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What is this community about?
Sweet and short is a low-pressure community for creating small fanworks each week.

We'll have four regular challenges each month.
The schedule for every month in 2026 looks like this:
1. Monthly prompts = 10 out of 20
2. This or That = various themes
3. Rare words = two rare words
4. Micro Bingo = four prompts
All challenges run until the end of the month.

General Rules
Allowed are fics up to 500 words, poems, icons (100x100 px), and small graphics up to 500px width x height.
During amnesty days, all rules are disabled, and everything is possible.

All fandoms, genres, and ratings are welcome, but please use warnings if applicable. Original works and real-person works are acceptable.

Any language is fine!

You can combine prompts with works written for other challenges/communities, as long as the work is created within the given challenge period at

sweetandshort.

Post your work directly to this community. Please use a header of your choice and put bigger works under a cut. You can also post your work at other places like AO3 or your writing journal - in this case, please leave a header and a link at

sweetandshort to keep the community running. I would ask you to keep the posts unlocked at least until the end of the following month.

Please use the following tags: creator, fandom, work type, and based on. If a tag is missing, use !tag needed.

AO3
You can find the Sweet and Short AO3 collection here.

Questions? Suggestions?
We have a place for this. Go here and bring it on.

prisca

Instead of a monthly overview post, we will have a general Chatter Post from now on.

Hello everyone!

It's hard to believe, but it's October already.

Thank you to everyone who participated last month. Check out all the great works.

Chatter about this and that
This post is open to any topic you'd like to discuss, including the state of the community, your writing progress, promotions for other communities, or any other topic that comes to mind. Or just say 'hello' to the comm.

stonepicnicking_okapi

Title: Dead Man Blues
Fandom: Jeeves & Wooster
Prompt: shallow
Rating: Gen
Length: 200
Summary: Bertie is digging a grave on All Hallow's Eve.

( Read more... )

klutzygirl

Title: City By The Bay
Fandom: 9-1-1
Ship: Maddie Buckley/Eddie Diaz/Howie "Chimney" Han
Prompt: City Lights
Rating: G
Word Count: 406
Summary: Maddie, Chimney, and Eddie visit San Francisco for the weekend.

Title: Spice
Fandom: NCIS: New York
Ship: Sam Hanna/Nick Schaeffer
Prompt: Spice
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 100
Summary: Sam comes home to find Nick cooking.

prisca

Welcome to our challenge This and That.

In October, the main theme is Good vs. Evil.

Allowed are fics up to 500 words, small poems such as haiku or tanka, icons (100 x 100px), and graphics (maximum 500 x 500px). All fandoms, genres, and ratings are welcome. Original works and real-person works are fine, too.

Please tag your work with all relevant tags.

This challenge runs until October 31, midnight in your timezone.

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Challenge Reminder: 10 out of 20

stonepicnicking_okapi

Title: the End of Magic
Prompt: magic
Fandom: original
Rating: Gen
Length: 400
Summary: A young magician find himself at the limit of his magic.

( Read more... )

stonepicnicking_okapi

Title: Carving I O U
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Prompt: Crime
Length: 500
Rating: Gen
Warning: implied child mistreatment, mention of child cancer
Summary: Sherlock spies a sinister pumpkin.
( Read more... )

Title: Monster Mash
Fandom: BBC Sherlock
Prompt: Unexpected
Rating: Gen
Length: 300
Rating: Gen
Summary: Sherlock, John, and Lestrade go undercover.

( Read more... )

stonepicnicking_okapi

Title: Anniversary
Prompt: anniversary
Fandom: Scream [1996]
Rating: Gen
Length: 300
Summary: On the anniversary of her mother's death, Sideny Prescott is teaching a self-defense class.

( Read more... )

prisca

After neglecting this community so much in September (sorry for that), we will have an early start in October.

10 out of 20

Under the cut, you will find a list of 20 prompts for this month. Your mission is to grab at least 10 of them and create a little something for it. Keep in mind, even if it is not the meaning of the challenge, no one will punish you when you only grab one or two prompts. Every work is welcome.

To complete the challenge, you can create up to ten single works or combine one or more prompts in one work.

Allowed are fics up to 500 words, small poems, icons (100x100 px), and small graphics up to 500 px width x height. Please stay to the maximum, even if you use more than one prompt in your work.

All fandoms, genres, and ratings are welcome, as are original works and real-person works.

When posting directly to

sweetandshort, please use a header of your choice and put bigger works under a cut. You can also post your work elsewhere, but please leave a header and a link here to keep the community running.

When posting your works, please use any appropriate tag. When a tag is missing, use 'tag needed'.

This challenge runs until October 31, midnight in your timezone.

( October Prompt List )

tarlanx

Creator:

tarlanx

For

sweetandshort: SEPTEMBER THIS vs THAT
Prompt: Night Owls vs Early Birds

Night Owl Icon by Tarlan

LARGER VERSIONS (250x250)

The OWL is from a photo I took at a Bird Sanctuary. The rest of the images (moon, sunrise, early bird with worm) are blended from images found online.

cmk418

Title: Claimed
Fandom: Succession
Characters: Greg Hirsch & Tom Wambsgans
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 136
Prompt: Gesture
Warning: Spoilers for the finale
Summary: Greg's got a dot on his forehead, but he's surprisingly okay with it

( Claimed )

cmk418

Title: A Missed Opportunity
Fandom: Succession
Characters: Siobahn "Shiv" Roy and Lukas Matsson
Rating: Teen
Prompt: Abstinence
Word Count: 110
Summary: Set during "Kill List", Shiv sizes up Matsson during their meeting.

( A Missed Opportunity )

prisca

Welcome to our challenge This and That.

In August, the main theme is Night owls vs. Early birds.

Allowed are fics up to 500 words, small poems such as haiku or tanka, icons (100 x 100px), and graphics (maximum 500 x 500px). All fandoms, genres, and ratings are welcome. Original works and real-person works are fine, too.

Please tag your work with all relevant tags.

This challenge runs until September 30, midnight in your timezone.

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Challenge Reminder: 10 out of 20

cmk418

Title: That Someone
Fandom: Succession
Characters: Greg Hirsch & Tom Wambsgans
Rating: G
Word Count: 115
Prompt: Ambition
Summary: Greg could be an asset

( That Someone )

prisca

10 out of 20

Under the cut, you will find a list of 20 prompts for this month. Your mission is to grab at least 10 of them and create a little something for it. Keep in mind, even if it is not the meaning of the challenge, no one will punish you when you only grab one or two prompts. Every work is welcome.

To complete the challenge, you can create up to ten single works or combine one or more prompts in one work.

Allowed are fics up to 500 words, small poems, icons (100x100 px), and small graphics up to 500 px width x height. Please stay to the maximum, even if you use more than one prompt in your work.

All fandoms, genres, and ratings are welcome, as are original works and real-person works.

When posting directly to

sweetandshort, please use a header of your choice and put bigger works under a cut. You can also post your work elsewhere, but please leave a header and a link here to keep the community running.

When posting your works, please use any appropriate tag. When a tag is missing, use 'tag needed'.

This challenge runs until September 30, midnight in your timezone.

( September Prompt List )

spaciireth

Title: [no title]
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: Amy Pond
Length: 217 words
Rating: PG
Prompt: Pandora's box
Summary: (Set after The Wedding of River Song) Amy wishes she didn't know she'd had the capacity to kill someone.

Posted on AO3

Title: The Only Option
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: OCs, The Doctor
Length: 200 words
Rating: G
Prompt: karma
Summary: The Doctor tries to show a group of angry people there's a better way.

( The Doctor has the nerve to look disappointed )

Title: Peace
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: River Song, The Doctor
Length: 118 words
Rating: G
Prompt: heart
Summary: River finds the Doctor's heartbeats calming.

( That regular ba-dum-ba-dum )

Title: Time Catches Up
Fandom: Doctor Who
Characters: The Doctor
Length: 100 words
Rating: G
Prompt: Running out of time
Summary: Time has caught up with the Doctor.

( So this is how it ends... )

Nearly forgot to post these! Mostly posted here because I don't have access to my AO3 account right now, I will update the AO3 collection when I'm at home.

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Page Summary

prisca - Welcome to 'Sweet and Short' +6 comments
prisca - Chatter Post: October 2026 +2 comments
stonepicnicking_okapi - [10 out of 20] Jeeves & Wooster: gen +2 comments
klutzygirl - 10 out of 20: October 2026
prisca - October: This and That
stonepicnicking_okapi - [10 out of 20] Original: gen
stonepicnicking_okapi - [10 out of 20] BBC Sherlock: gen
stonepicnicking_okapi - [10 out of 20] Scream [1996]: Anniversary
prisca - October: 10 out of 20
tarlanx - ART: Various icons and small graphics
cmk418 - 10 out of 20 - Succession - Greg Hirsch & Tom Wambsgans - Claimed
cmk418 - 10 out of 20 - Succession - Shiv Roy and Lukas Matsson - A Missed Opportunity
prisca - September: This and That
cmk418 - 10 out of 20 - Succession - Greg Hirsch & Tom Wambsgans - That Someone
prisca - September : 10 out of 20
spaciireth - [10 out of 20] Prompts 7-10

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Sticky: Welcome to 'Sweet and Short'

Sticky: Chatter Post: October 2026

[10 out of 20] Jeeves & Wooster: gen

10 out of 20: October 2026

October: This and That

[10 out of 20] Original: gen

[10 out of 20] BBC Sherlock: gen

[10 out of 20] Scream [1996]: Anniversary

October: 10 out of 20

ART: Various icons and small graphics

10 out of 20 - Succession - Greg Hirsch & Tom Wambsgans - Claimed

10 out of 20 - Succession - Shiv Roy and Lukas Matsson - A Missed Opportunity

September: This and That

10 out of 20 - Succession - Greg Hirsch & Tom Wambsgans - That Someone

September : 10 out of 20

[10 out of 20] Prompts 7-10

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