#aeldws2023

Week 6 results are in!

To recap, @killym and @stormofsharpthings were the two remaining authors heading into Week 4, so they agreed to settle the winner as "best 2 out of 3" for Weeks 4 through 6.

The winner of Week 4 was @killym!

The winner of Week 5 was @stormofsharpthings!

And now, with Week 6 voting officially closed, we are happy to announce...

Stormofsharpthings and killym have tied for the final week of AELDWS! Congratulations to you both!

Author names have been added to the original drabble post and comments are being emailed to authors.

Authors are encouraged to add their drabbles to the AELDWS AO3 collection if they post on AO3!

Thank you to everyone who read, voted, and commented, and an extra thank you to all of the wonderfully talented authors who participated in AELDWS this year!

Here are the drabbles for Week 1!

The prompt was: Prompt: Fairy tale Genre: pre-canon Word count: up to and including 350 words

To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite and least favorite drabbles.

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

Betas, you are also welcome to vote. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!

Here are the drabbles for Week 5!

The prompt was:

Prompt: Scheme

Genre: Outsider POV

Word count: between 400 and 450 words, inclusive

To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite drabble.

Betas, you are welcome to vote. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!

Since this year's AELDWS winner is the author who wins 2 out of the final 3 weeks (Weeks 4 to 6), the winner of this week will be kept secret until week 6.

Here are the drabbles for Week 3!

The prompt was:

Prompt: Mistake

Genre: Meet Ugly

Word count: 300 words exactly

To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite and least favorite drabbles.

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

Betas, you are also welcome to vote. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!

As a note, two authors withdrew from AELDWS so there will be no elimination this week.

Here are the drabbles for Week 2!

The prompt was: Prompt: "I know this looks [word of your choice]” (phrase must be used word for word but not necessarily as dialogue) Genre: Humor/Comedy Word count: between 240 and 300 words, inclusive

To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite and least favorite drabbles.

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

Betas, you are also welcome to vote. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!

Here are the drabbles for Week 4!

The prompt was:

Prompt: Poorly negotiated

Genre: Magic AU

Word count: between 350 and 400 words, inclusive

To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite drabble.

Betas, you are welcome to vote. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!

As a note: due to authors withdrawing, there are now two authors left currently in the AELDWS event. Because of that, you are only asked to vote for your favorite drabble. Additionally, this week and all remaining weeks will be non-elimination. The AELDWS winner will be the author who wins 2 out of the remaining 3 weeks.

Here are the drabbles for Week 6!

The prompt was:

Prompt: What if?

Genre: Canon Divergent

Word count: up to and including 500 words

To vote, head over to this Google Form and vote for your favorite and least favorite drabbles.

Betas, you are welcome to vote. You may vote for the drabble you betaed if you truly believe it is the best!

Sign ups for the 2023 Arthur Eames Last Drabble Writer Standing event are officially open!

Complete this brief Google Form to enter your name into the ring!

We have a maximum of 10 slots available and signups are first-come, first-serve!