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.
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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'm very glad you enjoyed it. Honestly? Celebrimbor wasn't an elf I gave much thought to before this, and I found I had a lot of sympathy for him in the end. Not a whole lot went right in his life *g*.
I was just thinking the other day that I hadn't read anything by you in a while and that I missed it--then, lo and behold, you posted two stories the next day! :) This was a beautiful and poignant depiction of unrequited love; I think you did very well in showing not only Celebrimbor's tenderness toward Galadriel but, also, his frustration in being passed over in favor of another, all done very subtly and eloquently. Although the piece is short, a lot simmers just beneath the surface; it feels like centuries are built up behind it. In short: masterfully done! :)
Oh, I'm so glad you liked this. I was working through a series of prompts - take a word and write for ten minutes - and kept coming up with characters or settings I don't normally go near. This was my favourite. I ended up feeling quite sorry for him - hope she at least smiled when he gave her the ring.
I have several fics I keep meaning to post and never get round to, really need to get down to it. Thank you for noticing I'd been quiet :)
This is so very lovely, and also a vey interesting part of Celebrimbor's character brought out. Poor Celebrimbor, to long so for her attention, and to not understand why it will never happen in the way he wants...
<i>When you smile, soft rain kisses the earth, sea birds call tales of the deep, spring blooms lift their heads to the warmth. When you smile, the whole world pauses to smile with you...</i> *melts*
To love and long and to forever be in the shadows.... I felt so very sorry for him because he had loved her so long but it was never to be, she'd made her choice. Thanks so much for commenting, love.
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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.