RULES





There are only a few to remember…

1. This is a community for ficlets and fics of any length, be as long or as short as you want to be.

2. ficlet_zone is a monthly challenge community. There will be a new prompt posted on or around the fifteenth of every month. Challenges will remain open at all times; there are no deadlines, so dip into any challenge that strikes your fancy. Obviously this means there’s no need for Amnesty weeks.

3. You must be a member of the community to post here, but there is no limit to the number of fics and ficlets you can post for each challenge. Post your fics as entries to the community, NOT as comments to the challenge posts. You can either post direct to the community, or to your own journal wherever it happens to be, with just a header and link posted to the community.

4. Please post ficlets one to a post if posting direct to the community. If you’re linking from elsewhere you can put several in a post, each with its own header if they’re all in the same fandom. When posting direct, please put the body of the post under a cut so that only the header visible.

5. Please include at least Title, Fandom, Author, Rating, Challenge, and a short summary in your headers. Include Warnings and Spoilers if you feel they’re needed.

6. You DO NOT need to use your prompt word or phrase in your fic. How you use a prompt is entirely up to you. Please note in your header which song or episode title you're using as your prompt though.

7. Please play nice; be polite to fellow writers and the mod.

8. Questions and suggestions for future challenges are welcome on the Questions & Suggestions post. Requests for fandom or other tags can be left on the Tag Request post.


Tagging


Please tag your entry with any tags that apply. These should include at least challenge, rating, and fandom. For crossovers, please use the crossover tag as well as tags for the fandoms used. For RPF, use the rpf tag and one or more fandom tags. I'll be adding fandom tags as needed, so if there's no tag for your fandom, please ask at the 'Tag Requests' post. There is no limit to the number of fandom tags you can request.

There will also be tags for slash, femslash, het, and gen, under the ‘type’ heading, and for alternate universe, crossover, rpf, and original fic, under the ‘category’ heading. If I'm missing anything essential, please ask at the 'Tag Requests' post.




Challenges


There will be two kinds of challenge, which I hope to alternate.


Song Title Challenges

This is where a singer or band will be selected and the titles of any of their songs can be used as the prompt for your fic.


Reverse Fandom Challenges

This is where a fandom is selected and the titles of any of its episodes can be used as the prompt for your fic. Your fics can be in any fandom, you don’t have to write in the challenge fandom - unless you want to. (I hope that makes sense.)


Come in and have fun; everybody, and every fandom, is welcome!

Title: The picture in Vogue
Fandom: Spooks (MI5) [werewolf!Lucas verse]
Author: smallhobbit
Rating: G
Challenge: #87: Madonna - Vogue
Spoilers: None
Summary: What's a werewolf to do when he suddenly realises something?

The picture in Vogue

Title: The Hundred Year Heatwave
Author: brumeier
Challenge: #87 Madonna - Burning Up
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Wordcount: 1,552
Warning(s): explicit sexy times

Summary: New Lantea is experiencing a heatwave, and the environmental controls on Atlantis aren't functioning. Rodney needs to clear his head, and the perfect opportunity presents itself in the form of his very naked boyfriend.

This month's challenge is:









Click on the challenge, pick any episode title, or more than one, as inspiration, and start writing!


Reminder of Rules

Entries can be any length you like. You can post as many entries to each challenge as you're inspired to write.
If posting direct to the community, please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Category, Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your fic, though you can if you like. Please include the song or episode title you use in your header.
Suggestions for future challenges are welcome on the Questions & Suggestions post.
There is no deadline for entries.

Have fun!

Title: Bottled Poetry
Author: brumeier
Challenge(s): #86 New Tricks - Family Business
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay, Jeannie Miller/Kaleb Miller
Wordcount: 8,937
Warning(s): mostly some fluff with mentions of past family dysfunction

Summary: Rodney didn’t know why he kept letting Jeannie talk him into these things - a blind date that spans several days and two countries, in a location without wifi or cell service, seems doomed to fail. But maybe the location, the unusual amount of downtime, and a handsome winemaker will turn things around.

Title: Somebody Waits for You
Author: enchanted_jae
Character(s): Harry/Draco, McGonagall, ofc
Rating: PG13
Warning(s): Homophobia
Word count: 1505
Summary: Harry rides to the rescue.
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of JK Rowling, et al. This fic/drabble was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for: ficlet_zone Prompt No. 86 – New Tricks episodes. I chose Trust Me, Father's Pride

Somebody Waits for You

Title: Bluebells
Fandom: Miss Marple
Author: smallhobbit
Rating: G
Challenge: #86: New Tricks - Blue Flowers
Spoilers: None
Summary: Miss Marple compares some of the young women from village to bluebells

This month's challenge is:







Click on the challenge, pick any episode title, or more than one, as inspiration, and start writing!


Reminder of Rules

Entries can be any length you like. You can post as many entries to each challenge as you're inspired to write.
If posting direct to the community, please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Category, Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your fic, though you can if you like. Please include the song or episode title you use in your header.
Suggestions for future challenges are welcome on the Questions & Suggestions post.
There is no deadline for entries.

Have fun!

Title: The Inevitability of Spring
Author: brumeier
Challenge: #85 The Eagles - Waiting in the Weeds
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): Evan Lorne/David Parrish
Wordcount: 3,630
Warning(s): not really character death, emotional h/c, grief and loss

Summary: After suffering a huge loss, Evan left Atlantis and went back home to the commune to grieve. A year later he's wondering when things are going to get better and then they do, just not in the way he expected.

Title: In Case You Didn't Hear
Author: enchanted_jae
Character(s): Harry, Kingsley, Robards, ocs
Rating: PG13
Warning(s): Mild language
Word count: 1080
Summary: The other shoe drops, just like Draco predicted.
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of JK Rowling, et al. This fic/drabble was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for: ficlet_zone Prompt No. 85 – The Eagles song titles. I chose Take It Easy, I Don’t Want to Hear Any More

In Case You Didn't Hear

Title: One of These Nights
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Author: smallhobbit
Rating: G
Challenge: #85: The Eagles - One of These Nights
Spoilers: None
Summary: Lucas is staring out of the window, Adam wants to know why

One of These Nights on AO3

Apologies for the extreme lateness, I completely forgot to post, so here's the new challenge and the next one should go up mid-May as usual, unless people would prefer challenges at the start of the month...


This month's challenge is:






Click on the challenge, pick any song title, or more than one, as inspiration, and start writing!


Reminder of Rules

Entries can be any length you like. You can post as many entries to each challenge as you're inspired to write.
If posting direct to the community, please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Category, Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your fic, though you can if you like. Please include the song or episode title you use in your header.
Suggestions for future challenges are welcome on the Questions & Suggestions post.
There is no deadline for entries.

Have fun!

Title: The Moonless Midnight
Author: brumeier
Challenge: #84 Murder She Wrote - A Little Night Work
Fandom(s): Stargate Atlantis
Pairing(s): John Sheppard/Rodney McKay
Wordcount: 7,194
Warning(s): character with a life-threatening genetic disorder, emotional angst

Summary: Due to a rare genetic disorder, John is forced to live in the shadows and out of the sun. But it's in the shadows that he meets Rodney, and suddenly his life seems a lot less limited now that he's not alone.

Title: Unfinished Business
Author: endlesstwanted
Challenge: #84 — Murder She Wrote: Unfinished Business (ep. 3x03)
Fandom: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
Rating: General Audiences
Summary: The tension at Sharon’s place in Madripoor is noticeable; Sam never thought that’s how they would see each other again.
Warnings/Notes: none; a missing scene.
Word Count: 100

( Unfinished Business )

Title: What Have You Done?
Author: enchanted_jae
Character(s): Harry/Draco
Rating: PG
Warning(s): Mild angst, hurt/comfort
Word count: 355
Summary: Draco gets an inkling of what Harry has been up to.
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of JK Rowling, et al. This fic/drabble was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for: ficlet_zone Prompt No. 84 – Murder She Wrote. I chose Armed Response, Unfinished Business, Angel of Death

What Have You Done?

Title: The Demon's Wisdom
Author: snowynight
Fandom: Gospels of the Flood
Rating: G
Challenge: #84: Murder She Wrote - "Lovers and Other Killers"
Character: The Narrator/Bartholomew
Spoilers: the whole podcast
Summary: When the night was deep, Bartholomew went to me.
Also written for: small_fandoms Small Fandoms Drabblethon

The Demon's Wisdom

Title: Night Fears
Fandom: Spooks (MI5)
Author: smallhobbit
Rating: G
Challenge: #84: Murder She Wrote - Night Fears
Spoilers: None
Summary: Pamela isn't the only one who can's sleep
Also written for fan_flashworks  Amnesty Challenge (Sleepless)

Night Fears

Title: 'The Peaceful Dim'
Fandom: Pokémon
Author: but_can_i_be_trusted
Rating: G
Challenge: #67: Ray Charles Song Titles ('The Pages of My Mind'/'Night Time Is the Right Time'/'Somebody Ought to Write a Book About It'/'Compared to What')
Warnings: None
Spoilers: Pokémon Black/White/Black 2/White 2
Notes: Crossposted to 100words and vocab_drabbles

Summary: The world is quieter, offering fewer distractions.

( The Peaceful Dim )

Title: Blank Space 86
Author: enchanted_jae
Characters: Draco/Harry
Rating: PG
Warning(s): Mpreg
Word count: 100
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of JK Rowling, et al. This fic/drabble was written for fun, not for profit.
Written for:
♦ ficlet_zone Prompt No. 83 – Barry Manilow songs. I chose Somewhere Down the Road
♦ hp_bunintheoven February prompt of fixed
Summary: Draco is planning for the future.

Blank Space 86

This month's challenge is:






Click on the challenge, pick any episode title, or more than one, as inspiration, and start writing!


Reminder of Rules

Entries can be any length you like. You can post as many entries to each challenge as you're inspired to write.
If posting direct to the community, please place the body of your entry behind a cut.
Tag with the appropriate Category, Challenge, Fandom, Type, and Ratings tags. If a tag for your fandom doesn't exist, leave a request on the Tag Request post and I'll create the tags you need. You can request as many fandom tags as you want.
You don't need to use the challenge word or phrase in your fic, though you can if you like. Please include the song or episode title you use in your header.
Suggestions for future challenges are welcome on the Questions & Suggestions post.
There is no deadline for entries.

Have fun!