Fanfiction FESTA

The Fanfiction FESTA is a month-long pro-ship event dedicated to sharing and commenting on as much fanfiction as we're able to as a community.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the fanfiction FESTA?
The Fanfiction FESTA is a month-long pro-ship event dedicated to sharing and commenting on as much fanfiction as we're able to as a community!
What does this mean exactly? Think of it as a self-promo train where you're guaranteed to get at least (1) new comment from an organized commenting group.This sounds familiar...
This FESTA is a combination of many influences, but especially the JCS tagging system and the fanfiction writer appreciation event.
How do we participate?
If you are a writer, submit (1) of your fics to our event! How? Just make a post promo-ing your fic, tag a friend, and tag our event account. If you're a reader, consider joining our commenting team! If you're an artist, we'd LOVE to have you onboard for simple art designs.
We will also have games and questions for the community throughout the month that everyone is welcome to participate in.View February 2025 ArchiveI'm in OO-fandom. It's not anime. Can I submit for this event?
Yes! We want to read your fanfiction. It doesn't matter what fandom you're in ♡
What are the rules for submitting/commenting?
Submissions should be kept at (1) per writer, however, we will promo and share additional submissions. We also have a word count soft spot of 5K for accessibility. But, again, we will share longer stories, including multi-fics (ongoing &/or finished)
And the only rule for commenting is that you keep things positive. The goal of the FESTA is to uplift writersDo we have to write new stories for this?
No! Unless you want to. Our goal is to leave comments on fics. That's all. So writers may submit new or old fics. We especially encourage submitting fics with no/few comment counts, but that's not a requirement
We will also have a few bingo prompts that will encourage reading fics with few comments, no comments, few hits, and fics posted before certain dates. If your fics fill any of the prompts, share it with the FESTA tag (#ff_festa)Can I only submit via BlueSky?
Nope. You can submit via Twitter and Tumblr as well, though we apologize if it takes us a minute to repost your pieces. For political reasons, our head mod limits their Twitter usage (and they're not used to using Tumblr... lol)
What is pro-ship?
At its core, pro-ship means that you believe everyone is allowed to ship and like whatever they want because fiction =/= reality. However, more recently, this has come to mean that people and events are ok with (and allow) problematic and/or DD content to be submitted/shared.
What is DD?DD is short for dead dove (do not eat), which is how many people categorize darker and often taboo content. But it just means to check the tags and to not become upset when you find yourself staring at exactly what was forewarnedRemember that the back button exists for a reason.What about AI?
AI-generated content will not be welcome at this event.
I have more questions/suggestions/words to share
Awesome! Feel free to DM us on any of our event pages. We also have a Neospring and Tumblr for people who'd like to stay anonymous

February 2025 FESTA

Mods

Submissions on BlueSky
Dates: Feb 1 ~ Mar 16

Extras

Blank Stamp Cards
Everyone starts with the "Welcome to the FESTA" stamp
Bingo Sheets
3 Bingo sheets to help encourage reading and commenting
Q&A Graphics
Simple questions for everyone to answer
Example Stamped Stamp Cards Below
Updated stamp cards were given out by Mods via a gForm

next FESTA: August 2025

The time has come!Thanks so much to everyone who provided us feedback. We're looking to improve how to share information about the FESTA this round. Please be patient with us. In the meantime, signups to be part of our commenting team are OPEN!Our theme has also been announced
This month, our main themes are: Summer & the Beach. But it's AUgust, so it's only fair we spotlight all AUs, too!
Bingo & Stamps are back!
Here's a preview of our AU bingo sheet prompts:
➤ Read a time travel AU
➤ Comment on a crossover or fusion AU
➤ Comment on a creature AU (pets, demons, robots, etc)
➤ Comment on a missing scenes AU
Check out the announcement posts on:
Bluesky
Tumblr
Twitter
Instagram

Next FESTA

Coming SoonThanks for joining us in February for our FIRST event round. We'd love to get feedback on the event so please fill out our Feedback Form if you:

  • participated in February's FESTA in any capacity

  • wanted to participate but ended up not being able to

  • wanted to but didn't understand how to

  • wanted to but didn't hear about it until after it ended

As always, if you're an artist, we'd love to have you onboard ♡