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.
The majority of the Silmarillion was penned by a single Elf--an Elf who was so thoroughly written out as to appear only through the ways in which their perspective shaped the stories we see. This is their story, the historian's history, the Pennas Pengolodh.
The Exiles of Gondolin come to Sirion. The residents of Sirion welcome them, and friendship blossoms between the last remaining loremaster of Gondolin and a young poet of Sirion.
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.
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
B2MeM 2009
Back to Middle-earth Month in 2009 offered a daily prompt connecting our personal experiences to our creative work. 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.
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.
Thank you! I was rather pleased with it myself ... and surprised that I managed something like this at 9 AM! :D (Lord, don't tell me I'm becoming a morning person ...)
OMG! I don't need to watch that show because that is my everyday life! Or more like preventing what happens when the pre-teen to adult ratio is too high!
These guys and their little bromance started with "The Sovereign and the Priest" and they have been on my mind ever since. Curufin is a frequent victim. (He's an easy target, poor Curvo.)
This one maybe especially, because of the descriptions of the sea and the unexpectedness, although of course I love your Feanor and Nerdanel, and the two of them together.
Thank you! ^_^ This one definitely surprised me because I don't write Elwing often. But I was happy with it as well. Thanks for your kind encouragement!
OMG! I adore this one. I can really relate to the judge. (Judge Judy of the Eldar!) This is wonderful and amazing. Get with the program, Caranthir! You're not in Kansas Beleriand anymore and Tirion is not the one you once knew either!
Holy shit, now this lady is going to have a place in the Republicverse as a Judge Judy character! She needs her own story.
Thanks for reading! I'm laughing that your most enthusiastic response so far would be for the one that's not really a drabble! :D (I got away with cheating on this by writing two perfect drabbles and then smooshing them together.) And I *angsted* to get it down to even 200 words. Anyway, I'm glad you liked it. <3
If I have writing time to myself, it is never the form I choose. Instadrabbling is all about the social angle for me, and the chance to practice at being concise for once ... which I need help with. XD
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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.