BL Fic Fest 2026

Sign ups for the Bottom Louis Fic Fest 2025 are officially closed! Thank you to everyone who signed up! We’re so excited to have you all on board.

Sign Up Stats:

75 prompts were chosen (view the chosen prompts here)

69 authors signed up (some for two prompts!)

6 betas signed up (find a beta here)

3 Brit-picker signed up (find a Brit-picker here)

Information and Links to Remember:

All writers must fully follow the rules for the fest

List of Betas (or you can find your own!)

List of Brit-pickers (or you can find your own!)

Don’t wait until the last minute to try to get help from a beta or Brit-picker!

Reach out with any questions or concerns

What’s Next?

Over the Next Few Months:

You will be writing and working with your beta/Brit-picker (if applicable)

We will have five writing parties (find out more here) to encourage writing

We will respond to asks, tweets, and emails as necessary

When Drafts Are Due:

One week before drafts are due, we will send you an email reminder

Drafts must be submitted by email by August 2, 2026 at 10AM ET

Your draft will not be graded or critiqued (unless it is breaking the rules)

We will check in about how you’re doing and address any concerns

When Fics Are Due:

One week before fics are due, we will send you an email reminder

We will post instructions for how to post fics to the collection on AO3

Fics must be submitted to the collection by September 13, 2026 at 10AM ET

Posting Date Assignments:

The posting schedule will be determined closer to the fic due date

We will reveal your work on your assigned posting date

On your posting date, you can post your photoset/visual or have us post it

All fics will be posted to both Tumblr and Twitter

Important Dates:

Drafts Due: August 2, 2026 at 10AM ET

Final Fics Due: September 13, 2026 at 10AM ET

Posting Begins: September 2026

Thank you so much for participating in the second writing party for the Bottom Louis Fic Fest 2026! Were you able to write 500 words? If yes, CONGRATULATIONS! If not, that’s okay…you’ll get it next time! Any little bit of progress is helping you on your journey to finishing your fic.

BLFF 2026 writers, it’s time to start writing! Another two-hour writing party starts NOW!📝💜

For the next two hours, we hope our participating writers can sit down and write as much as they can. For this writing party, we’re issuing a little challenge for our writers! We’d like to challenge you all to write 500 words during the writing party! If you aren’t able to, that’s totally fine, but sometimes, a challenge can offer some motivation!! Good luck. 😊

We’re so excited that you’re participating in this fest, and we know that in a few months, we’re going to have so many amazing fics to read all thanks to you.

BLFF writers - you’re invited! 💜