Ficathon

Quick meaning: Ficathon is a noun meaning (fandom slang) A challenge in which participants are asked to write fan fiction, generally of a specific type or to fill individual requests.

Meaning

(fandom slang) A challenge in which participants are asked to write fan fiction, generally of a specific type or to fill individual requests.

Example Sentences

General fan fiction challenges and “ficathons” are regularly sponsored by many sites, including those named above.

Yet as early as March 2007, when the show was still in its second season, a Livejournal community, spn_gaiman, was created to promote a Supernatural/Neil Gaiman crossover “ficathon” as well as to archive fiction that had already been written by fans earlier in 2006.

Much fanfiction is written to commission – people will ask for a particular sort of story, or for erotic fiction featuring a particular partnership, often as an online birthday present – or in exchange for ficathon challenges where likely contributors post cues for a story they would like to see and scan the challenges for something they would enjoy writing.

Word Forms

• ficathons

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include deathfic, shortfic, actorfic, fanfic, badfic, fanfiction.

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