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Yugioh: YGO Rare Pairs Mini Bang - Artist Claims Open! (Feb. 2-6)

Description: ygorarepairs is a mini bang event that focuses on rare pair ships for all Yugioh series (including crossovers), open to writers, artists, and image & video editors.

This year's mini bang is in regular bang order. Authors have drafted fics for their chosen rare pair. Artists will claim at least 1 fic to use as inspiration for fanart. Partners will collaborate and share their fanworks together during the posting period for this event. Please read our specifications page for more details about expectations for event works.

Claims for the 2025-2026 mini bang are open!

Artists can see summaries and complete the claim submission form here:
https://docs.getgrist.com/forms/nmJe1ZZzHoDu1qWfkKNGeM/10

Dates (see Schedule for more info):

~~Signups: Nov 1-Nov 30 (writers may start immediately)~~
~~Check-in #1 (writers only): Dec 21-23~~
~~Check-in #2 (writers with claim pitch): Jan 30-Feb 1~~
Claims: Feb 2-6
Claims assigned: Feb 7/8
Artist WIP share: Feb 20-21
Check-in #3 (all participants): Mar 6-7
Posting prep: Mar 12-14
Posting: Mar 15-Apr 4

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Multifandom: Fall Out Boy Femslash February Ficathon

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weekly post

Items with Dates between Sunday, February 1st and Saturday, February 7th

Here are items with dates between Sunday, February 1st and Saturday, February 7th, as well as items added recently that started this past week. Remember, you can comment here on new items that need to be added to the list.

Items starting since the last update & this coming week

Open Date	Close Date	Community	Type of Challenge	Prompt/Information	Link
01/31/2026	03/01/2026	tokufemslash (DW)	Fanworks	All Tokusatsu Fandoms: Femslash February Prompt Meme	click here for details
02/01/2026	02/28/2026	allbingo (DW)	Fanworks	February's theme is Valentines Fest Bingo	click here for details
02/01/2026	02/28/2026	allbingo (DW)	Fanworks	Multifandom: Aromantic February Prompt List bingo fest	click here for details
02/01/2026	02/28/2026	bookclub_dw (DW)	Book Club	The book for February is Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Future	click here for details
02/01/2026	02/28/2026	elasticella (DW)	Fanworks	Multifandom: Fresh Femslash Salad Bar is underway all of February	click here for details
02/01/2026	02/14/2026	halfamoon (DW)	Fanworks	Multifandom: A 14 Day Challenge celebrating female characters in fandom.	click here for details
02/01/2026	02/14/2026	iceouthr (Carrd)	Fanworks	Heated Rivalry: Bidding period for Ice Out - A Heated Rivalry fundraiser to support immigrant communities	click here for details
02/01/2026	02/28/2026	selfcest_fest (AO3)	Fanworks	Multifandom: SelfCest Fest runs all of February	click here for details
02/01/2026	04/30/2026	smallfandomfest (DW)	Fanworks	Pimp Your Small Fandom!	click here for details

Items ending this coming week

Open Date	Close Date	Community	Type of Challenge	Prompt/Information	Link
01/25/2026	02/01/2026	caseficexchange (DW)	Fanworks	Multifandom: Signup period for Casefic Exchange	click here for details
01/11/2026	02/01/2026	dove_drabbles (DW)	Fanworks	Multifandom: Prompt #147: Every challenge is just a new change	click here for details
01/20/2026	02/01/2026	fan_flashworks (DW)	Fanworks	Multifandom: Challenge 504: Second Chances	click here for details
12/01/2025	02/01/2026	whatif_au (DW)	Fanworks	Challenge #74: Undercover Eggplant, a Fake Relationship AU Fest Note: This is open until the next cycle, but there are no true deadlines for this community.	click here for details
01/16/2026	02/05/2026	celebrity20in20 (DW)	Icons	Multifandom: Icon making pereriod for Round 19	click here for details

NOTE: Here are a few challenge communities that (can) have challenges that (usually) aren't part of the list:

Harry Potter fandom challenges can be found at PotterFests

The Vocab Drabbles Community does weekly challenges

The AU Challenge Community offers multiple AU challenges with no deadlines

The Froday Flash Fiction Challenge has weekly & other challenges

The Fic Promptly Community has daily prompts

The MCU100 Community offers weekly drabble challenges for the MCU fandom

The XMEN100 Community offers weekly drabble challenges for the X-Men fandom

The 10TrueLoves Community offers multifandom character prompts

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Posting has begun at this year's Half a Moon

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Dreamwidth Book Club: February

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Valentines Meet and Greet

I've been participating in

snowflake_challenge, where lots of folks want to see more activity on Dreamwidth. While researching community activities, I came across the idea of thematic meet and greet events. That seemed like something which might work here, given a membership of several hundred people and a new theme each month. So I made one for this month's theme. It gives people a place to meet folks with similar interests, and to squee about the current theme.

Here is the basic outline. Fill in as much or as little of it as you wish, depending on your interests as they relate to the Valentines Fest.

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Valentines Bingo Fest

The Valentine's Day Bingo Fest will run from February 1-28. The theme is Valentine's Day and it spans both love and loss. To diversify options, I've done several things...

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Bingo

I have made bingo down the B and G columns of my 1-1-26 card for the Public Domain Bingo Fest. I also made 6 extra fills.

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January Monthly Post

This is the January community post for

allbingo. What were your bingo activities during December? What are your plans for February?

For January we had:
[recurring theme, but all new prompts each year]
Public Domain Day Bingo hosted by

cornerofmadness
Many new works are entering the public domain. Use them with great enthusiasm!
Posting will be January 1-31.

For February we will have:
[recurring]
Valentines Fest hosted by

ysabetwordsmith
This fest features romantic ups and downs, along with platonic options.
Posting will be February 1-28.

See also the Aromantic February 2025 Prompt List by

abyssal_sylph.

Check out the 2026 Community Calendar. Plenty of months remain open, including March and April if you want to run a fest early in the year.

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Multifandom: Fresh Femslash Salad Bar

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Romancing McShep Happy-ending Fest 2026

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Creative Jam

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February Bingo Fest

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[MULTIFANDOM] Three is Not a Crowd

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February 2026 Small Fandoms Drabblethon!

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[MULTIFANDOM] CASEFIC EXCHANGE: Sign-ups are open!

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Multifandom: Pinch Hit Bingo

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dragon ball

Universe 6 - DBZ Exchange (Dead Dove Friendly!)

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Magic Kaito: Kaito/Akako week is coming!

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