it’s not a phase, mom… it’s fanfiction | a song-based event centred around skz art and fics of our favourite emo music | 18+ event, minors dni
round two starts may 2026 <3
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emo · 2mo
hi mods! is it still too late to submit a claim? i originally didn't sign up when it first opened, because i had three other fests, but now that i finished them all, i had a brain worm LOL. thank u! <3
Hi friend! It’s absolutely not too late to claim :) congrats on finishing your other fests, we’d love to have you!! 🖤 -🐈⬛
emo · 4mo
Hi mods!! Do multi chaptered fics need to be completed before the deadline? Or can we only post the first chapter as long as it meets the minimum words count? Sorry if it was answered before, I couldn't find the information. Thanks <3
Hi! Multi chapter fics do not need to be completed before posting as long as the first chapter meets the minimum word count :) thanks for asking! -🐈⬛
emo · 5mo
Hello ! I've claimed one of the prompts and all my ideas lean towards a combining of groups.
Are multiple groups allowed or is it strictly the 8 chaotic gremlins of skz?
hello! the main character/pairing should feature stray kids, absolutely by all means have a chaotic ensemble (the more emos the merrier), but the main focal point and story should centre skz members <3 - 🌑
emo · 5mo
If the song already has a story line, do we have to follow it exactly or can we do whatever inspires us?
Write whatever inspires you! There are no hard and fast themes you have to follow, we just want you to be inspired by some of your favourite music 🖤 -🐈⬛
emo · 5mo
Hi hi - i'm a little confused when prompt claiming starts? When you guys said "tomorrow 00kst" i interpreted that being an hour and a half ago? 😅 could you clarify please 🫶🏻 super excited for this fest 🥰
I’m so sorry, I hate working out timezones so you’ll have to forgive me 😅 I just wrote that unthinkingly because it will be tomorrow for me. Anyway, claiming starts 22 hours from now, so that people have some time to view the songs :) thank you for asking because it was confusing! We’re also super excited for the fest 🖤 -🐈⬛
emo · 5mo
Im late to the party due to work so i have slight basic quesitons: MAINSTAGE is prompting for round 2, is it updated? and im assuming via reading previous questions that round 1 prompts [unclaimed] will still be up for grabs? (i asked this after prompting like an idiiooot my bad sorry mods)
Hi!! On our notion you can view where the song prompts for round 2 will be uploaded (the fest line up). The songs already entered here are just some emo classics that the mods thought needed to be represented. This list will be updated tomorrow once prompting has closed and we’ve sorted through all the submissions :)
Songs from round 1 have not been automatically added to the list, so if you’d like to claim a song from round one please submit it, even one that was written for previously. The only thing we ask is that authors from round 1 don’t claim the same song in round 2 🙏 -🐈⬛
emo · 5mo
Hi! Sorry if this was answered, but it's ok if I prompt songs that might have been sent already? Better safe than sorry as people say lol
Hi! Yes, please go right ahead :3 mod cat is very into spreadsheets and will be consolidating all the songs at the end to clear up any repeats! -🐈⬛
emo · 5mo
hellooo this might be a dumb question so im sorry in advance: i submitted a few songs for prompting without realizing that they're already on the round 1 playlist, would those songs still be eligible for prompting if they haven't been written for yet/would those songs show up on the round 2 playlist?
Don’t worry about it! Songs from round 1 haven’t been automatically added to the round 2 playlist, so it’s absolutely fine to submit them again :)
The only thing we ask is that writers from round 1 don’t claim the same song for round 2 when it’s time to submit claims. -🐈⬛
emo · 5mo
Hihi here with more wondering. Would you count Muse in? And what about Queens of the stone age? Linkin Park? Because if it were up to me I would count them but I rather ask. Thanks for bearing with us😂😂😂
Thanks for returning to our inbox! 🖤
So, while muse might have some emoisms they wouldn't be considered emo, just alt rock [they're kinda hard to pin down to be fair, but we wouldn't class them as emo].
Same for queens of the stone age - or even more set in stone [pun intended] they're just straight up alt rock/hard rock.
Linkin park is the only one out of the three we'd consider to be actually emo, and while yes they are also a numetal/hard rock band like the other two, their early 2000s influence had them drifting pretty seamlessly between each scene.
So, no to muse and queens, but yes to linkin park - 🌑+🐈⬛
emo · 5mo
is there a playlist with the songs from round 1?
Here’s the round 1 playlist :) - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5fvhdPYxqxg2S7VomDi9Gc?si=w-F1qr9IQmOH634MsW5ymQ&pi=hL8rtPx0SPCyn