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…
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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 ...
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Major Arcana
Select a Tarot card and use any aspect of the card or its description to inspire your fanwork. 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!
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Oh oshun, what a twist! The thought of Fingon writing fanfiction and almost smashing Maedhros' laptop in the process is just priceless, what a flip of real life... I thought you would never mention Arthur and Merlin, you kept them till last! I had to LOL and giggle several times, but Galadriel and the Seven Dwarves and Fingon's testicles in peril just sent me into hysterics. Thanks for a good laugh.
This is too funny! And sounds pretty true. I loved the witty tone and the references (priceless, indeed). The line about Finrod and werewolves is histerical :D
I'm a self-deprecating PC-user myself. And, in case you hadn't picked up on it yet, Fingon is my alter-ego--more courage than brains. That is a round-about answer to your question: of course Feanorians prefer Macs!
Thanks so much for reading and commenting. I am glad it made you laugh.
AH HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You had me at Arwen and Aragorn as Minnie and Mickey Mouse, but Maedhros' decision that Káno = Merlin because of the funny ears really and truly did me in!
I ought to be embarrassed, but I am not. It was a great time-waster when I should have been working. And has entertained people so far! Can't spit at that. (It is in my Elves in Manhattan canon! Which a la Jael is simply an extension of my earlier canon. Really, I ought to say it is at least slightly AU to those I guess or I will lose all of my tenuous credibility.)
Galadriel and the Seven Dwarves. Now THAT would be a scream (and yes, I'd worry too if I was Fingon)! That was hilarious, Oshun! I always love it when you let the zany out because your wit is biting and spot on. Heh...Minnie and Micky. Now I'm going to see them wearing mouse ears when I look at them. Thank you for sharing! I bet it wasn't easy given how much you like to edit, but it came out great. Sometimes it's best to just shut the censor up and post.
That story certainly must have painless because I completely forgot that I had written it. Alas, nobody remembers BBC Merlin now! Or maybe they do, but now that Colin Morgan has grown up his funny ears are far less noticeable. I still love the idea of Maedhros in reading glasses. Seriously! All crackfic aside, that is hot!
Thanks so much for reading it. And being kind about it also! Oh my.
Aragorn and Arwen as Mickey and Minnie and Faramir and Eowyn as Donald and Daisy?!
WOW!
This wins the prize as the most bizarre and hilarious crossover ever! I'm looking for humor and inspiration, and have hit the jackpot today...Now it's time to go back to real life for a few hours, or get nothing at all done around here.
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