The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship (E. L. F.) is a "Special Interest Group" of the Mythopoeic Society[1] devoted to the study of J. R. R. Tolkien's constructed languages, headed by the computer scientist Carl F. Hostetter.
Members include Christopher Gilson, Carl F. Hostetter, Arden R. Smith, Bill Welden, and Patrick H. Wynne.
There is an online journal, Tengwestië,[4] edited by Hostetter and Patrick H. Wynne; and it sponsors the Lambengolmor (Quenya: "loremasters"[5]) mailing list.
[6] Parma Eldalamberon (broken Quenya for 'The Book of Elven-tongues') was founded in 1971 as a fanzine devoted to a variety of invented literary languages, initially published under the auspices of the Mythopoeic Society, and then taken over by the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship.
[9] Vinyar Tengwar (broken Quenya for "News Letters") is a refereed journal[10] (ISSN 1054-7606) published by the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship, dedicated to the study of the languages constructed by J. R. R. Tolkien.
ELFcons ended in 1994, but Tolkienist conventions organized by Bill Welden continued,[15] renamed to Omentielva,[16] from omentie, Quenya for "meeting".