Twelvetide Drabbles 2021 Challenge & Prompts!

Image: Holiday wreath made of greens, red berries, and pinecones with fairy lights.

 

Greetings fan creators!

Welcome to year seven of the Twelvetide Drabbles fanworks challenge. Below are the challenge rules and prompts for this year's challege, to give those of you who like to plan ahead a bit of a head start prior to the collection opening up for posting at Archive of Our Own. Both prompts and rules are cross-posted to the Ao3 collection page as well, for reference.

We will begin sending out daily newsletters with prompt reminders and challenge updates starting on December 24th.

As has become our custom, this challenge will be raising money for social justice. This year, we are once again teaming up with the Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies, a U.S.-based, disability-led organization with a focused mission on equal access, disability rights and full inclusion of people with disabilities, older adults, and people with access and functional needs before, during, and after disasters and emergencies. Last year we raised a record-breaking $1,472! We would love to break $1,500 this year. 

The pledge form may be found here.

So far we have $2/drabble pledged and we'd love to have more pledges if you can afford to give even $0.10 or $0.05 per drabble. Last year we had 184 works posted to the challenge, if that helps you think about what pledge amount is affordable. Every penny counts! And of course, if you can't pledge -- you can create, post, and signal boost! 

If you have questions you can always shoot me an email at feministlibrarian@gmail.com or find me on Twitter @feministlib. 

Stay safe, be angry, do justice, seek joy, 

 

Elizajane
Twelvetide Magistra

Challenge Rules
 

1. All textual entries should be short (100 words is, strictly speaking, the length of a drabble...you may hold yourself to that or just keep it brief).
2. All art should be a single image.
3. Audiovisual submissions should be a single file; they will need to be uploaded to another platform and embedded in the body of the Ao3 work.
4. You may post multiple prompt fills per prompt; you do not have to post fills for every prompt. Participate at any level that works for you. You also don't need to post your prompt fills on the specific day for each fill (unless you want to hold yourself to that goal). We're flexible!
5. Entries should be in response to / inspired by the day's prompt however directly, loosely, or subversively you wish to draw the connection.
6. In order to count toward the drabble match donation, works must be posted between 9:00am EST (UST -5) on 24 December 2021 and 9:00pm EST (UST -5) on 6 January 2022. The collection at Ao3 will only be open for new works during this window of time.
7. If you choose to publish some or all of your prompt fills as chapters in a single work each chapter will count as an independent submission for the purposes of the match fund.
8. There aren't any other rules -- thanks for joining us!
 

Challenge Prompts

This year's theme is locations. The daily newsletters will include prompt-related images and quotations/lyrics as additional creative inspiration for those who desire a bit more structure. Intepret the prompts as loosely or as strictly as you see fit.
 

December 24: Coffeeshop or Tearoom

December 25: Train

December 26: School or University

December 27: Garden

December 28: Holiday Market

December 29: Forest

December 30: Cabin or Cottage

December 31: Bedroom

January 1: Pub or Bar

January 2: Bookshop

January 3: Beach or Waterfront

January 4: Museum or Gallery

January 5: Street

January 6: Theatre or Stage

Find us on Archive of Our Own at the Twelvetide Drabbles 2021 collection page.