Tolkien Fandom Event Calendar
Recently I’ve received some asks about events/weeks in the Tolkien fandom, so I thought I’d compile a list of those that I know about. This is not exhaustive, and dates are subject to change by the organizers of these events!
Other blogs you can check out are @tolkieneventsblog and @tolkienfandomevents, though I’m not sure how active those are. The @silmarillionwritersguild Discord also has a channel dedicated to signal boosts for all sorts of Tolkien-related & general fandom happenings, which is another excellent way to keep up with fandom goings-on.
Want to run your own event? Here’s some of my tips!
If your event is not on here and you’d like it to be, let me know and I can add it :) Note: I will only add events that have announced dates!
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JANUARY
Screw Yule
My Slashy Valentine @myslashyvalentine — work time
Lord of the Rings Secret Santa @lotr-sesa — reveals
Thorin’s Spring Forge @thorinsspringforge — signups
Second Age Week @secondageweek
FEBRUARY
Hidden Paths
My Slashy Valentine — reveals
Thorin’s Spring Forge — claims
Maedhros and Maglor Week @maedhrosmaglorweek
MARCH
Back to Middle-earth Month @spring-into-arda
Thorin’s Spring Forge — work time
Fëanorian Week
Fun with Fanon Fest Round 1 @funwithfanon
APRIL
Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang @tolkienrsb — signups
Silm Remix @tolkienremix — signups & assignments
Thorin’s Spring Forge — reveals
Aralas Week @aralas-week
Barduil Month @bi-widower-dads
All of Arda is Autistic @all-of-arda-is-autistic
F3: Focus on Friendship & Family, Phase I @spring-into-arda
MAY
Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — claims
Silm Remix — reveals
Aspec Arda Week @aspecardaweek
Angbang Week @angbangweek
Gondolin Week @gondolinweek
F3: Focus on Friendship & Family, Phase II
JUNE
Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — work time
Scribbles and Drabbles @fall-for-tolkien — signups
Tolkien Ekphrasis Week @tolkienekphrasisweek
F3: Focus on Friendship & Family, Phase III
JULY
Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — work time
Scribbles and Drabbles — claims
Tolkien Gen Week @tolkiengenweek
LotR Ladies Week @lotrladiessource
Tolkien Appreciation Week @tolkienweek
Tolkien Latin American & Caribbean Week @tolkienlatamandcaribbeanweek
AUGUST
Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — deadlines
Scribbles and Drabbles — art reveals
Innumerable Stars Exchange @innumerable-stars — nominations & signups
Tolkien of Colour Week @tolkienofcolourweek
Silvergifting Week @silvergiftingweek
Tolkien OC Week @tolkienocweek
SEPTEMBER
Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang — reveals
Scribbles and Drabbles — work time
Innumerable Stars Exchange — signups & assignments
Sindar Week @sindarweek
Dor Cúarthol Week @dorcuartholweek
Finwëan Ladies Week @finweanladiesweek
OCTOBER
Innumerable Stars Exchange — reveals
Scribbles and Drabbles — work time
Half-elven Week @halfelvenweek
NOVEMBER
Tolkien Secret Santa @officialtolkiensecretsanta — signups & assignments
Scribbles and Drabbles — fic reveals
Nolofinwean Week @nolofinweanweek
DECEMBER
Tolkien Secret Santa — advent calendar & reveals
My Slashy Valentine @myslashyvalentine — signups & assignments
Lord of the Rings Secret Santa — claims
Khazad Week @khazadweek
MONTHLY EVENTS: These events have prompts/challenges occurring every month.
Teitho Contest
Tolkien Short Fanworks
Silmarillion Writers’ Guild @silmarillionwritersguild
(this list was last updated 5/4/23)
LEGACY EVENTS: These events used to occur, but have not happened within the last year.
Arda Needs More Pride @ardaneedsmorepride (bimonthly; last run 2020)
Kiliel Week @kilielweek (timing variable; last run 2021)
@oneringnet monthly events (last run 2021)
Atani Week @ataniweek (January; last run 2021)
Legendarium Ladies April @legendariumladiesapril (April; last run 2020)
Gates of Summer Exchange @gatesofsummerexchange (May-June, last run 2022)
Tolkien South Asian Week, run by @arwenindomiel (June; last run 2022)
Arafinwëan Week @arafinweanweek (July; last run 2019)
Fëanturi Week (August; last run 2019; no official blog and the creator has deactivated)
Imladrim Week @imladrimweek (November; last run 2019)
Doriath Week @doriathweek (November; last run 2020)
Tolkien Family Week @tolkienfamilyweek (November; last run 2021)
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Falling In Love (3) Masterlist
part one, part two
Advent Calendar 2021 (ao3) - Phantje
Summary: Phil lives and works in a town in the North called Lylchester. Well, 'works'. He does charitable things in the name of being nice and his (adoptive) parents. Things are fine. Yeah. Fine. Meeting Dan who has strong opinions about peculiar things shakes up Phil's life and he is falling before he can help it.
Dan lives and works somewhere, or anywhere really. By fate, or call it the British Railway train running times, he ends up in Lylchester. Before he can help himself, he has made the first real best friend he has ever had - Beatrix. And suddenly, life does not seem so difficult anymore. Dan appreciates the work he can do, even if it has him interact with the rich idiot Phil more often that he would personally choose.
All My Friends Are Falling In Love (ao3) - expiredlove
Summary: All Phil's friends are falling in love and he just can't seem to understand what exactly the feeling that they are talking about is, until he experiences it himself.
Set in 2009.
baby just take the chance to love me (ao3) - gotnobodytolove
Summary: falling in love with your best friend isn’t easy.
Carpets, Pokemon and hugs (These are a few of my favorite things) (ao3) - DownDownFangirl
Summary: "Is everything ok?" The tall guy stops. The elevator starts to close. The guy reaches for the door and it opens again. He looks into Phil's eyes and it’s strong and focused and confusing.
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Phil works at a motel and Dan is a guest who comes and goes. There are many thoughts to think and many delicate conversations to have... And it can get confusing, especially when you live hundreds of kilometers away from each other.
Deceit and Devotion (ao3) - Thatonefunhun
Summary: Phil Lester has it all. A successful career doing what he loves, a “bestie” who's always got his back, and a can-do attitude! He’s living the life! But what goes on beyond the camera? And is everything as it seems…
Electronics and the Phil’s that break them (ao3) - Fictropes
Summary: The first time’s an accident, a proper accident— a Phil forgot how to hold his cup and now he’s watching his coffee seep into his keyboard type accident.
Golden Boy (ao3) - hygge
Summary: Phil takes a drawing class in university and needs a subject for his drawing final.
good night bear (ao3) - loveforlester
Summary: “good night bear i love you”
dan howell loves phil lester.
phil lester loves dan howell.
you know the story two soulmates who met on the internet. just something is different.
dan can’t sleep without watching phil’s videos. oh and phil stopped filming videos
home renovations (ao3) - possumdnp
Summary: Phil is a new homeowner with a knack for getting himself into awkward situations around cute guys. Dan is a builder who's always working on renovations around Phil's house. What could go wrong?
(An alternate meeting YouTuber Phil/builder Dan AU.)
How Far We’ve Come (ao3) - angelszn (artbabe)
Summary: Phil asks Dan to move in with him.
i will never know a sunday (how slow the moments go) (ao3) - beaniebopbaby
Summary: Phil was mesmerized. He had no idea how anyone in the room was talking. How could they not listen to this beautiful piece?
Phil continued to sit, listening, overcome by the joy of the music - a smile plastered on his face. He did not realize when the others began to leave. If anyone walked by him, he did not see. But soon, he was the only one left in the concert hall. He had no idea how long he sat there and listened.
Somewhere midway through the piece, the notes began to change. The pianist began slowing his notes, and their progressions were no longer full of joy. The song became sad, melancholy. It took Phil’s breath away. He felt cold all of a sudden, like the pianist was further away somehow isolated.
The man hunched over the piano, and Phil felt like he couldn’t breath. He looked around the room, to see if anyone else noticed this shift, when he finally realized they were alone. The notes grew slower and slower as Phil stood, drifting closer to the man playing the piano. The pianist looked as mesmerized as Phil, absorbed in his playing.
Learning Curves (ao3) - winstonlives
Summary: Dan, a youtuber, sees an old A levels teacher in a gay bar years after he left school. That same teacher is Phil Lester, the hunkiest teach Dan ever did see. He makes a plan to subtly bump into him and reintroduce himself as a successful adult. While the reintroduction doesn’t go quite as planned, the two end up in bed together, much to Dan’s delight. Phil on the other hand has some reservations about the whole thing, throwing a wrench into Dan’s lustful plans.
names of collision in the dark (ao3) - Anonymous
Summary: Of enemy kingdoms, Prince Dan and Prince Phil meet one fateful night, leading to a surprising friendship that evolves into something more. As the looming threat of a major battle grows stronger, both princes grapple with their roles and the burdens of leadership, all while their growing bond forces them to confront their own kingdoms’ expectations and the possibility of peace in the chaos.
(aka the dan and phil royal au fic they wrote for the gaming channel but taken seriously)
nine years of love (ao3) - natigail
Summary: There are a hundred ways to say I love you and a dozen of word for love. It might not even require words. Actions can speak louder than words, so every little touch, every shared glance, every joyful laugh, every tear shed and every seemingly normal moment.
It should be the most fun you’ve ever had and for two boys it had been exactly that. Nine years of love. Shared struggles and successes. They had shared ten 19th of October in each other’s company with no sight of stopping yet.
Phan Funeral Meet-Cute (ao3) - bogdaddy_owns_my_ass
Summary: Dan Howell meets a tall, mysterious man at the funeral of a dear friend of his who had died under mysterious circumstances. What Dan doesn't know is that this man is who he is destined to be with for all eternity.
Purposeful Permanence (ao3) - artbabe
Summary: Dan hates doing his laundry at the university laundromat, so he takes his dirty laundry to Phil's place.
the man of my dreams (ao3) - mel_m_a_o
Summary: He first dreamed about this man maybe two months ago. The dream wasn’t really something out of the ordinary and Dan didn’t really remember what it was about, but it stuck out to him, because he wasn’t usually someone who remembered his dreams. He often thought he just doesn’t dream at all, but that certainly changed. He keeps dreaming about the same pale, black haired man and his bright eyes that make Dan wake up in a sweat. He starts to see the face everywhere all the time until he actually does.
would it be a sin if I can't help falling in love with you?(ao3) - resurrectdead
Summary: “Hey.”
Phil reaches over the counter. Leaning one elbow on it, he puts a finger underneath Dan’s chin, gently tilts his head back up. Dan tries not to tremble. He darts his eyes up and they catch at his lips, stay there as he speaks. (He wants to taste them so bad.)
“I don’t know what kind of people you’re friends with,” he starts, “but if they aren’t nice to you, maybe you should consider switching them out for some that are.”
or: it's 1978, everything is a bad influence, catholicism makes you a bit sad sometimes and dan finds the answer to all his questions
you bewitched me (ao3) - orphan_account
Summary: dan is a waiter at a restaurant that often serves a regular customer, phil. as their flirty exchanges continue and become more steamy, dan shoots his shot through a post it inviting phil to a nearby cafe.
little does phil know dan works at that cafe as well.
You Send Me (ao3) - Portia331
Summary: A reflection on relationship growth and how it feels.
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hiya all 👋 👋 apologies, there will be no royai advent calendar from me this year due to various reasons, however, i will link below the four advent calendars from previous years for you! that's four years worth of christmas/winter themed royai fics. there's 85 fics overall!! so u can imagine how i felt it was time to wind down and shelf this wee idea for this year
if u do decide to check these out/revisit them, i hope you enjoy 🥰 happy holidays!
the magic of christmas time, 2019
it's beginning to look a lot like christmas, 2020
step into christmas, 2021
let the bells ring out for christmas, 2022
and if u want some royai fics in general from me, check out here and here :)
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