Active Communities on Dreamwidth Winter 2022-23 A-I

[ysabetwordsmith]

These are active communities in Dreamwidth from Winter 2022-23. 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 A-I.

Highly active with multiple posts per day, daily posts, or too many to count easily
Active with (one, multiple, many) posts in (current or recent month)
Somewhat active (latest post within current year, not in last month or few)
Low traffic (latest post in previous year)
Dormant (latest post before previous year)
Note that some communities are only active during a limited time, or only have gather posts on a certain schedule.

Themes
Follow Friday 12-16-22: Writing
Follow Friday 12-30-21: X-Men
Follow Friday 1-6-23: Acting and Theatrics
Follow Friday 1-13-23: Adventure
Follow Friday 1-20-23: Alternative
Follow Friday 1-27-23: Angel
Follow Friday 2-3-23: Calendars
Follow Friday 2-10-23: Animals
Follow Friday 2-17-23: Animation

Here is the list of active communities on Dreamwidth in 2022.

I also found this great list of Multifandom Communities, which includes sublists for different holidays.


5k3days -- 5k words in 3 days
A writing challenge—write 5k words in 3 days.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with one post in December.]

10prompts -- a writing challenge
A low pressure community to find writing inspirations.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with multiple posts in November.]

12monthsofmurder -- a darkfic challenge.
[Found via wickedlittletown.]

30_prompts -- Welcome to 30 Prompts! A creative community inspired by the many 30-themed prompts of LiveJournal's heyday.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with last post in September.]

31_days -- Every Day of the Month
Fanwork challenge.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with multiple posts in December.]

90s_channel_tv_exchange -- The 90s Channel: 90s Television Fic/Art Exchange
The 90s Channel: 90s Television Fic/Art Exchange is an exchange dedicated to the television of the 90s.
Nominations Open: Wednesday 25 Jan - 3:59 PM CST
Nominations Close: Wednesday 01 Feb - 11:59 PM CST
Sign-up Opens: Friday 03 Feb - 3:59 PM CST
Sign-up Closes: Friday 10 Feb - 11:59 PM CST
No-Fault Default Deadline: Sunday 14 May - 11:59 PM CDT
Assignments Due: Sunday 21 May - 11:59 PM CDT
Works Revealed: Sunday 28 May - 11:59 PM CDT
Creators Revealed: Sunday 04 Jun - 11:59 PM CDT

100fandomhell -- One Hundred Fandoms of Hell
100 different fanworks for 100 different fandoms.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with multiple posts in December.]

100prompts -- Welcome to 100 Prompts! This is a low-pressure prompt community designed to help you find inspiration for writing your fiction for your favorite fandoms or original characters. We give you a series of words, and you let each inspire you to do wonderful creative things!
[Found via mx_morden.]

100ships -- The 100 Ships Fic Challenge
The 100 Ships Prompt Challenge Community
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, highly active with many posts in December.]

100words -- Weekly drabble prompts
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, highly active with daily posts in December.]

9_1_1 -- You're one stop place for all info about the fox hit TV show 9-1-1. Feel free to join and subcribe. Here you will find info on the show (even on Lone Star), fanfic, graphics, ect.

911_911lonestar -- a community to share all your fanworks within the 9-1-1 and 9-1-1 Lone Star fandoms. Come join us and share fanfictions, fanvideos, fanmixes, icons and other art with each other.
[Found via vriddy.]

911ficfinder -- Lost a story you have been wanting to read again? Can't find one but can remember bits and pieces of it? This is the community for all things 9-1-1 and 9-1-1 Lone Star. You can post information to help find a fanfic of either show or even crossovers.

1_million_words -- 1-Million-Words
What do we do here? What ever it takes to get more creativity out of you. We've got prompts, challenges, discussions, groups, accolades, critiques, squees, interviews, round-robins, and pushy people checking your goals if you want them to!
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with multiple posts in December.]

add_a_writer -- Add A Writer
A friending community for writers and people who read them.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with one post in December.]

addme_fandom -- find friends who share your fannish obsessions.
[Follow Friday 12/30/22, 1/20/23, active with one post in January.]

adventdrabbles -- Drabbles for winter time.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, highly active with daily posts in December.]

ainokusabi -- 間の楔 Fan Community
[Follow Friday 2/17/23, active with one post in February.]

all_heathens -- Dreamwidth's place for all heathens
A place for all who honor/worship the Æsir and Vanir.
[Follow Friday 1/20/23, active with multiple posts in December.]

all_spn -- All SPN
[Follow Friday 1/27/23, somewhat active with last post in August 2023.]

allbingo -- All Bingo
Share your creative bingo activities and discussions here.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with multiple posts in December.]

allstockicons -- You can share your Stock Icons here! Link to your post or post your icons directly to this comm. Include up to 3 teaser icons and a link to the location of your icons.
[Found via mx_morden.]

amplificathon -- A community to post anything and everything podfic-related. Runs Chromatic Characters Podfic Anthology, a collection of short podfics focusing on characters of colour.
[Found via lee_bella.]

anime_manga -- Anime & Manga fanworks and general discussion.
[Follow Friday 2/17/23, active with multiple posts in February.]

animeicons -- a community for posting icons from anime and manga.
[Follow Friday 2/17/23, active with multiple posts in January.]
[Found via pillowfolks.]

anythingdrabble -- A weekly drabble community where anything goes. The word count must be 100 words or a multiple of 100 up to 500 words. A new prompt will be posted every Monday.
[Found via lee_bella.]

ao3havenondreamwidth -- AO3 Haven for Writers, Readers and Fans
A safe place to discuss the writing and reading of fanworks on Archive of Our Own.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, claims to be active, but looks blank. This community may be visible to members only.]

arrancxr -- A blog for headcanons, scenarios, and short fics centering around the Hollow characters of Bleach.
[Follow Friday 2/17/23, active with multiple posts in December 2022.]

awesomeladiespodfic -- The annual Awesome Ladies Podfic Anthology is a collection of short lady-centric podfics. It accepts submission from mid/late-January to mid-February. The anthology is usually released at the end of February.
[Found via lee_bella.]

bandsalat -- black mixtape, silver tracklist
My personal music cabinet to recommend post-punk, goth, dark ambient, new wave etc. (mostly 80s+90s).
[Follow Friday 1/20/23, low traffic with last post in September 2021.]

batbigbang -- Bat-a-Big Bat-a-Bang
2023 Batfam Big Bang! (50k + 2 art pieces, any ships, ratings, tropes)
[Follow Friday 2/17/23, active with multiple posts in January.]

bbtp_challenge -- The challenge is to post something porny to your journal or favourite archive on September 1. All fandoms and original works are welcome. Any medium is welcome.
[Found via lee_bella.]

bdsmexchange -- BDSM exchange is a kink-themed freeform exchange for fic and art.
[Found via vriddy.]

bethepod -- A community that runs the annual Behind the Pod, a platform for podfic meta discussion. The event runs from January to June.
[Found via lee_bella.]

beautifulmechanical -- Beautiful music all the time.
This is a place to get each other excited about music of all kinds and share the music that you love.
[Found via used_songs.]
[Follow Friday 1/20/23, highly active with many posts in January.]

bestthingever -- A noticeboard of sorts for frickin' awesome new fanwork.
[Found via mx_morden.]

betaplease -- an active comm for people seeking betas for their fics.
[Found via vriddy.]

bethefirst -- write the first story for a fandom.
[Found via corvidology.]

bnha_fans -- Fans of Boku no Hero Academia
A community for fans of Boku no Hero Academia.
[Follow Friday 2/172/23, active with multiple posts in February.]

bigbangindex -- Welcome! Looking for a Big Bang in your fandom? Want to promote your own Big Bang? This is the place!
For the purposes of this community, a Big Bang challenge must include both long fiction (typically 10,000+ words) and a multimedia aspect (fanart or fanmixes created for a corresponding story).
[Follow Friday 1/27/23, active with one post in January. Found via mx_morden.]

buffyversemeta -- Buffyverse Meta
[Follow Friday 1/27/23, low traffic with last post in March 2022.]

buffyversetop5 -- Buffyverse Top 5
Seasonal recs community for fan-created works from the Whedonverse fandoms.
[Follow Friday 1/27/23, the last round was in November.]

bujo -- A Bullet Journal Community
A community for people who use bullet journals.
Useful if you document your activities on paper.
[Follow Friday 2/3/23, active with one post in January.]

candycorns -- Here you will find icons, headers, wallpapers, colorbars and whatever else I can think of to make. If you like what you see here, feel free to join/subscribe. Please enjoy your stay!

cap_ironman -- Steve Rogers/Tony Stark and their friendship and love.
Includes a list of events.
[Follow Friday 2/3/23, highly active with daily posts in February.]

c_ent -- Chinese Entertainment
This is a community dedicated to all things Chinese entertainment, be it actors, idols, dramas, donghua, movies, novels, variety shows, or whatever else you can think of that falls under the c-ent umbrella.
[Found via mx_morden.]

capspiration -- multi-fandom daily screen caps.
[Follow Friday 2/17/23, highly active with daily posts in February.]

celebrity20in20 -- Celebrity 20in20
Welcome to celebrity20in20, a 20in20 community dedicated to ACTORS and ACTRESSES. You have 20 days to make 20 icons about any actors or actresses. Each month you will have a new round to create a set of 20 actor or actress related icons within 20 days.
[Follow Friday 1/6/23, active with multiple posts in December 2022.]

charactorex a multi-fandom exchange that matches on single characters.
[Found via royalblue31.]

chocolateboxcomm -- Chocolate Box Gift Exchange
[Found via vriddy.]

christianity -- A community for discussing christianity
A community for discussion about christianity open to christians, other faiths, agnostics, atheists.
[Follow Friday 1/27/23, low traffic with last post in January 2022.]

cobra_kai_snake_pit -- Fans of Cobra Kai & Karate Kid
[Follow Friday 1/6/23, somewhat active with last post in February 2022.]

comicbook_icons -- Comic Book Icons
Bring us your spandexed, your drawn, your 100x100 squares.
[Follow Friday 12/30/22, active with one post in November.]

comment_bingo is a bingo challenge community for commenting on all those fanfics you read.
[Found via althea_valara.]

comment_fic -- Bite Sized Bits of Fic
[Follow Friday 1/27/23, low traffic with last post in March 2022.]

common_nature -- Common Nature
Share the wonders of nature that are all around us!
This is a great place to share pictures of your outdoor adventures.
[Follow Friday 1/13/23, active with multiple posts in January.]

corsets_and_carriages -- A community for lovers of costume and period dramas.
[Follow Friday 1/6/23, somewhat active with last post in July 2022.]

crossovers -- Crossover fiction from across the universe!
Crossover fan fiction.
[Active with one post in December 2022.]

crowdfunding -- Crowdfunding: Connecting Creators and Patrons
Connecting creative people and patrons for fun and profit.
Watch this community for the Rose & Bay Awards for crowdfunding in January-February 2023.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with multiple posts in December.]

dailyprompt -- Daily Writing Prompt
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with daily posts in November but not December.]

dcslash -- DCSlash
[Follow Friday 1/27/23, somewhat active with last post in July 2022.]

dctvgenevents -- DCTV Gen Events
Gen fanworks creation events across DCTV fandoms
[Follow Friday 2/3/23, 2/17/23, low-traffic with last post in February 2022.]

debunkingxian -- Identifying and Challenging Christian Privilege
Debunking Christian Privilege.
[Follow Friday 1/20/23, low traffic with last post in October 2021.]

disobey_gravity -- A place for climbers of all persuasions to hang out
This is a place to hang out and talk about climbing during those unfortunate periods when you can't actually be climbing.
[Follow Friday 1/13/23, active with one post in January.]

do_it -- It's for posting to do lists to make yourself accountable to others.
[Found via althea_valara.]

dr_strangecard -- How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Devil
Tarot Exploration.
[Follow Friday 1/20/23, low traffic with last post in October 2021.]

drabble_zone -- The Weekly Drabble Zone
A community for people who enjoy writing 100 word drabbles.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, highly active with many posts in December.]

dreamsheep -- for images of the Dreamwidth sheep.
[Found via frith.]

dreamwars -- a community for talking about Star Wars.
[Found via colls.]

dreamwidth_pagans -- Dreamwidth Pagans
Community for Pagans of any path from Wicca to Shamanism to Satanism.
[Follow Friday 1/20/23, somewhat active with last post in November 2022.]

dreamwidth_therians -- Therians and Otherkin of Dreamwidth
To be a safe place for Therians and Otherkin to share their experiences.
[Follow Friday 1/27/23, claims to be active, but last visible post in November 2019. May be members-only now.]

ds_ficminers -- Mining the forgotten internet spaces for fic!
Preserving fandom history, and also some really good fic.
[Found via juniperberry.]

ds_noticeboard -- Due South Noticeboard
Stories, Recs and News for the DS fandom.
[Follow Friday 2/3/23, active with one post in February.]

dw_community_promo -- Community promotions.
You have a new community and you want new members or are recruiting for an older community.
This is ONLY for promoting communities, not for anything else. For all other promotions, use promoting instead.
Useful for finding newly created event communities.
[Follow Friday 2/3/23 -- active with multiple posts in January.]

dwrp_icons -- an icon community that is meant to be an easily searchable location for fandom icons for DWRP.
[Found via vriddy.]

eerieindiana -- General squeeing, discussion and fanworks about the show Eerie Indiana.
[Found via evilinsanemonkey.]

emotion100 -- This is a multi-fandom drabble community based around emotions.
[Found via siberian_skys]

eventcentral -- a community for fun challenges.
This is a place to house the miscellaneous events I run, so I can lazily avoid having to create new communities for every one-off challenge ;)
[Follow Friday 2/3/23, found via corvidology.]

exercise_every_day -- Exercise Every Day
Exercise and fitness.
[Follow Friday 1/13/23, somewhat active with last post in June, 2022.]

faerie_wish13 -- Supernatural Creatures - Faerie_Wish
Welcome to Supernatural Creatures - Faerie_Wish. This is a Supernatural Creatures Community inspired by the show, Supernatural. This group was created for those who enjoy and love Supernatural Creatures being part of our world. Share your love of creatures and monsters in a safe and welcomed environment!!!
[Follow Friday 1/27/23, somewhat active with last post in November 2022.]

fandom_empire
multifandom - original work - writing - graphics/art
The first round runs from January 01 - April 16. Fandom Monopoly
January 01 - January 14: Sign-up period
January 15 - April 09: Challenge open
April 10 - April 16: Final score

fandom_icons -- Icons for all your different fandom needs.
[Follow Friday 1/27/23, highly active with daily posts in January. Found via mx_morden.]

fandom_on_dw -- Fandom On Dreamwidth
Promoting Fandom Activity Hosted on Dreamwidth.
[Follow Friday 2/3/23, active with one post in February.]

fandomcalendar -- lists activities relating to fannish interests.
This is by far the busiest; if you join only one, make it here.
[Follow Friday 2/3/23, highly active with daily posts in February.]

fandom_empire -- A community created in 2023. The mods plan to run 3 big challenges in 2023. Each challenge will run for 12 weeks. They are currently (as of January 2023) running Monopoly 01.23.
[Found via lee_bella.]

fandomtrees -- A multi-fandom gifting/wishlist event. Anyone can leave a wishlist, and anyone can post fills for any wishlist. Runs from November to the beginning of January.

fandomweekly -- hosts short fic challenges.
[Follow Friday 2/3/23, highly active with daily posts in February.]

fearstreet2021 -- A Community for all fans of the Netflix movie series "Fear Street"! Whether your hear for meta, discussion, fanworks, or just to lurk: welcome and we hope you have an excellent time!
[Found via evilinsanemonkey.]

femslash_kink -- A community that runs the annual femslash kink prompt meme/comment fic challenge in November. Fills are open indefinitely. They also run the annual Femslash Kink Exchange from April to June.
[Found via lee_bella.]

fffc -- Froday Flash Fiction Challenge
Fanfiction, fanwork, fanart, fanmix, multifandom, podfic.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, highly active with many posts in December.]

fic_rush -- Fic Rush: the two-day ficathon
Come for the words, stay for the penguins.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with multiple posts in December.]

fic_rush_48 -- Fic Rush 48
This community contains the hourly posts for the main community fic_rush, the two-day ficathon.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with multiple posts in December.]

ficlet_zone -- Fic writing.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, highly active with many posts in December.]

ficreadersadvisory -- a space for fic readers to talk about what works or doesn't work for them in the fic they read in constructive ways as well as emphasize discussing the things we do like in fic rather than bemoaning the things we *don't* like.
[Found via evilinsanemonkey.]

finalfantasy -- Final Fantasy Community
For Fans of Final Fantasy.
[Follow Friday 2/17/23, active with one post in February.]

findingfriends is a community to help you find people to add to your Dreamwidth circles. It has a set questionnaire to use, and asks that if you use it elsewhere you include a link back to the community.
[Found via althea_valara.]

firewhiskeyfic -- writing while under the influence.
[Found via corvidology.]

flash_fiction -- In a Flash
Drabble and short fiction writing.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with last post in June.]

flashexchanges -- flash exchanges
Gift exchanges done very quickly!
[Follow Friday 2/3/23, active with one post in January.]

fm_alchemist -- Fullmetal Alchemist Community
[Follow Friday 2/17/23, low traffic with last post in March 2022.]

followfriday -- a community that recommends other communities and individual blogs on Dreamwidth.
[Follow Friday 2/3/23, active with multiple posts in January.]

frozensnowfalls -- Balsam and Winter
Fanfiction prompt tables and trying to preserve nostalgia.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with multiple posts in December.]

gaming -- Gaming of all sorts: card games, board games, video games, tabletop games, RPGs, etc.
[Follow Friday 1/13/23, 1/20/23, active with one post in January.]

genfreeformexchange -- a multi-fandom exchange that focuses on gen pairings.
[Found via royalblue31.]

gensplosion -- gensplosion!
A multi-fandom recommendation community focusing on gen fanfiction.
[Follow Friday 1/13/23, somewhat active with last post in September, 2022.]

get_knitted -- posts daily check-ins. The folks there are GREAT about commenting on each other's comments. It's not just for knitting, either -- there are people there who do scrapbooking and jigsaw puzzles.
[Found via althea_valara.]

getyourwordsout -- Get Your Words Out
A year-long writing challenge and support group; membership opens in December each year.
NOTE: You can ONLY join this community in December, so if it interests you, then act now.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with multiple posts in December.]

go_exchange -- Good Omens Holiday Exchange
[Follow Friday, 1/27/23, active with multiple posts in January.]

godfic -- Mythology & Folklore Based Fiction
A fiction writing asylum for mythopoeians.
[Follow Friday, 1/27/23, somewhat active with last post in August 2022.]

green_living -- Green Living
Practical green, natural, and simple living.
[Follow Friday 1/20/23, active with one post in January.]

harringrovers -- Welcome to Harringrovers, the dreamwidth comm for all shippers of Steve Harrington/Billy Hargrove from Stranger Things - aka Harrngrove! This is a place to post your fanworks, talk about the show - theories, headcanons, and, of course, share your love for all things Harringrove!
[Found via evilinsanemonkey .]

harrypotter -- A general HP fandom community
[1/13/23, somewhat active with last post in July, 2022.]

hc_bingo -- A bingo featuring hurt/comfort. Any fandom or original content is welcome.

hellsing -- Hellsing Community
For fans of Hellsing!
[Follow Friday 2/17/23, active with one post in January.]

historium -- A central community for all historical fandoms.
Historical fandom activities and promotions.
This is a place for posting and linking to any historical fic, icons, art, links, recs, reviews, meta, news, fanworks of any type, discussion, community & event promos. If it's to do with a historical fandom, whether RPF or fictional, then it's welcome here. For fanworks, all ratings are fine.
As history is a very wide fandom, this community is also intended to help people find like-minded souls and gauge interest in setting up more specific communities/friending etc. (but it's always fine to interact here). It's also absolutely a place for historical fandoms too small/obscure to have their own spaces.
[Follow Friday 1/6/23, somewhat active with last post in September 2022.]

holiday_wishes -- Another winter holiday wishlist event. You can post up to ten wishes, and the wishes don't have to be fandom-related. Wishlist posting begins in November and ends at the end of December. Fulfilling wishes are open all year round. For the rules, see here.

holmes_minor -- Holmes Minor
This is Holmes Minor—a place to have fun with microfiction and poetry set in the ACD Holmes ‘verse!
[Follow Friday 1/13/23, active with multiple posts in January.]

hooked_on_heroines -- Carry on being awesome, ladies!
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with last post in May.]

horses -- The Original DW Horse Lovers Community
Horses, horseback riding, and all things related
[Follow Friday 1/13/23, low traffic with last post in January, 2022.]

hourlyprompts -- Hourly Prompts
Writing and art prompts for every hour of the day.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with last post in November for all of the December prompts.]

hp_fanworks -- Home for Harry Potter Fanworks
A place for all Harry Potter fanworks. We take art, icons, fiction, fanmixes, podfic and more.
[Follow Friday 1/13/23, somewhat active with last post in July, 2022.]

i_love_games -- A Gaming Community
An Active Gaming Community created July 5th, 2013.
This is a place to talk about any sorts of video games you play whether it be console, pc or handheld.
[Follow Friday 1/13/23, 1/20/23, active with one post in January.]

ic_animated -- ic_animated is a community where users create up to 5 icons upon a given theme. The challenges run for two weeks after which there is a voting period and finally the results.
This community centers around cartoons, comics or games of all kinds.
[Follow Friday 2/17/23, active with multiple posts in February.]
[Found via pillowfolks .]

icon_resources -- Textures, Brushes & Other Resources
This community is a place to share resources - textures, brushes, links to tutorials or whatever else you can think of that might be relevant to making icons (or other graphics).
[Found via immortalje.]

iconbattles -- an icon challenge community.
[Found via mx_morden.]

iconic -- A collaborative effort to proliferate high quality icons. Translation: Get/Share awesome icons!
[Found via pillowfolks.]

icons10in20 -- This is a community where participants will create 10 icons in 20 days (or more if necessary). All icons must be made focusing on any movie/show/cartoon/games/celebrity etc.
[Follow Friday 2/17/23, highly active with many posts in February.]
[Found via pillowfolks.]

icontalking -- This is a place for iconmakers to talk about icons as well as non-icon stuff. If you would like to start a discussion, ask a question, or invite concrit, feel free to post to the community. You can also comment on the regular posts -- all discussion is welcome!
It is the place to go if you want to find out what current activities / challenges there are for iconmakers on DW.
[Follow Friday 2-3-23, found via pillowfolks]

iconthat -- an icon challenge community for all fandoms & everyone.
[Follow Friday 2/3/23, 2/17/23, active with multiple posts in February.]

indie_games has perked up recently! We did a group play-together of A Short Hike, and are currently playing Cromwell. The discussion post for the latter should be going up in a few days.
[Found via althea_valara.]
[Follow Friday 1/20/23, somewhat active with last post in November 2022.]

inkblush -- icons by applepips
Hi. I am Pips. I make icons of tv shows, anime, films etc., that I watch and enjoy!
[Follow Friday 2/17/23, somewhat active with last post in September 2022.]

inkingitout -- Write 75000 words or more in 2023.
NOTE: You can ONLY join this community in November-December, so if it interests you, then act now. The community will be closed to members only.
[Follow Friday 12/16/22, active with one post in November.]

intoabar -- the home of a weird and wonderful crossover challenge.
[Found via corvidology.]

ipromo -- IPromo
For any iconrelated journal and community.
[Follow Friday 2/3/23, active with one post in January.]

Comments

[facethestrange]

fancake is also a very active comm. :)

Yes ...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I think I've recommended that one in the past. It varies what goes in each quarterly list, based on which topics I covered.