#merlinsfest

As always, let's start out with a few statistics: This year you managed to collectively write 249,312 words and finish 15 fics!! Less words than last year, but more fics finished which is what this fest is all about!

And now for the winners!!

Having finished a total of 6 fics Excited _Insomniac wins the category for 'Most Fic Finished' and thus also the honour of having art made by none other than @schweetheart

Typing down a total of 60898 words means that @colinshughes wins for 'Most Words Written' and will be the lucky recipent of art made by the amazing @h-l-w

For finishing a fic that was started all the way back in 2017 @thepolomonkey once again wins the category for 'Oldest Fic FInished' and will receive art made by the talented @mirayladraws

Congratulations to all the winners!! Feel free to contact your artist to figure out what you want your prize to be. Remember though, that the artist is doing this of their own free will and if you demand something they aren't willing to create, they are free to say no. In which case you then have to wish for something different.

Alriiiiight, there's ONE more month to go! Time to get those last couple of WIPs finished!! (Looks herself sternly in the mirror)

But first, here's the monthly round up for February.

Top 3 for most words written so far: 1. katzaren with 60,728 words written 2. Excited_Insomniac with 30,032 words written 3. polomonkey with 22,829 words written

Top 3 for most fics finished: 1. Excited_Insomniac with 5 fics finished 2. polomonkey and zaharya each with 2 fics finished 3. chaosgenes, bad_peppermint, and ListenToThat each with 1 fic finished

Oldest fic finished so far: Simmering by polomonkey which was started all the way back in May 2017

Fic finished this month: - Three times Gaius sought advice and one time he figured it out by ListenToThat

- A Sixpence in Your Shoe by polomonkey

Alright fellas, it's time for the monthly round up.

Top 3 for most words written so far: 1. @ella-enchanted with 24,477 words written. 2. @not-in-public with 21,022 words written 3. bad_peppermint with 14,237 words written

Top 3 1 for most fics finished so far: 1. Excited_Insomniac who has finished two fics

Oldest fic finished so far: Implausible Deniability by Excited_Insomniac which was started in March 2022

Fics finished this month:

It's that time of the year again. ACBB, and various other fests have ended and because life happened to you, you didn't finish your fics and now have a million WIPs and very little motivation to finish them. Fear not, because 'Finish that Fic, Merlin!' is here to help you finish those blasted WIPs!

The fest will run from November 1st 2022 to March 31st 2023, but sign ups are already open right here on Livejournal although you don't need an actual Livejournal account to sign up, only a Google account.

If this is your first time participating, be sure to read How this fest Works and the FAQs first.

If you don't feel like writing, but still want to participate, you can sign up as a beta/cheerleader.

And don't forget to head over to the Discord server 'The Tavern(18+)' where there's a designated channel for this fest so we can all whine about finishing our fics together.

This post has actually been up both on Livejournal and on Discord, but for some reason (work) I forgot to put it up here too. But better late than never, so here it is. The post announcing the winners of this whole fest will be up shortly. Fics finished this month:

- Coffee Shops and Manuscripts by @a-written-dream