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Title: strange incidents of life
Author: @eidetictelekinetic [Twitter | AO3]
Artist: @tah-fcking-dah [Twitter | AO3]
Summary: Most days, Quentin Coldwater is broadly satisfied with his life. Maybe not happy, but content. Then one day an actor runs into his bookstore to hide from the paparazzi, and everything changes.
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Official Schedule for MHEA 2022!!
We’re so excited to see all your lovely works!
MHEA 2022 Official Schedule
All Times are in EST Time Zone)
* September 10th 12:00 PM Registration Opens * September 17th 12:00 PM Email to returning and registered authors go out with claims info * September 23rd 12:00 PM Claims open at Noon (EST) (24 hour window for returning participants)
* September 24th 12:00 PM Claims open at Noon (EST) (24 hour window for registered participants) * September 25th 12:00 PM Unclaimed prompts are available to the public and stay open until all are claimed or until 11:59pm EST on October 8th at 11:59pm. * October 9th First check in email goes out with the form. People have until November 1st to fill it out. Let people know they can change their prompt ONCE until October 29th. * October 29th Last chance to change mind on prompt. * November 1st WRITER MANDATORY CHECK IN (OUTLINE DUE) - Rough outline, ships, claims summary, estimated word count, final tier decisions, and potential warnings due. Any author who doesn’t submit by this date will be dropped. * November 5th Email out to registered Artists with claims info. * November 6th Early Artist Claims for last years participants * November 7th 12:00 PM ARTIST CLAIMS. Claims open at 12:00pm EST. (Special 24 hour window for newly registered participants) * November 9th 12:00 PM Claims open to the public and stay open until all prompts are claimed. Registered artist may claim a second fic, participating authors may claim their first fic. * November 16th Team introduction emails go out w/check-in link * November 22th MANDATORY TEAM CHECK-IN. Teams will confirm: the outline has been sent to the artist, they have spoken about time zones and dates they won’t be available, established the best methods to communicate with each other. * December 12th Optional check-in (or 25% check in) * January 7th MANDATORY CHECK IN. Authors: 50% draft due + confirmation they have contact with their artists and have discussed the first art that will be created. * January 17th Team Check-in. Teams asked for preferred posting dates for posting schedule. * January 24th Final schedule sent to teams and posted online. * January 30th Rough drafts due for Artists. Must have a rough draft for each mandatory piece. (tier 1 = 1 draft due. Tier 2 - etc) * February 12th FINAL DRAFTS DUE from authors and artists. * February 14th Posting Begins!
Excited for MHEA fics and art to begin posting? Us too! With less than a day until the first fics and art become public, here’s a tease of what you can look forward to this first week:
Posting Schedule
September 1
Best Beware My Sting
Quentin doesn’t date; he’s anti-romance since things ended with Alice. The one person he’d make an exception for? Eliot Waugh, all legs and smirky confidence. But Eliot’s clearly eats boys like him for breakfast; he’s trouble, and that’s exactly what Quentin doesn’t need. But there’s a deal on behind the scenes: someone’s paying Eliot to ask him out, and Eliot isn’t planning on giving up until Quentin says yes.
September 2
Dusk
Quentin and Julia are moving to the rainy town of Forks, Washington and transferring to Brakebills University. But Forks and it’s residents aren’t quite the small town they expected. Is there something bigger going on in Forks, and will Quentin and Julia be able to find love while figuring it out?
September 3
Royal Machinations
Crown Prince Quentin has spent the last four years preparing to take over the throne from his grandfather. Now, with a year left before his coronation, there's a roadblock: He needs to get married. It turns out that finding your one true love while being royalty is a lot more complicated than Quentin ever thought it would be.
September 4
Wonderstruck
Eliot Waugh gets to spend every day doing nothing in the magical kingdom of Fillory; but when he tries to assist his best friend Margo on her quest for True Love, someone intervenes, and Eliot finds himself magically transported to a much less fantastical place: New York City. Nothing interesting or dangerous has ever happened to single-dad Quentin Coldwater, until Quentin and Eliot's paths collide. Can Quentin help Eliot find his way home?
September 6
scenes from an unfinished story (told by the lost and found)
Eliot Waugh is an actor on the brink of the biggest break of his career. Quentin Coldwater is a former child star turned aspiring screenwriter paying his dues as a glorified PA. And somewhere between bar bathrooms and bad motels, sage best friends and sweet Southern boys, Eliot might be brave enough to act on what he really wants… and Quentin might just manage to write his way to a happy ending.
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We hope you have been enjoying all the fanworks so far! Remember you can find all fics and art in our AO3 collection. Here’s what you can look forward to our final week:
Posting Schedule
September 22
Eliot Enchanted
Quentin of Frell knows two things for certain.
1. He was cursed with obedience, and
2. The fairy who bestowed the curse is the only one who can lift it
Now he’s on a crazy quest to find this elusive fairy and maybe even save the entire kingdom along the way.
Or…
Sometimes a family is a cursed human, his clever best friend, a fairy with anger issues, a sarcastic book, an elf with law aspirations, a bloodthirsty bodyguard, and a really handsome prince.
September 23
Searching For A Sign
Penny finds a new clue to the treasure he has been searching for, and needs help from ex-girlfriend Kady to figure out the next step. Kady has been working on Eliot and Margo’s ship, and Penny convinces them to join in on the hunt. Working together with several others, including Julia, can they solve the clues and find the treasure of the Fillorian? Can Penny and Kady repair a fragile relationship, and maybe create some new ones in the process?
September 24
An Affinity For Magic
Eliot and Margo have almost finished their education at Brakebills. Real life is looming ever closer and they have no idea what they want to do next. Quentin is an impoverished duke, ready to give up on love and marry for practicality. But when a magical mishap brings Quentin from the 1800s and into the 21st century, he crashes into their lives, bringing the opportunity for them to find purpose and maybe even love.
September 24
Somehow, Someday
Looking to forget the stress from work, Dr. Quentin Coldwater visits his old house by the lake. There, he finds a letter from someone claiming to be writing to him from 2018. They're crazy, right? But what if they aren't? And when the emotions become too intense, how do they overcome time itself to finally be together?
September 26
My Verse Distills Your Truth
It’s hard to be The Bard! Quentin Coldwater needs to write a comedy for The Whitespire Theater, but he’s got nothing! That is, until a new, unknown actor appears just in time during auditions, capturing Quentin’s heart. Eliot Waugh has turned to acting for one last adventure before he’s forced to marry. Together, they risk everything for the chance to show the world how a simple play can depict “the beauty of all life.”
September 27
Being Alive
Can Quentin make a home out of a mausoleum? How many parents (living and dead) can one baby really have? Will Eliot ever be whole again?
Or
Sometimes a family can be a depressed children's book author, a man with half his soul, and a really well-dressed infant.
September 30
Title TBD
Old friends Eliot and Quentin meet up at the airport to go back home to attend their friend Margo’s wedding. When Eliot finds out that Quentin’s father Ted has an incurable tumor and his last wish is to meet the person Quentin wants to marry, Eliot decides to tell Ted that he and Quentin are engaged. As a weekend of fake engagement turns into a couple of weeks, Eliot and Quentin slowly but surely realize that maybe they aren’t pretending as much as they initially thought.
Posting Schedule
September 15
My Lonely Heart Calls
Quentin Coldwater is the youngest and hottest architect in New York City, while his best friend Eliot Waugh is just along for the ride—on his bright pink moped, of course! But when Quentin quits his job to chase after love, he panics at the last second... and makes a world-shattering claim. Now, it’s up to Eliot to make sure Quentin still gets his happily ever after (and doesn't destroy his whole life in the process.)
September 16
Pass Through Frequencies
Eliot is having a bit of a delayed quarter-life crisis, as evident by his looking back on his top 5 most memorable breakups, which Quentin Coldwater absolutely didn't make it on, no way, (but he did). At least he can accompany it all with a cinematic soundtrack and have the support of his friends at the record store he barely maintains. Alexa, play "Dammit" by Blink-182.
September 17
into the world, into you
The reality of living in a fairy tale land is much less magical than one might like to believe. For twenty years, Quentin has lived a life of hardship and toil, working under the heel of his step-family. But when a chance encounter sends Quentin into the path of the new High King, he finds himself swept up in a lie that threatens them both as they desperately grab for their own happily ever after.
September 18
Tell Me Something I Don’t Know
Kady and Penny are Agents of the Library, partners and best friends - until they both end up dating Julia and their friendship turns to competition. But when Julia becomes the target of a dangerous magician, Kady and Penny have to use all their skills to protect her - and maybe deal with their feelings for each other in the process.
September 19
Yellow Brick Road
Eliot is a fashion designer in NYC, who is proposed to by his boyfriend and he says YES. Just one small problem: he's already technically married - to his high school sweetheart, Quentin Coldwater, that he left behind in Indiana. He has to fly home and settle his divorce once and for all, before anyone back in New York finds out.
September 20
don't write me off (just yet)
Eliot Waugh has a problem. His manager and best friend Margo Hanson has lined up a duet for him that might save his career... but Eliot can't write lyrics to save his life. Enter Quentin Coldwater, bookstore part-owner, temp plant boy... and born lyricist.
As Quentin, Eliot, and Margo work to get the song ready, music isn't all they're building together.
We hope you have been enjoying all the fanworks so far! Remember you can find all fics and art in our AO3 collection. Here’s what you can look forward to this coming week:
Posting Schedule
September 8
This is a Kissing Book
A goddess reads a story to an injured traveler as he waits for his girlfriend to return from a mission. It’s a tale of true love, of peaches and plums, of pirates and fencing and magic and inconceivably daring escapes from a Dark King. The goddess is shocked to find out that when the traveler says “shut up”, what he really means is: “I’m having all the feels”.
September 9
The Slightest Touch
Quentin's sister is getting married and he dreads going. Not only is he far more single than his +1 RSVP had made him out to be, but Julia was marrying Alice. The person who had shattered Quentin's heart two years prior.
Desperate and panicking, he turns to his maybe-sort-of friend Margo, who has the perfect solution: one Eliot Waugh, male escort.
September 10
Time Flies (When You're Having Fun)
Quentin has never been lucky in love. At the start of the new year, his father tells him about a special ability that will hopefully change that, but along the way he learns that second chances don't always work out in his favor. Sometimes it takes third chances, or even fourths.
September 11
The Proposal
Alice Quinn needs to stay in the country. Julia Wicker wants a promotion. They can both get what they want if they just convince her friends that they really are engaged. What could possibly go wrong?
September 12
Chasing Fillory
All Quentin Coldwater wants is a little bit of freedom, but that's hard to get when you're the president's son. When his father breaks a promise, Quentin runs away with the help of Eliot Waugh. There's just something he doesn't know — Eliot is a Secret Service agent.
They embark on a journey through Europe but will they find romance or will their secrets tear them apart.
September 13
When the World's Unkind
The King is assassinated, and Josh is a wanted suspect. To save her friend, Fen crosses the border and enters Stormhold, the kingdom of magicians. Instead, her hovercraft locates Princess Margo, who has fled her coronation to seek her own answers. Now allies, Fen and Margo search for the truth and find romance along the way. This is a story of underground vigilantism, a flying ship, ladies in shining armor, and the origins of magic.
The Magicians Happy Ever After: Schedule
(All Times are in EST Time Zone)
February 17th 12:00 PM Registration Opens
February 23rd 12:00 PM Email to registered authors go out with claims info / early claims for last years participants
February 24th 12:00 PM Claims open at Noon (EST) (Special 24 hour window for registered participants)
February 25th 12:00 AM Unclaimed prompts are available to the public and stay open until all are claimed or until 11:59pm EST on March 8th at 11:59pm.
March 9th First check in email goes out with the form. People have until April 2nd to fill it out. Let people know they can change their prompt ONCE until March 29th.
March 29th Last chance to change mind on prompt.
April 2nd WRITER MANDATORY CHECK IN (OUTLINE DUE) - Rough outline, ships, claims summary, estimated word count, final tier decisions, and potential warnings due. Any author who doesn’t submit by this date will be dropped.
April 6th Email out to registered Artists with claims info.
April 7th Early Artist Claims for last years participants
April 8th 12:00 PM ARTIST CLAIMS. Claims open at 12:00pm EST. (Special 24 hour window for registered participants)
April 9th 12:00 PM Claims open to the public and stay open until all prompts are claimed. Registered artist may claim a second fic, participating authors may claim their first fic
April 15th 11:59 PM Artists claims close.
April 16th Team introduction emails go out w/check-in link
April 24th MANDATORY TEAM CHECK-IN. Teams will confirm: the outline has been sent to the artist, they have spoken about time zones and dates they won’t be available, established the best methods to communicate with each other.
May 15th Optional check-in (or 25% check in)
June 15th MANDATORY CHECK IN. Authors: 50% draft due + confirmation they have contact with their artists and have discussed the first art that will be created.
July 10th Team Check-in. Teams asked for preferred posting dates for posting schedule.
July 20th Final schedule sent to teams and posted online.
August 16th Rough drafts due for Artists. Must have a rough draft for each mandatory piece. (tier 1 = 1 draft due. Tier 2 - etc)
August 30th FINAL DRAFTS DUE from authors and artists.
September 1st Posting Begins!
