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Well, we're here at last folks! Time for the winners announcements for this year: Best Written (Judge Chosen) Feast of the Wolf, by @airmail Best Use of Theme (Judge Chosen) Night of the Coquecigrue, by @Viridian Beedrill We loved the imaginative worldbuilding in this one! Best Overall...

It's that time of year again - the Autumn is rapidly approaching, and so it's time for the Hallowe'en one-shot competition The brief explanation is that it will last two months, each entrant gets to write a short story under this theme, and everybody gets a bunch of reviews. For more details...

This February I once again issue my challenge. To you. Yes, you. Go on. Chicken! CHICKEN! From the 10th of this month through to the 17th, I challenge you to write at least one review per day, every day! It doesn't matter who you write them for or for what stories. Just keep the streak going...

Good evening! At long last, we have a winner's list! I have to admit, this year was rather more chaotic than unusual, but we got there in the end, and more importantly, there are plenty of new stories to read and enjoy. I won't bore you with any further flannel: Best Written (Judge chosen)...

It's time! The entries are in, and so from now until the end of the judging period, you can vote for Best Overall Story. As expected, you may not vote for yourself if you've entered - judges can't vote either - but otherwise the choice is yours. Behold, the entries: Weakened Boundaries, by...

The entries are in, the writing begins. Oh, hang on - - that's far more names than I thought I'd have to type. I think I've got a workable plan for my one-shot. There's a good chance I'm going to one-shot myself right in the foot, because I'm going for a style that's completely new to me...

Good September, authors! Announcing our Autumn event this year - a fresh one-shot competition, this year themed for Hallowe'en! The brief explanation is that it will last two months, each entrant gets to write a short story under this theme, and everybody gets a bunch of reviews. For more...

Spread the Love Around 2022 This February for our Winter event, I'm issuing a challenge to all you readers out there! From the 10th of this month through to the 17th, I challenge you to write at least one review per day, every day! It doesn't matter who you write them for or for what stories...

Because I do not easily learn. And with the recent Herbert patch, the early gameplay may be shaken up a bit. I find Stellaris is always at its most fun when there's a story to be had from the game. I think the problems that arise are usually when I don't have an idea of where I want the story...

I never quite expected to try this three times. This time I decided to skip the exploration phase entirely - yes, there is a story to be had in that, but I found that noting down what was happening with the Anomalies, etc, was really slowing me down, and I ended up with more than I ever intended...

Mod Note, March 4th, 2024: Please refer to our new Ratings Guide instead of this one!! Here you'll find the rules for adding Ratings to your stories! All story threads must have a Rating tag - either EVERYONE, TEEN, or MATURE. Below you'll find a guide to what each prefix means, along with a...

The Erthe Beyonde A story about Arcadia; a story about starting again; a story about hope. Preface Here follows my latest project, an epistolary story based on my playthrough of Stardew Valley. It is therefore rather experimental, of limited appeal, and probably ill-advised - but I hope it...

December is now upon us, and that means a month of holiday celebrations! This year, we'd like to celebrate our community's writers by reprising our now-usual (Happily successful) review exchange. In the spirit of giving, those who participate will both give and receive reviews and other creative...

TEN SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT OR THE MATTER OF EINORE A Warhammer 40,000 cycle by Beth Pavell Preface My first fanfiction was really Games Workshop fanfiction, stories set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, or very occasionally, its parent game Warhammer Fantasy. I didn't know the term...

Hullo everyone! Slightly late but here nonetheless - as the judging continues for competition, now is also the chance for non-judges to vote for their favourite of the Summer oneshots. Here's the full list: Compound Eyes on the Surreal Sky, by Aozora Munchkins and Mythology, by Lightning Topaz...

Rated TEEN for implicit and/or infrequent depictions of blood, injury, and/or violent deaths. MACHINA EST AMOR < 0 > Sing, O divine engine, of the pride and folly of man, that pride which struck down the valiant princeps for his hubris and brought disaster upon the Legio Alastor. Thus were...

Antiheroes - the character archetype everyone feels they're familiar with, but nobody manages to satisfactorily define. To give one attempt at a definition, antiheroes are the characters you're supposed to root for but are flawed in some major way. The flaws in their heroism vary, but in any...

Accent and dialect - often a contentious subject in fiction. There's a tension between writing prose that is easy to comprehend, and writing evocative and/or authentic prose. But first, some terminology. Accent refers to how language is pronounced, whereas dialect refers to the words, phrases...

Ah, the tournament. One plot trope anyone who reads Pokémon fanfiction wouldn't be surprised to see. We've had a recent thread talking about this trope, but I felt it could do with dedicated focus this month. I suspect the tournament arc is more often thought about than written. It's the...

The Writers Workshop A community event focused around your characters! Welcome to the May 2020 edition of Trainers of Fanfiction (And the third consecutive year we've run this event)! For those of you unaware of what this is, Trainers of Fanfiction is a community event that focuses on the...