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Screw Yule
| Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Screw Yule |
| Date(s): | 2004—present |
| Moderator(s): | Zhie |
| Founder: | |
| Type: | |
| Fandom: | Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion, The Hobbit |
| Associated Community: | Little Balrog @ Yahoo! Groups (Wayback Link), @Discord |
| URL: | 2024 AO3 Collection |
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The Screw Yule is a fanart and fanfiction points based challenge in the Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and The Hobbit fandoms. Beginning in 2004, the challenge has ran for over 20 years.
History
Originally hosted on Little Balrog, a fan run Yahoo! Group. The event is now run from AO3 and Discord.
Guidelines
Points are earned for anyone who writes, reads or betas.
- You can write as many drabbles or ficlets you want each day. I wouldn't dream of coming between you and fresh smut.
- The suggestion is drabbles (100ish words) or ficlets (something around a thousand words) but if you want to go longer, by all means. Honestly, though, this is like a writing warm-up for the start of a brand new year of fanfictional delights, and drabbles and ficlets are nice little things you can usually write in under twenty minutes. This allows you to play with the elves, but still have time to enjoy your break or, if you're not on break, the first weeks of the first month. You'll also be able to gain more points this way.
- You won't be stopped from writing something that isn't R or NC17, but for this, why would you want to? (But, you can if you want.)
Scores and Prompts
2024
January 1st - January 20th
Reviewing & Betaing
- Give kudos — 5 points
- Review another entry — 10 points
- Beta someone's entry — 25 points
Writing
- Use a Super Prompt and write under a thousand words — 50 points
- Use a Super Prompt and write over a thousand words — 100 points
- Use a Super Prompt and write EXACTLY 1000 words — 350 points
- Use a title from the Title List — 75 points
- Story or chapter unrelated to anything above — 50 points
Art
- Non-animated icon — 25 points
- Animated icon — 50 points
- Mood board — 100 points
- Free choice — 250 points
Collaboration Bonus Points
- 2 artists or 2 authors collaborate on a single piece — 100 points
- 1 artist and 1 author collaborate, creating a piece that goes with the other — 150 points
- Bonus to either of the above per additional collaborator — 50 points
Special Little Balrog Rule
- Deduction of 1,000,000 House Points for using the following pairing...
Glorfindel/Balrog (or Balrog/Glorfindel... don't make the mistake I did...)
Title List — 75 points
- The Sacred Goose
- Unleash the Oath
- Judged
- Footprints
- Dangerous Illusion
- Coming Tomorrow
- Dark Gifts
- Stars & Lilies
- The Fall of the King
- Thieves & Lies
- Isle of Seven
- Year of the Archer
- Trial of the Senses
- Burnt Skies
- Thorns & Roses
- Cry of Wolves
- The Shattered Needle
- Built for Pleasure
20 Rare Pairs — 100 points
- Aredhel/Nellas
- Finrod/Gimli
- Fingon/Edrahil
- Ecthelion/Legolas
- Celeborn/Celebrimbor
- Rog/Salgant
- Celegorm/Eöl
- Arwen/Haldir
- Glorfindel/Caranthir
- Maglor/Morgoth
- Elrond/Gilraen
- Maedhros/Azaghâl
- Nerdanel/Nienna
- Erestor/Galadriel
- Gildor Inglorion/Lindir
- Amairë/Elenwë
- Curufin/Turgon
- Aragorn/Thranduil
- Elladan/Orophin
- Mithrellas/Nimrodel
Super Prompts
- The 999 Smut Challenge (999 points)
Discussed during the 2023 Scribbles & Drabbles celebration, it is difficult to create a story, with plot, and smut, in 1000 words or less. This challenge is to go one better -- exactly 999 words, with a plot and naughtiness. Manage this one, and you earn 999 points.
- Second Person Porn (1000 points)
Typical stories are written in first or third person. Second person, placing the reader into the story either as a self-insert story or as a 'through the eyes of' story for a particular character are rarer. Take this super prompt and write a story in second person, and gain a bonus of 1000 points.