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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

• Auctions
  • fandomforoz is a fandom auction raising money for those hurt by the Australian fires.
• Events
  • fkficfest will play challenge-style. We're nominating prompts through 2/07, voting through 2/16, and posting our 3 winners 2/17. Stories of at least 500 words come due 4/19. Learn more.
  • waybackexchange is an exchange for canons more than 10 years closed. Nominations run through 2/11, sign-ups through 3/01.
  • halfamoon is a "free for all" 14-day event celebrating female characters in fandom. Learn more.
  • unusual_bearings is an exchange for stories focused on pregnancy. Nominations close 2/12, sign-ups 2/23.
  • villainous_big_bang is for stories of 15K+ words featuring villains. Eligibility vetting runs through 2/28.
  • unsent_letters_exchange is an epistolary fic exchange. Nominations are 2/20-29.
  • kingstoken is hosting a sci-fi/fantasy prompt meme.
  • rthstewart is hosting a 3-sentence ficathon.
  • elasticella is hosting an event called Femslash February Frenzy.
  • marchmetamatterschallenge will be a month-long encouragement to archive your meta works.
• Communities
  • fffc's February challenge is "Carnival around the world."
  • fancake's February round is "didn't know they were dating."
  • slashficlets is a community for m/m stories of 100-1000 words.
  • ushobwri is a community encouraging progress on works-in-progress.
  • picture_prompt_fun is a weekly challenge community where the prompts are pictures.
  • monthlysupergo is a monthly challenge community featuring classic fannish challenges.
  • sunshine_challenge, the summer sibling of the Snowflake Challenge, is confirmed for July.

FK fanfiction & other fanworks
Archive of Our Own (AO3) Summary: 4 of the 1,032 FK works on the AO3 show a posting date in this period.

• "Горечь крови" ("Bitterness of Blood") by fandom_Vampires_2020 (Russian) (Crossover) (Teen, m/m, 202 words)
• "Ночная смена" ("Night Shift") by fandom_Vampires_2020 (Russian) (Crossover) (Teen, gen, 599 words)
• "Дневник Люсьена Лакруа" ("Blog Lucien Lacroix") by fandom_Vampires_2020 (Russian) (G, gen, ~1K words)
• "Act Three" by amaruuk (Crossover) (unrated, m/m, ~17K)

FK news & conversation

• 1/21: greerwatson discussed FK in her Worldbuilder request. Read the post.
• 1/19: lightbird featured FK writer greerwatson for Snowflake Challenge #10, "Creator Who Inspired You," and recommended 3 of her stories. Read the post.
• 1/19: pj1228 listed 6 FK works in her fanfic year-in-review, and discussed her upcoming FK projects. Read the post.
• 1/11: lightbird wished for FK icons for Snowflake Challenge #6, "Wish for Fannish Things," and linked to an image gallery. Read the post.
• 1/07: greerwatson discussed FK in her Chocolate Box request. Read the post.
• 1/07: pj1228 described watching a series called V-Wars, because Nigel Bennett is in the premiere. Read the post.
• 1/05: celli and lightbird included fkficfest in Snowflake Challenge #3, "Promote your Favorite Fests." Read Celli's post and also read Lightbird's post.
• 1/02: chelseagirl mentioned FK in Snowflake Challenge #2, "My Fannish History." Read the post.
• 1/01: lightbird mentioned FK in Snowflake Challenge #1, "Introduce Yourself." Read the post.