Logo of the FK Fic Fest LiveJournal community
Screen capture of the FK Fic Fest LiveJournal community site in July 2011.
Screen capture of the main page of the FKFicFest 2013 collection in the Archive Of Our Own.
FK Fic Fest is a ficathon for Forever Knight-based fan fiction. It has been run annually since 2010. For the first two years, its moderators were brightknightie and amilyn. Since then, the former has been sole moderator.
The community debuted on LiveJournal on 11 October 2009 with the expressed intention of holding a fan fiction ficathon in the spring of 2010, with the stories to be made available starting in the week of 18 May 2010. This date was selected as the fourteenth anniversary of the first airing of the series finale, "Last Knight".
In 2011, in advance of a second ficathon, FK Fic Fest became jointly a Dreamwidth and LiveJournal community, with admin posts made on both sites. An archive for FK Fic Fest stories was also created within Archive of Our Own (AO3). Starting in 2012, stories were uploaded directly to the archive, with only admin posts and story announcements being posted to LiveJournal and Dreamwidth. After 2017, crossposting ceased; and the ficathon has since been run solely on Dreamwidth.
In 2012, the ficathon was expanded to allow participants to create visual works of art in fulfilment of their prompt. In the event, everyone that year wrote fiction. However, a picture was created in 2013 by one of the players.
In 2014, for the first time, crossovers were allowed, provided more than half the content was FK related.
Since 2019, FK Fic Fest has been run challenge-style. In that year, one prompt was employed: "ten years" in honour of its tenth anniversary. After that, participants were polled each year for suggestions, on which they voted in order to pick three prompts for that year's challenge.
Icons[]
As FK Fic Fest is run on LiveJournal and Dreamwidth, where userpics are normally employed by members for visual identification, a set of such icons was created by brightknightie for use by the moderators. She also created the ficathon's logo, and the header for the community's site.
 Used by any moderator speaking for the community as a whole. |
 Used by brightknightie as co-moderator (2010-2011) |
 Used by amilyn as co-moderator (2010-2011) |
 Used by brightknightie as sole moderator (from 2012). |
Rules[]
The rules have been slightly modified each year.
2010[]
Sign-ups were open from 18 February 2010 to 18 March 2010. Each player submitted three prompts, one in each of the following categories:
- Gen: a "gen" story is primarily about anything except romantic and/or sexual relationships or activities.
- Pairing: a "pairing" story is primarily about romantic and/or sexual relationships or activities.
- Wildcard: a "wildcard" prompt may be anything you like.
The prompts were then sorted and assigned by the moderators; and each player received their assigned prompts on or around 21 March 2010.
Each player agreed to write at least one story to the prompts received (though ultimately some submitted more than one). The minimum length for the story was 1000 words. All stories were to be beta-read.
2011[]
Sign-ups were open from 20 April 2011 to 20 May 2011. As in the previous year, each player submitted three prompts in the same three categories, and received three prompts submitted by one of the other players to which they wrote (at least) one story. The minimum length for the story was 1000 words, and it had to be short enough to fit on no more than five (5) LiveJournal posts. The institution of an upper limit on the length of the story reflects the maximum number of permitted posts in the LJ queue, and resulted from the nuisance caused by a novel-length story the previous year.
2012[]
Sign-ups were open from 5 May to 25 May 2012. As in previous years, each player submitted three prompts in the same three categories, and received three prompts submitted by one of the other players. However, for the first time, they had the option of responding either by writing (at least) one story to one of the prompts, or by creating a piece of visual art. As part of signing up, all players stated whether they wished to play as a writer or as a visual artist, and whether they preferred to receive a story or a picture. Stories had to be at least 1000 words long. Pictures had to be at least 500px x 500px in size and "created from scratch", i.e. by hand or "by mouse", but not a photo-manipulation.[1]
Stories were uploaded directly to the FK Fic Fest archive at AO3. As a result, there was no longer a maximum size limit for stories.
2013[]
Sign-ups were open from 7 April 2013 to 17 May 2013, with the same rules as in the previous year.
2014[]
Sign-ups were officially open from 21 May 2014 to 7 June 2013, with an extension through into the following day.
As an experiment, (1) multiple related small stories could be written, provided they added up to the 1,000 word minimum; and (2) with certain requirements, crossovers were permitted. Players submitted 3 or 4 prompts, with the fourth optional prompt being a crossover. For any player choosing to write the crossover prompt, more than half the story had to be Forever Knight. Up to three potential crossover fandoms could be listed.
In other respects, the rules remained unchanged.
2015[]
Sign-ups were officially open from 25 May 2015 to 14-15 June. A contingency challenge prompt was announced in case fewer than nine (9) people signed up. (Those who signed up for the exchange could choose to drop out without penalty! Those who didn't sign up for the exchange could choose to join in the challenge.) In the event, there was a quorum sufficient for a gift exchange.
2016[]
Sign-ups were officially open from 18 May 2016 to 25 June. As in the previous year, there was a contingency challenge prompt; but, again, sufficient players signed up for FK Fic Fest to proceed as a gift exchange.
2017[]
Sign-ups were officially open from 11 March 2017 to 24 March. There was no contingency challenge prompt.
2018[]
Sign-ups were officially open from 2 April to 20 April. The community officially moved from LiveJournal to Dreamwidth, with no further crossposts.
Players could submit up to 5 prompts, four of which followed the previous rules. The fifth (optional) prompt was another wildcard, which could be gen, pairing, or crossover.
2019[]
In honour of the tenth anniversary, FK Fic Fest was run challenge-style. A poll was posted on 3 May 2019 to discuss details, among which was the question whether a common prompt should be used, with "ten years" (or "ten" + "years") being suggested by the mod. The consensus was favourable.
The official announcement was made on 5 May. As it was a challenge, there were no sign-ups and no assignments. However, there was a deadline: 14 July, with reveals of one story per day starting on 15 July.
2020[]
Because of the small number of probable players, FK Fic Fest was again run challenge-style, but with three prompts. As well, to try to attract more writers, the minimum length was reduced to 500 words.
On 12 January, a poll was run to find out (a) how many people planned to take part, (b) when the 2020 game should be played, and (c) the type of fest preferred. Of the respondents, about half recommended reducing the minimum length, and about half liked the idea of playing challenge style again. Respondents also showed a clear preference for three prompts. On the basis of the results, the mod decided to play challenge-style with three prompts, a 500-word minimum, and a due date on Sunday, April 19 (the weekend after Easter and Passover).
The nomination period for prompts began on 26 January and ran for two weeks. Prompts were to be no more than ten words in length (not counting citations appended to prompts that were quotations). A total of 22 prompts were submitted.
On 8 February, the first round of voting started, with people being permitted to choose any two of the nominated prompts. Those that received no votes were then eliminated, leaving 16 prompts for the final ballot. Voting in the second round began on 11 February, with participants allowed to pick a first, second, and third choice. The mod then weighted the results: 5 points for a first-place vote, 3 for a second-place one, and 1 for third-place. A total of 13 community members took part in the final ballot.
The three prompts chosen for the 2020 FK Fic Fest were "cold case", "do over", and "when the price of your heart's desire is your heart" (this last being a paraphrase of a quotation from Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan novel, Memory.
All stories submitted to the 2020 FK Fic Fest collection on AO3 were required to incorporate at least one of the prompts.
2021[]
As in 2020, FK Fic Fest was run as a prompt challenge with a minimum story length of 500 words.
On 17 January, a poll was run to find out (a) how many people planned to take part, (b) when the 2021 game should be played, and (c) the type of fest preferred. On the basis of the results, the mod decided to play challenge-style with three prompts, a 500-word minimum, and a due date on May 15; the same post called for prompts to be nominated. Prompts were to be no more than twenty words in length (not counting citations appended to prompts that were quotations). A total of 16 prompts were submitted.
On 22 February, the first round of voting started, with people being permitted to choose any two of the nominated prompts. Those that received no votes were then eliminated, leaving 11 prompts for the final ballot. Voting in the second round began on 1 March, with participants allowed to pick a first, second, and third choice. The three prompts for the fest were (a) the one with the most first-place votes, (b) the next remaining prompt with the most total votes of any kind, and (c) the next remaining prompt with the most points (where a first-place vote gives 3 points, second 2, and third 1). A total of 11 community members took part in the final ballot.
The three prompts chosen for the 2021 FK Fic Fest were "It's not what you are, it's what you do with it", "interrupted by a disaster", and "a moment of truth", the first being a paraphrase of a line from Mary Renault's novel, The Charioteer. All stories submitted to the collection on AO3 were required to incorporate at least one of the prompts.
2022[]
This year marked the 30th anniversary of Forever Knight's premiere. As in previous years, FK Fic Fest was run as a prompt challenge with a minimum story length of 500 words.
On 20 February, a poll was run to find out (a) how many people planned to take part, (b) when the 2022 game should be played, and (c) the type of fest preferred. A run-off poll followed to decide on the due date. On the basis of the results, the mod again decided to play challenge style with three prompts, a 500-word minimum, and a due date of 20 May. The call for prompt nominations came on 6 March. Prompts were to be no more than thirty words in length (excluding citations).
A total of 16 prompts were nominated; and voting began on March 13th. Nine people voted using ranked ballots. The following three prompts were chosen: "hidden witness", "when everything changed", and "You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time" (the last being a quotation from Charles Kettering). All stories submitted to the collection on AO3 were required to incorporate at least one of the prompts.
2023[]
As in previous years, FK Fic Fest was run as a prompt challenge with a minimum story length of 500 words.
On 30 January, a poll was run to find out (a) how many people planned to take part, (b) when the 2023 game should be played, and (c) the type of fest preferred. On the basis of the results, the mod decided to play challenge-style with three prompts, a 500-word minimum, and a due date on 25 June; the following post called for prompts to be nominated. Prompts were to be no more than thirty words in length (not counting citations appended to prompts that were quotations). A total of 26 prompts were submitted.
Ranked-balloting was used, and ten people voted. In the end, the vote was too close to call for three, and the mod chose to go with four prompts instead. These were: "(urban) legend", "the first week", "this experiment went horribly wrong", and "Evil is a point of view" (the last being a quotation from Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire). All stories submitted to the collection on AO3 were required to incorporate at least one of the prompts.
FK Fic Fest 2010[]
After making the matches, the moderators sent out prompts to the recipients in the evening of 20 March 2010.
Players[]
The following 21 people initially signed up to play:
abby82, amilyn, ankhsenet, brightknightie, celli, foxy11814, gnosticdiva, greerwatson, havocthecat, hearts_blood, leela_cat, lisamcdavid, malinaldarose, merfilly, natmerc, nikfix1228, pj1228, skieswideopen, twilight2000, waltd, and wiliqueen.
One person dropped out without penalty before the deadline to default in good grace (18 April 2010).
Receipt of Stories[]
By the rules, all stories had to be posted to the community by 16 May 2010, where they were kept in queue until released by the moderators. In fact, one person received an extension because of serious illness, and permission was granted to the author of an nine-post novel to finish posting remaining installments after the deadline.
Pinch hit assignments were made at that time.
Release of Stories[]
As a general rule, two stories were released each day (except very large stories at one per day) in the order in which they were submitted. However, multiple separate stories by any single player were spaced out; and shorter stories were shifted around very large ones to keep the two-a-day pattern.
Stories[]
The following are the stories that were written for FK Fic Fest 2010:
Party Favours[]
For everyone who completed a fully-formatted, queued story before the deadline, the moderators wrote a 100-word drabble. As well, a thank-you drabble was written for the ficathon's sole pinch-hitter. These were posted on 30 May 2010.
Thank-You Stories for brightknightie[]
In recognition of brightknightie's inspirational role in creating FK Fic Fest, pairing the participants, and putting together administrative posts, amilyn recruited the following stories to honour her. They were posted on 30 May 2010.
FK Fic Fest 2011[]
After making the matches, the moderators sent out prompts to the recipients in the wee hours of 22 May 2011.
Players[]
There were 19 players who signed up for the 2011 ficathon: amilyn, brightknightie, celli, deire, foxy11814, friendshipper, gnosticdiva, greerwatson, havocthecat, lafenris, lastscorpion, leela_cat, malinaldarose, merfilly, pj1228, skieswideopen, sure_i_am, twilight2000, and waltd. Fourteen of the players had taken part in the 2010 FK Fic Fest, and five were new. One player had to drop out; but, with pinch hits, a total of twenty stories were written.
Stories[]
The following are the stories that were written for FK Fic Fest 2011:
Party Favours[]
As in the previous year, the moderators wrote a 100-word drabble for everyone who completed a fully-formatted, queued story before the deadline. These were posted on 29 July 2011.
| Title | Author | Recipient |
|---|---|---|
| "While the Other Survives" | brightknightie | twilight2000 |
| "Breakfast in Bed" | amilyn | greerwatson |
| "No Place Like" | brightknightie | leela_cat |
| "A Good Decade" | amilyn | merfilly |
| "Rapprochement" | brightknightie | waltd |
| "The 27th Airborne" | amilyn | friendshipper |
| "Only the Medium" | brightknightie | lastscorpion |
| "For All Time" | amilyn | pj1228 |
| "As Many Facets" | brightknightie | gnosticdiva |
| "We'll Have to Get Together and Talk" | amilyn | deire |
| "Red in Tooth and Claw" | brightknightie | lafenris |
| "Possession is Nine-Tenths of the Law" | amilyn | foxy11814 |
| "Catharsis" | brightknightie | malinaldarose |
| "Music of the Night Sky" | amilyn | brightknightie |
| "Not Strangers" | brightknightie | sure_i_am |
| "Investigative Reporter" | amilyn | lastscorpion |
FK Fic Fest 2012[]
After making the matches, the moderator sent out prompts to the recipients on 27 May 2012. However, it then turned out that LiveJournal had failed to post one of the sign-ups. A week's extension was made in the successful hope of eliciting another person so that there could be a match for the additional player. All stories were submitted on time, so no pinch-hitters were needed.
Players[]
The following 13 people signed up to play:
amilyn, brightknightie, deire, foxy11814, gnosticdiva, greerwatson, hearts_blood, malinaldarose, natmerc, pj1228, sure_i_am (mayhavefakedit), twilight2000, and waltd.
Release of Stories[]
Short stories were released two a day, organized so that readers would get stories of different types summing to more or less 6K words. The three novelettes (over 10K words) were released over the weekend.
List of Stories[]
The following are the stories that were written for FK Fic Fest 2012:
| Title | Author | Recipient | Date Posted | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Not in My City" | Deire | WaltD | 27/July/2012 | 30/July/2012 |
| "Buttered Noodles" | malinaldarose | Deire | 28/July/2012 | 30/July/2012 |
| "Phases of the Moon" | Greer Watson | PJ1228 | 28/July/2012 | 31/July/2012 |
| ""We'll Always Have New Orleans"" | mayhavefakedit | Twilight2000 | 29/July/2012 | 31/July/2012 |
| "The Ties That Bind" | MelissaTreglia | Brightknightie | 29/July/2012 | 1/Aug/2012 |
| "Some Friendly Advice" | hearts_blood | Greer Watson | 29/July/2012 | 1/Aug/2012 |
| "Tinkers to Evers to Chances to Play" | Twilight2000 | mayhavefakedit | 27/July/2012 | 2/Aug/2012 |
| "Mandatory Training" | natmerc | malinaldarose | 28/July/2012 | 2/Aug/2012 |
| "Chante à Nouveau" | Brightknightie | hearts_blood | 29/July/2012 | 3/Aug/2012 |
| "Knight Down" | foxy11814 | Amilyn | 27/July/2012 | 4/Aug/2012 |
| "Generations" | PJ1228 | foxy11814 | 28/July/2012 | 5/Aug/2012 |
| "Circumstances Unforeseen" | Amilyn | MelissaTreglia | 28/July/2012 | 6/Aug/2012 |
| "Renovation" | WaltD | natmerc | 29/July/2012 | 6/Aug/2012 |
Party Favours[]
As in previous years, there were 100-word drabbles for everyone who completed and posted a story by the deadline.
FK Fic Fest 2013[]
Players[]
The following 13 people signed up to play:
Amilyn, argentum_ls (LadySilver), Batdina, Brightknightie, Deire, Greerwatson, Leela_cat, MelissaTreglia, PJ1228, Skieswideopen, Twilight2000, Vorpalblades, and WaltD. In addition, NatMerc signed up as a possible pinch-hitter.
Release of Stories & Illustrations[]
In 2013 there was, for the first time, an illustration offered by one player. As well, there were twelve stories. Ten were completed by the deadline, and the others promised and delivered thereafter; so no pinch-hits were required.
List of Stories and Illustrations[]
The following are the stories and illustrations that were produced for FK Fic Fest 2013:
Party Favours[]
For the first time, there were no official "party favours" written for those partipants who had completed their stories on time. However, amilyn instead opened the Dead Dog Party for 2013 (held on fkcommentfic) by writing ficlets all round.
FK Fic Fest 2014[]
Assignments were sent out on 9 June 2014, with stories due on 9 August 2014. Although not all were completed by the deadline, the others were promised and delivered shortly thereafter; so no pinch-hits were required. Stories were released at a rate of one per day, starting on 11 August 2014.
Although, as in the previous year, visual art was permitted, no one actually did any. However, one person did write a crossover story.
Players[]
The following 9 people signed up to play:
batdina, brightknightie, greerwatson, lastscorpion, leela_cat, gnosticdiva (melissatreglia), pj1228, twilight2000, waltd.
List of Stories[]
The following are the stories and illustrations that were produced for FK Fic Fest 2014:
| Title | Author | Recipient | Date Posted | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Never What it Seems" | LastScorpion | PJ1228 | 8/August/2014 | 11/August/2014 |
| "A Twinge in an Old Wound" | greerwatson | batdina | 5/August/2014 | 12/August/2014 |
| "To Live Forever" | Leela | waltd | 10/August/2014 | 13/August/2014 |
| "The Long Way Home" | Twilight2000 | MelissaTreglia | 10/August/2014 | 14/August/2014 |
| "How to Disappear Completely" | PJ1228 | Twilight2000 | 9/August/2014 | 15/August/2014 |
| "Janette in Love(?)" | WaltD | lastscorpion | 10/August/2014 | 16/August/2014 |
| "Rock Bottom" | gnosticdiva | leela_cat | 10/August/2014 | 17/August/2014 |
| "Missing Persons" | brightknightie | greerwatson | 10/August/2014 | 18/August/2014 |
| "Preserve Your Memories" | batdina | brightknightie | 12/August/2014 | 19/August/2014 |
FK Fic Fest 2015[]
Players[]
The following 13 people signed up to play:
argentum_ls/LadySilver, brightknightie, celli, dlyt, greerwatson, havocthecat, lastscorpion, gnosticdiva/melissatreglia, pj1228, sharpest_asp/merfilly, skieswideopen, vorpalblades, waltd.
List of Stories and Illustrations[]
The following are the stories and illustrations that were produced for FK Fic Fest 2015:
| Title | Author | Recipient | Date Posted | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "One Last Drink" | lastscorpion | skieswideopen | 17/August/2015 | 24/August/2015 |
| "Wake the Morning After" | brightknightie | melissatreglia | 22/August/2015 | 25/August/2015 |
| "Family from the Ashes" | Merfilly | argentum_ls | 27/July/2015 | 26/August/2015 |
| "On-the-Job Training" | vorpalblades | greerwatson | 23/August/2015 | 27/August/2015 |
| "Ministrations and Manipulations" | dlyt | merfilly | 21/August/2015 | 28/August/2015 |
| "Vale of Mysteries" | WaltD | celli | 20/August/2015 | 29/August/2015 |
| "No Requiem" | MelissaTreglia | WaltD | 24/August/2015 | 30/August/2015 |
| "Perfect Specimens" | celli | LastScorpion | 23/August/2015 | 31/August/2015 |
| "En Vacances" | greerwatson | havocthecat | 23/August/2015 | 1/September/2015 |
| "A Dozen in a Single Night" | PJ1228 | dlyt | 22/August/2015 | 2/September/2015 |
| "One Pin Short" | skieswideopen | vorpalblades | 25/August/2015 | 3/September/2015 |
| "Mortal Mistakes" | argentum_ls | PJ1228 | 23/August/2015 | 4/September/2015 |
| "Through the Compass of the Years" | havocthecat | brightknightie | (5/September/2015) | 5/September/2015 |
FK Fic Fest 2016[]
Assignments were sent out on 26 June 2016, with stories due at midnight on 24 September 2016. The deadline was extended, and all were delivered by the noon the following day; so no pinch-hits were required. Stories were released at a rate of one per day, starting on 26 September 2016.
Players[]
The following 9 people signed up to play:
BrightKnightie, Dlyt, Greerwatson, LastScorpion, MelissaTreglia/Gnosticdiva, Merfilly/sharpest_asp, Nicholas_Lucien, PJ1228, WaltD.
List of Stories[]
The following are the stories that were produced for FK Fic Fest 2016:
| Title | Author | Recipient | Date Posted | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Encounter in the Hills" | sharpest_asp | WaltD | 25/August/2016 | 26/September/2016 |
| "Burn" | LastScorpion | MelissaTreglia | 24/September/2016 | 27/September/2016 |
| "The Time Will Come" | Brightknightie | sharpest_asp | (28/September/2016) | 28/September/2016 |
| "A Shared Passion" | Nicholas_Lucien | PJ1228 | 25/September/2016 | 29/September/2016 |
| "Curios-ity" | WaltD | dlyt | 22/September/2016 | 30/September/2016 |
| "Broken Ties" | PJ1228 | nicholas_lucien | 5/September/2016 | 1/October/2016 |
| "Festival of Festivals" | greerwatson | Brightknightie | 25/September/2016 | 2/October/2016 |
| "Life... or Something Like It" | MelissaTreglia | greerwatson | 25/September/2016 | 3/October/2016 |
| "The Best-Laid Plans" | dlyt | LastScorpion | 17/September/2016 | 4/October/2016 |
FK Fic Fest 2017[]
Because of commitments later in the year, the moderator decided to hold FK Fic Fest earlier. Sign-ups opened, therefore, on 11 March running to 24 March. Assignments were sent out on 26 March, with stories due at midnight (PST) on 27 May. Stories were released at a rate of one per day, starting on 29 May 2017.
Players[]
The following 10 people signed up to play:
Batdina, Brightknightie, Dlyt, Greerwatson, LastScorpion, MelissaTreglia, Merfilly, Nicholas_lucien, Pj1228, WaltD.
List of Stories[]
The following are the stories that were produced for FK Fic Fest 2017:
| Title | Author | Recipient | Date Posted | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "One Loss Too Many" | PJ1228 | MelissaTreglia | 16/May/2017 | 29/May/2017 |
| "The Decline and Fall of the Murphy Case" | brightknightie | LastScorpion | 28/May/2017 | 30/May/2017 |
| "The Advantages of Age" | dlyt | greerwatson | 16/May/2017 | 31/May/2017 |
| "Flicker of a Memory" | Merfilly | Batdina | 30/April/2017 | 1/June/2017 |
| "Five Things that Didn't Happen: Litovuterine-B Edition" | LastScorpion | WaltD | 28/May/2017 | 2/June/2017 |
| "An Orphan's Choice" | Nicholas_Lucien | Dlyt | 27/May/2017 | 3/June/2017 |
| "Die & Rise" | MelissaTreglia | Merfilly | 27/May/2017 | 4/June/2017 |
| "The Siege of Hastingues" | greerwatson | nicholas_lucien | 28/May/2017 | 5/June/2017 |
| "Feint of Heart" | WaltD | PJ1228 | 26/May/2017 | 6/June/2017 |
| "All That's Left You" | Batdina | Brightknightie | 28/May/2017 | 7/June/2017 |
FK Fic Fest 2018[]
Sign-ups opened on 2 April running to 20 April. Assignments were sent out on 22 April, with stories due at midnight (PST) on 23 June. Stories were released at a rate of one per day, starting on 25 June 2018.
Players[]
The following 8 people signed up to play:
Brightknightie, Dlyt, Greerwatson, Merfilly, Nicholas_lucien, PJ1228, Purselover2, Waltd.
List of Stories[]
The following are the stories that were produced for FK Fic Fest 2018:
| Title | Author | Recipient | Date Posted | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "A Night's Work" | Merfilly | greerwatson | (25/June/2018) | 25/June/2018 |
| "Off To The Circus" | Nicholas_Lucien | WaltD | (26/June/2018) | 26/June/2018 |
| "Something There That Wasn't There Before" | Purselover2 | Brightknightie | 22/June/2018 | 27/June/2018 |
| "Defying the Gods" | PJ1228 | Nicholas_Lucien | 21/June/2018 | 28/June/2018 |
| "Curios-ity II" | WaltD | dlyt | 23/June/2018 | 29/June/2018 |
| "The Advantages of Life Insurance" | dlyt | PJ1228 | 24 June/2018 | 30/June/2018 |
| "Gone Where the Goblins Go" | greerwatson | Purselover2 | 24/June/2018 | 1/July/2018 |
| "The European Occultists" | Brightknightie | Merfilly | (2/July/2018) | 2/July/2018 |
FK Fic Fest 2019[]
For the first time, FK Fic Fest was run challenge-style, with all players writing to the same prompt. In honour of the tenth anniversary, this was "ten years" (or "ten" + "years"). Because of the change of format, there were no sign-ups, and players were not assigned to recipients. The prompt was officially posted to the DW community on 5 May 2019. Seven stories were written by six participants. They were released at a rate of one per day, starting on 15 July 2019.
Players[]
The following people wrote stories: dlyt (who wrote two stories), greerwatson, PJ1228, brightknightie, abby82, Nicholas_Lucien.
List of Stories[]
The following are the stories that were produced for FK Fic Fest 2019:
| Title | Author | Date Posted | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| "A Worthwhile Diversion" | dlyt | 11/July/2019 | 15/July/2019 |
| "Know Why I Cry" | greerwatson | 14/July/2019 | 16/July/2019 |
| "Unexpected Alliance" | PJ1228 | (17/July/2019) | 17/July/2019 |
| "Fill in the Blanks" | Brightknightie | (18/July/2019) | 18/July/2019 |
| "a reminiscence sing" | abby82 | 14/July/2019 | 19/July/2019 |
| "How To Spend The Next Ten Years" | Nicholas_Lucien | (20/July/2019) | 20/July/2019 |
| "Knight Shift" | dlyt | (21/July/2019) | 21/July/2019 |
FK Fic Fest 2020[]
Once again, FK Fic Fest was run challenge-style. However, this year players had three prompts from which to choose:
- Cold case
- Do over
- When the price of your heart's desire is your heart
Stories came due on Sunday, April 20. As in previous years, they were released throughout the following week, at a rate of one per day.
Although the minimum length had been reduced to 500 words, in fact all participants wrote stories that exceeded the previous minimum of 1000 words.
Players[]
The following five people wrote stories:
dlyt (who wrote two stories), greerwatson, PJ1228, Nicholas_Lucien, and brightknightie.
List of Stories[]
The following are the stories that were produced for FK Fic Fest 2020:
| Title | Author | Date Posted | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Knight's Tally" | dlyt | 19/April/2020 | 20/April/2020 |
| "Knight of the Rose" | greerwatson | 16/April/2020 | 21/April/2020 |
| "What Lies Buried" | PJ1228 | 15/April/2020 | 22/April/2020 |
| "Appetency" | dlyt | 23/April/2020 (r.d.) | 23/April/2020 |
| "The Case of the Missing Book Thief" | Nicholas_Lucien | 24/April/2020 (r.d.) | 24/April/2020 |
| "Still Breathing" | brightknightie | 25/April/2020 (r.d.) | 25/April/2020 |
FK Fic Fest 2021[]
FK Fic Fest was run challenge-style, with three prompts from which to choose:
- It's not what you are, it's what you do with it.
- interrupted by a disaster
- a moment of truth
Stories came due on Saturday, May 15, at noon Pacific Time. As in previous years, they were released throughout the following week.
Players[]
The following seven people wrote stories: Dlyt, LadyLC, merfilly (three stories), PJ1228 (two stories), greerwatson, Nicholas Lucien, and Brightknightie.
List of Stories[]
The following are the stories that were produced for FK Fic Fest 2021:
| Title | Author | Date Posted | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Moments of Truth" | Dlyt | 13/May/2021 | 17/May/2021 |
| "Games Vampires Play" | LadyLC | 19/April/2021 | 18/May/2021 |
| "What He Is" | Merfilly | 28/March/2021 | 19/May/2021 |
| "Pawns" | PJ1228 | 20/May/2021 (redated) | 20/May/2021 |
| "Stone Cold" | greerwatson | 15/May/2021 | 21/May/2021 |
| "Difficult Lesson" | Merfilly | 22/May/2021 (redated) | 22/May/2021 |
| "Moments" | Nicholas Lucien | 23/May/2021 (redated) | 23/May/2021 |
| "Say Otherwise" | Brightknightie | 24/May/2021 (redated) | 24/May/2021 |
| "Crisis Response" | merfilly | 27/March/2021 | 25/May/2021 |
| "Passions of the Heart" | PJ1228 | 26/May/2021 (redated) | 26/May/2021 |
FK Fic Fest 2022[]
FK Fic Fest was run challenge-style, with three prompts from which to choose:
- hidden witness
- "You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time."—Charles Kettering
- When everything changed
Stories came due on Saturday, May 15, at noon Pacific Time. As in previous years, they were released throughout the following week.
Players[]
The following eight people wrote stories: Calliope24, dlyt, Merfilly, TheFruitBat, greerwatson, PJ1228, brightknightie, and Nicholas Lucien.
List of Stories[]
The following are the stories that were produced for FK Fic Fest 2022:
| Title | Author | Date Posted | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| "97 Years" | Calliope24 | 25/May/2022 | 30/May/2022 |
| "Knight Crossing" | dlyt | 26/May/2022 | 31/May/2022 |
| "Any Regrets?" | Merfilly | 1/June/2022 (released) | 1/June/2022 |
| "Guilt and Atonement" | TheFruitBat | 19/May/2022 | 2/June/2022 |
| "Limner" | greerwatson | 29/May/2022 | 3/June/2022 |
| "Food for the Soul" | PJ1228 | 27/May/2022 | 4/June/2022 |
| "Amaranth (love-lies-bleeding)" | Brightknightie | 5/June/2022 (released) | 5/June/2022 |
| "Paper Trail" | Nicholas Lucien | 29/May/2022 | 6/June/2022 |
| "Urs in Time" | dlyt | 29/May/2022 | 7/June/2022 |
FK Fic Fest 2023[]
FK Fic Fest was run challenge-style, with four prompts from which to choose:
- (Urban) legend
- The first week.
- This experiment went horribly wrong.
- Evil is a point of view"—Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire
Stories came due by noon on June 25. They were released one per day, starting on June 26.
Players[]
The following nine people wrote stories: dlyt (4 stories), TheFruitBat (2 stories), Nicholas Lucien, PJ1228, WaltD, Calliope24, LittleBlackaPony, Brightknightie, and greerwatson.
List of Stories[]
The following are the stories that were produced for FK Fic Fest 2023:
| Title | Author | Date Posted | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Life Imitating Art Imitating Life, or The Making of an Urban Legend" | dlyt | 24/June/2023 | 26/June/2023 |
| "And that’s why drugs are bad, hmkay?" | TheFruitBat | 19/June/2023 | 27/June/2023 |
| "Experiment 1260" | Nicholas Lucien | 25/June/2023 | 28/June/2023 |
| "Prime Suspect" | PJ1228 | (29/June/2023) | 29/June/2023 |
| "A Raven Tale" | dlyt | 24/June/2023 | 30/June/2023 |
| "A Conversation" | WaltD | 25/June/2023 | 1/July/2023 |
| "Masquerade" | Calliope24 | (2/July/2023) | 2/July/2023 |
| "Volare, or The Beginning of the Bargain" | LittleBlackaPony | 25/June/2023 | 3/July/2023 |
| "A Discussion of Evil" | dlyt | 24/June/2023 | 4/July/20233 |
| "Crack the Code" | Brightknightie | (5/July/2023) | 5/July/2023 |
| "CERKopter Traffic Report (News at Six)" | greerwatson | 25/June/2023 | 6/July/2023 |
| "Huic Parce Deus – God Spare Him" | TheFruitBat | 19/June/2023 | 7/July/2023 |
| "Experimentally Flawed" | dlyt | 24/June/2023 | 8/July/2023 |
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ From the 2012 Rules Post.