Ad Astra :: Star Trek Fanfiction Archive ^{Beam me up, Scotty.}

Welcome into October!  A most excellent time of the year, one of my favorites!  Ahead we have the new Review Hunt, but first, our winners from the last one were hoodwinked in first place and Gibraltar in second!  Congratulations, folks!

As for our October Review Hunt, you can sign up here or on Discord; just let me know you want to join and that's all you have to do!  And read and review!

And since I'm setting up flash challenges for the month, this month will be four and a half weeks of celebrating fics that the authors AND the readers love; everyone on Discord gets to nominate one of their own stories and one from someone else, and those will have double points!  The first run of it will end on October 8th, at 5:30PM Eastern, so spread the love!

State of the Archive

Generally, still moving. We're still getting to the bottom of the issue that has a background process shutting down unexpectedly, but that's relatively minor and more annoyance than anything else. Especially for an archive our size. Things have been going great on Discord, with interesting discussions about future sociology, whether we do or don't like musicals and it's been great seeing new people come in, too! We're very welcoming, so stop on by!

July Review Hunt Winners and August Review Hunt!

Our winner for the July Review Hunt was BeatriceOtter, who scored over 20,000 points, an absolutely astronomical effort! Following right up, though, was hoodwinked with over 17,000. Both of them did a stellar job. Now, with August's Review Hunt underway, let's see how we do! Right now, things are slow to start, so if you want to join in, drop me a line just about anywhere and I'll add you to the list!

Weekly Challenge #15: What's Left Behind

What do we leave behind? Either as we move to another stage in life, or as we leave it all for whatever comes after. A feeling or an object or a letter. Or anything. Write a story between 100 and 700 words -- I mean it this time, Gibraltar! XD -- talking about just that. Interpret it as strictly or as loosely as you like. Add it to the Weekly Challenges collection on the archive and tag it Weekly Challenge: What's Left Behind.

Challenge closes on 8/11 at 11:59PM Eastern!

Everything's going good! We have a few snaffus when we do our server maintenance, but I think it'll turn out okay. Still if the archive acts a little funny, just wait until I can cycle it and it'll start behaving again. In the meantime, we've had some excellent stories added to the archive, so go browse and maybe leave a review!

Weekly Challenge #14: Wind and Water

For this week's challenge, let's do something environmental; write between 100 and 700 words under the theme of wind and water! Stranded on an ocean world? Or just caught in the riptide of memory? Interpret as liberally or strictly as you like! When you post it to the archive, add the freeform tag Weekly Challenge: Wind and Water.

Challenge ends on 8/4 at 11:59PM Eastern!

August Review Hunt Signup

Time to sign up for August's Review Hunt! First prize is Paypal (or similar) or a color portrait of a character of your choice (doesn't need to be a Trek character), second prize is Paypal or a black-and-white portrait of a character of your choice.

I am also reasonably negotiable if you're interested in saving up "wins" for multiple months for a full piece of artwork, like something full-body.

So, feel free to comment on this post if you want to join in, or hit the emoji on our Discord, or however you like!