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Welcome to the 7th year of Angstober! We're delighted to unveil the prompts for this year of angsty, spooky fun. We've had over 1,090 works submitted to our AO3 collections over the past years. It's wonderful we've inspired that many works!

What is Angstober?

Angstober is a yearly October challenge with 31 angst-themed prompts to inspire you to create. The challenge is open to all sorts of creative work - writing, art, edits, whatever you want - in whatever medium you want. Original work or fanworks? Whatever you feel inspired for!

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How do I take part?

Tag your works with #angstober or #angstober2026 and the day of the prompt (e.g., #day 01) to share on tumblr. Feel free to @ us directly in the post as well! To share your work on AO3, add it to the Angstober 2026 collection.

You can post your works whenever - early or late - and use as many or as few prompts as you feel inspired for! We'll do our best to reblog as many works to the @angstober blog as we can.

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Are there any other rules or limitations?

Yes. No AI. No AI written texts or AI generated images. This is an event to celebrate creators, and we do not think AI generated material does that. Otherwise we do not limit what you can create in terms of content. Angst can include some darker topics. We just ask you tag your work appropriately.

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Alternative prompts:

Not feeling a prompt? Wanting to do more? Switch it for one of our alternate prompts.

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Is there a banner to post my work with?

Yes.

*leeeeeeeeeeans over your shoulder*

*leans way too close. towers in your space. peers dead in your eyes. you can smell my breath*