fanmix_monthly
Dec. 21st, 2025 10:17 am
Posting is now open. Optional prompts will start in January 2026.

Pick 10 new themes for 2026:
Adoption
13 (17.8%)
Afterlife
10 (13.7%)
Aliens
13 (17.8%)
Angst
10 (13.7%)
Books & Writing
15 (20.5%)
Character Study
18 (24.7%)
Collaborations & Remixes
13 (17.8%)
Coming of Age/Rites of Passage
17 (23.3%)
Community
15 (20.5%)
Crack Treated Seriously
27 (37.0%)
Fandom (characters involved in fandom, works involving fandom, meta about fandom)
9 (12.3%)
Fannish Non-Fiction (meta, tutorials, resources)
19 (26.0%)
Fantasy (elves, unicorns, et al)
18 (24.7%)
Fluff
18 (24.7%)
Games & Competitions
5 (6.8%)
Gothic
16 (21.9%)
Holidays & Celebrations
9 (12.3%)
Horror
12 (16.4%)
In Denial
16 (21.9%)
Inept in Love
16 (21.9%)
Journey/Travel
19 (26.0%)
Just Like Canon
14 (19.2%)
Kink
11 (15.1%)
Kisses
15 (20.5%)
Manners & Etiquette (including mannerpunk)
12 (16.4%)
Matchmaking
11 (15.1%)
Meet the Family
15 (20.5%)
Mentors & Protegees
18 (24.7%)
Music
9 (12.3%)
Neurodivergent Characters
13 (17.8%)
New Releases (I'll let you determine what's "new" for the fandom)
14 (19.2%)
Original Characters
10 (13.7%)
Outstanding Prose
13 (17.8%)
Podfic
7 (9.6%)
Power Dynamics
14 (19.2%)
Protest & Revolt
5 (6.8%)
PWP (Porn Without Plot or Plot? What Plot?)
10 (13.7%)
Role Reversal
9 (12.3%)
Romance
10 (13.7%)
RPF
10 (13.7%)
Short Fiction (under 2000 words)
18 (24.7%)
Siblings
16 (21.9%)
Social Media
6 (8.2%)
Unpopular Characters
19 (26.0%)
Unreliable Narrator
25 (34.2%)
Vampires
13 (17.8%)
Villains
10 (13.7%)
War
8 (11.0%)
Whump
16 (21.9%)
Pick 3 classic themes you'd like to revisit:
Arranged Marriage
32 (44.4%)
Cops & Crime
8 (11.1%)
Epistolary
24 (33.3%)
Forced Proximity
22 (30.6%)
Future Fic
17 (23.6%)
Historical AUs
16 (22.2%)
Pining
19 (26.4%)
Threesome
28 (38.9%)
Worldbuilding
36 (50.0%)


Tag Set | AO3 Collection | Rules & Guidelines
Nominations: December 1-10th (closes at 10PM PST)
Sign-Ups Open: December 13th
Sign-Ups Close: December 27th, 10PM PST [Countdown to sign-ups closing] [In Your Timezone]
Assignments Out: approximately December 30th
Assignments Due: February 6th, 10PM PST
Assignments Revealed: February 13, 10PM PST
Creators Revealed: February 20th, 10PM PST