The Fellowship of the Ring Essay Contest
 

Write an essay on any member of the Fellowship of the Ring or Gollum. Your essay can be of any length, but it must be focused on only one character. You may discuss any aspect of the character you choose, but you must write about the person in the book, and not the role or actor in the movies. The essay may contain fact, opinion, speculation, or any combination of the three, but it may not include any vulgarity, sexuality, or drug references.

Age Categories
Entries will be grouped according to the age of the author.
13 and under
14-17
18-22
23 and above

Judging
A panel of judges will determine the winners in each category. Winners will be chosen subjectively based on several factors, including writing skill, originality, and overall readability. As with our previous writing contests, everyone can enter and have a fair chance of winning, but you should put some effort into preparing your entry before sending it in.

Entries
Each person can send no more than three entries. Each entry must be sent to fellowship@barrowdowns.com as an attached word processor file (preferably Word). Each essay must have a Title. Each submitted e-mail must include your Name, E-mail address, and Age.

Time
All entries must be received before 15 February, 2003. That's not a long time, so hurry!!

Prizes
One First Place prize will be awarded to each Age category. Additional Prizes may be awarded to selected runner-ups in each Age Category, based on the availability of prizes.

First Place Prizes
Each winner in each category will win a
The Two Towers Soundtrack CD

Additional Prizes
Second place in each category will win a
Barrow-Downs Golf Cap

Does it have to be just one character, or can it be on two, or the whole fellowship, such as merry and pippin, or the relationship between Legolas and Gimli?

How long does it have to be? any word limit?

[ January 08, 2003: Message edited by: eleanor_niphredil ]

It was stated in the rules.

I suppose you can do Gimli, and then discuss his relationship with Legolas, as well as everything else. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

I told all my class at school, so you might get a few entries there.

I was wondering, can we do about Arwen?

Again, it was in the rules...

Well, yeah, Arwen IS in FotR, only she´s not important, and her discision isn´t in it. Technically, it´s not in any of the books.

So, can we? And what about character development? Can we write something like "in TTT, Aragorn does this-and-that" if we draw paralells to FotR?

The rules and guidelines are already posted...so just follow them and stop asking questions.

Manardariel,
I think it means the Fellowship of the Ring, the Fellowship, not the book that goes by that name. So, that would mean you can't write about Arwen.

Davin,
I agree! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

Yes, the Fellowship of the Ring:

Gandalf
Aragorn
Boromir
Frodo
Sam
Pippin
Merry
Legolas
Gimli
&
Gollum

I entered ages ago. I hope i sent it to the right place! Mine was on GOLLUM! How he's misunderstood.

That is tomorrow guys! Hurry!

Not that I'm trying to rush you or anything, Mr Barrow-Wight, but when do you think the results of the contest will be up?

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