[#284 | Home for the Holidays] Results Post

[fanweeklymod]

Here are this week's votes tallied, and below the cut are our winners for Challenge #284 – Home for the Holidays!

( This week's finalists are... )

Total Challenge Words Written: 3894

Congratulations to all this week's participants, and thank you to everyone who took the time to cast their votes! autobotscoutriella will be making this week’s banners, so keep an eye out for those.

You may now post your Challenge 284 entries to any additional communities, blogs, archives or sites as you'd like! We also have a FandomWeekly AO3 Collection if you'd like to add your stories there.

Happy new year to everyone whose time zone has already made it to 2026!

[#285 | Fresh Start] Challenge Post

[fanweeklymod]

Challenge 285: FRESH START

Sometimes your best option is just to start over. Maybe it’s a project that isn’t going well, or a job that hasn’t worked out. Maybe it’s a new day, or a new year, one of those timepoints that encourage you to think about changes you want to make. Maybe it’s something more drastic – a new career or even a whole new life. Whatever the case, it’s time for a new start. What does that look like? Is it by choice, or are your characters forced into it by circumstance? Is it easy, or not so much? Write a story about a fresh start. BONUS GOAL: “New year, new me!" If your submission features this line, it will earn an extra point to be tallied in voting!

Challenge ends Monday, January 5 at 9:00PM EST. • Post submissions as new entries using the template in the profile • Tag this week's entries as: [#] submission, 285 – fresh start • If you have questions about this challenge, please ask them here