MerMay 2025!
Ahoy, captain! May is the time to dive into ocean vibes — and mermaids, of course! FicFan is going all in this month with MerMay-themed prompts. So get ready to sail your favorite ships into mermaid AUs! The waters of fanfiction can be just as tricky (and enchanting) as the mermaids themselves. Are you brave enough to take the plunge?
Week 1: Mermaid — love, heartbreak, and connection
- May 1 - Saltwater kisses
- May 2 - A love that sank
- May 3 - Tangled hearts, tangled hair
- May 4 - Longing from the shore
- May 5 - Two worlds, one heart
- May 6 - The mermaid’s wedding
- May 7 - A vow beneath waves
- May 8 - Heartbeats echo in the deep
Week 2: Siren — temptation, betrayal, and the perilous charm
- May 9 - The song before the storm
- May 10 - Lured by a voice
- May 11 - Shipwrecked by desire
- May 12 - Eyes like drowning
- May 13 - One kiss, no return
- May 14 - A throat full of salt
- May 15 - He followed the song
- May 16 - Never trust the tide
Week 3: Sea-Witch — dark deals, emotional stakes, and magical tension
- May 17 - The price of a voice
- May 18 - Love spell gone wrong
- May 19 - Potion of forgetting
- May 20 - A witch’s jealousy
- May 21 - The heart in the shell
- May 22 - Witch and warrior
- May 23 - Magic deeper than love
Week 4: Seas & Oceans — mystery, mood, and beauty
- May 24 - Beneath the moonlit tide
- May 25 - Footprints vanish at dawn
- May 26 - The sea remembers
- May 27 - Lanterns float to nowhere
- May 28 - A voice in the fog
- May 29 - The waves mourn something
- May 30 - Shoreline of secrets
- May 31 - Storms bring more than rain
Every month we publish a list of prompts that you can use for inspiration and as a useful writer’s exercise. This month we decided to honor the wonderful tradition of MerMay. We hope you'll it it as much as we do.
At the end of the challenge we will randomly pick 3 lucky authors who will get prizes!
The more works based on the monthly prompts you publish, the more chances you get to win!
Note: one person can get only one prize, so everyone has a chance to win.
The conditions of the challenge are following:
– Each work should contain a minimum of 300 words;
– Each work must be a new one, (i.e., not published on FicFan previously);
– Each work of this challenge must have a tag Monthly prompts;
– Write the prompts you are using in the notes to the work, so we could check it up;
– You may post works based on prompts during the whole month;
– The challenge finishes with the beginning of the next month!
If you have any questions, you can always send them to our official account for events. Drop a message to FicFest account. We will be happy to help you!