Punchtober Fest 2026

This is where information, updates, monthly countdowns and reminders, and subsequent sharing and reblogging of fanworks for Punchtober Fest will be held!

Follow the links below for more information about the event. If you still have any questions feel free to send an ask!

About Punchtober Fest

Rules and Guidelines (will be updated up to the event period)

Here are the prompts for each themed throughout October!!!

As we are in June, you have this month, July, August and September to start preparing for fanworks for whatever prompts you choose. Posting can start as soon as October 1st. If you still have other creations you make with the calendar after October 31st they will be reblogged as well

When spooky month arrives all you have to do is post your work here on tumblr with the tag #PunchtoberFest to be found and shared on this official blog! If you post your work on a different platform you can submit the link in DM for a sneakpeak post to share your creation, or you can make the seakpeak post yourself and it will be reblogged here like other posts!!

Remember to review and ensure what you make follows the rules and guidelines!!!

We got multiple ideas for Angst, NSFW and Halloween weeks, so for the next three days you can arrange what entries interest you from most interested to least interested in descending order. The top seven most favoured entries will be included into the final list for the tehemd weeks.

The end date for the poll is June 1st, 12pm CST. Afterwards I'll collect the results and share the official calendar for Punchtober Fest.

Badd is 17 years old, but he is also shipped with Garou and sometimes Genos, who are 18 and 19 respectfully, no larger than 2 years in age range from him. There's also the fact that realistic older adolescents will engage with NSFW stuff, sex, substance or violence related (and Badd already does work with the latter). Even in canon Suiko is 18 yet she used intoxication to assist her fighting, and the legal age for drinking is roughly 21 in most places. However I don't just want to settle on my nonchalance as this is a community event, so I'm giving the option to decide:

You can send a prompt for one week's theme or any ideas you have for each. If you need a refresher on what to put you can check again on how Punchtober will work

The end date for the poll is May 24. Afterwards I'll sort through the submissions and proceed into the selection for eachdays prompts

Come look around and get familiar with what we're gonna do this autumn! Learn what this event entails, the rules and guidelines (will be updated up to the event), the prompt form awaiting your input.

This fanwork event is inspired by the @bottomgenosfest Fanwork Gift Exchange that took place years ago. Unlike the 2018 event this will more akin to a simple themed week event similar to Inktober or Flufftober, and will be spanning for the whole month of 2026 October.

Currently, my idea for this event is one theme per week as a homage to how diverse the ideas for theme-tober can be, and also to take advantage of Halloween being a staple of the month as well.

It does look daunting to try and conjure many fanworks for a whole month, and that isn't the intention. For creators that can't fulfill even a week of themes for any reason, rather than completing a week of ideas the chart will act as a list you can select from, and to keep it interesting you will have different overarching themes for each week as you prioritise that ideas/days that interest you.

Of course, if you do want to stick to a singular themed week then by all means go ahead! Whatever you feel comfortable with you're allowed to do.

Where anything requiring a group decision will be logged

Prompt Submission Form (Closes May 24)

Can-Do's:

Any ships (platnic and romantic) can be submitted.

Any type of fanwork material can be accepted i.e art, fanfiction, art and crafts creations, song playlists, video or picture edits, etc. You think of it? Try and do it! We'll love to see what you can come up with your skill and creativity.

Works that don't have ships (such as character study or general works) can be submitted for the event as well.

No-Can-Do's:

Any NSFW works including underage characters engaging in sexual acitivites themselves will be rejected. Metal Bat | Badd's age was believed to be 17, but by tracing the time of events he would be 18/19 in the modern day, thus he is legal to engage in sexual activities.

Works with OCs or Reader as the main/secondary character will not be accepted. This has to be works where the main relationship or character is someone canonically from the manga or webcomic.

Anything made with AI/Generative Models (GM) is unacceptable and will be rejected. This event is meant to be an act of love for the community by celebrating the genuine love for the One Punch Man series shown through the unpaid labour of creating fanworks. Using AI/GMs to create fanworks undermines that genuine love by ignoring the time, effort and emotional connection it takes to create these pieces through personal capability alone, and AI/GM devalues whatever it makes compared to if a person made it themself because the novelty of a person creating that piece by their own ability never dies.