#twenty years!

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Stargate Anniversary Fest

@melagan and I (@goddess47) are pleased to announce the beginning of the Stargate Anniversary Fest.

You may or may not know that the first episode of Stargate Atlantis (Rising) was first shown on July 16, 2004. Twenty years ago.

AND! October 28, 1994 will be the 30th anniversary of Stargate the original movie.

We're going to celebrate it all! From now until October 31, 2024, we're hoping you join us in celebrating Stargate in all its forms.

The biggest event of the summer is the Anniversary Bingo, but there will be more opportunities for everyone as time goes on. But Bingo takes more time (for the completionist), so we're starting now with the bingo.

Information on the fest, how to get bingo cards and what you might want to do can be found on the AO3 collection page here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Stargate_Anniversary_Fest_2024/profile.

You can leave an ask for a pre-made bingo card on the Stargatefests Tumblr (please leave an email address that we will not share with anyone) or at the fest email: [email protected]

Hope you can join in the fun!

[stargatefests]

Stargate Microfic Challenge

Since we're celebrating the Stargate Anniverary fest for both SGA (20 years) and Stargate: The Movie (30 year), thought we'd throw another opportunity to join in the fun.

What is a 'microfic' -- as used on Tumblr, a microfic is 50 words. Half a drabble. Now, we're not going to be the microfic police. If you want to write more or less than 50 words for any of these prompts, you're more than welcome to do so. But a goal of 50-ish words is a challenge. Or, heck, do art... icons, drawbles... whatever you think fits is good enough for us.

The list below are 35 prompts originally from the McSheplets list on Live Journal. Use them in any order, or go back to the original McSheplets list (here) and find some prompts you do want to write.

MCSHEP NOT REQUIRED, we're just stealing the prompts. Write any pairing, no pairing. Write SG-1, SGU... any forms of Stargate works are welcome!

No promises, but if you @stargatefests on Tumblr, we'll try to reblog your work. And/or we'd love to have your work on the AO3 collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/Stargate_Anniversary_Fest_2024

The overall fest deadline is October 31, 2024. So that also applies here. Do what you can, when you can! We all win when you share something with us.

List of prompts below:

challenge: 040 - season 1

challenge: 041 - secret

challenge: 042 - pretending

challenge: 043 - crossover

challenge: 044 - at first sight

challenge: 045 - sacrifice

challenge: 046 - anticipation

challenge: 047 - home improvement

challenge: 048 - hope springs eternal

challenge: 049 - wet

challenge: 050 - return

challenge: 051 - handy

challenge: 052 - destiny

challenge: 053 - attention

challenge: 054 - mixed signals

challenge: 055 - movie

challenge: 056 - post-series

challenge: 057 - just in time

challenge: 058 - hindsight

challenge: 059 - tease

challenge: 060 - accident

challenge: 061 - the other side 3 (amnesty or wild card)

challenge: 062 - borrowed

challenge: 063 - fall

challenge: 064 - epiphany

challenge: 065 - dadt

challenge: 066 - honor and obey

challenge: 067 - matchmaking

challenge: 068 - play

challenge: 069 - awkward

challenge: 070 - high

challenge: 071 - history

challenge: 072 - animalistic

challenge: 073 - coming out

challenge: 074 - forgotten

challenge: 075 - pride

[unexploded]

Happy twentieth birthday* to Suede's first single! 

(*+20 days... so happy belated birthday? why do i continue to rely on the queue?)