Announcing... JILY WEEK 2026! 🌟🌟🌟

Kelsey ( @kay-elle-cee ) and I are thrilled to host Jily Week for the third year in a row. After being treated to 80+ creations each of the past two years, we can’t wait to see what all of you talented people will come up with this year. GET EXCITED for the week of August 17th to 23rd!!

To participate, post a creative work corresponding to the daily prompt – fanfiction, fanart, playlists, metas, moodboards, etc. – anything goes! You can participate in as few or as many days as possible, but we challenge everyone to try and create something for every prompt, even if it's only a hundred-word drabble or a 5-minute sketch! Don't stress about meeting the exact prompt or the deadline - the most important thing is to have fun with it!

Remember to tag your works with #jily week 2026, mention @sunshinemarauder and @kay-elle-cee, and add any fic you write to the Jily Week 2026 AO3 Collection.

🌟 PROMPTS:

☀️ Day 1 – 17th of August – Mistaken Identity

Or: when the road to love is obscured by mistaken identities. Secret superhero identities, masquerades, love squares, or wrong numbers can complicate things… but don’t worry, they’ll get there eventually.

☀️ Day 2 – 18th of August – Star Power

Romance is hard as it is, but it can get even more complicated when you’re in the limelight. Put one or both of our favorites in the public eye, and you get a recipe for delicious fanfiction. Make ’em celebs, actors, royals, athletes – anything goes!

☀️ Day 3 – 19th of August – Break Up / Make Up

You’ve heard of Angst vs Fluff – now get ready for Break Up / Make Up. Choose your fighter: break hearts or put them back together?

☀️ Day 4 – 20th of August – Mythos

Whether you choose to modernize your favorite myth or place James and Lily on Mt. Olympus, this is the perfect time to pull out all the obscure folkloric trivia we know you’ve been waiting to put in a story. (Percy Jackson crossovers WELCOMED.)

☀️ Day 5 – 21st of August – Damned to Detention

We all know the Marauders spent much of their Hogwarts years in and out of detention. Though Lily may have been a Prefect, she wasn’t so removed from their antics. Who’s the unlucky one this time?

☀️ Day 6 – 22nd of August – And There Was Only One Bed

You know it — a trope as old as time and a forever favorite.

☀️ Day 7 – 23rd of August – Write a Fic Rec

There’s a wealth of fantastic Jily works out and about. Take a moment to shine the spotlight upon a current fav/recent read/comfort fanfiction. Write the recommendation the author deserves and introduce it to a new audience!

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Feel free to message either of us or drop an ask if you have questions! 🌟

NEW WRITING!

A Series of Increasingly Unlikely Events

When an old friend lets him down, James Potter needs help - fast! Luckily, Lily Evans is on hand to save the day. That, of course, is only the start of a series of increasingly unlikely events, across the summer that will change both of their lives.

A fic in seven parts to celebrate Jily Week 2025 one chapter for each of the day's prompts.

Rating: M (due to a few swears and adult references, nothing explicit)

Thank you to @sunshinemarauder and @kay-elle-cee for organising!

Chapter One: Cake Catastrophe

Day 1 Prompt: Knight In Shining Armour

Getting into a spot of trouble is unavoidable with these two, but half the fun is how they get out. Wherever there’s a damsel in distress, there must be a righteous protector following at their heel.

Latest Chapter // From The Start

Snippet below the cut!

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James’s maturity was still in question, or more accurately, in development. However, this past year had also brought more, obvious, changes, that were – well – annoying to Lily. James was now five inches taller than Lily, and she was not a short witch! Five foot five was a perfectly normal – average height. It drove her a little mad as she could no longer make snarky remarks to Potter about him being the same height as her, it was an easy way to get him flustered. She was going to have to devise other tactics for getting a rile out of him.

His voice had also changed. There was no more cracking, instead, his voice was lower and smooth, like that chocolate he was always eating from his bag. If Lily had to deal with one more “All right Evans,” as James plopped a Chocolate Quaffle in his mouth followed by his fingers through that untidy, messy, dark, fucking gorgeous hair, Lily might just have to give up her pride and snog him for her health.

𝐅𝐢𝐜𝐬

𝐎𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐬

𝐃𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬

𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬

𝐉𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 :

Freckled Love : Day 1 Love is in the Hair - Drabble

Shades of Mischief : Day 2 Partners In Crime - Drabble

Truth In A Bottle : Day 3 In Vino Veritas - Fic

A Note Of Affection : Day 4 Flip the Script - Drabble

The Marauders’ Master Plan : Day 5 Matchmaker, Matchmaker - Fic

Pride, Prejudice and Potter : Day 6 AU - Drabble

Bewitched by You : Day 7 Sequel Day - Fic

- All works are licensed under @sonics-atelier 2024 , do not repost or reuse in any way , shape or form.

Snippet for @thegobletofweasleys' Jily Week Day 1

Prompt: Fluff vs. Angst

I really wanted to get the full fic ready to go, but it's quite dark and I've been distracted by laundry day, so here's a full scene from: I am no mother, I am bride.

This is also my 30,000th tumblr post, so please clap for me.

Snippet below the cut:

Day one: angst vs fluff

It’s the perfect Saturday afternoon. The sun’s out, birds are chirping, and Lily has just burnt the Greek Vegetable Casserole she was making for her first official date with her best-friend. Well best friend-turned-boyfriend but is also her best friend. It’s complicated in the very best way. 

As a guilty perfectionist, she wants to make the right first impression, even though she has known the bloke since grade school. 

He’s here. She knows it's him with the way he knocks, three times with a two second gap with each knock. “Shit”, she whispers, in caution that he doesn’t hear her. She is still in her PJs and her apartment reeks of overcooked food, what a chaotic mess. “One second”, she says, a little louder this time as she opens the door. 

“Hey, Lils”, he grins enthusiastically. The kind of grin that brightens her insides.

He is holding tulips, various different colors, her favorite. “I - ugh - got this for you” he says as he enters the flat, a slight blush creeps up on his face. 

She can’t handle this anymore. His eagerness gives rise to her guilt. “James, it’s a mess - this date - I wanted everything to be perfect and it’s not even minutely close”, she utters sorrowfully. 

He keeps the tulip bouquet on the table at the entrance table and comes to her instantly, taking her in his arms. The entrance door left ajar.  

She looks at him. “I was trying to make a casserole, the kind you like, but I burnt it,” she winces. 

“You cooked something difficult for the first time, for me? He asks astonishingly.

“Yes”, she says, shying away from his piercing gaze. 

“Lils… that’s - I .. awesome - you never cook”, his hand is now on her face, brushing away a strand of hair. 

“I look like a disaster”

“I love disasters” he smirks, hazel eyes twinkling behind squared frames. “Lily, you’re perfect as is. Dinner cooked or not. Dressed up or not. I just want to be with you” his grip around her tightens, their lips only inches apart. 

Name of the game: Make a new post and post your latest line from your WIP and tag as many people as there are words

Thank you @alittlebitofeverything23 here is a little something intended for jily week...

"Hey, Meadows — you know the curtain isn't soundproof? Are you sure what you're doing is legal on school property?"