Twelvetide Drabbles 2018
Back for year four! Twelvetide Drabbles is a fourteen-day drabble challenge to keep our spirits up and raise money for a social justice cause during the holiday season. Fanfic and fanart in all fandoms are welcome.
Collection was open for posting submissions between 9:00am EST (UTC -5) 24 December 2019 and 9:00pm EST (UTC -5) on January 6th, 2019. See parent collection for information about previous and future years.
Details about the drabble match fund, social media, this year's prompts, and further guidelines see the Introduction and Rules. Participation at any level is encouraged. Thank you for joining us, and I hope you have fun!
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About Twelvetide Drabbles 2018 (TwelvetideDrabbles2018)
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Intro:
Drabble Match Fund: As we did in year three we are running this challenge as a fundraiser with a drabble match fund. This year's funds will be donated to the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS). So far we have a total pledge of $2/drabble or artwork posted to the collection. If you are interested in contributing to the drabble match fund please email the collection moderator at feministlibrarian@gmail.com.
Find us on Twitter and Instagram at: #TwelvetideDrabbles and #12td18
Sign up for daily prompt reminders at: https://tinyletter.com/twelvetidedrabbles
PROMPTS:
This year’s prompts were inspired by the Saint’s Days / Feast Days of the Western, Christian calendar. The prompt suggestions were picked based on the associated Wikipedia entry. Feel free to interpret the prompts liberally, and the lists are options, not all required! The Wikipedia page for each entry is also linked below if you want further inspiration.
We are trying something new this year and providing the prompts all at once for those who like to plan ahead. Have fun and participate at any level -- whether that’s all fourteen days or just one drabble or sketch!
December 24: Christmas Eve - anticipation, waiting, an arrival, a return
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_EveDecember 25: Christmas Day - gifts, surprise, change, something new
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChristmasDecember 26: St. Stephen’s Day - caskets, headaches, horses
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_StephenDecember 27: St. John the Apostle - loyalty, friendship, booksellers, authors, scholars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_ApostleDecember 28: Feast of the Holy Innocents - grief, mourning, loss
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_the_Innocents#Feast_dayDecember 29: St. Thomas Becket - clergy, church/monastery/abbey, atonement, scourging
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_BecketDecember 30: St. Egwin - fish, water, key, unlocked/set free
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egwin_of_EveshamDecember 31: St. Sylvester - forest, cave, dragon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sylvester_IJanuary 1: Mary, the Mother of Jesus - parents / meet the parents / parenting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_feast_daysJanuary 2: St. Basil - hospitals, schools, exorcism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_of_CaesareaJanuary 3: Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus - naming, nickname, pet names
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Holy_Name_of_JesusJanuary 4: St. Simeon - solitude, contemplation, withdrawn/withdrawal
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_StylitesJanuary 5: Twelfth Night - feast, party, festival, celebration
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Night_(holiday)January 6: Epiphany - realization, sudden understanding
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphany_(holiday)THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION! HAVE FUN!
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Rules:
1. All fic entries should be short (100 words is, strictly speaking, the length of a drabble...you may hold yourself to that or just keep it brief).
2. All art should be a single image.
3. You may post multiple prompt fills per prompt; you do not have to post fills for every prompt. Participate at any level that works for you
4. Entries should be in response to / inspired by the day's prompt however directly, loosely, or subversively you wish to draw the connection.
5. In order to count toward the drabble match donation, works must be posted between 9:00am EST (UST -5) on 24 December 2018 and 9:00pm EST (UST -5) on 6 January 2019. The collection will be open for new works only during this window of time.
6. If you choose to publish your prompt fills, or some of your prompt fills as chapters in a single work, each chapter will count as an independent submission for the purposes of the match fund.
7. There aren't really any other rules -- thanks for joining us!