Yu-Gi-Oh! Fandom Calendar

Welcome to Fanlore’s annual celebration of Fandom in Color! Throughout the month of July, we’ll be spotlighting favorite characters of color, and highlighting pairings, events, discussions, and more.

Both characters and fans of color are often overlooked in fandom spaces, and we’re trying to expand their presence on Fanlore. We work on this year-round, but in July we ask specifically for your help by sharing and editing the pages we highlight this month and adding new ones that are not yet documented on Fanlore.

Fanlore should be inclusive of all aspects of fandom and all participants in it. We hope you enjoy what we share this month, and we welcome you to join us in documenting even more.

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July’s prompt is “favorite memory”!

Kazuki Takahashi sadly passed away July 4, 2022. In memory of him, please share your favorite memory relating to Yu-Gi-Oh. Is there a particular moment in the anime? Maybe when you met your favorite voice actor? Even playing the card game with your friends! What is something you fondly remember?

Let’s take a look at the prompts for Starshipping Week 2026! 🥳🌟🌟

This also marks the 5th consecutive of the event!

Thanks to everyone who took part in Starshipping Week 2025 last year, which also celebrated the 15th anniversary of Bond Beyond Time, the movie that introduced our beloved Starshipping to the world! 🤭💖

Now, let's continue celebrating our beloved Starshipping together and keep its light shining bright! 🤩🌟

Just like every year, the event will run from July 31st to August 7th, with a different prompt for each day! ⬇️

Well, hey there guys, gals and non-binary pals! I decided (in my infinite wisdom if which there is none of) that I wanted to open up a writing challenge for people who wanted something a little out there. WELCOME TO HELLO HANKERCHIEFS! (An 18+ LGBTQIA multifandom writing event!)

RULES:

All participants in the event must use this form to generate their bingo cards. You can have as many or as little as you want to write!

Once all cards are generated and handed out over Tumblr/Discord, participants can then begin their fics at any time between that date and July 30th, 2026 (plenty of time to think about everything!)

All fics must have a rating between Teen and Up at the very least, Mature or Explicit due to the nature of the prompts being given.

All necessary tags must be included in the fic for content purposes, including the tag for the challenge, both in Tags and Collection if on AO3 and everywhere else if not (hellohankies2026)

No hate to anything written here! Anything goes when it comes to both participants' writing as well as the content of the cards.

Well, that's all from me, so I hope to see some new faces have a go at writing some of these and getting out there! See you soon!

[ID: Text in the center says Polyam Shipping Day, 14th of every month, July 2026 - Desert. Below Polyam Shipping, and to the left of Day, is a red infinity sign that finishes in a heart on top. Surrounding the text are rows of stylized hearts in the colors of both versions of the polyam pride flag (black, red, bright blue, light green, dark green, light blue, navy). /end ID]

July 14th 2026 is our 57th Polyam Shipping Day!

For this month, our optional prompt is ☀️Desert 🏜️

Desert could be a location, for adventure, on a quest, of exile or a home, and they aren't just sandy terrain, they can be tundra or polar deserts too. This could be someone stranded on a desert island or talking about it theoretically, what would they do to survive on one or what (or who?) to take with them like on Desert Island Discs. Desert could also be about being deserted by someone whether briefly or permanently, or deserting from a role, like in a war.

As per usual, you’re welcome to create for any of our previous prompts as well!

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We’ll be tracking #PolyamShippingDay, and keeping an eye out for any @polyamships mentions too. We will reblog any polyam-positive fanworks featuring polyamorous ships of any configuration/type from any fandom. All ratings are welcome but anything nsfw/triggery should be warned for and behind a read more, as should very long tumblr fic.

You can also submit works directly to the blog or send us asks to let us know to check your blog for a post. If you’re posting on AO3, our collection name is ‘PolyamShippingDay‘ and you can post to the collection here. Only fanworks submitted/@ us on tumblr or in the official AO3 collection, or fanworks posted to our Dreamwidth community, are guaranteed to be included in our roundup. Please also let us know what prompt you created for, if any - people are always welcome to create for past prompts instead.

We have a Discord - invite here - if you want a place to chat about your ships or what you’re creating for them. We also have a Bluesky account if you would like to post any works there (although we cannot guarantee they’ll be on the tumblr roundup, we’ll definitely share them on the Bluesky account.)

Hello hello hello! It is so lovely to be posting this very exciting event! Us head mods have done some plotting, and wanted to open up some fun to the community!

We have made a disability bingo, as you can see by the images on this post. There are 25 total prompts and we will have some prizes as well! Minimum requirement is a complete sketch, or 500 words, per prompt.

~ For a bingo: you will get to pick from one of at least 6 mini emote packs! (There may be more!)

~ For a blackout: You will get ALL of the emotes!

BONUS: For the first five people to complete a blackout that is either at least line art, or a minimum of ~1000 (± 75) words per piece you will get a free digital copy of the zine when it releases next year!

We have an Ao3 collection here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/AC_DD2026Bingo

And you can tag your works as #ac_ddpridebingo on all of the platforms we are on for us to see! We hope everyone enjoys and has fun!

Happy end of Pride month everyone, and we will see you soon for disability pride month to keep pride season going!

The prompts for GX Week 2026 are here!

Mention us @gxweek / use the tag #gxweek2026 to be reblogged! If you have questions, check our about page or drop an ask. We can’t wait to see all your art, fics, and more!

Our Artist Alley Applications close in 1 week! If you're interested in tabling at our convention, please apply!🎨

The application is on our website!

All information needed to apply is in the application link on our website!!

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