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.
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…
This is an analysis on whether the Sindar ate the Petty-dwarves during the years they hunted them, completed for the 'Literary Analysis' prompt on the "Tolkien Meta" bingo card.
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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.
Thanks, Dawn! It caused an explosion of plot bunnies, unfortunately, comparing the Finwean cousins to philosophers across the ages and various other ridiculously nerdy ones.
So funny!!! Another great use of the promt. I'm beginning to feel sorry for Turgon with his three cousins against him! (not true: he should have learnt after his Gondolin experience)
Thanks, Angelica. I'm very hard and Turgon and can't, for the life of me, figure out what he did to earn the name "the Wise." (Maybe it was one of those details Tolkien intended to fill in?)
I enjoyed my re-reading of this short piece. Nice to see the cousins take a break from all the serious ME business once in a while. Finrod is an adorable drunk and I wouldn't mind being a waitress in this bar. ;-)
Hehehe, I would certainly love to have a chance to overhear such a funny exchange at the bar -- the boys are adorable here! Thanks for allowing us to be within an earshot for a moment :)
This was great! I was reading it again and laughing. Just what I needed to lift my spirits after reading the climax of Chalice. I don't like Turgon (except when he stars in weird pairings in Jdav's stories) . Finrod is cute when drunk! Maedhros's parting shot was too good :D
Thanks for reading! I agree that strictly canon Turgon does not grab my heart the way the rest of his cousins do. Oh, yes, Jdav takes playing with canon and re-interpreting its characteers to unique heights. I'm glad you liked the ending.
In short, this is really and truly funny. Love Fingon mentioning the Athrabeth. Thanks for writing! Have you ever read Perelleth's The True Story of Amárië and Finrod? I'm not implying anything, honestly; I just think you might enjoy it if you have not already read it.
Thanks, Alqua. I have not read Perelleth's story of Amarie and Finrod. I will have to find it. As much as I do love Finrod, I can't resist taking a gentle poke at his saintliness in much of fanon. He was at least as strong and motivated as cousins.
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