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Frodo will
have to be locked up in a tower in Minas Tirith and
write it all down.
Otherwise he will forget half of it, and poor Bilbo
will be dreadfully disappointed.
The
purpose of the LOTR Fanclub Scrapbook was to preserve
original poetry, fan fiction,
and other similar literary works related to J. R. R.
Tolkien's works,
especially to his The
Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.
These fan works were posted either in the past at
Decipher's Official LOTR Fan Club (now defunct)
or currently at its unofficial related site, The Fellowship of
Middle-earth.
Consistent with the community guidelines, all
submissions are family friendly (suitable for all ages).
Items in grey text
are no longer active or applied at this time.
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Editorial
Guidelines ~ How to
Submit ~ Categories
~ Language
Serial
Pieces ~ The Editing
Process
You posted a poem or short story you've written on the
boards and want it included in the Scrapbook? You checked
after a few days and there's still no sign of it here?
Let Primula know via pm at the forums.
Editorial
Guidelines
- Only items which have been posted on the boards may be submitted. The focus is community sharing.
- Submissions must be original works written by a
messageboard poster. (need not be a 'fanclub member',
but must have registered to post and have posted
something there.)
- Submissions must fit within the generally G-rated approach of the board (see note on language below).
- The Scrapbook is, with limited exceptions, intended
for fan fiction, essays and poetry (see categories
below). Generally speaking, reviews, reports and similar
items are not intended to be the focus. Items of
this sort may be submitted, but may or may not be
included.
- Fan fiction should add something new, but be
relatively in sync with Tolkien's world, not just a
simple re-telling of a portion of the story, nor so
changed that Tolkien's characters and world are
unrecognizable. The focus of the tale should be
Tolkien's events or characters, in one way or another.
- All work archived at this site must be related to
Tolkien's world or to the Lord of the Rings/ the
Hobbit fans themselves. Crossovers are
judged on an individual basis.
- Before submitting a serial story, the author needs to
commit to finishing it. Unfinished and abandoned partial
tales may eventually be removed.
- Items of exceptionally poor quality will not be
included. The authors may resubmit after checking their
spelling, grammar, etc. if they would like.
Standard use of capitalization, punctuation and spacing
is encouraged. Chatspeak or txt-speak items are
not acceptable.
- As this site is intended to be an archive of the
Fellowship of Middle-earth community, "post and run"
writings from unknown posters may be withdrawn from the
archives at a later date if that individual does not
proceed on to become a part of the community.
Anyone just looking to 'get stuff on the net' is
politely redirected to Fanfiction.net,
Archive of Our Own
(AO3) or similar fanfic review sites more suited
to that goal. At this time we do not have
self-submission or onsite review capabilities, but you
are welcome and encouraged to review on the boards
themselves.
You may have noticed that little of these relate to some
kind of editorial approval on quality of writing. This
editor rarely presumes to make that kind of judgment of
others' work. As long as the submission fits the
guidelines, makes some kind of sense, and has been
inspired by Tolkien's world, it probably belongs here. To
leave feedback or reviews of other's work, post your
thoughts on our Red Book board. Readers are welcome
to make their own judgments of what they like. Currently,
the only exception to this is the Mary-Sue
Romance. If you are unsure if your work may be a
Mary-Sue, or are unfamiliar with this genre, you may want
to check our humorous Mary-Sue
Litmus Test before submitting your work.
RPF("Real-person fic") involving the actors or fans - is
not accepted.
How to
Submit
Post your work on our boards, usually under the Red Book. This is sufficient. Otherwise:
Send your work as plain text or a word document by email to Primula (pm her at the boards for email info)
Include at the top of your email:
- The messageboard name of the author (handle/username).
- Title of the work.
- If it is an installment work with sections or chapters, number them.
Multi-installment works are usually collected off of the
boards but if installments are missing, the author is
responsible for submitting them. Serial tales must
eventually be finished or they may be
removed at the site editor's discretion.
Submitting corrections: If you've corrected
or updated an item that is already archived, simply submit
the new version and include a note that says exactly what
it is replacing (the more specific, the better). For
small corrections, the pm system is fine.
Please do not assume Primula will be able to remember and
find a particular paragraph in "your story"! - there are
literally thousands of works kept on this site. Tell
who you are, what the title is, key phrases to search for
within the affected page, etc. Thank you.
Categories
While there are no absolute rules on categories, here are
the categories of work that have evolved on the scrapbook:
(Items in grey are not open to new submissions
at this time.)
- Poetry
- Poems (previously referred to as Epic Poetry)
- Verses about LOTR (shorter works)
- Verses about the Fans
- Limericks
- Haiku & Double-Dactyls
- Assorted Fixed Form poetry
- Adaptations of famous poems
- Miscellaneous
poetry
(includes foreign language and nonsense verse)
- Fan Fiction
- Journals and Diaries
- Stories (Tales) - stand alone short stories, works
up to 4-5 chapters in length.
- Serial
Stories - 5+ chapters, multiple installments
- Parodies
- Serial Parodies
- Drabbles and 'Inklets' (vignettes or very short
tales)
- Miscellaneous or "you had to be there." Wordplay and in-jokes are included here.
- Songs (almost anything "sung to the tune of...")
- Top Ten Lists (Not limited to 10.)
- Middle-earth Reference
- Middle-earth Recipes
- Musings and
Essays
- Other. You are welcome to suggest or submit items for:
Language
Submissions to the scrapbook must fit within the spirit of the G-rated boards and be acceptable reading for a "family friendly" site. However, it's OK to make adjustments to pieces that are caught up in the natural inflexibility of the language filters on the boards. For example:
- The riders emerged as from the pits of **** to **** the life out of the air.
- The riders emerged as from the pits of hell to suck the life out of the air.
Installment
(Serial) Pieces
The Scrapbook was closed to
new serial tales as of 1/09, short stories up
to 4-5 chapters in length will continue to be archived.
Longer stories may be archived at alternate sites such
as Henneth Anun, Stories of Arda, AO3 or
FanFiction.net. A link to the story at that location will
be provided here at
the author's request.
Serial journals and diaries were closed 8/10.
If you are submitting
a multi-chapter story, the chapters must be
numbered, with or without titles. Send them in
batches of 2-3 at a time, depending on the length.
If you are submitting a diary/journal or an ongoing story that is written in segments, you must add a sequential numbering system to the installments. That can be as simple as Part 1, Part 2, etc., or just a code number added to the post. It must be sequential and not just a diary date.
The reason for this is that it helps the editor to keep track of the story and make sure that an entry doesn't get left out.
Feel free to make
suggestions regarding the organization of segments and
whether you want each one named, dated, numbered, etc. in
the menu.
The story must
eventually have a conclusion.
Unfinished and abandoned tales may eventually be
removed. Tales that have been removed may be
resubmitted in finished form, or with a
firm commitment to complete it in a reasonable amount of
time.
About the Editing
Process
The Scrapbook is an unofficial web-site run by one fan member who has many other involvements, so be patient but also feel free to send a reminder if you think something may have slipped by. There is no staff to check on the accuracy of the site. If you see mistakes, or links that don't work, please let Primula know via a pm on the boards.