#silmsmutexchange

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Signups open!

Signups for Silmarillion Smut Exchange 2024 are now open!

You can find the signup form on our AO3 profile.

The exchange tagset is available for viewing here.

Please don't hesitate to contact the mod with any questions about signups or how to use the form. Signups will be open for the next week. As a reminder, requests will be visible after signups are closed.

[oakenting]

Hello! I was assigned your request for Silmarillion Smut Exchange, and I wanted to ask if there is any one particular paring (or several pairings) on your list you are especially partial to. Thank you!

Oh hi there!

Thanks for asking :) I added the pairings more or less in the order I prefer. I do have a soft spot for Indis/Nerdanel at the moment (because I wrote something for them for TRSB). Also there's never enough fem!slash imo. That being said Celebrimbor/Narvi would actually be higher on the list because I live dwarves, I just found them last.

I hope this helps a bit in deciding :) I know I left my request pretty open. There's just so many things I like.

[silmsmutweek]

Challenges

Starting Sept 6, we'll be posting a creative challenge every Friday and Saturday to help get your creative juices flowing.

During Silm Smut Week (Sept 30 to Oct 6), we'll continue to encourage engagement with some simpler daily challenges!

We'll update this post with a list of challenges as they are released.

Challenges to Date

Indulge. Set the word ‘cringe’ on fire. Throw that voice of judgement from the Caragdûr. Create a fanwork for pure pleasure.

Collaborate. Co-create a fanwork with someone else.

Give. Fill a smutty prompt (@silmkinkmeme has lots!) or invite others to send you smutty prompts.

Exchange. Create art for someone else’s smut fic or write a smut fic based on someone else’s art. Be sure to credit their inspiration!

Inspire. Create a playlist of sexy tunes for a favourite character or ship.

Share. Create a list of smutty recs. If you like, you can theme your list around a specific Silm Smut Week day or prompt.

Encourage. Nominate tags for @silmsmutexchange, a new mature & explicit fic exchange running Oct-Dec.

Engage. Leave a comment or send an ask to a creator letting them know what you like about their work. Consider asking a question, too

Appreciate. Find a smut fic with fewer than 20 kudos and/or 2 comment threads, read it, and leave a comment.

Discover. Read a smut fic posted on a smaller archive or community. We’ve already started a search for you on the Silmarillion Writers’ Guild!

Venture. Read a kink or trope you’ve never read before (and don’t forget to comment if you liked it!). 

[silmkinkmeme]

Promptfest Index

The kinkmeme's month-long Promptfest is over! Thank you everyone who followed it, reblogged the prompts and wrote fills for them. The Promptfest was certainly a success as it's seen a drastic increase in the number of prompts and fills during the last month. As of now, there are 351 prompts and 169 works in the collection as well as several new prompts in Prompt Post 1 on dreamwidth.

I will give it a few weeks and sum up the fics that have been written for Promptfest prompts. We already have several. For now, take a look at the Promptfest Index below, maybe you'll like some of the prompts. You can even find inspiration for @silmsmutweek or @silmsmutexchange in some of the prompts.

Day 1 - Celegorm/Orome, Celegorm/many others - gangbang

Day 2 - Gen/optional ships - Shaving

Day 3 - Caranthir/Haleth/Caranthir's Wife - anything

Day 4 - Pregnancy/Breeding kink Curufin/Finrod

Day 5 - Phantom of the Opera inspired orc-elf relationship

Day 6 - Eärwen/Finarfin- gentle femdom, hair kink

Day 7 - Fingolfin gets fucked by Ringil's hilt

Day 8 - Any - Menstrual Sex 

Day 9 - Elrond, the dragon, kidnaps Disa, the princess

Day 10 - Gap Filler - Post-Nirnaeth Wanderings of the SoF

Day 11 - Feanor rides Nerdanel's strap

Day 12 - Tulkas/Fingon, Sexy Times

Day 13 - Turgon and Maeglin

Day 14 - Russingon - Introducing a third/proxy fucking

Day 15 - Maedhros as a werewolf

Day 16 - Finrod/Maglor

Day 17 - Fingon and Finrod Helcaraxe Bonding

Day 18 - Maedhros doms Fingon to trust himself again

Day 19 - Elros seduces Maglor

Day 20 - Rarepair woes: Finrod/Maedhros/Maglor

Day 21 - Nolofinweans should be leashed, sexily

Day 22 - Soft Russingon - comfort fic

Day 23 - Touch-starvation and non-sexual intimacy

Day 24 - Kink-Rape/Noncon

Day 25 - Anthology of female friendship

Day 26 - Maedhros/Maglor, king/vassal dynamics

Day 27 - maedhros and maglor share each other's partners

Day 28 - Maglor time travel AU

Day 29 - Aredhel/Fingon (Others/Fingon), Feminization

Day 30 - Indis doms Feanor

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Silmarillion Smut Exchange

Posted by: silmsmutexchange Link: Dreamwidth,Tumblr, AO3 Description: A gift exchange for mature and explicit Silmarillion fanworks (fic and art), hosted on AO3. You'll sign up to create and receive a work of fanfic of minimum 1,000 words, or a piece of fanart consisting of, at minimum, clean linework on unlined paper featuring a character or ship from The Silmarillion. Either will have a mature or explicit rating. Schedule: Nominations: Sept. 30-Oct 7, 2024 Signups: Oct. 8-15, 2024 Works due: Nov. 22, 2024 Works revealed: Nov. 29, 2024 Creators revealed: Dec. 6, 2024 comments via The Fandom Calendar https://ift.tt/PGIJp6D

[silmsmutexchange]

Save the date(s) for Silmarillion Smut Exchange 2024!

What:

A gift exchange for mature and explicit Silm fanworks (fic and art), hosted on AO3. You'll sign up to create and receive a work of fanfic of minimum 1,000 words, or a piece of fanart consisting of, at minimum, clean linework on unlined paper featuring a character or ship from The Silmarillion. Either will have a mature or explicit rating.

When:

Nominations: Sept. 30-Oct 7, 2024

Signups: Oct. 8-15, 2024

Works due: Nov. 22, 2024

Works revealed: Nov. 29, 2024

Creators revealed: Dec. 6, 2024

Questions?

Send an ask or email silmsmutmod@gmail.com.

[silmsmutexchange]

Nominations open

I know it's Sept 29 (in my time zone, anyway) but I have decided to go ahead and open up the exchange tagset a day early for nominations!

If you click on the above link, you'll see a button on the top right of the screen that says "Nominate" - clicking on that link will take you to the nominations form, where you can nominate up to 10 relationships. You can check the tag set for which ships have been approved already.

Please allow up to 24h for nominations to be reviewed/approved. As a reminder, threesomes and moresomes, canon character/OC and character/reader ships are allowed.

If canonical ship tags exist on AO3, please use them to the best of your ability.

Signups will open a week from Tuesday, 10/8/2024, so start thinking about your requests, offers and prompts if you haven't already!

[silmsmutexchange]

Exchange Rules and FAQs

Please familiarize yourself with exchange rules before participating. The goal of this exchange is to be fun and to foster enthusiasm for M- and E-rated works in Silmarillion fandom. Questions can be directed to the mod email account, silmsmutmod@gmail.com, to the exchange’s Tumblr askbox, or as a comment on Dreamwidth.

2024 Schedule:

Nominations: Sept. 30-Oct 7, 2024

Signups: Oct. 8-15, 2024

Works due: Nov. 22, 2024

Works revealed: Nov. 29, 2024

Creators revealed: Dec. 6, 2024

Eligibility:

You must be 18+ to participate in this exchange. One signup per person.

This exchange is hosted on AO3. You must have an AO3 account to participate. If you don’t currently have an account and would like one, the mod has a limited number of account invitations available; please contact them to request one.

Expectations:

You will make and receive a work of fanfiction or fanart focused on one or more Silmarillion characters, with a Mature or Explicit rating. For fanfiction, the minimum wordcount is 1,000 words. For fanart, works should be at minimum clean linework on unlined paper.

Nominations:

Nominations will run for one week, beginning Sept. 30.

Exchange tagset is located here. When nominations are open, you will see a button at the top right of your screen that says "Nominate." Clicking on this will take you to the nomination form. You can nominate up to 10 relationships via the form.

Why nominate?

Nominating helps you ensure the ships you want to create for are present in the tag set, particularly if they are not already canonical tags for The Silmarillion on AO3 (e.g. your rarest rarepairs, Character/OC ships etc). You can nominate up to 10 ships. Nominating helps potential participants get excited about the exchange and get ideas for what they might like to request/offer, which is important in a fandom with so many potential combinations of characters.

Do I have to nominate?

No. Before you submit your nominations, feel free to take a look at the tagset to see if your ships have already been nominated. If so, your work here is done, unless you feel like nominating other ships you don’t yet see in the tagset. If you’re a major multishipper you can even coordinate with your friends to make sure all your rare ships are included in the tagset.

What about threesomes/moresomes?

Threesomes/moresomes are eligible to be nominated.

What about ships with original characters?

Original characters are eligible to be nominated as part of a ship. (Ex. Maedhros/Original Male Character)

What about individual characters?

If you are interested in characters by themselves, this will be an opt-in you can include on your sign up.

What if I forgot to include a ship?

Ask someone to add it to their nominations, or email/send an ask to the mod and they will accomodate you as long as we are not too far into signups.

Signups:

The signup form will be located on the sidebar here. More specific instructions to come when signups open.

Keep in mind you MUST include some details of what you'd like your gift to contain, either in the Details section or in an optional linked "Dear Creator" letter that is complete and unlocked by the time signups close. These can be general likes, specific prompts, or a combination.

DNWs: if you have DNWs, these MUST be listed in the Details section. For the purposes of this exchange, please be specific in your DNWs - "DNW kink" is too vague. "DNW breathplay" or "DNW watersports" (for example) are easier for your creator to understand and work around.

Treats:

Requests will be visible throughout the exchange. If you are interested in writing or drawing treats/extra gifts, you can go ahead and post your work to the collection, check the "this work is a gift" box, and designate your recipient. You do not need to be signed up for the exchange to create treats.

Defaults/Pinch Hits:

Sometimes life happens and you are unable to complete your assignment. That's ok! If you know you will need to default, please do so as soon as possible to give us time to find an alternate creator to take on your assignment. If you default, you are not necessarily guaranteed a gift.

Calls for pinch hits will be posted on the exchange Tumblr and DW. If you are interested in being a pitch hitter, please let the mod know.

[silmsmutexchange]

Assignments out!

Please check the inbox associated with your AO3 account!

As a reminder, requests are now public! If you are interested in writing or making art treats (extra gifts), check them out now.

Works are due Nov 22, 2024.

[silmsmutexchange]

Last day for nominations!

Friendly reminder that nominations close tomorrow, Oct. 7! Signups will open on Tuesday, Oct. 8. We already have a whopping 151 ships in the tagset, so there's sure to be something for everyone.

[silmsmutexchange]

poll: request visibility

Hammering out the exchange FAQ/rules and hope to have those posted shortly, but I wanted ask for community input into one aspect.

For AO3 exchanges, there is an option for requests to be visible as people sign up and then throughout the exchange period. I see plusses to both keeping requests visible and keeping them hidden (of course you will be able to see your recipient requests). Visible requests are fun because you can see what other people are excited about receiving, you can tweak your offers to have a better chance of matching a given request, and people have the option to create treats whether or not they are participating in the main exchange.

On the other hand, part of my goal for this exchange is for people to ask for the smutty fanwork their hearts and loins desire, and I get that the idea of requests in this kind of exchange being visible to the public might inhibit that. Also, it can be fun to be totally surprised when you receive your assignment. A third option is to make requests visible after assignments go out to facilitate treats.

I can see the benefits of all 3 options! Hence, this poll.

[silmsmutweek]

Thanks for a bangin' Smut Week!

The week is officially over, but late contributions to the collection are always welcome.

Round-Up posts of all 73 works (!!) will be shared later this week. In the meantime, check out the tags on the blog and the 50 works in the AO3 collection.

If you haven't had enough, sign-ups for @silmsmutexchange are open until Tues, Oct 15 (unaffiliated with SilmSmutWeek, but enthusiastically endorsed by it!).

[silmsmutweek]

Challenge: Encourage

Nominate tags for @silmsmutexchange, a new mature & explicit fic exchange running Oct-Dec.

Challenges are an optional way of participating in Silm Smut Week, meant to motivate and inspire. You can freely combine challenges with prompts. Complete challenge list.

[melestasflight]

Sign up deadline: Oct 15th

Signups open!

Signups for Silmarillion Smut Exchange 2024 are now open!

You can find the signup form on our AO3 profile.

The exchange tagset is available for viewing here.

Please don't hesitate to contact the mod with any questions about signups or how to use the form. Signups will be open for the next week. As a reminder, requests will be visible after signups are closed.