cookiemom6067

Old enough to be your mom, or your grandma. Hate is always foolish. Love is always wise (12th Doctor)

[fanworkspermissionstatement]

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Hey fanworks creators!

Excited about the idea of someone creating something based on your fan creation (like podfics, fanart, translations, etc)? On the other hand, do you not want people creating stuff based off your fanworks and don't want to have to turn them down? Or do you have a more nuanced idea of what you are and aren't comfortable with people doing based on your fan creations? Don't particularly care one way or the other about what people create based on your stuff?

SPEND JUST A FEW MINUTES TO QUICKLY GENERATE A FANWORKS PERMISSION STATEMENT LETTING PEOPLE KNOW YOUR PREFERENCES!!!

What is a fanworks permission statement?

A fanworks permission statement (also known as a blanket permission statement or transformative works permission statement) is very simple: it's something you post in a publically-visible place (usually your AO3 profile) that tells other fan creators what you are and aren't okay with in terms of other people making fanworks based off your stuff. It can be as simple as a sentence or two, or as complicated as you want to communicate your preferences clearly.

Who should have a permission statement?

A permission statement is for anyone that creates fanworks! Yes, even if you don't think anyone would ever want to create something based off your fanworks. You never know! It's not egotistical to post a permission statement, it's HELPFUL. Yes, even if you don't want people making something based off your works. It means no one has to reach out to ask you, they can know your preferences right away.

Is it only for fanfic writers?

Absolutely not! It's great for fan creators of ALL kinds to have a fanworks permission statement! Fanartists, someone might want to use your fanart as inspiration for a fanfic or create fanart inspired by your work in a different medium! Podficcers, other people creating in an audible medium might want to insert clips of your podfics into their work, or copy the way you did certain effects! Fanbinders, you might inspire an artist with the way you do your binding! This is really for everyone, because fandom is infinitely creative and who knows how another fan creator might be inspired by your work!

What do I even say in a permission statement?

That's exactly why we built the Fanworks Permission Statement Builder! So you don't have to think about what to say or how to say it. Just spend a few minutes answering questions about your preferences that cover many of the common things people might want to specify, and you'll have a permission statement ready to copy-and-paste into your AO3 profile, or to edit to your heart's content!

Why use the Fanworks Permission Statement Builder?

Don't want to come up with a permission statement on your own? Not sure what should even go into a permission statement? Want someone to at least give you a starting place that you can edit to better reflect your preferences? Want someone to just hand you a ready-to-use permission statement that you can paste into your profile? Spend just a few minutes answering some questions about your preferences, and you'll have a permission statement ready to use or edit!

[fanworkspermissionstatement]

Reblogging for an update--now with new FAQ and image ID!

[thevulturesquadron]

text: [ “Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing an essay, writing a eulogy, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing for 5000 years.” ]

[cookiemom6067]

Chapter 34 of "Silent Star" by @jennelikejennay is up!

The trip back was busier than the trip out had been. Jim had to cram even more information into his head: the four monarchs of Andoria, all married to each other, and their two children; the Grand Matriarch of Tellar Prime and her assembly of nine companions; the trade needs and offerings of each planet.

Chapter 34 of "Silent Star" by Moreta1848 on AO3

[itsmythang]

People mocked Ed Sullivan for being stiff, awkward, and having all the charisma of dry toast. Meanwhile, that man was putting Black excellence into millions of white living rooms every Sunday night during segregation.

While others were busy protecting “tradition,” he was booking Black artists, upsetting sponsors, getting hate mail, and helping normalize something this country fought tooth and nail against: seeing Black people as talented, polished, brilliant, and worthy of admiration.

History has a funny way of exposing who was actually moving the culture forward while the loudest critics were standing still.

September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974

Thank you, Ed Sullivan. Thank you!!

[sapphosewrites]

I've probably watched too much Leverage, because a man in campus cop uniform came in to ask questions about our box office safe today and my boss let him in and gave him all the info he wanted, no questions asked, and all I could think is that we are horrifically easy to con

[sapphosewrites]

Yes, guy with a toolbelt who says he's the plumber here to fix our known leak, please have unrestricted access to our basement directly below the box office.

If this were Leverage he would be drilling through the floor right now

[kajaono]

Maybe he is? Have you checked?

[sapphosewrites]

No, although I did check the organizational ID of the British woman who came in to do a last minute film shoot on the second floor, bringing with her an equipment cart large enough to hide a person in.

[sapphosewrites]

So it turns out that there is, indeed, money missing from the safe.

[spockeveryday]

[depsidase]

[runraerun]

This but make it domestic Spirk:

[eldar-of-zemlya]

Maaan, this Ernest Chiriacka illustration has been in my K/S inspiration folder for over a year now!! Thank you for making this post—this was the push I needed to finally make it happen xD

✨ Full size on AO3 ✨

[my-dailydreams]

[my-dailydreams]

[cognitohazardous]

no one says big mood anymore. no one even says mood. no one says anything. all thats left is a dry wind, that scours my face until i bleed

[philon-awards]

PHILON AWARDS 2026 – Noms are open!!

KiScon is honoured to once again host the Philon Awards. Originally established by Jenna Sinclair and Shelley Butler in 1997, this annual event’s purpose is to honour outstanding authors and artists in K/S fandom.

Important dates: Nominations: 20 June – 15 August, 2026. Voting: 1 September – 31 October, 2026. Eligibility (works created & published): 1 August 2025 – 31 July 2026. There are 11 categories: Ficlet (word count under 1K) Short fic (word count 1K–5K) Medium-length fic (word count 5K–10K) Long fic (word count 10K–20K) Novella (word count 20K–50K) Novel (word count over 50K) Podfic Traditional Art Digital Art Poetry Zines For each category the voters will determine a Gold (first place) and a Silver (second place) winner.

Rules Nominating and Voting:

Nominations are open from 20 June to 15 August, 2026. Each fan can nominate up to 3 works per category, but you cannot nominate the same work twice.

For a work to make it onto the voting ballot, it needs at least 3 nominations. Before we add it to the ballot, we will get in touch with the creator to ask whether they are fine with this! 

Voting is open from 1 September to 31 October, 2026.

The winners will be announced during a special online event in early November that we will announce soon. Each winner will receive a certificate and a small prize.

It bears repeating: One person —> one submission of the nominations form. Same for voting: one person —> one submission of the voting ballot. Please do not attempt to game the system by using multiple accounts; we see this and it makes us question the future of the Philon Awards.

Nominating and voting both take place via Google Forms, and you need to be logged in and enter either your AO3 or your Discord name on the form in order to submit the nominations; this ensures that people do not nominate or vote multiple times for the same work. If we suspect sockpuppet activity, we will get in touch for clarification. We keep the nomination and voting process completely confidential! Only the KiScon concom will see the submitted forms.

While *we* won't talk about who nominated what, *you* can still discuss your faves and promote them, if you feel comfortable doing so. Making fellow fans aware of great works and sharing why you love and want to nominate them, is encouraged.

You can submit the nominations form only once, but you can edit your response if you need to add or change something (just follow the link in the email you receive after submitting the form). Please make sure to include every fanwork you want to see on the shortlist. You cannot edit your responses after nominations have closed (15 August 2026, end of day, timezone: Anywhere on Earth, i.e. UTC -12).

To answer a question we receive frequently: yes, you *can* nominate (and vote for) your own work(s). We won't judge you. ;-) 

Fanworks:

The work must focus on the pairing Kirk/Spock or Kirk & Spock. Slash (romantic and/or sexual relationship) and gen (friendship) are equally eligible. If a fic includes Kirk and/or Spock in relationships with other characters, be they canonical or original, this does not disqualify the work for the Philon Awards, as long as the focus is clearly on Kirk and Spock's relationship. 

Art must feature Kirk or Spock or both of them; additional characters in the artwork are allowed, but no depiction of Kirk/Other or Spock/Other.

All universes are welcome: TOS (series and movies), TAS, and reboot, Discovery and Strange New Worlds. AUs and mirror universe are equally allowed. Crossovers between different Trek franchises or between Trek and other media are permitted, as long as Kirk and Spock are the work’s main characters.

RPF works (e.g. Shatnoy) are not eligible.

All ratings and genres are allowed. If a work among your nominations includes strong elements that would merit a warning on the AO3 (e.g. rape, major character death etc.), we'd appreciate a heads-up on the nominations form, so that we can make sure to include the warning on the shortlist. 

The work must be complete. It can be part of a series, but the work itself must not be a WIP (missing chapters or a draft/unfinished sketch).

Eligibility: The work must have been created and published (print or online) after last year's nomination period. So, everything from 1 August 2025 onwards until the end of the current nomination phase (31 July 2026) is eligible. Reprints or uploads of earlier works (e.g. a fic you wrote and published a few years ago and uploaded to the AO3 only recently) cannot take part in this contest. If a multi-chapter fic was started earlier, but the date of completion falls within the eligible range, then it can also be nominated.

For podfic the creation/publication date of the actual podfic counts, not of the written fic that inspired it.

AI-generated works are NOT allowed.

Traditional art means that it was hand-drawn or hand-painted; scanning or photographing the finished work in order to publish it online is allowed, of course.

With digital art, we mean art that was created by a fan artist directly on a tablet or computer, or art that started out as hand-drawn and underwent significant digital alterations in the next steps. We do NOT allow AI-generated art! Manips based on still images or photos of the actors are not eligible in this contest.

Zines: Both e-zines and print zines published between 1 August 2025 and 31 July 2026 are eligible.

Last but not least: these awards are meant to be fun and a celebration of the K/S fandom. The shortlist will double as lovely rec list! We get to talk about our faves and let the creators know that we love their works. You can fill in the nominations form here:  https://forms.gle/a63k1HGHfMopRF7PA

[cookiemom6067]

Chapter 33 of "Silent Star" by @jennelikejennay is up!

The next several days were very busy. Their room was taken over by construction workers, and they had many tours to go on: a convenient way for Jim and Spock to allow themselves to be seen without Spock having to do much if any talking.

After their tour of a school, Uhura and Jim debriefed over a gift of ‘traditional Terran pastry,’ that is, frankly pitiful jelly donuts. Jim figured he ought to appreciate the effort. Making even a bad donut on Vulcan, where sugar was used as sparingly as humans used salt, was something of an achievement.

Chapter 33 of "Silent Star" by Moreta1848 on AO3

I am not feeling well - I've got an earache that makes talking painful. So, my recording may be on hold for a few days.

[cookiemom6067]

Chapter 23 of "The Best of Blessings at the Worst of Times" by Bibarian

A Lesson of a Different Kind

There were many things Spock did not know about Jim. Spock did not know why Jim always carried protein bars, how he already knew the Enterprise’s coding weaknesses, or why his Andorian vocabulary consisted mainly of curse words. What Spock did know—a skill he developed through months of friendship—was how to identify Jim’s bad moods.

Chapter 23 of "The Best of Blessings at the Worst of Times" on AO3

I am not feeling well - I've got an earache that makes talking painful. So, my recording may be on hold for a few days.

[blog3839]

period cramp simulator

[cookiemom6067]

Chapter 22 of "The Best of Blessings at the Worst of Times" by Bibarian

Birthdays and Chris-mus

Generally, Vulcans do not celebrate birthdays. Frivolous celebrations were one of the things eliminated by the Reform. Thus, most young Vulcans were completely ignorant of the alien custom until they visited other worlds. Saya was first introduced to the concept of birthdays in September of her first year on Earth. One of her classmates—John—brought cupcakes for everyone to share. She had asked why John had brought them, and Darren told her they were for his birthday.

Saya had nodded as if she knew exactly what a birthday was and decided to ask Jim about it later. Darren was an adequate provider of snacks, but Jim was still the best at explaining human customs.

Chapter 22 of "The Best of Blessings at the Worst of Times" on AO3

[cookiemom6067]

Chapter 32 of "Silent Star" by @jennelikejennay is up!

Uhura said what Spock had thought she would: that he should continue to sign whenever he wanted except with Jim in front of the servitors, that having a backup method to communicate had taken the pressure off his oral speech, paradoxically improving it. Then she sang with him a little. Having the words and the timing all provided was much easier than speaking, but it seemed to jumpstart the mechanism, because he was able to do his regular exercises after that.

Chapter 32 of "Silent Star" by Moreta1848 on AO3