Hallowe'en 2024

Once again it’s this time of the year when we start thinking witches, pumpkins, ghouls and all the creepy things lurking out there in the dark! Maybe it’s not the most magical time of the year but it surely is the scariest for Hallowe’en is out there! This year we are trying to find an answer to the ultimate question of life, the Universe and everything, and that question is… who is the most supreme creature of darkness out there: a Vampire or a Werewolf?

This year we offer you an opportunity to have your say in this matter by joining team V or team W! V is for Vampire, W is for Werewolf, pretty easy, eh?

Our dear authors have to choose the team they would like to root for and write 3 stories with the prompts provided for this very team. All the works must contain vampires if you chose team V, or werewolves if you chose team W. All the works must also be based on the prompts you received or the prompts should be organically quoted in the text.

Each and every author who writes 3 stories for their respective team based on the prompts will get a reward of 300 coins!

When the event is over, we will count the number of works for each team, and the team that wins the competition with the most of the works will get a bonus prize of 50 coins on top!

Example:

Team V finishes with 60 works at the very end of the event. Team W finishes with 63 works. Team W wins, and every author from team W gets an extra bonus of 50 coins on the top of their 300!

To claim the reward, you will need to send a link to your collection of 3 works via a CONFIRMATION FORM at the end of the event.

✅ The works you submit must be marked with the special event tag Halloween_2024 and have either tag Vampires or tag Werewolves (depending on your choice of the team);

✅ The work you submit must be a new one (i.e., not published on FicFan previously). However, you may transfer your works from other websites if you are the author and these works match the tags we announce);

✅ All works can be either separate or the plot interconnected at the choice of the author;

✅ Each work (regardless of whether it is prose or poetry) must contain at least 1000 words, including prepositions and articles, as well as have at least one completed semantic block by the end of the challenge (chapter, part). In other words, to fulfill the challenge you must have 3000 words as the final result;

✅ Your work may be fandom-based or original, any type, and contain any tags, but the plot should be focused mainly on the prompts provided;

✅ You may publish a translation on condition you have original author’s permission for that and the original text matches the prompts;

✅ During the week you may use the same or different fandoms and any pairings you like;

✅ You may choose an existing Request to base your work on as long as your work matches the prompts;

✅ After the challenge is over you may feel free to continue the story if you wish;

✅ You may write as many works as you want with the prompts for your team. Please, keep in mind that only the authors who complete the full challenge and use every prompt provided will receive the reward. One author can choose only 1 team;

✅ Сollaborative writing teams are welcome to participate (but in this case only one author will get the reward);

✅ You may publish each work as a separate one or as a collection of drabbles with the challenge prompts for each part. If you choose to publish the collection of drabbles, you should add a new prompts in the notes every time you publish a new part;

✅ You may publish work late during the event or in random order.

🚫 Assign a special challenge tag to the works that were published before the challenge;

🚫 Assign a special challenge tag to the works that will be published after the challenge;

🚫 Assign a special challenge tag to the works that don't comply with the rules of the challenge;

🚫 Publish works that violate the Rules of our website (otherwise, you will be banned).

If you have any questions, you can always send them to our official account for events. Drop a message to FicFest account

💖 Have fun!