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Call for Fandom Promo Post Volunteers
Calling all fans of our "small" fandoms! Many people are aware of Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Silmarillion, and Rings of Power. But there are many more fandoms in Innumerable Stars, and we have a special place in our hearts for the small fandoms.
Last round's promotion of the "small" fandoms was a success. We not only had more nominations for those fandoms, we also had more fanworks for them! So we are planning to do another round of promo posts this year - ideally fresh ones, not just recycling last year’s posts.
We're looking for volunteers willing to write a promo post for one or more of the fandoms on our small fandoms list - meaning any fandom with less than 100 works posted to AO3. We'd also be very excited if anyone wants to promo the fandoms newly added this round - unlike the others, they don't have any posts from previous rounds to fall back on if there are no volunteers.
The promo posts will be posted on Tumblr and Dreamwidth to get people looking at the fandoms in advance of nominations. Your post should answer the following in your own words:
Note: If you would like to suggest a fandom to be added to Innumerable Stars, now is the time! We are open to adding fandoms based on material written by Tolkien or media adaptations thereof. (Musicals, operas, movies.) We do not add new fandoms once nominations open.
Our small fandoms list is below. Bolded fandoms are new this year - we really need promo posts for these fandoms! The links in most cases go to the works for the fandom on AO3; in a few cases, they go to the work itself. Please note the numbers were accurate at the time the list was compiled, but it's possible more works may post before nominations begin.
* Fandom is not tagged separately on AO3; either merged with another Tolkien fandom, or merged with the original (non-Tolkien) source
¹ Any poem included in another fandom should be nominated under its original fandom; Collected Poems is reserved for poems not released elsewhere.
² This fandom includes all production versions - Finrod-Zong, The Ring of Felagund, and Finrod the rock opera all count. We will post the canonical AO3 tag once assignments go out so works can be tagged correctly.
Last round's promotion of the "small" fandoms was a success. We not only had more nominations for those fandoms, we also had more fanworks for them! So we are planning to do another round of promo posts this year - ideally fresh ones, not just recycling last year’s posts.
We're looking for volunteers willing to write a promo post for one or more of the fandoms on our small fandoms list - meaning any fandom with less than 100 works posted to AO3. We'd also be very excited if anyone wants to promo the fandoms newly added this round - unlike the others, they don't have any posts from previous rounds to fall back on if there are no volunteers.
The promo posts will be posted on Tumblr and Dreamwidth to get people looking at the fandoms in advance of nominations. Your post should answer the following in your own words:
- Summary - what is this fandom about?
- Why should I check out this canon?
- Where can I get this? (The mods are able to assist somewhat with this.)
- What fanworks exist already? (We have links to the tags on AO3, but people who are into the fandom can probably add a bit more - you probably know better than we do if there is more to be found and where.)
- Optional: provide an image (The image must be either your own work, or a stock photo/other image that allows posting - no copyrighted images, please.)
Note: If you would like to suggest a fandom to be added to Innumerable Stars, now is the time! We are open to adding fandoms based on material written by Tolkien or media adaptations thereof. (Musicals, operas, movies.) We do not add new fandoms once nominations open.
Our small fandoms list is below. Bolded fandoms are new this year - we really need promo posts for these fandoms! The links in most cases go to the works for the fandom on AO3; in a few cases, they go to the work itself. Please note the numbers were accurate at the time the list was compiled, but it's possible more works may post before nominations begin.
| Fandom | Works on AO3 |
|---|---|
| War of the Rohirrim | 88 |
| 33 | |
| Tolkien (2019) | 29 |
| The Father Christmas Letters | 26 |
| The Adventures of Tom Bombadil | 20 |
| 18 | |
| 13 | |
| Mr. Bliss | 11 |
| The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorhthelm's Son | 11 |
| The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun | 11 |
| Born of Hope | 10 |
| Leaf By Niggle | 7 |
| The Fall of Arthur | 6 |
| Farmer Giles of Ham | 4 |
| Sellic Spell | 3 |
| Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | 3* Tolkien |
| The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún | 2 |
| Sir Orfeo | 2*Tolkien |
| 0 | |
| Eärendilova Plavba (Eärendil's Voyage musical) | 0 |
| Finrod Rock Opera² | 0 |
| 0 | |
| The Hunt for Gollum (fan movie) | 0 |
| 0* | |
| Notion Club Papers | 0 |
| The Pearl | 0 |
| 0 | |
| The Book of Lost Tales | ?* |
* Fandom is not tagged separately on AO3; either merged with another Tolkien fandom, or merged with the original (non-Tolkien) source
¹ Any poem included in another fandom should be nominated under its original fandom; Collected Poems is reserved for poems not released elsewhere.
² This fandom includes all production versions - Finrod-Zong, The Ring of Felagund, and Finrod the rock opera all count. We will post the canonical AO3 tag once assignments go out so works can be tagged correctly.
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