#aeldws2023

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Week 6 results are in!

To recap, @killym and @stormofsharpthings were the two remaining authors heading into Week 4, so they agreed to settle the winner as "best 2 out of 3" for Weeks 4 through 6.

The winner of Week 4 was @killym!

The winner of Week 5 was @stormofsharpthings!

And now, with Week 6 voting officially closed, we are happy to announce...

Stormofsharpthings and killym have tied for the final week of AELDWS! Congratulations to you both!

Author names have been added to the original drabble post and comments are being emailed to authors.

Authors are encouraged to add their drabbles to the AELDWS AO3 collection if they post on AO3!

Thank you to everyone who read, voted, and commented, and an extra thank you to all of the wonderfully talented authors who participated in AELDWS this year!

We hope you had a great time, and we’ll see you again in July 2024!

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Here are the drabbles for Week 1!

The prompt was: Prompt: Fairy tale Genre: pre-canon Word count: up to and including 350 words

To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite and least favorite drabbles.

Authors, you are welcome to vote, but we ask that you vote for drabbles other than your own.

Betas, you are also welcome to vote. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!

Voting will close on Thursday, July 6 at 7PM EDT (click here for your time zone!).

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Here are the drabbles for Week 5!

The prompt was:

Prompt: Scheme

Genre: Outsider POV

Word count: between 400 and 450 words, inclusive

To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite drabble.

Betas, you are welcome to vote. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!

Since this year's AELDWS winner is the author who wins 2 out of the final 3 weeks (Weeks 4 to 6), the winner of this week will be kept secret until week 6.

Voting will close on Thursday, August 3 at 7PM EDT (click here for your time zone!).

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Here are the drabbles for Week 3!

The prompt was:

Prompt: Mistake

Genre: Meet Ugly

Word count: 300 words exactly

To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite and least favorite drabbles.

Authors, you are welcome to vote, but we ask that you vote for drabbles other than your own.

Betas, you are also welcome to vote. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!

As a note, two authors withdrew from AELDWS so there will be no elimination this week.

Voting will close on Thursday, July 20 at 7PM EDT (click here for your time zone!).

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Here are the drabbles for Week 2!

The prompt was: Prompt: "I know this looks [word of your choice]” (phrase must be used word for word but not necessarily as dialogue) Genre: Humor/Comedy Word count: between 240 and 300 words, inclusive

To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite and least favorite drabbles.

Authors, you are welcome to vote, but we ask that you vote for drabbles other than your own.

Betas, you are also welcome to vote. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!

Voting will close on Thursday, July 13 at 7PM EDT (click here for your time zone!).

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Here are the drabbles for Week 4!

The prompt was:

Prompt: Poorly negotiated

Genre: Magic AU

Word count: between 350 and 400 words, inclusive

To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite drabble.

Betas, you are welcome to vote. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!

As a note: due to authors withdrawing, there are now two authors left currently in the AELDWS event. Because of that, you are only asked to vote for your favorite drabble. Additionally, this week and all remaining weeks will be non-elimination. The AELDWS winner will be the author who wins 2 out of the remaining 3 weeks.

Voting will close on Thursday, July 27 at 7PM EDT (click here for your time zone!).

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Here are the drabbles for Week 6!

The prompt was:

Prompt: What if?

Genre: Canon Divergent

Word count: up to and including 500 words

To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite and least favorite drabbles.

Betas, you are welcome to vote. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!

Voting will close on Thursday, August 10 at 7PM EDT (click here for your time zone!).

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Week 3 results are in!

Thank you to everyone who read, voted, and commented!

The first place goes to @killym​, who wrote 'First Impressions’!

There were no eliminations this week due to authors withdrawing from the contest, but (single) eliminations will resume next week.

Author names have been added to the original drabble post and comments are being emailed to authors. Authors, if you would like to know your ranking for this week, let us know in a reply to that email!

Authors are encouraged to add their drabbles to the AELDWS AO3 collection if they post on AO3!

The Week 4 prompt will be posted July 21 @ 1AM EDT!

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Week 2 results are in!

Thank you to everyone who read, voted, and commented!

The first place goes to @stormofsharpthings​, who wrote 'Fever Dream’!

Because we had an author withdraw from the contest, this week is only a single elimination. Therefore, we must sadly say goodbye to @seleswrites​, who wrote 'romeo + tybalt’. Thank you so much for joining us!

Author names have been added to the original drabble post and comments are being emailed to authors. Authors, if you would like to know your ranking for this week, let us know in a reply to that email!

Authors are encouraged to add their drabbles to the AELDWS AO3 collection if they post on AO3!

The Week 3 prompt will be posted July 14 @ 1AM EDT!

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Week 4 results are in!

Thank you to everyone who read, voted, and commented!

This week's winner is @killym who wrote 'Where The Wild Thoughts Are'!

Author names have been added to the original drabble post and comments are being emailed to authors.

Authors are encouraged to add their drabbles to the AELDWS AO3 collection if they post on AO3!

The Week 5 prompt will be posted July 28 @ 1AM EDT!

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Week 5 voting is now closed!

Thank you to everyone who read, voted, and commented! This week's winner will remain undisclosed until next week, when we will announce the AELDWS champion.

Author names have been added to the original drabble post and comments are being emailed to authors.

Authors are encouraged to add their drabbles to the AELDWS AO3 collection if they post on AO3!

The (final!) Week 6 prompt will be posted August 4 @ 1AM EDT!

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12 hours left!

Hi authors, this is a reminder that your drabbles are due in 12 hours at 1PM EDT! (click here for your time zone)

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

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12 hours left!

Hi authors, this is a reminder that your drabbles are due in 12 hours at 1PM EDT! (click here for your time zone)

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

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12 hours left!

Hi authors, this is a reminder that your drabbles are due in 12 hours at 7PM EDT! (click here for your time zone)

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

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12 hours left!

Hi authors, this is a reminder that your drabbles are due in 12 hours at 7PM EDT! (click here for your time zone)

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out!

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12 hours left!

Hi authors, this is a reminder that your drabbles are due in 12 hours at 1PM EDT! (click here for your time zone)

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to reach out!