AELDWS

Welcome to Week 4 of AELDWS 2026!

Prompt: "Wait, what?" (phrase must be used word for word, but not necessarily as dialogue)

Genre: Accidental Marriage

Word limit: Between 350 and 400 words, inclusive

All drabbles are due by Tuesday, July 21 @ 1 PM EDT (click here for your timezone!).

Please submit your drabbles in the body of an email to aeldws @ gmail . com with the following subject line and completed header:

Subject line: Week 4 - [Username] Title: Author: Warnings: [please make sure to include any potential triggers here!] Summary:

Author names will be removed from the drabbles before posting and revealed after voting as closed.

Reminder: Any drabbles that do not adhere to the prompt, genre, word count, deadline, or Arthur/Eames requirement will be eliminated from the challenge at the mods’ discretion. Mods will be using https://wordcounter.net for word counts.

Week 3 results are in!

Thank you to everyone who read, voted, and commented!

We had a three-way tie for first place this week! So congratulations to:

@dingdangit, who wrote 'non-zero-sum'

@enchi-elm, who wrote 'cards on the table'

@thestalwartheart, who wrote 'the dance'

Sadly, we must say goodbye to @cantfixhim who wrote 'Tempus Fugit'. Thank you so much for joining us!

Author names have been added to the original drabble post and comments are being emailed to authors. Authors, if you would like to know your ranking for this week, let us know in a reply to that email!

Authors are encouraged to add their drabbles to the AELDWS AO3 collection if they post on AO3!

Here are the drabbles for Week 3!

The prompt was:

Prompt: Hustle Genre: Canon Word limit: Exactly 300 words

To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite and least favorite drabble.

Authors, you are welcome to vote, but you cannot vote for your own drabble.

Betas, you are welcome to vote as well. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!

Hi authors, this is a reminder that your drabbles are due in 12 hours at 1PM EDT!

Welcome to Week 3 of AELDWS 2026!

Prompt: Hustle

Genre: Canon

Word limit: Exactly 300 words

All drabbles are due by Tuesday, July 14 @ 1 PM EDT (click here for your timezone!).

Please submit your drabbles in the body of an email to aeldws @ gmail . com with the following subject line and completed header:

Subject line: Week 3 - [Username] Title: Author: Warnings: [please make sure to include any potential triggers here!] Summary:

Author names will be removed from the drabbles before posting and revealed after voting as closed.

Reminder: Any drabbles that do not adhere to the prompt, genre, word count, deadline, or Arthur/Eames requirement will be eliminated from the challenge at the mods’ discretion. Mods will be using https://wordcounter.net for word counts.

Week 2 results are in!

Thank you to everyone who read, voted, and commented!

The first place goes to @thestalwartheart , who wrote ‘dysfunction’!

Sadly, because this week was another double elimination week, we must say goodbye to @vex-verlain who wrote 'the unimaginable’, and @extravagav, who wrote 'one giant leap for man'. Thank you both so much for joining us!

Author names have been added to the original drabble post and comments are being emailed to authors. Authors, if you would like to know your ranking for this week, let us know in a reply to that email!

Authors are encouraged to add their drabbles to the AELDWS AO3 collection if they post on AO3!

Here are the drabbles for Week 2!

The prompt was:

Prompt: Troubled Genre: Hurt/Comfort Word limit: Between 300 and 350 words, inclusive

To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite and least favorite drabble.

Authors, you are welcome to vote, but you cannot vote for your own drabble.

Betas, you are welcome to vote as well. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!

Hi authors, this is a reminder that your drabbles are due in 12 hours at 1PM EDT!

Welcome to Week 2 of AELDWS 2026!

Prompt: Troubled

Genre: Hurt/Comfort

Word limit: Between 300 and 350 words, inclusive

All drabbles are due by Tuesday, July 7 @ 1 PM EDT (click here for your timezone!).

Please submit your drabbles in the body of an email to aeldws @ gmail . com with the following subject line and completed header:

Subject line: Week 2 - [Username] Title: Author: Warnings: [please make sure to include any potential triggers here!] Summary:

Author names will be removed from the drabbles before posting and revealed after voting as closed.

Reminder: Any drabbles that do not adhere to the prompt, genre, word count, deadline, or Arthur/Eames requirement will be eliminated from the challenge at the mods’ discretion. Mods will be using https://wordcounter.net for word counts.

Week 1 results are in!

Thank you to everyone who read, voted, and commented!

The first place goes to @dingdangit , who wrote ‘two-factor authentication’!

Sadly, this week was a double elimination week, so we must say goodbye to @missingfawkes , who wrote 'severed ties’ and @insert-cleverurl , who wrote '12-0643 TXC; blazing yellow'. Thank you both so much for joining us!

Author names have been added to the original drabble post and comments are being emailed to authors. Authors, if you would like to know your ranking for this week, let us know in a reply to that email!

Authors are encouraged to add their drabbles to the AELDWS AO3 collection if they post on AO3!

Here are the drabbles for Week 1!

The prompt was:

Prompt: Riddle Genre: Only one (word of your choice) Word limit: Up to and including 375 words

To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite and least favorite drabble.

Authors, you are welcome to vote, but you cannot vote for your own drabble.

Betas, you are welcome to vote as well. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!