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Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:21:33 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

latam is a new community for people to come together to talk about latinamerican music, films, food, culture, fandom, and more!

Everyone's welcome, no matter where you're posting from! And you can also post in your language (official languages of the community are Spanish, Portuguese and English!)

Come make friends! We have a friending meme going on right now.

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March Meta Matters

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 03:05:07 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

marchmetamatterschallenge is now open. \o/ Visit MARCH META MATTERS CHALLENGE, CHECK-IN NO. 1 to introduce yourself and lay out your goals. If you are new to Dreamwidth, this event is basically about archiving your meta -- which you can do by crossposting it to Dreamwidth or using an archive site -- and writing new meta if you wish.

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Crafts

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:43:40 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

March is National Crafting Month Bingo over on allbingo. Drop by the Meet and Greet to talk about what crafts you love and hate or make new crafty friends.

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Meme

Sat, 21 Feb 2026 05:43:44 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

Because it's nice to let people know that we appreciate them.

In the spirit of love memes, this meme is a place to thank someone who's created something you love, or done something kind that you still remember after all this time, or who has made your fandom life (or your life in general!) better in some way.

🩵Appreciation Meme🩵
my thread is here!

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Valentines Meet and Greet

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 09:09:21 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

allbingo is running a Valentines Fest this month, accompanied by a Valentines Meet and Greet.

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Snowflake Challenge: Friending Meme

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 04:14:58 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

snowflake_challenge is hosting its Friending Meme today. This is one of the best opportunities of the year to make new friends on Dreamwidth. Use the template in that post to comment with your response.

You can also copy it onto your own blog, as I've done here. This provides a place for longer conversations if desired, so they don't clog up the main challenge, which typically runs hundreds of comments anyhow.

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Event

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:37:18 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

The threesentenceficathon starts this Saturday, January 17. Zero pressure comment fic community, where the idea is to write 3 sentence fills for prompts that anyone can post -- the "3 sentences" part is more of a starting point that inevitably leads to creative uses of punctuation. The ficathon is open to new prompts until February 15, but the community is always open to new fills.

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Friending Meme

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:32:22 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

crazy_yet_fun has a Friending Meme going. It's mainly about blogging and media.

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Books

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 21:36:21 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

JANUARY 2026 BOOK: THE SPELLSHOP

bookclub_dw has chosen The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst as our book for January.

I'll make the discussion post on January 31, 2026. If you have any discussion questions you'd like to be considered, please comment to this post.

Looking for something new to read? This community works just like a facetime book club -- members pick a title per month, read it, and talk about it. \o/

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Friending Meme

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 21:42:24 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

friending_memes has posted a new friendzy.

Click the banner to join us and make some new friends!

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Rose and Bay Awards

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 22:13:40 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

The 2026 Rose and Bay Awards are now open for nominations! Please make your nominations and pass the word to all the crowdfunders you know and encourage them to participate. It would be especially helpful for folks you know via places like Kickstarter or Patreon, as I'm not on those sites.

The award period for eligible activities spans January 1-December 31, 2025.
The nomination period spans January 1-January 31, 2026.
The voting period spans February 1-February 28, 2026.

These are the handlers for the 2026 award season:

Art: gs_silva Nominate art! Vote for art!
Fiction: fuzzyred Nominate fiction! Vote for fiction!
Poetry: gs_silva Nominate poetry! Vote for poetry!
Webcomic: curiosity Nominate webcomics! Vote for webcomics!
Other Project: curiosity Nominate other projects! Vote for other projects!
Patron: fuzzyred Nominate patrons! Vote for patrons!

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Friending Meme

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 20:50:05 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

GAME CHANGERS/HEATED RIVALRY FRIENDING MEME in gamechangerhr

See also Friending Memes in 2026 for more resources.

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New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:06:22 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

Bring in the new year with goals_on_dw.

2026 New Year's Resolutions and Other Goals

Signup Post: Accountability Buddies in 2026

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Snowflake Challenge

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 20:45:14 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

The snowflake_challenge has made its Master Post. :D

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Snowflake Challenge

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:15:06 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

Happy Snowflake Season to all! As we prepare to kick off the 2026 snowflake_challenge, please feel free to promote this event within your own circles. You are welcome to use any of these new banners for that. The community page also has icons.

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Friending Meme

Thu, 25 Dec 2025 20:43:56 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

icons is hosting a Friending Meme.

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Call for Prompts

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 23:24:14 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

dialecticdreamer is running a prompt call all month in December! Leave prompts, get ficlets. \o/ MOAR GOODEEZ for everyone! If you're looking for fun activities, or a new writer to follow, this is worth exploring.

This whole month I hope to fill with prompted stories, to celebrate my lovely readers and surviving the first quarter of the twenty-first century. It’s been jam-packed with crises and chaos, hasn’t it? Time to take a story break… or thirty.

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Dreamwidth Points

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 19:51:18 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

Dreamwidth is running its December points event.

The standard explanation: For the entire month of December, all orders made in the Shop of points and paid time, either for you or as a gift for a friend, will have 10% of your completed cart total sent to you in points when you finish the transaction. For instance, if you buy an order of 12 months of paid time for $35 (350 points), you'll get 35 points when the order is complete, to use on a future purchase.

If you're gift-shopping for anyone on Dreamwidth, or you wish to support a favorite community here, points or paid time offer a great way to do that. Now is also a good time to buy them for yourself. Support the platform that keeps us connected here.

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Holiday Love Meme

Fri, 28 Nov 2025 02:53:07 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

gdgdbaby is running a Holiday Love Meme.

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Find Your Bluesky Friends

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 02:33:20 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

This post is especially for those folks coming to Dreamwidth from Bluesky, who may wish to reconnect with other people they know from that venue.

Bluesky is currently facing a bunch of different issues. This is causing many users to leave the platform and seek a new one, some of whom are coming to Dreamwidth. Use the "Introduction / Friending Meme" to say hello and meet new people here.

If you haven't quit Bluesky yet but plan to, then it's a good idea to make a farewell post on Bluesky NOW while you still can. Tell people where else to find you online, whether your account is moving or closing, and any other important details.

Use this post to tell folks that you are on Dreamwidth, what your Bluesky account was, and who you're looking for here that you knew back there. You can use the template in a comment below, on your blog, or anywhere else you find it useful. This one is shorter than the more detailed "Introduction / Friending Meme" is.

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How To Make Your Own Fanfiction Archive

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 06:03:19 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

melannen has a post on "How To Make Your Own Fanfiction Archive, In Just 10 Easy Steps" for Neocities. You can use this to post your fanworks, original content, etc. You can also use it to create an index with titles, descriptions, and links -- not just for your own work but for recommended works. Dreamwidth does well with a short reclist, but the longer it gets, the more awkward that is to do here.

It's good to back up your work, even if you already post it in full on Dreamwidth or other sites. Right now is a very precarious time for the internet, with many platforms closing, severely misbehaving, or adding restrictions that make them less attractive. Also, some sites have become inaccessible for people, so multiple platforms broaden your potential audience.

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Friending Meme

Wed, 10 Sep 2025 06:31:06 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

End of Summer Friending Meme at icons

Hi everyone!

We're going to start cozying up here pretty soon!

Lets make some new friends, to keep our online journaling aesthetic alive!

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Friending Meme

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 23:01:32 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

vampiremedia has a friending meme open. Books, movies, dance, any medium counts.

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Find Your Otherkin Friends

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 04:34:28 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

There has been a recent influx of new users after Othercon, most of whom are otherkin, alterhuman, etc. This post is especially for them and others like them, who may wish to reconnect with people they know from that venue or similar contexts.

Use this post to tell folks that you are on Dreamwidth, what your fursona or other nickname is, and who you're looking for here. You can use the template in a comment below, on your blog, or anywhere else you find it useful. This one is shorter than the more detailed "Introduction / Friending Meme" is. Skip anything you don't want to share; add anything you feel is relevant.

Otherkin Connection Template

Did you attend Othercon recently, or find out about this some other way?
What is your fursona, otherkin name(s), or other nickname(s)?
What type(s) of otherkin / alterhuman are you?
What kind of content do you / will you post about?
What are some other online platforms where people can find you now?
Who are some of your otherkin friends that you hope to find on Dreamwidth or elsenet?
Do you have anything else important to share that will help networking?

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Sunshine Revival

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:28:46 GMT

Posted by: ysabetwordsmith

sunshine_revival has posted a Friending Meme. The calendar of activities is here and the fest will open on July 1. Prompts will appear throughout July which you can fill with any creative activity. It's a great way to make new friends. Use the master post to navigate the event.

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