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silwritersguildWell, here we are, September 23 and the official closing date for the Season of Writing Dangerously! Three cheers for all of our participants, whether you made your goal or not, and a huge thank you to everyone who participated and especially to those of you who were so good in supporting, encouraging, and helping each other.
If you did make your goal--congratulations! Feel free to display one of our lovely winners' banners. Winners are also entitled to request a custom piece of art or writing.
How do I know if I won?
If you met your goals, then you won. Don't remember your goal? The original post for declaring goals can be found here. Remember that changing your goals during the event was allowed, so if you adjusted your goal since stating that goal and it no longer matches, no worries, you still have won!
If you're still having trouble finding your goal, please let us know, either in a comment here or an email at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org.
Determining if you have met your goal is done strictly on the honor system. You don't have to "prove" to anyone that you reached your goal. Publishing or posting your work is not required, and we trust participants to be honest about whether they completed their goals.
I won! Yay! What next?
If you won, you are entitled to display a winner's banner and also to request a custom piece of art or writing as your prize.
To claim your prize, leave a comment on this post with the following information:
If you'd like the person who claims your request to contact you before beginning, you may include your contact information or a request to send a LiveJournal PM here. If you'd rather not reveal your contact information, you can request the person contact the SWG mods, and we will send your contact information to them. (Just don't forget to email us first at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org so that we have your email address! :)
Does my prize request have to be Silmarillion-based?
No. This challenge was open to all Tolkien authors and artists. However, your request should be based on one of Tolkien's works.
We also need volunteers to help us create the stories and art hard-won by this year's winners.
Who can claim requests?
Anyone!
While we welcome SoWD participants who want to help their fellow participants celebrate, SoWD participants are not required to claim a request, even if they made one. And authors and artists who did not participate in the SoWD are welcome to claim requests as well.
To claim a request, please do the following:
Stories and art created for prizes must be posted before November 1! We will check in with anyone who has not posted their story or art by mid-October to make sure that the request is still being completed.
If for some reason you cannot complete your request, please email us as soon as possible at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org so that we can find a replacement. Likewise, if you have any questions, need help, or need to get in touch with your recipient, please email us.
You may claim more than one request. Please do not claim a request that has been claimed already. Once all requests have been claimed, then we will allow multiple claims, but first we have to ensure that all winners receive a prize.
Please don't claim a request unless you are reasonably sure that you can complete it. Yes, Real LifeTM has a disturbing tendency to derail a person at inopportune moments, and we understand that unforeseen circumstances and emergencies arise, but these should be truly unforeseen.
Recipients, please remember to thank those who create your prizes for you.
All questions, difficulties, or concerns should be addressed to the mods at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org or in a comment to this post.
If you did make your goal--congratulations! Feel free to display one of our lovely winners' banners. Winners are also entitled to request a custom piece of art or writing.
Claiming Prizes for Winners
How do I know if I won?
If you met your goals, then you won. Don't remember your goal? The original post for declaring goals can be found here. Remember that changing your goals during the event was allowed, so if you adjusted your goal since stating that goal and it no longer matches, no worries, you still have won!
If you're still having trouble finding your goal, please let us know, either in a comment here or an email at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org.
Determining if you have met your goal is done strictly on the honor system. You don't have to "prove" to anyone that you reached your goal. Publishing or posting your work is not required, and we trust participants to be honest about whether they completed their goals.
I won! Yay! What next?
If you won, you are entitled to display a winner's banner and also to request a custom piece of art or writing as your prize.
To claim your prize, leave a comment on this post with the following information:
Preferred format: (story, art, icon set, etc.)
Request: Include the details of your request here. For example, if you'd like an illustration of one of your SoWD stories, you should include a link to the story or the passage you'd like illustrated here. If you'd like a story or an icon set, describe what you'd like (e.g., "A story about Maedhros as a child" or "A set of banners and icons for my story" or "A series of drabbles about Losgar but with no graphic violence"). You can be as specific as you'd like, but remember that very particular requests are going to be harder to fill.
If you'd like the person who claims your request to contact you before beginning, you may include your contact information or a request to send a LiveJournal PM here. If you'd rather not reveal your contact information, you can request the person contact the SWG mods, and we will send your contact information to them. (Just don't forget to email us first at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org so that we have your email address! :)
Does my prize request have to be Silmarillion-based?
No. This challenge was open to all Tolkien authors and artists. However, your request should be based on one of Tolkien's works.
Creating Prizes for Winners (Anyone Can Participate!)
We also need volunteers to help us create the stories and art hard-won by this year's winners.
Who can claim requests?
Anyone!
While we welcome SoWD participants who want to help their fellow participants celebrate, SoWD participants are not required to claim a request, even if they made one. And authors and artists who did not participate in the SoWD are welcome to claim requests as well.
To claim a request, please do the following:
- Comment on the request you want to claim it. (Anonymous comments are welcome but won't show up right away until a moderator approves the comment. If you comment anonymously, please include your fandom name and a way we can get in touch with you, such as an email or a website where we can PM you or leave you a comment.)
- Complete the request and post it somewhere where your recipient can see it (i.e., not on a f-locked LiveJournal or a password-protected site). We encourage you to post Silmarillion-based art and stories here on
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silwritersguild but this is not required. - Comment again on the request with a link so that your recipient can go forth and enjoy their prize!
Stories and art created for prizes must be posted before November 1! We will check in with anyone who has not posted their story or art by mid-October to make sure that the request is still being completed.
If for some reason you cannot complete your request, please email us as soon as possible at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org so that we can find a replacement. Likewise, if you have any questions, need help, or need to get in touch with your recipient, please email us.
You may claim more than one request. Please do not claim a request that has been claimed already. Once all requests have been claimed, then we will allow multiple claims, but first we have to ensure that all winners receive a prize.
Please don't claim a request unless you are reasonably sure that you can complete it. Yes, Real LifeTM has a disturbing tendency to derail a person at inopportune moments, and we understand that unforeseen circumstances and emergencies arise, but these should be truly unforeseen.
Recipients, please remember to thank those who create your prizes for you.
All questions, difficulties, or concerns should be addressed to the mods at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org or in a comment to this post.
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Date: 2013-09-23 12:15 am (UTC)I also may claim a request myself :)
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Date: 2013-09-25 08:57 pm (UTC)I'd be willing to try and write something for your "Peredhel" drawing, if you'd like me to.
Only, I have to warn you--I think you are probably after a happy story, really, and, with me, there's a definite risk that that ficlet might go quite angsty on me.
So I'd totally understand if you want to hold out for a better offer!
What do you think?
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Date: 2013-10-02 09:36 pm (UTC)I've written the fic now--or a version at any rate, because I'm rather an obsessive tweaker and may do some more editing before I archive it.
It's here on my journal:
http://hhimring.livejournal.com/68274.html
I hope you like it, even if it's not quite what you had in mind--my muses can be pretty stubborn, I'm afraid!
Also, I included a reference to Voronwe, because Loke asked for Voronwe and that request hasn't been picked up yet--I hope you don't mind!
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Date: 2013-09-23 12:27 am (UTC)Okay, I won, finished my story: Of Love and Duty
I would like a piece of art. Is it possible to let the artist show which scene to illustrate? I would like any scene where Fingon and Maedhros are together, or any scene where Caranthir is present, or any scene where Erelfinë (my Vanya minstrel) is present.
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Date: 2013-09-23 01:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-09-23 02:52 pm (UTC)http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=1905&index=1
I will go right now to add the SWG site to the white list for spam. Sorry, again!
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Date: 2013-09-23 08:08 am (UTC)Can I ask for a prize, please?
Preferred format: any
Request: Below are links to my four SoWD pieces. I'd be happy to receive any piece of work in response to any of these four. Please feel free to interpret "response" just as narrowly or widely as you like--anything from an illustration or a remix to a piece that isn't obviously related at all. As long as you say it was inspired by my story, I will be delighted.
Enerdhil and Celebrimbor:
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=1570&chapter=4
Maedhros attempts to speak with Luthien:
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=1921
Aerin and Broddun:
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=1912
Maglor plays for his people after Doriath:
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=1970
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Date: 2013-09-24 01:24 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-10-26 02:41 pm (UTC)http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=2021
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1018970
I loved the original and hope I have done it some justice! :)
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Date: 2013-09-24 01:36 am (UTC)I will shower with adoration anyone who draws fem!Gil-galad.
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Date: 2013-09-24 11:52 pm (UTC)(Sorry, you probably don't know me, but !!!)
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Date: 2013-09-25 09:14 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-09-24 01:45 pm (UTC)Would never have managed that much without the challenge, I'm sure - throughout the last weeks, I could hardly stop writing, and I know I only got the impetus because I had an excuse to actually focus on writing, rather than putting other things first as I'd normally do.
OK. *stops cheering self* As my reward, I would love...
Preferred format: Story of any length (just not one single drabble, please, I'm greedy!)
Request: I'd be totally tickled by spin-off stories featuring one or more of my "original" characters, such as Amraphel, Azruhâr, Master Encaitar, Tyelparma, Tamurillë... oh seriously, anyone who inspires you. That would be awesome. Feel free to ask questions about these gals/guys if you want, via e-mail (lyraforeniel at hotmail dot com) or LJ PM or right here.
Alternatively (if the OC thing is asking too much), a Maglor-through-the-Ages piece? I love Maglor through the Ages, with or without a side helping of Daeron. If at all possible, history up to and including but not after the Napoleonic wars? Because I have to admit that history after those mostly isn't particularly interesting to me. Although you might be able to surprise me, I guess?
Anyway. Yay!
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Date: 2013-09-24 02:16 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-09-24 06:18 pm (UTC)Preferred format: Artwork/illustration
Request: I'd like an illustration from Chapter 14 of Rise Again From Ashes of this snippet: "I [Maglor] wandered down the path to my house and beyond, finally settling on top of a hill amongst the sea grasses. Tirn stretched out for a nap on my right, but I stared out at the ever-changing ocean, still too shattered to think clearly."
Please contact me via PM or email (the SWG mods have my address) before beginning work; I just have a couple of reference photos to share and discuss.
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Date: 2013-10-10 01:05 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-09-24 07:55 pm (UTC)Otherwise, an (at least partly) angsty Finrod-survives-Tol-in-Gaurhoth-fic or something about Voronwe (because he deserves more credit) would be great, too :-)
No crossovers please, otherwise, anything goes :-)
- Loke
They never notice the bleak figure perched in a doorway just across the street. It stands, unmoving, until the shadows stop spinning and the street lies again silent and empty. Then it slides forth, a grey spectre in the darkness of the night, feet leaving no trace in the snow, cloak and fiery red hair unruffled by the biting wind. His hood is drawn in deep, obscuring his face, but now he tilts his head back, and keen eyes, of deep and ancient grey but piercing still, gaze up at the house.
All of a sudden, there is a cry from a window above, anguished, frantic, the words whipped away by the howling wind; then a sound as of something heavy hitting the floor, a soft whimper, almost imperceptible, and, eventually, silence.
The stranger still watches, unmoving again, and the silence lingers. Snowflakes sail down ceaselessly, cover what little traces of life, of living beings walking here, there were left in the snow; but none dare touch the silent figure on the street. It lowers its head now, and the grey depths are gone again, their expression unfathomable. And he turns, inclining his head once in what might be a last greeting, or a slight shake of the head, or nothing at all. Then he walks away, and the grey night embraces him, and he is gone.
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Date: 2013-10-02 09:41 pm (UTC)I hope you get your illustration--but meanwhile I've included just a little bit about Voronwe for you in the Elros fic I wrote for Houkakyou.
The fic is here:
http://hhimring.livejournal.com/68274.html
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Date: 2013-09-24 08:36 pm (UTC)I would love some kind of illustration or banner for one of the pieces I spent the most time on. I have substantial unpublished segments on all three of these. If nothing in the published parts appeals, I would share the unpublished material.
Five Times That Nerdanel Said 'Yes' - http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=1066
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Summer's End - http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=1975
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Mereth Aderthad - http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=378
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Date: 2013-10-09 01:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-09-25 06:57 am (UTC)So, yay for setting modest goals and accomplishing them early! Since then I've been hugely busy with RL. My daughter is getting married this Sunday!
Ooh, a prize? How about an illustration of a drabble I wrote called "Unrequited"? Here's the link: http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=911 (http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=911)
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Date: 2013-10-12 07:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2013-09-26 01:30 am (UTC)I’d love an illustration to the story I wrote, but it’s still un-betaed as of yet. I’ll include my snippet from the snippet share below again; if there’s someone who doesn’t mind working on just that (I’ll gladly give you more information if you want) or reading the unbetaed version, drop me an email at lingwiloke at gmail dot com!
Otherwise, a Finrod-survives-Tol-in-Gaurhoth-fic or something about Voronwe (because he deserves more credit) would be great, too :-)
No crossovers please, otherwise, anything goes :-)
- Loke
They never notice the bleak figure perched in a doorway just across the street. It stands, unmoving, until the shadows stop spinning and the street lies again silent and empty. Then it slides forth, a grey spectre in the darkness of the night, feet leaving no trace in the snow, cloak and fiery red hair unruffled by the biting wind. His hood is drawn in deep, obscuring his face, but now he tilts his head back, and keen eyes, of deep and ancient grey but piercing still, gaze up at the house.
All of a sudden, there is a cry from a window above, anguished, frantic, the words whipped away by the howling wind; then a sound as of something heavy hitting the floor, a soft whimper, almost imperceptible, and, eventually, silence.
The stranger still watches, unmoving again, and the silence lingers. Snowflakes sail down ceaselessly, cover what little traces of life, of living beings walking here, there were left in the snow; but none dare touch the silent figure on the street. It lowers its head now, and the grey depths are gone again, their expression unfathomable. And he turns, inclining his head once in what might be a last greeting, or a slight shake of the head, or nothing at all. Then he walks away, and the grey night embraces him, and he is gone.
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Date: 2013-09-26 10:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-09-26 03:50 pm (UTC)Preferred format: story, art, icon set, anything really!
Request: Something with movie-verse Dwalin. Or book-verse Dwalin.
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Date: 2013-09-28 12:11 am (UTC)