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the silmarillion writers guild the silmarillion writers guild silmarillionwritersguild swg archive current and past challenges swg news about us founded in 2005 the silmarillion writers guild exists to encourage and preserve fanworks in all media showcase research and scholarship by fans and provide a community for tolkien fans to connect with each other http silmarillionwritersguild tumblr com submit silmarillionwritersguild as a kid were you ever given a list of clues to solve to find the location of small prizes or did you play the types of games where you need to talk to people to track down the objects you need this month s challenge combines a scavenger hunt with a matryoshka challenge tie on your sneakers grab your map and canteen and get ready to search during a matryoshka challenge creators make a fanwork using multiple prompts that are revealed one by one like nesting dolls the scavenger hunt challenge puts a bit of a twist on the traditional matryoshka format you will still create a fanwork using multiple prompts however instead of receiving those prompts one by one from the moderators you will seek and find those prompts from other participants or by following clues to locate them on the swg website see the scavenger hunt challenge for more details about how to participate and the clues you need to start your hunt in order to receive a stamp for your fanwork your response must be posted to the archive on or before 15 june 2026 for complete challenge guidelines see the challenges page on our website 4 days ago 23 notes tolkien silmarillion silmarillion writers guild swg challenge swg scavenger hunt silmarillionwritersguild alt our may challenge will be an interactive matryoshka challenge meaning that challenge participants will provide prompts to each other how it will work if you want to provide prompts to participants you can sign up one or all of your fanworks posted to our archive these will become the clues in the scavenger hunt when participants solve the clue they will read view and comment on one of your fanworks or the specific fanwork you offer if you choose to offer just one you will reply to their comment with a prompt you can create your own prompt s or the moderators can provide prompts for you to use our hope is that this challenge encourages interaction and collaboration and results in comments for those of you who are offering prompts a few additional details to keep in mind before signing up the challenge will run may 15 through june 15 you do not need to be available every day to provide prompts and the moderators will be available to provide backup prompts if you can t however if you re planning to spend three of those weeks off grid in the wilderness it s probably best to sit this one out if you sign up a single fanwork and it is adult rated or if all of your fanworks are adult rated we will mark it as such so that participants who need sfw safe for work fanworks can find them you do not need to create a fanwork for the challenge in order to hand out prompts and enjoy the comments on your work if you make your own prompts prompts should be sfw and open ended prompts should not require creating about a specific character relationship group time period place genre etc if you want to provide prompts for the challenge you can sign up here silmarillionwritersguild this is the last call to sign up to be a prompt giver in our upcoming challenge which begins may 15 we will be closing down the sign up form at the end of the weekend hand out prompts get comments that s how it works 1 week ago 21 notes last call silmarillionwritersguild the silmarillion is a story about heroes often larger than life sometimes literally given how many characters claim to be the tallest and the performers of deeds worth the historical record yet hovering around the edges of the lives of heroes are ordinary people they are the companions the spies the messengers the servants and the soldiers their actions given the barest glance and their names unknown yet as the compendium of their deeds collected in this month s prompts show their impact on the tale is not insubstantial this month s challenge brings these unnamed unknown characters to the foreground create a fanwork about an ordinary character in legendarium using one of our collected quotes about the unnamed and undistinguished people of middle earth while you are welcome to write the scene from which the quote derives this is not the only approach to the prompts and we welcome all interpretations of the prompts and some have been left intentionally vague you can use all or part of a quote the only requirement of the challenge is that a background character plays a key role in your work thank you to erdariel for this month s stamps in order to receive a stamp for your fanwork your response must be posted to the archive on or before 15 may 2026 for complete challenge guidelines see the challenges page on our website silmarillionwritersguild there are ten days left to post a challenge response if you want the stamp 2 weeks ago 59 notes tolkien silmarillion silmarillion writers guild swg challenge swg everyman reminder silmarillionwritersguild alt our may challenge will be an interactive matryoshka challenge meaning that challenge participants will provide prompts to each other how it will work if you want to provide prompts to participants you can sign up one or all of your fanworks posted to our archive these will become the clues in the scavenger hunt when participants solve the clue they will read view and comment on one of your fanworks or the specific fanwork you offer if you choose to offer just one you will reply to their comment with a prompt you can create your own prompt s or the moderators can provide prompts for you to use our hope is that this challenge encourages interaction and collaboration and results in comments for those of you who are offering prompts a few additional details to keep in mind before signing up the challenge will run may 15 through june 15 you do not need to be available every day to provide prompts and the moderators will be available to provide backup prompts if you can t however if you re planning to spend three of those weeks off grid in the wilderness it s probably best to sit this one out if you sign up a single fanwork and it is adult rated or if all of your fanworks are adult rated we will mark it as such so that participants who need sfw safe for work fanworks can find them you do not need to create a fanwork for the challenge in order to hand out prompts and enjoy the comments on your work if you make your own prompts prompts should be sfw and open ended prompts should not require creating about a specific character relationship group time period place genre etc if you want to provide prompts for the challenge you can sign up here 2 weeks ago 21 notes silmarillion writers guild swg challenge silmarillionwritersguild the silmarillion is a story about heroes often larger than life sometimes literally given how many characters claim to be the tallest and the performers of deeds worth the historical record yet hovering around the edges of the lives of heroes are ordinary people they are the companions the spies the messengers the servants and the soldiers their actions given the barest glance and their names unknown yet as the compendium of their deeds collected in this month s prompts show their impact on the tale is not insubstantial this month s challenge brings these unnamed unknown characters to the foreground create a fanwork about an ordinary character in legendarium using one of our collected quotes about the unnamed and undistinguished people of middle earth while you are welcome to write the scene from which the quote derives this is not the only approach to the prompts and we welcome all interpretations of the prompts and some have been left intentionally vague you can use all or part of a quote the only requirement of the challenge is that a background character plays a key role in your work thank you to erdariel for this month s stamps in order to receive a stamp for your fanwork your response must be posted to the archive on or before 15 may 2026 for complete challenge guidelines see the challenges page on our website 1 month ago 59 notes tolkien silmarillion silmarillion writers guild swg challenge swg everyman silmarillionwritersguild most people remember best what they heard last and authors and songwriters have long capitalized on this trick of brain wiring by signing off their stories plays poems and songs with a truly memorable last line this month we pay homage to some of history s best and most noteworthy last words by offering a selection of them as prompts for creating a fanwork prompts for this month s challenge are assigned by a moderator you can request a prompt by emailing us sending us an ask on tumblr commenting on our dreamwidth or requesting a prompt on the monthly challenges channel on our discord if you have a preference for a last line from a book song play poem or person let us know if you get stuck and can t do anything with the prompt we lob at you feel free to ask us to try again if you create a challenge fanwork featuring a woman in a leading role let us know as we have a special stamp for women s history month thank you to ecthelioffd for this month s banner and stamps in order to receive a stamp for your fanwork your response must be posted to the archive on or before 15 april 2026 for complete challenge guidelines see the challenges page on our website silmarillionwritersguild there are ten days remaining to post a challenge response if you want the stamp 1 month ago 14 notes tolkien silmarillion silmarillion writers guild swg challenge swg famous last words reminder silmarillionwritersguild alt anna idleleaves will generously be continuing to host monthly instadrabbling sessions on our discord server on the first saturday of each month we welcome all creators to join us for an few hours of creating squeeing and hanging out with fellow fans on the following dates january 3 2026 at 6pm 18 00 utc find this in my timezone february 7 2026 at 6pm 18 00 utc find this in my timezone march 7 2025 at 6pm 18 00 utc find this in my timezone what is instadrabbling instadrabbling is a long standing community activity in the tolkien fanfiction fandom a group of friends gets together on chat someone throws out a prompt or four and everyone writes a drabble or whatever comes to mind we share our creations in the server and admire each other s work instadrabbling is low pressure and casual and all are encouraged to participate to whatever degree they are comfortable instadrabbling responses shared on our server can be about any aspect of tolkien s legendarium not just silmworks when we instadrabble we meet on the instadrabbling channel on our discord server discord invites can be requested at any time from the moderators all are welcome to join the discord whether you want to instadrabble with us or not hhimring another session today 4 april also on may 2 and on june 6 instadrabbling sessions for april may and june silmarillion writers guild silmarillionwritersguild org silmarillionwritersguild today s instadrabbling session begins at 2pm edt less than two hours if you d like to join join our discord here our discord is always open to new members so if you miss the invite window and want to join us request an invite from us here or via ask 1 month ago 21 notes swg instadrabbling instadrabbling silmarillionwritersguild alt fanworks fandom in 2026 is not a culture defined by boundaries generally fans accept that all manner of fanworks even if not to their personal liking have a right to exist ai generated fanworks however have pushed the limits of even fanworks fans considerable levels of tolerance when dawn and grundy were recently tasked with presenting about how the swg developed its ai policy they ended up taking a deep dive into the impacts of generative ai within the broader tolkien fanworks fandom finding that communities that are generally resistant to boundaries have set up firm limits on how ai can be used in their spaces social justice ethics and community governance all play roles in how fan communities have responded to generative ai and how larger fandom institutions have not you can read the article fandom draws the line fanworks ai and resistance here 1 month ago 53 notes silmarillion writers guild cultus dispatches silmarillionwritersguild most people remember best what they heard last and authors and songwriters have long capitalized on this trick of brain wiring by signing off their stories plays poems and songs with a truly memorable last line this month we pay homage to some of history s best and most noteworthy last words by offering a selection of them as prompts for creating a fanwork prompts for this month s challenge are assigned by a moderator you can request a prompt by emailing us sending us an ask on tumblr commenting on our dreamwidth or requesting a prompt on the monthly challenges channel on our discord if you have a preference for a last line from a book song play poem or person let us know if you get stuck and can t do anything with the prompt we lob at you feel free to ask us to try again if you create a challenge fanwork featuring a woman in a leading role let us know as we have a special stamp for women s history month thank you to ecthelioffd for this month s stamps in order to receive a stamp for your fanwork your response must be posted to the archive on or before 15 april 2026 for complete challenge guidelines see the challenges page on our website 2 months ago 14 notes tolkien silmarillion silmarillion writers guild swg challenge swg famous last words silmarillionwritersguild enamored as he was with language the chapters and titles of tolkien s broad range of works are often small works of art in and of themselves some carry the ponderous weight of legend others evoke complex metaphors and associations and some dance like poems upon the tongue this month s challenge offers prompts based on titles within tolkien s many and varied works we ve selected 125 titles from books chapters essays poems and fragments of text to inspire your fanwork note that fanworks do not have to be about the work the title belongs to although they certainly can be as always we encourage creative interpretations of our challenges and you can use the prompts however you want in order to receive a stamp for your fanwork your response must be posted to the archive on or before 15 march 2026 for complete challenge guidelines see the challenges page on our website silmarillionwritersguild a reminder that there are 10 days left to post a challenge response if you want the stamp 2 months ago 16 notes tolkien silmarillion silmarillion writers guild swg challenge swg title track reminder on page 1 of 168