#star trek fandom event

[startrekpotluck]

“Fandom is a Potluck Dinner… you’re invited!”

Hello friends, it’s that time of year again!

Grab a plate, pull up a chair, and consider yourself enthusiastically invited to StarTrekPotluck2024!

The challenge is to create a piece of fanwork that is food or drink themed, and based within the realms of the Star Trek universe.

If you’re interested in joining in, here’s what you need to know:

What do I do?

Pick a type of food or drink, a meal time or a place where nourishment is served/prepared, then create a fanwork around that place/event/object.

It can be any type of fanwork, for example: fanfic, gifs, fanvid, fanart, poetry, podfic... The only constraints are that it needs to be set within Star Trek universe (any series), and it must include the theme of food/drink.

When do I do it?

Choose a publishing date between 1st August and 14th August. We will fill up each slot, and if more people want to join in the fun, we will open double bookings. That way, we can enjoy some delicious fanworks every day!

(If you want to know which dates are still open, you can check the calendar in the blog header, or you can refer to our most recent sign-up round up.)

How do I do it?

1. Pick a Star Trek fandom, or a mash-up of Trek fandoms. (Please do not submit crossovers with non-Star-Trek fandoms.)

2. Send an Ask to this blog with your chosen date, the Star Trek fandom(s) you’ve picked, and the type of fanwork you’ll be creating.

3. Message this blog for any questions / changes etc, your hosts @regionalpancake and @procrastinatorproject will be happy to help :)

4. Post your delicious fanwork on your chosen date.

5. Message this blog with the details of where your fanwork is posted, and tag your post with #startrekpotluck2024

6. If posting on AO3, add your fanwork to the StarTrekPotluck2024 Collection.

7. Follow this blog for updates!

[marymoss1971]

For the Star Trek Potluck feast

@startrekpotluck

My first ever Star Trek potluck!

Have you ever wondered why we see different versions of kanar in Star Trek: The Next Generation and in Deep Space Nine? Beckett Mariner has the scoop!

[hermannsprecursors]

GREETINGS STAR TREK DS9 FANS

I'm interested in putting together a nice annual little event, because I think it would be interesting, and this fandom could use more for community purposes! So...

It would just be a nice little week with a bunch of prompts dedicated purely to Garashir. I think we could have some real fun!

EDIT: Can you guys pretty please rb so I can get a larger sample size?

EDIT 2: if this happens (w the way the polls are looking at this moment I can foresee it probably will), it will be hosted on my new ds9 side blog, @juulsbashir !!! so uhhh maybe perhaps share your support for Garashir week by following me there too?

[what-happens-to-the-heart]

One Month To Go!

Hello all of you darkness lovers! 😈😈😈

There's one month to go in our countdown to Cohen Fest! We've had many days with multiple sign ups so far (And will accept sign ups until the end of April). I can't wait to see what all of our participants have in store! Our Sign-Ups So Far!

Our AO3 collection for 2024 is also officially up and running!

Make sure to bookmark this if you decide you would like to post your work to the AO3 collection. (Here's AO3s instructions for doing that.)

Finally, if you're one of our five participants who is still debating which Trek(s) to create fanwork for - there is still time to update your sign up info! You can let me know up until the event begins on May 1. (That will help me chose the right Trek fandom tags when promoting the fest entries!)

[lilolilyr]

Bingo! :D

Oh damn, I started to do this ages ago and thought I'd be quick about it because I'm chronically online anyway so this wouldn't be much of a change to my behavior xD but then I got busy with irl stuff and also obsessed with a completely different fandom, so it took me a while to get back to this, and the bingo challenge actually helped me look for more J7 fanwork again! Thank you so much for organizing this, @genius2mania / @janewayseven !

Tagging, if you like, @purlturtle @lesbian-of-nine @die-schwanenkoenigin @my-gaydar-is-on-point @ussjellyfish @viharistenno @lesbianlovelife @kla1991 @racethewind10 @lonely-night @wickedheadache and anyone else who sees this, if you haven't done this yet (or want to do it again)! blank below the cut :)

Quote your favorite line in your comment ->

Make the first comment on a work ->

Share 5 under 10 shares: (found more than 5 which is a crime because they all deserve so many more reblogs!! Go check them out they're all amazing):

X X X X X X X X X X X X X

Playlist:

Comment that's an essay ->

And of course I found other J7 stuff while I was looking for those, you can find them all too in my J7 tag on tumblr (mobile link) and my Ao3 bookmarks! :)

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[abunchoflonesomeheroes]

Merry Month of Cohen 2023

Star Trek Fandom Event:  May 2023

Get caught in the darkness for another year.  

Welcome to the fifth Cohen-based Star Trek fandom event, which I have the honor of organizing this time. Since it is a delight every year, the tradition shall not die. It started with the the challenge of Leonard Cohen and the Merry Month of May, organised by the incomparable @mia-cooper in 2019. The challenge is now up for another year.

You know the drill (the same procedure as every year):

This year’s twist: Someone has to die.

1. Pick a Leonard Cohen song, or multiples of. Any Cohen lyrics as long as they sing dark and angsty thoughts to you.

2. Pick a date in the first fortnight of May only (Mon 1st May ��� Mon 15th May). If there is an avalanche of fanworks coming this way, we’ll double up on the day.

3. Pick up a Star Trek fandom, or a mash-up of ST fandoms. Mix DS9 and Picard if you so wish, but no crossovers with non-Star-Trek fandoms.

4. Message this blog with your chosen date, the Star Trek fandom(s) you’ve picked, and the type of fanwork you’ll be producing.

5. Message this blog for any questions / changes etc…

6. Post your angst-filled fanwork on your chosen date.

7. Message this blog with the details of where your fanwork is posted, and tag your Tumblr post with #abunchoflonesomeheroes

8. If posting on AO3, add your fanwork to the collection which will be created later.

9. Follow this blog for updates.

Tagging all the creators from the last years. No obligation to participate this year of course, but please reblog to others: @ladystark428, @mia-cooper, @70thousandlightyearsfromhome, @caladeniablue, @manalyzer13, @bizships, @curator-on-ao3, @leisylaura, @ariella884, @littleobsessions90, @grace-among-the-stars, @killermanatee, @rocktherecorder, @poetictrekkie, @gluecookie @pc-corner​

[thiawen]

Talking on the KiScon discord server and no one had a Star Trek event calendar. So I made one. If anything is missing, I’m happy to add it. Just drop me a line.

[chaos-company]

Angstpril 2024

Hi everyone!

It’s that time of year again! We are excited to announce that we are hosting the event again this year!

All prompts, FAQs and rules can be found in the graphics and below the cut! 

Prompts:

1. homesick

2. frozen

3. broken-hearted

4. longing

5. rise from the ashes

6. this isn’t going to work

7. bad dreams

8. lost battle

9. trust issues

10. phantom pain

11. no way out

12. a little too late

13. learning the truth

14. surrender

15. confrontation

16. cry for help

17. last chance

18. left behind

19. trembling

20. broken

21. faking a smile

22. drained

23. swept away

24. the ghost of you

25. cold shoulder

26. grief

27. panicked

28. never see you again

29. betrayal

30. the last time

Alt Prompts:

1. troubled mind

2. not strong enough

3. you were never mine

4. the night we met

5. mental scars

6. miscommunication

7. jealousy

8.rock and a hard place

9. emotionally distant

10. paranoid

Rules

All posted content must be your original content. The use of AI for creation of any kind is prohibited.

All tags must be utilized in order to be reblogged. NOTE: the mods are human beings, so not all works will automatically be reblogged, even if all tagging is correct.

Any art form is acceptable, including original writing, gif sets and fan art.

FAQs

“Do I have to create for all thirty days?”

- Not at all! Feel free to jump in whenever you’d like. This is a creation event, so create as much or as little as you want! However, if you want to be entered in the shout out post, you must participate in all 30 days.

“Can I post a creation after the day has already passed?”

- Yes! You’re welcome to post for a prompt day even after the date, just be sure to tag with which day and prompt you’ve created for! You will only be eligibile for the shoutout post if you complete all 30 days within the month of April.

“What if I don’t understand/like a prompt?”

- We have a list of 10 alt prompts for you to choose from if you don’t like the main 30. Feel free to use our alternate prompts for any day, and if there’s any confusion send us an ask!

[nowheresamsaucex]

I told my AARP eligible dad who is such a huge Star Trek fan that he has met George Takei in person, has visited Riverside Iowa (future birthplace of Kirk), and has a Spock oven mitten that Spirk is canon he simply said an Owen Wilson style "Wow" like he had received the copyright to the Mona Lisa by the president while being given the Nobel Prize in every category

[dilf-cember]

It's official! Your DILFcember 2024 prompts have been chosen! A huge thanks to everyone who submitted prompts and voted!

Week 1 (Dec 1-7): Old Scars/War Wounds & Breeding

Week 2 (Dec 8-14): Co-Parenting & Firsts

Week 3 (Dec 15-21): Old Friends to Lovers & Crossdressing

Week 4 (Dec 22-28): Handyman/Mechanic & Age Gap

Week 5 (Dec 29-31): Take inspiration from another fanwork!

Please check out the rules prior to participating, and message us if you have any other questions that are not covered by the rules.

As a reminder, this is a cross-fandom event! Please feel free to share and help get the word out to all the other DILF lovers out there, and share your contributions on tumblr with the tag #dilfcember 2024 and @ us at @dilf-cember

[cuterefaction]

Trektober Day 1, 'Wormhole'. A companion piece to the Wormhole one of Opaka last year. Where her predecessor looked towards the Celestial Temple with wonderment, Winn digs her nails into her palms. The gods are there, and they're not listening.

[startrekpotluck]

✨ 🩵 Get ready to fire up those replicators! 🩵 ✨

This August, StarTrekPotluck returns for its fifth anniversary 🎂 Sign-ups open May 28th!

See you all in the mess hall 🖖✨

[fourormore]

[Image description: A polyam flag with the words “four or more bingo” on it. End description.]

FOUR OR MORE 2024 BINGO

AO3 COLLECTION | SQUIDGEWORLD COLLECTION

You thought I would stop at a ficathon? Hell no, I have a vision: a world where we can read about polycules and complicated relationships with four or more people until our eyes hurt and our hearts can't take it anymore.

Let me introduce to you: the 2024 Four or More Bingo!

This is a low-stakes, personal challenge. There's no penalty for not finishing or running late.

Cards will be given from October 20th to December 31st. Fills can be posted to AO3, SQWA or tumblr forever.

GUIDELINES

Any medium! Any rating! As long as your work focuses on a relationship with 4 or more people, it's allowed!

All works must be your own and not previously posted. AI generated works will be deleted from the collections.

You may combine these with other events, as long as the other event allows it (examples are @polyamships ' polyartober, lyricaltitles ' bingo, etc)

Small fandoms welcome!

Don't forget to comply with the community guidelines.

MEDIUM SPECIFIC GUIDELINES

Minimum wordcount for fics is 100 words. There is no maximum

Minimum for art is a sketch on unlined paper (figure sticks allowed!). There is no limit to the quality or effort you want to put in your fills.

Minimum for moodboards is a 3x3 grid (9 images individually or edited in one image). Maximum is given by the place where you decide to post. On tumblr, the maximum is 20 images, but on AO3, you're free!

Minimum for podfic is a 100-word fic. There is no restriction on maximum length or effects.

Minimum for fanvids is 30 seconds. There is no maximum.

Other mediums don't have a minimum. Do you want to make an in-universe magazine for your ship? A cross stich pattern? A sculpture? Go ahead and do it! I look forward to all the things you can create.

Prompts, FAQ and more below the cut!

PROMPTS

The following are the prompts that the bingo card will be generated from. Send us an ask if you want a card, and if you want any prompts specifically excluded from it (you can exclude up to 5 prompts). Feel free to request a new card at any time through December 2024, even if you've already received one. If these prompts seem familiar, it's because most of them come from the ficathon! I've chosen some of the most frequent prompts + some new prompts for added spice.

Hide and seek

Growing old together

Getting high together

Moving in together

"It's complicated"

Long distance

Going to a music event together

Medical AU

1920s AU

1950s AU

1980s AU

Y2K AU

Apocalypse AU

Cyberpunk AU

Meeting the parents

"Because I'm heartbroken"

Kink negotiation

Didn't know they were dating

Truth or dare

Skinny-dipping

Aromantic character

Coffee date

Pacific Rim AU

Gamer AU

Game night becomes an orgy

Stargazing

Trust issues

"My turn"

Omegaverse AU

Sedoretu

Sharing a bed

Wedding

Introspection

Dirty talk

Birthday sex

Coming home

Case fic

Morning after

"Don't look at me, this wasn't my idea"

Royalty AU

Combat training

Dancing

Confessions

Experimenting

Redemption

"Let me/us help"

Enemies to lovers

Friends to lovers

"Why me?"

Something made them do it (sex pollen, fuck water, in heat, etc)

Outsider POV

Wearing each others' clothes

Collection

A fandom you haven't written before

A fandom with canon set before the 20th century

A fandom that's 10+ years old

A fandom that's 20+ years old

A polycule with 5 people

A polycule with 8 people

A polycule with 10+ people FAQ

Q: So how do I get a card? A: Send us an ask, preferrably off anon, but if you prefer to remain anon, leave an emoji to identify you by.

Q: How many fics do I need to write? A: For a bingo, 5 prompts in a line (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal). You can even go for a blackout (all 25 prompts). Q: Why isn't X allowed? A: Just because.

Q: I don’t have a Dreamwidth account. Can I join? A: Of course! You don’t even need an AO3 account if you wish to post only on tumblr.

Q: My work contains [INSERT WARNING HERE]. Can I still participate? A: Yes. This is a CNTW (Choose Not To Warn) space.

Q: I don’t want to see [X] content, can you please remove it? A: No. The only content that will be removed will be that that does not comply with the rules.

COMPLETION POSTS

So, you have a bingo (or a blackout!), what now? Well, to acknowledge the fact that you spent time and effort on at least 5 fics, we'll be receiving bragging posts (also known as completion posts) where you can link all of your fills at once. Please follow this format. You may post on your own blog and @ us, tag #fourormore or submit it to the blog.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send a message.

Have fun and bon appetit!

[gwenpoolsaesthetic]

Deadline Extended!!

The deadline for my dissertation project, Affirmation/Transformation, has been extended! This project asks fans to get inspired by one of 14 pieces of fine art and create... ANYTHING! Write a story, write a song, design a cosplay, create a fancy manicure, make a meme, make a stop-motion video, choreograph a dance, make a SuperWhoLock gif fic, or anything else your heart can dream up. Fanworks are submitted digitally, so you don't have to actually send me anything, and all kinds of fanworks from all fandoms are welcome!! You can find all the pieces and sign up for reminders HERE.

I'm not going to lie, I haven't gotten quite the response I was hoping for. I have enough submissions to put the show on, but not as many as I would like for my research. If you're interested in supporting my project, but you're not sure how, please reach out to me! I'd love to see as many different kinds of fanworks and as many different fandoms represented as possible. Submissions will be accepted through the end of the exhibition (December 22, 2024) but, if they're made after August 1st, I can't promise they'll be in the exhibition on opening day. The exhibition will be available both in person at Marquette University's Haggerty Museum of Art. and online.

[mcspirkevents]

It's that time again! Time to vote for which prompts will be used for Mcspirk Month 2025. Mcspirk Month is going to be May 2025 so the top 31 prompts voted in both sections (SFW & NSFW) will go on the calendar!

Voting closes January 1st, 2025.

Edit - Feel free to join us all on the discord here:

[livelongandpinup]

OUR ART SLOTS ARE NEARLY FULL! 

Great googly moogly! It’s been less than a day and Live Long and Pinup already has 17 artists signed up! There are a max of 24 slots available for the print calendar, on a first come, first served basis. 

If you want to contribute calendar art to the Live Long and Pinup reverse bang, get your applications in now! 

BUT MODS, you ask, WHAT IF I’M THE 25th PERSON TO SUBMIT?

The good news is you can still be in the Zine! 

There is so much enthusiasm for this event that it’s going to end in:

2 physical Pinup calendars (one Spock, one Kirk) you can purchase at cost

An AO3 Collection of Pinup art and accompanying stories

An online Zine of Pinup art and accompanying stories

When we started this, half the mods thought gosh, I sure hope we’ll be able to recruit enough artists to fill one whole calendar! The other half said we’d be full in a week. It turns out we’re both wrong. The calendar is going to fill up in less than two days. 

The mod team is PSYCHED! We can’t wait to see so much scrumptious Spirk pinup art! 

WHAT ABOUT WRITERS?

So far we have eight, which is a great start for this Reverse Bang. We’re still very much looking for writers to join the event. The artists are super enthusiastic! You’ll have a blast working with them. As a reminder, the minimum word count is only 2000 and there’s no Max. This is a fun, lighthearted event. Come join us! 

Click here for FAQs and sign-ups for this event!

Click here for the event schedule

NOTE: Event is 18+ only!