New York Tolkien Conference Story Collection

[dawn_felagund]

ETA: I have begun printing the collections for the conference. That means that submissions are closed unless we spoke about you turning in something later. Please email me if we did. Thanks, everyone!

The SWG will be represented at the upcoming New York Tolkien Conference on June 13. Several members will be in attendance (Oshun and I will be presenting) and our group will have space in the meet-and-greet room. As part of the latter, I would like to put together a collection of fanworks from SWG members: stories, drabbles, poems, meta, essays, art, podfic ... if you've made it, I'm willing to take it! I am hoping to show off what we do and show the diversity of fanworks in our community.

ETA: You do not need to be an SWG member to send me something to include. Our fandom is bigger than one group, and I would very much like to represent the diversity of the Tolkien fanfic community.

If you'd like me to include something of yours, this is the place to let me know. I am not imposing a lot of limitations at this point, although if I get a ton of offers (a problem I am hoping I'll have! :), I may have to take only one or two selections per person.

Here is how I'm hoping to set up the collection: a printed copy of your work (for works that can be printed) with a QR code that attendees can scan with their phones/tablets to continue viewing later. Obviously, I'm hoping some people will become so engrossed with what they find that they abscond with the binder and find some place to sit and read! But I'm also hoping that they'll find enough to intrigue them that they run out of time to read it all and so will want to revisit it on their own time. If your work can't be printed (audio, video, etc), I will include a summary and any notes you wish to attach with a QR code where the work can be found online.

Here's what I need if you want to participate:

• At a minimum I need a link to your work(s) that you want included. If you have more than one, please list them in the order of preference for inclusion. I will use the summary found on the site unless you tell me to do otherwise. If you have a revision you'd rather I use, please email it to me.


• If you want me to include any summary material or notes beyond what I can find at the link, please include that as well.


• If the work is very long, I recommend including just the first chapter or an excerpt; I will include a QR code where the reader can continue reading online. Likewise, if you'd like to include just an excerpt of a short story, just let me know.


• All Tolkien-based works are fine, so if you have LotR or Hobbit stories that you're proud of and want to share, please do feel free to include them.


• Crossover and AU works are fine, but no non-Tolkien works, please. (This is a Tolkien conference.) All genres, subjects, and ratings are fine.


• Comment here with what you'd like me to include or email me at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org. Questions can be directed to both places as well.

This is the first year this conference has run, but from my conversations with the organizers and what I know of some of the other attendees/presenters, it is fandom-friendly. After all, they did accept my paper talking about Tolkien fan fiction and offered us a space without my asking in the meet-and-greet room! :)

I want to conclude by saying that I know many people are probably reading this and wanting to contribute but feeling shy or uneasy or as though their work is not good enough. I know my saying, "Please don't feel that way," doesn't have magical powers to make those doubts go away, but I will say that I am so immensely proud of what the members of this group have built over the last ten years and of the tremendous talents and knowledge that is contained within our virtual walls. I would be pleased to take any work from our members with me, so I hope I have a lot of offers. :)

Comments

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

My timing is impeccable. I am running out the door for the rest today. I hope there is still room for me by tomorrow!

[dawn_felagund]

I was going to email you at some point to see what you wanted me to do with yours. ;) I'm hoping to have several binders to bring, perhaps divided by time period or character. I'd rather bring more than less. But I'd like to have one with references/essays/meta, in which I hoped your bios would be heavily represented. Or, if you want to include a lot of fiction, I could give you your own binder, since you will be presenting and there will likely be interest in your other work.

So yes, there will be room. ;)

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

OMG! I won't go into to my poor little me routine!

I do have some strong opinions on the bios now that you mention them--they are uneven in quality.

[pandemonium-213.livejournal.com]

Oh I have no qualms about providing a few bits for the SWG table! Wish I could attend in person. I'll send you the samples of my works once our Internet is working at home (using my phone).

[dawn_felagund]

Funny, I thought you'd be shy ... ;)

I can't even say that with a straight face.

I'll look for the email! And hope your Internet is fixed soon.

[huinare.livejournal.com]

Great idea! I'm not quite clear if you want whole works, or excerpts, or either/or?

[dawn_felagund]

Whichever you'd like. It's hard to establish a definitive preference because works vary so much in length, as well as whether an excerpt could stand alone, so I'm willing to go with whatever each author prefers.

[huinare.livejournal.com]

That makes sense, thanks. *ruminates*

[angelica-ramses.livejournal.com]

I'm still proud of the work done in Name Calling so here's the link:

http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/reference/references/namecalling.php

Would you want anything else?

[dawn_felagund]

Yay! I was hoping you'd offer it. As I noted to Oshun, I'd like to make a binder just for essays/meta.

If there's anything else you'd like to offer, I will not turn it down. :)

[binkaslibrary.livejournal.com]

I'd love to contribute, but I have no freaking idea what to choose. I will think it through and through, pick something and will email you, if that's okay :)

[spiced-wine.livejournal.com]

I think I only have 2 works on SWG, but if no-one minds AU slash, I will email you with a link :)

I really wish I could come across and join you and Oshun :)

[dawn_felagund]

That would be great! Thank you. :)

[dawn_felagund]

I'm not putting any restrictions on content, so long as it is Tolkien-based. I'd actually love the collection to show the diversity of fanfic, which tends to get reduced to things that it's really not (at least in Tolkien fandom).

I'm also fine with works that are outside of the SWG. :)

[spiced-wine.livejournal.com]

Is it all-right to ask on Faerie if any-one wants to submit?

[dawn_felagund]

Yes, please do! I'm going to ask at MPTT and will hopefully have enough to give them their own binder. I can do the same for Faerie, if there is enough interest. :) If not, I'd be glad to include with the SWG stuff anything that your authors want to send.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

That's a wonderful idea.

I should like to submit

Seed of Hope
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=1676&chapter=1

The King's Holiday
http://www.lotrgfic.com/viewstory.php?sid=2809

[spiced-wine.livejournal.com]

Oh, wonderful. Thank you. I have put it up as a news items and mentioned it on the shout box so people can be directed here :)

[dawn_felagund]

Yay! Thank you. :) I'd love to take several binders with me, showcasing how much we as a fandom have to offer ... I just hope there is interest!

[dawn_felagund]

Thank you, Linda! I'm adding them now. :)

[independence1776]

I'd love if you could include Rise Again From Ashes's Prologue (and the first chapter if possible): http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=930&chapter=1 (Or the table of contents if you'd prefer that link: http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=930&index=1)

As you may or may not mention my LACE meta in your presentation (and especially if you do), I'd like if you could include it: http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=1913

If you have space, my Elrond and Elros story "Never Look Back": http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=626

[dawn_felagund]

I will definitely include them all. :) Thank you!

[shirebound]

If appropriate, I would be honored if you would include two of my very short (one-chapter) stories:

"Living Jewels"
Character: Yavanna
Summary: The Ring-bearers are welcomed into the West, as is what they bring with them.

Link: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5787&cid=27137

"The People of the Stars"
Characters: Legolas, Gimli
Summary: It's not only the Sea that calls to Legolas, and he asks Gimli to accompany him on a very special journey... to a very special place.

http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=6056&cid=25721

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

What's the utmost deadline for submitting Dawn? RL tends to run over me and mess around my schedules, so if I know the final date I should be able to have something, well that is, if I feel gutsy enough.

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

I would be completely happy to have anything of mine included, so this is just a selection of some things that I think might be appreciated, but if you see anything else of mine that you want to put in, feel free!

Ninnachel (http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewseries.php?seriesid=102) is a series (OC/OMC), Fingon/Maedhros), but I'd recommend just taking the first one ("Twenty Two Words") and then if people want more from there they can go and read the whole thing!

A Silver Night (http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=2402) (Galadriel/Luthien) was the first femslash fic I ever wrote, and was one of the very first Tolkien femslash fics in existence, I'm pretty sure. Still quite proud of it after all these years!

On the genfic side of things, I'm very pleased with Nor Bid The Stars Farewell (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3499514) (Sam & Maglor), Now The Earth Has Stopped Her Tongue (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3541766) (Idril, Aredhel, Celebrian & Galadriel), Stand Against The Storm (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3561749) (Idril & Huor), and The Amplitude Of Time (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3584691) (Maglor, Feanor, Morgoth).

I don't write much humour, but when I do it tends to go down well, so people might enjoy The Sexual Adventures of Orome (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3933904) (Orome/the entire House of Finwe) and Never Trust An Elf (http://archiveofourown.org/works/315211) (Legolas/Gimli).

And finally, The Affirmations Of Elrond (http://archiveofourown.org/works/3529325) is just a complete mixture of everything, gen, het slash, happy, sad, angsty, etc, but I think it comes together to form something more than the sum of its parts, and is ultimately a really accurate summation of Elrond as I see him.

So, yes, have these, or any of my fic you'd like!