Elysian Fields Archive welcomes back Mystery Month this July, which means it’s time for the most important part of the event: Creating the mystery!
That’s right—WE NEED PROMPTS.
The fun thing with Mystery Month, is that all the prompts are created by the community.
What do we do with the prompts? Every week, a small selection of prompts will be shared. Creators will have ONE WEEK to write and post the next chapter of their fic/artwork that includes their prompt of choice in some way. You only need to choose one, but if you really want to challenge yourself and use all, feel free! We’ll certainly be impressed.
What prompts? Well, for that, we’re turning to all of you beautiful (and totally not slimy) chaos demons for ideas.
Prompts can be the name of a character, an object, a location, a color, a number––pretty much anything you want.
FIVE WORDS OR LESS.
And yes, even if you’re not participating in Mystery Month itself, you can still submit prompts! Readers, lurkers, commenters, agents of chaos—just like a party in an eye socket, everyone’s invited.
And because we love all prompts equally, even the unchosen ones, unused prompts will later be recycled into future event fun
We do still have prompts left from 2022 AND 2024, but we’re a bit greedy and want even more! We especially want newer members, readers, commenters, lurkers, chaos gremlins, and everyone in between to have a chance to contribute.
Start submitting your prompts now through this simple form!
You have from May 15 to June 5 at 11:59 P.M. site time to submit.
More information on Mystery Month (including GORGEOUS awards, like seriously you aren't prepared for how great they are) will be coming in the next few weeks.
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