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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!

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Silmarillion Writers' Guild - Mereth Aderthad 2025 - July 19, 2025 - Burlington, VT, and online - a celebration of creativity and scholarship inspired by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien

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Choose a summer-related prompt or prompts from a collection of quotes and events from Tolkien's canon and his life.

Mereth Aderthad Interview: Interview with Varda delle Stelle by Shadow
Varda delle Stelle is the featured artist for cloudyhymn's Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation "The Design of Dragons and the Doom of the Dwarves." Shadow spoke with Varda about her own connections to the earth and concepts in cloudyhymn's presentation, her creative process, and her hopes for her Mereth Aderthad paintings.

Mereth Aderthad Interview: Interview with Kai by Shadow
Kai is the featured artist for Maglor's Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation, "Gil-galad was an Elven King: Kingship and Personhood in the last High King of the Noldor." Shadow spoke with Kai about his wide range of interests and inspirations in the legendarium and why Maglor's presentation so intrigued him that he finished the art for it the first night.

Mereth Aderthad Interview: Interview with Reese by Dawn
Reese is the featured author for polutropos's presentation "'Kidnap Fam' and the Living Legendarium" at Mereth Aderthad 2025. Dawn spoke with reese about the silences storytellers leave, mythology, and the appeal of alternate universe fanfiction.

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A collection of drabbles about women in Tolkien's Legendarium. 

[Writing] High in the Clean Blue Air by StarSpray

They passed out of Lhûn and the wider coastline of Middle-earth opened up before his eyes. He had wandered those shores for centuries, and even now he felt the pull of that same wanderlust, and knew he would miss them for the rest of his life. Their wildness, the untamed waves, the rocky…

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Video and materials from our session on how to give a presentation at a Tolkien conference. The session covers how to practice, plan, and prepare for the presentation; what to expect on the day of the presentation; tips for participating in the Q&A; and how to plan ahead for common worries and mishaps.

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Fish is the featured artist for Stella's Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation "Cherished antagonist, despised protagonist - a defence of Elu Thingol." Shadow spoke with fish about his creative process, the importance of both tragedy and eucatastrophe to Tolkien's works, and the appeal of "greyness" in Silmarillion characters like Elu Thingol.

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As the featured artist for cloudyhymn's Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation "The Design of Dragons and the Doom of the Dwarves," Varda delle Stelle describes her idea for this presentation as springing fully formed as Athena from Zeus's head. Varda chatted with Shadow about what drew her to this presentation, her approach to painting, and her hopes for her Mereth Aderthad work.

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Tolkien's "Collected Poems": A Link Collection by Himring

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Fanwork Notes

This is a collection that I started compiling as preliminary research for a piece that I hope to write later, but that might perhaps have a bit of independent value to someone, so I decided to offer it up for Tolkien Meta Week.

I may add to it, so it is not marked complete. 

I hope the link descriptions will serve the purpose for now; they were done in haste and may be expanded a bit later.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

A collection of links to material publicly available online on the The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien, the edition by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond, published in September 2024.

Major Characters:

Major Relationships:

Genre: Reference Collection

Challenges: Tolkien Meta Week

Rating: General

Warnings:

Posted on 8 December 2024 Updated on 8 December 2024

This fanwork is a work in progress.

Tolkien’s Collected Poems,

Blog post of March 12, 2024, from the blog of Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull, announcing the forthcoming publication and describing the project.

Tolkien Notes 21

Blog post by Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull, October 2024, relating to the publication of the edition the previous month.

Addenda and Corrigenda to The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien (2024)

Blog post by the editors containing a collection of  Addenda and Corrigenda to the edition.

The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien

David Bratman comments on the announcement of forthcoming publication on the Tolkien Society Website, 17 March 2024

A First Look at ‘The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien’

Review by Holly Ordway, 30 September 2024

First publication of J.R.R. Tolkien’s collected poems offers new insights into the Lord of the Rings author’s personality

Review by Tom Emanuel, 10 September 2024

The Tolkien Geek Reviews “The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien” (ed. Scull & Hammond, 2024)

YouTube review by The Tolkien Geek, 14 Oct 2024

TCG Review - The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien edited by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond

Review(s) by Urulókë, onthetrail, Mr. Underhill and Trotter. 11 September 2024, with edits.

Some statistical thoughts about The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien

Blog post by David Bratman on the Tolkien Society website, 10 October 2024

The Collected Poems of J.R.R. Tolkien

The entry on the edition from Tolkien Gateway (wiki)


Anérea (Laiquendi snuggled in a tree)

Anérea

6 months ago

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This is quite the list of…

This is quite the list of reviews. I looked at Wayne and Christina's informative and interesting "making of" post. For the reviews, with so many things to read, I'm happy to just wait for your review (whenever it comes, it'll be precisely on time!)

I also peeke at the errata and, as an impatient perfectionist who's been in desktop publishing and made more than my fair share of print errors, my first reaction to the long list was visceral! But the collected poems is a startlingly massive tome (and the source material so often difficult to decipher) so that is actually a relatively short list! I probably shouldn't be surprised that he wrote so many poems, considering the volumes of his other work, but by the same token, how on earth did he find the time, between work, family, and recurrent illnesses!? (Then again, looking at my own disregarded heaps of unshared writing and drawings that my timewasteful perfectionism deems notgoodenough, and knowing he was apparently similarly afflicted, I guess I know the answer.)

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In reply to This is quite the list of… by Anérea

Thank you for checking this…

Thank you for checking this collection out! I'm glad you found things of interest to you.

Wayne and Christina's reputation for accuracy is very high indeed. I think it is a testimony to that thoroughness and also to their scrupulous honesty that they found and posted that list of errata and addenda so quickly, even though at first sight the length of the list might suggest the opposite. It was a really tricky editing job.

I find fascinating not only that there are so many, but how some of the poems grow and transform alongside and within the Legendarium!

 

 

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