Follow Friday: Active Communities Spring 2022 E-M

[ysabetwordsmith]

These are active communities in Dreamwidth from Spring 2022. They include things I've posted, but only the active ones; the thematic posts also list dormant communities of interest. This list includes some communities that I've found and saved but haven't made it into thematic posts yet. This post covers E-M.

See the previous post:
Follow Friday: Active Communities Spring 2022 A-D


ebookreview - The Book Reviewer
Community Description: Book Reviews
[Low-traffic with last post in August 2021.]

eid_ka_chand -- The Crescent Moon
Discussing Fictional Muslim Characters
[Follow Friday 4/22/22 and 4/29/22, somewhat active, one post in January.]

emotion100 -- monthly prompts, drabbles, prompts are emotions.
[Found via kalloway , active with multiple posts in April.]

endings -- the last words
Loved endings from books, songs, films, letters, diaries...
Active with multiple posts this month.
[Followfriday 3/18/22]

fan_flashworks - An all-fandoms multi-media flashworks community
Community Description: Multimedia, Multifandom Flash Challenges
Active with many posts in March.

fanart_recs -- rec community
[Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, many posts in January]

fancake is a thematic multifandom recommendation community.
[Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, many posts in January]

fandom_itest -- Fandom Icon Challenges
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, somewhat active with multiple posts in January.]

fandom_on_dw -- Fandom On Dreamwidth
Community Description: Promoting Fandom Activity Hosted on Dreamwidth
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, active with one post in April.]
[Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, multiple posts in January]

fandom5k -- This is a multi-fandom gift exchange for fic with a 5,000-word minimum.
[Active with multiple posts in May.]

fandom10in30 -- fandom 10 in 30
An icon community.
[Active with multiple posts in May.]

fandomcalendar lists activities relating to fannish interests.
[Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, many posts in January]

fandom_fanvids -- A Collection of Fanvids from different Fandoms
[Active with one post in April.]

fandomtrees -- fandomtrees
Community Description: A Multifandom Holiday Gift Fest
A challenge similar to fandom stocking or fandomgiftbox, where participants share wishlists, each wishlist will be it's own post, and others will post gifts in the screened comments, until the reveal.
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, active during the holidays with many posts then.]

fandomweekly hosts short fic challenges.
[Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, many posts in January]
[Follow Friday 4/22/22, highly active with many posts in April.]

fanfics - Fanfiction and Original Fiction
Community Description: In English, Spanish and Portuguese. All fandoms welcome.
Active with multiple posts in January.

fanifesto -- A community for fannish manifestos (This thing is AMAZING. Here's why.)
[Found via tobli , active with multiple posts in April.]

faultlessrecipes -- Food from the Faultless Pajama Factory
Low traffic, last post in May 2021.
[Followfriday 4/8/22]

fem_thoughts -- For the thoughtful discussion of women, femslash, and assorted other topics.
Given the state of world affairs, it would be very good to have an active community for this subject area.
[Follow Friday 5/13/22, active with one post in May.]

femmefest -- Femmefest
Community Description: A Harry Potter Femmeslash Fest
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, active with one post in April]
[Follow Friday 5/13/22, active with multiple posts in May]

femslash_kink -- annual, see community for schedule.
[Found via kalloway , active with multiple posts in April.]

femslash100100 -- an offshoot of femslash100 (now closed) and femslashficlets, where former prompt challenge tables are available for writing. Simply pick a table and get femslashing.
[Follow Friday 5/13/22, highly active with many posts in May.]

femslashex -- Femslash Exchange
Community Description: Fic and art exhange for fans of femslash
[Follow Friday 5/13/22, low-traffic, last active during September 2021 round.]

femslashficlets -- a challenge community pairing female characters
[ old_man_of_hoy via Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, many posts in February]

ff_xiv -- It's ????posting time y'all
Community Description: Final Fantasy XIV shitposting and headcanons
[Low-traffic with last post in August 2021.]

fffc -- Froday Flash Fiction Challenge
Community Description: fanfiction, fanwork, fanart, fanmix, multifandom, podfic
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, highly active with many posts in April.]

fffriday -- FF/lesbian literature.
Every Friday, review, recommend, or discuss an FF book, short story, or other work, and label the review "FF Friday."
[Follow Friday 5/13/22, somewhat active with multiple posts in January.]

fffx -- FFFX stands for Five Figure Fanwork Exchange. It is a multifandom gift exchange for fanfic of 10,000+ words, and for comics of least 10 pages or at least 40 panels. Keep an eye out for round 3's schedule, likely to be posted before May and to involve nominations around July.
Active July 2021-March 2022.
[Found via swingandswirl ]

ficinabox -- Fic In A Box is a 10k challenge where you have the option to split your 10k into as many works as you want!
Active August-October 2021.
[Found via swingandswirl ]

fic_rush -- Fic Rush
Journal Title: Fic Rush: the two-day ficathon.
Active with multiple posts in March.

fic_rush_48 - Fic Rush 48
Journal Title: Fic Rush 48
Active with many posts in March.

ficlet_zone - monthly prompts mid-month. Fics of any size.
[Found via , active with multiple posts in April.]

fictional_fans -- A general fandom community for new users and experienced ones.
[Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, multiple posts in January]

filk -- This community is for filk and filkers
[Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, multiple posts in January]
[Active with multiple posts in May.]

finalfantasy -- This is the first community on Dreamwidth for all Final Fantasy fans, whether you like Final Fantasy VII or Final Fantasy I you're all welcome here. You can post fanart, fan fiction, icons you've made to share, theories on certain subjects, or what you did in the game that you feel proud of!
[Found via xnera, active with multiple posts in April.]

findingfriends -- This is a community to help people find friends on Dreamwidth!
[Followfriday 2/18/22, one post in February]

flash_fiction - In a Flash
Community Description: Drabble and short fiction writing
[Highly active with many posts in May.]

fm_alchemist -- Fullmetal Alchemist Community
[Follow Friday 6/3/22, somewhat active with multiple posts in March.]

followfriday -- a community that recommends other communities and individual blogs on Dreamwidth.
Active once a week on Friday; links to Follow Friday posts appear in comments under the gather post on the community. Posts anywhere on Dreamwidth tagged "followfriday" appear on the feed.
[Followfriday 2/4/22]

fresh_haul -- Sharing your winnings from the Farmer's Market, CSA, or other source of tasty fresh food
This community has a post earlier this month and some last month. It is likely to get busier as the growing season progresses.
[Followfriday 3/25/22, 4/8/22]

friending_memes -- A Place to make friends...through the power of friending memes!
[Active with a new friending meme every month or two, last post in April. You can also copy the older ones to run in your blog.]

gardening -- a place to talk about growing things
Vigorously active with spring planting, this makes a great choice for anyone into gardening.
[Followfriday 3/25/22]

genprompt_bingo - for the writers! They generate bingo cards of prompts, with all the prompts being gen. You can, of course, write a shippy fic from the prompt; it's just the prompts themselves aren't meant to be shippy. I'm currently working on a bingo for my last card, wish me luck!
[ althea_valara 2/4/22 via Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, multiple posts in February]
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, active with multiple posts in April.]

gensplosion - gensplosion!
Community Description: a multi-fandom recommendation community focusing on gen fanfiction.
Active with one post in March.

get_knitted -- Your Daily Crafting Community
[Followfriday 3/4/22, many posts in March]

getting_started -- Questions and answers for new or confused DW users.
Low-traffic with one post in January, but the old posts remain useful.
[Follow Friday 4/1/22]

girlgay -- we love women (so very much)
femslash and yuri
[ old_man_of_hoy via Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, multiple posts in February]
[Follow Friday 5/13/22, active with one post in May.]

gluten_free -- gluten-free eats
Community Description: This community is for sharing gluten-free recipes and resources.
Active with one post in April.
[Followfriday 4/8/22]

graphics -- Banners, Headers, Icons, Wallpapers & More!
This one looks plenty active.
[Followfriday 3/4/22, many posts in March]

h50icontest -- We Love Iconning H50!
The Hawaii Five-0 Icontest
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, somewhat active with one post in February.]

hc_bingo -- Hurt/Comfort Bingo
A creative bingo with prompts based on hurt and comfort.
Active with multiple posts in March.
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, active with multiple posts in April. This community is most active at the beginning and end of each round, but has amnesty periods.]

highadrenalineexchange -- You have two weeks to write 10k (or draw a 25-panel, 10-page comic) and one week to edit.
Active November-December 2021.
[Found via swingandswirl]

het_bigbang -- Multifandom Lovin'
Community Description: The Big Bang Challenge for Hetters!
This Bang challenge is centred around heterosexual (male/female) pairings from any fandom you can name. All information for this Bang challenge is hosted on this comm, stories and fanworks will be hosted on Ao3.
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, active with multiple posts in April.]

historamedy365 -- historamedy365
Community Description: Create 100 icons in 365 days. . . History, drama & comedy claims!
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, active with one post in April.]

historium -- All Things Historical
A central community for history fandoms.
[Found via theseatheseatheopensea , active with one post in April.]

holiday_prompts -- a low-pressure prompt-based writing challenge with a focus on seasons and holidays.
[Low-traffic with last post in March 2021.]

holiday_wishes - active in the last two months of the year. People post their holiday wish lists there, and others fill them! I really was blessed this year - I got a bunch of cards, some yarn, some chocolate, and some other sweet treats. ♥ I couldn't do much in return but I did send back cards to everyone who sent me things.
[ althea_valara 2/4/22 via Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, many posts in December 2021.]

hobbitfilmfic - Hobbitfilmfic
Community Description: A Community for Fans of The Hobbit Films
[Low-traffic with last post in September 2021.]

holmes_minor -- Holmes Minor
A playground for little fics and poems.
[Highly active with many posts in April.]

hooked_on_heroines -- Carry on being awesome, ladies!
[Follow Friday 5/13/22, active with one post in May.]

hourlyprompts -- monthly word lists, non-interactive.
[Found via kalloway , active with one post per month containing the prompts.]

hp_bunintheoven -- Any pairing and type of pregnancy as long as it doesn't violate other rules of the comm is accepted here: het, slash, femslash, surrogacy.
[Follow Friday 5/13/22, active with multiple posts in May.]

hp_fanworks -- a community for content inspired by Harry Potter.
[ old_man_of_hoy via Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, one post in February]

hp_femmeslash -- Fans of Harry Potter Femmeslash
[Follow Friday 5/13/22, somewhat active with last post in February.]

hp_halloween -- Spooky double-drabble exchange for HP Fans
Community Description: A Halloween-themed Classic Book-Centric Harry Potter double-drabble exchange
This is a quick turn-around, double-drabble (200 words) fest where gifts are posted with reveals on Halloween (October 31). Flexibility and a sense of adventure are a must for this exchange, and it's a great way to get your feet wet if you're new to exchanges.
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, this community is active primarily in October with multiple posts then.]

hp_sweethearts -- HP Sweethearts: A Valentine's Day Exchange
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, this fest runs early in the year with a collection on Valentine's Day.]

hurtcomfortex -- he Hurt/Comfort Exchange, a pairing and freeform matching multifandom gift exchange run on AO3.
[Active with multiple posts in May.]

i_love_games -- a gaming community
[ old_man_of_hoy via Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, multiple posts in March]

iconthat -- Community Description: Icon making community for all fandoms and everyone
[Followfriday 3/4/22 and 4/15/22, many posts in March and April]

idproquo -- A gift exchange for "id fic," essentially guilty pleasures. Fic and fanart welcome.
Active January-March 2022.
[Found via swingandswirl ]

inkingitout -- a yearly writing challenge!
Our aim is to provide a friendly environment for everyone looking to challenge themselves to write more than 75 000 words in 2022. As such, membership and all of the community posts will be closed to those who have signed up to write.
[Active in 2022; last signup post was in December 2021.]

innumerable_stars -- Innumerable Stars: a Tolkien fic exchange
Community Description: Character-based Tolkien gift fic exchange.
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, this community is active in August with many posts then.]

intoabar -- a ficathon goes into a bar
[Highly active with many posts in May.]

isurrendered - I SURRENDER: The TV meme that ate Manhattan
Community Description: Members create and cast their own TV series from a prompt
This community has a unique premise that is ideal for generating serial works if that's something you enjoy. Apocryphal television shows can take on a life of their own, and are well-suited to becoming open-source fandoms.
[Low-traffic with last post in May 2021.]

jesus_christ -- All about Jesus
Community Description: A chance to share your thoughts about Jesus, his life, and his love
[Follow Friday 4/29/22, somewhat active with one post in January.]

journalsandplanners -- A community devoted to discussing all kinds of journals and planners (even the electronic variety) and associated paraphernalia such as pens, stickers, and washi tape. Pictures are encouraged!
Another active community, they just finished a Planner Snowflake event.
[Followfriday 3/4/22, multiple posts in March]

journalmemes - Journal Memes
Community Description: A daily post with a journal meme for people to repost.
[Low-traffic with last post in October 2021, open membership but moderated posting, full of many archived memes to use.]

judaism -- Judaism
Community Description: A Community for Jews and Noahides
At least one moderator, liv, is still around and believes that activity could be raised if people wish to do so.
[Follow Friday 4/29/22, somewhat active with one post in January, but seems to be visible only to members.]

jukebox_fest -- Jukebox Fanworks Exchange
Community Description: This is the DW community for the Jukebox song-based fanworks exchange for podfic, fanfic, and art.
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, active with multiple posts in April. See the sign-up post.]

justcreate -- Time to sit down and make it!
Weekly work sessions, sharing links to projects, questions and answers about making stuff.
[Followfriday 3/4/22, multiple posts in March]

kaylees_recipes -- A place to save and share recipes
Somewhat active with two posts in January.
[Followfriday 4/8/22]

kiscon -- KiScon – the Kirk/Spock slash convention
Community Description: Information on KiScon, the Kirk/Spock-centric fan convention; announcements; networking for members.
[Active with multiple posts in May.]

ksadvent -- Kirk/Spock Advent Calendar
Community Description: An annual fest celebrating Kirk/Spock throughout the month of December
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, active September-December with a calendar post in April.]

ksspringfever -- K/S Spring Fever
K/S Spring Fever is an annual fest celebrating Kirk/Spock Day via fic, art, vids, and other forms of fannish expression. The fest takes place on the AO3: K/S Spring Fever 2022 Collection.
K/S Day is a fannish holiday that occurs on March 24th. It was first created by The K/S Press in 1997.
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, this community is active in spring with many posts then.]

ladiesbingo - A fandom bingo challenge celebrating the various shades of relationships amongst females.
[ old_man_of_hoy via Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, multiple posts in January]
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, active with multiple posts in April. This community is most active at the beginning and end of each round, but has amnesty periods.]
[Follow Friday 5/13/22, active with one post in May. This community is most active at the beginning and end of each round, but has amnesty periods.]

ladybusiness -- this is feminism x it is not scary pet the pretty feminist pony
Lady Business opened in March 2011. We talk about the politics of reading, politics in general, tame unicorns, face punch fascists, read things outside our purview because rules are made to be broken, wrestle impostor syndrome, cheat on books with other media, pile new books onto our reading pile, and spend lots of time being awesome.
[Follow Friday 5/13/22, active with multiple posts in May.]

ladyslash -- ladies loving ladies
Community Description: Fanworks about queer female characters.
[Follow Friday 5/13/22, low-traffic with last post in June 2021.]

lands_of_magic -- an interactive challenge community welcoming all fandoms.
[Active with April signups.]

language_learning -- Language Learning
Community Description: Community for language learners to meet, discuss, and share resources.
[Follow Friday 6/3/22, low-traffic with last post in December 2021.]

last_herald_mage - LHM: Love the characters, hate the canon.
Community Description: we just hate it in a way that makes one want to do things to it, repeatedly, for many years.
[Active with one post in April.]

last_writes - Community for discontinued vampirefandoms
[ old_man_of_hoy via Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, many posts in January]

lgbtqiapluswriters -- LGBTQIA+ Writers
Community Description: writing
[Somewhat active with last post in January.]

limitedtheatricalrelease -- Limited Theatrical Release
Community Description: A fanfiction and fanart exchange for small- and medium-sized film fandoms.
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, this community is active in summer with many posts then.]

linguaphiles -- For anyone interested in language and learning language.
This community is for those interested in languages. Anyone is welcome, from amateurs to professionals. Any topic related to languages, linguistics, grammar, history, etymology, morphology, or any related topics may be discussed. Questions related to one specific language are also welcome."
[Follow Friday 6/3/33, active with one post in May.]

liquidluckdrabble -- Liquid Luck Drabble & Art Challenge
Twice a month I will post a prompt, and the goal is to write a Harry Potter drabble or create a piece of Harry Potter art inspired by that prompt. You can interpret the prompt any way you like! The goal is just to get inspired and create more drabbles and art. It’s open to all pairings, so maybe use a prompt to experiment with new pairings? New writing or art styles? There are no real big rules, so just have fun with it!
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, active with multiple posts in April.]

linguaphiles -- for lovers of languages
[ old_man_of_hoy via Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, multiple posts in January]

madrona_info -- Madrona_Information_Center
[Somewhat active with last post in February.]

madrona_project -- a worldbuilding project set in a shared world.
The Idea is simple, have many writers write many short stories that center on one themed world, Madrona.
In the far future the world now known as Earth and once known as Terra comes to be known as Madrona. Our present-day is their long-forgotten history. The technology we enjoy has been lost, rendered useless by random electromagnetic field shifts in the planet’s crust. The majority of the world is recovering from a long, deep, dark age and a new renaissance is taking place. The kingdom of Madrona has been lead fearlessly ruthlessly and efficiently for three generations and now its principalities and allies stretch across all of Europe and into Asia.
[Active with multiple posts in April.]

marchmetamatterschallenge -- March Meta Matters Challenge
Community Description: Annual challenge for preserving meta and making it accessible. All fandoms, all formats.
Active during March, with many posts.
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, primarily active in March but with a wrapup post in April.]

marvel_add_me -- marvel_add_me
Community Description: Marvel Comics Friending Meme / Add Me community
[Somewhat active, last post in March 2021]

marvel_bang -- Marvel Universe Big Bang
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, active with multiple posts in April.]

marvel_fanworks -- Marvel Comics Fanworks
Community Description: Art, fic, or other fan creations relating to Marvel Comics characters.
[Active with one post in March]

marvelfemslashevents -- Marvel Femslash Events Community
Community Description: Marvel Femslash Fanworks Exchange
[Follow Friday 5/13/22, somewhat active, last post in July 2021.]

marvelrarepairs -- Marvel Rare Pairs
Community Description: For all those hard (or impossible) to find pairings!
[Active with one post in March]

marvel_slash -- Slash Fiction for the Marvel Fandom
Community Description: All Marvel slash pairings are welcome in any form you wish to present them
[Active with one post in March.]

marysuevirus -- The Mary Sue Virus
The Fics and the Fans
[Active with one post in March.]

mcsheplets -- A John/Rodney writing community for Stargate Atlantis.
[Active with multiple posts in April.]

mcukb -- MCU Kinkbang Community
Community Description: A Fandom Bang for NSFW fics and art of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, active with one post in March.]

mcukinkbingo -- MCU Kink Bingo
Community Description: Mcu kink bingo, marvel, fanfiction, fan art
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, somewhat active with one post in January.]

meta_manifesto -- This is a community for the Meta Manifesto writing fest!
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, active with a rules post in March.]

meta_warehouse -- active fandom meta community
[Improving Community in Fandom 1/8/22, one post in January]

michaelbiehn -- This community is for fans of Michael Biehn to share fiction, artwork and discussion about Michael Biehn and the roles he has played on TV and in movies.
[Active with one post in May.]

mini_fest -- HP MINI FEST
Christmas cheer without the stress
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, active during the holidays with many posts then.]

multifandomdrabble -- Multifandom Drabble
This is an exchange for stories of exactly 100 words. All fandoms are welcome, no matter how small or large, including original works and crossovers. Timelines for each step of the exchange (except matching) is a week, to keep it simple, and there is no punishment for defaulting.
[Follow Friday 4/15/22, this community is active in summer with many posts then.]
[Possibly defunct.]

multi_fiction - Multiple Fandom Fanfiction Community
Community Description: This is a multiple fandom, multiple genre fanfiction community.
[Somewhat active, last post in December 2021.]