Tolkien may have been the maker of Middle-earth, but that wasn’t all he wrote. This month we encourage everyone to explore Tolkien’s other works—prompts for this challenge will come from Tolkien’s non-Middle-earth works.

Please remember that we are a Silmarillion archive, and fanworks for the challenge must have a significant basis in The Silmarillion. The challenge is to create a Silmarillion fanwork using prompts from Tolkien’s non-Middle-earth texts; it is not a challenge for fanworks about those texts, although crossovers remain welcome on our archive. See our FAQ on “Silmfic” for more information on how we define Silmarillion-based fanworks.

To receive a prompt for this challenge, comment on our Dreamwidth,send us an ask on Tumblr, post to the #monthly-challenges channel on our Discord, or message us through the SWG site.

In order to receive a stamp for your fanwork, your response must be posted to the archive on or before 15 May 2022. For complete challenge guidelines, see the Challenges page on our website.

silmarillionwritersguild:

As the Northern Hemisphere bids farewell to winter, we pay homage to a sport that, like writing and art, involves both technical skill and artistry: figure skating. For this challenge, you will design a skating program using a list of skating element prompts. You can also collaborate with one or more other creators for the pair and team events!

In order to receive a stamp for your fanwork, your response must be posted to the archive on or before 15 April 2022. For complete challenge guidelines, see the Challenges page on our website. (Links from Tumblr sometimes trigger a redirect error; if you don’t end up on the Challenge page, select the “Challenges” link from the top menu.)

Thanks to Wanyin for suggesting this month’s challenge and thanks to Lyra for the artwork used in the banner and stamps!

Reminder: 10 days left to post your challenge response if you want the stamp!

As the Northern Hemisphere bids farewell to winter, we pay homage to a sport that, like writing and art, involves both technical skill and artistry: figure skating. For this challenge, you will design a skating program using a list of skating element prompts. You can also collaborate with one or more other creators for the pair and team events!

In order to receive a stamp for your fanwork, your response must be posted to the archive on or before 15 April 2022. For complete challenge guidelines, see the Challenges page on our website. (Links from Tumblr sometimes trigger a redirect error; if you don’t end up on the Challenge page, select the “Challenges” link from the top menu.)

Thanks to Wanyin for suggesting this month’s challenge and thanks to Lyra for the artwork used in the banner and stamps!

silmarillionwritersguild:

Yavanna and Aulë. Andreth and Aegnor. Gimli and Legolas. You know what they say, opposites attract…or do they? In this month’s challenge, it’s entirely up to you! We’ll present you with a pair of opposites to do with as you choose, whether that’s romance in the air or tragedy in the offing.

If you’d like to receive a prompt for this month’s challenge, comment on our Dreamwidth, send us an ask here on Tumblr, or email us at [email protected].

As in years past, because February is Black History Month, we encourage fanworks about characters of color and will have a special stamp for them. In addition, we are opening our new Art section, so artwork will also receive a special stamp.

In order to receive a stamp for your fanwork, your response must be posted to the archive on or before 15 March 2022. For complete challenge guidelines, see the Challenges page on our website.

Reminder: 10 days to post a challenge response if you want the stamp!

Yavanna and Aulë. Andreth and Aegnor. Gimli and Legolas. You know what they say, opposites attract…or do they? In this month’s challenge, it’s entirely up to you! We’ll present you with a pair of opposites to do with as you choose, whether that’s romance in the air or tragedy in the offing.

If you’d like to receive a prompt for this month’s challenge, comment on our Dreamwidth, send us an ask here on Tumblr, or email us at [email protected].

As in years past, because February is Black History Month, we encourage fanworks about characters of color and will have a special stamp for them. In addition, we are opening our new Art section, so artwork will also receive a special stamp.

In order to receive a stamp for your fanwork, your response must be posted to the archive on or before 15 March 2022. For complete challenge guidelines, see the Challenges page on our website.

Every January, we kick off the year with a challenge to nudge us to recommit to our creative lives by creating a fanwork for one of the previous year’s challenges. Whether finishing that epic novel for the challenge that ran away or making a sketch or writing a drabble, the idea is to make somethingfannish during the month of January with one of our challenges as inspiration!

You do not need to use a new prompt to be eligible for this challenge. Participants can choose to complete any of the previous year’s challenges. Did you miss a challenge you wanted to complete? Do it now. Did you start a fanwork for a challenge but never completed it? Here is your chance to finish. If you didn’t leave any unrealized or unfinished projects behind you (congratulations!) or if none of the unfinished challenges strike your fancy, choose from any of our past challenges.

You will receive a stamp on your 2021 collection for any challenges that you complete now*, as well as a stamp for the New Year’s Resolution challenge on your 2022 collection. When you post to the SWG archive, please make sure you select the 2021 challenge you’re completing and the New Year’s Resolution challenge.

*If you choose to complete a challenge older than 2020, we will not be giving out past stamps; you will, however, receive your January 2021 stamp.

In order to receive a stamp for your fanwork, your response must be posted to the archive on or before 15 February 2022. For complete challenge guidelines, and a list of 2021 challenges,see the Challenges page on our website.