Time for Round 17 of Dean Gen Challenge! This time the theme is ICONIC
How it works
On the first day of each month, we’ll provide a theme that you’ll explore in your works in relation to Dean
You can sign up at any point throughout the month, simply by reblogging this post and tagging it with #entered
You have until the last day of the month to publish your work. Tag it with #deangenchallenge and mention @deangenchallenge to make sure we find it
We’ll be reblogging all works to this blog; if you don’t see your work reblogged after five days, send us an ask with a link to it
There is no penalty for dropping out. This is a no pressure challenge; if you can’t finish the work, you can post it in the following month or try with the new theme
You can also create works for our past themes! You will find all of them in our deangenchallenge tag
You might combine this challenge with other events and bingos, as long as their rules allow it
The last day to publish your work for this round is November 30
When posting your work to ao3, add it to our collection deangenchallenge
Feel free to reblog to signal boost even if you’re not entering! :)
Work requirements below the cut
Work content
Dean Winchester must be the focus of the work, no putting him in the supporting role
No ships as this is a gen challenge
Platonic and familial relationships are fine
Passing hook-ups, similar to those Dean would engage in during case on the show, are also okay — they can’t however be the main focus of the works
All works must match the given theme but you’re free to interpret it however you want it, both literally or metaphorically
Mature/explicit content and dark themes are allowed, but must be properly warned for; visual explicit works must be hosted elsewhere and linked to on tumblr, not to violate tumblr’s content guidelines
No sexual content involving minors
No RPF or reader-insert works — the focus of this challenge is Dean
Works using quotes about Dean coming from Jensen, other actors, or the show’s creators are fine
You can submit more than one work for each theme
Work types
Various types of works are welcome, such as fanfic, fanart, graphics, gifsets, fanvids, fanmixes, fic rec lists
Minimum requirements (there is no maximum)
Fanfic: at least 500 words (remember to use read more when posting the whole fic to tumblr)
Fanart/graphics: at least 1 art piece, width 540px
Gifsets: at least 3 gifs
Fanmix: at least 8 songs + description of how they relate to Dean and the theme
Fanvid: min 30 sec
Podfic: read, not tts, fic of min 500 words
Fic rec list: at least 4 fics written by others + commentary on how they fit the theme
all podfic’d and rec’d fics must also fit the content rules of the challenge
Time for Round 16 of Dean Gen Challenge! This time the theme is MONSTER MOVIE
How it works
On the first day of each month, we’ll provide a theme that you’ll explore in your works in relation to Dean
You can sign up at any point throughout the month, simply by reblogging this post and tagging it with #entered
You have until the last day of the month to publish your work. Tag it with #deangenchallenge and mention @deangenchallenge to make sure we find it
We’ll be reblogging all works to this blog; if you don’t see your work reblogged after five days, send us an ask with a link to it
There is no penalty for dropping out. This is a no pressure challenge; if you can’t finish the work, you can post it in the following month or try with the new theme
You can also create works for our past themes! You will find all of them in our deangenchallenge tag
You might combine this challenge with other events and bingos, as long as their rules allow it
The last day to publish your work for this round is October 31
When posting your work to ao3, add it to our collection deangenchallenge
Feel free to reblog to signal boost even if you’re not entering! :)
Time for Round 16 of Dean Gen Challenge! This time the theme is MONSTER MOVIE
How it works
On the first day of each month, we’ll provide a theme that you’ll explore in your works in relation to Dean
You can sign up at any point throughout the month, simply by reblogging this post and tagging it with #entered
You have until the last day of the month to publish your work. Tag it with #deangenchallenge and mention @deangenchallenge to make sure we find it
We’ll be reblogging all works to this blog; if you don’t see your work reblogged after five days, send us an ask with a link to it
There is no penalty for dropping out. This is a no pressure challenge; if you can’t finish the work, you can post it in the following month or try with the new theme
You can also create works for our past themes! You will find all of them in our deangenchallenge tag
You might combine this challenge with other events and bingos, as long as their rules allow it
The last day to publish your work for this round is October 31
When posting your work to ao3, add it to our collection deangenchallenge
Feel free to reblog to signal boost even if you’re not entering! :)
Work requirements below the cut
Work content
Dean Winchester must be the focus of the work, no putting him in the supporting role
No ships as this is a gen challenge
Platonic and familial relationships are fine
Passing hook-ups, similar to those Dean would engage in during case on the show, are also okay — they can’t however be the main focus of the works
All works must match the given theme but you’re free to interpret it however you want it, both literally or metaphorically
Mature/explicit content and dark themes are allowed, but must be properly warned for; visual explicit works must be hosted elsewhere and linked to on tumblr, not to violate tumblr’s content guidelines
No sexual content involving minors
No RPF or reader-insert works — the focus of this challenge is Dean
Works using quotes about Dean coming from Jensen, other actors, or the show’s creators are fine
You can submit more than one work for each theme
Work types
Various types of works are welcome, such as fanfic, fanart, graphics, gifsets, fanvids, fanmixes, fic rec lists
Minimum requirements (there is no maximum)
Fanfic: at least 500 words (remember to use read more when posting the whole fic to tumblr)
Fanart/graphics: at least 1 art piece, width 540px
Gifsets: at least 3 gifs
Fanmix: at least 8 songs + description of how they relate to Dean and the theme
Fanvid: min 30 sec
Podfic: read, not tts, fic of min 500 words
Fic rec list: at least 4 fics written by others + commentary on how they fit the theme
all podfic’d and rec’d fics must also fit the content rules of the challenge
After a brief hiatus, it’s time for Round 15 of Dean Gen Challenge! This time the theme is REBIRTH
How it works
On the first day of each month, we’ll provide a theme that you’ll explore in your works in relation to Dean
You can sign up at any point throughout the month, simply by reblogging this post and tagging it with #entered
You have until the last day of the month to publish your work. Tag it with #deangenchallenge and mention @deangenchallenge to make sure we find it
We’ll be reblogging all works to this blog; if you don’t see your work reblogged after five days, send us an ask with a link to it
There is no penalty for dropping out. This is a no pressure challenge; if you can’t finish the work, you can post it in the following month or try with the new theme
You can also create works for our past themes! You will find all of them in our deangenchallenge tag
You might combine this challenge with other events and bingos, as long as their rules allow it
The last day to publish your work for this round is September 30
When posting your work to ao3, add it to our collection deangenchallenge
Feel free to reblog to signal boost even if you’re not entering! :)
After a brief hiatus, it’s time for Round 15 of Dean Gen Challenge! This time the theme is REBIRTH
How it works
On the first day of each month, we’ll provide a theme that you’ll explore in your works in relation to Dean
You can sign up at any point throughout the month, simply by reblogging this post and tagging it with #entered
You have until the last day of the month to publish your work. Tag it with #deangenchallenge and mention @deangenchallenge to make sure we find it
We’ll be reblogging all works to this blog; if you don’t see your work reblogged after five days, send us an ask with a link to it
There is no penalty for dropping out. This is a no pressure challenge; if you can’t finish the work, you can post it in the following month or try with the new theme
You can also create works for our past themes! You will find all of them in our deangenchallenge tag
You might combine this challenge with other events and bingos, as long as their rules allow it
The last day to publish your work for this round is September 30
When posting your work to ao3, add it to our collection deangenchallenge
Feel free to reblog to signal boost even if you’re not entering! :)
Work requirements below the cut
Work content
Dean Winchester must be the focus of the work, no putting him in the supporting role
No ships as this is a gen challenge
Platonic and familial relationships are fine
Passing hook-ups, similar to those Dean would engage in during case on the show, are also okay — they can’t however be the main focus of the works
All works must match the given theme but you’re free to interpret it however you want it, both literally or metaphorically
Mature/explicit content and dark themes are allowed, but must be properly warned for; visual explicit works must be hosted elsewhere and linked to on tumblr, not to violate tumblr’s content guidelines
No sexual content involving minors
No RPF or reader-insert works — the focus of this challenge is Dean
Works using quotes about Dean coming from Jensen, other actors, or the show’s creators are fine
You can submit more than one work for each theme
Work types
Various types of works are welcome, such as fanfic, fanart, graphics, gifsets, fanvids, fanmixes, fic rec lists
Minimum requirements (there is no maximum)
Fanfic: at least 500 words (remember to use read more when posting the whole fic to tumblr)
Fanart/graphics: at least 1 art piece, width 540px
Gifsets: at least 3 gifs
Fanmix: at least 8 songs + description of how they relate to Dean and the theme
Fanvid: min 30 sec
Podfic: read, not tts, fic of min 500 words
Fic rec list: at least 4 fics written by others + commentary on how they fit the theme
all podfic’d and rec’d fics must also fit the content rules of the challenge
Time for Round 14 of Dean Gen Challenge! This time the theme is BARBECUE
How it works
On the first day of each month, we’ll provide a theme that you’ll explore in your works in relation to Dean
You can sign up at any point throughout the month, simply by reblogging this post and tagging it with #entered
You have until the last day of the month to publish your work. Tag it with #deangenchallenge and mention @deangenchallenge to make sure we find it
We’ll be reblogging all works to this blog; if you don’t see your work reblogged after five days, send us an ask with a link to it
There is no penalty for dropping out. This is a no pressure challenge; if you can’t finish the work, you can post it in the following month or try with the new theme
You can also create works for our past themes! You will find all of them in our deangenchallenge tag
You might combine this challenge with other events and bingos, as long as their rules allow it
The last day to publish your work for this round is July 31
When posting your work to ao3, add it to our collection deangenchallenge
Feel free to reblog to signal boost even if you’re not entering! :)
Work requirements below the cut
Work content
Dean Winchester must be the focus of the work, no putting him in the supporting role
No ships as this is a gen challenge
Platonic and familial relationships are fine
Passing hook-ups, similar to those Dean would engage in during case on the show, are also okay — they can’t however be the main focus of the works
All works must match the given theme but you’re free to interpret it however you want it, both literally or metaphorically
Mature/explicit content and dark themes are allowed, but must be properly warned for; visual explicit works must be hosted elsewhere and linked to on tumblr, not to violate tumblr’s content guidelines
No sexual content involving minors
No RPF or reader-insert works — the focus of this challenge is Dean
Works using quotes about Dean coming from Jensen, other actors, or the show’s creators are fine
You can submit more than one work for each theme
Work types
Various types of works are welcome, such as fanfic, fanart, graphics, gifsets, fanvids, fanmixes, fic rec lists
Minimum requirements (there is no maximum)
Fanfic: at least 500 words (remember to use read more when posting the whole fic to tumblr)
Fanart/graphics: at least 1 art piece, width 540px
Gifsets: at least 3 gifs
Fanmix: at least 8 songs + description of how they relate to Dean and the theme
Fanvid: min 30 sec
Podfic: read, not tts, fic of min 500 words
Fic rec list: at least 4 fics written by others + commentary on how they fit the theme
all podfic’d and rec’d fics must also fit the content rules of the challenge
Written for @deangenchallenge June 2022. Theme: ☀️ sunshine ☀️ Wordcount: 900+
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It’s a long, confusing period of chaos and pain - no, no no no pain, he gave up the pain there wouldn’t be any more pain - and then he wakes up opens his eyes and he’s breathing. He recognizes it in less than two seconds: that it’s real in a way nothing, even the worst of hell ever was, and that it’s something he can still remember from a long, long, time ago. It’s a very quiet realization: he’s breathing and alive. His breaths come quick and heaving, huge gulps now that he’s getting back used to the feeling of it.
Time for Round 13 of Dean Gen Challenge! This time the theme is SUNSHINE
How it works
On the first day of each month, we’ll provide a theme that you’ll explore in your works in relation to Dean
You can sign up at any point throughout the month, simply by reblogging this post and tagging it with #entered
You have until the last day of the month to publish your work. Tag it with #deangenchallenge and mention @deangenchallenge to make sure we find it
We’ll be reblogging all works to this blog; if you don’t see your work reblogged after five days, send us an ask with a link to it
There is no penalty for dropping out. This is a no pressure challenge; if you can’t finish the work, you can post it in the following month or try with the new theme
You can also create works for our past themes! You will find all of them in our deangenchallenge tag
You might combine this challenge with other events and bingos, as long as their rules allow it
The last day to publish your work for this round is June 30
When posting your work to ao3, add it to our collection deangenchallenge
Feel free to reblog to signal boost even if you’re not entering! :)
Work requirements below the cut
Work content
Dean Winchester must be the focus of the work, no putting him in the supporting role
No ships as this is a gen challenge
Platonic and familial relationships are fine
Passing hook-ups, similar to those Dean would engage in during case on the show, are also okay — they can’t however be the main focus of the works
All works must match the given theme but you’re free to interpret it however you want it, both literally or metaphorically
Mature/explicit content and dark themes are allowed, but must be properly warned for; visual explicit works must be hosted elsewhere and linked to on tumblr, not to violate tumblr’s content guidelines
No sexual content involving minors
No RPF or reader-insert works — the focus of this challenge is Dean
Works using quotes about Dean coming from Jensen, other actors, or the show’s creators are fine
You can submit more than one work for each theme
Work types
Various types of works are welcome, such as fanfic, fanart, graphics, gifsets, fanvids, fanmixes, fic rec lists
Minimum requirements (there is no maximum)
Fanfic: at least 500 words (remember to use read more when posting the whole fic to tumblr)
Fanart/graphics: at least 1 art piece, width 540px
Gifsets: at least 3 gifs
Fanmix: at least 8 songs + description of how they relate to Dean and the theme
Fanvid: min 30 sec
Podfic: read, not tts, fic of min 500 words
Fic rec list: at least 4 fics written by others + commentary on how they fit the theme
all podfic’d and rec’d fics must also fit the content rules of the challenge
Time for Round 12 of Dean Gen Challenge! This time the theme is WILD WEST
It's a sarape.
Dean really likes cowboys; he can nerd out about them all day and recite every Clint Eastwood movie. Looks good in a cowboy hat, too.
Watching westerns in motel rooms and singing old country songs, playing cowboys, Dodge City, traveling back in time to 1800s and full-on cowboy aus. Colt's gun and railroad, gold rush, ranchers, hunter slash sherrif; duels at high noon, peacemaking in the saloon, cowboy boots, horses and rodeo, gambling, gunslinging, bull-riding, wanted dead or alive.
You can interpret the theme of Wild West any way you want. These are just a few extra ideas to help start you off, but you don't have to use any of them.
How it works
On the first day of each month, we’ll provide a theme that you’ll explore in your works in relation to Dean
You can sign up at any point throughout the month, simply by reblogging this post and tagging it with #entered
You have until the last day of the month to publish your work. Tag it with #deangenchallenge and mention @deangenchallenge to make sure we find it
We’ll be reblogging all works to this blog; if you don’t see your work reblogged after five days, send us an ask with a link to it
There is no penalty for dropping out. This is a no pressure challenge; if you can’t finish the work, you can post it in the following month or try with the new theme
You can also create works for our past themes! You will find all of them in our deangenchallenge tag
You might combine this challenge with other events and bingos, as long as their rules allow it
The last day to publish your work for this round is May 31
When posting your work to ao3, add it to our collection deangenchallenge
Feel free to reblog to signal boost even if you’re not entering! :)
Work requirements below the cut
Work content
Dean Winchester must be the focus of the work, no putting him in the supporting role
No ships as this is a gen challenge
Platonic and familial relationships are fine
Passing hook-ups, similar to those Dean would engage in during case on the show, are also okay — they can’t however be the main focus of the works
All works must match the given theme but you’re free to interpret it however you want it, both literally or metaphorically
Mature/explicit content and dark themes are allowed, but must be properly warned for; visual explicit works must be hosted elsewhere and linked to on tumblr, not to violate tumblr’s content guidelines
No sexual content involving minors
No RPF or reader-insert works — the focus of this challenge is Dean
Works using quotes about Dean coming from Jensen, other actors, or the show’s creators are fine
You can submit more than one work for each theme
Work types
Various types of works are welcome, such as fanfic, fanart, graphics, gifsets, fanvids, fanmixes, fic rec lists
Minimum requirements (there is no maximum)
Fanfic: at least 500 words (remember to use read more when posting the whole fic to tumblr)
Fanart/graphics: at least 1 art piece, width 540px
Gifsets: at least 3 gifs
Fanmix: at least 8 songs + description of how they relate to Dean and the theme
Fanvid: min 30 sec
Podfic: read, not tts, fic of min 500 words
Fic rec list: at least 4 fics written by others + commentary on how they fit the theme
all podfic’d and rec’d fics must also fit the content rules of the challenge
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Organization for Transformative Works
The Best That You Can Hope For by Posingasme
Dean says goodbye to Bobby, in the only way he can, the way he deserves to go out.
Carry On My Wayward Son isn’t the only recurring song for Supernatural, and John isn’t Dean’s only father. Written for @deangenchallenge April 2022. Theme: Music (1700+ Gen)
