2026 Literotica Competitions and Author-Organized Events

[Aoife_from_Ulster]

I am late to this thread, but I would like to include the Survivor Challenge. It runs for the whole year, so there is no slot necessary.

https://forum.literotica.com/threads/survivor-25-rules-and-registration-thread-read-first.1625487/

I just asked Secretlace if they were planning to host it again, but if not I would be willing to host it.

I would love to throw my hat into the the proverbial ring for the 2026 Survivor Challenge.
Not to run it but to write for it

 

[BryanRichardson]

I would love to throw my hat into the the proverbial ring for the 2026 Survivor Challenge.
Not to run it but to write for it

There is a discussion about how to make it better:
https://forum.literotica.com/thread...we-do-it-and-how-could-we-improve-it.1644140/

Welcome!

 

[SinMadeManifest]

Hi everyone,

I'm so sorry I'm so late to this thread, but I was wondering if there was any possibility for there to be audio focused/inclusive events in 2026? I've noticed that there's some general hesitance about including audios in competitions and events, and as someone who's mainly here as a VA I thought it would be nice to include audio folks more?

I'm happy to start a separate discussion thread about this, but I thought it might be best to raise it here first.

 

[Harley_S_Wilde]

Hi everyone,
I am sorry but I am now just going to be dipping my toes into the world of publishing stories. I hope to participate as much as possible and to have readers enjoy my creations.

Cheers!

 

[old_prof]

I am sorry but I am now just going to be dipping my toes into the world of publishing stories.

Don't be sorry. Welcome to our world. I'm glad to include you in that our.

What kind of stories do you want to write?
Have you read many of the stories on the site?

And I have to push my recent How To Be an Author on Literotica if you haven't seen it.

 

[Harley_S_Wilde]

I have been a voyeur here for years.

Up until now, I don’t think I have had the gumption to really submit if of my works. I have recently found myself with an extra amount of time in my hands. I am not sure if I want to go back to the world of the “employed” or join the ranks of the retired.

I expect most will fall into the lesbian world but I have had some experience with the opposite sex. I don’t know how many will be romantic but I will hope readers find the spicy.

Thank you for sharing this article. I will go over and take a look.

 

[Harley_S_Wilde]

The events posted at the beginning of this thread are ideal places to start. Many of us released our first stories during one of those events, and the discussions around them tend to be very encouraging (even for contests, which are technically competitive but in reality are very supportive).

Think about it this way, you'll probably have a lot of questions about your first story (I did), and what better place to get them answered than a discussion with 15 other writers all thinking about the same things? There's no downside. And sometimes it's nice to have a deadline so that there's a reason to stop and move on to the next thing.

I was viewed the list and have an idea or two cooking.

My wife and I are empty nesters, she still works. I did up until last week.

She has read the junk I have written and is encouraging me. I might try the Valentine’s Day and yes, you are so correct. I do need deadlines. I previously did really well with deadlines in my job so now maybe this becomes my fun job

 

[StillStunned]

I expect most will fall into the lesbian world but I have had some experience with the opposite sex. I don’t know how many will be romantic but I will hope readers find the spicy.

Here's a secret: you can't lose.

Seriously, just write and publish. There's an audience for everything, from barely literate hardcore gangbangs to lyrical epic romances. From a thousand words to a hundred thousand words. From bleak realism to flights of fancy. Some even say there's room for second person POV.

So just write something and see how it goes down. See whether you enjoy writing it, or maybe you want to experiment with something else. It's all fine. Just because you've tried one genre or style doesn't mean that you have to stick to that. It's one of the great things about Literotica: you can write whatever you want (within the site's very minimal rules) and nobody will say that you can't.

So welcome on board, good luck and have fun!

 

[Harley_S_Wilde]

Here's a secret: you can't lose.

Seriously, just write and publish. There's an audience for everything, from barely literate hardcore gangbangs to lyrical epic romances. From a thousand words to a hundred thousand words. From bleak realism to flights of fancy. Some even say there's room for second person POV.

So just write something and see how it goes down. See whether you enjoy writing it, or maybe you want to experiment with something else. It's all fine. Just because you've tried one genre or style doesn't mean that you have to stick to that. It's one of the great things about Literotica: you can write whatever you want (within the site's very minimal rules) and nobody will say that you can't.

So welcome on board, good luck and have fun!

Thank you so much. Your words and encouragement are very kind.

 

[TheLobster]

Some even say there's room for second person POV.

You would say that. You would totally say that. You feel the allure of those three, tantalizing letters, beckoning you to type them, to dazzle your readers with the depth of your unique perspective.

It is but an illusion, though, a flash of pure madness. You know it; you know it deep inside. And yet you persist, for it is the doom of your own creation!

 

[YmaOHyd]

Here's a secret: you can't lose.

Seriously, just write and publish. There's an audience for everything, from barely literate hardcore gangbangs to lyrical epic romances. From a thousand words to a hundred thousand words. From bleak realism to flights of fancy. Some even say there's room for second person POV.

So just write something and see how it goes down. See whether you enjoy writing it, or maybe you want to experiment with something else. It's all fine. Just because you've tried one genre or style doesn't mean that you have to stick to that. It's one of the great things about Literotica: you can write whatever you want (within the site's very minimal rules) and nobody will say that you can't.

So welcome on board, good luck and have fun!

 

[YmaOHyd]

Furiously takes notes ...

2nd person POV
lovecraftian cosmic horror tone of madness and doom
Valentine's Day

Okay, boys, I think I've got 1st place in the V-Day contest on lock.

N'zoth is Real, He's Your Boyfriend?

 

[Harley_S_Wilde]

Furiously takes notes ...

2nd person POV
lovecraftian cosmic horror tone of madness and doom
Valentine's Day

Okay, boys, I think I've got 1st place in the V-Day contest on lock.

My apologies TheRed, I’m … ummm a woman, a lesbian, married to a woman
. Forgive me if I didn’t make my profile the correct way. I just changed it.

I was not offended and love being one of the boys but … damn I am stumbling over my words here so I will shut up and just apologize.

 

[Harley_S_Wilde]

I was just being silly. I had "Chief Wiggum" from the simpsons in my head when i wrote that but you had no way of knowing. I had picked up that you're a woman, glad to have you aboard, and I apologize for the misunderstanding

No please no misunderstandings at all. Thrilled to get to know you and others here

 

[StillStunned]

Thrilled to get to know you and others here

 

[TheLobster]

Furiously takes notes ...

2nd person POV
lovecraftian cosmic horror tone of madness and doom
Valentine's Day

Okay, boys, I think I've got 1st place in the V-Day contest on lock.

Is the fanfic contest somewhere nearby, time-wise? Because I feel you could cover all three bases by just bringing up the Agent Smith's final monologue:

Why, why? Why do you do it? Why, why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting... for something? For more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom? Or truth? Perhaps peace? Could it be for love? Illusions, vagaries of perception. Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose. And all of them artificial, although... only a human mind could invent something as insipid as love.

 

[TheLobster]

For me, fanfic always answers questions with "To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women", which I feel works in this case from a Cimmerian point of view. Conan ain't got time for Agent Smith's nerd talk.

Around here, we might want to replace 'lamentations' with 'orgasmic cries,' but broadly speaking I suppose you're correct.

 

[YmaOHyd]

For me, fanfic always answers questions with "To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women", which I feel works in this case from a Cimmerian point of view. Conan ain't got time for Agent Smith's nerd talk.

I mean I would like to see Agent Smith delivering that monologue only for Arnold to growl "wrong" and snap him over his knee.

 

[Erozetta]

Hi everyone,

I'm so sorry I'm so late to this thread, but I was wondering if there was any possibility for there to be audio focused/inclusive events in 2026? I've noticed that there's some general hesitance about including audios in competitions and events, and as someone who's mainly here as a VA I thought it would be nice to include audio folks more?

I'm happy to start a separate discussion thread about this, but I thought it might be best to raise it here first.

Hey Sin,

For what it's worth, the Tainted Love event @dirk2024 and I are hosting will be open to audio and poetry entries. (I would include art as well, but I'm pretty sure the site has essentially cock blocked art entries. Though such entries would be happily welcomed on my Discord server.)

Also, if you did set up an audio event, I would happily participate.

 

[dirk2024]

Hey, Sin,

For what it's worth, the Tainted Love event @dirk2024 and I are hosting will be open to audio and poetry entries. (I would include art as well, but I'm pretty sure the site has essentially cock blocked art entries. Though such entries would be happily welcomed on my Discord server.)

Also, if you did set up an audio event, I would happily participate.

Hey @SinMadeManifest,

Here is the support thread for the Tainted Love event coming in March, 2026: https://forum.literotica.com/thread...-story-event-official-support-thread.1642589/

You're welcome to join us!

 

[Erozetta]

Hey @SinMadeManifest,

Here is the support thread for the Tainted Love event coming in March, 2026: https://forum.literotica.com/threads/tainted-love-romantic-horror”-the-2026-story-event-official-support-thread.1642589/

You're welcome to join us!

And this is why I can't host shit on my own. Linking to the event thread when mentioning the event is important!

 

[dreams_in_words]

I mean I would like to see Agent Smith delivering that monologue only for Arnold to growl "wrong" and snap him over his knee.

Please stop, I can only get so aroused

 

[BryanRichardson]

More Support Threads added, and a few more for later in 2026 will be coming as they're completed
So you all now have no excuse LOL. Pick your competitions and events and get started

Pick?
Aren’t you going to do all of them?
Come on! You know you want to! Right? Right?

 

[Aoife_from_Ulster]

Is there any leniency on close dates if stories are stuck in Pending Purgatory?

 

[Jorunn]

For Dark Fairy Tales, a few Pending stories did finally get approved and were added to the published list. No way to know if that will happen again.