ETA: The registration form is fixed! /ETA

When we unveiled the new site the other day, we didn't realize that the new member registration form would play nicely with the module we use to send email alerts. (I mean, who would??) As a result, if you tried to set up a new account, you got an error.

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Friendly reminder that the SWG archive will be going to read-only tomorrow and will be going briefly dark sometime in the next few days while we take down the old site and move over the new site.

While we will be forcing all accounts to log out, if you happen to go to the site and discover you can still edit your work, DON'T. We will be going to ( Read more... )

As some of you might remember, in August 2019, we woke up to an upgrade of our host's software (a good thing!) and, subsequently, discovered that our aging archive software no longer worked with the most up-to-date versions of PHP (a not-good thing!). We had the choice to accept the slow death of the archive or rebuild using new software. We chose ( Read more... )

Our March newsletter has been posted!

Exciting news about our site rebuild. You are invited to participate in this month's "Time of Bliss" challenge, which will hope to inspire you with prompts based on quotes from joyful or happy times in "The Silmarillion" text. We welcome the latest new joiners at the SWG archive.

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All, the exciting moment has arrived when we are recruiting beta testers for the new site! We expect to open for beta on Sunday, February 21. Beta testers will have full member access to the site (which will remain in maintenance mode for everyone else) and will be encouraged to try out all of its various features and generally offer us feedback ( Read more... )

Our February newsletter has been posted!

You're still able to join our Resolution challenge. Join us in welcoming our most recent SWG archive members.

This month Dawn Felagund is the author of the Character of the Month biography, Amrod and Amras. Although Amrod and Amras appeared early in Tolkien's work on the legendarium, their characters ( Read more... )

You may have received an email regarding activation of your account, from www.silmarillionwritersguild.com.

Please ignore the message, it was automatically sent as a result of the setup work we are doing to migrate to our new SWG site. Your account has not been hacked, and you don't need to do anything, as the site is still running in maintenance ( Read more... )

Our January newsletter has been posted!

Wishing you all a Happy 2021!

In Memory and Gratitude: Farewell, Rhapsody.

We are seeking feedback on comments options for our new SWG site. Stay tuned for upcoming events, starting with a Tolkien ficlet reading. Take advantage of our challenge amnesty and complete your stamp collection by joining our New ( Read more... )