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There's Only One You
| Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Name: | There's Only One You |
| Date(s): | 3 May 2023 - present |
| Moderator(s): | caltrain, kalahui |
| Founder: | caltrain |
| Type: | Prompt Meme |
| Fandom: | Sports RPF |
| Associated Community: | There's Only One You on Tumblr |
| URL: | There's Only One You (a sports rpf short fanwork prompt meme) on AO3 banner by sorrellegiance |
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There's Only One You, sometimes abbreviated as to1u or just 1u, is a prompt meme in Sports RPF fandoms. It is an annual challenge run using AO3's native prompt meme format. It is centred around making short fanworks, such as, but not limited to fanfiction, podfic and fanart.
Rules
Prompts must be submitted in the format: 1 pairing + 1 word.
Fanworks must be no longer than the following:
- Fic: 2000 words
- Podfic: 20 minutes
- Fanart: 2 hours of effort
- Playlists: 10 songs
- Vids: 2 minutes
- Creative non-fiction: 2000 words
- Fan poetry: 25 lines or 5 stanzas, whichever comes first
- Zines: 8 pages or 2 hours of effort, whichever comes first.
AI generated works are not allowed.
For those who want to add to the collection without writing for a specific prompt, they can use the always-posted prompt: "There's only one you."
History
The prompt meme was quickly organized by caltrain, who goes by moregraceful on Tumblr. He has organized multiple prompt memes, albeit mainly focused on Hockey RPF. The participation in the first year reflects this, with Men's Hockey RPF taking a large share of the posted fanworks and largely outnumbering the next most popular fandom, Formula 1 RPF. The popularity shocked the organizer, who expected that the "meme would be me and like two and a half tumblr mutuals having a parallel play blast in our respective sports fandoms".[1]
For Year 2 of the prompt meme, there were multiple changes. The amount of prompts one could leave was increased to 50, up to five sports fandoms could be tagged (opposed to only one the year prior), the prompting and posting periods were extended, and an anonymous creator period was added.[2] The popularity of the exchange grew, with over three times the prompts and double the fills from the first year. The biggest shift in participation was the drastic increase in Cycling RPF prompts and fills and the decrease in Formula 1 RPF fills.
[moregraceful]
I'm so dead ass if Cycling RPF is THE fandom for 1u fills I'm literally going to be the happiest I've ever been. I didn't even KNOW there was Cycling fandom and now there's 65 prompts of Cycling RPF about men I've never heard of it in my life it makes me so happy. It makes me SO happy. that's what this is all about man. sports fandoms I've never heard of, athletes I didn't know existed, and people going hogwild creating stuff for their fandom. I love this prompt meme so much!!!!
[moregraceful]
78…..SEVENTY-EIGHT….fills are from cycling fandom. 78!!!!!!!!! That’s FOUR less than hockey rpf!! Cycling fandom if you’re out there I want you to know: you’re the only people I respect on this little blue planet we call hell. Your organizing power has me awed and humbled. Who is Wout van Aert [3]
For 2025, the changes were being required to tag a fandom, the prompts being limited to only 25 prompts and an extension of the anonymous period to five days.[4] The reduction in possible prompts was due to a number of participants last year only submitting numerous prompts without contributing any fills.[5]
Rounds & Statistics
2023
79 participants signed up, posting 308 prompts to the community. A total of 125 fanworks across 7 Sports RPF fandoms were created.
- 3 May: Prompts open
- 10 May: Prompts close
- 18 May: Fanworks due
- 20 May: Fanworks revealed [6]
Most popular fandoms, based on fic written:
| Fandom | Works |
|---|---|
| Men's Hockey RPF | 98 |
| Formula 1 RPF | 15 |
| Baseball RPF | 11 |
| IndyCar RPF | 4 |
| Men's Basketball RPF | 2 |
Most popular ships, based on fic written:
| Ship | Fandom | Works |
|---|---|---|
| Jamie Drysdale/Trevor Zegras | Hockey RPF | 12 |
| Leon Draisaitl/Matthew Tkachuk | Hockey RPF | 5 |
| Nico Hischier/Jack Hughes | Hockey RPF | 5 |
| Lewis Hamilton/Sebastian Vettel | Formula 1 RPF | 4 |
| Leon Draisaitl/Connor McDavid | Hockey RPF | 4 |
2024
112 participants signed up, posting 955 prompts to the community. A total of 262 fanworks across 12 Sports RPF fandoms were created.
- 6 March: Prompts open
- 13 March: Posting opens
- 20 March: Prompts close
- 4 April: Fanworks due
- 5 April: Fanworks revealed
- 8 April: Creators revealed [2]
Most popular fandoms, based on fic written:
| Fandom | Works |
|---|---|
| Cycling RPF | 116 |
| Men's Hockey RPF | 114 |
| Baseball RPF | 22 |
| IndyCar RPF | 4 |
| Men's Football RPF [note 1] | 3 |
Most popular ships, based on fic written:
| Ship | Fandom | Works |
|---|---|---|
| Wout van Aert/Mathieu van der Poel | Cycling RPF | 20 |
| Tadej Pogačar/Jonas Vingegaard | Cycling RPF | 14 |
| Jamie Drysdale/Trevor Zegras | Hockey RPF | 12 |
| Leon Draisaitl/Matthew Tkachuk | Hockey RPF | 7 |
| Travis Konecny/Nolan Patrick [note 2] | Hockey RPF | 4 |
2025
186 participants signed up, posting 1887 prompts to the community. A total of 591 fanworks across 12 Sports RPF fandoms were created.
- 27 February: Prompts open
- 6 March: Posting opens
- 13 March: Prompts close
- 20 March: Fanworks due
- 21 March: Fanworks revealed
- 26 March: Creators revealed [4]
Most popular fandoms, based on fic written:
| Fandom | Works |
|---|---|
| Cycling RPF | 258 |
| Men's Hockey RPF | 236 |
| Baseball RPF | 68 |
| IndyCar RPF | 9 |
| Formula 1 RPF | 8 |
Notes and References
Notes
- ^ Women's Hockey RPF also had 3 works total.
- ^ Also tied with 4 works was Hockey RPF pairing Aleksander Barkov/Matthew Tkachuk and Cycling RPF pairing Wout van Aert/Christophe Laporte.
References
- ^ It's midnight my time just now, Archived on 26 February 2025 Posted 18 May 2023.
- ^ Jump up to: a b There's Only One You 2024 (a sports rpf short fanwork challenge), Archived on 26 February 2025 Posted 6 March 2024.
- ^ Tumblr post by moregraceful, Archived on 26 February 2025 Posted 4 April 2024.
- ^ Jump up to: a b There’s Only One You 2025 (a sports rpf short fanwork challenge), Archived on 26 February 2025 Posted 25 February 2025.
- ^ to1u 25 prompt limit kind of feels personal, Archived on 26 February 2025 Posted 25 February 2025.
- ^ Programming notes…, Archived on 26 February 2025 Posted 7 May 2023.