Celebrate the works and world of Jane Austen! @firawren is hosting a Jane Austen fandom and Regency AU fanwork event throughout the entire month of January. Save the date and start drafting your creations!
Anyone can join, and all types of fandom works are welcome: fanfic, fanart, gifs, manips, memes, fanvids, podfic, mood boards, etc.
Each day has a new prompt to inspire your creation:
(Text version of prompts under the “keep reading” link below)
15 of these prompts are new for 2026, while 16 of the most popular prompts from 2025 have been retained for this year.
Please interpret the prompts in whatever way inspires you! For instance, for the “Court” prompt, it could mean courtship, a court of law, the king’s court, a basketball court, etc. It’s up to you!
You are NOT expected to do something every day! Just 1 work for 1 day of your choosing is enough, though you are welcome to do more if you like. And you are NOT expected to create your fanwork on that day, just post it on that day.
Your work must follow one of the daily prompts, be new for the event, not use AI, and include at least one of the following:
Character from one of Jane Austen’s works
Character from any Jane Austen adaptation (including modern retellings)
Jane Austen herself
Setting in a Jane Austen-like AU
For example, any of these would be fine:
Darcy and you the reader live in the Star Wars universe [character from Jane’s works]
Cher from Clueless marries Snow White [character from Jane adaptation]
Jane Austen is, inexplicably, on the TV show Friends [Jane herself]
Han Solo and Princess Leia live in Regency England [setting in Jane AU]
Darcy and Cher fight monsters in a fantasy land with Regency-like manners, dress, and speech [all three: Jane character, Jane adaptation character, Jane setting!]
Completely canon-compliant works are of course also allowed!
Read the full rules and FAQ for the event. If you still have any questions, feel free to send an ask or DM.
Please reblog this post to spread the word, and follow this blog to see all the works that are posted!
I like the Colin Firth version of Darcy best because he really captures the ten thousand yard stare of helpless frustration that comes with knowing he fucked up another social situation.
That's the look of someone who's internal gears are furiously whirring to review what Rule Of Normal Social Contact he missed this time. Guy who is never, ever going to stop being so fucking awkward. Determinedly frustrated because he's following the rules, and it still blows up in his face. From a social engagement perspective, he falls for the fake road painted on the mountain's side every time and every social situation has the chance of slamming face first into a rock wall. Talking to people is like defusing a bomb. His friends all think he's cool as shit because of his word economy while he's full time trying to find the verbal cheat code to end every social interaction as quickly as possible.
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