ds_recsredux | Mar. 26th, 2010

We love challenges! We have ongoing ones like

ds_snippets, and regular ones like the Due South Seekrit Santa exchange. We even have irregular ones like

stop_drop_porn. And then we have spontaneous outpourings of love for a character, or a wild idea, which leads to a bunch of prompts, leading to some awesome fic.

So where is all that fic? Well, sometimes people will post them to their own journals and/or archive them. But often it's fun to see the stories in the context of the community which inspired them. Check out these past, and sometimes still current, challenge communities. Add more in the comments!

getfraserlaid had a billion ideas for, well, getting Fraser laid.

rayk97s was a challenge about Ray Kowalski based on lyrics by the Old 97's.

vecchiofest - Ray Vecchio has his own stories to tell.

The Get Frannie Laid challenge over at

frannievecchio, because girls just wanna have fun!

inuvikdotcom A Due South fic challenge community, inspired by the fabulous and informative website of Inuvik, Canada.

ds_northernnews used headlines and articles from the CBC Northern News as inspiration.

ds_aprilfools is an occasionally recurring (hint, hint!) challenge for writing a fic a day for the month of April, complete with a prompt table.

ds_fang_or_fur is not so much a challenge, but a community for mixing the supernatural with our boys. Hey, there's ghosts in canon, so why not werewolves, angels or whatever you can imagine?

ds_shakespeare is a challenge to write a fic or create an artwork based on a Shakespeare quote.

ds_harlequin had a bunch of harlequin-esque prompts for people to write dS characters into.

out_of_con_txt is a community for fans not attenting con.text, and included a ficlet exchange.

ds_con_envy was likewise a community created for non-con-goers. Hee! I mean, for people who aren't going to cons. There have been a couple of fic exchanges run there, so try searching the tags for "fic" or for pairings or authors that take your fancy.

And a couple of Six Degrees comms!

greatestfits was a multifandom challenge based on Headstones lyrics. Also known as The Classy Motherf*cker Challenge. \hugh/

hcl_fic was a Hard Core Logo fic exchange. Some great stuff in there.

Midsummer Santa is a six degrees fic exchange that's been run over various years:

midsummer_fic

midsummer2006

midsummer2007

midsummer2009

Happy reading!