The Wordsmith's Forge

Today's theme is Holidays. Many fall and winter fests start around this time, or not long after, so people have time to write their fills before the deadline. This includes a lot of seasonally active communities. Plus some other holiday goodies, of course.


Calendars

Calendar, bulletin board, and promotional communities help you find fests, exchanges, and other seasonal activities.

bigbangindex -- Big Bang Index
Index of Big Bang-type challenges.
[Active with one post in August.]

dw_community_promo -- Dreamwidth Community Promotion
You have a new community and you want new members or are recruiting for an older community...
[Active with multiple posts in September.]

fandom_on_dw -- Our purpose is simple: promotion and showcase of fandom activity on Dreamwidth.
[Active with multiple posts in September.]

fandomcalendar -- The Fandom Calendar
Bulletin board for fests, big bangs, memes, cons and any other fan-related activity.
[Highly active with many posts in September.]

ipromo -- IPromo
Ipromo: for any iconrelated journal and community.
[Active with multiple posts in August.]

kinkmemepromo -- DW Kink Meme Promos
[Active with one post in September.]

pimpmethis -- Community Advertising
Need something pimped? Pimp it here!
[Active with multiple posts in August.]

pinchhits -- advertising pinch hits for fannish events
Pinch Me!
[Highly active with many posts in August.]

potterfests -- Potterfests
Promoting Harry Potter Fests, Communities, Challenges, Exchanges, Big Bangs, etc.
[Highly active with many posts in September.]

promoting -- A Promo Community For Everything Else
A promotions community for sales, trades, auctions, services and graphics.
[Somewhat active with one post in January.]

smallfandom_nb -- Small Fandoms Noticeboard
[Active with one post in September.]

stargatefests -- All about Stargate Fests!
[Active with one post in August.]


Other Communities

adventdrabbles -- Drabbles for winter time.
This community is a multi-fandom for those who want to play the drabble game for Advent/December.
[Seasonally active in December.]

allbingo -- All Bingo: Share your creative bingo activities and discussions here.
This community provides a space for creative people to share their work, using bingo cards for inspiration. Post about your own work and enjoy what other people are creating.
THE PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DRABBLE FEST (September)
PIRACY BINGO FEST! (September)
Fall Fest (October)
Sleepytime Bear Bingo (November)
Amnesty (December)
[Active with multiple posts in September.]

au_challenge -- AU (Alternate Universe) challenge community!
There are two types of challenge options available: pre-made prompt tables or a randomized bingo card. Regardless of which type you choose, there are no deadlines and no need to claim anything (other than to request your card). This is a laidback, low pressure fanwork challenge!
[Active with multiple posts in August.]

blackbrothersfest -- Hello and welcome to the Black Brothers Fest, a Harry Potter fest focused on Regulus & Sirius Black.
[Active with one post in August.]

christmasfans -- Christmas
Celebrating Christmas all year 'round!
[Dormant with last post in 2014, but posting is open to all members so this should be revivable.]

crafty -- A community for craftsters.
[Active with one post in August.]

drabbleonficathon -- Drabble On Ficathon is a prompt meme challenge where the only requirement for fills is that the fic must be a drabble or a drabble variation.
[Active with multiple posts in August.]

eerieindiana -- Eerie Indiana
General squeeing, discussion and fanworks.
Eerie Anniversary Flash Exchange Schedule
[Active with multiple posts in August.]

fandom_empire -- Fandom Empire will offer three big challenges every year. Every challenge will run for 13 weeks.
[Active with multiple posts in September.]

hd_fan_fair -- Thematic Harry/Draco Fairs.
[Active with one post in July.]

hd_owlpost -- Celebrate with Owls: Seasonal H/D Gift Giving Exc
Harry/Draco Winter Gift Exchange.
Also available on LiveJournal.
[Seasonally active with multiple posts in August.]

holiday_prompts -- Holiday Prompts
Holiday-based writing prompts and tables.
See an index of prompt tables for many holidays.
[Somewhat active with last post in September 2023.]

hp_halloween -- Spooky double-drabble exchange for HP Fans
A Halloween-themed Classic Book-Centric Harry Potter double-drabble exchange.
[Seasonally active with multiple posts in October 2023.]

jump_scare_exchange -- Jump Scare
[Seasonally active with multiple posts in August.]

justcreate -- Time to sit down and make it!
A place for crafters, artists, coders, and creators of any variety to share their projects.
[Active with one post in September.]

ksadvent -- Kirk/Spock Advent Calendar
An annual fest celebrating Kirk/Spock throughout the month of December.
[Seasonally active with one post in September.]

macrocest -- Larger Multifandom Shipcest Works and Events
Cestember 2024: Cestember is a month long multifandom incest event with daily prompts and weekly suggested pairings.
[Active with multiple posts in September.]

oz_wishing_well -- Oz Wishing Well
A fests & challenges community for Oz, the HBO prison drama.
[Active with one post in August.]

polyamships -- For all your polyamorous shipping content
This community is having its next PolyamShippingDay on September 14th -- this month's optional prompt is "Bedroom."
[Active with multiple posts in September.]

recipecommunity -- Good Food Every Day.
Featured foods are often seasonal.
[Active with multiple posts in September.]

smallfandomfest -- Small Fandoms Fest
A Fest community for Small Fandoms.
[Active with one post in September.]

smallfandombang -- Small Fandoms Bang.
[Active with multiple posts in September.]

small_fandoms -- Small Fandoms
Events for small fandoms!
[Active with one post in August.]

snarrybang -- On July 31st, for Harry's birthday, were published LOTS of new works to celebrate Snarry.
[Active with one post in August.]

summerofthe69 -- Smut in the Style of 69
Enjoy this summer's fills now!
[Seasonally active from 6/9 through 9/6.]

terror_sffa -- Horror, SFF, Animation, Myth, Spec Fic
Panfandom and multimedia.
[Active with multiple posts in September.]

wishlist -- Holiday Wishlist -Where dreams & wishes live!
Wishes Granted, Dreams Shared.
[Technically open all year round, but mostly active around the winter holidays, with last post in November 2023.]

yuletide -- This community is for participants and enthusiasts of the annual obscure fandom fiction exchange project, "while we tell of yuletide treasure."
Rare Fandoms Fic Exchange.
[Seasonally active.]


Fests & Events

BUFFYVERSE SLAY-O-WEEN EXCHANGE 2024

Dramione Teratophilia Fest 3.0 — Dhr Creature Fest

Drinny Fall Fic Fest 2024: Sign-up Open Till September 8

FALL INTO HORROR 2024

Flourish & Blott's All Hallows' Eve Fest

Fratt Week 7 - Oct 28 to Nov 3! (Halloween Frank Castle/Matt Murdock)

HP Horror Movie Fest 2024: Claiming Open Till September 30

HP Secret Santa Rare Pairs 2024: Looking for Pinch-Hitters

HP Soulmates Secret Santa 2024: Sign-up Open Till September 29

IDV: Secret Santa 2024

Jegulus Kinktober 2024: October 1 - 31

Leverage Secret Santa Exchange

MULTIFANDOM: FANDOWEEN

Multifandom: Jump Scare

MultiFandom: Love Like No Other Dark Romance Bang

MULTIFANDOM: SMALL WEB SEPTEMBER

MULTIFANDOM: TRICK OR TREAT EXCHANGE - NOMINATIONS OPEN!

Screamfest - Phobias: Sign-up Open Till October 11

Sheppard/Weir Ficathon 2024: Sparktober

SPOOK ME MULTI-FANDOM FICATHON 2024

A Very Merry Daddy Knows Best 2024: Claiming Open Till November 17

Wolfstar Kinktober 2024: October 1 - 31


And a currently active friendzy!



Picture by Jess Bailey on Unsplash

Do you get that end-of-summer, back-to-school feeling as an adult? Looking forward to a fresh start, perhaps with some more DW friends? silviarambles is hosting a friending meme!

Back to School Friendzy - 2024


Please remember that friending frenzies work only if you spread the word, so, even if you're not looking for more friends, do pimp the meme in your own journal please!

Thanks!