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Round 14 of lands_of_magic is open! Multifandom challenge community with original fic and stock icons welcome. Challenges include graphics, writing, and puzzle games. There are 2 teams, Summer and Winter - Summer could do with a few more members!

sign up post

intoabar is opening for sign-ups on Sunday 5 May.

The Ficathon Goes into a Bar involves a randomised crossover fic. You choose a favourite character from any fandom and then choose 4 other fandoms (not character) and the mod will give you a random character from one of those 4.

It's clearer from the 2023 sign-up example but you'll need to wait for the 2024 signup post to join the fun! You can write, make art, or create another kind of fanwork.

There are no penalties for not finishing anything, and no assigned posting dates, this is a low-pressure challenge.

I've completed fanworks for the community eight times :) You can see the 2023 masterpost of fanworks posted during the last event.

smallfandomfest is opening again, now the Small Fandom Bang round is closed. This is a " a prompt-based bi-annual fic/art fest for small fandoms. The fest runs May-July and Nov-Jan."

You can prompt, and submit fills for prompts, in any small fandom. You may fill your own prompts. You can create fic or art. Small fandoms are those which have fewer than 2000 works posted to AO3.

The prompt submission post has details on the rules.

The new community lyricaltitles is having it's to the first challenge. It will run during the month of May (though entries will be accepted afterwards).

From the community:
"The challenge is to take an album of your choice and for each song, write a fic, using a lyric from the song as the title. This is a low-stakes, personal challenge, of course; there's no penalty for not finishing or running late."

There's an FAQ with more information.

Nominations are over and sign-ups are now open at
the_mane_event (a multifandom gift exchange for all things hair-related; tagset)
and
hurtcomfortex (Hurt/Comfort Exchange, a pairing and freeform matching multifandom gift exchange; tagset)

Both of these are very much in my wheelhouse but I've not signed up for either. I didn't nominate and looking through the tagsets there's a handful of things I could maybe write. So I'll keep my eyes on these and see if a letter generates interest for a treat fic and when the events are done there'll be plenty of fun fic to read.

I have tags for h/c bingo but not a tag for theme: hurt/comfort?! Need to see if I can tag multiple entries at once

bethefirst is starting round nine.

"This is a low-pressure challenge to write a fic, of any length, for a fandom that previously had none. That's it!"

Sign-up at this post but you can sign up at anytime before the deadline.
Deadline: 23.59 GMT on the 20th of April
FAQ

I don't think I have any fandoms to participate with. The one time I was the first to write something at AO3 it was well between rounds of this challenge :P I still always subscribe to the comm as I think it is a great idea that gives people the encouragement to dare to post for a new fandom at AO3, and it's always fun to see what people come up with.

Round 14 Sign-Ups Open Now

lands_of_magic is an interactive challenge community, sometimes called a landcomm.

There are all sorts of challenges and while some ask for a specific medium (fiction or graphics) the majority are open to all sorts of creative works.

There are also some games (play a level of a particular online game, jigsaws, sudoku, colouring in and more) and party events with many smaller challenges to be completed during the event.

The Creative Court is where you can post almost anything for extra points with bonus points if your piece meets the theme of the month.

I've made both fic and icons for a particular challenge, posted pictures of crafts I made to the creative court, and while I haven't often posted things like sigtags or games results if you check out my landsofmagic tag you can see that the challenge is open to all fandoms and none. I've enjoyed making sigtags (small graphics with your username and team name on to post with your challenge entries) and icons made from my own photographs.

It's the tenth birthday of the community and while there are some pre-round challenges like making this promo post, the round itself doesn't start until 15 March so if you're in the middle of other projects there's breathing room.

You can join the community at any time, and while participation is encouraged, completing at least one challenge will be enough to avoid getting cut at the end of the round. So why not give it a go?

Sign-up Post is here

This round of trope_bingo is another amnesty round meaning you can make your own cards from the provided prompts, or reuse any of your old cards. The round also runs until June to include the usual amnesty period. As well as the usual bingo patterns you can submit "loose fills" i.e. fills that don't make a bingo.
The lower fills requirement is also still in effect, so 100 rather than 500 word minimum for fanfic with similar lower minimums for other types of fill.
You can read more and sign up at this post

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gameofcards is currently in phase nine and recruiting new players!

Game of Cards is a landcomm where you play for team points by completing activities such as games, graphic making, and fic writing. Hopefully you'll learn new things and meet new people and, mostly, have fun!

Game of Cards is a multi-fandom comm so you can use any fandom (or none; stock images to make icons for example are welcome) to complete a creative challenge.

Sign up post is here ; or visit the rules/faq for further information.

For the a_war_of_roses "Fandom History 101" challenge; 3/5 Black Sails



Title: Black Sails
Format: TV Show
Era/Location: 1700's
Brief Summary: 2 decades before Treasure Island, Nassau is a haven for pirates and as the series begins two crews compete for treasure, the location to which a young John Silver holds the key.
Why you like it/would recommend it: I'll be honest, I was sceptical at first about the inclusion of fictional John Silver with real-life pirates like Charles Vane and Anne Bonney. The first season however gave us not only plenty of sea-faring action – with drama, humour, romance and more - but other storylines such as Eleanor Guthrie trying to make her mark as "ruler" of Nassau, Jack Rackham and Anne Bonney ending up owning the brothel, and the introduction of Flint's mysterious friend Miranda. The second season however really pulled out the stops and made me love Silver and the Silver/Flint interaction, and the reveal of Miranda's backstory was beautifully done, as was Max's transformation from prostitute to savvy brothel madam with a stake in finding the treasure. There are plenty of male and female characters, bi/gay characters and relationships, and hints of polyamory. There's some great sets and costumes and some lovely – real, not wigs! – hair :) The cast is good, largely Australian and British, and fans of "Merlin" will recognise Tom Hopper, here playing Billy Bones. This article 6 reasons you should be watching Black Sails echoes my sentiments about the depth of s2 and Silver's development and praises Luke Arnold for his performance as Silver.

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submitted to the landcomm challenge post and cross-posted to my history/historical fantasy comm historyisalie/historyisalie and my tumblr