This year's bingo will run during the month of October between October 15 and 31, and all kiss fills specifically have to be themed in one (or more) of three areas:

Seasonal, meaning the season and weather in your part of the world in October has to be an important part of the fill. Is that spring on the pampas? Fire season in the Outback? Deep winter on Antarctica? The cozy autumnal vibes of "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown?" All of these are fair game, and more. We'd love to see settings and seasons and seasonal feasts/events from all over the world that take place in October if bingoers are so inclined.

Spooky, which could be Halloween themed or more general horror, thriller, monster, ghost, horror, etc. themed. These are scary fills, and happy endings are not required. Angst, gore, and MCD are allowed but must be tagged in the fic and on tumblr.

Spoopy, by which we mean spooky but with a silly, cozy, or otherwise basically lighthearted tone. We would expect a happy ending to a spoopy fill.

The format will be the same: a 3 x 3 card, with cards generated after participants fill out a form we'll put up at a later date.

The rules will be the same, as are the requirements about tagging and warnings for flashing, etc.. Since horror and seriously scary offerings with unhappy endings are definitely allowed, the requirements about tagging especially apply.

Your mods (@dontbelasagnax @notthestarwar and @lttrsfrmlnrrgby) are the same and we're psyched to welcome back @picktheonesthatlast , who's going to help us with logging and checking fills and other admin things. We could use another helper or three for reviewing fills and logging them, as well as helping with announcements, banners/headers, and more. If you'd be interested, drop us a message or ask here!

So what's next?

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And, as always, every fill is a winner, whether you make bingo or not. We can't wait to see how all you creative, talented members of Codywankisslandia fill the prompts and the themes!

Let the SpoopKySeason (we're still workshopping the catchphrase…) CWFKB3 countdown begin!