The Silmarillion Writers' Guild--An Online Community for Silmarillion Study and Fan Fiction

Current Challenges

Just Say It with a Gift!
In Tolkien’s legendarium there is a lot of gifting happening, including in The Silmarillion. We would like to challenge you to write about gift-giving (be it material or immaterial) by your characters or perhaps to write about traditions of gift-giving amongst the people who lived during the ages represented in The Silmarillion.

Songs of Arda
Music is important in The Silmarillion. This month's challenge asks authors to look at the role of music and songs in Arda. Stories and poems should focus on music, whether the casual influence of music in daily life or on a specific song on instance where music was used.

Site News

URGENT! Library of Tirion Author Recommendations Needed!
The Library of Tirion is a section of our archive for stories by authors who were active in the fandom prior to the creation of the SWG archive. We only have a few more Library of Tirion stories left to post and would like to keep this part of our site active. Please recommend your favorite stories by authors who posted prior to 2007! Use the Library of Tirion page to request new authors.

May 2012 Newsletter
May's newsletter has been posted with news from within and beyond the SWG, a recap of the month's stories, and a biography of Vaire the Weaver.

Back to Middle-earth Month 2012
Thanks to all our 2012 B2MeM participants for making it a month to remember! This May, we'll have a few more opportunities to showcase your favorite B2MeM creations, so stay tuned at our B2MeM community.

FAQ Updates
We have revised two of our FAQs: our definition of "Silmfic" and our image use policy. The December 2011 newsletter has more details.

Attention Internet Explorer 9 Users!
We have recently seen a spate of reported problems from members trying to use our archive with IE 9. The archive will work with IE 9, but you'll need to set your browser to compatability mode. Microsoft's help page can assist you in setting your browser to work with the archive.

Around the World and Web

Ardor in August
Have you always wanted to read a certain pairing or scenario, but couldn’t write it yourself? Have it written for you – specifically and especially for your own sweet self! And share your own fic gift in exchange! The Ardor in August Fic Exchange is now accepting signups through May 20! This post has more information about how to participate in Ardor in August.

LotR Genfic Community
The LotR Genfic Community has two challenges for May. In the Bunny Hutch challenge, you will be assigned a plotbunny suggested by another participant. You can learn more about and sign up for the Bunny Hutch challenge here. The Sky art challenge will supply a word associated with the sky. You can learn more about and sign up for the Sky art challenge here.

Teitho
Heirlooms are the theme for this month's challenge. The deadline for this challenge is May 25th. The Teitho website has more information.

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Character of the Month Biographies

Every month, SWG features a new character from The Silmarillion in hopes of inspiring our members to consider characters to whom they might not have given much thought in the past. Our newsletter features a brief biography of that month's character, and these biographies are compiled here for ease of reading and research.

Characters are listed alphabetically.

Aegnor

Oshun

Originally featured September 2010.

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Character of the Month Biographies