#sapphic september 2022

[talas-first-lady]

I finished separating out all of my Sapphic Sept 2022 fics and would love to get some comments/kudos on them!

I also locked down all my Ao3 stuff to avoid any thieving Evil Gideons, so please let me know if you need an invite to get access.

[aimmyarrowshigh]

Sapphic September 2023

080. Wing - Wednesday Addams/Enid Sinclair - The Addams Family (Wednesday)

[plusfuckingultra]

Her (ANOTHER POEM I FORGOT ABOUT)

I forgot how good

Her hands felt on my body

Loving me so softly

That I felt as fragile

And vulnerable

As I could ever be

Tenderly tracing 

Her delicate hands along

My quivering form,

Breathing me in 

with so much desperation

That there was no oxygen left for me

Just her 

Just her.

In a room full of everything,

She was all that mattered

But with the way she looked at me,

It seemed she thought of nothing else

But my flushed skin against hers

[dragonsareawesome123]

Congrats to Reverse 4 You for being the first Thai GL to get a worldwide Netflix release!

AJSJSSJSKS WHAT????

[zyrafowe-sny]

The Owl House Fanweek Masterlist

Last updated: July 25, 2024

I'm trying to put together a Masterlist of past, current, and future The Owl House fanweeks to help signal boost, find gaps (I can be convinced to help run another one and/or consult behind the scenes), and eventually update Fanlore. I'm not collecting fanzines or significant days just yet, but am considering it. To the best of my knowledge, there hasn't been a TOH Big Bang/Mini Bang/Reverse Bang (either fandom-wide or more narrow).

Please please please signal boost and let me know what I've missed! This is meant to be comprehensive, not just my own personal interests. I very much believe in Don't Like Don't Read, Kink Tomato, and Ship and Let Ship, so even if something isn't my personal cup of tea, I'd like to document it.

I'll be cleaning up and updating this post periodically.

January 21-27, 2024: @wittecoupleweek

March 13-19, 2024: @disco-girl's Gustholomule Week

May 6-12, 2024: @camilamamaweek

May 20-27, 2024: @steveweektoh's Steve Week

June 23-29, 2024 (and other years): @sergeantsporks's Dadrius Week

June 24-30, 2024: @enchantedchocolatebars's Kid Philip Week

June 26-July 2, 2023: @sapphic--kiwi's Gus Week

July 17-23, 2023: @aroacemisha's Autistic Hunter Week

July 25-31, 2024: @juliettedunn's Titanlights Week (King & Luz)

August 14-20, 2024: @vee-week

August 20ish 2022: Lilith Week (organizing blog seems gone)

September 15-21, 2024: @luminoushane's Lumity Week

December 4-10, 2023: @huntlowweek

????: I've come across the blogs @lumity-week-2024 and @lumityweeks but don't know of any dates

[garden-of-flags]

sapphboy flag compilation pt 1/2

sapphboy/saphboy/sapphiboy/sapphic boy: “a boy that experiences their gender and attraction as sapphic” or “someone who is sapphic and a boy in some way”

earliest mention: october 9, 2020 by @/xenoleaf (now deactivated) (archived link here)

(part 2 link here)

october 9, 2020: flag (and simplified flag) by @/xenoleaf (archived link here)

[ ID: in the center of the flag is a dark indigo circle. from near the center of the circle ten diagonal stripes extend outward. from the center stripes outward, two are light pink, four are green, and four are light blue. where the circle overlaps with these stripes they become varying shades of purple. the negative space behind the circle and the stripes forms a blue hourglass shape. /End ID ]

[ ID: a flag with seven horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being twice as tall. in order, they are: blue, light blue, green, pink, green, light blue, and blue. in the center of the flag is a medium-sized dark indigo circle. /End ID ]

september 19, 2021: alternative flag by @mogai-sunflowers (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with seven even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: indigo, blue, turquoise, yellow, yellow, orange, and rose pink. /End ID ]

august 14, 2022: alternative flag (with and without symbol) by @thehealingsystem (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with seven even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: pink, pastel red, peachy orange, white, pale lavender, magenta, and purple. in the center there is a pastel purple and yellow version of the sapphic violet symbol. /End ID ]

[ ID: a flag with seven even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: pink, pastel red, peachy orange, white, pale lavender, magenta, and purple. /End ID ]

october 16, 2022: alternative flag by u/maliicaii (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with seven even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: deep pink, pastel periwinkle, pale sea foam green, white, pale sea foam green, pastel periwinkle, and deep pink. in the center, there’s a blue version of the sapphic violet symbol. /End ID ]

july 6, 2023: alternative flag by @/silakyu (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with five even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: pastel pink, pastel purple, pastel green, pastel blue, pastel pink. /End ID ]

color meanings:

pink for sapphic/wlw attraction; purple for femininity/connection to womanhood; green for gender nonconformity; blue for masculinity/connection to manhood

july 19, 2023: alternative flag by @ryanyflags (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with four even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: peach, pink-tinted white, turquoise and blue. in the center, there's a pink and yellow version of the sapphic violet symbol with a thick, pink-tinted white border around it. /End ID ]

september 18, 2023: alternative flag by @silliette (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with five even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: pastel purple, light purple, light pink, light blue, pastel blue. /End ID ]

september 30, 2023: simplified alternative flag by @ryanyflags (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with four even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: peach, pink-tinted white, turquoise and blue. /End ID ]

october 8, 2023: alternative flag by @/bigayasuka (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with five horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being twice as tall. in order they are: red-violet, muted red, white, muted violet, and muted pink. in the center is a violet sapphic violet symbol. /End ID ]

october 24, 2023: alternative flag (with and without symbol) by @caeliangel (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with seven horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being twice as tall. in order, they are: dark pink, pink, orangeish pink, almost white pastel yellow, blue, purple, dark pink. in the center, there's a magenta sapphic violet symbol with a slightly-transparent, off-white border around it. /End ID ]

[ ID: a flag with seven horizontal stripes, with the center stripe being twice as tall. in order, they are: dark pink, pink, orangeish pink, almost white pastel yellow, blue, purple, dark pink. /End ID ]

march 4, 2024: alternative flag by @noxwithoutstars (link here) (archived link here)

[ ID: a flag with seven even horizontal stripes, in the following colors: muted dark blue, muted blue, sea foam green, green, pale yellow, orange, and muted red. /End ID ]

[pers-books]

Lesbians in Space: The Anthology (Where No Man Has Gone Before)

Booktopia 2024 📚#Fantasy#Indie#Sci-Fi

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You've asked for it, so Space Wizard provides. Here is the long-anticipated Lesbians In Space Anthology!

Space Wizard Science Fantasy!

Space Wizard Science Fantasy is a queer science fiction and fantasy indie publishing company which opened its doors in 2021 to publishing outside authors. - In 2022, the Space Wizard Science Fantasy Year 1 campaign raised nearly $18,000 to pay authors top rates, create amazing book covers, fund an audiobook recording, and publish 12 books between June 2022 and June 2023. - In 2023, Year 2 raised over $18,000 for 12 more books released from June 2023 to June 2024 with more excellent covers, custom illustrations, and pro rates for our anthology writers! This year we added exclusive collector's hardbacks! - In 2024, Year 3 just concluded in July with another $17,250 raised for for 13 books, one omnibus, and 2 TTRPGs!

We're back again this September for one more anthology, this time with a bunch of incredible authors participating in Booktopia. Lesbians in Space has a stellar (ha!) lineup of writers already on board, including (in order of confirmation):

- Seanan McGuire, multiple Hugo Award-winning author of the Wayward Children series, the October Daye series, and the Incryptid series!

- Travis Baldree, author of Legends and Lattes, shortlisted for the Hugo Award for best novel in 2023, as well as exceptional audiobook narrator!

- Emma Newman, Hugo Award-winning podcaster and author of the Planetfall series, which was shortlisted for the Best Series Hugo Award in 2020!

- Mary Robinette Kowal. Hugo Award-winner Mary Robinette Kowal has written: The Spare Man, The Glamourist Histories series, Ghost Talkers, the Lady Astronaut Universe, and many short stories.

Also see our "writers" section below for our current roster, and for how you can submit your story!

Lesbians in Space: Where No Man Has Gone Before

Peanut butter and chocolate. Cheese and wine. Sex and rock n’ roll. History is full of great pairings.

Get ready for the next great one: Lesbians and Space! Join a host of intrepid explorers heading to the outer reaches of the galaxy, exploring planets, space stations, strange new worlds and interesting aliens. Focusing on lesbian / sapphic protagonists, this anthology will contain works from numerous established, award-winning, and lesfic authors, and a few new faces as well.

We have an amazing cover already created by Serene Chia, and we have a bunch of great addons and gifts for you as well! This anthology is going to be packed with fully-inclusive, sapphic stories about space, space opera, science fiction, exploration, adventure, and of course, romance. The stories will have representation of all sorts, including cis, trans, bi, sapphic, non-binary, ace, aro, and many other types. There's lots of room for Lesbians in Space!

We have our invited group of writers already working on stories for the anthology, but we're opening up to any and all submissions as well! So if you're a writer, polish off your best story about Lesbians in Space, and send it in!

Are you a writer? Do you like Lesbians in Space? We will be holding juried selections for more stories for the Lesbians in Space anthology. To enter, simply polish off your writing skills and craft a story of around 2000-4500 words, but definitely not over 6000.

This anthology will focus on lesbian relationships of all types, including cis, bi/pan, ace, non-binary, intersex, trans, and others that fall under the ‘sapphic’ banner as long as the primary pairing is lesbian. Give us your best story featuring sapphic protagonists at least partially located in space. This could be on a spaceship, with magic, on a planet or asteroid, in another dimension or realm, or any other connected idea. Surprise us!

Stories will be juried and final selections will be made (hopefully) by end of January 2025. Projected publish date is June 2025. Selected authors will be compensated at semi-pro rates or higher. Send your completed story in by midnight EST, December 31st, 2024 using the instructions at https://www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/submissions We are hoping to publish Lesbians in Space around June 2025.

-- I've just backed this as it looks absolutely fabulous!

[cora-writes-things]

Sapphic September 2020 – Day 17: Apple Picking (+ Day 16: Fog)

Fandom: Hannibal (TV)

Pairing: Marlana (Margot/Alana)

Thoughts: This was meant to be a full fic, but I'm no longer inspired to write it anymore. However, I still like the moodboard, so I figured it's not too late to share it. And who knows, maybe someday someone will be inspired to write a fic inspired by this so I don't have to!

The general premise of my idea is that Margot and Alana take their toddler/preschool-age son apple picking in an attempt to give him as normal of a childhood as possible despite their situation (i.e., being on the run from Hannibal and Will), and they have a nice little family outing (though I was definitely planning on having a little bit of angst, too!) But tbh, you can create anything inspired by this idea and/or the moodboard; it doesn't have to follow what I was thinking. Also, anyone is free to create for this idea if they want to, regardless if someone else has already done so or not. All I ask is that you don't repost my moodboard without permission!

Also available on AO3 and Wattpad.

All posts: {Day 1} {Days 2 & 12} {Day 3} {Days 4 & 8} {Day 5} {Days 16 & 17}

Interested in joining #Sapphic September? It’s never too late! Check out the prompts from the past five years: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, & 2020!

[worldwidegirlhood]

the sapphic books i read in 2023*

March

Yuama, The Girl I Want is So Handsome!

May

Olivia Waite, The Lady's Guide to Celestial Mechanics

June

Michelle Hart, We Do What We Do in the Dark

August

Jewelle Gomez, The Gilda Stories

Sappho, The Complete Poems

Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide To Catholic School

Irene Zahava, Lesbian Love Stories [Volume 2]

September

Kabi Nagata, My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness

Katie Heaney, Girl Crushed

October

Olivia Waite, The Hellion's Waltz

November

Rita Mae Brown, Rubyfruit Jungle

*adding the two sapphic books i read in 2022

July

Zaina Arafat, You Exist Too Much

September

Casey McQuiston, One Last Stop

[n7punk]

I accidentally drafted this instead of scheduling it for the start of October BUT I wanna talk about the scrapbusting aspect of Sapphic September for me now it's done because it was really successful for me.

Oh to start, let me actually explain scrapbusting: it's going through your scraps/fabric pile and finally sewing the pieces you've stocked up there. Usually it's more of a quilters thing since they can much more easily use small scraps, but the term has spread through the entire sewing community now and I've also seen it used for finally completing projects you may have cut out but never sewn and such.

So a lot of my SS ideas came out of nowhere (what is Ritual. Like actually) but this event was also so good for convincing myself to finally do things I'd been holding on to forever and I wanna go over those! I'm also gonna include a little of AU-ctober/Sheratober in here at the end

highlights / fault lines (OotW) [teeth]: i have had the highlights document sitting in my WIPs folder for 2 years (Oct 2022), starting with the first paragraph in the second scene for the final fic, and then just a little blurb of what the fic would be about (adora struggling to adjust/with her depression after joining the rebellion to explore how unhealthy she managed to be in secret). when I started writing the teeth prompt, i wrote that first scene and went, wait, this could actually tie into that old idea, so i pasted it into that old doc and just went from there. I'm so glad to have finally gotten that idea out there and it was basically accidental lol.

Sickfic (the Greys) [UFO]: another file I've had sitting around for two years (Nov 2022), I wrote the first paragraph and then immediately switched over to what the first chapter of Recycled Stardust ended up being, the museum gallery opening. I was writing it for a friend who was sick, so "sickfic" made sense, but then I had the other idea and asked them which idea they'd prefer, and they chose the art gallery, so that other idea just sat there in my WIPs folder titled simply "sickfic.docx" for two years. When I saw UFO on the list I IMMEDIATELY went oh my god I'm going to finally finish this thing.

the bones of what you believe (OotW) [bones]: This is a partial hit. I came up with the idea for the broken bones thing just for this prompt, but as I started writing it, it naturally morphed into a reality break, and I had the following stub in my OotW ideas folder (titled 'delirium'): "Cognitive dissonance, catra adjusting to bright moon but its so pastel, and soft, and breezy, and smells like open air and flowers, it feels like a halucination, it’s difficult to tell what’s real". I ended up incorporating those aspects into this reality break, which I think works better than trying to turn that into its own fic separately, so another idea down!

Backseat Beast (Trade Today for Tomorrow) [moonlight]: I've had the catcrumbs drawing that inspired this sitting in my drafts, with those tags attached (minus Sapphic September lol), since the 4th of July... 2023. Yeah. I told you this was scrapbusting lol. I knew I wanted to do something with Catra, being far too aware for a kid her age, using it to listen in and be a bit of a little shit, but I never came up with more for it and had the idea it had to be multiple vignettes to make a new installment but like... it doesn't. It can just be one, lol, so as soon as I saw 'moonlight' I thought of TTfT since it's tied into immortality in that verse and I ended up using this idea even though there isn't actually any moonlight directly tied into this idea. I was going to try to write another scene that actually had the moonlight glow, but what I learned this month was that I need to give myself permission to write smaller things more.

mirrorworld (a left turn somewhere around etheria) (OotW) [surreal]: okay obviously I made that original tumblr post four years ago, but I had no intention of actually writing it. I happened to rediscover it two years later though (not really sure when) and decided I should actually write it. Well I wrote one paragraph and then never picked it back up. When I saw both the surreal and mirror prompts I knew I had to actually do this fucking idea now or just delete the damn file lmao.

Starlight (somewhere between the sand & stardust) [the divine/awakening]: This was intended to be my next project after Slipstream before Sapphic September grasped my attention with that fucking ghost prompt. Anyway just a glance at the prompt list told me I could fit in the Lightbeam sequel with these themes somewhere so hey, problem solved! I was a little burnt out on kidfic right after Slipsteam so the break to write all the stupid stuff gave me the room I needed to actually write Starlight.

A Prophecy from an Angry God [prophecy]: Oh boy this one. I don't normally like crossover fic because most of the time the themes of the two things just don't mesh, nevermind the plot, but I do sometimes like AUs just using another universe's rules (thus letting you make your own themes & plot) so that's what I wanted to do with this. The avatar fic came to me as a fever dream in the later house or early morning, I don't remember which, and I made the file in my Scrivener ideas folder on March 24th in 2023, but I wasn't sure I was actually ever going to write it. I remembered it when thinking about prophecy/fate in regards to the Avatar's role, though, and I was like. I'm not deleting this file ever, so I either need to write it now or look at it forever. So I finally wrote it LOL.

In AU-ctober, I've been seeing on the idea for Somewhere Beautiful, We Can Finally Meet for 7 months. I started working on it here and there, but AU-ctober planning started back in early September and I thought this would be a good way to close it out, even if it ended up being much longer than the five days that made up that week.

Rain or Shine I've been sitting on for AGES and the Sheratober prompts helped push me on ideas to finally get it out.

The Green Line idea is only a month old, but it was just "subway AU" and the Sleep prompt came along as a great way to spur interaction by falling asleep on public transit.

[eldorr]

Butch, Soft Butch, Futch, Thistle Femme, Femme

Top Row: Butch (left) || Femme (right)

Bottom Row: Soft Butch (left) || Futch (middle) || Thistle Femme (right)

Anyways yeah I wanted to make myself an alternative butch flag b/c I do really like the association with blue one of the flags had, but I also wanted to make one that anyone could use. Plus, 5 stripes.

So yeah these are the Lunar Butch, Solar Femme, Eclipse Futch, Moonlight Soft Butch, and Sunlight Thistle Femme flags. As long as you ID as butch/futch/femme in good faith, feel free to use these! These flags are inclusive of non-women & non-lesbians/non-sapphics who ID as these terms.

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These flags were originally posted on separate posts, the butch, futch and femme flags on September 28th, 2022; and the soft butch and thistle femme flags on September 29th, 2022.

You also don’t need to ID with the terms soft butch or thistle femme to use these. The Moonlight Soft Butch flag can be used by any futches/butches who view themselves as femme/feminine-leaning, and the Sunlight Thistle Femme flag can be used by any futches/femmes who view themselves as butch/masculine-leaning. (This includes alternative IDs such as Hard Femme)

I mainly made these for myself, as I found myself becoming uncomfortable with using the flag I had been using, plus I liked one of the blue butch flags I've seen, so I decided to go off of that. Basically made these as all inclusive flags :)

[consistentsquash]

Hp femslash recs! Sapphic September 2023

Because the reccer job description is signal boosting amazing work done by others! Check out @kellychambliss' Femslash Fridays and the @hpsaffics' WLW library for loads of recs!

Also check out my rec lists if you want some femslash reads!

23 Femslash Recs from 23 Years (2001-2023)

selected Candles Lit Against the Dark by @perverse-idyll for 2023. My favorite HP fic of the year <3

10 Femslash recs

my first femslash rec list!! it's got my alltime favs <3

10 Femslash rarepair recs with Hopeful Themes

because hope is the best vibe! <3

10 F/F/F recs

Rec note - Poly for the win!

Rarest of them all femslash list

because this amazing fandom doesnt run out of creativity!

12 femslash recs from 2022

the discipline needed to just pick 12!

30 Recs for Sapphic September 2022

because we got a lot of amazing femslash fics in 2022!

Femslash Recs from 2023

because sometimes the fics are so good and waiting for the end of the year before reccing is impossible

[sapphicstarwars]

ARCHIVE

PAST EVENTS events that have passed, but may happen again in the future. if an event becomes active again, it will be moved to our upcoming list.

Ahsoka Week - Last Held: November 20 - 26 2023

Barriss Day - October 1 2023

Barrissoka Week - June 24-30 2018

Bo-Katan Week (annual) - August 14-20 2023

Ketbine Week - Last Held: December 14-18 2018

PadMay (annual) - May 1-31 2023

ReyRose Week (annual) -  June 25 - July 1 2023

SabeDala Week - October 17-23 2018

Sabine Week (annual) - October 15-21 2023

Satine Week (annual) - November 14-19 2022

Star Wars Femme Frenzy - May 1-31 2023

Star Wars Femslash Week 2017 - August 13-19 2017

Star Wars Rare Pairs Exchange (annual) - Sept 2023

Star Wars Sapphic Week - May 1-7 2023

Star Wars WLWeek - August 8-14 2021

Smut Wars Exchange (annual) - September 2023

Trans Clone Week - June 25th - July 2nd 2023

Velcinta Sapphic September - September 2023

Wolfwren Week - November 6-10 2023

Women of Star Wars Appreciation Week - May 9-15 2016

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[malaismere]

AO3 Stats: Comparing Campaigns

(for my other critical role fic stats, check out my ao3-stats tag)

First off: total number of fics (by month) since the start. C2 and 3 have been pretty consistent since 2019, around 400-500 range, occasionally peaking higher, breaking 600 with the end of C2 and 700 in October this year with Laudna's resurrection lining up with October monthly prompts.

Zooming in...let's compare campaigns. The left is total counts, the right percentage. They don't add up to 100% because oneshots like Undeadwood and EXU Calamity are in the total fic count, and any fic with tags for multiple campaigns counted as both (although instances of just Allura or Artagan in a C2 fic or just Keyleth or Delilah in a C3 fic were not counted for C1). EXU was counted in as C3; any fics with just Dariax or Opal are therefore included in C3 counts.

C1 has been pretty consistent in the 50-100 range (10-20%). It has peaks in September 21 (one person writing Kimallura for sapphic september. seriously), February/March 2022 (Legend of Vox Machina) and September/October of 2022 (Bells Hells visit Whitestone).

C2 was pretty constant in the 80-90% range through its runtime (the drop below 70% in 2019 is when Undeadwood aired) and mostly around the 300-400 fic mark, although with peaks higher (most notably the end of C2) and drops lower (2020 hiatus). After C3 starts, it stays around the 200 fic mark and around 40-50%, hitting an all time low of 27% in September, and 140 fic in August (excluding January 2018's 116).

C3 is around the 200 and 40% mark for most of it's runtime so far, staying just under C2. While the other campaigns aren't affected by EXU Calamity airing in June of 2022, you can see a sharp drop for C3. However, following that, C3 reaches an alltime high with over 300 fics in September and October with Laudna's death and resurrection, breaking the 50% threshold. In December, things went back to normal, which could be a sign that was an outlier...or a blip for the M9 reunion.

[innocent-artery]

innocent-artery's masterlist

Fics:

Harry Potter

Stranger Things

Marvel

Grishaverse

The Hunger Games

DC

The Vampire Diaries

Criminal Minds

Miscellaneous Characters

Nonspecific leads

Braindumps:

horny hours

daydreams i'll never get to hold

Holiday Series:

Kinktober 2022

Kinkmas 2022

Sapphic September 2023

Kinktober 2023

+ my previous (super old and of questionable quality) work on wattpad

[sapphic-september]

Welcome to Sapphic September!

Prompts: 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024

FAQ page (regularly updated!) - original welcome post (2022)

Sapphic September will be back in 2025!