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!
January Challenge: Jubilee In celebration of our twentieth birthday year, create for any of our past challenges and earn stamps that you missed!
Mereth Aderthad 2025: Call for Fanworks Do you want to share a fanwork at Mereth Aderthad? The interest form for fanworks creators is now open, and sign-ups for fanworks will begin on February 15.
But at the very end of the letter she spoke of one more prisoner that Elladan and Elrohir had discovered in one of the deepest dungeons of Dol Guldur, locked away behind a door unopened in so long that the hinges had rusted.
We get together from time to time on the SWG Discord and produce spontaneous fanworks based on randomly chosen prompts. This collection includes drabbles, ficlets, and other flash fanworks produced as part of our instadrabbling sessions.
Maedhros closes the shutters, one by one. "You're late," he says, voice low but not unkind.
Current Challenge
Jubilee
This January, for our annual amnesty challenge, any challenge from January 2017 onward is fair game! Read more ...
Random Challenge
Meet & Greet
For our annual Matryoshka challenge, we add an interactive component. Receive your first prompt and track down the rest by interacting with other SWG members or finding prompts posted online. Read more ...
Tolkien Fanfiction Survey data from 2015 and 2020 shows that Tolkien fans have diverse views on Tolkien's authority but suggests that adherence to his authority is decreasing over time.
Video and materials from our session on how to write a proposal for a Tolkien conference. The session covers how conferences work, the different types of sessions, and how to structure and write a proposal.
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.
Like Smaug, Scatha, a great cold-drake of the North, keeps track of his hoard.
Around the World and Web
Maedhros & Maglor Week 2025
Maedhros and Maglor Week is a Tumblr event that welcomes fanworks of all kinds about Maedhros and Maglor and their relationship.
Blind Fic Exchange
A fanfic version of Blind Date with a Book, this monthly exchange lets you give and receive fanfic recommendations.
Tolkien Femslash February
Tolkien Femslash February 2025 on Tumblr is a prompt list for each day of February, offering four-word prompts for all kinds of femslash fanworks.
February challenge at tolkienshortfanworks
The February Challenge at tolkienshortfanworks has been posted to the community on Dreamwidth. Thematic prompt: recovery. Formal challenge: story-telling. As usual, these can be filled separately and freely combined with other prompts, such as the SWG's monthly challenge prompts. New participants welcome.
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.
-- I would not run north from Belgium either, so, fair. In any case, I have never seen anything like this before, or thought about it, so maybe you are in the clear?
-- When I think of Maglor killing someone softly, it's not with his song... But I am sure his song slays, too.
-- The Luthien one is so clever! Really, the lady is a tramp. (Wrong decade, though.)
I am hoping for them that hitchhikers in Belgium, at any rate, are less likely to meet orcs and balrogs!
There were a couple of posts on Tumblr at some point (of the crack-taken-seriously type), one about Maglor's skill as a battle bard lying in reducing the orcs, etc. to such weeping so much that they could not fight, and the other about eldritch Maglor's Noldolante being deadly to listeners. But my own Maglor still is, as he used to be, more of a rogue practitioner of elvish music therapy.
Comments on Funky Haikus
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.