Whether you prefer coffeeshop AUs, genderswapped art, or you just want to imagine a universe where everyone has wings, AU April is for you!
This month we celebrate all the ways in which we imagine canon in a new way. To celebrate, we are issuing a prompt challenge: can you create / recommend something in each category? Whether you are shouting out works you have loved for years, or new ones you just found, or even something you wrote in a half drunk blur last night, we want to see all of the beautiful AUs! Tag @mi6-cafe so that we can reblog your AUs.
So what else is happening this month?
LAST DRABBLE WRITER STANDING HAS BEGUN!
Each week, for four weeks, we will be sending out a specific prompt to our LDWS participants. Prompts include a topic or image, a word count, and sometimes a genre or an extra challenge! Each writer creates a drabble inspired by the same prompt, and then those drabbles are posted anonymously and voted on/given feedback by amazing readers!
In addition to the weekly rankings throughout April, there will be one final drabble writer at the end who has the top number of votes overall–the Last Drabble Writer Standing!
Look out for the first drabbles being posted tomorrow!
You can also join us for…
LDWS Readalongs!
You can either join us Saturdays at 9pm EDT where we will be reading some of the drabbles after our usual long fic readalong or Sundays at 9am UTC which will be exclusively drabbles. These will each be weekly events for the duration of LDWS.
The Saturday Cafe: April 9th and 23rd
Come join us in the fandom Slack as we write, draw, sprint, plot, brainstorm, cheerlead, and generally have a good time trying to get things done together. If you’d like an invite to the Slack, go ahead and message @castillon02or@christinefromsherwoodor@spiritofcamelot!
Long Fic Readalong, Saturdays at 9pm ET
Join us in the Discord while we read a longer fic. This is a fun chance to enjoy the fun of a weekly installment without the pain of Fleming’s writing, and we’d love to see you there. You are welcome to listen if you don’t or can’t read aloud!
We are currently reading “Red Queen to Overwatch” by BootsnBlossoms and Kryptaria. Look for the announcement posts each week to find out the current chapter if you want to catch up, or you can just show up and we’ll give ou a summary of what happened previously.
Something new!! This year we are adding a subtheme for every month. We are encouraging you to focus on one character and then give us all your recommendations and new creations the last week of the month. Unlike our monthly themes, you can find the complete list of characters for all year in the main post right here.
Your character for April is Bill Tanner! Let’s celebrate our favorite chief of staff this month!
Weekly events:
WIP Wednesday: You can post an excerpt of your WIP on our post or make your own post and mention the @mi6-cafe. Either way it’s a fun way to show people what you’re working on, Bond fandom or otherwise.
Weekly Bond movies: Hosted by womble every Sunday at 8am Pacific time, join us in Discord to watch one of the Bond movies. Keep an eye on the watch party calendar linked below for updates.
Want to host your own event in the Discord or elsewhere? Let us know about it so we can add it to the calendars!
