#GenWeekend2022

[queen-gen-week]

Gen Weekend 2022!

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ABOUT THE EVENT

We all know shipping and romance is wildly popular, as it has every right to be, but now it’s time to shine a light on the beauty of friendship, platonic love & family!

What is Gen Weekend? Gen Weekend is named after the ‘gen’ category on AO3, that means: no romantic or sexual relationships, or relationships which are not the main focus of the work.

The aim of Gen Weekend is to promote and celebrate stories which don’t have romantic love and sex as their main focus. We want your tales of life-changing friendships, your family dramas and your wild action adventures!

ASPEC friendly! This fandom event is consciously ace/aro friendly and inclusive. Some of the organisers are on the asexuality spectrum and encourage you to check out this great resource when it comes to writing asexual/aromantic characters.

WHEN? On the 25th, 26th and 27th of March.

HOW? On the above dates (or after! - the collection will remain open for a while) post your contributions to the AO3 collection (Queen_Gen_Weekend_2022) or alternatively on Tumblr, tagged ‘#GenWeekend2022’ and/or ‘#Gen Weekend 2022’. If you post on Tumblr, please also tag @queen-gen-week to make sure you get a reblog!

Rules, Prompts & FAQ under the cut!

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THE PROMPTS

You can be as free with the prompts as you like. Change them around, mix them up, anything goes! 😊

25th of March

Space AU

Heist

Scrabble

“Put that down right now, I’m warning you.”

“This is not what it looks like.”

“How did we end up here?”

Who says you can’t choose your family?

And they were roommates!

5 times something went terribly wrong + 1 time it didn’t

26th of March 

Royal AU

Party

Haircut

“I’ve never done this before.”

“You said you can keep a secret!”

“How long have you been standing there?”

Meeting a historical figure

Enemies to besties

5 times someone didn’t get lucky + 1 time they realised they already were

27th of March

Detective AU

Kimono

Sleep

“I’m so proud of you.”

“It was your idea!”

“Are you really going to eat that?”

The car/bus breaks down mid-trip

Huddling for warmth

5 times they got by with a little help from their friends + 1 time they got high were on top of the world 

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RULES & FAQ

⛔ Strictly No Negativity ⛔

This is the NUMBER ONE RULE of the event, to ensure that everybody feels safe to participate. No unsolicited criticism, provocations or hate aimed at creators or other commenters will be permitted, not on AO3 nor Tumblr. To help with this, we strongly recommend that you enable comment moderation.

Follow these steps if you receive a comment or ask that distresses you:

Do not engage. (You can take a screenshot as proof.)

Delete it. No ifs, no buts. Just delete it. (Don’t hesitate to block anon hate on Tumblr.)

Alert us via @queen-gen-week. As the organisers, we are here to actively support you. We’ve got your back, and we will gladly talk to you and help you feel better.

But what if one of the works has upset me?

Can the thing that upset you be tagged, but it wasn’t? Then please inform the organizers. We will bring it to the creator’s attention. (Remember to use the appropriate tags, everybody!)

Was the thing that upset you already tagged? Or is it perhaps simply the characterisation you find disagreeable? Then we suggest you click on the ‘back’ button, take a deep breath and remind yourself it's just fanfic.

Who can participate?

Anyone! This event is open to all content creators.

Can I combine prompts from different days?

By all means! The prompts are only there to inspire, you can follow them as closely or as freely as you like.

I'm not sure where my creation fits in, what day do I post it? 

The days, like the prompts, are only suggestions. We don't mind when you post it, as long as you post it! Even if it's two weeks late! 

Help, I've never posted fic before! 

Don't worry, we've got you! (And more importantly, we've got AO3 invites!)  We are more than happy to walk you through the process of setting up an account.

I’m still too nervous to participate!

You can post anonymously to the collection. You can disable anon comments on your work. You can disable comments entirely and just collect the kudos. You can close anon asks on Tumblr temporarily. But most importantly, we want you here and we want to see what you’ve got!

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[queen-gen-week]

(so this was a bit late, please excuse that)

two days till gen weekend

When? 

On the 25th, 26th and 27th of March.

How?

On the above dates (or after! - the collection will remain open for a while) post your contributions to the AO3 collection (Queen_Gen_Weekend_2022) or alternatively on Tumblr, tagged ‘#GenWeekend2022’ and/or ‘#Gen Weekend 2022’. If you post on Tumblr, please also tag @queen-gen-week to make sure you get a reblog!