Come on now this has ALWAYS been a thing! If anything I’d say it’s more acceptable to be an older woman in fandom now cos we’ve been on the internet since we weren’t old, lol.
The summer break is nearly upon us, which means it’s time for this year’s Summer Slash: The Lucky Dip! For this fic challenge, you submit 5 words to us, we throw them all into the metaphorical hat, and each participant is assigned 5 different words at random on which to base a fic. As it’s a summer fic challenge, we’re asking you to include one word along a summer theme! The fics can stay as true to the prompts as possible (e.g. BANANA, ROSBERG, VENICE could be… Nico Rosberg eating a banana in Venice!) or you can play a little more fast and loose (e.g. Daniel Ricciardo on Venice Beach in LA, pining over Nico Rosberg and slipping on a banana peel). The story you choose is up to you!
The rules, expanded:
Fic must be clearly based on minimum 3 out of the 5 words assigned (to meet this criteria, you can either do a fic incorporating all the words OR multiple fics based on individual words).
Please try to include the actual words (or variations of them) that you were assigned within the fic!
Must contain F1 pairings/people (AU fics are welcome!)
The minimum word count should be 1000+ words (but if it’s a little under, it should be fine!)
Everything else is up to you! Write about your favourite pairings, scenarios, tropes, or write about something you’ve never had a chance to write before. Just follow these rules!
Prompts will be assigned once the sign-up period has ended and all the words have been collected.
sign ups open: Thursday 20th July (that’s today!)
sign ups close: Sunday 30th July (at the end of the Hungarian GP weekend)
assignments sent out: Monday 31st July
writing period: until Thursday 24th Aug (just before the Belgian GP)
posting starts: Tues 29th Aug
If you have any questions about signing up or writing your fic, please email us at f1ficchallenges@gmail.com and we’ll be happy to help!
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