Silmarillion Writers' Guild

Sexual relationships are a creative inspiration for many authors in the Tolkien fandom, and have often been a topic for much discussion and debate. This is our chance to celebrate the imagination of fanfiction authors and how the community envisions sexual relationships among the various peoples of Arda.

Do you have a work that focuses on explicit sexual acts? Porn without plot? Porn with a lot of plot? Sexual relationships between canonical pairs? Rare pairs? Slash? Gender swap? Trans? OCs? Non-traditional sexual preferences? Sexual exploration of gender and identity? Stories that support LaCE or subvert it? ... Any and all are welcome.

This book club will be held on Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5 in the #fanfiction-book-club-nsfw channel on the SWG's Discord server. If you are not a member of our Discord server and would like to join, log into your site account and find an invite link in the footer of the site. If you're not a member of the site, contact our moderators for an invite code. Your hosts for this event are Polutropos and Melesta.

Book club guidelines:

1. Your story should be around 1k - 6k words.
2. One of the main elements of the story should be a sexual act (although it does not have to be the only element).
3. It should be a completed story rather than a work-in-progress (excerpts from longer works or collections may be elements of a work-in-progress but the section posted should be finished).
4. If you choose to use a chapter of a longer work, please be certain that the chapter functions as a stand-alone piece.
5. You should be the author (or co-author of the story with permission).
6. To keep the discussion inclusive, we ask that your story is respectful to all sexual orientations and preferences, and does not include non-con or extreme sadism.
7. Please ensure your fic is tagged with appropriate warnings so that book club participants can be informed about making a decision to read.

Interested in signing up one of your stories? Sign up for the explicit relationships book club here.

Discussion participants are also welcome!

If you've never participated in one of our book clubs before, our Book Club FAQ has more information on what to expect. Questions can be directed to the event organizers on Discord or to the SWG moderators.