Rational Fiction Fest 2024

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Welcome to Rational Fiction Fest 2024, a prompt meme (Fanlore explanation, Ao3 explanation) fest for fics in the style of rational and rationalist fiction.

AO3 Collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/RatFicEx2024/profile

What's this event about?

This is a fest for fanfiction written in the Rational or Rationalist Style. Participants can submit prompts and then may write stories of at least 750 words to fulfill the prompts.

This style of fic has coalesced around /r/rational, playing around with optimization, investigation, and problem-solving tropes inside rules of a speculative world: comparable to a whodunnit but in a scifi/fantasy context and not about solving crimes. It began with HPMOR but soon diverged and gained a life of its own. Some commonly-appreciated works in this style include original stories like Nobody103's Mother of Learning and fanfiction like WhatWouldEnderDo's r!Animorphs: The Reckoning, Gan_HOPE326's The Optimised Wish Project, and Alexander Wales' The Metropolitan Man.

Check out previous iterations of this fest to see more examples: here.

Important Information

For 2024, the AO3 Community can be found here.

If you're new to this kind of fanfiction event, AO3's explanation is here: https://archiveofourown.org/faq/prompt-meme and will tell you what you need to know about participating.

All updates will be posted on DW, but you can also stop by our discord community at the /r/rational discord in the #ratfic-fest channel.

2024 Schedule

Signups (Prompting) and Claiming Prompts: July 12 - 23
Writing period begins: July 25
Writing period ends: Sept 23
Fic reveals week: Sept 24-30
Authors revealed: Oct 1

All deadlines are 10 pm UTC.

Prompting Open for Rational Fiction Fest 2024!

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Prompting is open for Rational Fiction Fest 2023!

Write your pompts here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/RatFicEx2024/signups/new

Signups will remain open until July 23, during which time you can add prompts or modify your existing ones, as well as claim your favorite prompt that you want to write a 750-word fanfic about.

We will be on the r/rational discord in the ratfic-fest channel if you have any questions. If you're new to this kind of fanfiction event, AO3's explanation is here and will tell you what you need to know about participating.

We hope to see people writing interesting prompts and then claiming the ones that work well for them. Feel free to write a prompt for the fic you always wanted to see, and claim the prompt that tickles your fancy the most!

If you have any questions, feel free to ask them on discord.