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Admin Post: Mereth Aderthad RSVP for Meals Needed No Later Than June 22!cmcmck) wrote in common_nature2025-06-18 08:50 pmdaughterofshadows) wrote in silwritersguild2025-06-18 05:24 pm
Fish is creating the art for Stella Getreuer-Kostrouch's presentation "Cherished antagonist, despised protagonist - a defence of Elu Thingol" for Mereth Aderthad 2025. Shadow spoke with fish about his creative process, the importance of both tragedy and eucatastrophe to Tolkien's works (and to keeping his fans forever in the fandom), and the appeal of "greyness" in Silmarillion characters like Elu Thingol.
jesse_the_k) wrote in common_nature2025-06-17 06:39 pmI’m staying near a northern Wisconsin lake at 45.658965, -89.497625, where I’ll be revelling in 15:45 hours of daylight on the summer solstice. The logged-over forest is mostly red pine, and wow they’re pollinating—creating very abstract art near the dock
Pine pollen forms semi-opaque circles over shallow sandy beach
( two more pics )
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blackcatofmisery) wrote in common_nature2025-06-15 11:57 amgrundyscribbling) wrote in silwritersguild2025-06-14 09:43 pm
Summer is a season of flourishing, when life is at its peak. It is a time of plenty, when the light lingers long and celebrations dot the calendar. As we prepare for our big Mereth Aderthad celebration in just a month's time—an event that celebrates the vibrant life of our group and all of the creators and members who have shaped its history—we turn to the topic of summer. Like summer, we hope the SWG and the creativity and fellowship between its members will be a light that endures for many years to come!
This month, challenge participants will select their own prompts from a collection of prompts related to summer. The collection includes quotes from the texts, canon events, events in Tolkien's life, and quotes from Tolkien's letters. As always, you can mix and match prompts if you want, and we encourage creative interpretations of prompts.
In honor of Pride Month, there is a special stamp available for fanworks that focus on LGBTQIA+ characters.
Thank you to anerea 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 July 2025. For complete challenge guidelines, see the Challenges page on our website.
lizardjay) wrote in common_nature2025-06-14 08:28 pmdaughterofshadows) wrote in silwritersguild2025-06-14 01:08 pm
Cloudyhymn's presentation The Design of Dragons and the Doom of the Dwarves posits dragons as a corruption of Dwarves, both sharing a connection to the earth but on opposing sides, similar to the relationship Tolkien sometimes described between Elves and Orcs. Varda delle Stelle, the SWG's assistant art editor, will be creating two paintings as the featured artist for cloudyhymn's presentation at Mereth Aderthad 2025. 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.
You can read Shadow's interview with Varda delle Stelle here.
full_metal_ox) wrote in common_nature2025-06-13 09:23 pmpilottttt) wrote in common_nature2025-06-13 01:19 pmThis big and scarysmall and not scary at all spider was discovered on our ceiling. It was my macro lens that made it big and scary ;)
pilottttt) wrote in common_nature2025-06-12 12:36 pmIt was their first day out of the nest, which they spent on a branch just opposite our window.
For more information (in Russian), see here.
daughterofshadows) wrote in silwritersguild2025-06-11 09:03 pm
Back in March, we spoke with polutropos' about her presentation on the "kidnap fam" trope and its broad appeal in the fandom. Few episodes in the legendarium provoke such fascination and range of interpretations. Reese is the featured author for polutropos' Mereth Aderthad 2025 presentation, "'Kidnap Fam' and the Living Legendarium." Dawn spoke to Reese about her story, which is an epistolary found fiction, and the appeal of alternate universe, mythology and Tolkien and the many fruitful connections they share, the kidnap fam trope—and how the silences in all of these invite storytellers to fill the gaps.
ysabetwordsmith) wrote in common_nature2025-06-10 01:52 am daughterofshadows) wrote in silwritersguild2025-06-08 11:31 pm
Kai is a Tolkien artist whose work captures both the dramatic moments of the legendarium and the moments of friendship and love between characters that drove these storied events. Kai's work often captures light and radiance, making him fitting as a 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." Kai spoke with Shadow about how Maglor's topic was instantly inspiring, his range of interests over the years in the legendarium, and the meaning behind the painting he made for Maglor's presentation.
