FFVII Fandom Event Calendar

Meteorites, it’s time again for the Annual Fanworks Exchange! Sign ups are now open and will close at 11:59 pm EST on June 21st. Sign ups and assignments will be via AO3 (Archive of Our Own). If you don’t have an account, some of the mods do have invitations available. You can message with your email address OFF Anon on Tumblr or Twitter to request an invitation but they are first come, first serve.

Please read through the instructions carefully, and make sure to give us contact information in case we need to follow up on any details! We want to make sure we make the best matches we can.

You can sign up on AO3 at https://archiveofourown.org/collections/2026Exchange/signups/new

Tumblr based FAQ: https://ff7central.tumblr.com/exchangefaq

Once sign ups close, the mods will begin the match up process to find you a match! Assignments should be out by end of day July 1st, but if there are any delays, we will let you know.

You will have until 11:59 pm EST July 31st to complete your gift. If you need to drop out for any reason, please let the mods know as soon as you can so we can find a pinch hitter. Don’t worry, we all know that life is a box of uncertainty right now, and there is no shame in needing to step away. Gifts will be revealed August 7th, so we have a bit of time to look after any late pinch hits.

Strifentine Week 2026 ➤ JULY 7th – 13th

The second annual Strifentine Week starts on Tanabata!

GUIDELINES · FAQ · DIRECTORY

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Prompt list text under the cut. ⤵

All right, Barret Wallace fans, it's time to mosey! Join us July 5-12 for our fifth annual Romancing Barret Week, a multiship week for acknowledging and celebrating Barret as a romantic partner!

July 5 - soulmates | unexpected

July 6 - dark thoughts | halcyon days

July 7 - working together | make-believe

July 8 - time travel | second chances

July 9 - challenge | smooth sailing

July 10 - hurt/comfort | when it rains

July 11 - on the road | date night

July 12 - free day!

ALL Barret ships are accepted and encouraged! Likewise, we welcome any level of participation, whether you do one sketch of your OTP or go all out trying a different ship each day. This event is also open to all types of fanwork, as long as you make them yourself! Don't disappoint Barret by using AI.

And yes, we welcome: explicit content, poly ships, queerplatonic relationships, trans headcanons, and crosscanon ships.

Use the tag #RomancingBarretWeek and/or tag us @romancingbarret to make sure we can see and reblog your work. Please keep anything spicier under a cut or AO3 link with appropriate content warnings.

We will not reblog any ship or character hate. Let’s keep it positive!

Calling all Barret fans: the time approaches to get this man smooched!

Join us July 5-12 for our fifth annual Romancing Barret Week, a multiship week dedicated to acknowledging and celebrating Barret as a romantic partner.

All ships are encouraged, both common and rare! And yes, we welcome: explicit content, poly ships, queerplatonic relationships, trans headcanons, and crosscanon ships. Barret deserves it all.

Stay tuned for this year’s prompt list!

Strifentine Week 2026 is 77 days away!

Prompts for the second annual victims of science in love celebration will be revealed May 30th, with the event to start on July 7th! Join us here at @strifentineweek for some true rarepair appreciation.

GUIDELINES · FAQ · DIRECTORY

Thanks to @interfaceleader for submitting some prompts this year and asking if we’d be running the event.

Turks. The Investigation Sector of the General Affairs Department. The Department of Administrative Research. Whatever you call them, they know who you are, and what you’re doing there. You don’t want to be on their bad side, and unless they’re working for you, you don’t want them following you, not that you’d notice them unless they wanted you to. They’re an interesting bunch, full of secrets, their own and others.

Below we have the list of prompts. Feel free to be as creative with those as you want to, and take your time working on your entries, but please don’t forget to post them on the right date if you can. (But remember, late is better than never!) Don’t like the prompts, or need MOAR PROMPTS? Make up your own! Or pull from a previous year!

Mar 24 - Day 1. Contingency Plan / "We blew past Plan B a while ago..."

Mar 25 - Day 2. Dual Action / "Double the Turks, double the fun"

Mar 26 - Day 3. Exfiltration / "Getting in isn't the problem, it's getting out."

Mar 27- Day 4. Midnight Cheer / "When restless souls roam"

Mar 28 - Day 5. Wardrobe Malfunction / “Hey that’s my shirt!” “I’m not changing, you change!” “Where’s my clothes?” “I’m not wearing that!”

Mar 29 - Day 6. Training Day / “How do I do this again?” “Did you read the instructions?” “We’ll just wing it.” “I lied on my resume.”

Mar 30 - Day 7. Break Room / Free Day (What goes on in the break room in the Turks part of the ShinRa Tower? Or take this as a free day for your own prompt.)

Please remember to include the week’s tag (ffviiturkweek) within the first 5 tags or else we might be unable to find your work! We will NOT accept/reblog anything containing Character/Ship Hate, so avoid including those in your entries. Also don’t repost anyone else’s work as your own! You are welcome to reblog other’s posts, but credit where credit is due. (Please message Asylos directly on tumblr or Mirintala on Discord if your post missed being reblogged.)

You can submit your works on AO3 to the event collection at https://archiveofourown.org/collections/TurkWeek

And if you have any questions, don’t be afraid of sending an ask, or messaging the mod (link in the menu sidebar).

Thanks to @interfaceleader for submitting some prompts this year and asking if we’d be running the event.

Turks. The Investigation Sector of the General Affairs Department. The Department of Administrative Research. Whatever you call them, they know who you are, and what you’re doing there. You don’t want to be on their bad side, and unless they’re working for you, you don’t want them following you, not that you’d notice them unless they wanted you to. They’re an interesting bunch, full of secrets, their own and others.

Below we have the list of prompts. Feel free to be as creative with those as you want to, and take your time working on your entries, but please don’t forget to post them on the right date if you can. (But remember, late is better than never!) Don’t like the prompts, or need MOAR PROMPTS? Make up your own! Or pull from a previous year!

Mar 24 - Day 1. Contingency Plan / "We blew past Plan B a while ago..."

Mar 25 - Day 2. Dual Action / "Double the Turks, double the fun"

Mar 26 - Day 3. Exfiltration / "Getting in isn't the problem, it's getting out."

Mar 27- Day 4. Midnight Cheer / "When restless souls roam"

Mar 28 - Day 5. Wardrobe Malfunction / “Hey that’s my shirt!” “I’m not changing, you change!” “Where’s my clothes?” “I’m not wearing that!”

Mar 29 - Day 6. Training Day / “How do I do this again?” “Did you read the instructions?” “We’ll just wing it.” “I lied on my resume.”

Mar 30 - Day 7. Break Room / Free Day (What goes on in the break room in the Turks part of the ShinRa Tower? Or take this as a free day for your own prompt.)

Please remember to include the week’s tag (ffviiturkweek) within the first 5 tags or else we might be unable to find your work! We will NOT accept/reblog anything containing Character/Ship Hate, so avoid including those in your entries. Also don’t repost anyone else’s work as your own! You are welcome to reblog other’s posts, but credit where credit is due. (Please message Asylos directly on tumblr or Mirintala on Discord if your post missed being reblogged.)

You can submit your works on AO3 to the event collection at https://archiveofourown.org/collections/TurkWeek

And if you have any questions, don’t be afraid of sending an ask, or messaging the mod (link in the menu sidebar).

Urban Dictionary defines rarepair as “A ship or pairing that not many people ship or is very rare to find fanfiction and fanart of. Typically happens within small fandoms or with minor characters.” So what’s your favourite Final Fantasy VII related rare pair? Do you have more than one? Here’s a chance to showcase them and help them move up from being rare! Not all parts of the pairing have to be from FFVII, and you don’t have to do the same pairing or group for the whole week! ** Pairings can be romantic or platonic. ** Below we have a list of prompts for this year. Feel free to be as creative with those as you want to, and take your time working on your entries, but please don’t forget to post them on the right date if you can. (But remember, no matter how late it’s better than never!)

For this event we are using a category approach. You can use the category as a theme for your prompt and the listed items suggested ideas. If none of the prompts give you any ideas, don’t worry! You can create anything you like for the week, provided it involves a rare pair! The goal of the week is to celebrate and share our rare pairs more than to just follow a list. Be it art, writing, mood boards, or even fic recs, just spread the love!

Feb. 16 | Day 1. Escape. It could be literal, or figurative. You decide.

Feb. 17 | Day 2. Role Swap. Class swap, villain au. Explore the options of what could have been.

Feb. 18 | Day 3. Lost while on Vacation (or perhaps a Work Related Trip?). One of the pairing was sure they knew where they were going, and how they were going to meet up with everyone. Do things go to plan, or does it all go “pear-shaped”? Does the other part of the pairing end up saving the day?

Feb. 19 | Day 4. Long Distance. They say distance makes the heart grow fonder, but it creates challenges as well. How does your pairing cope (or not cope) with it? What do they do to keep their bond strong and spend time together?

Feb. 20 | Day 5. Free Day/Combo Day. Combo space to mix and match prompts from this year (or a previous year’s list) or go wherever your canoe takes you!

Feb. 21 | Day 6. Unexpected Challenges. How does your pairing deal with an unexpected challenge? (For example, they come back home from a trip to find the pipes have frozen and they have no running water. Is one of them using the last of the drinking water to save their dying house plants while the other is desperately melting snow to keep the humans alive?) [Repeat prompt requested from previous year]

Feb. 22 | Day 7. Song Prompt. Throw your music player of choice on shuffle and see what song comes up and what inspiration it gives you from the title, lyrics, aesthetic. 

Need more inspiration? Our past prompt lists can be found below, and you’re welcome to use any of them!

2025 List | 2024 List  | 2023 List | 2022 List | 2020 List | 2019 List | 2018 List

Please remember to include the week’s tag (ffviirarepairweek). You can mention the blog to send an alert about your post to the mod as well. We will NOT accept/reblog anything containing Character/Ship Hate, so avoid including those in your entries. Also don’t repost anyone else’s work as your own! You are welcome to reblog other’s posts, but credit where credit is due. 

You can submit your works on AO3 to the event collection at https://archiveofourown.org/collections/FFVIIrarepairweek

And if you have any questions, don’t be afraid of sending in an ask.

Proudly announcing AERITH WEEK 2026! 

We are returning for our 6th year! Let's celebrate our favorite flower girl again from February 7th-14th~ This year we take inspirations from flowers and home remedies to commemorate Aerith's roots as a healer 🌸

Day 1 (February 7th) - Primrose > Youth / New Beginning > Happy Birthday, Aerith!  Day 2 (February 8th) - Comfrey > Protection / Recovery > Battle Mode On Day 3 (February 9th) - St. John's Wort > Sorrow / Strength > Aerith and Her Past Day 4 (February 10th) - Chamomile > Healing / Rest > At the Church Day 5 (February 11th) - Hibiscus > Delicate Beauty / Fleeting Life > Aerith and Her Fate Day 6 (February 12th) - Rosemary > Remembrance / Loyalty > Family & Friends Day 7 (February 13th) - Ginkgo > Hope / Lifestream > Life Beyond Death Day 8 (February 14th) - Yarrow > Everlasting Love > Happy Valentine’s Day!

We will be checking our mentions @aerith-week and hashtags #aerithweek and #aerithweek2026. We can’t wait to see what you come up with!

💐 Find our rules here or our carrd.

💐 You can also find us on X/Twitter and Bluesky!

Hey there, fellow Sefikura shippers! Holiday season is upon us and it’s also time for yet another edition of the Sefikura Appreciation Week, an event that runs from January 25th through January 31st, during which you can share your love for this ship through fanworks in the #sefikuraweek tag.

Prompts can be found below. Feel free to be as creative with those as you can¹, and take your time working on your entries, but please don’t forget to post them in the right date².

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Jan. 25 || Day 1. Message

Jan. 26 || Day 2. Nature

Jan. 27 || Day 3. Embrace

Jan. 28 || Day 4. Part-time

Jan. 29 || Day 5. Mako

Jan. 30 || Day 6. Bound

Jan. 31 || Day 7. Ghost

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Please remember to include the week’s tag within the first 5 tags or else it might be almost impossible to find your work! If you fear you won’t be found anyway, please @ this blog or send a DM. Anything containing any Character/Ship Hate or Bashing won’t be accepted, so avoid including those in your entries.(Making characters as villains is fine, however.) Also don’t repost anyone else’s work as your own! Definitely don’t harass other people and remember that fiction is fiction.

We’re also on other platforms as well! Find even more of the event in the AO3 COLLECTION, TWITTER or our BSKY branch.

And if you have any questions, don’t be afraid of sending a message.

Hopefully it’ll turn out to be a fun event for everyone!

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¹: please remember to tag content appropriately

Now is the time to ask for Beta, feedback and any remaining questions for gifters/giftees!

Hey there friends and fans of the FF7

Franchise! It's time to kick off our annual

holiday Exchange-

2025 has been sort of hectic, and we know the

holidays will continue to be hectic, so we have a

nice fluffy schedule that will give you a whole

month to make your gifts.

Just like usual! I hope everyone's excited! Sign

up now over on AO3!!!

Schedule:

SIGN-UPS OPEN: OCT 20-NOV 18

ASSIGNMENTS SENT NOV 18

ASSIGNMENTS DUE DEC 18

Hey there friends and fans of the FF7

Franchise! It's time to kick off our annual

holiday Exchange-

2025 has been sort of hectic, and we know the

holidays will continue to be hectic, so we have a

nice fluffy schedule that will give you a whole

month to make your gifts.

Just like usual! I hope everyone's excited! Sign

up now over on AO3!!!

Schedule:

SIGN-UPS OPEN: OCT 20-NOV 18

ASSIGNMENTS SENT NOV 18

ASSIGNMENTS DUE DEC 18

Hey there friends and fans of the FF7

Franchise! It's time to kick off our annual

holiday Exchange-

2025 has been sort of hectic, and we know the

holidays will continue to be hectic, so we have a

nice fluffy schedule that will give you a whole

month to make your gifts.

Just like usual! I hope everyone's excited! Sign

up now over on AO3!!!

Schedule:

SIGN-UPS OPEN: OCT 20-NOV 18

ASSIGNMENTS SENT NOV 18

ASSIGNMENTS DUE DEC 18

Hello there, Sephgeal nation! We're pleased to return once again with Sephgeal Appreciation Week!! This cozy little wintery event shall run from December 21st through December 27th, during which you're all invited to partake in absolute holiday joy with our boys in the #sephgealweek tag.

Prompts can be found below. Feel free to be as creative with those as you can, and take your time working on your entries, but please don’t forget to post them in the right date, though we'll gladly accept anyone who's late as well. (But just a little late! The tag will keep being checked up to Jan 6th!)

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Dec. 21 ⠀||⠀Day 1. Nibelheim

Dec. 22⠀||⠀Day 2. Sword

Dec. 23⠀||⠀Day 3. Angel

Dec. 24⠀||⠀Day 4. Constellation

Dec. 25⠀||⠀Day 5. Snowglobe

Dec. 26⠀||⠀Day 6. Shield

Dec. 27⠀||⠀Day 7. Destiny

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Please remember to include the week’s tag within the first 5 tags or else it might be almost impossible to find your work! If you fear you won’t be found anyway, please @ this blog in your post or send a DM. Anything containing any Character/Ship Hate won’t be accepted, so avoid including those in your entries. (Making characters as villains is fine, however.) Also don’t repost anyone else’s work as your own! Definitely don’t harass other people and remember that fiction is fiction, and we're here to have a happy time!

We’re also on other platforms as well! Check us out in the links below!

AO3 Collection

Bluesky

Twitter

Don’t feel afraid of sending a message in case of any inquiries.