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The Silmarillion Writers' Guild Presents Mereth Aderthad 2025 - July 19, 2025, Burlington, VT and online - A celebration of creativity and scholarship inspired by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Sign-ups for fanworks creators are open! Registration is open!
Mereth Aderthad Registration Is Open!. Registration for attending Mereth Aderthad is open for both in-person and virtual attendees and will remain open through the day of the event.
SWG Challenge - Birthday Bash - 14 March through 16 April 2025
New Challenge: Birthday Bash. In honor of our twentieth birthday, we look back at twenty years of SWG history with a new poetry, image, and word prompt each day.
So You Want to Present at a Tolkien Conference? Session 2: Putting Together the Presentation, April 12, 1:00 PM ET, silmarillionwritersguild.org
So You Want to Present at a Tolkien Conference? Putting Together the Presentation. Part of our ongoing series to support fans who want to present at Mereth Aderthad and other Tolkien conferences, this session will share strategies for putting together a paper and presentation.
Interview with Shadow by Himring - The Aromantic in Tolkien - Silmarillion Writers' Guild - Mereth Aderthad 2025 - July 19, 2025 - Burlington, VT, and online - a celebration of creativity and scholarship inspired by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien
Mereth Aderthad Interview: Interview with Shadow by Himring. Himring interviewed Shadow about their upcoming presentation for Mereth Aderthad, "The Aromantic in Tolkien," and their inspiration for pursuing this topic that is rarely covered in Tolkien scholarship.
The Silmarillion Writers' Guild Presents Mereth Aderthad 2025 - July 19, 2025, Burlington, VT and online - A celebration of creativity and scholarship inspired by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Sign-ups for fanworks creators are open! Registration (in-person and virtual) will open March 15.
Fanworks Sign-Ups for Mereth Aderthad Now Open!. Sign up to create a fanwork for the Mereth Aderthad live event or for the event fanzine or both! The program for meta and scholarship has been posted on our website. Registration will open March 15.
Character of the Month: Vidumavi of the Northmen by Secondborn
Character of the Month: Vidumavi of the Northmen. A seemingly minor character, Vidumavi's story illustrates the themes of fellowship, the fading of faerie, and the dangers of racial hierarchy.
Tolkien Fanartics - Mapping Arda, Part III: The Second Age
Tolkien Fanartics: Mapping Arda - The Second Age. In the third part of the Mapping Arda series, Anérea and Varda delle Stelle present a selection of fan-created maps of the lands of the Second Age.

Latest News

Mereth Aderthad Registration Is Open!
Registration for attending Mereth Aderthad is open for both in-person and virtual attendees and will remain open through the day of the event.

New Challenge: Birthday Bash
In honor of our twentieth birthday, we look back at twenty years of SWG history with a new poetry, image, and word prompt each day.

So You Want to Present at a Tolkien Conference? Putting Together the Presentation
Part of our ongoing series to support fans who want to present at Mereth Aderthad and other Tolkien conferences, this session will share strategies for putting together a paper and presentation.

View all SWG news.

Newest Fanworks

Clear Pebbles of the Rain by StarSpray

But at the very end of the letter she spoke of one more prisoner that Elladan and Elrohir had discovered in one of the deepest dungeons of Dol Guldur, locked away behind a door unopened in so long that the hinges had rusted. 


Maglor has been rescued from Dol Guldur, and now faces a long road of healing.

2025 Birthday Bash Prompt Fills by silmalope

Sketches inspired by the 2025 Birthday Bash challenge prompts!

The Message is Me by StarSpray

Eärendil comes to the Ring of Doom to plead before the Valar. 

Interview with Maglor by Shadow by maglor-my-beloved, daughterofshadows

Maglor spoke with Shadow about his upcoming presentation for Mereth Aderthad, "Gil-galad was an Elven King: Kingship and Personhood in the last High King of the Noldor," and what makes Gil-galad such an intriguing—and mysterious—character.

A Grief Ever-Worsening by Flora-lass

Maeglin writes to Idril.

New in References

Interview with Maglor by Shadow by maglor-my-beloved, daughterofshadows

Maglor spoke with Shadow about his upcoming presentation for Mereth Aderthad, "Gil-galad was an Elven King: Kingship and Personhood in the last High King of the Noldor," and what makes Gil-galad such an intriguing—and mysterious—character.

Interview with Shadow by Himring by daughterofshadows, Himring

Aromanticism is a topic not often covered in Tolkien scholarship, but many Tolkien characters can be read as aromantic. In this interview, Himring talks with Shadow about their upcoming Mereth Aderthad presentation "The Aromantic in Tolkien."

Interview with Stella Getreuer-Kostrouch by Quente by Stella Getreuer-Kostrouch, Quente

Stella Getreuer-Kostrouch has always felt deeply connected to the character of Elu Thingol. In this interview, Quente asks about this connection and how Stella sees Thingol as unjustly treated by many in the fandom.

Newest Artwork

2025 Birthday Bash Prompt Fills by silmalope
Digital pencil sketch. Melian mourns her dying husband, cradling his head in her lap.

Sketches inspired by the 2025 Birthday Bash challenge prompts!

Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings, Creator Chooses Not to Warn

Dusk by Anérea
Young Andreth wearing a cloak that looks like a moth

Young Andreth in a moth cloak

Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

The Fishes Advise Cirdan in the Matter of the Elven Rings by Himring
3 columns made up of alternate sequences of hyphens and the letter u, arranged in the outline of three fishes side by side, facing upwards

Adaptation of a concrete poem by Christian Morgenstern for the Dark Matter Challenge.

Rating: General
Warnings: No warnings listed

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