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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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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Start to Finish
Choose one of the famous first lines from the list below and use it to start your story. If you are creating a fanwork other than writing, you may use one of the first lines 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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Ha, ha, it is exactly the scene we get at home on a weekly basis, without the brains. That silence in the middle was so.... maningful. Always fun to see the antics of these guys. And I love Thu's crown...
I have been enjoying these comics. I like the way the Maiar come across as very ordinary people - 50% of the time. The other 50%... well, they aren't human and it shows. Fred, janitor of Mandos.
This is utterly outrageous! I love that part about something smelling sour! That reminds me of a certain little boy that I know. Too much... you are on fire with these recently.
Hahaha, my Orclings would love a stay at Thu's dungeon too, does he take bookings? Most interestingly, does he lock them in there or join in the entertainment?
Hee! It's the ultimate Man Cave, and yes, Thû joins them. It's his retreat from the daily grind of sorcery and werewolf-wrangling. He does take bookings, but just like the Hotel California, you can check in anytime you want, but you can never leave. ;^)
Oh, now, now, you're humoring me. This is not great art work by any stretch of the imagination. Folks oo and ah over those many glorious drawings on deviantArt (and said artwork deserves the accolades). My stuff is nothing more than doodles. Nonetheless, thanks!
Professor Thû is still pretty mild-mannered here. He won't be as the story continues, that is, when Finrod, Beren, and the gang finally arrive on the scene.
I am not humoring you! So it's not Rembrandt on his best day. It's fabulous for the genre and subject matter and love the characterization you get across. Nevermind me,I am still a little crazy today.
I know it's about Melkor and Fëanor (I do like his very Noldorin features. and his bulging biceps, btw) but what cracks me up is smug!Thû and his camera. Research or blackmail, who knows...
I read it all in one setting (unexpected change of my schedule meant reading time). I had a good chuckle at
- Mpreg (that was an era *ffn.net flashbacks*)
- Beer and nachos (I did think Mae looked bloated)
- Melting snow (poor Gothmog. He should move to Siberia or Canada where it's cold enough it won't melt)
- Melkor's baldness (yeah right, why would he be clipped if he's bald?)
- Thû's pc
- The last comic strip... I wouldn't trust that picture in Thû's hand. If it were 2024, I bet he'd post it everywhere on Reddit, Tiktok, Twitter...
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