Sonadow Fanfic Sweep

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Sonadow Fanfic Sweep

Art by @somemismatchedsocks

Hello everyone, and welcome to the Sonadow Fanfic Sweep's official Tumblr page! I know you've all seen this account pop up on a few different occasions, but this time it's here to stay. For this new emergence of the event, @miaxwrites will be holding the reins and overseeing everything, so we have some fresh eyes on everything

As you may have heard before, the Sonadow Fanfic Sweep is on a mission to get the Sonadow ship in the top 100 rank of the yearly Ao3 wrapped in a couple of months. Due to our late start to this event and it being already halfway through an amazing year, we're willing to go for that 2026 title, but we'd still love to achieve great things and get Sonadow even more out there!

Posting for this event begins immediately, so any new works featuring our lovely Sonadow ship are more than welcome to hit our collection on Ao3 and begin making their way through Tumblr. If you'd like to post your work on Tumblr, make sure to @ us in it so we can repost it to our page! Additionally, we'd love to be inclusive to all types of Sonadow works, meaning fanart, podfics, etc, are more than welcome to be included in this. The only requirement is that it gets posted onto Ao3 so it can count towards the yearly wrapped.

More information and rules for this event will be posted shortly, but in the meantime, feel free to check out the Ao3 collection, where you'll be able to find more insight into this event, or send us some asks while we wait!

Carrd -> Coming Soon / Discord / Ao3 Collection / Rules

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Sonadow Fanfic Sweep: Discord Server

The Sonadow Fanfic Sweep now has an official Discord server, and you're all invited! Whether you're a writer working on your fic, a reader eagerly waiting for new content, an artist contributing to the event, or just someone who loves Sonic and Shadow a little too much—we'd love to have you with us.

The server is a space to: • Share your progress and ideas • Connect with beta readers or collab partners • Join writing sprints and prompt challenges • Get event updates and support • Fangirl/fanboy/fan-nonbinary about Sonadow in peace

It's a chill, creative, and supportive environment for everyone involved in the sweep—or just passionate about the ship.

Come join us and help make this event even more legendary! 💙🖤 https://discord.gg/nNkVVtJ9Qz

Let us know if you have questions, and feel free to reblog to help spread the word!

Chaos Control… straight into a fic-writing frenzy.

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Sonadow Fanfic Sweep: Official Rules

Welcome to the Sonadow Writing Sweep, a celebration of creativity, chaos, and the beautiful tension between Sonic and Shadow! The goal? Create and post as many Sonadow fanfics as your heart desires before AO3 Wrapped drops at the end of the year.

Start Date: All works must be posted on or after July 1st, 2025. Anything posted before this date doesn’t count toward the sweep.

Original Work Only: All fanfics must be written by you. No plagiarism. Seriously. If it’s not yours, don’t post it. You’re welcome to be inspired by tropes, prompts, or headcanons, but the actual writing must be your own.

No AI-Generated Writing: This is a human-only zone. Please do not use AI tools to write or co-write your fics. Stories suspected of being AI-generated may be disqualified from any shout-outs or compilations.

Rewrites & Expansions: Expanded or rewritten versions of old works are allowed only if the new version is significantly different and posted after July 1st. Cross-posting to other sites (like FFN, Tumblr, Wattpad, etc.) is fine as long as it's new content.

Sonadow Must Be the Main Pairing: Sonic/Shadow (romantic, queerplatonic, or deeply emotional) should be the central focus of your fic. Side pairings are fine, but the spotlight stays on the blue blur and the Ultimate Lifeform.

Tagging and Posting: All fics must be posted to Archive of Our Own (AO3) and added to the Sonadow Fanfic Sweep collection in order to be counted in statistics. Optional: Use additional tags like #SonadowSweep on Tumblr, or Bluesky if promoting off AO3 and @ us.

All Lengths Welcome: Drabbles, one-shots, multi-chapter epics — everything counts! There’s no minimum or maximum word count.

Be Cool: Cheer each other on! No ship hate, no harassment, and please keep feedback kind and constructive. This is a fandom celebration — let’s make it fun for everyone.

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i thought rayne was hosting this event? are they going to be involved at all?

Originally, yes, @spiritofrainbursts was hosting this event, but unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, she’s chosen to step down from this project. Not wanting to let this project die out after pouring so much time into it and getting everyone excited, she’s reached out to me (@miaxwrites) to take over as the host for it. Unfortunately, Rayne is no longer working on this project, but you can best believe she’ll be watching us every step of the way.