If you’re keen to attend one of the LIVE FAN EVENTS being held next week on November 4 in various (or November 5 in Sydney and Wellington), then best hurry as many of the competitions to win tickets close today.

Below are links to all the contests we know about right now (and if you know of one that’s not listed, please e-mail us at spymaster@theonering.net). Note: tickets to these events cannot be purchased.

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Time is running out to submit your story for this months Rewrite Tolkien contest, featuring characters from The Hobbit in the style of Edgar Allan Poe.  Contest deadline is Monday, October 28th at 12:00pm (noon), Eastern Standard Time.  The winner will have their story read live on the first TORn Tuesday of November.  Please read the submission guidelines here and good luck!

TORN-Tuesday-300-250 TORn Tuesday will be chatting with Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee) later today at 5pm PT.

So join us on theonering.net/live then! Additionally, Sean and TORn Staffers Cliff “Quickbeam” Broadway and Justin Sewell will be at Cross Campus in Santa Monica for another public discussion with FilmBreak at 7pm. So if you happen to be in the area, come along! Continue reading “Sean Astin appearing today on TORn Tuesday!”

NYCC - New York Comic-Con At 12 noon today, TheOneRing.net staff will be presenting An Unofficial Sneak Peek: The Desolation of Smaug in Room 1A14 at the New York Comic-Con.

Join us then! But if you’re going to NYCC, be sure to get in line early — the room may be full!

Plus a quick reminder: swing by the TORn stand at the Con at Booth 3008, particularly if you’re on the hunt for our merchandise. As we’ve previously announced, many of our current designs are being retired and this will be your last opportunity a whole bunch of our awesome t-shirts, buttons and other goodies! Continue reading “Get an unofficial sneak peek at The Desolation of Smaug at Comic-Con today!”

TheOneRing.net Emporium of Goods & Sundry Somethings — HomeIf you’ve wanted to get your hands on any of TheOneRing.net’s merchandise available at shop.theonering.net, now is the time! We’ve been asked to remove the vast majority of our designs and will be permanently retiring them as soon as the remaining stock is sold out. Some of our most popular styles, including OBEY, May the Dwarves Be With You, and Shirebucks Coffee will be never again produced and will be relegated to live on in your vast geek culture shirt collection! Alas, we will also be removing our ‘This is Our Fight‘ poster featuring Tauriel. So as cliched as it sounds…everything must go! As always, your purchase helps support the internet’s only fully not for profit Tolkien community – TheOneRing.net! Thank you for your support! [Shop.TheOneRing.net]