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.
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.
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.
Hehehe, okay I am still failing to read this piece without bursting into laughter. And am avoiding something to eat or drink. The letter is fabulous, but the icing on the cake is the scene in the courtyard. Yeps, I really really adore your Fingon, but the star is Maedhros here.
Thank you so much! the first time I read the Silmarillion, I remember thinking when I read about the dragon: "This guy just does not stop with the high-risk stunts."
This is brilliant! I was laughing out loud at some of the crossed out lines (You have always been a reckless idiot) and the challenge of dealing with ... well, Fingon being Fingon. Maedhros's muttered "Typical" and Fingon's helm hanging on his saddle got me as well.
Thanks! Glad you approve. I started this a long time ago, trying to be serious and this is where I ended. Typical of me! (It is not, however, despite its silliness, at all AU to my canon.)
Thanks again! I am projecting a lot of myself into this one. I'll try very hard to figure out how to say something to someone and then when I see them, I open my mouth and what I really think just comes out!
You know, I have two brothers, and one is an accountant, very steady (boring) and the other is insane and fearless. I know what it's like to love someone who just doesn't seem to see a problem in taking on a dragon! I loved this and laughed at the glorious image of Fingon riding up TA TA DAAAAAH only to get yelled at for being so impetuous. :D
I am so in love with my own Fingon (that's the point of writing him, I guess)! I really feel for Maedhros at having to put up with him though. Thank you! So happy you enjoyed it.
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