Author-Organized Challenge List Archive

[Laurel]

Author-Organized Challenges - 2019

The 750 Word Project [ OPEN ]
organizer: jezzaz
challenge date: February 4th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Beyond the Wall of Sleep [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: blackrandl1958
challenge date: March 17th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

On the Job [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: HeyAll
submit your story by: April 9th
challenge date: April 12th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

One Night in XXX [ OPEN ]
organizer: ChloeTzang
submit your story by: April 21st
challenge date: April 23rd.
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

2019 Geek Pride [ OPEN ]
organizer: ChloeTzang
submit your story by: May 22nd
challenge date: May 25th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Welcome To The New World [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: qhml1
challenge date: August 19th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Burning Down The House [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: blackrandl1958
challenge date: October 15th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Wine and Old Lace [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: blackrandl1958
challenge date: December 2nd
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Pastiches de Oggbashan [ OPEN ]
organizer: Vix_Giovanni
submit your story: December 7th - December 14th
challenge date: December 19th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

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[Laurel]

Author-Organized Challenges - 2020

The 750 Word Project 2020 [ OPEN ]
organizer: Laurel
challenge date: February 13th
submit before: February 12th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Highway Song [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: blackrandl1958
challenge date: March 17th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Temporary Survival Revival [ OPEN ]
organizer: Tara Cox
challenge date: March 19 - end of the coronavirus crisis

On the Job 2020 [ INVITATIONAL (sign up at thread) ]
organizer: HeyAll
submit your story: April 6-12th
challenge date: April 13th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

2020 Geek Pride [ OPEN ]
organizer: ChloeTzang
submit your story: May 18th-24th
challenge date: May 25th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: norafares & Bebop3
challenge date: June 8th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Amorous Goods, A Literotica Anthology Series [ OPEN ]
organizer: jaF0
challenge date: final anthology list posted on November 2nd
submit: October 1-31st (stories submitted and posted)
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

A Song from My Story, a Story for My Song [ OPEN ]
organizer: carrteun
challenge date: final anthology list posted on November 9th
submit before: October 19-November 1st (stories submitted and posted)
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

E-Written Fairy Tale Anthology [ OPEN ]
organizer: gabthewriter
challenge date: final anthology list posted on December 19th
submit before: November 20th-December 19th (stories submitted and posted)
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Hanging by a Thread [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: blackrandl1958
Submission deadline: December 5
Challenge date: December 7
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

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[Laurel]

Author-Organized Challenges - 2021

The 750 Word Project 2021 [ OPEN ]
organizer: Laurel
challenge date: final anthology list posted on March 1st
submit your story: February 1st-28th (stories submitted & posted)
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

The End of the Affair [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: blackrandl1958
Submission deadline: March 15
Challenge date: March 17
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

On the Job 2021 [ OPEN ]
organizer: HeyAll
Submission deadline: April 23rd
Challenge date: April 26th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Geek Pride 2021 [ OPEN ]
organizer: ChloeTzang
challenge date: May 25th
submit your story: before May 22nd
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Hammered – an Ode to Mickey Spillane [ OPEN ]
organizer: ChloeTzang
challenge date: final anthology list posted on October 1st
submit your story: September 1-30th (stories submitted & posted)
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Amorous Goods, A Literotica Anthology Series - Season Two [ OPEN ]
organizer: jaF0
challenge date: final anthology list posted on November 2nd
submit: October 1-31st (stories submitted and posted)
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

AI: A New Era [ OPEN ]
organizer: bettiezyx
challenge date: final anthology list posted on 1111 (aka November 11, 2021)
submit: 1010 (aka October 10, 2021) thru November 6th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

The Art of Falling [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: blackrandl1958
Submission deadline: December 3rd
Challenge date: December 6th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

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[Laurel]

Author-Organized Challenges - 2022

Tales of Leinyere Story & Art Event [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: Nouh_Bdee
challenge date: January 21st
submit your story or artwork: January 1-16
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

The 750 Word Project 2022 [ OPEN ]
organizer: Laurel
challenge date: final anthology list posted on March 1st
submit your story: February 1st-28th (stories submitted & posted)
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Pink Orchid: Story Event for Women-Centric Erotica [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: Omenainen
challenge date: final anthology list posted on March 8th (International Women's Day)
submit your story or artwork: February 1st-28th stories submitted & posted)
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Money Honey [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: blackrandl1958
Submission deadline: March 14th
Challenge date: March 17th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

On the Job 2022 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: HeyAll
challenge date: April 25th
submit your story: April 18th - 24th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Geek Pride 2022 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: ChloeTzang
challenge date: May 25th
submit your story: May 15th-24th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Hammered: an Ode to Mickey Spillane 2022 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: ChloeTzang
Submission deadline: July 1-17th (stories submitted & posted)
Challenge date: final anthology list posted on July 18th 2022
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

I Wanna Know What Love Is [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: blackrandl1958
Submission deadline: July 22nd
Challenge date: July 23rd
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

AI: A New Era 11111100110 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: bettiezyx
Submission deadline: DOY 11010101 (aka August 1st through September 1st)
Challenge date: final anthology list posted on DOY 11111000 (aka September 6th)
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Letters of Love 2022 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: SisterJezabel
challenge date: September 26th
submit your story: September 1st-25th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Amorous Goods, Season 03 (2022) [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: Rustyoznail
challenge date: November 2nd
submit your story: October 1-31st
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

When A Man Loves a Woman [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: blackrandl1958
Submission deadline: December 3rd
Challenge date: December 5th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

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[Laurel]

Author-Organized Challenges - 2023

Tales of Leinyere Story & Art Event 2023 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: Nouh_Bdee
challenge date: January 21st
submit your story or artwork: January 1-16
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Pink Orchid: Story Event for Women-Centric Erotica 2023 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: Omenainen
challenge date: final anthology list posted on March 8th (International Women's Day)
submit your story: December 1st 2022 - February 28th 2023 stories submitted & posted
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories -- [ link active after 3/7 ]

The 750 Word Project 2023 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: Duleigh
challenge date: final anthology list posted on March 1st
submit your story: February 1st-28th (stories submitted & posted)
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Surfing With the Alien [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: blackrandl1958
challenge date: St. Patrick's Day (March 17th)
submit your story: March 15th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

On the Job 2023 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: HeyAll
challenge date: April 25th
submit your story: April 16th - 23rd
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Geek Pride 2023 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: ChloeTzang
challenge date: May 25th
submit your story: May 15th-24th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

heart//beats: music, sex, and emotion [ OPEN ] *NEW THIS YEAR*
support thread: click here!
organizer: EarlyMorningLight
challenge date: June 22nd
submit your story: June 1st-17th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Heroism - the Oggbashan Memorial Event [ OPEN ] *NEW THIS YEAR*
support thread: click here!
organizer: TarnishedPenny
challenge date: July 14th
submit your story: before July 13th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Lie to Me [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: blackrandl1958
challenge date: July 23rd
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Hammered: an Ode to Mickey Spillane 2023 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: ChloeTzang
Submission deadline: July 15-30th (stories submitted & posted)
Challenge date: final anthology list posted on July 31st 2022
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

AI: A New Era 11010101 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: bettiezyx
challenge date: final anthology list posted on DOY 11111000 (aka September 6th)
submit your story: DOY 11010101 (aka August 1st through September 1st)
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Crime and Punishment [ OPEN ] *NEW THIS YEAR*
support thread: click here!
organizer: soflabbwlvr
challenge date: September 25th
submit your story: September 1st-18th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Karaoke [ OPEN ] *NEW THIS YEAR*
support thread: click here!
organizer: Altissimus
challenge date: October 10th
submit your story: September 25th-October 5th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Midnight at the Lost And Found [ OPEN ] *NEW THIS YEAR*
support thread: click here!
organizer: oneagainst
challenge date: October 20th
submit your story: October 1-18th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

 

[Laurel]

Amorous Goods, Season 04 (2023) [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: jaF0
challenge date: November 2nd
submit your story: October 1-31st

Literotica 25th Anniversary Challenge [ OPEN ] *NEW THIS YEAR*
support thread: click here!
theme: Literotica, anniversaries, the number 25
organizer: Literotica
challenge date: November 21st
submit your story: November 1-19th

Take It on the Run [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: blackrandl1958
challenge date: December 4th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

 

[Laurel]

Below are challenges organized by authors for this year. If there is a challenge in progress that is not on this list, or if the information is incorrect, please message us with the correction. Previous year's challenges can be found here.

Some challenges are open to all writers. These challenges are marked [ OPEN ] .

Some challenges are not open to all writers. These challenges are marked [ INVITATIONAL ].

Past years' Author-Organized Challenges can be found here.

The challenge organizer decides whether a challenge is Open or Invitational based on the goals of the challenge and the subject matter. For some challenges, an open call makes sense. For others (for example, challenges where one author continues the work of another, or where each writer contributes a chapter so all stories can be read as one work), an Invitational challenge is a better fit. Please respect the wishes of the organizer regarding the parameters of the challenge.

If you have an idea for a challenge you are interested in organizing, feel free to contact us here. You will need to send us:

• the event title
• 1-3 paragraphs (more is okay too, whatever works) describing the event so that we can announce it on the story side
• whether the event is open to all authors or by invite
• the date the stories will be posted (please check the current challenge list to make sure your challenge doesn't conflict with others, if possible. A little overlap is fine and inevitable, of course.)
• the date the stories should be submitted to Lit (if it's an open event - usually this is 5 days before the posting date)
• if it's an open event, a thread (like this one) with an OP with info above where authors can sign up for and discuss the event

Once we have this info, we'll add this event to the list.

Before planning a challenge, please check the dates of the current challenges and try to be respectful of other challenges in progress. Scheduling a challenge at the same time as other story challenges may result in fewer entries to your challenge (as writers only have so much time), or may drain focus from other challenges.

Thank you to all who organize and participate, and to the readers who make this all possible!

 

[Laurel]

Author-Organized Challenges - 2024

Tales of Leinyere Story & Art Event
[taking a year off! See you in 2025!]

Pink Orchid: Story Event for Women-Centric Erotica 2024 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: Omenainen
challenge date: final anthology list posted on March 8th (International Women's Day)
submit your story: January 1st- February 29th (stories submitted & posted)
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

The 750 Word Project 2024 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: Duleigh
challenge date: final anthology list posted on March 1st
submit your story: February 1st-29th (stories submitted & posted)
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Wicked Games [ INVITATIONAL ]
organizer: blackrandl1958
challenge date: March 17th
stories submitted: before March 14th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

On the Job 2024 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: HeyAll
challenge date: April 25th
submit your story: April 16th - 23rd
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Geek Pride 2024 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: ChloeTzang
challenge date: May 25th (all stories go live)
submit your story: May 15th-24th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Yay Team! Sex & Sports 2024 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: MyBareTorso
challenge date: June 10th (all stories go live)
submit your story: June 3rd - June 9th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Heroism - the Oggbashan Memorial Event 2024 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: ChloeTzang
challenge date: July 14th (all stories go live)
submit your story: June 13th-July 13th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Hammered: an Ode to Mickey Spillane 2024 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: ChloeTzang
challenge date: July 31st (all stories go live)
Submission deadline: July 15th-30th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

The What I Wrote and Why Challenge [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: StillStunned
challenge date: final anthology list posted on September 1st
submit your story: July 16th-August 31th (stories submitted & posted)
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Xanadu Ring: A Sci-Fi Shared Universe of Erotica [ INVITATIONAL ]
support thread: TBA
organizer: Nouh_Bdee
challenge date: August 23rd (all stories go live)
Submission deadline: on or before August 19th

AI: A New Era 2024 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: bettiezyx
challenge date: final anthology list posted on September 1st
submit your story: August 1st-31st
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Crime and Punishment 2024 [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: soflabbwlvr
challenge date: September 25th
submit your story: September 2nd-20th
-- Challenge Complete - Click to Read Stories --

Pandemonium [ OPEN ]
support thread: click here!
organizer: StillStunned
Challenge date: final anthology list posted on September 30th
submit your story: September 1-25 (stories submitted & posted)

Amorous Goods, Season 05 (2024) [ OPEN ]
support thread: TBA
organizer: jaF0
challenge date: November 2nd
submit your story: October 1-31st (stories submitted & posted)

 

[Laurel]

[ Added link to Crime & Punishment stories ]