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For the month of May, in my corners of social journaling, here are the Forever Knight items that I happened to see:

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

• fkficfest released 10 new stories by 7 authors.
• everywoman, a fic exchange featuring female characters, has nominations 6/01-08, sign-ups 6/10-6/20, and is due 7/25. Minimum 500 words.
• rarepairficexchange is holding a "Rarest of Rare" event for relationships with fewer than 100 works on the AO3. Minimum 100 words. Nominations 6/1-7, signups 6/8-14, due 6/30.
• squidgiepdx is hosting a "June Something," analogous to Snowflake Challenge and Sunshine Challenge.
• rule63exchange, a gender-swap fic exchange, is on. Nominations through 6/16, signups 6/19-7/03, due 8/31.
• genprompt_bingo Round 20 is open.
• fancake's June round is "Clones & Doppelgängers."

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive of our Own (AO3) Summary: 12 of the 1,112 FK works on the AO3 show a posting date in this period.

• FKFicFest:
  • "Moments of Truth" by Dlyt (T, gen, 11K words)
  • "Games Vampires Play" by LadyLC (M, m/m, 5K words)
  • "What He Is" by Merfilly (G, gen, 550 words)
  • "Pawns" by PJ1228 (T, gen, 9K words)
  • "Stone Cold" by Greerwatson (G, gen, 3K words)
  • "Difficult Lesson" by Merfilly (G, gen, 660 words)
  • "Moments" by Nicholas_lucien (T, gen, 6K words)
  • "Say Otherwise" by Brightknightie (T, gen, 3K words)
  • "Crisis Response" by Merfilly (G, gen, 550 words)
  • "Passions of the Heart" by PJ1228 (M, m/m, 6K words)
• Other:
  • "I promise on my grandmother’s recipe for souvlaki, no setups" by strangecousinsusan (G, gen, 1K words)
  • "Rock of Ages, Forever" by knight1228 (WIP, x-over) (E, multi, 300K words)

FK news & conversation

• 5/09: pj1228 noted that Nigel Bennett is in an episode of Jupiter's Legacy. Read the post.
• 5/20: celli kindly signal-boosted fkficfest. Read the post.
• 5/28: greerwatson reported that Fanlore featured the "Ger Bear" article on its homepage. Read the post.

For the month of January, in my corners of social journaling, here are the Forever Knight items that I happened to see:

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

• fkficfest is on for this year, challenge-style, and will elect prompts soon. Come play!
• theficclub is a new community for reading and discussing fanfic.
• ushobwri ("You Should Be Writing") will focus on works in progress (WIP) through February.
• sunshine_challenge, the July equivalent of January's snowflake_challenge, has announced that it's on this year. (In the meantime, the Snowflake Challenge has no deadlines.)
• dove_drabbles is a monthly prompt community (not actually limited to drabbles).
• rthstewart is hosting a 3-Sentence Ficathon (not actually limited to 3-sentence fills).
• fancake's February round features "character development."

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive of our Own (AO3) Summary: 2 of the 1,093 FK works on the AO3 show a posting date in this period.

• "And ... Action!" by sgtleppard (WIP) (x-over w/RPF Def Leppard) (E, multi, 1K words)
• "Rock of Ages, Forever" by knight1228 (WIP) (x-over w/RPF Def Leppard) (E, multi, 104K words)

FK news & conversation

• Watchlist:
  • 1/23: pj1228 alerted us that GWD will be in the season 4 finale of Frankie Drake Mysteries this spring (in the US, the show is available on PBS Passport). Read the post.
  • 1/21: pj1228 let us know that Stratford made its '19 The Merry Wives of Windsor, with GWD as Falstaff, available for 36 hours. Read the post.
• Fandom Snowflake:
  • 1/27: greerwatson discussed her FK icons project. Read the post.
  • 1/25: greerwatson discussed fandom resources, including 6 specifically FK. Read the post.
  • 1/18: greerwatson wrote, with illustrations, an essay promoting FK. Read the post.
  • 1/07: greerwatson mentioned specific FK stories among her fanfic goals. Read the post.
  • 1/01: lightbird mentioned FK in entry #1 of Snowflake Challenge 2021. Read the post.

For the month of October, in my corners of social journaling, here are the Forever Knight items that I happened to see:

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

• ushobwri, the "You Should Be Writing" community, has plans to support writers through NaNoWriMo, Yuletide, and all.
• what_ho_library is a new historical resources community, for writers of fic set in "England and America," 1900-1940. (I would presume they meant all of the UK, Canada, and Ireland, also, but "England and America" is what they wrote.)
• goodintentionswipfest is a fest for "perpetually unfinished and discontinued" works.
• beyondthealgorithm is a fandom recommendations exchange. Sign-ups to November 7, due December 27.
• smallfandombang is a big bang challenge for small fandoms. Sign-ups to November 30.
• heroinebigbang is a 5K or 10K-word challenge focused on a female character. Sign-ups to December 31, due March 31.
• fixedthatforyou_fest, a prompt game for improving "what if"s, accepts fills through November 28.
• fancake's November round features "favorite fanworks." (Trapped on a desert island without internet? What do you wish you had printed out?)
• Winter holiday events:
  • mistletoe_exchange is a shippy exchange for kissing under the mistletoe. Sign-ups to November 2, due December 9, revealed December 21.
  • yuletide_admin has some traffic about associated collections, challenges, and genres. Due December 18.
  • holiday_horror_admin represents a multifandom fanworks exchange for fandoms classified as "horror." Nominations to November 12, sign-ups to November 28, due 12/31.

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive of our Own (AO3) Summary: 1 of the 1,082 FK works on the AO3 shows a posting date in this period.

• "Malicious Child" by senmut (G, gen, 150 words)

FK news & conversation

• 10/19: nicholas_lucien shared that Stratford Festival is bringing back Thursday watch parties, including "All the Sonnets of Shakespeare," with readings by Ijeoma Emesowum and GWD. Starts December 17. Read the post.

For the month of June, in my corners of social journaling, here are the Forever Knight items that I happened to see:

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

• juletide is a rare-fandoms exchange with a 600-word minimum and a 2.5-week writing period. Sign-ups close July 5. (Everything that was eligible for the last Yuletide is eligible for Juletide, plus others.)
• hetswap is a het-pairings exchange with nominations through July 15, sign-ups through July 23, and stories due September 12.
• iddyiddybangbang is a 5K-words "idfic" challenge with sign-ups through July 17, and stories due September 12.
• auexchange is an AU-fic exchange with sign-ups through July 12, and stories due August 29.
• pine4pine is a pining-themed exchange with nominations through July 13, signups through July 22, and stories due September 11.
• fffc, the flash-fic community, has started a "100 prompts" challenge, to run through December 31.
• sunshine_challenge, the shorter July counterpart to January’s Snowflake Challenge, is in progress.
• fancake's July round features "Regency AUs."

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive of our Own (AO3) Summary: 10 of the 1,076 FK works on the AO3 show a posting date in this period.

• "In the Grand Way" by Nicholas_Lucien (M, m/f, ~1K words)
• "Adventures of a She-Wolf: Triple Threads" by HypatiaTheGunslinger (WIP) (x-over) (M, multi, ~86K words)
• "Forever Knight Reboot Novel" by toezofasupermodel (T, m/f, ~66K words)
• "Five Things Nick Changed for Natalie (and One Thing He Didn't)" by MelissaTreglia (G, m/f, ~3K words)
• "On the grill" by greerwatson (G, gen, ~1K words)
• "The Mad Queens Game" by Nicholas_Lucien (G, gen, ~3K words)
• "A Blonde for Father" by greerwatson (G, gen, ~500K words)
• "The Ballroom Blitz" by Nicholas_Lucien (T, gen, ~3K words)
• "Judgment Night" by JeanGraham (G, gen, ~5K words)
• "Doff the Serge" by greerwatson (G, gen, ~700 words)

FK news & conversation

• 6/17-19: greerwatson discussed her ‘18, ‘19, and ‘20 FKFicFest stories and presentations of them on her website. Read the posts: 2018, 2019, 2020.
• 6/22: pj1228 reminded us not to miss GWD as the uncle and ghost in the free streaming of Stratford’s Hamlet (expired July 2), and linked to a post-show discussion with several of the actors, including GWD. Read the post.
• 7/01: greerwatson chatted about FK in several ways while replying to the first Sunshine Challenge prompt. Read the post.

For the month of April, in my corners of social journaling, here are the Forever Knight items that I happened to see:

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

• fkficfest released 6 new FK stories by 5 authors! Take a look? Read and comment!
• fancake's May round is "heists & capers."
• multifandomhorrorexchange is an exchange for horror-themed fanworks. Nominate through May 14. Sign up through May 31.
• thezombiebang invites you to add zombies to your favorite fandom. Sign up through May 31.
• bannedtogetherbingo2020 is an event for fanworks featuring often-banned topics. Sign up through May 23.
• unconventionalfanworkex is an exchange for fanworks other than traditional fiction and images, like vids, podfics, meta, multimedia. Nominate through May 10. Sign up through May 20.
• rule63exchange is an exchange for fanworks featuring genderswapped characters. Notimate through June 1. Sign up through June 18.
• intoabar is a crossover game in which you write a story in which two characters walk into a bar. You name one and some fandoms; the mods assign you the other character from your other fandoms. Sign up through May 17.

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive of our Own (AO3) Summary: 14 of the 1,052 FK works on the AO3 show a posting date in this period.

• FKFicFest 2020
  • "Still Breathing" by brightknightie (T, gen, 4K words)
  • "The Case of the Missing Book Thief" by nicholas_lucien (M, gen, 6K words)
  • "Appetency" by dlyt (M, m/m, 2K words)
  • "What Lies Buried" by pj1228 (T, gen, 7K words)
  • "Knight of the Rose" by greerwatson (G, multi, 1K words)
  • "Knight’s Tally" by dlyt (G, gen, 6K words)
• Other
  • "Morgue Maniacs" by greerwatson (G, gen, 642 words)
  • "Die Konkubine - 1. Teil" by lucysummerlove (German) (WIP) (M, m/f, 398Kwords)
  • "Alma" by greerwatson (G, gen, 462 words)
  • "Lamb and Eggs" by greerwatson (G, gen, 361 words)
  • "Palette" by greerwatson (G, gen, 633 words)
  • "Magister" by greerwatson (G, gen, 370 words)
  • "Curbside" by greerwatson (G, gen, 468 words)
  • "Daughter’s Day" by greerwatson (G, gen, 416 words)

FK news & conversation

• 4/18: abby82 shared that Screen Rant’s “10 Supernatural Crime Series to Watch if you like The Outsider” ranked FK at #7. Read the post.
• 4/20: I relayed leela_cat’s news that the Stratford Festival is streaming 12 previously filmed Shakespeare plays this summer, some with GWD. Read the post.
• 4/22: nicolas_lucien commented on all the Stratford Festival online activities, but especially the Shakespeare’s Birthday celebration, which has a video of GWD delivering the instructions, including a line in Welsh, with something specific in the background. Read the post.
• 4/26: pj1228 promoted FKFicFest and linked to her contribution, a casefic. Read the post.
• 5/02: pj1228 shared a link to a video from the Stratford Festival of GWD interviewing Martha Henry in front of a certain mantlepiece. Read the post.