Title: Prisons without keys
Fandom: Vorkosigan saga
Rating: G
Length: 41 words (4 haiku)
Author notes: I know there's (a lot) more to haiku than the "5-7-5 syllables" rule which is all this follows, so maybe it's not entirely accurate to call them haiku, but it just seemed to write itself in this format.
Summary: Miles reflects on the things that bind him.

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Title: Misguided
Fandom: FFVII
Characters: Cloud
Rating: SFW
Length: 100
Author's Notes: Written for fan_flashworks (Prompt: Locked).
Summary: Trapped in Shinra Tower.

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Title: Unlocked
Fandom: Star Trek Enterprise
Rating: PG
Length: 100
Pairing: Jonathan Archer/Malcolm Reed
Content notes: Post-ep to "The Communicator" (Season 2).
Author notes: This takes place in Jonathan's quarters on Enterprise the night after their last-minute rescue from the gallows. It is Jonathan's voice.
Summary: Under the shadow of death, an admission.

( Unlocked )

Title: Locket
Fandom: The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings
Rating: G
Length: 36
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: Under the wire. Stealth Babylon 5 reference.
Summary: Symbols and reminders

( Locket )

Title: The Case of the Puzzling Passports
Fandom: White Collar
Rating: G
Length: ~3000 words
Notes: Future fic. Gen kidfic with background OT3. This is a sequel to a longfic I'm working on, but it can stand alone. Many many thanks to sherylyn for beta and Ameripicking and mergatrude for beta and advice/encouragement/listening to me go on and on ad nauseam.
Summary: Mikey is hazy on how passports actually work, but he knows they have to show your real name.

( The Case of the Puzzling Passports )

Title: Another Fool
Fandom: The Silmarillion
Rating: K
Length: 128 words
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: N/A
Summary: They didn't have locks when Finwë was young, and now they do.

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Title: Combo
Fandom: The Tomorrow People (2013)
Rating: G
Length: 608
Summary: Stephen's forgotten his locker combination. Luca helps him problem-solve.
Badges: For comeback kid (2/3) and gen.

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Title: Fanvidder's Guide to YouTube Copyright
Rating: G
Summary: What to do when hit by a YouTube copyright claim

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Title: Thoughts
Fandom: Original Poetry. Really Old Original Poetry.
Rating: G. I wrote it when I was 10, whaddaya want?
Length: ~90 words
Summary: grade school introspection
Note: While technically I don't think I've ever posted this online, it isn't exactly new. In fact, it's probably the first poem I ever wrote. I was somewhere around 10, I think. It fits the prompt, and since I likely won't post anything else in time...

( Thoughts by 10yo me )

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Ok, that was pretty rhymey and predictable, sorry. I'm just a little amazed I remembered it all from over 35 years ago. IIRC, I wrote and performed this for a camp talent show. Baby's first slam!

Title: Stalemate
Fandom: Greek Mythology
Rating: G
Length: ~200 words
Content notes: Hades/Persephone
Author notes: One of these days I'll start a flashworks more than an hour away from the deadline.
Summary: Hades and Demeter are locked in an eternal battle, but everyone seems to forget what Persephone had to say about all this.

( Stalemate )

The Locked challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

Kino's Journey: Fanfic: Maybes by eggplantlady
Leverage, fic, Eliot/Damien Moreau and Eliot/Parker/Hardison by daria234
Discworld: Pod-filk: I Shall Wear Midnight by desireearmfeldt
due South, fanfic, Best Friends by bghost
Robin Hood (BBC): Fanfic: Unexpected Allies by thesmallhobbit
Sherlock: Fanart: The Woman by lothiriel84
Doctor Who: Fanfic: Can't Run (I Can't Hide From You Any Longer) by wavingkilts
SuperWhoLock: Fanfic: The Mystery of the Angel by lt_indigo
Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Fanfic: Locked Room Mystery by scfrankles
Torchwood: Fanfic: Locked In badly_knitted
CSI:NY : Fanfic: By The Witness Of The Martyrs by monkiainen
Labyrinth: Fan Fic: Their Happily Ever After by katleept
Person of Interest. Fanart. Locked Heart by love_jackianto
Dragonlance: Fanfic: Puzzle Box by steampunkeddruid
Ballads: Haiku: After the event by clarasteam
Guild Wars 2: Fanart: Rampage As One by demihime
Dragon Age: Fanfic: An Exchange of Burdens by phdfan
White Collar: Fic: The Case of the Puzzling Passports by china_shop
[Fic][FFVII] Misguided by wallwalker
Star Trek Enterprise: Fanfic: Unlocked by mareel
Hobbit, LoTR: Poetry: Locke by lferion
Locked: Fanfic: Tomorrow People (2013): Combo by argentum_ls
Greek Mythology: Fanfic: Stalemate by ardyforshort
Original Poetry: "Thoughts" by hyperfocused
Vorkosigan saga - poetry - Prisons without keys by elen_nare
General - The Fanvidder's Guide to YouTube Copyright by treonb
The Silmarillion: Fanfic: Another Fool by brookeoflorien
One Piece: Fanfiction: In The Locked Room by u_evangeline

Also, congratulations to:

lt_indigo, who earned 25 Posted Works, Early Bird (SILVER) and Governor of Gendom (GOLD),
mareel, who earned 25 Challenge Streak, and
thesmallhobbit, who earned Rare Pairs (SILVER)

\o/ \o/ \o/

Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.

New challenge coming right up!

Our new challenge is:

CHEMISTRY

As always, how you interpret the prompt is up to you.

Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4 p.m. PST on Wednesday, April 1st. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom, media and challenge. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.

All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post. \o/

Also, keep an eye out for the next ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the comm yet, it's definitely not too late to come and check it out. (Remember, posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

And finally, we have a few new badges to announce:

and

brookeoflorien suggested The Unimaginable (for posting 108 challenges in a row -- a three year unbroken streak!) and 200 Posted Works.



elen_nare long ago suggested this badge for posting works in media so rare they don't have their own SBIGTTS badges.



mihnn, china_shop and godsdaisiechain suggested these new Skills Training badges (please see the Badge Post for details).



china_shop also suggested this badge for us (though it was so long ago she may not even remember): post works for every challenge in the history of the comm. Find this one in the Advanced section of the Badge Post. \o/

The Locked challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

Kino's Journey: Fanfic: Maybes by eggplantlady
Leverage, fic, Eliot/Damien Moreau and Eliot/Parker/Hardison by daria234
Discworld: Pod-filk: I Shall Wear Midnight by desireearmfeldt
due South, fanfic, Best Friends by bghost
Robin Hood (BBC): Fanfic: Unexpected Allies by thesmallhobbit
Sherlock: Fanart: The Woman by lothiriel84
Doctor Who: Fanfic: Can't Run (I Can't Hide From You Any Longer) by wavingkilts
SuperWhoLock: Fanfic: The Mystery of the Angel by lt_indigo
Sherlock Holmes (ACD): Fanfic: Locked Room Mystery by scfrankles
Torchwood: Fanfic: Locked In badly_knitted
CSI:NY : Fanfic: By The Witness Of The Martyrs by monkiainen
Labyrinth: Fan Fic: Their Happily Ever After by katleept
Person of Interest. Fanart. Locked Heart by love_jackianto
Dragonlance: Fanfic: Puzzle Box by steampunkeddruid
Ballads: Haiku: After the event by fengirl88
Guild Wars 2: Fanart: Rampage As One by demihime
Dragon Age: Fanfic: An Exchange of Burdens by phdfan
White Collar: Fic: The Case of the Puzzling Passports by china_shop
[Fic][FFVII] Misguided by wallwalker
Star Trek Enterprise: Fanfic: Unlocked by mareel
Hobbit, LoTR: Poetry: Locke by lferion
Locked: Fanfic: Tomorrow People (2013): Combo by argentum_ls
Greek Mythology: Fanfic: Stalemate by lexigent
Original Poetry: "Thoughts" by hyperfocused
Vorkosigan saga - poetry - Prisons without keys by elen_nare
General - The Fanvidder's Guide to YouTube Copyright by treonb
The Silmarillion: Fanfic: Another Fool by brookeoflorien
One Piece: Fanfiction: In The Locked Room by u_evangeline

Also, congratulations to:

lt_indigo, who earned 25 Posted Works, Early Bird (SILVER) and Governor of Gendom (GOLD),
mareel, who earned 25 Challenge Streak, and
thesmallhobbit, who earned Rare Pairs (SILVER)

\o/ \o/ \o/

Thank you to everyone who participated! You're now free to post your entries to your journal or wherever else you'd like. If you're archiving on AO3, you can add your work to our fan_flashworks collection there.

New challenge coming right up!

Our new challenge is:

CHEMISTRY

In the laboratory or the bedroom (or maybe both!). As always, how you interpret the prompt is up to you.

Each work created for this challenge should be posted as a new entry to the comm. Posting starts now and continues up until the challenge ends at 4 p.m. PST on Wednesday, April 1st. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom, media and challenge. When you've posted entries to three consecutive challenges, you will earn a name tag, and we'll go back and tag all your previous entries with your name.

All kinds of fanworks in all fandoms are welcome. Please have a look at our guidelines before you play. If you have any questions or concerns, don't hesitate to contact a mod. And if you have any suggestions for future challenges, you can leave them in the comments of this post. \o/

Also, keep an eye out for the next ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the comm yet, it's definitely not too late to come and check it out. (Remember, posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

And finally, we have a few new badges to announce:

and

brookeoflorien suggested The Unimaginable (for posting 108 challenges in a row -- a three year unbroken streak!) and 200 Posted Works



elen_nare long ago suggested this badge for posting works in media so rare they don't have their own SBIGTTS badges.



mihnn, china_shop and godsdaisiechain suggested these new Skills Training badges (please see the Badge Post for details).



china_shop also suggested this badge for us (though it was so long ago she may not even remember): post works for every challenge in the history of the comm. Find this one in the Advanced section of the Badge Post.