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APRIL 2019 PROMPT BETA’S TRUEMATE

(POSTING DATES April 15TH-19TH)

Gamermom won February’s challenge, which means they get to pick April’s theme, and they chose Beta’s Truemate! More specifically, “Woe be to the truemate of a beta, for their mate will not know their scent.”

It’s open to interpretation, but there are also some + and - points.

-100 points if it passes the Bechdel test

+200 if you include misogynistic tropes (fridging, rescue the princess, psycho/evil ex (especially if the woman is not a villain in canon)

PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO TUMBLR’S RECENT CHANGES, this challenge is now spread across four different social media sites (Tumblr, Dreamwidth, Pillowfort, Discord with posted fics on AO3). Because of this, it’s becoming very hard to track everyone’s promos.

*** Please make a list of all your promos and send them to Maya or writergamermom by the end of the promo time! *** All you need to include is a list of what type of promo you put up, which fic it was for, and where you posted it. You don’t have to include links.

thayerkerbasy and mayalaen will work at getting everybody’s promos up on the various sites, so if you don’t want your posts mirrored on another site, please let Maya know. If you’re on PF or Dreamwidth, please feel free to post your own promos to the community.

All Times are GMT-7
Posting Dates April 15th at 12am through April 19th at 11:59pm
Promo Date April 15th at 12am through April 23rd at 11:59pm
Challenge Ends April 23rd at 11:59pm

HOW TO PLAY: Post a fic to AO3 (include it in the spncoldesthits collection on AO3) and reblog this post with an AO3 link to your fic

FIC POINTS: hits +1 point | kudos = +10 points | comments = +20 points

PROMO POINTS: Fic reviews, liveblogging, banners/artwork, podfic/vlogging all equal -10 each (please tag your posts with #spncoldesthitspromo)

Have fun!

mayalaen

(POSTING DATES March 15TH-19TH)

@formidablepassion won January’s challenge, which means they get to pick March’s theme, and they chose Guilty Pleasures in a Craft Store Redux!

It’s a redux of a theme all the way back from April of 2016. It’s open to interpretation, but Foop does have some +Points and -Points for y’all.

Over 1k words gets +200, under gets -100
Adding a real leprechaun (for St. Paddy's Day) gets -100

PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO TUMBLR’S RECENT CHANGES, this challenge is now spread across four different social media sites (Tumblr, Dreamwidth, Pillowfort, Discord with posted fics on AO3). Because of this, it’s becoming very hard to track everyone’s promos.

*** Please make a list of all your promos and send them to Maya or @writergamermom by the end of the promo time! *** All you need to include is a list of what type of promo you put up, which fic it was for, and where you posted it. You don’t have to include links.

@thayerkerbasy and I will work at getting everybody’s promos up on the various sites, so if you don’t want your posts mirrored on another site, please let Maya know. If you’re on PF or Dreamwidth, please feel free to post your own promos to the community.

All Times are GMT-7
Posting Dates March 15th at 12am through March 19th at 11:59pm
Promo Date March 15th at 12am through March 23rd at 11:59pm
Challenge Ends March 23rd at 11:59pm

HOW TO PLAY: Post a fic to AO3 (include it in the spncoldesthits collection on AO3) and reblog this post with an AO3 link to your fic

FIC POINTS: hits +1 point | kudos = +10 points | comments = +20 points

PROMO POINTS: Fic reviews, liveblogging, banners/artwork, podfic/vlogging all equal -10 each (please tag your posts with #spncoldesthitspromo)

Have fun!

mayalaen

FEBRUARY 2019 PROMPT: Wayward

(POSTING DATES February 15TH-19TH)

@treefrogie84 won December’s challenge, which means they get to pick February’s theme, and they chose Wayward!

It’s open to interpretation, so let your imagination run wild. However, @treefrogie84 has a bonus -Points that will give you -100 if you include ~~Major~~ Male Character Death (which is why Death is on the pic above).

*** Please make a list of all your promos and send them to Maya by the end of the promo time! *** All you need to include is a list of what type of promo you put up, which fic it was for, and where you posted it. You don’t have to include links if that’s difficult :)

All Times are GMT-7
Posting Dates February 15th at 12am through February 19th at 11:59pm
Promo Date February 15th at 12am through February 23rd at 11:59pm
Challenge Ends February 23rd at 11:59pm

HOW TO PLAY: Post a fic to AO3 (include it in the spncoldesthits collection on AO3) and reblog this post with an AO3 link to your fic

FIC POINTS: hits +1 point | kudos = +10 points | comments = +20 points

PROMO POINTS: Fic reviews, liveblogging, banners/artwork, podfic/vlogging all equal -10 each (please tag your posts with #spncoldesthitspromo)

Have fun!

mayalaen

(POSTING DATES January 15TH-19TH)

@formidablepassion won November’s challenge, which means they get to pick January’s theme, and they chose ALFpocalypse!

It’s open to interpretation. It has to have Alf or the show Alf (1986 in the United States) in the fic in some way much in the same way the songfic was in December’s challenge. Could be a conversation, someone watching it, Alf could make an appearance in SPN, etc.

Even though Alf was quite a crack-y show, your fic doesn’t have to be. This challenge is open to all types of fics, any kind of pairing (even no pairings at all), and any subject as long as it’s in the SPN’verse. If you don’t know what Alf is, consider yourself lucky ;) It’s very easy to Google Alf, and there are snippets of the series on YouTube.

There won’t be any +Points or -Points this month other than kudos, comments, and hits.

Please make a list of all your promos and send them to Maya by the end of the promo time. @thayerkerbasy and I will work at getting everybody’s promos up on the various sites, so if you don’t want your posts mirrored on another site, please let Maya know. If you’re on PF or Dreamwidth, please feel free to post your own promos to the community.

All Times are GMT-7
Posting Dates January 15th at 12am through January 19th at 11:59pm
Promo Date January 15th at 12am through January 23rd at 11:59pm
Challenge Ends January 23rd at 11:59pm

HOW TO PLAY: Post a fic to AO3 (include it in the spncoldesthits collection on AO3) and reblog this post with an AO3 link to your fic

FIC POINTS: hits +1 point | kudos = +10 points | comments = +20 points

PROMO POINTS: Fic reviews, liveblogging, banners/artwork, podfic/vlogging all equal -10 each (please tag your posts with #spncoldesthitspromo)

Have fun!

mayalaen

(POSTING DATES 15TH-19TH)

@treefrogie84 won October’s challenge, which means they get to pick December’s theme, and they chose ~~Banned~~ Songfic!

The fandom olds will groan at this, and the younger fanfic writers will wonder wtf is wrong with us, but just stay with me on this one because it can be fun :D

SONGFIC (via Fanlore.com): Any fic which include song lyrics. They can be interposed between sections of the story, given to a character who sings them, or they can be heard on the radio by one or more of the characters in the fic who react to said song.

Songfic has been deemed pro/blem/atic over the years, and it’s actually banned by FF.net and a lot of LiveJournal communities. AO3 allows it with a caveat: DO NOT POST THE SONG IN ITS ENTIRETY or your fic will be taken down by AO3 for legal reasons. It’s probably a good idea to tag it as songfic too so we don’t worry the mods at AO3.

If you’d like more info, check out Fanlore’s Songfic page, the AO3 Tag, or this article on How to Write a Well-Written Songfic.

Songfic doesn’t mean you have to write crack. It’s been disparaged over the years, but there are plenty of people who have written serious, very thoughtful songfic. It’s open to interpretation, so you can do whatever you want with it. We just ask that you have fun :)

@treefrogie84‘s requested +Points and -Points:

+100 points if the song you use is from a musical
-100 points if the song has been in a Supernatural episode

All times are PDT/PST/GMT-7. Click Here for the current time.
Posting Dates December 15th at 12am through December 19th at 11:59pm
Promo Date December 15th at 12am through December 23rd at 11:59pm
Challenge Ends December 23rd at 11:59pm

HOW TO PLAY: Post a fic to AO3 (include it in the spncoldesthits collection on AO3) and reblog this post with an AO3 link to your fic

FIC POINTS: hits +1 point | kudos = +10 points | comments = +20 points

PROMO POINTS: Fic reviews, liveblogging, banners/artwork, podfic/vlogging all equal -10 each (please tag your posts with #spncoldesthitspromo)

Have fun!

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Have you ever struggled to get hits on AO3 in the SPN fandom? Ever written a rarepair and gotten no kudos?

This challenge turns that upside down! The goal is to get the least amount of hits, kudos, and comments on your fic. The way to win is to lose!

Sabotage your fellow hitters by leaving comments and kudos on their fics, reccing their fics on your blog, and making graphics to entice readers to comment!

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thayer - April 2019 Prompt: Beta's Truemate
mayalaen - March 2019 Prompt: Guilty Pleasures in a Craft Store Redux
mayalaen - February 2019 Prompt: Wayward
mayalaen - January 2019 Prompt: ALFpocalypse
mayalaen - December Prompt: [Banned] Songfic

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FEBRUARY 2019 PROMPT: Wayward

(POSTING DATES 15TH-19TH)

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