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Our Challenges:
Picture It Challenge, Christmas Edition
Pick one or more of several pictures to write a holiday story about
Fics to date for these challenges: 1
The Accidental Guardian Challenge
When Reyes goes missing and her husband dies, Doggett finds himself looking after her young children.
William's 10th Birthday Challenge
May 20th, 2011 makes a decade since William's birth. Use three given words in a fic to celebrate the day.
Take Your Child To Work Day (XF Style) Challenge
Send an X-Files character's offspring with them on a case
Fics to date for these challenges: 1
Plucked From the Past Challenge
Use time travel to rescue Samantha Mulder, Emily Sim, or Luke Doggett from their early death
Other Family Holidays Challenge
Show a couple (other than Mulder and Scully) spending a holiday with their child/ren
I'll Be Cloned For Christmas Challenge
Clone one of the canon characters this Christmas!
Fics to date for these challenges: 1
Thanksgiving 2010 Thankful/Angstful Challenge
An either/or challenge. Have Mulder and Scully with William for Thanksgiving or spend a disquieting holiday with a friend or family member's young child instead
Fics to date for these challenges: 2
Halloween Flashback Challenge
Write about two Halloweens: this Halloween, and one during an adult character's own childhood.
Fics to date for these challenges: 1
Mixed Feelings Challenge
Write a fic about Scully having mixed feelings when she discovers she's pregnant after IWTB
Fics to date for these challenges: 4
Picture It Challenge
Pick one of five seven pictures to write a story about
Fics to date for these challenges: 2
Tell Me a Story Challenge
A character tells their child about an unaired case.
Fics to date for this challenge: 1
Season Eight Missing Scenes Challenge Pack
1013 "forgot" to include several scenes in season eight. Try your hand at one or more of the challenges in this revised challenge collection
Fics to date for these challenges: 6
Long Gone Challenge
Your version of why Doggett and Reyes weren't in IWTB
Fics to date for this challenge: 1
Christmas List Challenge
Include this short list of items in your 2009 Christmas baby/kidfic
Fics to date for these challenges: 4
One Each Way Challenge
In fics Mulder and Scully acquire children in a variety of ways. Write a fic that includes every one of those six (or up to nine!) ways.
Halloween Trick Challenge
Write a spooky fic with trick or treaters having a trick played on them.
Fics to date for these challenges: 3
Project Midnight Challenge
Give one of the other challenges a dark twist
Fics to date for these challenges: 1
Moving Day Challenge
A pregnant character in her new home
Fics to date for these challenges: 3
Kicked Out Challenge
The Van de Kamps have kicked William out. What happened?!
IWTB Scene Re-Write Challenge
Rewrite part or all of the second X-Files movie to include William
Christmas Reunion Challenge
Reunite Mulder and Scully with their son this Christmas.
Fics to date for these challenges: 3
Halloween 2008 Challenge
Start a halloween fic with a given line
Fics to date for these challenges: 2
A Hybrid's Tale Challenge
Those other hybrids Mulder and Frohike talked about in "Emily" are now teenagers. Tell us about one of them
Fics to date for these challenges: 1
William's Seventh Birthday Challenge
William's 5th birthday was fun, so we're going to celebrate as he turns seven on May 20th, 2008
Fics to date for these challenges: 1
Christmas 2007 Challenge
Write a fic with a given first line or use the photo for inspiration
Fics to date for these challenges: 1
Halloween 2007 Challenge
Include a short list of things in a fic set this Halloween
Fics to date for these challenges: 1
My Baby Isn't Human Challenge
Convinced that their child isn't human, someone seeks X-Files help
Televised Challenge
Months after giving him up, Scully sees William on TV. Why?
Once Upon A Time Challenge
Write a fairytale!
Fics to date for these challenges: 1
Christmas 2006 Challenges
The challenges are: No Room At The Inn and Holiday Bizarre.
Fics to date for these challenges: 1
William's Twin Challenge
Write a fic about William being a twin instead of a singleton.
Fics to date for these challenges: 2
Crossover Challenges
Two challenges. A. Cocoa Girl's Harry Potter/X-Files challenge B. General Crossover Challenge with a show/book/movie of your choice.
Fics to date for these challenges: 1
Children With Others Challenge
Give a main character a child with another character that they're not usually paired up with (Scully & Skinner or Doggett, Mulder & Marita or Reyes etc)
2012 & 2012 Revisited Challenges
Two challenges for the price of one. One set during invasion, the other during colonization.
Fics to date for these challenges: 3
William's Fifth Birthday Challenge
William turns five on May 20th, 2006
Fics to date for these challenges: 6
Stolen Ova: Another Child Challenge
What if Scully learned of another "Emily" after having her miracle baby?
Fics to date for this challenge: 2
Amor Fati Sons Challenge
Imagine a situation in which you reveal that the two "sons" that Mulder and Fowley had The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati were real children, not just Mulder's dream.
Fics to date for this challenge: 1
Doggett-Reyes (DRR) Babyfic Challenge
Give Doggett and Reyes a baby or very young child
TNF & Erin Blair's Emily Is Alive Challenge
In a MSR fic set season 7 or later, write about Emily not really having died.
Fics to date for this challenge: 2
Big Family Challenge
Give Mulder and Scully (or another couple) five or more kids.
A Home For Gibson Challenge
Gibson hasn't had a real home since he was a small boy. Give him one!
Fics to date for this challenge: 2
William's Alternative Outcome Challenge
Have an XF character take William instead of strangers adopting him.
The Foundling's Tale Challenge
Someone finds a baby or small child. Then what?
Fics to date for this challenge: 3
Merry Multiples Challenge
Give someone twins, triplets, quads etc in time for Christmas.
Fics to date for this challenge: 3
GillyX29's Birth Scene Challenge
What if Mulder delivered William instead of Reyes?
Fics to date for this challenge: 2
Thanksgiving 2005 Challenge
Mulder, Scully, Doggett and Reyes spend Thanksgiving together.
Fics to date for this challenge: 2
First Day Of School Challenge
Set a casefile in a school in September.
Fics to date for this challenge: 1
It's Another Boy Challenge
Write about the birth of William's little brother.
Fics to date for this challenge: 3
Lazy Hazy Days of Summer Challenge
Write about the photo on this challenge's page
Fics to date for this challenge: 3
"He's My Mommy" Challenge
Some poor XF guy gets knocked up! Tell us about it.
Fics to date for this challenge: 3
Green Goo Fetus Challenge
What did Mulder do with the live n' kicking Fetus from "Emily"?
Fics to date for this challenge: 3
Choose Your Own Christmas and/or Hanukkah fic Challenge
Pick your choice of elements to create a holiday fic.
Fics to date for this challenge: 3
Kid Resurrection Halloween Challenge
Set a fic at Halloween. Bring (child or teenage) Samantha, Emily, or Luke Doggett back from the grave.
Fics to date for this challenge: 3
Mulder Babyfic Alternative Universe Challenge
Imagine "The Truth" doesn't happen. Now imagine Mulder returns at the end of season nine with a baby...
Fics to date for this challenge: 4
Do I need to have fics archived here before participating in challenges?
Can I write a fic for a challenge that another author has already responded to?
What are the length/word count requirements for challenge fics?
What ratings are okay?
What are the deadlines? Holiday challenges: Fics for new holiday challenges are due the night before the holiday in question. If you'd like to write a fic for a past holiday challenge (perhaps, for example, in 2010 you'd rather write a fic for the 2005 Merry Multiples challenge than the upcoming I'll Be Cloned for Christmas challenge) please submit fics prior to the holiday in whatever year you're writing them in. Fics for birthday challenges are due May 20th of any given year.
Can I write a fic for an old challenge?
Can I write a fic that fulfills multiple challenges?
Can I base a series of fics on different challenges?
What else should I know before I start writing?
I love this site, when's your birthday so I can write a fic for it?
What formatting should I use?
What should my headers say?
What should the subject line of the e-mail say when I send in a fic?
Where do I send my completed story?
No. Everyone is welcome to submit challengefics, regardless of whether or not I've sought out your fics before. Remember, if you have fics that would fit in here and haven't been asked about them, it's because I haven't discovered them, not a reflection of my opinion of your writing skills.
Yes, if you have an idea of where to take a challenge, don't let the existence of other fics for that challenge scare you off. The more the merrier!
There are none. You are always free to write a fic to whatever length suits your story.
Any. Given that they're baby and/or kidfic challenges Plot What Plot (PWP) fics would be difficult to write and honor that requirement of the challenges, but it's okay if your fic contains scenes adult in nature if they fulfill the challenge as well
Non-Holiday challenges: There are no deadlines for fics unrelated to holidays or birthdays. Send them in whenever you're ready to.
Absolutely. You're welcome to submit new fics for any of the old challenges, even holiday ones (see "deadlines" above).
If you'd like to, yes.
Yes. If you can, for example, find a way to write one fic using challenge #3, write a sequel to it using challenge #45, and continue with a fic based on challenge #34, we'd be happy to see it and impressed.
All of the challenges above require a baby or child character, and this character should be an important figure within your story. They're kidfic challenges, so you'll have to forgive me if any of the individual challenge requirement pages don't make that explicit enough for new authors.
Just kidding =) (but any fics arriving the second week of April would be cherished)
Please submit your fics as text doc or word doc files. I'll take care of things like characters per line, but if you skip lines between paragraphs and changes in speakers within dialogue, you'll make things a lot easier on your archivist.
Within the document of your fic, you need to fill in the following
Title:
Author:
Summary:
You're welcome to add as many additional pieces of information to the headers as you'd like - like a e-mail address for feedback! - but the three above need to be included
If you forget it's okay, but your story is less likely to be marked as spam if you write "[title of your fic] by [you] for [challenge name]"
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