Challenge 508: Anticipation

  • Mar. 1st, 2026 at 4:31 PM
Our new challenge is:

ANTICIPATION



As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for 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 4pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, March 10th. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom 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.

You can view stats for [community profile] fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details.

Also, keep an eye out for the next [community profile] ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the [community profile] ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

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Admin: Challenge closed

  • Mar. 1st, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The Amnesty challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

Performance Anxiety: For Self Defence: War of the Worlds (1988-90), by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Slice: xxxHoLiC: Fanfic: the landscape my wound reveals, by [personal profile] bluedreaming
Yellow: Stock: Icons: Yellow, by [personal profile] innitmarvelous_og
Double: War of the Worlds (1988-90): Fanfic: Fallen In Battle, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Rain: Hercule Poirot: Fanfic: Well, it is Raining!, by [personal profile] smallhobbit
Solitary: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Alone And Lonely, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Paint: S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Happy Family, by [personal profile] darkjediqueen
Old Friends: The Professionals: Fanfiction: Watching, by [personal profile] lucy_roman
Games: War of the Worlds (1988-90): Fanfic: Whatever It Takes, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Sock: Jeeves & Wooster: Fanfic: Bertie's New Socks, by [personal profile] smallhobbit
Transformation: War of the Worlds (1988-90): Fanfic: Stranger, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Black and White: Original: Poetry: A Child's Rhyme, by [personal profile] smallhobbit
Teamwork: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Towards A Common Purpose, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Party and Abandon Challenges: Women's Soccer RPF: Fanfiction: A Way of Her Own, by [personal profile] infinitum_noctem
The End of the World : Marvel 616 : icons : Crushed by a Helicarrier, by [personal profile] highlander_ii
Lost And Found: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Restoring Balance, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Sock: Star Trek Voyager: fic: seams, by [personal profile] lilly_c
Yellow: The Story of Yanxi Palace: poetry: shattered, by [personal profile] teaotter
Warmth: Torchwood: Fanfic: Hot and humid, by [personal profile] m_findlow
Hot Water: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: In Trouble Again, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Murder: Taggart: fic: There’s been a..., by [personal profile] lilly_c
The Morning After: Viola come il mare: Fanfic: Lazy Morning, by [personal profile] veronyxk84
Refusal: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Demanding The Impossible, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Gravity: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Tilt, by [personal profile] veronyxk84


Congratulations to [personal profile] innitmarvelous_og, who earned a name tag!

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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.

The Community Report and Creator Report will be updated shortly with the entries from this round. See our FAQ for more details.

New challenge coming right up!

Challenge 507: Amnesty

  • Feb. 21st, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Our new challenge is our eighty-fourth:

AMNESTY



During amnesty challenges, you can post works for any of the challenges we've had to date: Complete list of prompts )

See the Community Report for a sortable list of prompts.
Both reports have a random "Any Challenge" button, and the Creator Report also has a random "Unfilled Challenge" button.


Of course, you're always welcome to post multiple works to any challenge if you finish them before the challenge closes, but that isn't always possible. So dust off those unfinished works and half-formed ideas -- now is the time!

In amnesty rounds, include the challenge you are posting for in the subject line of your post (eg, Blanket: Heated Rivalry: Fanart: If on a winter's night).

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 4pm Pacific Time on Sunday, 1 March. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work for fandom. 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.

You can view stats for [community profile] fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details. Please let us know if you have any trouble accessing the reports.

Also, keep an eye out for the next [community profile] ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the comm yet, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Remember, posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

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Challenge 506: Melt

  • Feb. 10th, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Our new challenge is:

MELT



As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for 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 4pm Pacific Time on Friday, February 20th. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom 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.

You can view stats for [community profile] fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details.

Also, keep an eye out for the next [community profile] ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the [community profile] ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

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Updated Badge URLs

  • Feb. 2nd, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Hi, all!

We previously hosted our achievement badges on image-hosting site Imgur, but on 30 September, Imgur blocked people in the UK from accessing its content. It’s taken us a little while, but we’ve uploaded the badges to a private hosting site.

We’ve updated the Achievement Badges page and the Creator and Community Reports.

How do I update my badge links if I want to do that?
To update your badge links:

  1. Go to the Creator Report and search on your username.

  2. Under Details, click Badges, and then under View, click Badges again.



    Result: The badges you’ve earned will display, with a Copy Embed button under each.

  3. Click the Copy Embed button under each of your badges, and paste the embed codes in place of your old badge links.


I can still see my badges! Do I have to update the links?
We have no plans to remove or change the old Imgur links. If you have badges embedded on your profile page or anywhere else, you can leave your badge links as is. But if you do, the badges will not be visible to people in the UK.

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Challenge 505: Star

  • Feb. 2nd, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Our new challenge is:

STAR



As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for 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 4pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, 10th February. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom 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.

You can view stats for [community profile] fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details.

Also, keep an eye out for the next [community profile] ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the [community profile] ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

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Challenge 504: Second Chances

  • Jan. 20th, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Our new challenge is:

SECOND CHANCES



As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for 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 4pm Pacific Time on Sunday, February 1st. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work for creator and fandom. 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.

You can view stats for [community profile] fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details.

Also, keep an eye out for the next [community profile] ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the [community profile] ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

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Challenge 503: Sock

  • Jan. 11th, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Our new challenge is:

SOCK



As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for 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 4pm Pacific Time on Tuesday, 20th January. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom 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.

You can view stats for [community profile] fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details.

Also, keep an eye out for the next [community profile] ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the [community profile] ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

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Challenge 502: Sand

  • Jan. 1st, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Our new challenge is:

SAND



As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for 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 4pm Pacific Time on Saturday, January 10th. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom 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.

You can view stats for [community profile] fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details.

Also, keep an eye out for the next [community profile] ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the [community profile] ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

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Admin: Challenge closed

  • Jan. 1st, 2026 at 8:50 PM
The Amnesty challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

Anywhere But Here Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Finding Happiness, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Washing and Clean Challenges: Women's Soccer RPF: Fanfiction: Laundry Day, by [personal profile] infinitum_noctem
Rumour Challenge: Babylon 5: Unfounded Rumors, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Thirst: Guardian: fanfic: Look and Feel, by [personal profile] china_shop
The Last Word Challenge: Babylon 5: Sacrifice, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Solitary Challenge: Babylon 5: On The Outside, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Role Reversal Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Healing The Healer, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
The Other Side Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Far Side Of The Island, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Fragile: Call the Midwife: Meta: Fragility, by [personal profile] smallhobbit
Trapped Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Earthquake, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Fight Challenge: Babylon 5: Illegal Actions, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
It's a Trap!: Stargate Atlantis: Fanfiction:Echo of a Memory, by [personal profile] lucy_roman
Sign Challenge: Babylon 5: Separate Pages, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Waiting Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Unexpected Rescue, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
School : BtVS : icons : SHS, by [personal profile] highlander_ii
Ice Challenge: Winnie-the-Pooh: Fanfic: Winnie-the-Pooh's Icy Day, by [personal profile] smallhobbit
Circle Challenge: S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Together, by [personal profile] darkjediqueen
Choices Challenge: Babylon 5: The Only Way, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Memory Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Healing The Healer, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Cream Challenge: Torchwood: Fanfic: Self care, by [personal profile] m_findlow
Weather Challenge: The Fantastic Journey: Fanfic: Bad Weather, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Candles + Marathon: Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Misunderstood, by [personal profile] veronyxk84
Not What It Looks Like Challenge: Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: All I Want For Christmas, by [personal profile] smallhobbit
Memory Challenge: Babylon 5: Traitor, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Clean: Your Mum Does the Washing: Poetry: The World According to, by [personal profile] teaotter
science: Stoker: Podfic: no longer human (the nothing that can’t hurt us), by [personal profile] bluedreaming

Congratulations to [personal profile] bluedreaming, who earned 12 Challenge Streak, 12 Posted Works, Brave New Fandoms, 10 Fandom Spread, The Yulegoat, Female Characters, and Governor of Gendom!

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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.

The Community Report and Creator Report will be updated shortly with the entries from this round. See our FAQ for more details.

In September, when we announced the new reports, we confirmed our plan to wait a couple of months and then remove the challenge tags from the comm. That time is NOW.

This is a reminder that the challenge tags will be going away TODAY.


New challenge coming right up!

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Challenge 501: Amnesty

  • Dec. 21st, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Our new challenge is our eighty-third:

AMNESTY



During amnesty challenges, you can post works for any of the challenges we've had to date: Complete list of prompts )

See the Community Report for a sortable list of prompts.
Both reports have a random "Any Challenge" button, and the Creator Report also has a random "Unfilled Challenge" button.


Of course, you're always welcome to post multiple works to any challenge if you finish them before the challenge closes, but that isn't always possible. So dust off those unfinished works and half-formed ideas -- now is the time!

In amnesty rounds, include the challenge you are posting for in the subject line of your post (eg, Blanket: Heated Rivalry: Fanart: If on a winter's night).

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 4pm Pacific Time on Thursday, 1 January. 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.

You can view stats for [community profile] fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details. Please let us know if you have any trouble accessing the reports.

In September, when we announced the new reports, we confirmed our plan to wait a couple of months and then remove the challenge tags from the comm. That time is drawing near.

This is a reminder that on January 1, 2026, the challenge tags will be going away.

Also, keep an eye out for the next [community profile] ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the comm yet, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Remember, posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

Admin: Challenge closed

  • Dec. 21st, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The Flood challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

Original: poetry: unread by [personal profile] teaotter
IT: Fanfiction: "Do you want a balloon too, Georgie?" by [personal profile] infinitum_noctem
Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: Overwhelmed by [personal profile] smallhobbit
Guardian: fanart: The Gondolier of Dixing by [personal profile] china_shop
Harry Potter: Fanfic: Associates by [personal profile] digthewriter
due South: Fanfiction: Finding Hope by [personal profile] lucy_roman
Torchwood: Fanfic: Devastating Discovery by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Starsky & Hutch: Fanfiction: A Favor Returned by [personal profile] lucy_roman
Subject Line: S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Many Emotions by [personal profile] darkjediqueen
Torchwood: Fanfic: When it rains, it pours by [personal profile] m_findlow
Hyouka (Kotenbu): Fanfic: reviving at this late date by [personal profile] bluedreaming
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Sanctuary by [personal profile] veronyxk84
MCU: fanfic: Just a Spill by [personal profile] highlander_ii

\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.

The Community Report and Creator Report will be updated shortly with the entries from this round. See our FAQ for more details.

In September, when we announced the new reports, we confirmed our plan to wait a couple of months and then remove the challenge tags from the comm. That time is drawing near.

This is a reminder that on January 1, 2026, the challenge tags will be going away.

Next challenge coming right up.

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Challenge 500: Flood

  • Dec. 10th, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Our new challenge is:

FLOOD



As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for 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 4pm Pacific Time on Saturday, December 20th. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom 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.

You can view stats for [community profile] fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details.

In September, when we announced the new reports, we confirmed our plan to wait a couple of months and then remove the challenge tags from the comm. That time is drawing near.

This is a reminder that on January 1, 2026, the challenge tags will be going away.

Also, keep an eye out for the next [community profile] ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the [community profile] ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

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Admin: Challenge closed

  • Dec. 10th, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Boss challenge is now closed. Here are the entries:

Torchwood: Fanfic: In Charge, by [personal profile] badly_knitted
Spooks (MI5): Fanfic: You're the Boss, by [personal profile] smallhobbit
The Double: fanfic: the ally of caution is boldness, by [personal profile] teaotter
S.W.A.T.: Fan Fiction: Her New Boss, by [personal profile] darkjediqueen
Terraria: Fanart: Slime Army, by [personal profile] infinitum_noctem
Torchwood: Fanfic: Undercover boss, by [personal profile] m_findlow
Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Fanfic: Santa’s Favorite Elf, by [personal profile] veronyxk84
GOTH: Fanfic: the light of the day past, by [personal profile] bluedreaming
Suits : fanfic : Go See the Boss, by [personal profile] highlander_ii
The Professionals: Fanfiction: Cowley's the Boss, by [personal profile] lucy_roman
Guardian: fanart: Hard at work, by [personal profile] china_shop


Congratulations to [personal profile] highlander_ii, who earned The Hierophant of H/C (SILVER), The Viceroy of Fantasy (GOLD), and The Bechdel (SILVER)!

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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.

The Community Report and Creator Report will be updated shortly with the entries from this round. See our FAQ for more details.

New challenge coming right up!

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Challenge 499: Boss

  • Dec. 2nd, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Our new challenge is:

BOSS



As always, you can interpret the prompt literally or figuratively, in whatever way works for 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 4pm Pacific Time on Wednesday, 10th December. No sign-up required.

Mods will tag your work with fandom 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.

You can view stats for [community profile] fan_flashworks entries and search and filter them via the Community Report and Creator Report. See our FAQ post for more details.

In September, when we announced the new reports, we confirmed our plan to wait a couple of months and then remove the challenge tags from the comm. That time is drawing near.

This is a reminder that on 1 January 2026, the challenge tags will be going away.

Also, keep an eye out for the next [community profile] ffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the [community profile] ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)

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