[admin post] Admin Post: Membership PSA

Jan. 10th, 2026 02:16 pm
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All Writers: If you are not on the 2026 Writers list, we have not received your pledge. You MUST PLEDGE before requesting membership access to the DW community.


Check your email or DW inbox.
If there is a problem with your pledge, we have attempted to contact you. This private contact will have more information about what you need to do to be a GYWO 2026 Writer.

New to Dreamwidth?
There are some Dreamwidth users who requested membership, but we have not received a completed pledge form for those usernames. Some of these users have a new journal, have not confirmed their email address with Dreamwidth, or don't have any public posts on their journal, which means we have no way to contact you with questions! Please check for your username on the 2026 Writers list. If it's not there, fill out the GYWO 2026 Pledge Form (available at the linked post).

Looking for Access to the Dreamwidth Community?
If you want access to the GYWO Dreamwidth community (the main hub of Get Your Words Out) and have already pledged, please make sure your membership request has been approved or that you have accepted a member invitation sent by a moderator. You have access to the GYWO DW community if your name appears in the Members list (scroll to the bottom of the page and look under “Members”) and/or if you can see the post at this link.

If your name is not on the profile-generated Members list and if you cannot see the linked post, please check to see if you have an invitation to accept or request membership. (You also should have received an email from us with the same links.)

Looking for Access to the Discord Server?
Make sure you updated your server nickname to include your GYWO username. More information about our Discord server and changing your nickname is available here.


Pledging closes end of day on Jan 15, so please act quickly to make sure you have the access you want!

If you have not pledged,
you MUST PLEDGE before
requesting membership to the DW comm.
Pledge Form = Membership.
No Pledge Form? No membership.


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Schedule


All times are by 11:59pm PST. Convert time zones.

Writing Begins- January 9th
Earliest Posting Of Fic To Platform Of Your Choice- February 1st
Regular Posting Of Fic To Platform Of Your Choice- February 7th
Bragging Rights Posting Starts- February 15th
Bragging Rights Posting Ends- March 1st

Discord Link | Mod Email: wipbigbang@gmail.com

FAQ


What is the WIP Big Bang International Fanworks Day Mini Bang?
Good question! This is a Mini Bang with one goal in mind: to clean out your fanfic drafts folder for the fics that were too short to be completed during the main Big Bang (ie, finished works are 7.5K words and under).

Do I need a Livejournal/Dreamwidth/AO3/etc. account to participate?
No! You don’t have to have an account on anything to participate, though you will need to have somewhere to post your finished work. Having one or more accounts will help for you to follow what is going on with the bang (we cross-post to Dreamwidth and Tumblr and heavily use our Discord server at the moment), but they are not required to participate. You can always leave comments anonymously or with an opensource ID.

How many fics can I write?
We absolutely don’t mind multiple fics! There are no sign-ups for this, as it’s an informal Mini Bang, so as long as it stays under he max word count, you can finish as many fics as you want between January 1st and February 15th.

Will I get emails about the bang?
We do not send out any emails for the Mini Bang, as we currently do not keep an updated email list of participants, so we only send individual emails as needed rather than mass emails.

However, email is the fastest way to communicate with the mods. If you have any questions or are having trouble communicating with your artist/author, please do email us! We will do our best to respond quickly.

What do you mean by maximum word count?
You don’t have to have a set minimum of your fic to start, so an outlined fic is fine, but it must be under 7,500 words when it’s finished.

More FAQ )

I have a question/concern that’s not mentioned here.
If you need help, you can always contact a mod, and we will do our best to make sure that you get your story/art finished. The best and fastest method of contact is through our email, wipbigbang@gmail.com.

Fandom Snowflake Challenge #5

Jan. 9th, 2026 09:24 am
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Introduction Post * Meet the Mods Post * Challenge #1 * Challenge #2 * Challenge #3 * Challenge #4 *

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

Fandom Snowflake Challenge #5 )

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

Snowflake Challenge: A warmly light quaint street of shops at night with heavy snow falling.
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Posting for the 2025 round of WIP Big Bang and WIP Reverse Bang is now closed. The masterlist will go up at some point in January.

WIP Mini Bang rules will go up later today.
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Posting for the 2025 round of WIP Big Bang and WIP Reverse Bang will officially close at 11:59 PM PST (roughly a little over nine hours from this posting). I will not be reblogging anything submitted after that point. If you do not post and do not send an email to wipbigbang@gmail.com officially dropping out before that point, you will be banned for the 2026 round as a regular participant (you may sign up as an artist for a fic/writer for an art project, however). The 2025 round masterlist will go up at some point in January.

The 2026 WIP Mini Bang details will go up at some point tomorrow (January 9th) and posting for that event will be extended to March 1st due to the information going out over a week late.

Information for the 2026 WIP Big Bang & WIP Reverse Bang will go up on April 1st.

Snowflake Challenge #4

Jan. 7th, 2026 11:51 am
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Introduction Post * Meet The Mods Post * Challenge #1

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

On many of the fannish websites we use, our history is easily compileable into "pages". When we look back through those pages, sometimes we stumble upon things that we think are rather cool.

Challenge #4: Rec The Contents Of Your Last Page

Any website that you like, be it fanfiction, art, social media, or something a bit more eccentric!


Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so. Also, feel free to entice engagement by giving us a preview of what your post covers.

And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

two log cabins with snow on the roofs in a wintery forest the text snowflake challenge january 1 - 31 in white cursive text

[admin post] Admin Post: GYWO 2026 Pledges: Ten More Days

Jan. 6th, 2026 04:37 am
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There are 10 DAYS to make your pledge for [community profile] getyourwordsout 2026. We will not accept any pledges made after January 15. You MUST PLEDGE to be a member. (If you are listed on the 2026 Writers list, you’re good to go.)

To pledge, you must fill out the GYWO 2026 Pledge Form found on the Pledges & Requirements post. (Linked below!)

Have you pledged?
Read the Pledges & Requirements post before committing to your writing goals for the year & then fill out the GYWO 2026 Pledge Form (linked at the post!)

Have you requested membership to the Dreamwidth community?
Request Membership

Have you confirmed your pledge was processed?
Check the 2026 Writers list

Fandom Snowflake Challenge #3

Jan. 5th, 2026 04:05 pm
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Introduction Post*
Meet the Mods Post
Challenge #1 * Challenge #2

 

 

 

Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time, or go back and do challenges you've missed.

 


 

 

Challenge #3 )

 

 

 

And please do check out the comments for all the awesome participants of the challenge and visit their journals/challenge responses to comment on their posts and cheer them on.

 

And just as a reminder: this is a low pressure, fun challenge. If you aren't comfortable doing a particular challenge, then don't. We aren't keeping track of who does what.

 

 


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