Jubilee

SWG Jubilee challenge banner - the word "Jubilee" in a large handwritten font over a blue background spangled with silver stars. At the top is the text "Silmarillion Writers' Guild Challenge"; at the bottom the text "1 January - 15 February 2025"

We always like to start the new year fresh and with creativity. To that end, we begin the year with an amnesty, allowing you to create a fanwork for any of the previous year’s challenges. To celebrate the SWG’s 20th anniversary year, we’re expanding that in our second ever Jubilee. (Yes, we know Jubilees are traditionally every 25 or 50 years. We’re not that patient, so we’re making our own Jubilee tradition—do one when it feels right.)

Any challenge from January 2017 onward is fair game for the amnesty this January! If there’s a challenge you’ve been eyeing that was before your time, or one you’ve been kicking yourself for missing, this is your moment. If you started a challenge response but never finished it, here’s your chance. Done them all? We are in awe. Also, you can create for any of them—just make sure you post to the Jubilee challenge to get your stamp.

If you’re all worn out from all 2024 threw at you but ready to go on a fanworks binge, the Jubilee includes commenting stamps.

During the Jubilee, you can collect any existing challenge stamp. The only new stamps we’ll be giving out are the Jubilee-specific ones.

There are a few caveats and mod requests:

  • We will not be making new stamps for previous challenges - you can receive any existing challenge stamp.
  • Challenges with mod-assigned prompts are now self-select, and the prompts can be found on the challenge page. That being said, if the fun of a challenge is having a prompt lobbed at you by the mods, you can contact us, let us know the challenge you want, and we'll choose for you.
  • Please inform the mods if you need commenting stamps for prior challenges, and which stamps you need. (All challenges have commenter and 5 comment stamps, some challenges have stamps for 10 or higher numbers of comments.If you’re not sure, ask—the mods will be happy to tell you how high the comment count stamps go for a particular challenge.)
  • Resolution challenge: Resolution stamps are not available. Please do not tag for the Resolution challenge.
  • For bingo challenges, please let the mods know if you need any special bingo stamps:
    • For Potluck (2024), in addition to row, column, diagonal, and card blackout, there are commenter bingo cards—if you play comment bingo, let the mods know you need the appropriate comment bingo stamps. (Row, column, diagonal, or card blackout.) There is also a stamp for boardmakers; we will accept and post new boards through the Jubilee deadline.
    • For Roaring 20s (2023), there are row, column, diagonal, and card blackout bingo stamps; there are also stamps for each individual board, so specify in the notes or let the mods know which board(s) you played.
    • For Words of Wit and Wisdom (March 2021) or Vintage (May 2022) row, column, diagonal, and card blackout stamps are available.
    • For Crackuary (February 2020), row fill and blackout are available.
    • For Sitcom (September 2018) and Taboo (January 2017), row fill is available.
  • For Matryoshka challenges:
    • If you need to email the moderators for prompts, please include the challenge name and date in the subject line. (For example: Hero's Journey May 2017.)
    • If you do a Matryoshka at the Difficult level, let the mods know - there is a special stamp.
    • For Meet & Greet (February 2024), only the first prompt was emailed to participants—the others had to be gathered through interaction with SWG members. There is a list on the challenge page of participating members.
  • November/December challenges:
  • The following challenges have Live Event stamps, which may be collected by participating in Instadrabbling on January 18-19. Session 1 will be 3PM UTC January 18 (what time is that for me?); session 2 will be 6PM UTC January 19 (what time is that for me?).

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Fanworks Tagged with Jubilee

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Changeling by Zara BalrogBalls

An epistolary series of unsent letters from Celeborn to Celebrían after her departure, chronicling the construction of a memorial garden in Lothlorien. 

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Instadrabbles (delayed dribbles) by 0ur_Ouroboros

A selection of brief writings (mostly conforming to drabbles but some veer into dribble territory) from the SWG events on January 18-19, 2025.

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Celebrimbor: 30-Day Character Study by cloudyhymns

Notes and writings on Celebrimbor, following the 30-Day Character Study challenge prompts.

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Hot Chocolate by Artano

Short interaction between Maedhros and Caranthir, written during an instadrabbling session.

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At a distance by bunn

Cirdan watches and waits, while the world goes down into the dark. 

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January 2025 Instadrabbling writings: Olwë, Tuor, Illuvatar, Finrod, Dior, Gil-galad by Quente

Short fanworks for the following prompts:
    •    hurt, delusions, tandem, fly
    •    The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.
    •    Oh, this spacious sky/Is not poetry enough for our swelling lungs
    •    Smells like teen spirit generator: annoying siblings
    •    From a random page of On Fairy-Stories: beauties, terrors, sun, power
    •    Even a wounded world holds us, giving us moments of wonder and joy.

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That's how the light gets in : a double drabble. by bunn

In the halls of the Maker, the Children sleep, until a bell sounds.

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Competition by Artano

Finrod answers a tutor's question before Caranthir can

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Jubilant Potluck by Grundy

Drabbles written for Jubilee, fulfilling prompts from Potluck and other previous challenges.

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Maglor and Daeron's Not-So-Excellent-But-Kind-Of-Fun Adventure by Independence1776

Maglor, a Jedi, gets roped into investigating the theft of the Silmarilli and some Sindarin treasures. His partner? The Singer Daeron.

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The darkness was fitting by Aprilertuile

Netyalindë was walking home slowly, after the Valar announced the horror that had taken place in Alqualondë, promising it would be the last time such a deed is seen in their lands.

Her eyes had gotten used to the darkness around her she thought. Or perhaps it was that she knew those streets like the back of her hand-stitched pocket that currently held in secret the brooch that Fëanáro had made for her for her wedding to his second-born son. 

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Jubilee Drabbles by Elrond's Library

Some drabbles from the 1/19/2025 instabrabbling event 

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Sing before you can speak by Aprilertuile

Maitimo held his baby brother in his arms, and was surprised when the baby started to emit a melodious sound. 

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Warm air but chilly water by Aprilertuile

Telperion’s light was bathing Oromë’s Wood in a quiet and eerie atmosphere that Tyelkormo loved. He alone among the elves was awake at this time of the night... 

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In the deep dark forest by daughterofshadows

Escape attempt from Nan Elmoth

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Cataclysm by chrissystriped

Melkor returns

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A Bright Winter's Night by chrissystriped

Estel enjoys the view of the starry winter sky

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Comforting Food by chrissystriped

Angrod has to comfort his son.

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Tomber dans les pommes by daughterofshadows

Celebrimbor fainted. Narvi worries about her friend.

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It's about pride by Aprilertuile

The text below is born of a conversation I had with a friend irl, in which she said she'd love to have an epic love story the like of Beren and Luthien (We're both fans of Tolkien so...)

Only the way I read it, the story of Beren and Luthien is not about love, but about pride: It's an epic lesson on the subject of pride and greed. 

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A bit of mischief by daughterofshadows

Elrond and Celebrían sneak out one evening. Set pre-relationship in Lindon.

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Comparisons by Himring

Finduilas of Dol Amroth is not like Finduilas of Nargothrond at all, is she? 

Or so she used to think.

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Jubilee by polutropos

Ficlets for the Jubilee Challenge instadrabbling. 

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Unchangeable by Artano

After re-embodiment, Finrod struggles to adjust to Valinor and pick up the threads of his old life

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Freedom, Escape by StarSpray

“Elrond!” Elros screamed, and Elrond had time to see him being held back by Bregolon before everything went topsy-turvy, and the underbrush closed around him, branches and leaves slapping at his face. His head bounced against hard metal, and through the confusion he realized—too slowly—that it had not been one of their party who had grabbed him, but one of the orcs. 

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