because they are not valid, but because this event was created to celebrate the women created and written by Tolkien himself. However, if an OC is created for a Tolkien character we know exists in canon but was not written about, feel free to give her a voice (example may be the wife of Thranduil/mother of Legolas; we know she exists in the canon lore but we are given almost zero information about her).
With this reasoning in mind, we also ask that characters from ROP who are not canon to the world of Tolkien be excluded from this event, but if you would like to utilize the way a canonical JRRT character is depicted in ROP (example may be young Galadriel), you are more than welcome to do so. Though we do love the ladies of ROP, we want this event to be central to Tolkien and his own works! :)
If, however, you feel very very strongly for the women in ROP or other works not created by Tolkien himself (ex, Tauriel from The Hobbit movies), we will not stop you, and will still reblog your piece to the official event blog. At its core, this event is here to celebrate your creativity.
Who is running this event?
@frodosrings :) Hi! Any questions about the event may also be sent to my personal ask box.
@silme-lorien will be aiding me with backend stuff and some extra hands-on, so massive shoutout to my wife as well! could not do this without their support.
What can we submit?
Anything you want, as long as it is created by you. Any creative endeavour is accepted. Fics, Artwork, Headcanons, Blurbs, Crafts, Edits, Gif Sets, Collages, etc. are all welcome.
Go by this rule: if you made it and it follows a daily prompt utilizing a female character from a Tolkien work, then it is more than welcome!
Do our pieces have to be canonical to the lore as it is written by Tolkien?
Not necessarily! You are more than welcome to bring any of these ladies to the modern world or any au you have in mind, create a piece about experiences they may have had which were not directly depicted by JRRT, etc; or stick solely to canon experiences of the female characters as written by JRRT. All we ask is that the daily prompts are followed, and we will not limit your creativity any further than that.
Can the submissions include men from Tolkien’s works as well?
Yes. As long as the focal point of your piece is any of Tolkien’s female characters, you are of course more than welcome to include other characters as part of your work to strengthen your piece and build your story :)
Any comments/concerns/feedback is more than welcome, please feel free to submit any of these questions to our ask box and we will answer. Have fun, and be on the lookout for updates!
This year I had the pleasure of being part of this amazing event, THAUC 2024! And now it's time for reveals!
The wonderful creators of Thauc proposed us three different prompts but my partner @luthiendraws and I were really interested in one theme in particular:
Bilbo's deeds on the quest have garnered him attention from eligible sutures and Thorin is trying to handle his jealousy with grace.
While I worked on the first part of the lineart, the amazing @luthiendraws made the other, then we switched for the colouring phase!
I had so much fun in the making of this comic, having the chance to exchange ideas and create something together was a blast. I loved every step of the journey ;-)
Tips for writing those gala scenes, from someone who goes to them occasionally:
Generally you unbutton and re-button a suit coat when you sit down and stand up.
You’re supposed to hold wine or champagne glasses by the stem to avoid warming up the liquid inside. A character out of their depth might hold the glass around the sides instead.
When rich/important people forget your name and they’re drunk, they usually just tell you that they don’t remember or completely skip over any opportunity to use your name so they don’t look silly.
A good way to indicate you don’t want to shake someone’s hand at an event is to hold a drink in your right hand (and if you’re a woman, a purse in the other so you definitely can’t shift the glass to another hand and then shake)
Americans who still kiss cheeks as a welcome generally don’t press lips to cheeks, it’s more of a touch of cheek to cheek or even a hover (these days, mostly to avoid smudging a woman’s makeup)
The distinctions between dress codes (black tie, cocktail, etc) are very intricate but obvious to those who know how to look. If you wear a short skirt to a black tie event for example, people would clock that instantly even if the dress itself was very formal. Same thing goes for certain articles of men’s clothing.
Open bars / cash bars at events usually carry limited options. They’re meant to serve lots of people very quickly, so nobody is getting a cosmo or a Manhattan etc.
Members of the press generally aren’t allowed to freely circulate at nicer galas/events without a very good reason. When they do, they need to identify themselves before talking with someone.
"The Hobbit movies aren't accurate. The Hobbit's movies made the dwarves too hot"
SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Shhhhhh.... shh
Look into my eyes right now and know I'm being so serious.
I. Don't. Care.
I don't care that it's basically Tolkien fan fiction. I'm under no delusion that it's accurate, I know the studio used the movies as a money grab insted of letting PJ do what he actually wanted. I KNOW. We *all* know.
