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getyourwordsoutGYWO is not just a community of writers, it is a community within a community of writing communities. (Say that ten times fast.) We want you to get your words out however you need to, including by joining and participating in other writing communities, challenges, and events.
The communities below are affiliates and friends who have supported GYWO over the years by allowing us to advertise in their communities.
If there’s a writing community you’d like to promote, feel free to leave a promo in the comments.
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Active Affiliates & Friends
betaplease
Beta, please! is a community for writers and beta-readers of all fandoms and writing styles. Obscure fandoms and original fiction are also welcome!
dailyprompt
Prompts posted regularly. Comment with a drabble, fic, poetry, art or anything else inspired by the prompt. Fan and original content are accepted.
drabble_zone
This community is for people who enjoy writing 100 word drabbles and is open to all fandoms. There is a new challenge prompt every Saturday.
fandomweekly
fffc
The Froday Flash Fiction Challenge is a low-pressure community for all kinds of fanwork that can be found at LJ, DW and AO3. It's a place to get inspiration to do a little creative something each week. Everyone is welcome to participate. All media types accepted. All fandoms, pairings, ratings, genres, and languages are fair game, as is real person fiction. We also love original works.
ficlet_zone
A monthly multi-fandom fic writing community. All fic lengths are welcome.
genprompt_bingo
Gen Prompt Bingo is a low commitment multi-fandom, multi-media bingo challenge. Its aim is to provide bingo cards of gen-style prompts to be used as inspiration in creating fic, images, meta, fanmixes, vids or any other kind of fannish activities. Prompt lists are renewed at the start of December and April, and new cards can be claimed then even if a previous card has not been completed.
goals_on_dw
Find resources about making and keeping resolutions, pros and cons of setting them, ideas for resolutions, alternatives if traditional resolutions aren't your style, goal setting systems, and more.
rainbowfic
RainbowFic is an original fiction community built to encourage writing and act as home base for a community of authors. We provide lists of prompts, sorted by color, and special add-ons of style or content, to spark inspiration.
ushobwri
A support group for struggling writers of any genre who would like the support and encouragement of other struggling writers. There will be no judgments, no deadlines, no reason to justify your non-productivity.
writethisfanfic
A community to help you work on your fanfiction. We aim to provide support and resources for everyone.
Additional Affiliates & Writing Communities
12monthsofmurder
A year-long challenge where you choose a character and let him die each month of the year. Due to the nature of this challenge it is a 16+ challenge.
fan_flashworks
[Image: An array of 19 round achievement badges, with text that reads
"Put Yourself on a Deadline - Three themed challenges per month,
any fandom, any media, achievement badges optional -fan_flashworks"]
Based on old-style flashfiction comms,fan_flashworks is an all-fandoms multimedia flashworks community. Mods post a new prompt on the 1st, 10th, and 20th of each month; you make any kind of fanwork in response. Also, we have achievement badges.
No sign-ups. On-going. All welcome.
Please check out our rules and guidelines before you join in.
We have an associated community for discussion and creative brainstorming:ffw_social. (Posts there are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)
picture_prompt_fun
This community is for every writer who wants to have fun with picture prompts. If the weekly prompt doesn't appeal to you, you are free to choose one or more pictures from the archive. You can interpret the pictures in whatever way you like.
The communities below are affiliates and friends who have supported GYWO over the years by allowing us to advertise in their communities.
If there’s a writing community you’d like to promote, feel free to leave a promo in the comments.
If you run a writing community and would like to affiliate, please let us know.
Descriptions taken from community user info or provided by a moderator
Active Affiliates & Friends
betapleaseBeta, please! is a community for writers and beta-readers of all fandoms and writing styles. Obscure fandoms and original fiction are also welcome!
dailypromptPrompts posted regularly. Comment with a drabble, fic, poetry, art or anything else inspired by the prompt. Fan and original content are accepted.
drabble_zoneThis community is for people who enjoy writing 100 word drabbles and is open to all fandoms. There is a new challenge prompt every Saturday.
fandomweekly fandomweekly is a multifandom weekly writing challenge community open to both fandom and original fictions, where participants write and submit a short story (1000 words or less) based on a given prompt. Readers vote at the end of each round for their favorite submissions to decide the winners. Each challenge has two unique elements: a Weekly Theme and a Bonus Goal to meet.New challenges are posted every Wednesday! |
fffcThe Froday Flash Fiction Challenge is a low-pressure community for all kinds of fanwork that can be found at LJ, DW and AO3. It's a place to get inspiration to do a little creative something each week. Everyone is welcome to participate. All media types accepted. All fandoms, pairings, ratings, genres, and languages are fair game, as is real person fiction. We also love original works.
ficlet_zoneA monthly multi-fandom fic writing community. All fic lengths are welcome.
genprompt_bingoGen Prompt Bingo is a low commitment multi-fandom, multi-media bingo challenge. Its aim is to provide bingo cards of gen-style prompts to be used as inspiration in creating fic, images, meta, fanmixes, vids or any other kind of fannish activities. Prompt lists are renewed at the start of December and April, and new cards can be claimed then even if a previous card has not been completed.
goals_on_dwFind resources about making and keeping resolutions, pros and cons of setting them, ideas for resolutions, alternatives if traditional resolutions aren't your style, goal setting systems, and more.
rainbowficRainbowFic is an original fiction community built to encourage writing and act as home base for a community of authors. We provide lists of prompts, sorted by color, and special add-ons of style or content, to spark inspiration.
ushobwriA support group for struggling writers of any genre who would like the support and encouragement of other struggling writers. There will be no judgments, no deadlines, no reason to justify your non-productivity.
writethisfanficA community to help you work on your fanfiction. We aim to provide support and resources for everyone.
Additional Affiliates & Writing Communities
12monthsofmurderA year-long challenge where you choose a character and let him die each month of the year. Due to the nature of this challenge it is a 16+ challenge.
fan_flashworks[Image: An array of 19 round achievement badges, with text that reads
"Put Yourself on a Deadline - Three themed challenges per month,
any fandom, any media, achievement badges optional -
fan_flashworks"]Based on old-style flashfiction comms,
fan_flashworks is an all-fandoms multimedia flashworks community. Mods post a new prompt on the 1st, 10th, and 20th of each month; you make any kind of fanwork in response. Also, we have achievement badges.No sign-ups. On-going. All welcome.
Please check out our rules and guidelines before you join in.
We have an associated community for discussion and creative brainstorming:
ffw_social. (Posts there are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)picture_prompt_funThis community is for every writer who wants to have fun with picture prompts. If the weekly prompt doesn't appeal to you, you are free to choose one or more pictures from the archive. You can interpret the pictures in whatever way you like.
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Date: 2025-01-06 06:41 pm (UTC)There are 3-4 monthly challenges, my favorite is "10 out of 20" where there are 20 prompts provided on the first of the month and the challenge is to use at least 10 of them in short works during the month. There are other challenges (comment fic, 2x2 bingo) scattered across the month.
Writing Olympics Discord Server
Date: 2025-01-08 06:04 pm (UTC)The Writing Olympics (previously NaNOlympics) Discord server is open year round. Provides word crawls, ball wars (catching a "ball", writing a specified number of words in a specified time, and tossing it for others to try catching; sometimes a team event, sometimes an individual event), baskets (getting a basket, writing a specified number of words - usually 100-1,000 in 100-word increments - and then restarting; scoring by reaching 1K words).
Currently running The 12 Labours of Christmas word crawl (AKA TORTURMas) until Feb. 2nd for those that didn't finish by Jan. 6th (the twelfth day of Christmas).
This year may be quiet, though....
Invites can be requested.