#katoberfest

Katmas 2025!

There are seven days of prompts + a free day:

Friday, December 26, 2025: Games | Academy days | “Make me.”

Saturday, December 27, 2025: Snowstorm or Beach day | Holodeck malfunction | “I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”

Sunday, December 28, 2025: Love confession | First command | “I’m tired of hating you.”

Monday, December 29, 2025: Birthday | Mirrorverse | “Call off your dog.”

Tuesday, December 30, 2025: Everyone can see it | Only ship in range | “It should have been me.”

Wednesday, December 31, 2025: Holiday traditions | Diplomacy | “I believe you.”

Thursday, January 1, 2026: New Year | Time travel |  “I know you’re still in there somewhere.”

Friday, January 2, 2026: Free day!

There are five extra challenges:

The Katrina: post every day

The Cornwell: build one storyline through all your posts

The Vice Admiral: combine two of the day’s prompts into one work

The Admiral: combine all three of the day’s prompts into one work

The Price of Command: Kat glimpses what her life may have been if one pivotal event had not happened, or had happened differently.

There are no requirements or limits to any medium (e.g. word count, art style, length of vid or pod, etc.).

You may answer as many, or as few, as you like and there is no specific format. The prompts are jumping off points and may be considered in universe or meta. Answers may take the form of essay, discussion, fiction, artwork, bulleted lists, gifsets, vids, vlogs, comics, whatever! It is also fine to answer prompts on a different day than that which corresponds with the prompt (if you miss it, or it is simply easier for you). There is no right or wrong way to participate! The purpose of Katmas is to celebrate Admiral Cornwell, not create work or drama.

When sharing on social media, tag your posts #Katmas2025. We will share all tagged posts.

I will link the AO3 Collection when it is open.

Any questions, please do not hesitate to ask!

for @theadmiralslegion Katoberfest 2022 Day 6: Mirror Uinverse + Rom Com

The quote is from the Sandra Bullock/Hugh Grant film Two Weeks Notice. I imagined an office comedy where Emperor Philippa and Admiral Kat work together for Starfleet, each thinking they are in charge and the other is working for them. Eventually Kat gets fed up and has Philippa reassigned. But they have both changed, for the better, and are miserable apart. Philippa makes a grand apology and they reunite with a kiss.

Just Kat and Philippa going for a walk on the USS Shenzhou

Let's pretend both of them are still alive and happily married <3

Day four: A therapy session or Late night meeting

Tactical Briefings

The Buran is carrying a very important guest: Vice Admiral Katrina Cornwell. There's just one tiny problem.

She's gone missing.

Two posts in a day? And one is a new ficlet?! I know, I can hardly believe it myself.

Tactical Briefings is a little fic asking big questions, like 'theoretically, if you were a Vice Admiral and a newly-minted Captain and you needed to sneak around a starship, how would you go about it?'.

(@theadmiralslegion)

I shall Rise (link to ao3 for Spotify)

A Katrina Cornwell Fanmix

By GlassesOfJustice and Miri_Cleo

I was thinking about love for Katoberfest (thanks @theadmiralslegion) and there are different paths, Kat’s life is very different in there’s no war.

She has such potential for love, and her friendship with Chris is one of my favorites. (that and his horse joke). So this is a self-indulgent, fluffy what-if universe, and I had fun.

read on ao3

Summary: Kat and Chris talk about Kat being in love with Philippa, absolutely the fluffiest of banter.

Announcing Katmas 2025!

September was difficult for the mods so this year's Katoberfest is moving to later in the year. Katmas will be held December 26, 2025 - January 2, 2026. I am collecting prompt suggestions through Sunday, October 12.

Submit prompts through the ASK box.

Prompts may be general or specific. All tropes, activities, or celebrations welcome. They do not have to relate to a holiday or season (the mods live in the USA and Australia so both Winter and Summer are accurate!).

Submit as many as you like. I will publish a full list in addition to those selected for each day of Katmas.

The final prompt list will be published no later than Friday, October 17.

Details about posting will be included with the prompt list.