12 Months of Kink 2026! A Year Long Writing and Art Event!
Just as the title suggests! For those that want to keep the party going well past October, 12 Months of Kink is an event run every month for a year! In this event, you are handed 5 prompts and have an entire month to complete in whichever medium of your choosing! At the end of the month, share your work with a special tag and as well as a special collection on AO3!
This event's information will be posted here on tumblr as well as X and Bluesky!
How to Enter:
You can enter at any time, whether it be at the beginning of the event or during! You don't even have to vote but if you'd like to, be sure to catch the voting link each previous month when its dropped! Then once the top 5 prompts are chosen, just pick 1 or more and write to your heart's content!
Rules:
This is an 18+ event!
No bullying other contributors on their works! Constructive criticism only when asked by the contributor!
1000 word minimum but no max limit!
Artwork must be clean sketch/lineart minimum
Open to any ship, any pairing, OCs welcomed too!
Writing: Characters engaging in sexual activity in the fics must be 18+ (aged-up is fine, but must be stated with the tag "'character name' aged-up")
Artwork: Characters must be canonically 18+ (there is no wiggle room there)
FAQs
How does this event work?
This event is run all year long with 5 prompts offered up for each month! How it works is like this:
Half way through the previous month, a link to a voting poll will be posted here where you can go and vote for the prompts you want to see the next month.
1 week before the following month, 5 prompts will be chosen from the top of the votes and offered up here for you to choose from.
You may do all 5 or 1 or however many between, it's up to you!
All works must be posted by the end of the month with the hashtag #12monthsofkink2026 (or corresponding year, this event will be refreshed each year)
Where can I post my works?
Feel free to post them anywhere you'd like! Tumblr, AO3, X, Bluesky, etc! Just be sure to use the tag #12monthsofkink2026 (or whichever year its hosted) so we can find you easier!
On AO3, be sure to post it in the collection, located here!
I have some more questions, who can I ask?
Ask box is always open here! Just drop a line through the box and ask away!
Where else can I follow this event?
Here's a social media hub for all the other places the event will be running!
Event Social Media Hub
