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 ...
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 so much! Yeah, the prompt took me a bit to kind of wrap my head around for the challenge since I was really expecting more of an AU kind of thing, something that contradicts the more generally accepted events, and this only added detail - but once I made peace with that I loved it since this is exactly the kind of fic I love writing! <3
It's so beautiful! I could really feel Tuor Sea longing in my own heart (at this time of the year I also want to go to the sea so bad) and I love that Voronwe's sense of frinedship wil take him anywhere Tuor will go, the same goes for Idril.
And Earendill has received the fate of his father, to search for a home that lies beyond the horizon...
Thank you so much! It has always bothered me a little that Tuor and Idril just off and left Earendil (especially given the state of Beleriand!) - I want to believe that Tuor hoped he could do something about it, or at least that he would return.
This is such a great series of scenes; I particularly like the one with Cirdan. Of course by now they'd all know better than to ignore a calling from Ulmo.
Thank you!! I loved thinking of this, so many great options for interactions and reflections on the state of everything. And yes, woe be to the one who ignores Ulmo!! Plus Cirdan has always been one of my very favorites <3
I really like how grounded/down to earth this is, with details like the color of the sails and how real you make the Havens with just a few words. I'm glad the three of them are going together, and I hope they do manage to arrive safely.
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