Winterhawk Bingo

Excited to let you know more about the badges you can win!  

Round 6 of Winterhawk Bingo is introducing SIX badges!  We enlisted the beautiful artwork of @atomikats to make these really special and entice you to create more.  You have the possibility of winning multiple badges!

Bingo:  Complete a line either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally across.

Blackout: Complete every single space on the card.

Top and Bottom: Complete the top and bottom lines of the card grid.

Bucky’s Outside Edge: Complete all the spaces along the outer edge of the card.

Clint’s Arrow: Complete straight and diagonal spaces to create an arrow shape on the card pointing in any direction.

Mystery Badge: Complete eight or more prompts even if you didn’t complete a bingo.

And now for the best part, the badges themselves! High quality ones will be sent to you at the end. We will ask for your completed cards.

You can participate in this year's event by posting to the collections on AO3 and Squidgeworld, or by sharing your creations on your favorite social media site using #PolyshipWeek25.

2025 Prompt Schedule Day One - 19 November: Only One Bed, Metamours, Kidnapped Day Two - 20 November: Supernatural Creatures, In the Kitchen, Rain Day Three - 21 November: Cuddle Pollen, Sharing Clothes, Royalty Day Four - 22 November: Meet the Family, Aro/Ace-Spectrum, Beach Day Five - 23 November: "It takes a village…", Team as Family, Jewelry Day Six - 24 November: Games Night, Matching Costumes, Recovery Day Seven - 25 November: Came Back Wrong, Compersion, Snow Day Eight - 26 November: Free Day!

As per always, this event is open to any polyships for any fandom, including original characters and works. There are no content restrictions, but please do tag your works appropriately!

For questions, feel free to send an ask or email the modmail at [email protected]. We can't wait to see what you come up with this year.

Finally, if your favorite prompt didn't make it in, never fear! The remaining suggested prompts are listed alphabetically below the cut, and you are welcome to use them for the free day or as alternates.

Welcome to Whumptober 2025 — The Eighth Year!

WHUMPTOBER is a month-long, prompt-based creation CHALLENGE (think: Inktober, but whumpier). There are four prompts for each day of the month, giving 124 for you to play with! There is also a list of 18 alternative prompts that can be subbed in for any day to give participants as much creative freedom as possible.

All prompts are meant to serve as inspiration without being taken literally (e.g. you don’t have to include the exact wording of prompts into your work). Feel free to run rampant on interpretation. For example, if the prompt is “flame", you could create something with reference to a candle/campfire, your character could have suffered a burn, or the flame could be a reference to an ‘old flame’ - an old relationship. It’s truly down to you!

You can produce work in any media you choose, including but not limited to: writing, visual artwork, photo/video/audio edits, paper crafts and elaborate recommendation lists (not just a list of links). You can participate as much or as little as you want (i.e. you don’t have to do ALL the prompts if you don’t want to) and prompts can be used in any order. They are also free to use even after the event ends.

Please make sure to read the Event Info and FAQ carefully, as most of your questions will be answered there already. For everything else, you are welcome to come to our ask box or ask questions in our Discord server here.

Information on how to TAG is here.

This year’s AO3 Collection can be found here.

This year’s playlist can be found here.

The ‘Anatomy of a Whumptober Prompt’ post can be found here.

And our 'Resources for Writing Sensitive Topics’ post is here.

We’re very excited to see the community come together for yet another year of Whumptober! Go ham with the prompts, and support your fellow creators - we wish you all the best of luck, but most importantly: HAVE FUN!

Happy whumping,

Mods Vanne, Yenn, Kitty and Surro

Text versions of the prompts, including a google doc format, are posted below the cut!

Please fill out the linked form to request your bingo card. The form will ask you to choose the types of prompts you would like on your card: SFW/Gen, NSFW, Dark, Alternate Universe, and Genre. The prompt list(s) related to your selection(s) will go into a randomizer to create your card.

You may request one (1) remake of your card here: [link] For remakes, we will be asking you to list no more than ten (10) of the prompts you would like replaced. These will be exchanged for randomly-selected prompts from your chosen prompt lists.

You can read the rules and How to Bingo here: [link]

Information about how to post is here: [link]

And you can join the Discord server here: [link]

Sign ups will open Sunday, September 14th!

At that time, we'll post a link to the sign up form, and cards will go out in batches as mods are able to make them. This round will run until February 28th. That will be the final day to post fills for this round.

Rules:

1. All fills must include WinterHawk as the main/endgame pairing. 

2. All content is welcome, provided it is appropriately tagged/warned for.

3. Each participant gets one (1) card upon sign up. You may request an additional card once your first one is complete! 

4. Each card can be remade once if you get a prompt you are unwilling to create for. The prompt(s) in question will be replaced with randomly-selected alternatives. More information about how cards will be made and how to request a remake will be available when sign ups open.

5. You can combine two (2) prompts for a fill. 

6. Minimum Requirements for a fill:

    Fic/Podfic - 300 words

    Art - basic sketch

    Gifset - 2 images

    Edit/Moodboard - 4 panels

    Fanmix - 8 songs

    Video/TikTok - 30 seconds

7. You can use any combination of mediums to complete fills.

8. Fills must be previously unpublished/unposted works.

9. You may combine fills for this bingo with other events as long as the fill meets requirements for both events.

10. Absolutely no AI generated content.

How to Bingo:

Bingo:  Complete a line either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally across.

Blackout: Complete every single space on their card.

Top and Bottom: Complete the top and bottom lines of their card grid.

Bucky’s Outside Edge: Complete all the spaces along the outer edge of the Bingo card.

Clint’s Arrow: Complete straight and diagonal spaces to create an arrow shape on the card.

Cards will be a standard 5x5 with a free space. Winners will receive special badges for completion of each type of bingo. More information on how to get your badge(s) will also be available when sign ups open.

Sign ups will open Sunday, September 14th!

At that time, we'll post a link to the sign up form, and cards will go out in batches as mods are able to make them. This round will run until February 28th. That will be the final day to post fills for this round.

Rules:

1. All fills must include WinterHawk as the main/endgame pairing. 

2. All content is welcome, provided it is appropriately tagged/warned for.

3. Each participant gets one (1) card upon sign up. You may request an additional card once your first one is complete! 

4. Each card can be remade once if you get a prompt you are unwilling to create for. The prompt(s) in question will be replaced with randomly-selected alternatives. More information about how cards will be made and how to request a remake will be available when sign ups open.

5. You can combine two (2) prompts for a fill. 

6. Minimum Requirements for a fill:

    Fic/Podfic - 300 words

    Art - basic sketch

    Gifset - 2 images

    Edit/Moodboard - 4 panels

    Fanmix - 8 songs

    Video/TikTok - 30 seconds

7. You can use any combination of mediums to complete fills.

8. Fills must be previously unpublished/unposted works.

9. You may combine fills for this bingo with other events as long as the fill meets requirements for both events.

10. Absolutely no AI generated content.

How to Bingo:

Bingo:  Complete a line either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally across.

Blackout: Complete every single space on their card.

Top and Bottom: Complete the top and bottom lines of their card grid.

Bucky’s Outside Edge: Complete all the spaces along the outer edge of the Bingo card.

Clint’s Arrow: Complete straight and diagonal spaces to create an arrow shape on the card.

Cards will be a standard 5x5 with a free space. Winners will receive special badges for completion of each type of bingo. More information on how to get your badge(s) will also be available when sign ups open.