Calling All Bly Writers! Now Casting: The Masked Author - Season 2
You may have heard of a little competition we did a while back called The Masked Author. 30 wonderful fanfic authors filled prompts and generated 100 incredible fics… and now it could be your turn! Even if you haven’t posted anything yet, you wrote one fic a year and a half ago, or you’re stuck in a writing rut, all writers are welcome to join!
Here’s how it works:
An author agrees to participate, and they’ll be assigned a code name. (I was Olivia Crain, for example.) Authors will be given a list of prompts in advance, and they get writing! Once a week, the fics will be posted anonymously to an AO3 collection (here’s last season’s post-reveal), and the readers get to vote for their favorites and other superlatives while trying to guess who wrote which story. The fic with the least amount of votes has the author’s identity revealed, and we celebrate them for being amazing because we only tolerate love and positivity in this competition.
Not a writer? No worries! Break out your cork board and put your sleuthing skills to the test as you follow clues to guess which authors are competing and what their code names are. Pop over to @the-masked-author to get a taste of what the last competition looked like and see the winners, guesses, clues, and shocking author reveals.
Head over to the Damie Discord server to get involved :)
(Or even if you don’t want to participate in the competition, it still a lovely place to hang out and make friends and talk about the 80s ghost lesbians we all know and love.)
I had the immense joy of participating last season and somehow came in 4th against some incredible competition. (I mean, AO3 legends n0tmyname, obsetress, and andawaywego taking first, second, and third? C’mon.) Everyone was so wonderful and supportive, and I learned so much about my own writing style. 10/10 would recommend.
Anyway, now’s your chance! Join The Masked Author: Season 2. It’s unlike anything else I’ve seen in a fandom. It’s so much fun <3
