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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Motley Crew by Himring

Maglor survives the tsunami that hit the coast of Middle-earth during the Fall of Numenor, in the company of a somewhat unexpected group of fellow survivors.

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Jubilee Instadrabbling by elennalore

1. Ar-Pharazôn muses on progress and opportunity.

2. Curvo gives Tyelko a begetting day present.

3. Turgon misses Elenwë.

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Only Starlight by Varda delle Stelle

The relationship between the Eldar of a young Beleriand and Elbereth's Stars.

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Chase the Wind by StarSpray

Then he heard movement in the bushes. He tensed, hand going to the hilt of his knife, but the next sound to emerge was a small whimper. “Eluréd?” called Elurín from across the camp.

“One moment,” said Eluréd. He crept closer to the sound, and parted a few branches to find a bundle of blankets, tightly wrapped, and something squirming and crying inside them.

“What is it?” Elurín asked from behind him.

“A child.”

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With Lights and Holly and Songs of Good Cheer by cuarthol

In Post-First Age Valinor, Finrod and Elwing create a new custom to share with one another, to keep them connected to their past and kin.

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All the More Did He Seek Their Friendship by StarSpray

Silver light poured through the windows, catching and refracting on the crystals hung about the room, twinkling like tiny stars. The court of Tirion was particularly splendid that evening, Indis thought as she sat upon the dais beside Finwë, watching the dancing. A rare event: all of their children and grandchildren were present, and even Fëanáro seemed to be in good spirits as he twirled about the floor with Ëarwen.



But still Indis felt uneasy.

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Lúthad "Enchantment" {story + podfic + illustration} by Anérea

When Melian and Thingol met they silently stared at each other for two hundred years. What actually happened between them during that time? And why could no one find them?

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Shadow's Instadrabbles by daughterofshadows

The home of my insta-drabbling pieces!

(and the odd drabble of undetermined origin)

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All Hues and Honeys by Dawn Felagund

This is my latest collection of pieces too small to stand alone, often written for events on the SWG Discord.

The Latest:
"Fly." Fingon's faith in his friendship with Maedhros leads him to the decision to rescue him.
"Salt." Uinen discovers the kinslaying.
"Sunship." Nerdanel places the final cog in the sunship as an act of resistance.
"No One Heard That." The histories withheld some details of Fëanor's muster of the Noldor.
"Cracked." Námo explains death to a young Fëanor.
"Sunship, Reprise." The sunship's launching, from the perspective of the other side of the sea.
"Shadows beyond a Campfire." The sons of Fëanor build a campfire after the Nirnaeth.
"The Neologist." Pengolodh on language and history at three points in Gondolin's history.

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Morning Mist and Silver Sun by StarSpray

A place to store drabbles and ficlets, mostly written for various prompts.

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