A Ficathon Goes Into A Bar

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Challenge
Name: A Ficathon Goes Into A Bar
Date(s): 2010, 2013-present
Moderator(s): coffeesuperhero, dizmo, kisahawklin, sabinelagrande, ereshai
Founder: sabinelagrande
Type: prompt-based challenge, all fanwork types
Fandom: multifandom, crossover
Associated Community: intoabar on Livejournal, intoabar on Dreamwidth, A Ficathon Goes Into A Bar at the AO3
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A Ficathon Goes Into A Bar (abbreviated intoabar, named A Ficathon Walks Into A Bar from 2010 to 2013) is a multifandom crossover challenge running on Dreamwidth. The first round began in February 2013; the most recent opened in May 2021.

History

The challenge was inspired by sabinelagrande's entry in the 2010 round of the Sex Is Not The Enemy Ficathon.[1] While it was originally intended to be a Battlestar Galactica challenge featuring exclusively Kara Thrace meeting characters from other universes, the challenge has allowed all fandoms, including RPF, since its first round.[2]

Rules

The basic rules have remained unchanged since the first round:

Here's what you do:

1. Pick a character, any character.

2. Pick up to four fandoms that you feel comfortable writing in; the fandom your character comes from can't be any of them.

That is all you need to do. What we will do, using highly scientific methods (and by that we mean Wikipedia, our list of characters, and a bag of dice), is pick a character from one of those other fandoms to meet your character in a bar.[3]

While the challenge is called intoabar, the rules allow characters to meet in any public or semi-public place. Many entries contain romantic relationships, but gen is also allowed.

History

The first round began in February 2010. The challenge was briefly hosted on sabinelagrande's livejournal,[4] but the masterlists were posted on the challenge's Dreamwidth and LiveJournal communities.

The second round began in September 2010. Beginning with this round, participants were required to post their entries directly to the challenge's LJ or DW community itself, although they were also encouraged to post their work to the parallel AO3 collection. A provision for amnesty was also introduced; participants who defaulted were allowed to post during the period between rounds to regain their eligibility, as with Kink Bingo. A total of five additional rounds were conducted between 2010 and 2016; beginning with the spring 2013 round, art, podfic, and vids were allowed in addition to stories.

The March 2016 round was the final round moderated by sabinelagrande, and also the final round hosted simultaneously on LiveJournal and Dreamwidth. After a hiatus, the challenge returned in spring 2018 with dizmo serving as moderator. Subsequent rounds have been held annually, though with some variance in schedule from year to year. The 2018 round introduced a handful of additional changes. It was the first hosted exclusively on Dreamwidth, and offered blanket amnesty to defaulting participants from all prior rounds. The requirement that fanworks be posted directly to the Dreamwidth community was eliminated, so long as a link to the relevant AO3 entry or other location was given. A year later, as of the 2019 round, penalties for defaulting were eliminated and late posting of fics assigned in any prior round is encouraged during the amnesty period.

Statistics

Spring 2010 - 87 entries in 91 fandoms.[5]

Fall 2010 - 78 entries in 106 fandoms.[6]

Spring 2013 - 87 entries in 106 fandoms.[7]

Fall 2013 - 55 entries in 64 fandoms.[8]

Fall 2014 - 65 entries in 79 fandoms.[9]

Spring 2015 - 47 entries in 50+ fandoms[10]

Spring 2016 - 49 entries in 62+ fandoms[11]

Spring 2018 - 61 entries in 90 fandoms[12]

Summer 2019 - 55 entries in 76 fandoms[13]

Spring 2020 - 64 entries in 94 fandoms[14]

NOTE: The figures given should be regarded as approximate, having been compiled by different editors at different times. Only a few of the masterposts actually specify the overall number of stories and fandoms, some works are listed under more than two fandoms due to franchise connections, and the treatment of franchise subfandoms varies slightly from round to round.

References

  1. ^ "sabinelagrande: Hurrah! I wrote a thing!". Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  2. ^ "sabinelagrande: Sign-Up Post: A Ficathon Walks Into A Bar". Archived from the original on 2021-01-11.
  3. ^ "intoabar: RULES POST: FALL 2014". Archived from the original on 2016-03-27. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  4. ^ "sabinelagrande: Sign-Up Post: A Ficathon Walks Into A Bar". Archived from the original on 2021-01-11. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  5. ^ "intoabar: Master List: Spring '10 Challenge". Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  6. ^ "intoabar: MASTER LIST: Fall '10 Challenge". Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  7. ^ "intoabar: Spring 2013 Masterlist". Archived from the original on 2015-10-01. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  8. ^ "intoabar: MASTER LIST: Fall '13 Challenge". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  9. ^ "intoabar: MASTER LIST: Fall '14 Challenge". Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  10. ^ "intoabar: Master List: Spring '15 Challenge". Archived from the original on 2015-10-23. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  11. ^ "intoabar: Master List: Spring '16 Challenge". Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  12. ^ "intoabar: Master List: Spring '18 Challenge". Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  13. ^ "intoabar: Masterlist - 2019 Challenge". Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  14. ^ "intoabar: Masterlist - 2020 Challenge". Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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