From the harvey_fanaid fundraiser for hurricane relief, I made a donation and merfilly kindly wrote a new Battlestar Galactica (1978) story for us all to enjoy:

"Acknowledging the Problem" (~1K words) (gen, G) (Cassiopeia, Starbuck, Apollo, glimpse of Adama)

I supplied a prompt about the redevelopment of civil society. We received a two-layered look at the shape of things: up close, a not-entirely-successful party, and at a distance, a road toward renewed civilization.

Thank you, merfilly!

As mentioned in the last monthly bulletin, fandomlovespuertorico is fundraising via fanwork auction to help Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. Creator sign-ups remain open through tomorrow (10/15). The auction is now scheduled to start on Tuesday 10/17 and close on Monday 10/23.

• Master "Auction Indexed Offerings List" (by offered-item type) (includes list of creators)
• Fanfic-only "Auction Indexed Offering List - Fan Fic"
• Post-with-replies buy-it-now offers

Skimming, I see such fandoms as Agent Carter, Wynonna Earp, Teen Wolf, Supernatural, Stargate, all the Treks, MCU, DCU, HP, BtVS, XF, PoI, Star Wars, and many, many more. (I don't see FK, HL, D&DC, or YB, or any creator names I recognize. Yet?)

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Has anyone seen a fan-sponsored effort for the California wildfires? I know that we're all feeling disaster-fatigue at this point! But I'm breathing that air. This latest disaster is no less real than the first. ♥

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

Fandom PSAs

• Any known Mexico City earthquake fan efforts?
• fandomlovespuertorico is fundraising via fanwork auction to help Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria. The designated charity is ConPRmetidos. Creator sign-ups go through 10/15, with the auction starting 10/21 (closing TBA).
• harvey_fanaid closed on 9/30. (I was able to donate to a charity, and a fellow fan is writing a new story! I hope lots of others could, too.)

Ficathons, fests & communities that welcome FK

• yuletide, the massive annual small-fandoms exchange, is going strong. You know the drill!
• smallfandombang, a 10K+ words challenge for small fandoms, has sign-ups through 10/31.
• spook_me, a Halloween challenge, will release on 10/26.
• trickortreatex, a Halloween exchange, will reveal on 10/31.
• Recommendation communities recap: fanart_recs, het_reccers, gensplosion, recshelf, underheard, and fancake. (More FK-friendly rec comms? Let me know!)

FK fanfiction & other fanworks

• Archive of our Own (AO3) Summary:
  4 of the 789 FK stories on the AO3 show posting dates in September.
  • "Blood of Me" by deaniebtvs (~1K words) (PG, multi)
  • "Hungry Like The Wolf" by sanguisuga (WIP) (~63K words) (X, m/m) (crossover w/Sherlock)
  • "Ancient History" by Charena (759 words) (PG, gen) (German)
  • "Balancing Desire" by Nicholas_Lucien (~25K words) (X, multi) (Part 3 of "Myths & Art")
• Other:
  "Twenty-Five Minutes" by abby82 (810 words) (G)

News & conversation:

• 9/14: nicholas_lucien summarized and linked to another live Q&A by some of the in-production movie actors and directors. Rights issues are blamed for the movie being so fundamentally unlike our FK that their Nick doesn't even want to be human.
• 9/07: nicholas_lucien shared a look at the in-production movie's new title logo, and summarized an earlier live Q&A by some of the movie's PTB.

Some years ago, when there was a natural disaster or the like, various corners of fandom would organize fundraisers in which people with more time and talent than money would create a new fannish work in "exchange" for a donation to the cause by someone else, often in auction format.

Have you seen any of those for the flooding in Texas?

I have no time recently, but I do have the wherewithal to donate just now, and I haven't yet donated to a charity for this disaster, so I thought that I might join forces with someone and sponsor a fanwork as well and direct my donation to that person's preferred charity, if that sort of thing is still done...?

Due to both connectivity issues and personal issues, I haven't been reading here since mid-October.  (I hope to be back to normal on both fronts starting... now!) Thus, this list is merely what I found tonight, with a heavy reliance on tags (e.g. "fk," "forever knight") to locate relevant material; if I've missed something, please hook me up! It looks to have been a fairly quiet month, FK-wise.

For October, in Forever Knight, in my corners of social journaling, here's what I spotted:

Ficathons, Fests and Communities

• fandomaid is raising funds in support of victims of Superstorm Sandy.
• festivids assignments went out on 10/16.
• I still can't believe that FK is not eligible for smallfandomfest. But fic_promptly will accept us for commentfic!
• Many people posted Yuletide "Dear Author" letters. FK appears in only Greer's, as far as I saw [Addendum: Also in Twilight2000's]. (BTW, thanks to sholio for confirming that you don't have to be signed up for Yuletide to give treats or pick up pinch-hits. Anyone can still play through those avenues!)

Fanfiction
3 FK works on AO3 currently show October 2012 as their publication dates. All three are new-to-me crossovers; two are by the same author.

Meta (Essays, Analysis, Discussion)

• 10/27: pj1228 described her future FK-related fanfic and website plans.
• 10/26: greerwatson announced a page of her website dedicated to her FK faction userpic icons.
• 10/17: [Locked] listed "10 Things to Do in Toronto" (which is totally unrelated to FK, unless you're an FK fan).
• 10/15: greerwatson discussed posting five FK ficlets (from the final days of fkcommentfic 2012) to her website.
• 10/13: melissatreglia noted that 36 of her 64 AO3 stories are FK.
• 10/05: automaton11 invoked Lacroix in a post about plagiarism.
• greerwatson continued sharing faction userpic icons, and brought her long-running project to a close: 10/22, 10/17 and 10/16.

Actors:
10/16: [Locked] shared that in 2013, the Stratford Festival (which has apparently dropped the "Shakespeare" from its name) will boast GWD in Measure for Measure and Mary Stuart, plus NB in Thrill (official press release PDF).

Airings:
Chiller will next air FK on Friday 11/23 (6AM-5PM, DK-FIHS). In the US, that's "Black Friday," the day after Thanksgiving; if you'll have that day off work, tune in!

Recently in FK on my LJ F-List and DW R-Page:

Ficathons, Fests and Communities

• help_japan/help_japan held a fanworks charity auction in support of those affected by the earthquake and its aftermath. (Bidding closed 03/31.)
• girlgay polled on what kind of fest to hold; a multifandom "mini big-bang challenge" won. (I believe FK and HL are eligible.)
• fkficfest promised to release its 2011 ficathon schedule in March, but has not yet. (Sorry! My fault!)

Fanfiction

• On 03/24, gnosticdiva said that she's almost done with her 100_words FK drabble series.
• On 03/12, senmut posted her ficlet "Wedding Day" (Janette, Myra, Jenny, Natalie; 227 words) in last_writes, her own journal and the AO3.
• On 03/02, hearts_blood announced that she will re-archive her 2002-2004 FK fanfic series "The Sons of Lilith" (which has been unavailable for years).
• 2 FK stories were uploaded to the AO3 in March 2011.

Meta (Discussion and Essays)

• On 03/12, gnosticdiva discussed the "marriage of Life and Death" myth in FK.
• On 03/09, gnosticdiva discussed why the N&N relationship works "in spite of themselves."
• On 03/01, gnosticdiva discussed a new FK story idea.
• On 02/28, pj1228 hypothesized that age is the determining factor in what happens to a FK vampire's body when staked.

Actors

• On 03/19, under lock, someone announced that the Stratford Festival is releasing the 2010 Tempest (with GWD) on DVD.
• On 03/02, pj1228 reminded us that season two of the CBC radio drama "Backbencher" (with NB) is on.

Airings & Releases

• On 03/08, pj1228 shared the great news that season two will finally come out on DVD in Germany in May! Yay!
• On 03/08, ithildyn observed that FK is one of the shows now available for free streaming to Amazon Prime members!
• Chiller is not showing FK in April. Boo!

help_japan/help_japan is a fanworks auction for charities in support of the victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.  See their FAQ and News for details.  All offers are logged with tags on Delicious (LJ/DW).

At this time, there are no Forever Knight or Young Blades offers, but there are four Highlander (LJ/DW) and three Rurouni Kenshin (LJ/DW), as well as many other fandoms.

They also have a requests post (LJ/DW) on which people may request (with a speculative up-front bid) things that have not been offered.  At this time, no one has requested FK or YB.

Via leela_cat: thepurpledove is a fan auction (like help_haiti) to raise money for LGBT youth causes, most of all to combat bullying.  Among their approved organizations is the Trevor Project.

At this time, there seems to be only one HL offer, and no FK offers, but many other fandoms are engaged.  Bidding begins tomorrow, December 11, at 11 AM Eastern Time, so there is still time to put up an offer if you are interested in contributing in that way.  Offers of fanfiction, beta-reading, podcasting, graphic arts, etc. are all represented.

Addendum 12/13: There is now one FK offer, by havocthecat. New offers may still be added.

Recently in FK on my LJ Friends List and DW Reading Page:

help_haiti

Everyone knows about help_haiti by now, right?  The fannish community rewarding donations to Haiti relief with custom fic, beta services, and other things in an auction-like structure?  Bidding continues through January 20.  Thanks to everyone who is participating, and who has offered!  eponymous_rose is cataloging offers by fandom.  It looks like the FK-specific offers at this time are from: Havocthecat, Triciabyrne1978, Amilyn and Devohoneybee.  [Addendum 01/18: rude_not_ginger and aescu are also offering FK, per amilyn.]  (Leela-cat generously made a gesture in FK's direction, but you know she wants HP. ~g~)  amilyn has summarized some offers and information here and here. 

Vidfests, Ficathons and Gifts

• On 01/17, senmut posted a reminder about the "Gen in January" ficathon, for which FK received one prompt (IB: Nick/Janette).  (It's a 500-words minimum, with prompts available to claim from a list, not assigned.)
  
• On 01/14, festivids went live, and abby82 strongly recommended the vid she received in the exchange.  senmut agreed, and so did ithildyn.  Count me in the consensus as well.  Set to "Cemeteries of London" by Coldplay, it's still anonymous, it's the only FK entry in the fest, and it is receiving copious praise for something from our sleepy fandom in a multifandom venue!  It's vampire-centric across all three seasons, features many of the neck-o'-the-week characters, and it musters the elusive "you could interpret this either way" that keeps us happily disagreeing to this day.  Knighties and Cousins may well see different feeds of this vid, and isn't that just the way it's supposed to be?
  
• On 01/12, havocthecat pointed out purimgifts/purimgifts, a multi-fandom event reveling in characters who are Jewish and/or women and/or persecuted by evil viziers (FAQ). FK is eligible (every fandom is eligible).
  
• On 01/06, fandom_stocking released.  Four people were tagged as requesting FK stocking stuffers, and they all received at least one tiny FK trinket.
  
• On 12/29, gnosticdiva described the dayofindulgence event, and noted that she's planning an FK entry, perhaps an adult scenario.

Fanfiction

• On 01/10, kirbyfest announced that she is moving all her fanfiction from her longstanding personal website into a new Dreamwidth journal: kirbyfest_fiction.
  
• On 01/07, senmut revealed that she's the author of the Yuletide story "A Bad Night" and consolidated her two FK ficlets written for fandom_stocking.
  
• On 12/31, gnosticdiva posted "Handcuffs Do Have Their Uses" (N&N, NC-17).
  
• On 12/29, gnosticdiva noted that she's working on a post-AtA fic (and reading the Bennett/Elrod novels).
  
• crack_van FK recommendations continue, courtesy of abby82.  Since my last round-up, she's pointed out "The Maltese Raven" by Erika W., "First Love" by Sarah B., "Trio" by Imajiru, "The Raven Flown" by AC C., the "All the Rest is Silence" trilogy by Dorothy E., "What Makes A Mortal Interesting" by Knightshade, "Goodbyes" by Vanessa St.D., "Assignment: Knight" by susanmgarrett, "Ruminations" by Nancy K., and "Anatomy of a Kiss" by Eve D.

DVDs

• On 12/31, abby82 pointed out that Amazon.com has all three seasons of FK (Region 1) on sale for $14.99.  Anyone not own yet?  Buy!  Convince them there's a market for slim sets and blu-ray and missing bits restored or packed as extras...
  
• On 12/27, pj1228 shared the great news that FK's first season will be released in Germany on 02/19/10, with German and English audio tracks.  Finally!  Cheers to all the German-speaking fans!  (Buy! So they'll release the other seasons, too.)  I can't wait to learn whether it's the full footage from the first German airing of first-season.  Granted, the differences are tiny per episode, mostly just longer establishing shots, but...

Cast and Crew and Airings

• On 01/13, abby82 shared that Mr. Parriot has won himself a new series, USA Network's Covert Affairs.  It stars Kari Matchett (Alyssa).
  
• On 12/31, abby82 filled us in -- at least, those of us who don't get the Chiller channel -- on GWD's "hosting" of Chiller's most recent FK marathon.  Actually, it was eight fun soundbites over amusing montages (seven GWD, 1 NB).  She has them all linked, and also points us to Chiller's YouTube Channel.  And as she points out, wow! that color quality.