Founded in 2005, the Silmarillion Writers' Guild exists for discussions of and creative fanworks based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion and related texts. We are a positive-focused and open-minded space that welcomes fans from all over the world and with all levels of experience with Tolkien's works. Whether you are picking up Tolkien's books for the first time or have been a fan for decades, we welcome you to join us!
New Challenge: Potluck Bingo Sit down to a delicious selection of prompts served on bingo boards, created by the SWG community.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kiliel Week 2024
Kiliel Week is a Tumblr event for fanworks about the Kili/Tauriel pairing.
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The Silmarillion Writers' Guild is more than just an archive--we are a community! If you enjoy a fanwork or enjoy a creator's work, please consider letting them know in a comment.
Thanks, Erulisse! I was worried it might have a vague potential to offend morning people, but I suppose actually, since it does equate night people with evil, it has the vague potential to offend everyone. =)
Thanks! I really wanted to resist the urge to narrate first-person with Mairon because he's been butting into my writing way too often lately and I don't want to encourage that, but this satire somehow seemed to call for it. =D
I read "Morning People" earlier this week one morning before I scuttled off to my job as orc-scribe in the Biotech Battlement of Pharma-dûr. As I drove my Nazg-Cooper, I thought to myself, "How could I not love Huinarë's Morning People?" And when I reached work, with all my fellow biopharma-orcs lined up at the Altars of Keurig, I thought how wonderful it would be to have a coffee-fountain. Then, after the Altar of Keurig had brewed my Thangorodrim Dark Roast, I raised my cup and silently toasted a certain Maia:
"Mairon, you made the right decision."
Excellent and hilarious story, H! I think you might guess I quite liked it and found it to be relevant. :^D
Glad you don't mind me borrowing Mairon, he's been trying to upstage everyone else I write lately (go figure). I was considering executing this plotbunny from another character's viewpoint, but it just didn't seem fitting... PS and RE: the jumping the shark bit on your reply to my comment on 'Lesion.' I will not believe that is possible until he actually jumps a shark off the coast of Andórë. =)
Do you know if Melkor is still employing, or will do when he returns from the Void? I'm not a morning person, I hate what in this parts of the world is labelled as "coffee". I love your story. In no particular order.
Thank you, Russa! I myself can only hope Mister Melkor will be hiring upon his distinguished return from the Void, as I too am not a morning person (and all the cool kids are in his employ anyway).
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