Countdown: One Week to FKFicFest '25 Due Date

[brightknightie]

Stories — 500 words minimum, challenge-style — come due on Saturday, May 24 in our AO3 queue (unless you've arranged in advance to post to our Dreamwidth queue instead, which no one has). Stories start releasing on Monday, May 26 (US Memorial Day).

(Two stories by two authors are already queued!)

As always, we can edit on the AO3 while stories are in the queue (though not on DW). We load the queue before we start releasing because I need to know what stories we'll have in order to schedule our releases by length, rating, characters, etc., to help maximize reading and commenting fun for everyone!

If you're seeking a beta reader, or to volunteer beta-reading, try our beta-reading post (or post on your own journal!). And please excuse the reminder, but, again, if you choose, as a proofreading/editing tool, you may use genAI, like Google Gemini or ChatGPT, just like you'd use any spellchecker or grammar-checker tool, with a keen eye to your own intentions and voice; please do not let genAI write a single sentence for you. No one wants to read genAI. We want to read you!


When you're ready: Learn how to post | Post to our AO3 collection

Comments

[calliope24]

I am doing well. I'll have two stories--one long, around 10k words, the other shorter about 1.7k. Both Gen.

I'm just waiting comments from my beta. I'll definitely be posted by the end of the week.

Thanks!

Congrats!

[brightknightie]

Congratulations being so far along! I hope that you've had fun.

[senmut]

I, umm, have nothing. Just one of those years where I could not find inspiration, energy, and time. But hoping all the rest of the players are having a blast!

Always welcome, never required

[brightknightie]

Thank you very much for the good wishes!

I'm sure we all wish that the inspiration, energy, and time will find you somewhere happy (need not be here)!

[nicholas_lucien]

As is typical lately, I am behind on writing but will still post by the due date. Had to write a few papers for work which occupied all my spare time until now.

Good luck!

[brightknightie]

Good luck finishing! Yes, real responsibilities must and should come before games, but we're very glad to have you aboard however we can.

[pj1228]

I'm on track, just got it back from my beta reader.

Yay!

[brightknightie]

Congratulations! That's excellent (and ahead of me, I must admit).

[thefruitbat]

Just saved my entry as a draft, might still edit a bit. Bit over 1.4k, Gen. I don't think I'll be able to finish the second story in time.

[brightknightie]

Congratulations on loading your draft!

(Only one story per person per event is expected. I'm afraid that the fashion for writing multiple stories has puzzled me. I wouldn't think the fest duration is long enough for that.)

[thefruitbat]

Thank you :) I know it's not the norm to write more than one story. It's just that reading prompts seem to give me a burst of ideas and then my brain wants to put them all into stories. But this year I'm already happy to have managed one short fic. :)