bsd rarepair fest! 24-30 August

• RULES AND FAQ
• POSTING GUIDELINES
• PROMPTS
• SHIPS NOT ACCEPTED

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RULES AND FAQ

Other questions may be directed to our social media accounts via DMs or asks!

✩ What is considered a rarepair?➵ A rarepair for this year's run will be considered as a ship on AO3 with less than 1000 works when the otp:true filter is applied, as of 1 January 2025. Check out the list of ships not accepted here!
➵ otp:true helps to filter out works where multiple relationships are tagged. This is to mitigate the issue with rarepair ships often getting tagged in the background of a more popular ship fic, thus skewing the statistics, as much as possible.
➵ For more clarification on AO3 search filters, check out this guide!


✩ How do I participate?➵ Following the dates and prompts on the prompts list, you may create a work centering a rarepair of your choice. Works may be, but not limited to: fanfiction, fanart, moodboards, gifsets, video edits, and more!
➵ Please note that AI generated works and stolen works are not accepted.
➵ You are welcome to bump old works for the event if they happen to fit the prompts.


✩ What kind of content can I post?➵ This event is accepting: SFW, NSFW, dead dove content. Note that only those 18+ may create NSFW content.
➵ This event is not accepting: Works containing incest, rape/non-con, minor/adult ships, NSFW content involving minors.
➵ This is as the mod is personally not comfortable overseeing such submissions. Thank you for your understanding.


✩ Are collab works, polyamorous ships, and platonic ships allowed?➵ Yes to all three!


✩ Why wasn't my work reposted/reblogged?➵ There is only one mod for this event, so if it's been more than a day, shoot the account a DM/ask, I might have missed it!


✩ Can I post my work on other platforms, e.g. tiktok, instagram?➵ Sure!

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POSTING GUIDELINES

✩ Posting to social media (tumblr, twitter, bluesky)➵ Tag your works as #bsdrarepairfest2025 as well as tag the respective account @bsdrarepairfest when posting.
➵ Make sure you also tag the appropriate content warnings, and NSFW if necessary.


✩ Posting to AO3➵ Post your works under the collection @bsdrarepairfest2025, which will be opened during posting period.


✩ Early/Late submissions/Timezones➵ Early submissions will not be accepted.
➵ You may follow your own timezone.
➵ Late works will be accepted for up to 2 weeks.
➵ Late days are also allowed, e.g. posting a work for day 2 on day 5, but the other way round is not.

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PROMPTS (SFW)

• NSFW List

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SHIPS NOT ACCEPTED

Ships with over 1k works on AO3 when the otp:true filter is applied are not counted as rarepairs for this event.Statistics are taken as of 1 January 2025 with the estimated number of works listed.

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PROMPTS (NSFW)