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This International Fanworks Day (IFD), we once again celebrated fandom and its myriad communities. Now that the festivities are over, we at the OTW want to thank everyone who participated in making IFD2025 happen!

Be it by posting works tagged with the International Fanworks Day 2025 tag on AO3, by taking part in the IFD 2025 Fanlore Challenge, or by participating in Feedback Fest on AO3 or the OTW website, and sharing your favorite fanfics with fellow fans; we appreciate every single one of you for contributing!

Over on Discord, we spent 30 hours playing games and chatting about all things fandom. Besides IFD classics like List Builder and Five Things, we also tried some new games like Fandom Emoji Quiz, and brought back Poetry Round Robin! You can find our fan-written poems, as well as re-written song texts from Lyrics Round Robin on our IFD account on AO3.

Let us know in the comments what your favorite part of this year's IFD was!

We hope to see you again at next year's 12th International Fanworks Day, where we will come together once more to celebrate fandom and fan culture.

The Organization for Transformative Works is the non-profit parent organization of multiple projects including Archive of Our Own, Fanlore, Open Doors, Transformative Works and Cultures, and OTW Legal Advocacy. We are a fan-run, entirely donor-supported organization staffed by volunteers. Find out more about us on our website.

For anyone who’s missed our earlier posts, you can find all of our activities for this year's International Fanworks Day here. 

The OTW’s chatroom games session is a 30-hour party that lasts from February 14th, 21:00 UTC until February 16th, 03:00 UTC. The game times listed below are all in UTC, but you can click the links to find out how that converts to your own timezone.

The games will be hosted on our dedicated Discord server and moderated by OTW volunteers throughout the day. Every hour you will be able to participate in a different fandom-themed game! The timetable and game descriptions are posted below; join us on Discord for the games you’d like to play!

NOTE: The games will be played and moderated in English.

February 14th

21:00 List Builder

22:00 AO3 Trivia

23:00 Two Truths, One Lie

February 15th

00:00 20 Questions

01:00 Fandom Emoji Quiz

02:00 Lyrics Round Robin

03:00 Five Things

04:00 20 Questions

05:00 List Builder

06:00 Two Truths, One Lie

07:00 Poetry Round Robin

08:00 Fandom Emoji Quiz

09:00 Five Things

10:00 Lyrics Round Robin

11:00 List Builder

12:00 20 Questions

13:00 OTW Trivia

14:00 Poetry Round Robin

15:00 20 Questions

16:00 Five Things

17:00 Lyrics Round Robin

18:00 List Builder

19:00 Fandom Emoji Quiz

20:00 Five Things

21:00 20 Questions

22:00 Poetry Round Robin

23:00 Fandom Trivia

February 16th

00:00 List Builder

01:00 Five Things

02:00 Fandom Emoji Quiz

Game Guidelines

5 Things  (5 scheduled)

How to Play : During this game, the host will name a topic and players in the room will call out examples from their favorite fandoms. This will repeat for at least 5 rounds. Be prepared to explain why your answer counts (maybe you’ll recruit someone new to your fandom!)

20 Questions  (5 scheduled)

How to Play : One person thinks of an object, animal, or person, but instead of answering questions, they ask them. Other players must deduce what the thing is based on the questions. 

Fandom Emoji Quiz  (4 scheduled)

How to Play : The host will paste into the chat 3 emojis that represent a fandom. The first person to guess a fandom correctly wins the round, and the person with the most points after all rounds wins the game.

List Builder  (5 scheduled)

How to Play : List Builder is a collaborative game in which players work together to come up with a list of fandom characters or items belonging to a particular genre, starting with consecutive letters of the alphabet. Start at A and work your way through to Z (you can be as flexible as required on the difficult letters!)

Lyrics Round Robin  (3 scheduled)

How to Play : During this game, we’ll collectively write FANDOM lyrics to replace those of a familiar song. The host will choose the song and type out an alternate first two lines. Then those in the room will write the next lines until the song is finished.

Poetry Round Robin  (3 scheduled)

How to Play : During this game, we'll collectively write FANDOM poetry! The host posts a poem as an example of a specific poetic form (like sonnet, haiku, etc.), as well as a title. The players then write one (or more) original poems of that form together, one line at a time.

Trivia  (3 scheduled)

How to Play : Like most trivia games, the host will ask a question and the first person to answer correctly wins that round. Because we’re online and you’re free to do searches we’re going to add another factor, which is time — you must answer within 2 minutes. But you can call out your answer as soon as you think you know. If you’re the first to have the correct answer, the host will type your name and award you a point. At the end of the game, whoever has gotten the most points will be named the winner!

Two Truths, One Lie  (2 scheduled)

How to Play : The host will paste into the chat 3 statements. Because we’re online and you’re free to do searches we’re going to add another factor, which is time — you must answer within 30 seconds after the third statement!

We also want to hear from you about other celebrations taking place today. Leave us a comment here to tell us about what your fandom communities are doing!

The Organization for Transformative Works is the non-profit parent organization of multiple projects including Archive of Our Own, Fanlore, Open Doors, Transformative Works and Cultures, and OTW Legal Advocacy. We are a fan-run, entirely donor-supported organization staffed by volunteers. Find out more about us on our website.

Welcome to the International Fanworks Day (IFD) Feedback Fest of 2025!

Our theme for IFD 2025 is Fan Communities are Ecosystems, where we celebrate diversity in fandom and fanworks, and the unique fan ecosystem it creates.

Want to participate in this year's Feedback Fest? Here’s how to do it!

Leave a comment under this post recommending 10 fanworks. Tell everyone why you love these works and why they should check them out. You can also link to a recommendation post you've made elsewhere, or create a new recommendation post on your social media accounts using the #FeedbackFest2025 tag. Keep the diversity of fanworks in mind when making recommendations – you can share fics, podfics, fanart, zines, archives, collections, newsletters, and anything that sparks joy in you about fandom. The sky is the limit!

While going through the recommendations, it’s nice to leave feedback – comments, kudos, likes – for the creators as well! Feel free to boost the recommendations from other people that you enjoyed. This year’s #FeedbackFest is all about being a part of a fandom ecosystem, so spread the joy!

Start your reccing, and we’ll see you on the other side – we wish you a happy #IFD2025 again!

The Organization for Transformative Works is the non-profit parent organization of multiple projects including Archive of Our Own, Fanlore, Open Doors, Transformative Works and Cultures, and OTW Legal Advocacy. We are a fan-run, entirely donor-supported organization staffed by volunteers. Find out more about us on our website.

There are only a few days left for February 15th, meaning it’s almost time for the eleventh annual International Fanworks Day (IFD)! For #IFD2025, we have planned plenty of activities for fans around the globe. Take a look at them today to find out which activities you can participate in!

1. Feedback Fest: As per usual, we are holding our annual feedback fest! This is your chance to tell others about your favorite works related to your fandoms, fic dynamics, or things you believe have strongly impacted the fandom ecosystem! Look for our Feedback Fest post on February 13th, then leave a comment with 10 fanwork recommendations! On social media, use the tag #FeedbackFest when posting.
2. Using the #IFD2025 or #IFDChallenge2025 tags, share your experience with fandoms as ecosystems on social media!
3. Tag your works on AO3 centered around fan communities with our International Fanworks Day 2025 tag!
4. The festivities aren’t just on AO3: Fanlore, the OTW’s fannish history and culture wiki, will be celebrating as well! The challenge runs February 10-16 and involves a new editing challenge to complete every day. To participate, refer to the IFD 2025 Fanlore Challenge page for more information.
5. Games and Fan Chat: On February 15th, we’ll be hosting a chat on the OTW’s Discord. Join us between 21:00 UTC February 14th (What time is that for me?) and 03:00 UTC February 16th (What time is that for me?) to play trivia games and chat with other fans! The chat room will be moderated in English, and we’ll post a detailed schedule on the 15th.

Thank you so much for engaging in and being a part of fan culture throughout the year. See you at #IFD2025!

The Organization for Transformative Works is the non-profit parent organization of multiple projects including Archive of Our Own, Fanlore, Open Doors, Transformative Works and Cultures, and OTW Legal Advocacy. We are a fan-run, entirely donor-supported organization staffed by volunteers. Find out more about us on our website.

Get ready for International Fanworks Day (IFD)! On February 15th, we will once again come together from all corners of fandom for the 11th annual IFD celebration. IFD was created in 2014 in honor of the one-millionth fanwork on AO3 to recognize and celebrate all forms of fanwork – fics, art, podfic, zines, and more – as vital parts of fandom.

This year's IFD theme Fan Communities are Ecosystems honors this idea of diversity in fandom and expands on it: not only are there many kinds of fanworks, there are also many ways people engage in fandom: reading, commenting, working on fan wikis, creating art, writing, and more! Diverse fans working together creates unique ecosystems of fandoms and we want to celebrate that with you this year. From now until IFD, we will be hosting several activities we encourage you to participate in:

• Take part in our Feedback Fest and rec your favorite work related to (fictional) communities and social dynamics. Or recommend something you believe has impacted your fandom's ecosystem! Interested? Look for our Feedback Fest post on February 13th!
• Tag your own works on AO3 centered around fan communities with our International Fanworks Day 2025 tag!
• Share your experience with fandoms as ecosystems on social media using the tag #IFD2025 or #IFDChallenge2025

We are looking forward to seeing your contributions! Of course, if you want to participate in another way, you are free to do so as well. And if you or your fandom community are planning on hosting your own IFD activities, let us know so we can signal boost them! You can use the tags mentioned above on social media.

We'll announce other celebratory activities for IFD2025 soon, so keep an eye on our social media channels.

The Organization for Transformative Works is the non-profit parent organization of multiple projects including Archive of Our Own, Fanlore, Open Doors, Transformative Works and Cultures, and OTW Legal Advocacy. We are a fan-run, entirely donor-supported organization staffed by volunteers. Find out more about us on our website.

The OTW launched a user survey as part of the International Fanworks Day's 10th annual celebration. It was launched on February 9th and closed on February 19th. The survey, which asked 12 questions, was offered in 25 languages and was started by 55,620 people.

This survey report covers the following:

1) How many responses there were to each question
2) How many people gave which answers.

Below is an example from the report:

Q8: Have you ever used AO3 bookmarks to rec a fanwork?

50,591 survey takers answered this question.

Yes – 36,026 (71.37%)
No – 14,565 (28.63%)

Visit this link to access the rest of the survey responses.

The Organization for Transformative Works is the non-profit parent organization of multiple projects including Archive of Our Own, Fanlore, Open Doors, Transformative Works and Cultures, and OTW Legal Advocacy. We are a fan run, entirely donor-supported organization staffed by volunteers. Find out more about us on our website.

International Fanworks Day is a celebration of so many things we love about fandom. Whether you contributed on AO3, Fanlore, social media, or Discord, we're delighted that you've joined in for the 10th year of this special day.

Be sure to check out everyone's contributions in the International Fanworks Day 2024 tag on AO3 and using the tag #IFD2024 on social media. We have also had over 120 contributions to Feedback Fest on AO3 and at the OTW website, so stop by and add your own. Our OTW Tumblr mod has also been keeping up with many rec lists posted there.

So far over 55,000 people have taken the IFD 10th year survey. The survey will remain open until February 19th if you haven't yet taken part.

For 30 hours between February 14 and 16, many of you joined OTW volunteers for our annual chatroom games marathon on Discord. As usual, all of the filk participating fans created as part of our Lyrics Round Robin games is now available on the IFD AO3 account.

Finally, there's still a chance to get in on the fun over at Fanlore, whose IFD 2024 Fanlore Challenge will continue to run until February 18th.

We hope to see many of you back next year to celebrate our activities in fandom once again. And aside from activities run by the OTW, some of the other fandom group events are still going on. If you know of any others, link them here in the comments!

The Organization for Transformative Works is the non-profit parent organization of multiple projects including Archive of Our Own, Fanlore, Open Doors, Transformative Works and Cultures, and OTW Legal Advocacy. We are a fan run, entirely donor-supported organization staffed by volunteers. Find out more about us on our website.

For anyone who's missed our earlier posts, here's a rundown on all the other International Fanwork Day events!

The OTW’s chatroom games session is a 30-hour party that lasts from 21:00 UTC on 14 February until 03:00 UTC on 16 February. The times listed below are in UTC, but you can click the links to find out how that converts to your own timezone.

The games will be hosted on our dedicated Discord server and moderated by OTW volunteers throughout the day. Every hour you will be able to participate in a different fandom-themed game! The timetable and game descriptions are given below; join us on Discord for the games you'd like to play!

NOTE: The games will be played and moderated in English.

14th Feb

21:00 5 Things

22:00 That’s Life

23:00 List Builder

15th Feb

00:00 Countdown

01:00 Two Truths, One Lie

02:00 5 Things

03:00 That’s Life

04:00 List Builder

05:00 Countdown

06:00 Two Truths, One Lie

07:00 Linkee

08:00 Lyrics Round Robin

09:00 5 Things

10:00 List Builder

11:00 Countdown

12:00 5 Things

13:00 Fandom Trivia

14:00 Linkee

15:00 Lyrics Round Robin

16:00 5 Things

17:00 That’s Life

18:00 List Builder

19:00 Countdown

20:00 Two Truths, One Lie

21:00 Lyrics Round Robin

22:00 5 Things

23:00 That’s Life

16th Feb

00:00 List Builder

01:00 Countdown

02:00 Two Truths, One Lie

Game Guidelines

5 Things (5 scheduled)

How to Play: During this game, the host will name a topic and players in the room will call out examples from their favorite fandoms. This will repeat for at least 5 rounds. Be prepared to explain why your answer counts (maybe you’ll recruit someone new to your fandom!)

Countdown (3 scheduled)

How to Play: The host has a list of 7 clues. After they type each clue into the chat room, people can guess what the answer is. If no one guesses correctly, the host offers the next clue. The game will continue until someone has guessed the person, place or thing BUT the sooner someone guesses the answer, the more points they will get! After 3 rounds the person with the most points wins.

Linkee (2 scheduled)

How to Play: The host will read a clue and each player should guess (to themselves — shhh!) what the answer is that fits into the [BLANK]. The host will then read 2 more clues. After each one, players can call out a guess about what they think links the clues together. The first person to guess correctly gets a point. When we have completed all clue sets, the person with the most points wins.

List Builder (5 scheduled)

How to Play: List Builder is a collaborative game in which players work together to come up with a list of fandom characters or items belonging to a particular genre, starting with consecutive letters of the alphabet. Start at A and work your way through to Z (you can be as flexible as required on the difficult letters!)

Lyrics Round Robin (3 scheduled)

How to Play: During this game, we’ll collectively write FANDOM lyrics to replace those of a familiar song. The host will choose the song and type out an alternate first two lines. Then those in the room will write the next lines until the song is finished.

That’s Life (4 scheduled)

How to Play: This is an RP game. Participants will first name a character that they know well for each round. Every round will consist of two random questions posted by the moderator. Participants share how the character they chose for that round would answer the questions as if answering from their point of view. For each round, participants will name a different character to answer the new questions.

Trivia (1 scheduled)

How to Play: Like most trivia games, the host will ask a question and the first person to answer correctly wins that round. Because we’re online and you’re free to do searches we’re going to add another factor, which is time — you must answer within 2 minutes. But you can call out your answer as soon as you think you know. If you're the first to have the correct answer, the host will type your name and award you a point. At the end of the game, whoever has gotten the most points will be named the winner!

Two Truths, One Lie (4 scheduled)

How to Play: The host will paste into the chat 3 statements. Because we’re online and you’re free to do searches we’re going to add another factor, which is time — you must answer within 30 seconds after the third statement!

We also want to hear from you about other celebrations taking place today. Leave us a comment here to tell us about what your fandom communities are doing!

The Organization for Transformative Works is the non-profit parent organization of multiple projects including Archive of Our Own, Fanlore, Open Doors, Transformative Works and Cultures, and OTW Legal Advocacy. We are a fan run, entirely donor-supported organization staffed by volunteers. Find out more about us on our website.