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Winners of 'Finish that Fic, Merlin!' 2025/2026

Alrighty, another round of 'Finish that Fic, Merlin!' has passed! And this time, you guys managed to write a total of 279,053 words and finish 21 fics!! Way to go! That's a lot of words and a lot of fics that wouldn't be here otherwise!

And now, on to the winners and the prizes!

With and incredible 65,645 words definitelynotzets wins for 'Most Words Written' and thus will receive art from the equally incredible Ilizasartcorner

In the category for 'Most Fics Finished' we have a tie! Both schweet_heart and bad_peppermint have finished 5 fics each and as they obviously both deserve prizes for such amazing feats, schweet_heart will receive art by argentasterdisaster, and bad_peppermint will receive art by Chapollyn

The oldest fic finished this time around was finished by bad_peppermint who did the impossible and finished a fic started all the way back in 2014! Sometimes time doesn't feel real, am I right? Though the art they will receive by Grace is very real!

Congratulations to all the winners!! Feel free to contact your artist to figure out what you want your prize to be. Remember though, that the artist is doing this of their own free will and if you demand something they aren't willing to create, they are free to say no. In which case you then have to wish for something different.

Aaaaand I think that should be all for now! Thank you all so much for participating, and I hope to see as many of you as possible back for the next round which will start in November :) Stay tuned!

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Monthly Round Up - March

This is only a round up of the fics that were posted in March. There will be a separate post announcing the winners later so these fics can get their time to shine.

Fics finished this month:

Island in the Sun

The Ghost of You

You Above All Others all by bad_peppermint

makes the whole world blind by schweet_heart

in the ashes of our victory by SparrowRising

The Bad Touch by definitelynotzets

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thedragonlies

The Bad Touch

An out-of-his-element Arthur gets the panic of his life while out with friends celebrating Morgana's birthday, because did that unfairly attractive singer just hit on him?! Featuring singing as flirting, unexpectedly tender connections with complete strangers, and dragon guitars.

Inspired by an extremely filthy song

Pairing: Merlin/Arthur

Rating: E (specifics not tagged, read at your own risk)

Read it on AO3

thedragonlies

79K words later and this fic is now complete thanks to @finishthatficmerlin

Monthly Round Up - February

The way I have been busy this month, is not even funny… Or rather, some of it was fun, but the following crash out wasn't. I do realise that it's almost the end of the fest, but better late than never, eh? Also, because people have obviously published fics since February ended, I am going to include those fics in this round up to avoid getting confused when I make the final count and round up by the end of this fest.

Top 3 for most words written so far: 1. definitelynotzets with 49,139 words written 2. schweet_heart with 43,967 words written 3. bad_peppermintwith 34,559 words written

Top for most fics finished so far: 1. schweet_heart with 4 fics finished 2. fyre and definitelynotzets who have finished 3 fics each 3. BeBraveDearHeart and who have finished 2 fics each

Oldest fic finished so far: An Incurable Affliction by schweet_heart which was started on December 18, 2018

Fics published this month:

A Rabbit's Tale by definitelynotzets

Lessons in pleasure by Teagirl

Cosa Nostra

Little Boy Blue both by bad_peppermint

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Monthly Round Up - January

Hello people, real life happened. I could go into details, but do you really care? No! You care about the numbers! So, without further ado, here they are:

Top 3 for most words written so far: 1. definitelynotzets with 38,016 words written 2. schweet_heart with 32,000 words written 3. Teagirl with 26,391 words written

Top 3 for most fics finished so far: 1. schweet_heart with 4 fics finished 2. fyre with 3 fics finished 3. BeBraveDearHeart and definitelynotzets who have both finished 2 fics each

Oldest fic finished so far: An Incurable Affliction by schweet_heart which was started on December 18, 2018

Fics finished this month:

some strange desire by fyre

Puppy Love by schweet_heart

Where Albion Begins and

What Could Have Been both by definitelynotzetz

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Monthly Round Up - December

I hope you have all made it safely into the new year, and have started making progress on your WIPs. If not, well, there's still time :D

Anyway, here's the monthly round up for December.

Top 3 for most word written so far: 1. definitelynotzets with 22,235 words written 2. schweet_heart with 14,976 words written 3. Teagirl with 12,126 words written

Top 2 for most fics finished so far: 1. schweet_heart who has finished 3 fics 2. fyre and BeBraveDearHeart who have both finished 2 fics each

Oldest fic finished so far: An Incurable Affliction by schweet_heart which was started on December 18, 2018

Fics finished this month: - Not At This Address - for the man who has everything - An Incurable Affliction all by schweet_heart - the chains that bind by fyre

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Monthly Round Up - November

Alrighty, the first month of the fest has passed. If you feel like you haven't yet written much on any of your WIPs, don't worry, there are still many months left of this fest! Which means you will have plenty of time to procrastinate. And then hopefully finish some fics at some point. But even if you don't, just getting back to writing is win!

Anyway, here's the monthly round up:

Top 3 for most words written so far: 1. definitelynotzets with 12,578 words written 2. BeBraveDearHeart with 7,016 words written 3. schweet_heart with 3759

Top 3 2 for most fics finished so far: 1. BeBraveDearHeart with 2 fics finished 2. fyre with 1 fic finished

Oldest fic finished so far: a vision in gold by fyre which was started on the 24th of March 2024

Fics finished this month: - a vision in gold by fyre

- I Have Known This (Much Longer Than I've Known You) - He Cried More, More, More both by BeBraveDearHeart

And if you want to participate in this fest, but haven't yet signed up, you can head on over to sign up to get started!

#I've given up tagging on tumblr a long time ago for this fest #sorry #but apparently you can't tag people you aren't following #and even if you start following them you have to wait at least a day before you can tag them #obviously this is to avoid spam tagging #but not ideal for this fest

finishthatficmerlin

Sign Ups for 'Finish that Fic, Merlin!' 2025/2026 are now open!!

It's a tale as old as time... You've got WIPs hidden deep within your computer in folders and sub-folders where you've tried to forget about them, but just can't. The knowledge that they are unfinished has been nagging on your mind for ages, but you just can't bring yourself to finish them. What you need, is a kick in the butt, which is exactly what 'Finish that Fic, Merlin!' is here to do!

The fest will run from November 1st 2025 till March 31st 2026!

If you've never heard of 'Finish that Fic, Merlin!' before, it is, like the same suggests, a fest to help you finish your WIPS. All those fics you've started but for whatever reason never finished. Maybe life got in the way, maybe you just didn't have the motivation, and without a deadline, it's easier to just do other things instead. Well, now's the time to sign up for this fest, so you can finally finish!

Before you sign up, however, please be sure to read 'How This Fest Works' and the 'FAQs' for the long answer on what 'Finish that Fic, Merlin!' is. I know it sounds weird, but there's some rules to follow, and more importantly, an explanation on how you can get a prize for your hard work! The carrot works better than the stick, or so they say.

After you've done that, you can sign up here via Livejournal or here via Google forms.

If you need some cheerleading, you can head over to Discord to join The Tavern(18+) server where I've been graciously allowed to host a channel for this fest. Please note that while The Tavern server is for 18+, if you're under 18, you can still participate in 'Finish that Fic, Merlin!' you just can't be part of that particular Discord server. Fortunately, there are other Merlin servers for people of all ages to help you with your writing. You can even find me in some of them :D

And don't forget to reblog this very tumblr post to help spread the word!

transcendental-butimmental

I'm not on LJ, but I might try to do a version of this myself with all those unfinished works begging for an end. If you're on LJ it's a fantastic idea!

finishthatficmerlin

You don't have to be on Livejournal at all! As long as you have a google account, you can participate! Livejournal is just the place where we post the updates etc. And yes, there will have to be a post on Livejournal with the finished fic, but the mods can post that too. You should definitely sign up :D

I'm so sorry for the off-topic ask (thank you for running this fest!), but my curiosity burns with the need to at least enquire. Is eilonwy77's username related to Lloyd Alexander's The Chronicles of Prydain and/or The Black Cauldron? Those were my favourite books growing up. Anyway, this is a great idea for a fest, I'm glad to have learnt of it, and thank you again for running it!

Ahahaha, no worries :D I am glad you felt comfortable enough to ask.

I asked eilonwy77 and she said: "Yes indeed! She was my favorite."

You're welcome. I am happy you love the idea for the fest, and I hope you will participate :p

-Elveatas

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