First edition in a lighter, smoother fest format! Same wild prompts, less bureaucracy involved!
How does this fest work?
It’s a prompt fest. Participants write up to eight prompts that they would like to see realized, and then in turn pick, at their discretion, something that someone else prompted to draw or write. All works are ultimately posted by their authors on February 24th, to celebrate Twin Peaks day.
When does it run?
Prompting opens: January 9th, 2025
Big fanfare about prompts being published: January 23rd, 2025
Works are posted: February 24th, 2025
How do I take part in this?
There is no formal signing up - anyone can join in at any step of the process.
By filling this form, you can add prompts for other people to fill. Honor system: if you submit some prompts, please try, in good faith, to then pick someone else’s prompt and give it a spin. If RL then gets in the way, it happens and that’s okay.
What if anything goes wrong?
Please contact me immediately through tumblr and explain the situation! We’ll sort it out.
Can I fill more than one prompt?
Always!
How do I format my requests?
Through the form, you can submit up to eight separate prompts, anonymously (“Laura and the opening credits wren”) or listing your name at the start of each one if you would like to be tagged in any potential fills (“laughingpinecone - Laura and the opening credits wren”). You can also specify fic or art if you want (“laughingpinecone - Laura and the opening credits wren (art)”). If nothing is specified, the prompt is meant for either medium.
In each prompt, please write in a loose description of the character(s) you would like to receive and of the situation(s) you would like to see them in. The prompts don’t have to feature completely different characters and situations - you can prompt eight takes on the same relationship if that’s what tickles your fancy. Or you can Crossover prompts are allowed. AU prompts are allowed. As always, you can look at last year’s prompts for inspiration.
If you want to avoid something that might come up in filling your prompt (maybe you are prompting a scenario that might lend itself to a shippy reading but you don’t like that ship, or you are prompting something shippy but don’t want explicit porn of it), state it simply and politely in the prompt itself as this time there is no separate field for likes and dislikes (“laughingpinecone - Diane and Albert’s night out. Please no ship (fic)”).
If you use / and & to indicate character relationships, use them like you would on AO3: “/” indicates a romantic and/or sexual relationship, while “&” indicates a platonic relationship of any kind (“laughingpinecone - Diane&Albert’s night out. (fic)” conveys the same thing as the ‘please no ship’ wording) .
Fills that you might want to post or crosspost to AO3 can go in this AO3 collection, which will reveal on the event's posting date.
So, in short…
Fill the form to prompt up to eight scenarios for other people to write or draw.
Whether you’ve prompted or not, look at everyone else’s prompts to see if something tickles your fancy. Make that fanwork by February 24th, when we’ll all celebrate Twin Peaks day by posting a bunch of cool stuff!
These new, lighter rules mean that you are free to pick what you like and work with the prompt(s) of your dreams. However, there is no guarantee that one of your own prompts will get picked. All the same, I sincerely hope that among the works posted on Feb 24th we will all find something that’ll make us happy, regardless of whether we prompted it ourselves or whether it came from someone else with similar (or surprising!) tastes.
First edition in a lighter, smoother fest format! Same wild prompts, less bureaucracy involved!
How does this fest work?
It’s a prompt fest. Participants write up to eight prompts that they would like to see realized, and then in turn pick, at their discretion, something that someone else prompted to draw or write. All works are ultimately posted by their authors on February 24th, to celebrate Twin Peaks day.
When does it run?
Prompting opens: January 9th, 2025
Big fanfare about prompts being published: January 23rd, 2025
Works are posted: February 24th, 2025
How do I take part in this?
There is no formal signing up - anyone can join in at any step of the process.
By filling this form, you can add prompts for other people to fill. Honor system: if you submit some prompts, please try, in good faith, to then pick someone else’s prompt and give it a spin. If RL then gets in the way, it happens and that’s okay.
What if anything goes wrong?
Please contact me immediately through tumblr and explain the situation! We’ll sort it out.
Can I fill more than one prompt?
Always!
How do I format my requests?
Through the form, you can submit up to eight separate prompts, anonymously (“Laura and the opening credits wren”) or listing your name at the start of each one if you would like to be tagged in any potential fills (“laughingpinecone - Laura and the opening credits wren”). You can also specify fic or art if you want (“laughingpinecone - Laura and the opening credits wren (art)”). If nothing is specified, the prompt is meant for either medium.
In each prompt, please write in a loose description of the character(s) you would like to receive and of the situation(s) you would like to see them in. The prompts don’t have to feature completely different characters and situations - you can prompt eight takes on the same relationship if that’s what tickles your fancy. Or you can Crossover prompts are allowed. AU prompts are allowed. As always, you can look at last year’s prompts for inspiration.
If you want to avoid something that might come up in filling your prompt (maybe you are prompting a scenario that might lend itself to a shippy reading but you don’t like that ship, or you are prompting something shippy but don’t want explicit porn of it), state it simply and politely in the prompt itself as this time there is no separate field for likes and dislikes (“laughingpinecone - Diane and Albert’s night out. Please no ship (fic)”).
If you use / and & to indicate character relationships, use them like you would on AO3: “/” indicates a romantic and/or sexual relationship, while “&” indicates a platonic relationship of any kind (“laughingpinecone - Diane&Albert’s night out. (fic)” conveys the same thing as the ‘please no ship’ wording) .
Fills that you might want to post or crosspost to AO3 can go in this AO3 collection, which will reveal on the event's posting date.
So, in short…
Fill the form to prompt up to eight scenarios for other people to write or draw.
Whether you’ve prompted or not, look at everyone else’s prompts to see if something tickles your fancy. Make that fanwork by February 24th, when we’ll all celebrate Twin Peaks day by posting a bunch of cool stuff!
These new, lighter rules mean that you are free to pick what you like and work with the prompt(s) of your dreams. However, there is no guarantee that one of your own prompts will get picked. All the same, I sincerely hope that among the works posted on Feb 24th we will all find something that’ll make us happy, regardless of whether we prompted it ourselves or whether it came from someone else with similar (or surprising!) tastes.
apologies to the two asks in my inbox, i completely missed the notifications for them. they will be answered when i am able to :)
i'll also be sharing a zine shortly! i couldn't find it in any public archives, so out of respect for the publisher, the file(s) will have to be requested on google drive. let me know if there are any issues.
You're doing god's work here, that's all there is to it! Thank you for the effort to upload these gems. There is such a different feel to these stories, than what's written and posted to AO3 now. Not that I don't like a lot of those stories, but you can feel the difference almost immediately with most of them.
ahh thank you so much!! it really does mean a lot to get messages like these :)
and i agree! some of my favorite fics are on ao3, but it's soo interesting to read these zines and basically be transported back in time haha
I just read the beautiful trucoop fic For Thou Art With Me by K. Kinnon that you rediscovered a few months ago. First of all: thank you so much for your hard work in digging up and sharing these forgotten pieces! It is very appreciated. It is fascinating to get an insight into fandom before widespread internet usage. Second of all, the fic left me wanting more (in the best way), and I just wanted to ask if you've managed to find anything else by the same author? I really enjoyed their writing style and thought they managed to capture the characters very faithfully
hey anon,
thank you for such a kind message :) it's really encouraging to get feedback like this!! i've been a bit busy with schoolwork, but i'm continuing to look through various archives.
regarding the k. kinnon fic - i agree that they did an amazing job with the characters, and it's probably one of my favorite finds! unfortunately, i have not come across any other works by that author :(
i do have some other works by different authors i have yet to post! hopefully you'll enjoy them :3
pixelskylines
turnnoffyourmind
prguitarman
romaincrisis
amandla
gamechangershow
