The Official Valentine’s Day Contest Support Thread 2026

[EmilyMiller]

unless you simultaneously submitted The Two Towers and The Return of the King, which is also allowed. I.e. you can submit a three (or four or five) part series en masse. How that works with ratings

OK - that’s wrong.

Here is the rule:

All submissions must be stand-alone stories created for this contest theme. We will not accept individual chapters of a larger work submitted separately. If you have a multi-chaptered contest-themed submission, please submit all chapters together as one story submission.

So if I had a three part work I wanted to enter in a comp, I’d have to submit it as a single consolidated story.

The comments about a stand alone story that you later write one or more sequels to still stand.

 

[redgarters]

So, The Fellowship of the Ring wouldn’t qualify as a comp story here, unless you simultaneously submitted The Two Towers and The Return of the King, which is also allowed. I.e. you can submit a three (or four or five) part series en masse. How that works with ratings

Just to clarify, The Fellowship of the Ring goes in the Gay Male category. Except the chapter with the Ringwraiths doing the hobbits on Weathertop. @PennyThompson writes that one and she'll post it wherever she likes.

 

[PennyThompson]

Just to clarify, The Fellowship of the Ring goes in the Gay Male category. Except the chapter with the Ringwraiths doing the hobbits on Weathertop. @PennyThompson writes that one and she'll post it wherever she likes.

I suppose ringwraiths would belong in Mature

 

[YmaOHyd]

I suppose ringwraiths would belong in Mature

I mean probably non-Human, no? The Gimli x Galadriel fic goes in Mature; it's a perfect May-December story of a 138-year old dwarf and an 8,370 year old Elf who moves into a retirement home shortly after their affair. Or perhaps that's a Loving Wives story as Teleporno is right there.

 

[PennyThompson]

I mean probably non-Human, no? The Gimli x Galadriel fic goes in Mature; it's a perfect May-December story of a 138-year old dwarf and an 8,370 year old Elf who moves into a retirement home shortly after their affair. Or perhaps that's a Loving Wives story as Teleporno is right there.

Treebeard x Merry x Pippen goes in Non-Human.

My head-canon is that Gimli x Galadriel goes in Lesbian

 

[YmaOHyd]

Treebeard x Merry x Pippen goes in Non-Human.

My head-canon is that Gimli x Galadriel goes in Lesbian

Fine, Aragorn x Arwen can go in Mature. And Eowyn can absolutely get it. Imagine choosing Liv Tyler over Miranda Otto. What an idiot that Elessar guy is!

 

[Voboy]

The Sam/Gollum hatefuck scene that Tolkien deleted in the 1966 revision was famous.

 

[redgarters]

The Sam/Gollum hatefuck scene that Tolkien deleted in the 1966 revision was famous.

"FILTHY HOBBITSES!!!"

 

[Voboy]

Sam *peers into the Dead Marshes when the lights go on* "I thought they were candles, but..."

Gollum: "Dildoessses, yessss! Lots and lots of rubber cocksses, yes!"

Lends a new meaning to "lord of the ring"

 

[PennyThompson]

Hey guys, so I was working on my Valen ... uh ...

reads the last few posts

Nevermind. I'll come back later.

 

[YmaOHyd]

As you know, a wizard comes precisely when he means to.

 

[WhoDunIt77]

If it has a start, middle, and end that’s fine. You can later write more stories in the same universe with the same characters. What you can’t do is have a middle chapter which starts in media res or a first chapter that has no ending. It has to be a whole story by itself.

Sounds like you might be OK.

So for clarification, if what I want to write is set so it comes to a conclusion for that story, but maybe revisit the subjects down the road in separate stories would be ok too?

 

[YmaOHyd]

I see you fell for "Just Reach Inside His Robe Pocket For Gandalf's Private Fireworks Show" too.

I JUST WANTED TO SEE THE LONELY MOUNTAIN

 

[EmilyMiller]

So for clarification, if what I want to write is set so it comes to a conclusion for that story, but maybe revisit the subjects down the road in separate stories would be ok too?

Yes.

The issue is it has to be a complete story, even if it is related to existing or future works.

 

[WhoDunIt77]

Yes.

The issue is it has to be a complete story, even if it is related to existing or future works.

Ok, thanks for the clarification on that!

 

[EmilyMiller]

Just four more days left til when
The first stories publish and then
The Valentine’s event
Makes guys pitch a tent
And have gals get so wet again

 

[RoyalAuthor]

I wrote half a story a few weeks ago, wasn't able to come up with the catalyst moment I needed and let it sit while I racked my brain through the holidays.

Happy to say I think I found it, although I had to delete a decent amount of work to adjust the story. Now I just have to write the rest as quickly as possible to get that sweet, sweet day one contest exposure. Wish me luck.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Just submitted mine; Fucking Benny(double entendre). Just a fun sex romp with a happy ending. Looking forward to seeing how it's received when the contest goes live.

 

[redgarters]

Are all the stories that are submitted before jan 10th published on jan 10th, or do they appear before?

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

Are all the stories that are submitted before jan 10th published on jan 10th, or do they appear before?

It's my understanding they're queued up for release on the 10th. if I'm wrong, well, I'm going to look silly for having submitted mine early.

 

[MillieDynamite]

I'm working on a story I hope to use for the Valentine's Day Contest entry. It doesn't happen on Valentine's Day. But it is a lesbian love story, with a heterosexual love story subplot. Probably a novel-length story consisting of about 10 to 14 chapters. I have a 3,000-word outline with about six scenes per chapter across 13 chapters. It is set in 1981 and is not only a lesbian but also an interracial love story. My working title is Mile-High Heat. In case you don't get it from the title, it's set in Denver, CO. I have a rough draft of the first two chapters, and about 1500 words in the third. Debating how much polish I do as a go and how much I put off until the first draft is finished.

 

[MillieDynamite]

@ShelbyDawn57, sweetie pie it says...
You can begin submitting on (or before): January 10
The last day to submit is: February 6 at 11:59pm EST
Winners will be announced on: February 13

I'm working on a story I hope to use for the Valentine's Day Contest entry. It doesn't happen on Valentine's Day. But it is a lesbian love story, with a heterosexual love story subplot. Probably a novel-length story consisting of about 10 to 14 chapters. I have a 3,000-word outline with about six scenes per chapter across 13 chapters. It is set in 1981 and is not only a lesbian but also an interracial love story. My working title is Mile-High Heat. In case you don't get it from the title, it's set in Denver, CO. I have a rough draft of the first two chapters, and about 1500 words in the third. Debating how much polish I do as a go and how much I put off until the first draft is finished.

So, you're covered. I have no idea if I can get mine done in time or not.

 

[Voboy]

Are all the stories that are submitted before jan 10th published on jan 10th, or do they appear before?

Mine is listed as posting on the 10th. I submitted less than 24 hours ago.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

@ShelbyDawn57, sweetie pie it says...
You can begin submitting on (or before): January 10
The last day to submit is: February 6 at 11:59pm EST
Winners will be announced on: February 13

So, you're covered. I have no idea if I can get mine done in time or not.

You, you, you called me sweetie pie...
My heart is all a'flutter...

 

[EmilyMiller]

Are all the stories that are submitted before jan 10th published on jan 10th, or do they appear before?

They all get published on Jan 10th