Antonia Forest fans

The authors of the works in the 2018 prompt meme have been revealed. If you enjoyed their work, then perhaps go and read and leave kudos/comment on some of their other stories.

So that wraps things up for another year! Thanks to all!

 I'm closing the collection now and will reveal it for reading soon. It's very small this year - just three fics - so especial thanks to those who wrote.

The deadline has passed. There's still one claimed prompt outstanding, so I'll leave the collection open for posting until 5pm tomorrow, and then I'll open it at c. 8pm.

Works for the Forest prompt meme challenge are due on Saturday 22nd September at 8pm UTC. One industrious soul has already posted, but a few more prompts have been claimed. I think it will be a rather titchy collection this year (though none the worse for that) but if you wish to swell it a little there's still time to claim a prompt and write a flash fiction.

Returning for a fourth year!

The idea of the prompt meme is to have a fairly low-pressure form of commitment to create Forest-based fanworks, but with a structure that will create bit of a sense of occasion. Creators can browse the available prompts left by other fans and choose ones they'd like to fulfil, rather than (as in a gift exchange) having a recipient assigned to them. But there will be a sign-up period and a deadline, followed by reveal of the collection.

SIGN UP HERE.

Rules and guidelines:

You must have an AO3 account to participate. You can get an invite code here.

For those unfamiliar with AO3 here's the AO3 FAQ dealing with collections and challenges, and here's the specific bit dealing with sign-ups for prompt memes on AO3.

Prompting

You must specify at least 1 fandom in each of your prompts: you may specify (up to) all three Forest fandoms, and 6 characters in each prompt.

You may make up to 6 prompts. They may be as detailed (or not) as you like, but somewhere in the middle hinterland between 'anything at all about anyone at all' and a detailed plot outline for your Ginty/Patrick/Giles crime caper with bonus tentacles tends to get best results. State clearly any non-negotiable Do Not Wants: e.g. underage sexual content.

The default setting is an anonymous prompt: you can de-anonymise your prompt if you wish. Anonymity is not absolute: in a small fandom like this, it is probably a bit compromised from the start.

You may prompt for art or fic.

Here are the prompts for previous years: feel free to repeat unfilled ones (or even filled ones that you'd like to see a different take on) or use them for inspiration:

Prompts 2015

Prompts 2016

Prompts 2017

Filling Prompts

Works may be of any length, but must be complete and finished.

Please include all the characters/relationships prompted for, unless the requester has stated that they're happy with works about just one or two of the prompted characters/relationships.

You may claim as many prompts as you like and can reasonably commit to.

There can and may be multiple claims on the same prompt.

There are no restrictions on content or rating, but obviously, do try to be respectful of your requester's prompt, especially their DNWs.

Ratings and Archive Warnings can be helpful, but Choose Not To Warn is sometimes the only possible option too.

Schedule:

There's no nominations period this year; I think the tagset is fairly comprehensive, except for works based on The Thursday Kidnapping (of which we haven't had any yet.) If you want to request a character who doesn't appear to be in the tagset, comment below, and I'll add them. Once characters have been added to the tagset, you'll be able to request them.

Sign-up Open: now
Sign-up Closes: Sat 15 Sep 2018 08:00PM IST (that's Irish Summer Time, same as British Summer Time)
Assignments Due: Fri 21 Sep 2018 08:00PM IST
Works Revealed: Sun 23 Sep 2018 08:00PM IST
Authors Revealed: Sun 30 Sep 2018 10:00AM IST

The Forest Fanworks Collection is now open, with 9 fics for you to enjoy. Please do kudos and comment, for it is by these that fanwriters live. Thanks to all who contributed!

As a bonus, there was also one work meant for the collection, but which just slipped the deadline net for sign-ups, and so was posted by nnozomi as an appetiser (nnozomi, do feel free to add it to the collection if you like!)

Discovery (1778 words) by nnozomi
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Marlows - Antonia Forest
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Pomona Todd, Tim Keith, Miranda West
Summary:

From "Discovery (apple)", Wikipedia:
The fruits are typically … small-medium in size, …and largely flushed with crimson … The tree is a mid-season flowering variety; …the fruits mature quickly, by August. Unlike many early apples, the fruits remain on the tree long enough to ensure ripening.
Although most references state that this is an early producing tree, the best fruits can be harvested later in the year …. Excellent flavour, good eater and good cooker.
Under good conditions the apples, when fresh, have a sweet, lightly acidic taste with a slight strawberry flavour. They generally have good keeping qualities.

I've closed sign-ups for the Forest Fanworks Challenge: you can no longer sign up or post new prompts. If you're already signed up you can still pick up a new claim. Your prompt fills are due at 8pm BST on Friday 8th September, work reveals at 8pm on Sunday 10th, and author reveals at 8pm on Sunday 17th. Still time for a few drabbles!

Just a reminder that you have a month to sign up and prompt in the Forest fanworks challenge. Probably because of the move over here to DW, we've had a lot fewer sign-ups this year: it would be lovely to see some more participants.

Information about the Forest Fanworks Challenge is here.

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I've signed up for Remix Revival, so my Marlows fic is available to be remixed as part of that exchange. If you'd like to participate, there's information here.

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I'm also going to nominate some of the rarer characters and relationships in the fandom for Fandom Growth, an exchange for ultra-rare fandoms, characters and relationships. If you're interested, there's more information here.

Returning for a third year!

The idea of the prompt meme is to have a fairly low-pressure form of commitment to create Forest-based fanworks, but with a structure that will create bit of a sense of occasion. Signed-up creators can browse the available prompts left by other fans and choose ones they'd like to fulfil, rather than (as in a gift exchange) having a recipient assigned to them. But there will be a sign-up period and a deadline, followed by reveal of the collection.

Rules and guidelines:

You must have an AO3 account to participate. You can get an invite code here.

For those unfamiliar with AO3 here's the AO3 FAQ dealing with collections and challenges, and here's the specific bit dealing with sign-ups for prompt memes on AO3.

Prompting

You must specify at least 1 fandom in each of your prompts: you may specify (up to) all three Forest fandoms, and 6 characters in each prompt.

You may make up to 6 prompts. They may be as detailed (or not) as you like, but somewhere in the middle hinterland between 'anything at all about anyone at all' and a detailed plot outline for your Ginty/Patrick/Giles crime caper with bonus tentacles tends to get best results. State clearly any non-negotiable Do Not Wants: e.g. underage sexual content.

The default setting is an anonymous prompt: you can de-anonymise your prompt if you wish. Anonymity is not absolute: in a small fandom like this, it is probably a bit compromised from the start.

You may prompt for art or fic.

Here are the prompts for previous years: feel free to repeat unfilled ones (or even filled ones that you'd like to see a different take on) or use them for inspiration:

Prompts 2015

Prompts 2016

Filling Prompts

Works may be of any length, but must be complete and finished.

Please include all the characters/relationships prompted for, unless the requester has stated that they're happy with works about just one or two of the prompted characters/relationships.

You may claim as many prompts as you like and can reasonably commit to.

There can and may be multiple claims on the same prompt.

There are no restrictions on content or rating, but obviously, do try to be respectful of your requester's prompt, especially their DNWs.

Ratings and Archive Warnings can be helpful, but Choose Not To Warn is sometimes the only possible option too.

Schedule:

There's no nominations period this year; I think the tagset is fairly comprehensive, except for works based on The Thursday Kidnapping (of which we haven't had any yet.) If you want to request a character who doesn't appear to be in the tagset, comment below, and I'll add them. Once characters have been added to the tagset, you'll be able to request them.

Signups open: from now, Wed 31st May. Sign up here, by clicking on the 'Prompt Form' link on the left sidebar.
Signups close: Sun 20th 27th Aug 2017 08:00PM BST
Assignments Due: Fri 08th Sep 2017 08:00PM BST
Works Revealed: Sun 10th Sep 2017 08:00PM BST
Authors Revealed: Sun 17th Sep 2017 08:00PM BST

Any questions, just comment below or PM me.

Enjoy prompting and creating!