Zukaang Week!

You’ve all waited patiently, and the time has finally come for the reveal…

The theme for Zukaang Week 2026 will be INTERTWINED DESTINIES!

The prompts for each day are as follows:

Yin & Yang/Parallels - Sunday, August 23rd

Red String of Fate/Opposites Attract - Monday, August 24th

Scars/Healing - Tuesday, August 25th

Dreams/Memories - Wednesday, August 26th

Realization/Confession - Thursday, August 27th

Past Lives/Shared Future - Friday, August 28th

In Every Universe/Free Day - Saturday, August 29th

Before you get started on creating, let’s go over some general information (full FAQ list can be found on our Carrd website)!

What fanworks we will and won’t accept:

We WILL NOT accept AI content in any capacity. This event is for human-made fanworks only.

We WILL NOT accept creations that contain purposefully offensive/hateful content.

We WILL accept edits, moodboards, playlists, headcanons, meta posts, ANYTHING as long as it is about Zukaang and created for Zukaang Week! You don’t have to be an artist or writer to participate!

We WILL accept fanworks that are not related to the theme/prompts, so long as those fanworks are related to Zukaang and are specifically created for Zukaang Week! The prompts are meant to promote creativity, not restrict it, so you are not limited to only posting on Free Day - feel free to create whatever you would like!

We WILL accept NSFW/Mature submissions, provided that they are tagged appropriately and both characters are clearly depicted/stated to be 18+. Please make sure to add a SFW (safe for work) preview when posting NSFW/mature content on Tumblr. For art, you may include a link to the full NSFW work on a different site (Bluesky or Twitter, for example) in the text of your preview post if you would like, as long as there is a warning that the content is for 18+ only.

What to know about posting fanworks:

The best way to ensure that we can find and reblog your fanworks are by using the tags “zukaang week 2026” and “zukaang week” when posting. We also recommend tagging us in the post directly with @zukaangweek. If we for some reason miss your post, you can mention us with @zukaangweek in the comments, or send us an ask or DM containing the link to the post and we will reblog it.

Since Zukaang Week is intended to inspire the creation of new Zukaang fanworks, previously posted works not specifically created for Zukaang Week will NOT be reblogged or accepted into the AO3 Collection, even if they fit one of the prompts. However, we DO welcome submissions of ongoing fics that post a new chapter during Zukaang Week, as long as they follow the guidelines.

If you run out of time to complete a prompt, don’t panic! We will be happy to reblog any late Zukaang Week submissions ALL the way up until next year’s Zukaang Week! Just make sure to tag your post accordingly and/or mention us with @zukaangweek.

For AO3 writers who will be participating in Zukaang Week, don’t forget to add your fic to the Zukaang Week 2026 AO3 collection - it will open up once Zukaang Week begins!

If you would like to post your Zukaang Week creations elsewhere, we are also holding Zukaang Week over on Twitter on the same dates listed above! If you want to crosspost to Twitter, just make sure to use the hashtags “zukaangweek2026” and “zukaangweek” and/or tag us with @/zukaang_week. Feel free to post your works to other sites as well, but just know that we won’t be able to reblog/retweet them.

Other good stuff to know:

We have a Zukaang Discord server - feel free to check it out if you are interested in chatting about our favorite ship!

As always, feel free to send us an ask or DM if you have any questions, comments, or concerns!

We hope that you’re all as excited as we are for Zukaang Week this year! We can’t wait to see what everyone creates! 🔥❤️🌪️

Zukaang Week 2026 is officially 5 weeks away! 🔥❤️🌪️

Just a reminder: if the theme of Intertwined Destinies and/or the prompts don’t speak to you, that's okay! We not only have a Free Day at the end of the week, but in general, we will accept ANYTHING that is created for Zukaang Week, as long as it focuses on Zukaang and follows the guidelines! After all, Zukaang Week is just a good excuse to create and obsess over our boys. When you post your submission, just make sure to tag us with @zukaangweek, and to use the tags “zukaang week 2026” and “zukaang week”!

Zukaang Week 2026 is officially 6 weeks away! 🔥❤️🌪️

Wondering what to create for Zukaang Week? Not sure if you're up for drawing or writing?

We accept fanart and fanfic, but we welcome other types of creative works as well. If you want to create edits or moodboards, crochet or knitting, music or playlists, headcanons or metas, heck even hand puppets - if it's Zukaang, we want to see it!

Also, lots of tropes fit Zukaang, from fluff to angst to hurt/comfort to drama to whump, and so on. Zukaang has got range, so show us what you've got!

Don't forget that fanworks can be SFW or NSFW. Just make sure that NSFW works age up the characters to 18+ and are tagged appropriately, and go wild!

Zukaang Week 2026 is officially 7 weeks away! 🔥❤️🌪️

Just a quick reminder that your submissions don't have to be in English!

If English is not your first language, please feel free to create your work in your preferred language. Fans of ATLA and Zukaang span the globe, and many speak languages other than English. With online translators widely available, everyone can still enjoy your creations no matter what language they speak!

Thank you so much to everyone who suggested themes in the interest check form!

Just like the previous two years, Zukaang Week 2026 will have daily prompts based on an overall theme. From the suggestions we received in the interest check, we have compiled a list of potential themes for you to vote on. You may also suggest prompts for the themes you vote for.

Vote for your favorite themes HERE

Theme voting will close on Friday, June 26th.

We are very excited to announce the dates for Zukaang Week 2026! 🔥❤️🌪️

Thank you to everyone who participated in the interest check!

Our interest check received 114 responses - over twice as many as last year! 🤯 There is a lot of support for holding Zukaang Week this year! A total of 112 people answered “yes” when asked if they were interested in having Zukaang Week this year, with 2 people answering “maybe”:

A total of 58 people answered “yes” when asked if they plan to contribute to Zukaang Week this year, with 50 answering “maybe”:

We can hope to see many different types of fanworks, with fan art and fanfic receiving the highest number of responses:

Lastly, thank you all for your theme suggestions! Over the next few days, the mods will put together a list theme options for you all to vote on. Once a theme is decided upon, the mods will determine the prompts based on the theme. (Not sure what it means to have prompts based on a theme? Please see this post!) We plan to release the theme and prompts later this month.

Thank you again for your responses and interest in Zukaang Week 2026! If you have any questions, check out our Carrd for more info, rules, and FAQ, or just send us an ask here on Tumblr.

Zukaang Week is returning in 2026! ❤️‍🔥

To prepare for the event, we're running a small interest check for creators and fans who are interested in participating. This will help us determine the themes and prompts for this year. The survey will be open from May 27th to June 7th.

Take the survey HERE

The dates for this year’s Zukaang week are still TBD, but will tentatively take place in late August or early September.

If you have any questions or suggestions, just send us an ask!

Thank you so much to everyone for participating in Zukaang Week 2025!

So what's next?

Keep making Zukaang fanworks! We love to see late submissions (because the world needs more Zukaang), and we'll accept them up until next year's Zukaang Week. Just make sure your post mentions this blog with @zukaangweek so we can see it and reblog it!

Did we miss your post? Tumblr isn’t perfect (and neither are we), so if we haven’t reblogged your post by now, please send us the link in an ask or a DM! That way, we’ll be guaranteed to see it and make sure it gets reblogged.

Catch up on enjoying the fanworks created for this year! You can find all of the works posted to tumblr this year under the tag #zukaang week 2025 on this blog. We also tag posts with "user: name" and fanwork type (fanfic, art, moodboard, etc) if you are looking for something specific. Some fics may not be posted to tumblr, so be sure to check out the ao3 collection as well!

We want to hear what you think! If you’d like to share your thoughts about this year’s Zukaang Week, please message us or send us an ask. Let us know what you liked from this year, how we can improve, things you’d like to see for future events, etc.