CHALLENGE 87
FIVE THINGS

Due Date and Time: Saturday 30 November, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 3

Task/Rules:
• Write a five things fic.
• You can find examples at sg1_five_things.
• Must be at least 100 words.

Points: 15 points for participation. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 79
NOW WHAT?

Due Date and Time: Monday 18 November, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 4

Task/Rules:
• Write fic based on the titles and summaries of the name that fic challenge.
• You can find the titles/summaries here and here.
• Your fic must be at least 100 words.

Points: 15 points for participation. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 76
HALLOWEEN FIC

Due Date and Time: Friday 8 November, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 3

Task/Rules:
• Write a Halloween fic.
• Your fic must be at least 100 words.

Points: 15 points for participation. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 75
ONE SENTENCE

Due Date and Time: Monday 4 November, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 3

Task/Rules:
• Write a fic that is exactly one sentence long.

Points: 10 points for participation. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 72
NAME THAT FIC

Due Date and Time: Thursday 31 October, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 8

Task/Rules:
• Name and write a summary for a fic that does not exist
• You may submit a title for each category, but you may not repeat any categories.
• Please use the text box below to submit each title/summary.
• Do not post elsewhere until results are posted.

Categories:
• Alternate Universe
• Angst
• Casefile
• Holiday
• Humor/Crack!Fic
• Pre-Series
• Post-Ep
• Romance/Fluff

<b>Category:</b> <b>Title:</b> <b>Summary:</b>

Points: 5 points per title, up to 40 points. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 63
REVIEWS

Due Date and Time: Tuesday 8 October, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 4

Task/Rules:
• Write a review for an episode, movie or book.
• Reviews must be at least 200 words.
• Please include your word count with your review.

Points: 15 points for participation. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 60
RIDDLE ME THIS

Due Date and Time: Thursday 26 September, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 3

Task/Rules:
• Write a riddle whose answer is an episode title.
• Your clues can be anything to do with the title and/or plot points.
• The title cannot be in your riddle.
• Please include the fandom.
• Comments are screened. Please do not share your riddles.

<b>Riddle:</b> <b>Fandom:</b> <b>Answer:</b>

Points: 10 points for participation. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 58
TROPE OF THE MONTH

Due Date and Time: Tuesday 8 October, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 3

Task/Rules:
• Make things inspired by the following trope:
For Science!, Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. | the trope page for more info. Remember you can interpret the trope as you wish, picking sciencey shows or characters.

• Some examples include : Fringe, Leonard "bones" McCoy, Sherlock, Stargate, Sheldon Cooper

• Use as many fandoms as you like. Feel free to post to dbs_gardens or your journal and link here.

Points You can earn up to 25 points a post for this challenge. The points are calculated using the following guide:

Recs (fic, icons, art, meta posts, fanmixes etc) 1 point each
Self made icons or gifs 5 point each
Writing (meta or fic by you) 5 points per 50 words
something bigger made by you (eg a fanmix, piece of art, etc) 10 points

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 56
TAKE NOTE

Due Date and Time: Wednesday 18 September, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 3

Task/Rules:
• Write a letter from one character to another.
• Your letter should be 100-500 words.

Points: 15 points for participation. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 52
TWEET ME

Due Date and Time: Thursday 5 September, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 3

Task/Rules:
• Create a conversation between at least two people.
• The exchange must be at least 4 tweets, but can be more.
• Remember that twitter has a 140 character limit. You must adhere to this.
• Twitter usernames have a limit of 15 characters.

Points: 10 points for participation. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 50
JOURNAL NAMES

Due Date and Time: Tuesday 3 September, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 10

Task/Rules:
• Create a username and title for up to 10 different characters.
• Usernames must be 15 characters or less, allowed characters: a-z, 0-9, and _ (underscore). Titles need to be 15 words or less.
• Please use the text box to submit.

Character: Username: Title:

Points: 5 points per character, max 50 points. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 48
MINOR CHARACTER POV

Due Date and Time: Thursday 29 August, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 3

Task/Rules:
• Write a fic from the point of view of a minor character.
• 100 words minimum.

Points: 15 points for participation. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 45
THREE SENTENCES

Due Date and Time: Monday 19 August, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 3

Task/Rules:
• Write a fic that is exactly three sentences.

Points: 10 points for participation. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 44
TROPE OF THE MONTH

Due Date and Time: Sunday 8 September, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 3

Task/Rules:
• Make things inspired by the following trope:
The Protagonist,The Protagonist is the principal character of a story. | the trope page for more info

• Some examples include : Buffy, Iron Man, Sydney Bristow, Castle, etc

• Use as many fandoms as you like. Feel free to post to dbs_gardens or your journal and link here.

Points You can earn up to 25 points a post for this challenge. The points are calculated using the following guide:

Recs (fic, icons, art, meta posts, fanmixes etc) 1 point each
Self made icons or gifs 5 point each
Writing (meta or fic by you) 5 points per 50 words
something bigger made by you (eg a fanmix, piece of art, etc) 10 points

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 41
CHARACTER HAIKU

Due Date and Time: Thursday 8 August, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 3

Task/Rules:
• Write a haiku about a character.
• A haiku is a non-rhymed verse genre. There are 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second and 5 again in the last line.
• syllable counter

Points: 10 points for participation. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 38
SPIN-OFF

Due Date and Time: Wednesday 7 August, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 2

Task/Rules:
• Create a spin-off of a tv show.
• You have to include something from the original show--character, location, etc.
• Post to your journal/creative journal/dbs_gardens and post the link here.

What your show needs to include:
• Synopsis: at least 80 words on what it's about.
• Characters: at least 5 original characters, each of which must include at least 30 words and a picspam of at least 6 images.

Points: 60 points for participation. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 36
26 WORDS

Due Date and Time: Wednesday 24 July, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 3

Task/Rules:
• Write a fic that is exactly 26 words.
• Each word must start with a different letter of the alphabet.
• No first letter can be repeated.
• Letters of the alphabet do not need to be used in order.
• Crack welcome and encouraged.

Points: 15 points for participation. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 35
TROPE OF THE MONTH

Due Date and Time: Tuesday 6 August, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 3

Task/Rules:
• Make things inspired by the following trope:
Big Damn Heroes, Any time the heroes get to save the day in a big, awesome manner. | the trope page for more info Please note you only have to be inspired by ONE part of the trope, and they don't have to be "fighters" to be heroes

• Some examples include : crew of firefly, police people, supernatural & sci-fi battles...

• Use as many fandoms as you like. Feel free to post to dbs_gardens or your journal and link here.

Points You can earn up to 25 points a post for this challenge. The points are calculated using the following guide:

Recs (fic, icons, art, meta posts, fanmixes etc) 1 point each
Self made icons 5 point each
Writing (meta or fic by you) 5 points per 50 words
something bigger made by you (eg a fanmix, piece of art, etc) 10 points

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 31
TRIVIA QUESTIONS

Due Date and Time: None
Number of times you can enter: Unlimited

Task/Rules:
• Create trivia questions and submit both questions and answers below.
• Questions can be about anything. Fandom, art, history, whatever.
• They can be as easy or hard as you like.

Points: 1 point per question. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.

CHALLENGE 26
PROMPTED

Due Date and Time: Friday 5 July, 3 pm EST/8 pm GMT countdown
Number of times you can enter: 2

Task/Rules:
• Write fic based on one or more of the prompts below. Your total word count must be at least 1000 words.
• Post to your journal/creative journal/dbs_gardens and link it here. Please include prompt(s) used.

Prompts:
betrayal, escape, insecure, impulsive, obstacles
distraction, forgotten, unexpected, beauty, kindness
history, revenge, identity, lost, victim

Points: 60 points for participation. Please include your tag banner.

Questions: to the question thread in this post.