Happy 17th Birthday, SWG!

The end of July roughly marks the SWG's birthday, so we are pleased to have reached seventeen amazing years as a community and fanworks archive for the Silmarillion fandom!

We do not honor an exact date as a birthday because Dawn Felagund and ford_of_bruinen, our founding moderators, recruited members to their new group across the course of several days at the end of July. It was then that the first of many conversations, fanworks, and friendships were sparked. At the time, the website was still almost two years away, and the SWG existed on Yahoo! Groups and LiveJournal.

So here's to a happy 17th birthday with much love and gratitude to the many, many volunteers, creators, fans, and readers who have made those 17 years (!!) possible.

Posted on 30 July 2022 (updated 30 July 2022) by Dawn Felagund