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June 14th 2026 is our 56th Polyam Shipping Day!
For this month, our optional prompt is 🤝Hand Holding 🧑🤝🧑
There are many reasons for hand holding, both romantic and platonic. It could be affectionate or supportive. A light tentative hold, a caressing touch, a grounding comfortable gesture or a tight grip of desperation or pain. A hold pulling someone up from certain death or away from other danger, or tugging towards something good, onwards to adventure! How do the characters feel about hand holding; do they assume a certain meaning that could lead to misunderstandings? Is it something negotiated or an important relationship signifier? If it's a first step on a date or with a crush, who initiates and how do they decide to take that risk? This is also perfect for the 'X has two hands' meme/trope.
As per usual, you’re welcome to create for any of our previous prompts as well!
We’ll be tracking #PolyamShippingDay, and keeping an eye out for any @polyamships mentions too. We will reblog any polyam-positive fanworks featuring polyamorous ships of any configuration/type from any fandom. All ratings are welcome but anything nsfw/triggery should be warned for and behind a read more, as should very long tumblr fic.
You can also submit works directly to the blog or send us asks to let us know to check your blog for a post. If you’re posting on AO3, our collection name is ‘PolyamShippingDay‘ and you can post to the collection here. Only fanworks submitted/@ us on tumblr or in the official AO3 collection, or fanworks posted to our Dreamwidth community, are guaranteed to be included in our roundup. Please also let us know what prompt you created for, if any - people are always welcome to create for past prompts instead.
We have a Discord - invite here - if you want a place to chat about your ships or what you’re creating for them. We also have a Bluesky account if you would like to post any works there (although we cannot guarantee they’ll be on the tumblr roundup, we’ll definitely share them on the Bluesky account.)
We look forward to seeing what people create for it. If you’re enthused about the day, we’d be especially appreciative of any reblogs to help spread the word about the event.
