#aeldws

Mark your calendars for AELDWS 2026!

Signups will open on Friday, June 19 at 7AM ET (click the hyperlink for your timezone!). There will be 10 slots available!

Signups will close as soon as all slots are filled, or by Thursday, June 25 at 7PM ET at the latest.

AELDWS will run for six weeks from June 26 to July 31. The weekly schedule is below:

Friday @ 1AM ET - prompt revealed Tuesday @ 1PM ET - drabbles due Tuesday night - drabbles posted, voting opens Thursday @ 7PM ET - voting closes Thursday night - results posted, drabbles revealed Friday @ 1AM ET - new prompt revealed

AELDWS is a weekly, elimination drabble contest. Each Friday, a prompt will be posted which consists of a prompt, genre, and word limit. Author drabbles are compiled, with author names removed, and the fandom is invited to vote for their favorite and least favorite drabbles. The author who comes in last place each week is eliminated until there are only three authors remaining in the final week.

Note: If all ten slots are filled, the first two weeks of AELDWS will be double elimination weeks.

Rating: General Audiences

Word Count: 435

Relationship: Arthur/Eames

Tags: Post-Canon, Fake/Pretend Relationship, (kind of)

Summary:

It’s not that their relationship is fake, exactly…they just may have misrepresented the timelines.

Notes:

Written for Week 4 of AELDWS 2019.

Prompt: Paranoid Genre: Anadiplosis Word Count: 350

Special thanks to @book-rabbit for dealing with my eternal shrieking and inner turmoil while writing this fic.

Here are the drabbles for week 4!

The prompt was:

Prompt: hypnagogia Genre: AU Word count: up to 250 words

All voters: To vote, please head over to this form. Please select your FAVOURITE and SECOND FAVOURITE drabble (in descending order). When voting, please consider which drabbles you feel best met the prompt requirements as well as how much you enjoyed it.

Authors: You are more than welcome to vote, but we do ask that you vote for drabbles other than your own.

The official AELDWS 2025 roster is:

@aphyxiation

@bebravedearheart

@dbshawnblog

@dingdangit

@enchi-elm

@insert-cleverurl

@killym

@loyus-inception

@strangegeology

@theangrykimchi

The first prompt will be posted Friday, June 27 at 1AM EDT (click here for your timezone)! As a reminder, Weeks 1 and 2 of AELDWS will be double elimination weeks.