Happy Three Weeks for DW! There's more than one way to celebrate on some of the tokusatsu comms I run:

Both the toku100challenge events from the past two years are still ongoing and excitedly waiting for anyone to take part: there is both the drabble prompt meme with multiple great prompts to pick from, as well as lovely fills to read, and the comm's friending meme to find more toku friends on DW!

Plus the the current round of the tokuficathon still ongoing too and will be running until the end of May.

And there is the extended self-reccing period over at tokurecs! If you like the tokusatsu genre, please do feel free to join in on any of these! :D

Aight, it's your ghost mod.

I'mma be camping this weekend but TODAY IS THE DAY IT IS THREE WEEKS FOR DREAMWIDTH LET'S CELEBRATE

as usual, tag and go, let's have some FUN

(I'll share camping photos when I get back.)

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth runs April 25-May 15. During this time, people post content only visible on Dreamwidth (although it can be reposted elsewhere after the event ends). There's usually a flurry of activity as bloggers share anchor posts, new fiction, icons, banners, questionnaires, friending fests, memes, and other goodies. Community hosts often hold special activities in their communities too. Watch your reading page for more festivities.  To find posts for this event, follow the Threeweeks feed.

My 2025 introductory post is here.  This year I plan to post about goal-setting frameworks for newcomers.  See "My Blog Is About..." for an overview of my blogging in general.

I made a wrapup for the event here.  It suggests a few final activities, lists my posts from the event, and links to several wrapups by other people.

Our three weeks are up, and it's time to play this year's three weeks for Dreamwidth off the stage...

Put a song for every letter in your url!
Hard mode: Challenge yourself and make it a fan-mix or themed playlist!

Link yours below so we can all share in some shiny new tunes ♥

3weeks4dreamwidth is celebrating Dreamwidth's anniversary!
Come join in for fun, memes, activities, and more ♥

Folks already chimed in on some of their favorite communities here on Dreamwidth. But how about filling those communities with shiny stuff? Have you recently posted something that could be linked or crossposted in a community? Reviews, meta, fanart, recs, silly memes...

Or maybe you have an interest and you've assumed there's no community for it currently... Do you often try an interest search, click the interests in your profile to see what pops up, or explore the site search to see if others are talking about your current shiny things? You might just stumble across your new favorite journal ;)

Did you find a new place or person? Did you choose to crosspost anything? Let us know in the comments.

(Remember, you can now put your name in the hat to receive Dreamwidth points.)

(borrowing from my post on fandomcalendar, shh)

Multi-Fandom Writing Prompt Comms & Whatnot 2024 Edition - what it says on the tin, additions quite welcome! (List pruned and posted yearly, additions welcome any time.)

There's a friending meme happening over on anime_manga, for anyone looking for more friends into anime, manga, and adjacent fandoms.

Group-read (as in, a group all reading, sometimes on a theme, sometimes not) community readingtogether is holding a Minithon until the 15th of May. There's no theme, other than reading and chatting for 3W4DW.

Multifandom spring-inspired fanwork community spring_renewal just finished its annual round, and all prompts will be retired at the beginning of the next round. Come check out the prompt list, post for amnesty, and let it be spring all year long.

There's a Cygames Prompt Fest happening over here, arguably for 3W4DW but it'll remain open indefinitely. Prompts for any game or anime Cygames is involved are welcome. (Granblue Fantasy, Dragalia Lost, Rage of Bahamut, Bravern, Zombie Land Saga, Priconne, World Flipper, Little Noah, etc.)

There's also a new Rec-A-Game Meme, for anyone who'd like video game recommendations. It's been more than a decade since the last one, so it's time. It'll also remain open indefinitely.

And lastly, small_fandoms is running its annual Small Fandoms Promofest, which runs until May 15th. Come share a bit about your favorite small fandoms or maybe find a new one of your own!

We're reccing our fandom first loves at paradisediner - the first fanwork/piece of canon that got us into kpop or into a specific kpop group. Maybe it was a fic, maybe it was a MV, maybe it was a silly viral clip...

Join us if you want to rec something or see what hooked other people into the fandom:

Recs: K-pop fandom first loves

Find the items around your home to tick off as many boxes as possible. Answering by text or pictures (or silly doodles!), all fine :)

You can put your responses in the comments, or post to your own journal and link below.
( Scavenge away! )

Reminder that the community is open to posting from all until May 15th.
. Have you loved a community today? . Get to know your fellow Dreamwidthians . point gifting . Questions and Questionnaires .

In celebration of Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, there's celebrations going on in two of the tokusatsu comms I run!

For toku100challenge: there is a friending meme! Get to know your fellow tokusatsu writers! The questions for this meme are centered around tokusatsu, writing, and some general ones.

The drabble prompt meme that was created for last year's celebrations is still open too, if anyone would like to take part in that as well.

For tokurecs: the self-reccing period post for the month is up, and has an extended timeframe that will last throughout all the days during the whole celebration period of Three Weeks For Dreamwidth. Share your tokusatsu fanworks! Details on how self-reccing in the comm works are in the linked post.

bnha_fans is hosting another themed rec fest this year to celebrate Dreamwidth! If you're a fan of the series and enjoy fanworks, consider joining us to share your recs and enjoy other members'! :)

Community culture used to be big back in the day, but as fics drifted over to AO3, fanart and graphics to tumblr, and random thoughts/reviews sprinkled in just about everywhere, the communities have been somewhat left behind. But they're such a wonderful hub for potential new folks to stumble across!

So, have you loved a community today? Please consider sharing them where applicable <3

Drop a comment below to let us know!

✨ April 25th to May 15th ✨

Let's celebrate our awesome online home together!


Guidelines
+ Feel free to promote any activity you've got going for 3W4D, either in communities or hosted in your own journal.
+ As this is to celebrate the anniversary and promote activity at Dreamwidth, it is highly appreciated that content tagged for the event stays on Dreamwidth exclusively for the whole three weeks. (obviously nobody's setting the hounds on you)
+ Posts tagged with three weeks for dreamwidth (or threeweeks or three_weeks_for_dw) will show up in this feed :)
+ If you wish, drop a link to any content you post anywhere on Dreamwidth for this fest into this community after the start date, with a brief description of the nature of the content. Posting is open to all community members, so post away!
+ Please do promote any Dreamwidth activities happening during the fest <3

Promo

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. Have you loved a community today? . Get to know your fellow Dreamwidthians . point gifting/point receiving . Questions and Questionnaires . Scavenger Hunt .

Hey, y'all! Secret Mod Sporky Here! Three Weeks for Dreamwidth is gonna be here really soon, like two days from now.

Get your fingers limber and stretched before we spend three weeks celebrating Dreamwidth!

Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, 25 April through 15 May!

bnha_fans is hosting another themed rec fest this year in order to celebrate Dreamwidth! If you're a fan of the anime and enjoy fanworks, consider joining us to share your beloved finds and enjoy everyone else's! :)

In this event's first week 8 people stepped forward to donate Dreamwidth points to other site users who wanted to add or try out paid features. Per their pledges we have enough points to gift either 71 people $3 each in points, or fewer people enough points for particular things (such as 6 months of a premium paid account, a rename token, etc.).

Now however it's your turn: we need people who would like paid features to step forward! Leave a comment indicating you'd like some Dreamwidth points, or if you want, mention what you'd specifically like the points for. (That way I can allot points based on desired purchases if we have enough). Comments to this post are screened and all you need say is "Points!".

Remember, paid features support Dreamwidth financially. Having giftees means we add money to Dreamwidth's coffers.

Please also promote this offer in your account and communities if you're not interested in paid features yourself! ( Read more... )

Please leave a comment by May 14! On May 15 I'll start matching donors with giftees and those leaving comments here should be receiving points by the end of the month.

One of Dreamwidth's big advantages compared to other sites is how it is designed for communication. It's not just that it enlarged the amount of posting space, but also commenting space over its original format so that it prioritizes direct interaction.


3weeks4dreamwidth is celebrating Dreamwidth's anniversary!
Come join in for fun, memes, activities, and more ♥

I was inspired to ask this question for 3 Weeks as a result of an amazing comment I got today on a piece I wrote in 2019.

It's a bit challenging to say what my favorite comment I've ever received is, because after all these years I've gotten a lot of nice ones for things I wrote. But I thought I'd throw the question out here -- do you have a favorite comment?

It might not be about a fanwork, but maybe about another blog post you've made. Or it could be something rewarding or inspiring you received in response to something you said or did here on Dreamwidth.

What is it about the comment that sticks with you? Was it the timing? The content of it? Something it said to motivate or reward you? Or was it an opening to get to know someone new?

Feel free to either respond in a comment here or make a post about it in your own account. Just remember to add the "three weeks for dreamwidth" tag!

three_weeks_for_dw used to be a super fun time, with a whole flurry of activity. Let's bring it back \o/

✨ April 25th to May 15th ✨

Let's celebrate our awesome online home together!

Guidelines
+ Feel free to promote any activity you've got going for 3W4D, either in communities or hosted in your own journal.
+ As this is to celebrate the anniversary and promote activity at Dreamwidth, it is highly appreciated that content tagged for the event stays on Dreamwidth exclusively for the whole three weeks. (obviously nobody's setting the hounds on you)
+ Posts tagged with three weeks for dreamwidth (or threeweeks or three_weeks_for_dw) will show up in this feed :)
+ If you wish, drop a link to any content you post anywhere on Dreamwidth for this fest into this community after the start date, with a brief description of the nature of the content. Posting is open to all community members, so post away!

Promos

banner by angelikitten, from here
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