New Challenge: Potluck Bingo
Sit down to a delicious selection of prompts served on bingo boards, created by the SWG community.
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Bingo Cards Wanted for Potluck Bingo
Our November-December challenge will be Potluck Bingo, featuring cards created by you! If you'd like to create cards or prompts for cards, we are taking submissions.
Tolkien Meta Week, December 8-14
We will be hosting a Tolkien Meta Week in December, here on the archive and on our Tumblr, for nonfiction fanworks about Tolkien.
New Challenge: Orctober
Orcs on a quest for freedom seek a place sheltered and safe from the Dark Lord. Fulfill prompts to gather the clues needed to bring them to freedom.
New & Updated Fanworks
[Writing] Collection of Potluck Drabbles by Artano
This is a collection of true drabbles completed for the 'Four Words' drabble bingo card.
[Writing] An End to All Things by Thorveig
Mairon stood in utter stillness for it seemed to him that the voice of his master mocked him from afar...
At the end of the First Age, Sauron makes a choice.
[Reference] Mapping Arda, Part III: The Second Age by Anérea, Varda delle Stelle
A series of articles featuring fan-made maps of all the lands of Arda. Part III explores the island of Númenor and mainland Middle-earth during the Second Age.
[Writing] The Reckless Hearts of Mortal Men by mouse
Two years before the Nirnaeth Arnoediad, Húrin and Huor journey from Dor-lómin to Eithel Sirion for a war council with their new allies from the East. A story about the stirring of hope and foreshadowing of woe. Well-peppered with humour.
[Artwork] Valier & colours by daughterofshadows
Semi-abstract arts representing the queens of the Valar.
[Artwork] 2024 Potluck Doodles by silmalope
Assorted prompt fills for the 2024 Potluck bingo boards, to varying degrees of completion! :)
[Writing] Ransom of the Fairy Twins by Rocky41_7
Maglor and Maedhros trade Elrond and Elros to King Gil-galad in exchange for a Silmaril, but they have miscalculated.
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Potluck Bingo
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One True Love
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New in References
Mapping Arda, Part III: The Second Age by Anérea, Varda delle Stelle
A series of articles featuring fan-made maps of all the lands of Arda. Part III explores the island of Númenor and mainland Middle-earth during the Second Age.
Doom and Ascent: The Argument of ‘Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics’ by Simon J. Cook
Simon reads 'Beowulf: the Monsters and the Critics' to conclude his account of the Anglo-Saxon tower of its allegory.
Why People Don't Comment: Data and History From the Tolkienfic Fandom by Dawn Walls-Thumma
A reworking of the 2018 article for Long Live Feedback that includes data from the 2020 Tolkien Fanfiction Survey, pointing to a lack of comments as related to skill, confidence, and community connection.
Featured Themed Collection
Part of our Themed Collection series for our newsletter, this collection features fiction, artwork, and essays that transcend the idea of Orcs as the enemy, instead considering their humanity.
Alliterative Verse for Arda by Rhunedhel
Part of our Themed Collection series for our newsletter, this collection features alliterative poems about Middle-earth.
Beyond the Silmarillion
[Writing] Homage to the Song of Durin by Flora-lass
Legolas is inspired by Gimli's song - and by Gimli himself.
[Artwork] Long-tressed Wingildi by Anérea
"... the long-tressed Wingildi ... spirits of the foam and the surf of ocean."
~ a painted sketch for Scribbles and Drabbles 2024.
[Writing] Partners in Craft by elennalore
Annatar realises that he might like Celebrimbor too much.
Around the World and Web
Fluffcember 2024
Fluffcember is a Tumblr event with daily fluffy prompts during the month of December.
Hidden Paths 2025
Hidden Paths, an event dedicated to the celebration of smaller Tolkien canons, has released their early prompts for the 2025 event.
Teitho November/December Contest: Healing
The theme for Teitho's November/December contest is healing.
Lord of the Rings Secret Santa 2024
LotR SESA has been ongoing for twenty-one years and is running again this year as a prompt meme hosted on AO3 for all genres of Tolkien-based fanfiction.
November challenge at tolkienshortfanworks
The challenge for November has been posted to the tolkienshortfanworks community on Dreamwidth. Thematic prompt: refuge. Formal challenge: include imitation of a sound. As always, these can be filled independently and also freely combined with SWG and other challenges. New participants welcome!
Truly All Fanworks
This page includes all fanworks from the main SWG archive and the Beyond the Silmarillion section.
Elements of Maedhros by Elwin Fortuna
Five stories, mainly about Maedhros, tracing his relationship with Fingon, his mental breakdown after Fingon's death, his healing, and their reunion at last.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Fingon, Maedhros |
| Major Relationships: Fingon/Maedhros |
| Genres: Drama, Romance, Slash/Femslash | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 6 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Galdor of Gondolin by oshun
Galdor of the Tree appears in The Book of Lost Tales, in the story of the Fall of Gondolin, a notable supporting character in this central tale of the legendarium.
The Bowman from Greenwood by Russandol
All of my Silmfic stories featuring Legolas are in this collection, ordered chronologically.</p><p>Please heed the warnings for each individual story.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Beleg, Elrond, Eönwë, Finrod Felagund, Galadriel, Gimli, Glorfindel, Ingwion, Legolas Greenleaf, Manwë, Sauron |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 2 April 2021 | Updated on 2 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is complete. |
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Gathering Dusk by Idrils Scribe
A chronicle of the Angmar war, as seen from Rivendell.
| Canon Source: The Silmarillion and Related Works |
| Major Characters: Amarië, Fingon |
| Major Relationships: No major relationships listed |
| Genres: Adventure, Drama, Experimental, Fixed-Length Ficlet, Poetry | Challenges: No challenge listed |
| Warnings: No warnings apply | |
| Posted on 7 March 2021 | Updated on 1 April 2021 |
| This fanwork is a work in progress. |
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Conversations with Maglor by AndyC
Maglor keeps getting pulled into conversations about the past. About the Silmaril, the Oath, and even the Succession of the High Kingship.
He's usually honest.
an anti-Athrabeth by Aerlinn
Not really what it says on the tin. It's just that Andreth never quite seems to agree with Finrod, much as I may like him, and I can't seem to let that go. Aegnor, of course, is never heard from at all. My athrabeth-based scribbles more or less belong to the same mood, though it has not been that consistent.
Pollen and Passion by Lferion
Glimpses of Nerdanel, Feanor, Ambarussa, and people important to them through time
Tales for Teitho by Kaylee Arafinwiel
The Silmfics I write for Teitho will go here, beginning with August 2019's "White Flower's Wilting".
In my end is my beginning. by Lilith
A collection of stories, ficlets, drabbles and other works related to Back to Middle-Earth Month 2020
Fear No Darkness by Independence1776
Silmarillion-Star Wars fusion where Maglor's a Jedi.
From Aman to Eregion by Raiyana
Combining all my Curufin/Telperína to Celebrimbor fics in one place
A Question... by Raiyana
The Life and Times of Erestor, Vampire.
Our little song by Leithriel
Just a collection of stories about my favorite characters/ships in Silmarillion
In Honour of Oshun\'s 100th character bio by Himring
Oshun has tirelessly written character bios featured every month in the SWG Newsletter and always brings something special to them.
The character bio in the newsletter of May 2019 is no. 100 of these!
From the Sun\'s First rising by Idrils Scribe
Tales of the Fëanorians in Beleriand.
Maglor and Daeron at 1am by anriondrakonion
For some reason, I get really inspired to write Maglor/ Daeron stories at 1am.
13th Birthday Instadrabbling by Dawn Felagund
The SWG turned 13 and was allowed to get social media and all kinds of creative madness broke loose as we gathered and instadrabbled in honor of 13 years of fandom, fiction, and of course, great friends. This collection includes drabbles, ficlets, and other flash fanworks produced for our 13th birthday.
Fëanor and Nerdanel Happy With No Angst At All by feanorusrex
The tiny beans being happy.
Violently Feminist Interpretations of Tolkien\'s Women by feanorusrex
Hey Tolkien can I get uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, some more feminist themes??
Silmarillion40 by Dawn Felagund
Collected fiction, art, and poetry from the Silmarillion40 event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the publication of The Silmarillion.
Subcreation: A Collection by Dawn Felagund
Tolkien\'s theory of subcreation states that it is part of our deepest human nature to create secondary worlds. This collection of drabbles, ficlets, one-shots, and sketches follows the thread of subcreation across the span of the legendarium. (Ficlet Collection)
The Tale of Turin by Kaylee Arafinwiel
Turin Turambar, Master of Doom by Doom mastered! We know the life of the son of Hurin, but more mundane events...hmm. So far I\'ve written of his coming to Doriath and a brief incident in his fostering there. As for more, we\'ll see...
