Fest

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See also:	challenge, ficathon, fic exchange, gift exchange
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A fest is a challenge in which participants provide prompts (generally for fanfic) and then choose a prompt from a list compiled by the fest moderators. A fest may be fandom, pairing or character specific; it may have a particular theme, such as a holiday, a kink or a trope; it may be held to celebrate a particular event.

Examples

• Batsupes Secret Valentines Exchange focusing on producing fanworks for the Batsupes ship between Batman and Superman.
• Batsupes Tricks and Treats focusing on producing fanworks for Batman, Superman, and/or Batman/Superman.
• Bottom Clark 2021 focuses on producing fanworks where Clark Kent aka Superman bottoms.
• Krypton Survived Week focuses on producing fanworks about the survival of Krypton.
• LGBT Fest and Queer Fest focus on producing fanworks about the experiences of being lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans* or queer
• Merlin Frottage Fest was a 2011 kink fest held to produce frottage fics in Merlin fandom
• Yuletide is a very popular annual gift exchange for rare fandoms