Yuletide 2025 nominations begin on September 15 and end at 9 PM UTC on
26 September.
See what can be nominated on the eligibility post. You can brainstorm, coordinate, and promote your fandoms at the participant community on
DW.
Some fandoms need evidence to be approved. Comment on this post if:
- The fandom you are nominating has too many stories to be eligible, but only because a tiny pool of authors has written most of it, OR because a significant majority are unrelated but tagged as crossovers, OR because a significant majority tagged as 'English' aren't in English
- The fandom you are nominating appears on AO3 as part of a larger “umbrella” fandom, but you can clearly show that the fics for your fandom are under the limit
- The fandom you are nominating is a fanwork (please include a link to the creator’s permissions statement and also describe how the fanwork is distinct from its source fandom)
- The fandom you are nominating is an original work shared on a fan archive (please include a link to the creator’s permissions statement)
- The fandom you are nominating is a social media post (please check RPF restrictions), headline, meme, or other “ephemeral” canon (please include the URL for the canon)
- The fandom you are nominating includes a Worldbuilding nomination for an RPF or other real-world fandom
- The fandom you are nominating includes the words “All Media Types” or “and Related Fandoms” and you believe you need to use that label
- The fandom you are nominating is closely related to another fandom, especially if the other fandom is ineligible (ex: a Star Wars cartoon or tie-in novel, a prequel to a popular book series, or an audio drama sequel of an ineligible TV show)
- The fandom you are nominating does not yet exist on AO3 and is hard to google (very common name, few sources in English, etc). Note: Most new fandoms do not need evidence.
Mods will not consider the following evidence:
- Use of original characters
- Crossovers
- Fic quality
- Ambiguous endings in stories that are marked 'complete'
- Mistagging, wrong language, or not-many-authors evidence for fandoms that appear to have 1100+ eligible works on AO3. If you believe your fandom should be an exception, talk to the mods directly before commenting with evidence
If your fandom is one of these cases, you must leave evidence this year even if the fandom has been approved in the past. Otherwise, mods may reject the fandom if it’s nominated without evidence.
You must submit evidence before nominations close at
9 PM UTC on 26 September. It may take us some time to review and respond to your post, so if your nomination slots depend on our response, we recommend posting your evidence as early as possible!
Please put the fandom name in the subject line of your comment as well as inside your comment.
Suggested template:
<b>Fandom</b>:
<b>Possible issue with the fandom</b>:
<b>Why this fandom should be considered eligible</b>:
<b>Link to source (ephemeral fandoms, fanworks, and original works on fan archives)</b>:
<b>Link to creator's permissions statement (fanworks and original works on fan archives)</b>:
You are welcome to link to documents containing your evidence, if your post is long.
You can use
bookmarklets for checking how many of your fandom’s works
on AO3 are in English, complete, and over 1,000 words long, for any rating.
If your fandom appears too big before you use those filters, and is easily under 1,000 works after you apply the filters, then you
don't need to tell us about it.
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Tuesday Pinch Hit ✎ Questions [DW]
Sep. 9th, 2025 04:54 pmToday's theme is questions. (One of my favorites~ :3) All prompts must be in the form of a question. Fills can include questions or not -- that's up to the author. (If you do include the prompt's question in your fill, it can be verbatim or paraphrased.)
Feel free to add specifics to your prompts, like whether you'd prefer a gen fill over something shippy, or if you have a squick or trigger you hope to avoid. Original fiction, fanfiction, and fanfic crossovers are always welcome. ~_^
Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and the fandom's full name
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here. Unfortunately, DW doesn’t have a cut tag, so use your best judgment when it comes to spoilers.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above-mentioned spoiler cut.
Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt
Some examples to get things started...
+ any film/TV fandom, the resident tech/gadget expert +/ any, "You're telling me it could do that the whole time?"
+ The Bear, anyone at the shop/restaurant (+/ any), "You've got this, all right?"
+ author's choice, any +/ any going undercover, "How do I look?"
We are on AO3! If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3, please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2025 collection. See further notes on this option here.
Not feeling any of today’s prompts? Try the community archives (here on LJ or here on DW), where you can find themed and Free For All posts, as well as Sunday posts for Lonely Prompt requests.
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