Drop the Not!

Drop the Not! is a multi-fandom fanwork challenge where authors create written fanworks that are prompted or inspired by oral not!fic. An oral not!fic is a type of podfic not based on existing text, such as a fic. It is often improvisational or conversational in tone. This challenge follows the idea of reverse big bangs and prompt communities, but puts a unique spin on things.

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Announcing Drop the Not! 2022

Hi again not!fic enthusiasts! After a moderately successful and highly fun round 1 of Drop the Not in 2021, we're back with another round for 2022. For those of you who are new or aren't familiar with the challenge, Drop the Not! is a multi-fandom fanwork challenge where authors create written fanworks that are prompted or inspired by oral not!fic. An oral not!fic is a type of podfic not based on existing text, such as a fic. It is often improvisational or conversational in tone. This challenge follows the idea of reverse big bangs and prompt communities, but puts a unique spin on things. Here's how it works:

Oral not!ficcers submit their prompts or inspiration in the form of oral!not fic, and writers claim individual oral not!fics and create a story inspired by the not!fic. The claiming period happens over three weeks, and then writers have five weeks to write a minimum of 1k based on or inspired by the not!fic. In some cases, the oral not!fic may be very detailed and follow specific plot lines with specific characters, and in some cases the oral not!fic may be more general, similar to the "I wish someone would write me a fic where..." prompts on Tumblr.

Not!fic can be as detailed or general as the creator likes, but we do ask that writers clearly honour the spirit of the not!fic to the best of their ability. This means that things like fandom, characters, and setting should be similar. We don't have a say in how writers are inspired or how they take the prompt, and the work an author produces may be very similar or radically different from the podfic they received. That’s part of the joy! New for 2022! One of our goals is to create new fanworks, both oral not!fics and written fics, so this year we're strongly encouraging participants to submit new works that have never been posted anywhere publicly for this challenge. This isn't an official rule (yet), but we ask that you make every effort to honour this and create new content everyone can enjoy! This challenge was inspired by the remixapod challenge. We sincerely thank the Remixapod mods for their encouragement and advice! For inspiration or to see what this is all about, check out our AO3 collection here! Authors: Your mods have created an example if you’d like to see one. We’re in no way holding you to the same style or level of detail, but wanted to provide this if needed. Feel free to put your own interpretation and spin on the challenge. We're so excited to see what you all create!

Challenge Timeline:

Monday, March 14 - Monday, April 4: Not!Ficcers submit not!fics

Monday, March 21 - Monday, April 11: Authors claim not!fics

Thursday, April 28: Author Check in

Monday, May 16: Fics Due

Monday, May 23: Fics Revealed

Rules are largely the same as last year, with a few adjustments, so please review the rules below before before signing up. Note that we have added an author check-in at 2.5 weeks into the fic writing period. We will be contacting you with the contact information in your AO3 profiles, so please either fill those out (don't forget to add your transformative works statements!) or send us an email at [email protected] with that info. Rules:

1. All fandoms are welcome. This includes RPF. 2. Oral Not!Ficcers can submit up to five oral not!fics of any length. We cannot guarantee that any of your not!fics will be claimed. 3. When submitting a not!fic, please specify DNWs, hard triggers, and other rating requests (e.g. Teen or below) in the "description" box. This will allow your author to write a fic you will be able to read without getting triggered. 4. New for 2022. Oral Not!Ficcers can re-submit oral not!fics that weren't claimed in the previous challenge AS LONG AS you also submit at least one new, never-before-submitted work (see above about generating new fanworks!). 5. Authors may claim one not!fic at a time; in other words, you may drop a claim on a not!fic and claim another one in a claiming period. 6. Each fic must be at least 1000 words long. There is no maximum length. 7. When writing your fic, please avoid DNWs and other hard triggers listed in the "description" box (if any). If the "description" box includes a rating request, please respect it; for example, if the not!ficcer has specified Teen or below, then please do your best to keep the fic Teen or below. 8. There is to be no bashing of fandoms, ships, characters, tropes, kinks, and/or creators. If you engage in hate or character bashing, the mods will ban your participation and remove your work from the collection. That said, we recognise that there can be a lot of harmful content in fandoms or canons, and we want people to feel safe naming and critiquing racist, ableist, or otherwise oppressive content within canon or fandom without fearing banning, If you are unsure whether something crosses the line from criticism to bashing, please feel free to contact us for more guidance, and if you do include critical content in your fanwork, please tag accordingly. 9. Please use the Archive warnings as they apply. Alternatively, if you choose not to warn, please use the "Choose Not to Warn" option instead of the "No Archive Warnings Apply" option, as they mean different things.

For more, see our FAQ post here!

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Fics have been revealed!

Check them out on AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DropTheNot_2022/works

A sincere thank you to all of you who participated, whether by creating not!fics, creating written fics, or even just spreading the word about the challenge.

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Drop the Not! Author Claims Are Now Closed!

We're looking forward to your fics!

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Drop the Not! Author Claims are Still Open

Hey amazing people!

Oral not!fic submissions have officially closed for this year's Drop the Not! but author claims are currently open for another week until 11 April.

This year, we have 12 not!fics submitted as prompts and are waiting for some lovely authors to swing by, claim them, and write a fic inspired by the not!fic that is at least 1000 words in length. Full rules on all that are here, and you can find the not!fics to be claimed at our AO3 collection here.

This year, we have not!fics in the following fandoms, so if you or anyone you know wants to try their hand at writing a fic for said fandoms, this is a great way to get a quick prompt and write something fun !

Hades (video game 2018)

Men's Football RPF

Men's Hockey RPF

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett

Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Star Wars Original Trilogy

Star Wars Legends: Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars: Rebels

Tennis RPF

The Untamed

The Witcher

Go forth and claim not!fics!!!

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Drop the Not! Author Claims are Still Open

Hey amazing people!

Oral not!fic submissions have officially closed for this year's Drop the Not! but author claims are currently open for another week until 11 April.

This year, we have 12 not!fics submitted as prompts and are waiting for some lovely authors to swing by, claim them, and write a fic inspired by the not!fic that is at least 1000 words in length. Full rules on all that are here, and you can find the not!fics to be claimed at our AO3 collection here.

This year, we have not!fics in the following fandoms, so if you or anyone you know wants to try their hand at writing a fic for said fandoms, this is a great way to get a quick prompt and write something fun !

Hades (video game 2018)

Men's Football RPF

Men's Hockey RPF

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett

Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Star Wars Original Trilogy

Star Wars Legends: Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars: Rebels

Tennis RPF

The Untamed

The Witcher

Go forth and claim not!fics!!!

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Drop the Not! Author Claims are Still Open

Hey amazing people!

Oral not!fic submissions have officially closed for this year's Drop the Not! but author claims are currently open for another week until 11 April.

This year, we have 12 not!fics submitted as prompts and are waiting for some lovely authors to swing by, claim them, and write a fic inspired by the not!fic that is at least 1000 words in length. Full rules on all that are here, and you can find the not!fics to be claimed at our AO3 collection here.

This year, we have not!fics in the following fandoms, so if you or anyone you know wants to try their hand at writing a fic for said fandoms, this is a great way to get a quick prompt and write something fun !

Hades (video game 2018)

Men's Football RPF

Men's Hockey RPF

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett

Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Star Wars Original Trilogy

Star Wars Legends: Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars: Rebels

Tennis RPF

The Untamed

The Witcher

Go forth and claim not!fics!!!

[drop-the-not]

Drop the Not! Author Claims are Still Open

Hey amazing people!

Oral not!fic submissions have officially closed for this year's Drop the Not! but author claims are currently open for another week until 11 April.

This year, we have 12 not!fics submitted as prompts and are waiting for some lovely authors to swing by, claim them, and write a fic inspired by the not!fic that is at least 1000 words in length. Full rules on all that are here, and you can find the not!fics to be claimed at our AO3 collection here.

This year, we have not!fics in the following fandoms, so if you or anyone you know wants to try their hand at writing a fic for said fandoms, this is a great way to get a quick prompt and write something fun !

Hades (video game 2018)

Men's Football RPF

Men's Hockey RPF

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett

Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Star Wars Original Trilogy

Star Wars Legends: Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars: Rebels

Tennis RPF

The Untamed

The Witcher

Go forth and claim not!fics!!!

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Drop the Not! Author Claims are Still Open

Hey amazing people!

Oral not!fic submissions have officially closed for this year's Drop the Not! but author claims are currently open for another week until 11 April.

This year, we have 12 not!fics submitted as prompts and are waiting for some lovely authors to swing by, claim them, and write a fic inspired by the not!fic that is at least 1000 words in length. Full rules on all that are here, and you can find the not!fics to be claimed at our AO3 collection here.

This year, we have not!fics in the following fandoms, so if you or anyone you know wants to try their hand at writing a fic for said fandoms, this is a great way to get a quick prompt and write something fun !

Hades (video game 2018)

Men's Football RPF

Men's Hockey RPF

Star Wars: The Book of Boba Fett

Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Star Wars Original Trilogy

Star Wars Legends: Knights of the Old Republic

Star Wars: Rebels

Tennis RPF

The Untamed

The Witcher

Go forth and claim not!fics!!!

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Oral not!fic submissions have now closed! Claiming is still open: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/DropTheNot_2022/profile…

IMPORTANT: We entered the wrong times when initially setting up this year's AO3 collection. They have been corrected. All remaining deadlines are 10 am CT (UTC-5). Sorry for any confusion!

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Drop the Not! Submissions Now Open

Hey all, submissions for Drop the Not! ARE NOW OPEN! You will have three weeks (until 4 April) to submit your not!fics, but authors can start claiming them in one week (21 March), so if you've got them ready be sure to submit them early.

For those of you who are new or aren't familiar with the challenge, Drop the Not! is a multi-fandom fanwork challenge where authors create written fanworks that are prompted or inspired by oral not!fic. An oral not!fic is a type of podfic not based on existing text, such as a fic. It is often improvisational or conversational in tone. This challenge follows the idea of reverse big bangs and prompt communities, but puts a unique spin on things. Here's how it works:

Oral not!ficcers submit their prompts or inspiration in the form of oral!not fic, and writers claim individual oral not!fics and create a story inspired by the not!fic. The claiming period happens over three weeks, and then writers have five weeks to write a minimum of 1k based on or inspired by the not!fic. In some cases, the oral not!fic may be very detailed and follow specific plot lines with specific characters, and in some cases the oral not!fic may be more general, similar to the "I wish someone would write me a fic where..." prompts on Tumblr.

Not!fic can be as detailed or general as the creator likes, but we do ask that writers clearly honour the spirit of the not!fic to the best of their ability. This means that things like fandom, characters, and setting should be similar. We don't have a say in how writers are inspired or how they take the prompt, and the work an author produces may be very similar or radically different from the podfic they received. That’s part of the joy!

If you want to know more about the fest, you can see our intro and rules post here!

Submissions happen on our AO3 collection here!

Any fandom. Any pairing. As much or as little detail as you want. All you have to do is come up with the idea or prompt, record it however you want (I record mine on my phone, so it can be super informal!) then post and see who claims it! We're super excited to see what you all create! Please reblog and spread this around so we can get a great set of oral not!fics created this year!

Go forth and submit your not!fics!

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Reminder: oral not!fic submisssions close this coming Monday, 4 April 2022! Get them in while you can!

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Drop the Not! Submissions Now Open

Hey all, submissions for Drop the Not! ARE NOW OPEN! You will have three weeks (until 4 April) to submit your not!fics, but authors can start claiming them in one week (21 March), so if you've got them ready be sure to submit them early.

For those of you who are new or aren't familiar with the challenge, Drop the Not! is a multi-fandom fanwork challenge where authors create written fanworks that are prompted or inspired by oral not!fic. An oral not!fic is a type of podfic not based on existing text, such as a fic. It is often improvisational or conversational in tone. This challenge follows the idea of reverse big bangs and prompt communities, but puts a unique spin on things. Here's how it works:

Oral not!ficcers submit their prompts or inspiration in the form of oral!not fic, and writers claim individual oral not!fics and create a story inspired by the not!fic. The claiming period happens over three weeks, and then writers have five weeks to write a minimum of 1k based on or inspired by the not!fic. In some cases, the oral not!fic may be very detailed and follow specific plot lines with specific characters, and in some cases the oral not!fic may be more general, similar to the "I wish someone would write me a fic where..." prompts on Tumblr.

Not!fic can be as detailed or general as the creator likes, but we do ask that writers clearly honour the spirit of the not!fic to the best of their ability. This means that things like fandom, characters, and setting should be similar. We don't have a say in how writers are inspired or how they take the prompt, and the work an author produces may be very similar or radically different from the podfic they received. That’s part of the joy!

If you want to know more about the fest, you can see our intro and rules post here!

Submissions happen on our AO3 collection here!

Any fandom. Any pairing. As much or as little detail as you want. All you have to do is come up with the idea or prompt, record it however you want (I record mine on my phone, so it can be super informal!) then post and see who claims it! We're super excited to see what you all create! Please reblog and spread this around so we can get a great set of oral not!fics created this year!

Go forth and submit your not!fics!

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Drop the Not! Writer Claims are Now Open

Get excited, fic writers, because not!fic claims for Drop the Not! ARE NOW OPEN!

Here's how it works:

Head over to our AO3 collection any time between now and 11 April and check out the oral not!fics on offer. If you like one, claim it using the button on the AO3 site. You will then have until 16 May to write a minimum of 1k based on or inspired by the not!fic. In some cases, the oral not!fic may be very detailed and follow specific plot lines with specific charactrs, and in some cases the oral not!fic may be more general, similar to the "I wish someone would write me a fic where..." prompts on Tumblr.

Rules are largely the same as last year, with a few adjustments, so please review the rules below before before signing up.

Note that we have added an author check-in at 2.5 weeks into the fic writing period. We will be contacting you with the contact information in your AO3 profiles, so please either fill those out (don't forget to add your transformative works statements!) or send us an email at [email protected] with that info.

We ask that writers clearly honour the spirit of the not!fic to the best of their ability. This means that things like fandom, characters, and setting should be similar. We don't have a say in how writers are inspired or how they take the prompt, and the work an author produces may be very similar or radically different from the not!fic they claimed. That’s part of the joy!

If you want to know more about the fest, you can see our intro and rules post here!

Any fandom. Any pairing. All you have to do is listen to some not!fic, get inspired, and write at least 1000 words! We're super excited to see what you all create! Please reblog and spread this around so we can get a great set of oral not!fics and related written fics created this year!

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Drop the Not! Writer Claims are Now Open

Get excited, fic writers, because not!fic claims for Drop the Not! ARE NOW OPEN!

Here's how it works:

Head over to our AO3 collection any time between now and 11 April and check out the oral not!fics on offer. If you like one, claim it using the button on the AO3 site. You will then have until 16 May to write a minimum of 1k based on or inspired by the not!fic. In some cases, the oral not!fic may be very detailed and follow specific plot lines with specific charactrs, and in some cases the oral not!fic may be more general, similar to the "I wish someone would write me a fic where..." prompts on Tumblr.

Rules are largely the same as last year, with a few adjustments, so please review the rules below before before signing up.

Note that we have added an author check-in at 2.5 weeks into the fic writing period. We will be contacting you with the contact information in your AO3 profiles, so please either fill those out (don't forget to add your transformative works statements!) or send us an email at [email protected] with that info.

We ask that writers clearly honour the spirit of the not!fic to the best of their ability. This means that things like fandom, characters, and setting should be similar. We don't have a say in how writers are inspired or how they take the prompt, and the work an author produces may be very similar or radically different from the not!fic they claimed. That’s part of the joy!

If you want to know more about the fest, you can see our intro and rules post here!

Any fandom. Any pairing. All you have to do is listen to some not!fic, get inspired, and write at least 1000 words! We're super excited to see what you all create! Please reblog and spread this around so we can get a great set of oral not!fics and related written fics created this year!

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Drop the Not! Submissions Now Open

Hey all, submissions for Drop the Not! ARE NOW OPEN! You will have three weeks (until 4 April) to submit your not!fics, but authors can start claiming them in one week (21 March), so if you've got them ready be sure to submit them early.

For those of you who are new or aren't familiar with the challenge, Drop the Not! is a multi-fandom fanwork challenge where authors create written fanworks that are prompted or inspired by oral not!fic. An oral not!fic is a type of podfic not based on existing text, such as a fic. It is often improvisational or conversational in tone. This challenge follows the idea of reverse big bangs and prompt communities, but puts a unique spin on things. Here's how it works:

Oral not!ficcers submit their prompts or inspiration in the form of oral!not fic, and writers claim individual oral not!fics and create a story inspired by the not!fic. The claiming period happens over three weeks, and then writers have five weeks to write a minimum of 1k based on or inspired by the not!fic. In some cases, the oral not!fic may be very detailed and follow specific plot lines with specific characters, and in some cases the oral not!fic may be more general, similar to the "I wish someone would write me a fic where..." prompts on Tumblr.

Not!fic can be as detailed or general as the creator likes, but we do ask that writers clearly honour the spirit of the not!fic to the best of their ability. This means that things like fandom, characters, and setting should be similar. We don't have a say in how writers are inspired or how they take the prompt, and the work an author produces may be very similar or radically different from the podfic they received. That’s part of the joy!

If you want to know more about the fest, you can see our intro and rules post here!

Submissions happen on our AO3 collection here!

Any fandom. Any pairing. As much or as little detail as you want. All you have to do is come up with the idea or prompt, record it however you want (I record mine on my phone, so it can be super informal!) then post and see who claims it! We're super excited to see what you all create! Please reblog and spread this around so we can get a great set of oral not!fics created this year!

Go forth and submit your not!fics!

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Drop the Not! Submissions Opening Soon

Hey all, submissions for Drop the Not! open in twelve hours on 14 March, at 10am US Central Daylight time. You will have three weeks (until 4 April) to submit your not!fics, but authors can start claiming them in one week (21 March), so if you've got them ready be sure to submit them early.

For those of you who are new or aren't familiar with the challenge, Drop the Not! is a multi-fandom fanwork challenge where authors create written fanworks that are prompted or inspired by oral not!fic. An oral not!fic is a type of podfic not based on existing text, such as a fic. It is often improvisational or conversational in tone. This challenge follows the idea of reverse big bangs and prompt communities, but puts a unique spin on things. Here's how it works:

Oral not!ficcers submit their prompts or inspiration in the form of oral!not fic, and writers claim individual oral not!fics and create a story inspired by the not!fic. The claiming period happens over three weeks, and then writers have five weeks to write a minimum of 1k based on or inspired by the not!fic. In some cases, the oral not!fic may be very detailed and follow specific plot lines with specific characters, and in some cases the oral not!fic may be more general, similar to the "I wish someone would write me a fic where..." prompts on Tumblr.

Not!fic can be as detailed or general as the creator likes, but we do ask that writers clearly honour the spirit of the not!fic to the best of their ability. This means that things like fandom, characters, and setting should be similar. We don't have a say in how writers are inspired or how they take the prompt, and the work an author produces may be very similar or radically different from the podfic they received. That’s part of the joy!

If you want to know more about the fest, you can see our intro and rules post here! Submissions happen on our AO3 collection here! Any fandom. Any pairing. As much or as little detail as you want. All you have to do is come up with the idea or prompt, record it however you want (I record mine on my phone, so it can be super informal!) then post and see who claims it! We're super excited to see what you all create! Please reblog and spread this around so we can get a great set of oral not!fics created this year!

[drop-the-not]

Announcing Drop the Not! 2022

Hi again not!fic enthusiasts! After a moderately successful and highly fun round 1 of Drop the Not in 2021, we're back with another round for 2022. For those of you who are new or aren't familiar with the challenge, Drop the Not! is a multi-fandom fanwork challenge where authors create written fanworks that are prompted or inspired by oral not!fic. An oral not!fic is a type of podfic not based on existing text, such as a fic. It is often improvisational or conversational in tone. This challenge follows the idea of reverse big bangs and prompt communities, but puts a unique spin on things. Here's how it works:

Oral not!ficcers submit their prompts or inspiration in the form of oral!not fic, and writers claim individual oral not!fics and create a story inspired by the not!fic. The claiming period happens over three weeks, and then writers have five weeks to write a minimum of 1k based on or inspired by the not!fic. In some cases, the oral not!fic may be very detailed and follow specific plot lines with specific characters, and in some cases the oral not!fic may be more general, similar to the "I wish someone would write me a fic where..." prompts on Tumblr.

Not!fic can be as detailed or general as the creator likes, but we do ask that writers clearly honour the spirit of the not!fic to the best of their ability. This means that things like fandom, characters, and setting should be similar. We don't have a say in how writers are inspired or how they take the prompt, and the work an author produces may be very similar or radically different from the podfic they received. That’s part of the joy! New for 2022! One of our goals is to create new fanworks, both oral not!fics and written fics, so this year we're strongly encouraging participants to submit new works that have never been posted anywhere publicly for this challenge. This isn't an official rule (yet), but we ask that you make every effort to honour this and create new content everyone can enjoy! This challenge was inspired by the remixapod challenge. We sincerely thank the Remixapod mods for their encouragement and advice! For inspiration or to see what this is all about, check out our AO3 collection here! Authors: Your mods have created an example if you’d like to see one. We’re in no way holding you to the same style or level of detail, but wanted to provide this if needed. Feel free to put your own interpretation and spin on the challenge. We're so excited to see what you all create!

Challenge Timeline:

Monday, March 14 - Monday, April 4: Not!Ficcers submit not!fics

Monday, March 21 - Monday, April 11: Authors claim not!fics

Thursday, April 28: Author Check in

Monday, May 16: Fics Due

Monday, May 23: Fics Revealed

Rules are largely the same as last year, with a few adjustments, so please review the rules below before before signing up. Note that we have added an author check-in at 2.5 weeks into the fic writing period. We will be contacting you with the contact information in your AO3 profiles, so please either fill those out (don't forget to add your transformative works statements!) or send us an email at [email protected] with that info. Rules:

1. All fandoms are welcome. This includes RPF. 2. Oral Not!Ficcers can submit up to five oral not!fics of any length. We cannot guarantee that any of your not!fics will be claimed. 3. When submitting a not!fic, please specify DNWs, hard triggers, and other rating requests (e.g. Teen or below) in the "description" box. This will allow your author to write a fic you will be able to read without getting triggered. 4. New for 2022. Oral Not!Ficcers can re-submit oral not!fics that weren't claimed in the previous challenge AS LONG AS you also submit at least one new, never-before-submitted work (see above about generating new fanworks!). 5. Authors may claim one not!fic at a time; in other words, you may drop a claim on a not!fic and claim another one in a claiming period. 6. Each fic must be at least 1000 words long. There is no maximum length. 7. When writing your fic, please avoid DNWs and other hard triggers listed in the "description" box (if any). If the "description" box includes a rating request, please respect it; for example, if the not!ficcer has specified Teen or below, then please do your best to keep the fic Teen or below. 8. There is to be no bashing of fandoms, ships, characters, tropes, kinks, and/or creators. If you engage in hate or character bashing, the mods will ban your participation and remove your work from the collection. That said, we recognise that there can be a lot of harmful content in fandoms or canons, and we want people to feel safe naming and critiquing racist, ableist, or otherwise oppressive content within canon or fandom without fearing banning, If you are unsure whether something crosses the line from criticism to bashing, please feel free to contact us for more guidance, and if you do include critical content in your fanwork, please tag accordingly. 9. Please use the Archive warnings as they apply. Alternatively, if you choose not to warn, please use the "Choose Not to Warn" option instead of the "No Archive Warnings Apply" option, as they mean different things.

For more, see our FAQ post here!

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Hey all, signups open TOMORROW, 14 March, at 10am US Central Daylight time. You will have three weeks (until 4 April) to submit your not!fics, but authors can start claiming them in one week (21 March), so if you've got them ready be sure to submit them early.

Submissions happen on our AO3 collection here!

Any fandom. Any pairing. As much or as little detail as you want. All you have to do is come up with the idea or prompt, record it however you want (I record mine on my phone, so it can be super informal!) then post and see who claims it! We're super excited to see what you all create! Please reblog and spread this around so we can get a great set of oral not!fics created this year!

[drop-the-not]

Announcing Drop the Not! 2022

Hi again not!fic enthusiasts! After a moderately successful and highly fun round 1 of Drop the Not in 2021, we're back with another round for 2022. For those of you who are new or aren't familiar with the challenge, Drop the Not! is a multi-fandom fanwork challenge where authors create written fanworks that are prompted or inspired by oral not!fic. An oral not!fic is a type of podfic not based on existing text, such as a fic. It is often improvisational or conversational in tone. This challenge follows the idea of reverse big bangs and prompt communities, but puts a unique spin on things. Here's how it works:

Oral not!ficcers submit their prompts or inspiration in the form of oral!not fic, and writers claim individual oral not!fics and create a story inspired by the not!fic. The claiming period happens over three weeks, and then writers have five weeks to write a minimum of 1k based on or inspired by the not!fic. In some cases, the oral not!fic may be very detailed and follow specific plot lines with specific characters, and in some cases the oral not!fic may be more general, similar to the "I wish someone would write me a fic where..." prompts on Tumblr.

Not!fic can be as detailed or general as the creator likes, but we do ask that writers clearly honour the spirit of the not!fic to the best of their ability. This means that things like fandom, characters, and setting should be similar. We don't have a say in how writers are inspired or how they take the prompt, and the work an author produces may be very similar or radically different from the podfic they received. That’s part of the joy! New for 2022! One of our goals is to create new fanworks, both oral not!fics and written fics, so this year we're strongly encouraging participants to submit new works that have never been posted anywhere publicly for this challenge. This isn't an official rule (yet), but we ask that you make every effort to honour this and create new content everyone can enjoy! This challenge was inspired by the remixapod challenge. We sincerely thank the Remixapod mods for their encouragement and advice! For inspiration or to see what this is all about, check out our AO3 collection here! Authors: Your mods have created an example if you’d like to see one. We’re in no way holding you to the same style or level of detail, but wanted to provide this if needed. Feel free to put your own interpretation and spin on the challenge. We're so excited to see what you all create!

Challenge Timeline:

Monday, March 14 - Monday, April 4: Not!Ficcers submit not!fics

Monday, March 21 - Monday, April 11: Authors claim not!fics

Thursday, April 28: Author Check in

Monday, May 16: Fics Due

Monday, May 23: Fics Revealed

Rules are largely the same as last year, with a few adjustments, so please review the rules below before before signing up. Note that we have added an author check-in at 2.5 weeks into the fic writing period. We will be contacting you with the contact information in your AO3 profiles, so please either fill those out (don't forget to add your transformative works statements!) or send us an email at [email protected] with that info. Rules:

1. All fandoms are welcome. This includes RPF. 2. Oral Not!Ficcers can submit up to five oral not!fics of any length. We cannot guarantee that any of your not!fics will be claimed. 3. When submitting a not!fic, please specify DNWs, hard triggers, and other rating requests (e.g. Teen or below) in the "description" box. This will allow your author to write a fic you will be able to read without getting triggered. 4. New for 2022. Oral Not!Ficcers can re-submit oral not!fics that weren't claimed in the previous challenge AS LONG AS you also submit at least one new, never-before-submitted work (see above about generating new fanworks!). 5. Authors may claim one not!fic at a time; in other words, you may drop a claim on a not!fic and claim another one in a claiming period. 6. Each fic must be at least 1000 words long. There is no maximum length. 7. When writing your fic, please avoid DNWs and other hard triggers listed in the "description" box (if any). If the "description" box includes a rating request, please respect it; for example, if the not!ficcer has specified Teen or below, then please do your best to keep the fic Teen or below. 8. There is to be no bashing of fandoms, ships, characters, tropes, kinks, and/or creators. If you engage in hate or character bashing, the mods will ban your participation and remove your work from the collection. That said, we recognise that there can be a lot of harmful content in fandoms or canons, and we want people to feel safe naming and critiquing racist, ableist, or otherwise oppressive content within canon or fandom without fearing banning, If you are unsure whether something crosses the line from criticism to bashing, please feel free to contact us for more guidance, and if you do include critical content in your fanwork, please tag accordingly. 9. Please use the Archive warnings as they apply. Alternatively, if you choose not to warn, please use the "Choose Not to Warn" option instead of the "No Archive Warnings Apply" option, as they mean different things.

For more, see our FAQ post here!

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Hi all! Just a reminder that you can start submitting your oral not!fics to the collection in ONE WEEK! Start getting them ready, get excited, and spread the word!