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[galerian_ash]

Hi, and welcome to the eighth round of Be The First!

This is a low-pressure challenge to write a fic, of any length, for a fandom that previously had none. That's it! If you want to take part, just reply to this post :)

Quick rundown: You have two months to write. The deadline is at 23.59 GMT on the 20th of April, and the archive will go live at 00.01 GMT on the 22nd of April. You can submit up to four stories, as long as they are for different fandoms.

If you'd like more information beyond those basic points, then you can find the FAQ right here. The AO3 collection for this year is here, and I'll be putting up a fandom promo post in roughly a week.

A big thank you to everyone who's reading this, whether you're a returning participant or someone checking out the challenge for the first time. As always, I'm really looking forward to seeing what you all write this year! ♥

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Yesssssssssssss! :D

[atamascolily]

Awww yeah! I was just pulling my notes together for this last night! :) :) :) This year, I'm hoping to write a fic for James Alan Gardner's League of Peoples series from the late '90s, plus one or two others if time and energy permits.

[luminist]

I'm in!!

[primeideal]

Hmm, apparently something I wanted to write spitefic for has already been ficced (if not wrangled). I'll keep thinking...

[corvidology]

I'm in!

I'm just spoiled for choice! :D

[limonpartido]

Yay!! ♡ So excited c:

[geri_chan]

Ooh, I was just thinking this was coming up soon and was trying to figure out what to write for! Still haven't quite decided but I'm leaning towards the graphic novel My Aunt Is a Monster.

As always, I'm very excited that this is happening again!

[sweetsorcery]

Oh, absolutely!
There are several options I'm considering, but because I swing towards the historical, a couple of them are 15th and 17th century RPF. The century business means they're huge "fandoms" by default, of course, despite one of my pairings having no fic and the other having just one in Russian. Is creating currently non-existent subcategories okay and posting under those, like Ottoman Empire RPF and Scottish History RPF, for example?

[galerian_ash]

Yes, doing that is fine! AO3 will almost certainly make your fandom tags synonyms of the big RPF categories (that's what's happened to all the RPF written for this challenge so far), but you don't need to worry about that. As long as you post them under a very specific and fic-less subcategory it's all good.

[ryulynn]

I definitely have at least one fandom I could write for this. Now to actually finish the fic this time (I missed last year)

[lferion]

Once again I will attempt this!

[tillwehavefaces]

Count me in!

[tehexile]

unsure what I want to write for (I found already existing Brigandine fics) but I'll participate if/when I can think of something

[firecat]

I’m gonna try to do it! Don’t know what fandom yet…

[dianafortyseven]

Oh perfect, I was waiting for this! :D

[evilinsanemonkey]

I'm so in :)

This will be fun!

[tarlanx]

Always a great challenge so I'm in! Not sure what I will write yet but I'm sure I will find something :)

[(Anonymous)]

Definitely wanting to try writing for the Trails of Cold Steel Northern War anime

[kalloway]

I'm in! No idea what, yet, but I should be able to come up with something. ^_^

[teumesia]

Yesss! It's that time of the year again \o/

I'm definitely in again. Probably going to write something for Chained Echoes!

[meikuree]

I’m in! ❤️ Considering writing for a book canon, like Han Kang’s The White Book.

[teaotter]

This sounds like fun!

[miss_ingno]

First time joining this challenge! I plan to be the first to post a fanfic for Dreamcatcher's MV "Vision". I checked, there's none for this narrative MV yet!

[gettinggreyer]

Love this event! I'm in

[sabethea]

Okay, I’m in! I was really tempted to do this for the small_fandoms drabblethon but I might write something a little longer…

[(Anonymous)]

Yesss. Might do this for the movie PCU.