#steve harrington bingo guidelines

[steveharringtonbingo]

How to Fill and Post a Square

1) All Content must be new and created for this event. If you want to use an old WIP that has been collecting dust in your folders and hasn’t been posted, you can use that. However, you can’t use anything that has already been posted.

2) For multi-chapter works, you can use multiple squares as long as each square is its own chapter. You cannot have multiple squares in a single chapter as we are trying to create as much content as possible.

3) In order to receive your card stamp, you must submit a Square Fill Form to assure that we've received it.

Posting Guidelines

For Individual Posts Each post for an individual fill must include the following, where applicable:

Square & Prompt:

Title:

Rating:

Word Count:

Ship(s):

Major Tags: 

Additional Tags:

Summary:

Link, if full work is posted elsewhere:

Mention @SteveHarringtonBingo somewhere so we can find you.

– If posting on Twitter, it’s okay to break the above information into multiple tweets in a thread or use images to get around character limitations.

Ratings - Please choose between General, Teen, Mature, or Explicit Major Tags - You must include tags for Non-Con/Rape, Underage, Major Character Death, Graphic Violence, and any other subjects that may be considered dark or disturbing (Cannibalism, Bestiality, Necrophilia, etc.). If you want to use “Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings” to preserve a twist in a fic then you need to HEAVILY EMPHASIZE (and I mean, heavily) that your fic has disturbing content that you’ve chosen not to disclose. The warning should be posted in your beginning notes and be very clear that the disturbing content is related to a Major Archive Warning so readers will have the chance to make an informed decision for the sake of their mental health and reading experience.  Additional Tags may include information such as whether the work takes place in canon-verse or an alternate universe, sexual acts in the fic, and anything else for which someone may wish to search.

FOR MASTERPOSTS

A masterpost is a post that includes all of a user’s works for a specific round. At the end of each round, users will be asked to create a masterpost in the following format:

Title: [Username]’s Steve Harrington Bingo Masterpost

Square Filled & Prompt; “Work Title 1″;  Main Ship (if there is one); Link

Square Filled & Prompt; “Work Title 2″;  Main Ship (if there is one); Link

Etc., 

And mention @SteveHarringtonBingo somewhere in the post.

Example:

disismyusername’s Steve Harrington Bingo Masterpost

A2 Sadness; “I Don’t Wanna Be Alone”;  [URL]

B3 Image of Cuddling; “Soft Touches”; Steve/Eddie; [URL]

E4 Monsters; “Things That Go Bump In The Night”; Steve/Billy/Eddie; [URL]

Made for the @SteveHarringtonBingo!

[writer-in-theory]

STRANGER THINGS MASTERLIST

◇ Introduction ◇ Taglist Signup

WHAT I WRITE FOR ◇ Steve Harrington x Billy Hargrove ◇ Steve Harrington x Eddie Munson ◇ Steve Harrington x Billy Hargrove x Eddie Munson ◇ Gen fics ◇ Reader-Insert (Steve, Billy, Eddie, Robin)

REQUESTS ◇ Currently: Open ◇ Request Guidelines ◇ Send Requests Here

MASTERLISTS ◇ Steddie ◇ Harringrove ◇ Harringroveson/Steddilly ◇ Reader Insert ◇ Whumptober 2022 ◇ Harringroveson Bingo 2022 ◇ Billy Hargrove Bingo 2022/2023 ◇ Steve Harrington Bingo 2023

[harringrovewinterbingo]

FAQ

What is Harringrove Winter Bingo?

Harringrove Winter Bingo is a low-pressure, fun fandom challenge with the goal of creating fanworks for Harringrove (Billy Hargrove/Steve Harrington) ship.

You can fill just one prompt from your card or all of them - it's up to you! As long as your fanwork meets the minimum requirements, you're good!

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So how does this bingo thing work exactly?

Sign-up by 24 December 2024

Get a 3x3 bingo card with 8+1 prompt squares

Create a (new) fan work (fic,art, video, moodboard, playlist etc) that fills a prompt in the card and post it between 1 January - 31 March 2025

All posts have to be made either on Tumblr, Bluesky or AO3. Other platforms are not allowed (simply because we can't keep track on all platforms)

Each time you post a prompt fill, submit it to the organiser as instructed and get your bingo card stamped

When bingo is closed on 31 March 2025, create a masterpost of all your bingo fills

Everyone who filled at least 3 squares in line (a bingo) by 31 March 2025 will get a virtual badge to brag with about participating /pf (note: our badges have nothing to do with tumblr badge system)

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Can I join if I'm not on tumblr?

Yes! You can join if you have an email account and either AO3 or Bluesky account.

We have a collection for the event on AO3 (revealed on Jan 1) where fan works can be added. On Bluesky we will repost your post to our account.

If your fan work is something else than a written fic, it still can be added to AO3 too! We're happy to help with setting that up.

Also, if you don't have an AO3 account and want one, we can send you an invitation for one.

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How close to the prompt does each fill have to be?

As close or as far as you want!

All the fill has to do is to include the ship, winter, and the prompt somehow.

Somehow is the key. We don't want to give direct guidelines of how exactly to do that to give as much freedom as possible to the creators.

All of the following are samples of types of works that are acceptable:

Billy and Steve doing something together

Either one pining for the other from close or from afar for example at school

One of them as an old man on their last summer visits the other one's graves and confesses that the other was the love of his life even thought their relationship didn't work back when

Billy falling in love with Steve is told from Max's point of view

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Can I use a WIP for the bingo?

If you have a WIP that fits a prompt and is collecting dust in your drafts, feel free to use it.

If it's already published or parts of it are, then no.

This bingo's goal is to create new content for the fandom, so all works must to be new and unpublished.

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What are the type of fan works you allow?

We allow all types of creative fan works:

Fan fiction

Fan art

Fan videos

Podfics

Moodboards

Playlists

Rec lists

The rating, genre, and type of fanwork you produce are decided by you as long as the work is tagged accordingly.

AI generated works are not allowed in the bingo.

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What are the minimum requirements for fan works?

This is a low-pressure event where we hope everyone will have fun and let their creativity bloom. You can fill just one prompt from your card or all of them - it's up to you!

As long as your fanwork meets the following minimum requirements, you're all good!

Fan fic - Minimum of 1000 words

Art - Minimum 300 x 300 pixels in digital form (no matter if the original is digital or traditional art)

Fan videos - 15 seconds

Pod fic - Minimum listening time 5 minutes

Moodboards: minimum 4 images

Playlist - Minimum 10 songs + cover art

Rec lists - 3 completed fan works + explanation why you're recommending these works specifically. Free free to gush your heart out!

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Can I use two or more of the prompts in one fill?

No. The bingo card is always stamped for one fill per fan work.

So, if you use several prompts in one fic, only one of them is stamped in your card and the rest are left unstamped.

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How do I submit a fill?

You'll find guidelines for fill (=prompt) submission here >>

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What is a masterpost?

You should make a masterpost with links to all of the fanworks you created for this bingo. It works as an easy link list to all of your fills.

You'll find guidelines for creating a masterpost here >>

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I finished my card and want a new one! How?

Fill out the New Card Form and request a new card. (Form opens on 1 Jan)

You can request as many new cards as you want as long as your previous card is already fully filled and stamped!

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What badges can I get?

Depending on how many squares you fill you get different kinds of badges:

Bingo: Fill a row, a column or three squares through the center square

Four Corners: Complete a square in each corner

Well done: You filled at least six prompts from your card by March 31.

Blackout: Fill all squares

Our badges are images you can post on your social media. They have nothing to do with tumblr badge system.

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Do you allow Cross-Posting between events?

Cross-posting is allowed as long as

The fill is still formatted as outlined in the Posting Guidelines, and

You have gotten the explicit permission of the other event mods to use it for both events.

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Do you have a Discord server?

There's a mutual Discord server with our siblings events @harringrovesummerbingo and @metalsandwichbingo! The server is open to those who sign up for the bingos. Joining the server is not mandatory.

Invitation to the server is sent with the sign-up confirmation email.

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Do you allow third-party sharing of information (incl. AI model training) in your blogs?

No, we don't allow it in any of our blogs.

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Who organizes this bingo event?

Harringrove Summer Bingo, Metalsandwich Bingo and Harringrove Winter bingo are all moderated by Suo.

She's fandom old, has ran a few bingo events but participated to far more ones, and irl has extensive experience on organising events. Also, loves coffee way too much and, based on the number of pink items in her office, everything pink.

[writer-in-theory]

Harringrove Masterlist

◇ introduction ◇ taglist signup ◇ request guidelines ◇ send requests here ◇

OTHER COLLECTIONS ◇ Stranger Things Masterlist ◇ Whumptober 2022◇ Billy Hargrove Bingo 2022/2023

◇ Harringrove Ficlets ◇

◇ Complete Me (1.8k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: One month after Neil died, Billy gets a letter with his mother's name on it. Status: Completed

◇ I'm Fucking Peachy, Harrington (1.5k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: What if Steve finds Billy having a panic attack in the bathroom at a party? Status: Completed

◇ You're My King, Baby (2k, 18+ ONLY) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Smut Summary: Billy is starting to think this King Steve he keeps hearing so much about is fake. Well, if Hawkins High is so insistent that they used to have a ruler, then Billy is determined to meet him. Status: Completed

◇ Wait For Me, Pretty Boy (3.6k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: After finding out Billy had survived Starcourt and ended up in the Upside Down, Steve and Billy return to the one place they could call their own to heal. Status: Completed

◇ I Hate You, I Love You (1.6k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Angst No Happy Ending Summary: Billy comes to a tough realization after graduation. Status: Completed

◇ Bleachers & Diner Booths (2.9k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: Steve notices the signs in Billy, and wonders how no one’s ever noticed before. Status: Completed

◇ Private Swimming Lessons (3.6k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: When Billy threw Steve into his backyard pool, he was expecting a laugh. What he got instead, was a scream of pure terror and a story. Status: Completed

◇ Swiping Right (9.3k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Fluff, Hurt/Comfort Summary: Steve helps his roommate, Robin, land a Tinder date and maybe finds some romance of his own along the way. Status: Completed

◇ California Dreamin' (10.7k) 18+ ONLY ◇ Type: Oneshot Rating: Explicit Category: Hurt/Comfort, Smut Summary: When Steve finally goes on his cross-country trip, he never imagined he'd find an old ghost from Hawkins. Status: Completed

◇ All This and Heaven Too (6.2k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Rating: M Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: When Billy is forced into a contract with the devil after becoming a Victor of the Hunger Games, Steve is there, always. Status: Completed

[writer-in-theory]

STRANGER THINGS MASTERLIST

◇ introduction ◇ taglist signup

WHAT I WRITE FOR ◇ Steve Harrington x Billy Hargrove ◇ Steve Harrington x Eddie Munson ◇ Steve Harrington x Billy Hargrove x Eddie Munson ◇ Gen fics

REQUESTS ◇ currently: open ◇ request guidelines ◇ send requests here

COLLECTIONS ◇ Whumptober 2022 ◇ Harringroveson Bingo 2022 ◇ Billy Hargrove Bingo 2022/2023

◇ Harringrove Ficlets ◇

◇ Complete Me (1.8k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: One month after Neil died, Billy gets a letter with his mother's name on it. Status: Completed

◇ I'm Fucking Peachy, Harrington (1.5k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: What if Steve finds Billy having a panic attack in the bathroom at a party? Status: Completed

◇ You're My King, Baby (2k, 18+ ONLY) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Smut Summary: Billy is starting to think this King Steve he keeps hearing so much about is fake. Well, if Hawkins High is so insistent that they used to have a ruler, then Billy is determined to meet him. Status: Completed

◇ Wait For Me, Pretty Boy (3.6k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: After finding out Billy had survived Starcourt and ended up in the Upside Down, Steve and Billy return to the one place they could call their own to heal. Status: Completed

◇ I Hate You, I Love You (1.6k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Angst No Happy Ending Summary: Billy comes to a tough realization after graduation. Status: Completed

◇ Bleachers & Diner Booths (2.9k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: Steve notices the signs in Billy, and wonders how no one’s ever noticed before. Status: Completed

◇ Private Swimming Lessons (3.6k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: When Billy threw Steve into his backyard pool, he was expecting a laugh. What he got instead, was a scream of pure terror and a story. Status: Completed

◇ Swiping Right (9.3k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Fluff, Hurt/Comfort Summary: Steve helps his roommate, Robin, land a Tinder date and maybe finds some romance of his own along the way. Status: Completed

◇ Steddie Ficlets ◇

◇ Me & You, and Your Uncle Wayne (3.4k) ◇ Type: Multichapter Category: Hurt/Comfort, Fluff Summary: Eddie tells his Uncle Wayne about him and Steve. Status: Completed

◇ Do Not Go Gently (2k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: Steve is apparently supposed to die in 24 hours, but there’s so much left to say. —or, what if Steve was targeted by Vecna instead? Status: Completed

◇ Midnight Rendezvous (8.6k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: After Starcourt, Steve can’t sleep for fear of the Russians coming back for them. He finds help in the most unlikely of people. Status: Completed

◇ Aftershocks (3.4k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: After the Russian interrogation takes a greater toll on Steve than expected, he tries to hide it from Eddie. Everything is fine until the Upside Down comes back. Status: Completed

◇ Happy Birthday, Eddie Munson (5.4k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Fluff, Hurt/Comfort Summary: Steve meant to slip the birthday card into Tina's locker, but the smile on Eddie Munson's face made it all worth it—even if he forgot to sign the card. Status: Completed

◇ Trust In The Time Warp (10k) ◇ Type: Multichapter Category: Fluff, Angst Summary: After Steve loses both of his boyfriends in the span of a year, he's not sure how to recover. Luckily, the Upside Down seems to have other plans for him because suddenly, he's waking up on November 4, 1984…for the second time. Status: In-Progress

◇ Seven Foot Wave, Six Feet Under (5.4k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: Dating Eddie and Steve had its perks—namely having access to Nancy Wheeler's investigating skills whenever Billy wants. When they uncover the truth about the dark past of the Hargrove family, it's clear to Steve, Eddie, and Billy that there's only one choice left: Neil Hargrove must die. Status: Completed

◇ Nothing Can Stop Me Now (2.4k) ◇ Type: Oneshot Category: Hurt/Comfort Summary: Steve is the babysitter. He’s meant to be taking care of everyone else, so he’ll do anything in his power to keep doing it even when he's sick. Status: Completed

[steveharringtonbingo]

HOW TO FILL AND POST A SQUARE

1) All Content must be new and created for this event. If you want to use an old WIP that has been collecting dust in your folders and hasn’t been posted, you can use that. However, you can’t use anything that has already been posted.

2) Multiple squares can be used in the same work as long as each square is its own chapter. You cannot have multiple squares in a single chapter as we are trying to create as much content as possible.

3) In order to receive your badge, you must submit a Square Fill Form and add your work to our collection.

POSTING GUIDELINES

FOR INDIVIDUAL POSTS

Each post for an individual fill must include the following, where applicable:

Square: (Square & Prompt)

Title:

Rating:

Word Count: (If any)

Ship(s):

Major Tags: (If any)

Additional Tags:  (If any)

Summary:

Link, if full work is posted elsewhere:

Mention @SteveHarringtonBingo somewhere so we can find you.

– If posting on Twitter, it’s okay to break the above information into multiple tweets in a thread or use images to get around character limitations.

FOR MASTERPOSTS

A masterpost is a post that includes all of a user’s works for a specific round. At the end of each round, users will be asked to create a masterpost in the following format:

Title: [Username]’s Steve Harrington Bingo Masterpost

Square Filled & Prompt; “Work Title 1″;  Main Ship (if there is one); Link

Square Filled & Prompt; “Work Title 2″;  Main Ship (if there is one); Link

Etc., 

And mention @SteveHarringtonBingo somewhere in the post.

Example:

disismyusername’s Steve Harrington Bingo Masterpost

A2 Sadness; “I Don’t Wanna Be Alone”;  [URL]

B3 Image of Cuddling; “Soft Touches”; Steve/Eddie; [URL]

E4 Monsters; “Things That Go Bump In The Night”; Steve/Billy/Eddie; [URL]

Made for the @SteveHarringtonBingo!