Miss Fisher's Murder Mystery Challenges

Today is the FINAL DAY to post your fic for Phryne's Birthday Ficathon 2023.

We know a few of you missed the Ficathon signups earlier this year, and we have some great news:

The Phryne Ficathon is back to celebrate our beloved Miss Fisher’s birthday! 

How does it work? 

The Phryne Birthday Ficathon is a Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries fanfiction exchange. Participants provide and receive four prompts, and write a fic of at least 1000 words inspired by one or more of the prompts they receive.  

The prompts can be anything--concepts, quotes, images, the only limit is your imagination! We request that at least one prompt is non-Phrack centred, to ensure the exchange is inclusive for all. These prompts can feature Phryne and/or Jack as a character, but the focus should be on characters or relationships (romantic or platonic) outside of them. 

Once signups close, matches are made and assignments sent out through ao3.  

Authors will then have until Phryne’s birthday to post their fics to the challenge collection, and all works will be revealed anonymously on the 21st. They will remain anonymous for a week, and guessing of authors is highly encouraged, as is writing treats for the Two Cakes collection. 

Signups are now open here, and our guide to how to sign up is here. 

Schedule: 

Signups close – 14th October   Assignments out – 15th October   Collection closes for posting – 20th December   Works revealed – 21st December  Authors revealed – 28th December 

All times are 10pm GMT (check what time that is for you here). 

Rules: 

Fics must be inspired by one or more or the prompts assigned, and at least 1000 words long 

Your story must be posted, in full, to the collection by December 20th.  

If you are unable to complete your assignment, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can make sure your recipient gets a gift on time. If you have not posted or contacted us by the 13th of December, we will get in touch to make sure you are still intending to complete. If we do not hear from you, we will reach out to find another author. 

Everyone loves a treat! If you want to write more than one work for your recipient or for other participants, or if you miss the deadline and complete it later, we will be opening a gift collection alongside the main collection. This will remain open, and more cake is always welcome. 

We know a few of you missed the Ficathon signups earlier this year, and we have some great news:

The Phryne Ficathon is back to celebrate our beloved Miss Fisher’s birthday! 

How does it work? 

The Phryne Birthday Ficathon is a Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries fanfiction exchange. Participants provide and receive four prompts, and write a fic of at least 1000 words inspired by one or more of the prompts they receive.  

The prompts can be anything--concepts, quotes, images, the only limit is your imagination! We request that at least one prompt is non-Phrack centred, to ensure the exchange is inclusive for all. These prompts can feature Phryne and/or Jack as a character, but the focus should be on characters or relationships (romantic or platonic) outside of them. 

Once signups close, matches are made and assignments sent out through ao3.  

Authors will then have until Phryne’s birthday to post their fics to the challenge collection, and all works will be revealed anonymously on the 21st. They will remain anonymous for a week, and guessing of authors is highly encouraged, as is writing treats for the Two Cakes collection. 

Signups are now open here, and our guide to how to sign up is here. 

Schedule: 

Signups close – 14th October   Assignments out – 15th October   Collection closes for posting – 20th December   Works revealed – 21st December  Authors revealed – 28th December 

All times are 10pm GMT (check what time that is for you here). 

Rules: 

Fics must be inspired by one or more or the prompts assigned, and at least 1000 words long 

Your story must be posted, in full, to the collection by December 20th.  

If you are unable to complete your assignment, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can make sure your recipient gets a gift on time. If you have not posted or contacted us by the 13th of December, we will get in touch to make sure you are still intending to complete. If we do not hear from you, we will reach out to find another author. 

Everyone loves a treat! If you want to write more than one work for your recipient or for other participants, or if you miss the deadline and complete it later, we will be opening a gift collection alongside the main collection. This will remain open, and more cake is always welcome. 

We know a few of you missed the Ficathon signups earlier this year, and we have some great news:

The Phryne Ficathon is back to celebrate our beloved Miss Fisher’s birthday! 

How does it work? 

The Phryne Birthday Ficathon is a Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries fanfiction exchange. Participants provide and receive four prompts, and write a fic of at least 1000 words inspired by one or more of the prompts they receive.  

The prompts can be anything--concepts, quotes, images, the only limit is your imagination! We request that at least one prompt is non-Phrack centred, to ensure the exchange is inclusive for all. These prompts can feature Phryne and/or Jack as a character, but the focus should be on characters or relationships (romantic or platonic) outside of them. 

Once signups close, matches are made and assignments sent out through ao3.  

Authors will then have until Phryne’s birthday to post their fics to the challenge collection, and all works will be revealed anonymously on the 21st. They will remain anonymous for a week, and guessing of authors is highly encouraged, as is writing treats for the Two Cakes collection. 

Signups are now open here, and our guide to how to sign up is here. 

Schedule: 

Signups close – 14th October   Assignments out – 15th October   Collection closes for posting – 20th December   Works revealed – 21st December  Authors revealed – 28th December 

All times are 10pm GMT (check what time that is for you here). 

Rules: 

Fics must be inspired by one or more or the prompts assigned, and at least 1000 words long 

Your story must be posted, in full, to the collection by December 20th.  

If you are unable to complete your assignment, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can make sure your recipient gets a gift on time. If you have not posted or contacted us by the 13th of December, we will get in touch to make sure you are still intending to complete. If we do not hear from you, we will reach out to find another author. 

Everyone loves a treat! If you want to write more than one work for your recipient or for other participants, or if you miss the deadline and complete it later, we will be opening a gift collection alongside the main collection. This will remain open, and more cake is always welcome. 

We know a few of you missed the Ficathon signups earlier this year, and we have some great news:

The Phryne Ficathon is back to celebrate our beloved Miss Fisher’s birthday! 

How does it work? 

The Phryne Birthday Ficathon is a Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries fanfiction exchange. Participants provide and receive four prompts, and write a fic of at least 1000 words inspired by one or more of the prompts they receive.  

The prompts can be anything--concepts, quotes, images, the only limit is your imagination! We request that at least one prompt is non-Phrack centred, to ensure the exchange is inclusive for all. These prompts can feature Phryne and/or Jack as a character, but the focus should be on characters or relationships (romantic or platonic) outside of them. 

Once signups close, matches are made and assignments sent out through ao3.  

Authors will then have until Phryne’s birthday to post their fics to the challenge collection, and all works will be revealed anonymously on the 21st. They will remain anonymous for a week, and guessing of authors is highly encouraged, as is writing treats for the Two Cakes collection. 

Signups are now open here, and our guide to how to sign up is here. 

Schedule: 

Signups close – 14th October   Assignments out – 15th October   Collection closes for posting – 20th December   Works revealed – 21st December  Authors revealed – 28th December 

All times are 10pm GMT (check what time that is for you here). 

Rules: 

Fics must be inspired by one or more or the prompts assigned, and at least 1000 words long 

Your story must be posted, in full, to the collection by December 20th.  

If you are unable to complete your assignment, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can make sure your recipient gets a gift on time. If you have not posted or contacted us by the 13th of December, we will get in touch to make sure you are still intending to complete. If we do not hear from you, we will reach out to find another author. 

Everyone loves a treat! If you want to write more than one work for your recipient or for other participants, or if you miss the deadline and complete it later, we will be opening a gift collection alongside the main collection. This will remain open, and more cake is always welcome. 

We know a few of you missed the Ficathon signups earlier this year, and we have some great news:

The Phryne Ficathon is back to celebrate our beloved Miss Fisher’s birthday! 

How does it work? 

The Phryne Birthday Ficathon is a Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries fanfiction exchange. Participants provide and receive four prompts, and write a fic of at least 1000 words inspired by one or more of the prompts they receive.  

The prompts can be anything--concepts, quotes, images, the only limit is your imagination! We request that at least one prompt is non-Phrack centred, to ensure the exchange is inclusive for all. These prompts can feature Phryne and/or Jack as a character, but the focus should be on characters or relationships (romantic or platonic) outside of them. 

Once signups close, matches are made and assignments sent out through ao3.  

Authors will then have until Phryne’s birthday to post their fics to the challenge collection, and all works will be revealed anonymously on the 21st. They will remain anonymous for a week, and guessing of authors is highly encouraged, as is writing treats for the Two Cakes collection. 

Signups are now open here, and our guide to how to sign up is here. 

Schedule: 

Signups close – 14th October   Assignments out – 15th October   Collection closes for posting – 20th December   Works revealed – 21st December  Authors revealed – 28th December 

All times are 10pm GMT (check what time that is for you here). 

Rules: 

Fics must be inspired by one or more or the prompts assigned, and at least 1000 words long 

Your story must be posted, in full, to the collection by December 20th.  

If you are unable to complete your assignment, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can make sure your recipient gets a gift on time. If you have not posted or contacted us by the 13th of December, we will get in touch to make sure you are still intending to complete. If we do not hear from you, we will reach out to find another author. 

Everyone loves a treat! If you want to write more than one work for your recipient or for other participants, or if you miss the deadline and complete it later, we will be opening a gift collection alongside the main collection. This will remain open, and more cake is always welcome. 

We know a few of you missed the Ficathon signups earlier this year, and we have some great news:

The Phryne Ficathon is back to celebrate our beloved Miss Fisher’s birthday! 

How does it work? 

The Phryne Birthday Ficathon is a Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries fanfiction exchange. Participants provide and receive four prompts, and write a fic of at least 1000 words inspired by one or more of the prompts they receive.  

The prompts can be anything--concepts, quotes, images, the only limit is your imagination! We request that at least one prompt is non-Phrack centred, to ensure the exchange is inclusive for all. These prompts can feature Phryne and/or Jack as a character, but the focus should be on characters or relationships (romantic or platonic) outside of them. 

Once signups close, matches are made and assignments sent out through ao3.  

Authors will then have until Phryne’s birthday to post their fics to the challenge collection, and all works will be revealed anonymously on the 21st. They will remain anonymous for a week, and guessing of authors is highly encouraged, as is writing treats for the Two Cakes collection. 

Signups are now open here, and our guide to how to sign up is here. 

Schedule: 

Signups close – 14th October   Assignments out – 15th October   Collection closes for posting – 20th December   Works revealed – 21st December  Authors revealed – 28th December 

All times are 10pm GMT (check what time that is for you here). 

Rules: 

Fics must be inspired by one or more or the prompts assigned, and at least 1000 words long 

Your story must be posted, in full, to the collection by December 20th.  

If you are unable to complete your assignment, please let us know as soon as possible so that we can make sure your recipient gets a gift on time. If you have not posted or contacted us by the 13th of December, we will get in touch to make sure you are still intending to complete. If we do not hear from you, we will reach out to find another author. 

Everyone loves a treat! If you want to write more than one work for your recipient or for other participants, or if you miss the deadline and complete it later, we will be opening a gift collection alongside the main collection. This will remain open, and more cake is always welcome. 

What is Whumptober?

Whumptober is a month-long creative fandom challenge consisting of 31 themes and prompts. “Whump” means a work in which characters are put in emotionally and/or physically painful situations, and usually these works can be categorized as hurt/comfort.

How does this work?

If this sounds like your thing, simply go to this spreadsheet, write your name behind one of the prompts, and create something for it (to be posted at any point in October and the first week of November; it doesn’t have to be up on the actual day your prompt was assigned to). Each prompt can be claimed by multiple people and you can create something for as many of them as you want.

Please tag your works “MFMMwhumptober” and if you post them on AO3, you can also add them to this collection.

Even if whump isn’t for you, we’ve modified the event so you can still participate! We’ve had several writers bend the rules and write fluffy or smutty works for this challenge. Just make sure to tag your works appropriately and specify whether they contain comfort elements or are pure angst. Our main goal is to get you to write so all contributions are welcome!

This is the original announcement post and here is the official collection, which you can also add your entries to as long as they somewhat fit the overall theme of the original challenge.

Where can I check out the previous years’ entries?

Whumptober has been a longstanding tradition in this fandom so there are a lot of examples to draw inspiration from. You can read all of the past entries here:

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

What is Whumptober?

Whumptober is a month-long creative fandom challenge consisting of 31 themes and prompts. “Whump” means a work in which characters are put in emotionally and/or physically painful situations, and usually these works can be categorized as hurt/comfort.

How does this work?

If this sounds like your thing, simply go to this spreadsheet, write your name behind one of the prompts, and create something for it (to be posted at any point in October and the first week of November; it doesn’t have to be up on the actual day your prompt was assigned to). Each prompt can be claimed by multiple people and you can create something for as many of them as you want.

Please tag your works “MFMMwhumptober” and if you post them on AO3, you can also add them to this collection.

Even if whump isn’t for you, we’ve modified the event so you can still participate! We’ve had several writers bend the rules and write fluffy or smutty works for this challenge. Just make sure to tag your works appropriately and specify whether they contain comfort elements or are pure angst. Our main goal is to get you to write so all contributions are welcome!

This is the original announcement post and here is the official collection, which you can also add your entries to as long as they somewhat fit the overall theme of the original challenge.

Where can I check out the previous years’ entries?

Whumptober has been a longstanding tradition in this fandom so there are a lot of examples to draw inspiration from. You can read all of the past entries here:

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022