Fannish options & enthusiasms: June 2024
Saturday, June 1st, 2024 10:21 amHere are some recent fannish things I've happened to see and would like to share:
Highlight
Our 15th annual fkficfest is now revealing! We've seen 7 new Forever Knight stories so far. We have 9 to go!
Ficathons, fests & communities
- Create & engage
everywoman, an annual exchange for fic starring female characters, has nominations through 6/09, with sign-ups through 6/21, and stories due 6/25.
smallfandomfest, a semiannual prompt-claiming fest, runs through 7/31.
characters20in20, a userpic-icons fandom-claiming challenge, is open for sign-ups.
trope_of_the_month's June theme is "outsider POV."
allbingo's June theme is "Pride Month."
pinchhits is a forum for pinch-hits in fannish exchanges. For example,
fandom5k is currently seeking pinch-hitters for fandoms including Sleepy Hollow, Hill Street Blues, Carnival Row, Stray Gods, Kingdom Hearts, Agatha Christie, L.M. Montgomery, and Jane Austen.
- Enjoy & share
fancake (themed fanfic recs); June theme: "trauma and/or recovery"
het_reccers (m/f fanfic recs)
gensplosion (gen fanfic recs)
recthething (fanwork recs)
fanart_recs (fanart recs)
FKFicFest 2024 stories so far
- “Day 17” by
Calliope24 (G, gen; ~3K words; pre-canon, policework)
- “The Strangest Inklings” by
SwitchbladeEyes (T, f/m & m/m; ~7K words; suspense, drama)
- “Found in the Fog” by
Brightknightie (T, gen; ~5K words; drama, historical)
- “Listen to that Engine Purr” by
Nicholas_Lucien (G, gen; ~1K words; pre-canon, comedy)
- “A Conversation, pts 3 and 4” by
WaltD (G, uncategorized; ~1K words; post-canon, dialogue)
- “At least it's not aliens” by
TheFruitBat (G, gen; ~12K words; adventure, supernatural)
- “Homecoming” by
SwitchbladeEyes (T, gen; ~5K words; drama, historical)
Note: My old "Recently:FK" is now "Recently:Enthusiasms."