silwritersguild | April 19 Block Party Prompt: LLA

Here at the SWG, we love Legendarium Ladies April and the work its organizers have done to promote and encourage fanworks about women in the legendarium. So today’s prompt is to make a fanwork using an LLA prompt. LLA prompts can be found here.

Fanfiction Book Club

A few days ago, I posted about our upcoming Fanfiction Book Club on Sunday, April 26. Tomorrow, April 20, is the last day to sign up one of your stories to be discussed in the Book Club. (Sign-ups will open on the 21st for people who only want to participate in the discussion without offering a story of their own.)

The premise of this event is that fanfiction can and should be discussed as literature: as texts that function as works of art beyond their appeal to us as Tolkien fans. We’ve tossed around this idea on our Discord before and decided to go for it by setting aside a day to discuss Tolkienfic stories as one would discuss a story in a book club.

If you want to sign up one of your stories to be discussed, the full details and link to the sign-up form are here. Again, tomorrow (April 20) is the last day to sign up a story. The discussion will take place on a text channel on our Discord server. If you just want to discuss, watch this space beginning on the 21st for details about how to sign up for that. Comment with questions or email the SWG mod team at moderator@silmarillionwritersguild.org.