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.
Fingon returns to Barad Eithel after a late-autumn hunt, finding someone unexpected with his wife. The night takes an even more unexpected turn for all three of them.
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.
Created for the 'Geography/Maps/Places' prompt on the "Tolkien meta" bingo board, this is a collection of maps marked with the various people groups showing how they arrived and moved about Beleriand. This collection focuses specifically on the time from the arrival of the Teleri, Vanyar, and…
Current Challenge
Potluck Bingo
Help yourself to a collection of prompts on bingo boards designed by members and friends of the SWG. Read more ...
Random Challenge
Heroes
Create a fanwork about a hero, whether the typical saves-the-world type or the unlikely, unsung, and accidental, those who have been forgotten or perhaps were never noticed at all, who made their worlds a better place. Read more ...
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.
He and Diamond were visiting, though Pippin had been disappearing every afternoon, and taking Frodo and Elanor and most other lads and lasses in the neighborhood with him—though why they couldn’t use Pippin’s own pony, Sam couldn’t imagine.
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.
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!
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.
Excellent! Love the beefed up confrontation between Anairë and Fëanáro. That really works well. Characterization is well-crafted per your usual. Anairë and Nolo are both compelling, and I eagerly look forward to reading their continued tale. You're on a roll with this!
Thank you! I had misgivings at first, but it just fit! Your comments and encouragement are to be blamed for this end result (blamed in a good way, of course!).
I found Aiken by accident, and I am in awe of his poems. The way he draws a theme and image throughout a collection is fantastic! *swoons with!*
Long and flimsy banners of sheer grey linen curled in the wind between the columns. When Anairë had been a child, she had run among them, smiling at the soft touch-kisses the material had pressed to her cheeks. Now, she pushed them aside carelessly.
Oooooh, nice! This is a great example of your talent for taking a simple material object, like a curtain, and turning it into something meaningful. Brava!
Excellent portrayal of Ana's indignation at Nolo's undermining her. Really felt her frustration and I could identify with her.
And the wrestling scene? OMG. That is hot! Fantastic work with ratcheting up the sexual tension between them
I like it a lot. It is vibrantly alive and feels true and authentic to me and is filled with youth and promise (which like most Silm fics makes it poignantly bittersweet in light of our knowledge of the future of this charming couple). I really am growing to like Anairë and Fingolfin more and more with every chapter.
Thank you, oshun. I am glad that these two are growing on you! Your encouragement keeps me churning out the chapters. So, thank you for your kind words here and at LC!
Playing catchup today, I've just torn through your last few chapters quite happily. Really enjoying the way you've characterized people as well as the descriptions - and really enjoying the story!
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