#Wordplay 6.0

[wordplayfics]

Thank you, once again, to everyone who participated this year in the 6th 1D Wordplay Challenge! I truly never expected to have the kind of response to this challenge that I have through the years, and it's incredible to see what we've all been able to do together!

At the close of this year's challenge, we have 606 works posted across 30 weeks of the Wordplay Challenge—150 of those coming from this year's round—and that is AWESOME! Thank you so much for being a part of it!

To close out this year's challenge, I'd like to reblog any masterposts that are available for everyone's fics before also going through and reblogging all of the posts once more. The biggest issue with this is that the tagging system here on tumblr is once again NOT giving the notifications for everyone's tags. If you have made a masterpost of your Wordplay fics for this round, please send the link here or to my main at @lululawrence so I can get those shared here as well.

Thank you again! Hopefully I'll see you again next year.

in the hopes everyone sees this, i'm tagging those who signed up for this year's challenge here so you know to send me the links to your masterposts hah!

@so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed @jacaranda-bloom @fallinglikethis @phd-mama @ireallysawanangel @uhoh-but-yeah-alright @larrieblr @becomeawendybird @sun-tomato @quelsentiment @daggerandrose @louandhazaf @reminiscingintherain @satvrdays @jaerie @louisandtheaquarian @neondiamond @skipperxao3 @ponymom-stuff @chai-hat-tea @justanothershadeofblue @beardyboyzx @loulousmiles @louistomlionson @tommokat @lh-home @josjournal @laynefaire @londonfoginacup @sadaveniren @larry-hiatus @ladyaj-13 @loveislarryislove @beckydoesthings @homosociallyyours @hershelsue

[thylacinetears]

I've taken forever to post this, but here's my full ESC2023 ranking!

With comments and scores out of 10! Long post obvs:

#37 Romania: DGT - Theodor Andrei: (0.5) Gross, boring, just all-around terrible. The staging is awful. The singing is bad ("aLL oF YouR DEmoNs coMe SCREEEMIMANNEHHH" haunts my dreams). The lyrics are gross, and the attempt at wordplay doesn't even make sense? All of it is trying so, so hard to be sexy and failing miserably. Half a point for having some Romanian, but that's it.

#36 San Marino: Like An Animal - Piqued Jacks: (1.0) Worst singer this year and it's not even close. The lyrics are also terrible and kinda give me creepy vibes. 100 songs in the national final and this is the best they can get? But it does get one point for having a pretty good instrumental, and the drummer is killing it.

#35 Albania: Duje - Albina & Familja Kelmendi: (2.0) Really overdramatic. I don't like the instrumental, it's way too sparse and random. The message is meant to be pro-family but it just comes off as anti-divorce? But the intention is nice, and Albania having a song in their own language for once is nice.

#34 Greece: What They Say - Victor Vernicos: (2.5) Just generic. There's not much I can say about this song because I forget it every time I stop listening. It's not intolerable to listen to, I guess?

#33 Germany: Blood & Glitter - Lord of the Lost: (2.5) It's unique, but somehow really boring. I don’t really like this genre so I'm biased, but this is just noise to me.

#32 Switzerland: Watergun - Remo Forrer: (3.0) Nice voice and piano, but wtf is Switzerland doing singing about war? I don't like the lyrical execution of the concept at all. Definitely not a fan.

#31 Malta: Dance (our own party) - The Busker: (3.5) It's a nice sax riff, but they run it into the goddamn ground. The rest of the song just isn't very good. It's cool, but kinda annoying.

#30 Ireland: We Are One - Wild Youth: (3.5) Also very generic, but it has a nice arena-pop sound to it. The message is well-intentioned, though so incredibly overdone.

#29 Lithuania: Stay - Monika Linkyte: (4.0) Nice concept, but it just sounds really bland to me. I don't really know what I don't like about this song, but it just doesn't click with me.

#28 Denmark: Breaking My Heart - Reiley: (4.0) It is very much corporate TikTok bait. But there is a good song underneath all that, and I actually like the vocoder.

#27 Croatia: Mama SC - Let 3: (5.0) Yeah, it's very weird. I don't like the repetition, but I do unironically like the instrumental in the "Onaj mali psihopat" part. Not the best novelty/political song, but not the worst - solid 5/10.

#26 Azerbaijan: Tell Me More - TuralTuranX: (5.5) I like it, it's quite nice and feel-good. But it seems like a complete rip-off of Something Good by Bic Runga?

#25 Poland: Solo - Blanka: (5.5) Ignoring the context and that live performance… It's a bop! It's not super original but it's really catchy and fun.

#24 Israel: Unicorn - Noa Kirel: (6.0) Kinda disappointing, after all the hype. (Why couldn't she have saved Thought About That for ESC instead!) But it has a nice chorus, and some good hooks.

#23 United Kingdom: I Wrote A Song - Mae Muller: (6.0) Very British, and very pop! But that chorus just doesn't really hit for me, and I'm not a fan of the spoken word part.

#22 Cyprus: Break a Broken Heart - Andrew Lambrou: (6.0) This is actually a banger though! I'm biased because Australia, but still. Simple concept but good execution.

#21 Georgia: Echo - Iru: (6.0) No, I don't know what on earth is going on in the lyrics either - guess that's just Georgia though. I love the drama of the instrumental, and Iru has a really powerful voice!

#20 Portugal: Ai Coracao - Mimicat: (6.5) It's cool! I love the culture, and Mimicat has a great voice. But for some reason it doesn't really click with me.

#19 Moldova: Soarele si luna - Pasha Parfeni: (6.5) I'm usually a big fan of the folktronica entries, but this doesn't quite hook me as much as Fulenn or SHUM. But it's still pretty good, and I love the concept of the lyrics!

#18 Serbia: Samo mi se spava - Luke Black: (7.0) Super unique! It's good, it's just that there's so many good entries this year, so it doesn't stand out so much. Gives me Grimes vibes, like a hybrid of Violence and My Name Is Dark.

#17 Belgium: Because Of You - Gustaph: (7.0) So incredibly unapologetically queer, and I love it for that. Such a fun song, makes me want to get up and dance!

#16 Iceland: Power - Dilja: (7.0) Uplifting, upbeat, poppy - this season needed a song like this. She absolutely kills those vocals, too!

#15 Italy: Due Vite - Marco Mengoni: (7.5) Really gorgeous and emotional, with incredibly beautiful lyrics. I get chills when that second chorus comes in, honestly. But it's just not quite as good as Italy's other entries.

#14 Armenia: Future Lover - Brunette: (7.5) Has a real 2000s pop/RnB diva vibe, and I love the lyrics. The instrumental is amazing, and I love the blend of genres.

#13 Ukraine: Heart Of Steel - TVORCHI: (7.5) I love the RnB groove mixing with the dramatic violins! It's really grown on me since it was first released, it's just super slick.

#12 Austria: Who the Hell is Edgar? - Teya & Salena: (7.5) So wacky, and yet such a bop. It manages to successfully balance a hilarious concept, catchy beat, and somehow a serious and relevant message? I actually can't believe they managed it. Well done, enjoy your gas station champagne from me streaming it, lmao.

#11 Latvia: Aija - Sudden Lights: (8.0) There's no other song like it this year (or maybe any year!), and I love its post-rock sound. However I admit that at least 50% of why I love this song is that outro.

#10 Norway: Queen of Kings - Alessandra: (8.0) THE pop banger we needed! I love the electronic bassline and Alessandra's incredible vocals.

#9 Australia: Promise - Voyager: (8.0) Not at all my genre, but I love it! That electronic intro and his vocals are everything. I don't like the scream after the second chorus, but the rest is amazing.

#8 Czechia: My Sister's Crown - Vesna: (8.5) Unique, cultural, powerful, and arguably the best chorus of the year. Those harmonies, man. Czechia is absolutely killing it at the moment.

#7 Estonia: Bridges - ALIKA: (8.5) This makes me really emotional, as I definitely relate to the lyrics. But even without considering that, this is just everything good about ballads - gorgeous piano, excellent vocals, and beautifully convincing delivery.

#6 Spain: Eaea - Blanca Paloma: (9.0) I'm so glad Spain went traditional this year. Hypnotising, gentle and yet powerful. The imagery of the lyrics is so beautiful, and of course Blanca's incredible voice carries the whole thing.

#5 Netherlands: Burning Daylight - Mia Nicolai & Dion Cooper: (9.0) The Netherlands continues its sad era with this gorgeous song. I love the two voices, the lyrics, the slightly detuned piano... But most of all I love the outro - I relate to it so much.

#4 Finland: Cha Cha Cha - Kaarija: (9.0) THE icon of the season. This really is worth the hype - fun, dancey, crazy, party! It really hits its stride in the second half, but honestly I just love the whole thing.

#3 France: Evidemment - La Zarra: (9.5) I'm a France stan, what can I say! But they just keep sending quality - from the dramatic intro to that incredible disco-pop beat drop to the amazing bridge.

#2 Slovenia: Carpe Diem - Joker Out: (9.5) Basically my favourite from the beginning! It puts you in a good mood from the first line, and just keeps the energy all the way through to the end. My favourite part is the guitar solo after the first chorus leading into the second verse. It's so cool...

#1 Sweden: Tattoo - Loreen: (10.0) Right in my dance-pop loving heart. Loreen is truly like no other - a once-in-a-generation performer. When that second chorus hits... It's almost too perfect. But I love how there's that unusual chord progression to keep you interested, too. There's just nothing to fault about it, I love every single second!

[chai-hat-tea]

I posted 2,461 times in 2022

That's 2,461 more posts than 2021!

30 posts created (1%)

2,431 posts reblogged (99%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@twopoppies

@justalarryblog

@wordplayfics

@bluewinnerangel

@justapayneaway

I tagged 2,416 of my posts in 2022

Only 2% of my posts had no tags

#fic rec - 1,399 posts

#wordplay 6.0 - 107 posts

#signal boost - 75 posts

#lost and found - 50 posts

#lol - 44 posts

#oh my god - 40 posts

#deleted fics - 34 posts

#wordplay 6.4 - 30 posts

#wordplay 6.5 - 28 posts

#wordplay 6.3 - 27 posts

Longest Tag: 91 characters

#i also think he was casual because he wanted people to see he doesn’t care about the movie?

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

People!!!! A super easy way to upload images in your fic on AO3. I screen recorded this video for y’all as an example. Adding the image source as well, since it has the YouTube link if you want more info.

24 notes - Posted July 3, 2022

#4

Title - Everything’s Fair in Cereal and War

Author - @chai-hat-tea

Word count - 5k

Rating - Mature

Pairing - Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson

Summary:

Louis is sick of Harry and his coco pops being discontinued. When Harry makes things worse, can Louis forgive him?

Written as part of @wordplayfics fest

Prompt 6.1 - Scramble

My fic - https://archiveofourown.org/works/41214972

Prompt 6.2 - Particular

My fic link - https://archiveofourown.org/works/41398959

Link to the fic fest - https://archiveofourown.org/collections/particular

See the full post

26 notes - Posted August 31, 2022

#3

Title: The Subway Scramble

Author: @chai-hat-tea

Wordcount: 2.8k

Rating: General Audience

Pairing: Harry Styles / Louis Tomlinson

Summary:

Harry has been solving puzzles and pining on a

beautiful stranger in the subway. A bunch of

eventful days change things.

Written as part of @wordplayfics fest 2022.

Prompt 6.1 - Scramble.

Link to my fic - https://archiveofourown.org/works/41214972

Link to the fic fest - https://archiveofourown.org/collections/scramble/works

28 notes - Posted August 24, 2022

#2

Hey people! I posted my first fic on AO3, and I would love if y’all could give it a read! Please feel free to give me any feedback! I would highly appreciate it ❤️

https://archiveofourown.org/works/38769588

This incredible art for my fic was made by @cigsandchampagne!!! Thank you so much ❤️

38 notes - Posted May 4, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

Title - The Mane Man

Author - @chai-hat-tea

Word count - 3.1k words

Pairing - Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson

Summary - “Oh, you know what I think you should do? You should go to a salon! You’ve been saying you want to go get your hair pampered because they haven’t been feeling their best, and this is your chance. You should try out that new salon everyone at work has been raving about. It’s called ‘The Mane Man’.”

Harry needs to figure out how to spend his long weekend, and decides to go to a salon. He meets Louis.

Artwork by - @cigsandchampagne (thank you so so much!!!! ❤️❤️❤️)

80 notes - Posted July 2, 2022

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[lululawrence]

You know I love you, babe by lululawrence

Nick Grimshaw/Louis Tomlinson | 2.6k | Prompt 6.1: Scramble

Nick sighed happily to himself. Yet another wonderful decision by Past Nick was stocking the fridge with the cheesecake. He honestly had no recollection of purchasing it, but it was the best thing he’d eaten all day. There was something so perfectly satisfying about a piece of cheesecake.

He should wax poetic to Louis about it. Tell him how he didn’t miss him at all because the cheesecake was all he would ever need.

Or the one where Nick fucks up and scrambles to make it right. Too bad that just makes things worse.

Written for @wordplayfics 2022

Buy me a coffee?

[ladyaj-13]

The Superstar Scavenger Scramble by LadyAJ_13

Fandom: One Direction, BBC Radio 1 RPF

Pairing: Louis/Greg James

Tags: Canon compliant; Scavenger hunt; Kissing

Rating: G

Length: 2k

Summary: He wants to win. And not just because he’s competitive as fuck, likes to best the other boys and put them in their place whatever they’re doing, never mind that this is a silly Radio 1 scavenger hunt around London, but because of what - who - is waiting at the other end.

Written for the 2022 @wordplayfics prompt 1: Scramble! Check out the other fics and my WordPlay collection!

[laynefaire]

Hair of the Dog (100 words) by Layne Faire Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: One Direction (Band) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Zayn Malik/Liam Payne Characters: Liam Payne, Zayn Malik Additional Tags: Domestic Fluff, implied alcohol use, Wordplay Fic Challenge (One Direction) Summary:

Sometimes, it's the little things that matter most.

A drabble written for The One Direction Wordplay challenge, using the word scramble.

[wordplayfics]

One Direction Wordplay Fic Challenge 2022

Every week for five weeks a prompt was chosen using a random word generator. This is the masterpost of the prompts and where to find the resulting fics.

The 2022 challenge is now complete! We hope you enjoy the fics and, as always, don’t forget to leave a nice comment and kudos to show your appreciation!

Prompt 1: Scramble Prompt 2: Particular Prompt 3: Swing Prompt 4: Describe Prompt 5: Check

Thank you to all of the participants: @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed, @jacaranda-bloom, @fallinglikethis, @phd-mama, @ireallysawanangel, @uhoh-but-yeah-alright, @larrieblr, @becomeawendybird, @sun-tomato, @quelsentiment, @daggerandrose, @louandhazaf, @reminiscingintherain, @nikogda, @lululawrence, @jaerie, @louisandtheaquarian, @neondiamond, @skipperxao3, @ponymom-stuff, @chai-hat-tea, @justanothershadeofblue, @beardyboyzx, @loulousmiles, @louistomlionson, @tommokat, @lh-home, @josjournal, @laynefaire, @londonfoginacup, @sadaveniren, @larry-hiatus, @ladyaj-13, @loveislarryislove, @beckydoesthings, @homosociallyyours, and @hershelsue!

[wordplayfics]

1D Wordplay 2022

Wordplay 6.0 Schedule

Author Sign-Ups Open - Wednesday, July 27th

First Prompt Posts - Wednesday, August 17th

First Fics Post - Wednesday, August 24th

Final Fics Post - Wednesday, September 21st

Wordplay 6.0 Basic Info

All participants must be at least 18 years old when the first prompt posts.

This fest is open to all pairings/groupings that include a current or former member of One Direction.

Every fic must include or be inspired by that week's prompt.

There are no word count restrictions or other qualifiers outside of the previous points. The fics can have any rating, gender, identity, relationship or no, etc that you so desire.

There will be no content moderation. Authors are required to use any and all appropriate tags for the content of their fics.

Prompts will be assigned weekly for five weeks total and all participants will have one week to write their fic. More details regarding the posting and schedule will be available come late July or early August.

This is not an anonymous fest, feel free to share snippets of your fics as you write!

Fic posts for the previous five years of Wordplay are being reblogged through the summer to get everyone excited for this coming year's fest! It's been fun to remember all the amazing fic that has already been a part of Wordplay, and I hope it's been inspirational for those considering participating too.

Let me know if you have any questions!

[lululawrence]

Too Sexy (For the BBC) by lululawrence

Greg James/Louis Tomlinson | 2.3k | Prompt 6.2: Particular

“Did you know 200 people complained to the BBC officially to say that Olly Alexander’s performance at New Year’s Eve was,” Greg paused to allow the viewers to take in the most provocative part of the dance that had been performed that night for a moment before using air quotes and saying, “too sexy?”

Frowning a bit in a concerned and yet also disappointed way, Greg then continued.

“I actually felt a bit left out. I had an idea.”

Written for @wordplayfics 2022

Buy me a coffee?

[ladyaj-13]

Particular by LadyAJ_13

Fandom: One Direction, BBC Radio 1 RPF

Pairing: Louis/Nick Grimshaw

Tags: Canon!Nick; Cleaner!Louis, More smut discussion than actual smut, I'd say, if we're being honest

Rating: M

Length: 2.4k

Summary: Nick is very particular about the upkeep of his hallway's Brazilian hardwood floor. He is very particular about the cleaning of his kitchen's fine Wedgewood china.

He is less particular in his bedroom.

Written for the 2022 @wordplayfics prompt 2: Particular! Check out the other fics and my WordPlay collection!

[ladyaj-13]

Common Interest by LadyAJ_13

Fandom: One Direction, BBC Radio 1 RPF

Pairing: Niall/Greg James, background Larry

Tags: Alternate Universe - Office; Pining; Nouis friendship; Tomlinshaw frenemyship; the background Larry pushed itself forward quite a lot; Bars and Pubs; Double Entendres

Rating: T

Length: 3.1k

Summary: Louis hums, swirling his potato to form a gravy puddle in the middle. He dunks a sausage in it. “Not that I don’t love our little daily ritual, but when are you going to go get your boy, you big hunky slab of man meat, you?”

Niall looks at Louis in horror.

--

Written for the 2022 @wordplayfics prompt 3: Swing! Check out the other fics and my WordPlay collection!

[wordplayfics]

Prompt 6.1: Scramble

I hope everyone is ready, because the first prompt is here and it's time to get writing! This is always the fun part, so I hope everyone is able to harness the energy and let these fast deadlines work in your favor regarding motivation.

Please remember: the word itself doesn’t need to be used within the fic, but it should be used as the prompt or focus for your fic in some way. There are no word count restrictions or other content restrictions outside of a current or previous member of One Direction being part of the main pairing. You simply must have your fic loaded into the correct collection and tagged appropriately by the deadline of 1 pm EDT next Wednesday, 24 August.

The posting instructions will be updated once a collection has been made for this week’s fics.

Questions? Please let me know and I’ll get back with you ASAP. Happy writing!

(Here’s a handy little countdown to help you know how much time you’ve got until the fics go live. I hope it helps so you don’t need to translate time zones!)

[laynefaire]

Anytime, Everytime (100 words) by Layne Faire Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: One Direction (Band) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Zayn Malik/Liam Payne Characters: Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson Additional Tags: Wordplay Fic Challenge (One Direction), fluff, pining, LiLo friendship Summary: They say confession is good for the soul, but what about the heart? Can it find the right words? A drabble written for The One Direction Wordplay challenge, using the word describe.

[wordplayfics]

Wordplay 6.0 Participants

@so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed / we_are_the_same

@jacaranda-bloom / jacaranda_bloom

@fallinglikethis / FallingLikeThis

@phd-mama / phdmama

@ireallysawanangel / crimsontheory

@uhoh-but-yeah-alright / yeah_alright

@larrieblr / safetyfilm

@becomeawendybird / QuickenWeen

@sun-tomato / SunTomato

@quelsentiment / wordsnnotes

@daggerandrose / amomentoflove

@louandhazaf / yesisaworld

@reminiscingintherain / reminiscingintherain

@nikogda / nikogda

@lululawrence / lululawrence

@jaerie / jaerie

@louisandtheaquarian / zita17

@neondiamond / Neondiamond

@skipperxao3 / skipper

@ponymom-stuff / ponymom

@chai-hat-tea / The_Halcyonic_Lachesist

@justanothershadeofblue / justanothershadeofblue

@beardyboyzx / beardyboyzx

@loulousmiles / loulousmiles

@louistomlionson / sitandadmire

@tommokat / tommokat

@lh-home / Lhhome

@josjournal / JoMouse

@laynefaire / Layne Faire

@londonfoginacup / ladylondonderry

@sadaveniren / SadaVeniren

@larry-hiatus / larry_hiatus

@ladyaj-13 / LadyAJ_13

@loveislarryislove / LiveLaughLoveLarry

@beckydoesthings / beckywritesthings

@homosociallyyours / homosociallyyours

@hershelsue / docklands

[wordplayfics]

Prompt 6.3: Swing

And there we have it! We've officially hit the third prompt, and with that the halfway mark. Good luck, everyone, and happy writing!

Please remember: the word itself doesn’t need to be used within the fic, but it should be used as the prompt or focus for your fic in some way. There are no word count restrictions or other content restrictions outside of a current or previous member of One Direction being part of the main pairing. You simply must have your fic loaded into the correct collection and tagged appropriately by the deadline of 1 pm EDT next Wednesday, 7 September.

The posting instructions will be updated once a collection has been made for this week’s fics to once again include the link to both this week’s collection as well as the link to the blurb to be included in your author’s note.

Questions? Please let me know and I’ll get back with you ASAP. Happy writing!

(Here’s a handy little countdown to help you know how much time you’ve got until the fics go live. I hope it helps so you don’t need to translate time zones!)

[wordplayfics]

1D Wordplay Fic Challenge - 2022 Edition

About the 1D Wordplay Fic Challenge

The Wordplay Fic Challenge is a challenge that runs for five weeks. Every week there is a single randomly generated word that acts as the prompt for that week's fics. Those who would like to participate in the challenge then have to do their best to write a fic based on that word in a week's time before then getting the prompt for the following week.

This is meant to be a low-stakes and fun challenge to get your creative juices flowing and help get those words out quickly in a way that is different from other similar challenges that attempt to do the same thing (such as NaNoWriMo) by allowing you to create five shorter works instead of one larger project. It is also a fun way to see how everyone interprets the prompts differently giving us a group of incredibly diverse fics all written for the same prompt.

Details

As stated above, the 1D Wordplay Fic Challenge lasts for five weeks. The words used as the prompts are assigned via a random word generator and posted to the @wordplayfics blog weekly. Everyone choosing to participate that week will have one week to write a fic inspired by that word. This year, the Prompts will be given on Wednesday mornings (Eastern Time) with the fics for that prompt posting the following Wednesday. Each Wednesday morning (August 17, August 24, August 31, September 7, and September 14), the new prompt will be assigned and that week’s fics will post a few of hours later. Authors can begin their work on the next week's fics as soon as the prompt is posted and they are ready to do so.

Those interested in participating are not required to take part in all five weeks. It is preferred that all who sign-up have the intent of participating in at least three weeks, but all five would be wonderful. Life happens and creativity doesn't always come about when you would like it to, which is fine. This is meant to be fun and as relaxed as a challenge involving this kind of fast turn around can be.

Rules

All participants must be 18 or older. Please respect this rule.

There are no word count limits or other rules regarding content, though all fics must include a member of One Direction as a main character. 

The only requirements for the fics themselves are:

They are written within a week’s time and posted to the appropriate collection before that week's fics are revealed

The assigned word prompt is clearly used as inspiration for the fic  

Tentative Schedule (Dates are subject to change):

Sign-ups open: July 27, 2022 Sign-ups close: August 16, 2022 First Prompt Posted: August 17, 2022 First Round’s Fics Posted: August 24, 2022

Posting Details

Below is all of the information regarding the details for posting your fics to the collection(s) and what information I am asking you include in AO3 when you post. I will update this post every week as I get the new collection set up for each prompt, but there will also be a link to the collection in the bio of the blog where the prompts are listed for each week, so that will likely be the easiest way to find it. 

The Basics:

Add your fic to the appropriate collection (details below) by 1 pm EDT on the respective Wednesday

Please make a fic post for your fics and tag @wordplayfics  

There will be a masterpost updated weekly with links to the newly published collection

Each week's collections will be able to be found here: Week 1: Scramble Week 2: Particular Week 3: Swing Week 4: Describe Week 5: Check - Posting 21 September

Please be sure your fic is in the collection before 1pm EDT each Wednesday. 

There will be a countdown linked in each post with that week’s prompt because timezones can be hard. If your fic is not already in the collection when I go to publish the fics, then they won’t be approved to be in the collection. You may still post your fic and link it to the challenge–I will even reblog your fic post to the challenge page–but the point of this challenge is to write a fic in a week’s time. I don’t want to give any one person more or less time than anyone else, thus the deadline of 1 pm and not allowing late fics into the collection. If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know!

Also remember: you aren’t required to participate every week, but please do your best to participate in at least three of the five weeks this challenge is active.

Once fics are posted, it is recommended you make a fic post. Be sure to tag @wordplayfics in the fic post so it can be reblogged here. (I also recommend you link to your fic post at the end of your fic in AO3. If you don’t know how to do this, please reach out and I will be happy to help you.)

It would be preferred if the fic posts are scheduled to post within an hour of the fics going live so they don't have to be searched for every week and it also helps lower the possibility of fic posts falling between the cracks and getting missed.

Questions? Concerns? Please let me know and I’ll get back with you as soon as I can.

If you’d like to see what resulted from the Wordplay Fic Challenge in previous years, you can find all the fics in the Wordplay collection on AO3 as well as a breakdown of the weekly prompts and the resulting fics in the Wordplay Masterpost.