Works using the Wildcard prompt of Absolute Universe may be posted at any time during the event. Day Three is also, as always, a Free Day! So if you have a JaySteph work that doesn't meet any of the prompts but you'd still like to share it, feel free to do so on the last day of the event.
❤️ Your work must be brand new and JaySteph-centric. Your JaySteph can be platonic, romantic, or NSFW. We don’t allow JaySteph-poly ships in order to keep the focus on our rarepair’s relationship with each other.
💜 You only need to use one prompt per day, but you may use more if you wish. You can participate for as many or as few days as you want.
❤️ You can interpret the prompts as broadly or as wildly as you want. It’s ok if a prompt like “swimming” has nothing to do with the water, for example, as long as your work relates to the word itself. Swimming in guilt, swimming in sweat, swimming in flashbacks … it’s all okay!
💜 Almost all types of fanwork are accepted. Fanfic, fanart, playlists, moodboards, edits, incorrect quotes. Be sure to read the Rules and FAQs before beginning to create.
❤️ Your characters can be any race, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, trans, and you can add in any extra AUs you want. (We do suggest you consider the why’s and value of making one of the few fleshed-out canon females male if you’re thinking of writing male!Steph, but you’re allowed to do it.) The only thing we don’t allow is poly-JaySteph so that the focus stays on our rarepair interacting with each other.
💜 We will have an AO3 collection for fic posting. And, we will reblog your Tumblr posts for your work or make posts for your AO3 works if you don’t want to make your own.
❤️ This is a ship-friendly, censorship-free event open to all. We will use #batcest and #dark tags if applicable on work reblogs so they can be filtered out if needed. We want this event to be accessible to everyone regardless of triggers.
Add your work to the AO3 Collection JaySteph Weekend 2026
If you make a Tumblr post for your works, tag @jaystephevents and use #jaystephweekend2026
If you don’t choose to make a Tumblr post for your fic, don’t worry! We will make one for you and tag you (make sure your AO3 profile lists your Tumblr handle to be tagged).
You can add art to the AO3 collection, too!
Please make sure all art follows the guidelines of the site it's posted on. If your art is NSFW, please tag it appropriately.
If you post a full-text NSFW fic on Tumblr, please post below a cut and tag above the cut for NSFW.
Please reblog to spread the word!
