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
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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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I like the concept and how you did it, using a fact about volcanic soil and and turning it into this really neat episode with Aule and Yavanna's interaction!
Oh, this is just perfect! Such a lovely glimpse into their relationship, on a few levels — they're so often seen a bit in opposition between his Dwarves and her trees, so it's lovely seeing them work synergistically. I also like your description of flowing rock and bringing in the way Melkor’s destruction is once again brought into accord with the benificient theme of the Music
A beautiful and clever use of the prompt. (Which also appealed to me!)
Thank you so much! I really wanted to show Yavanna and Aule complimenting one another rather than opposing--I'm of the opinion that the incident with the dwarves vs trees is an exception in their relationship rather than the norm--and of course the richness of volcanic soil coming out of the destructive nature of an eruption is such a neat example of the Music turning from discord back to harmony.
And I must thank you for bringing attention to the prompt on the discord--I had completely missed it before!
Thank you! I tend to think Yavanna and Aule work together like this far more often than they oppose one another, and I'm glad you liked this instance of it!
Thank you so much! I'm surprised the Valar singing is so rare. They were part of the Ainulindale, it seems so natural to write them enacting their power through song.
....leading to creation and growth is a stunning way to repair Melkor's damage of Middle Earth. Aulë is so happy to support Yavanna as they sing the plants and stones of the world into new and stronger forms.
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