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News and Announcement

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marauders-sci-fi-month: Announced prompt challenge Marauders Sci-Fi Month 2026.
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hp-soulmates-secret-santa: Announced fic exchange HP Soulmates Secret Santa 2025.
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hphospitalfest: Announced HP Hospital Fest schedule.
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hphedonismfest: Announced HP Hedonism Fest sub-collection Hedonism Unrestrained. No deadline.
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tmrhpgiftexchange: Announced top!Tom/bottom!Harry TMRHP Gift Exchange.
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hd-erised: Looking for beta volunteers.
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slythindor100: Announced 25 Days of Drarry 2025 (Dreamwidth, LJ).
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jegreversebang: Announced Jegulus Reverse Bang.
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rosekillerbigbang: Announced Evan Rosier/Barty Crouch Jr. Rosekiller Big Bang.
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maraudersbowiefest: Announced Marauders Bowie Fest.
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hphedonismfest: Regarding use of AI in fest submissions.
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padfootfest: Banning use of AI in fest submissions.
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drarryplus: Announced Drarry-centric poly ships Drarry+ Fest.
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wizardingsocietyfests: Announced Discord-only The Wizarding Society's Flower Language Fest.

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Theme Prompt: #274 - Near-death experience
Title: Close to the bone
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: M. Contains suicide ideation.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1,000 words
Summary: Ianto is grappling with the trauma of what it really means to be a Torchwood field agent.

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Theme Prompt: #274 – Near-Death Experience
Title: An Awful Introduction
Fandom: Star Wars Rogue One
Rating/Warnings: PG-13
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 586
Summary: Stordan thinks dying should be less of a surprise.

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Theme Prompt: #274 – Near-Death Experience
Title: Too Much Blood
Fandom: Torchwood
Rating/Warnings: PG-13 / A lot of blood.
Bonus: Yes
Word Count: 1000
Summary: Ianto gets badly injured while hunting down a dangerous alien. Will he survive?

( Too Much Blood... )

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Current Location: my desk

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The collection is open here. Go forth and enjoy! Creators will be revealed in one week, September 26 at 9:59PM Eastern Time. Please remember that comments are required in this exchange; if you have not commented before the start of next round you will be banned.

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All assignments are in and we will open on time tomorrow, September 19th, at 9:59PM Eastern. Please ensure your works are ready to be seen and loved! As a reminder, you must comment on your gift before the start of next year’s exchange, or you will be banned.

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Fest Name: Marauders Bowie Fest
Links: Tumblr | Rules & Sign-up
Type of Challenge: Non-anonymous theme fest
Description: A Marauders era character fic and art fest inspired by David Bowie's songs. The use of AI is not allowed. Each work must feature at least one Marauders era character. Sign-up is open till September 20.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions: None?
Timeline:
Sign-up: August 23 - September 20
Works due: January 1, 2026
Reveals begin: January 12
Reveals end: January 18

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Fest Name: Rosekiller Big Bang 2026
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Rules | FAQ | Schedule | Prompting
Type of Challenge: Anonymous big bang
Description: A Barty Crouch Jr./Evan Rosier fest. Writers will create a fic, and artists will claim one of the fics and create artwork based on the fic they have claimed. Prompting is open till September 22.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 10k
Art: Minimum of two pieces of artwork (a banner and an additional original piece)
Timeline:
Prompting: September 15 - September 22
Prompts available for viewing: September 23
Sign-up opens: September 26
Writers sign-up closes: October 20
Fic description due + beta sign-up closes: November 15
Writer/beta pairings: November 22
Writer 50% checkpoint: December 21
Writer 70% checkpoint: January 10
Artists sign-up closes: January 11
Fic concept sets to artists: January 12
Writer first draft due: January 31
Artist claiming: February 1
Writer/artist pairings: February 8
Writer final draft due: March 1
Artist final pieces due: April 19
Posting starts: May 1

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Fest Name: TMRHP Gift Exchange 2025
Links: Tumblr | Rules | Sign-up
Type of Challenge: Gift exchange
Description: A top!Tom/bottom!Harry gift exchange for fic and art. AI-generated content is not allowed. Sign-up is open till September 30.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1000 words
Art: Minimum black-and-white line-art
Timeline:
Sign-up: September 16 - September 30
Assignments handed out: October 7
Check-in: Mid-November
Self-post to AO3 collection: December 7 - December 14
Works revealed: December 24

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Fest Name: The Order Fest
Links: Tumblr | Rules | Schedule | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Non-anonymous prompt fest
Description: A fic and art fest focusing on members of the Order of Phoenix. Claiming is open till December 23.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 1000 words; no maximum
Art: None
Timeline:
Prompting Opens: 29th of August
Prompting Closes: 12th of September
Claiming Opens: 16th of September
Claiming Closes: 23rd of December
Submissions Due: 6th of January
Posting Begins: 15th of January

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Challenge 274:
NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE

It wasn’t the end...but it sure was close.

For a lot of characters, close calls are pretty common – whether they’re fighting dragons, visiting aliens, or traveling through magic wastelands, they deal with a lot of dangers. But even then, actual near-death experiences are pretty rare.

What happened? Did your characters witness some kind of afterlife, or something else entirely, or nothing at all? How did they survive?

Write a story about a near-death experience.

BONUS GOAL: “Please, stay with me.”

If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!

Challenge ends Monday, September 22 at 9:00PM EST.

• Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile
• Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 274 – near-death experience
• If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here

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Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #273 – Bad Timing!

( This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 2885

Congratulations to both of you, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes!

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You may now post your Challenge 273 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there!