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With just a week and change left until start, we wanted to take a moment to remind everyone that participants are eligible for some awards!

For anyone that shares fanworks, banners boasting a numerical summary of your contributions are available. Currently, we can host up to nine unique types of fanwork per banner. If you manage to create more than that, let us know and we will work with you to create a banner you're satisfied with.

For those who try something new with their fannish expression, you can request as many first medium tokens as desired. They will include your name of choice and whatever first [medium] you request (provided it's under ten characters long), be it fic, gifs, vids, meta, fanfoods, crafts, or anything else!

Finally, for anyone who completes a punch card, you may request a "punch out" sticker token that you can paste onto your banner, other tokens, icons, or wherever else you desire. Reminder that both commenters and creators are both eligible for punch card awards.

All awards can be requested upon event conclusion by filling out the Summary Form. They will be delivered as swiftly as possible and in order of request. Questions, comments, concerns? Comment on this post or send us an email at bagfishbang@gmail.com.

Feel free to join our community and/or follow us on tumblr

bag-bang. We hope you join us for this round of Be a Goldfish!

( See example rewards )

devinwolfi

With just two weeks until start, we wanted to take a moment to shine a light on something new we're trying this round: Punch Cards!

( See Punch Cards )

The rules are simple: every week that you leave a comment on someone's work and/or share one of your own, you can punch, stamp, or otherwise mark this handy punch card.

You can do all comments, all works, or mix it up week to week. You can even challenge yourself to black out an entire card for both!

While technically speaking, these squares correspond to the weekly prompts, it's your choice as to how closely or loosely you adhere to that schedule. If you would like to follow the prompt schedule, comment on someone else's entry for that week's prompt (which may or may not be possible) or share one of your own.

All of this is completely optional and exists merely to provide an extra bit of fun, and a practical goal for those who desire it. Who doesn't need something to strive for sometimes?

Whether you mark a single square, or get a black out, share with us! Post your card or a link to your card to the community so we can all bask in your awesome fists of fury. Your fistabilities (this is a punching things reference. nothing else). We would especially love to see the works that led you to mark off each square, you may very well have the beginnings of a rec or masterlist!

We've provided both a full color digital card and a black and white printer-friendly card. For maximum quality you can download them from this drive folder (for printing we reccomend something wallet- to postcard-sized).

theurbanspaceboi

T-minus: three weeks! Be A Goldfish is back and better than ever. Are you as excited as we are?

In an effort to encourage regular participation, as well as to provide structure to those who thrive on it, we’ve prepared weekly prompts to inspire you throughout the course of the event. As follows:

WEEK ONE: New Year, New Fandom
WEEK TWO: New Medium, No Tedium
WEEK THREE: Don’t Dodge the Draft
WEEK FOUR: An Oldie But a Goodie
WEEK FIVE: On Thursdays We Try Tropes
WEEK SIX: Girls, Girls, Girls
WEEK SEVEN: Valentine’s, Galentine’s, & Palentine’s
WEEK EIGHT: Favorite Character Fiesta

You may follow this schedule as rigidly or loosely as you wish: you are welcome to fulfill every prompt to the letter, or to ignore them entirely. Engage as suits! Have fun with it! We will post each prompt weekly, too, to keep them fresh on the mind.

Additionally, we've prepared four bonus prompts, which you are free to swap or combine with any scheduled week as desired:

Bonus One: Epic Crossover Event
Bonus Two: Back to the BAGBang
Bonus Three: Tactile Touchables Tea Party
Bonus Four: Meta & Margaritas

Questions, comments, concerns? Check out our prompt document for details, suggestions, and further inspiration. Want more? Try this list of prompting blogs on tumblr, or this compilation of prompting communities on Dreamwidth. Don't forget to give our FAQ a look too! It's got all the key details, dates, and links.

theurbanspaceboi

We're back! If you're a fan who enjoys making or engaging with fanworks, and you're looking to celebrate the little things in life, join us for Be A Goldfish: A Multifandom Multimedia Microbang, from 1 January to 28 February 2026.

This is a no sign-ups, no check-ins, comment oriented event, with a maximum wordcount of 1000. More than fics, though, you can make anything: meta, zines, podfic, poetry, ficlets, drabbles, playlsits, fanvids, weaves, recipes, crafts, pantings, graphics, sketches, textiles, and more!

We want you to be curious, create to your heart's content, and experiment with your fannish expression. We also aim to support commenters and encourage active engagement throughout the event and beyond. Last year we were a Ted Lasso-specific event, but in the spirit of the curiosity, kindness, and friendship that Ted embraces, we're now multifandom.

Join today either here in our dreamwidth community or on tumblr!

theurbanspaceboi

Final lap: the checkered flag is in sight! Congrats, fish friends, and thank you for joining us for the inaugural round of Be A Goldfish: A Ted Lasso Multimedia Microbang. With over 150 fics and a number of gifs, artworks, and other contributions, we're delighted to call this event a success.

Let's wrap this up. as we prepare to swim off into the sunset of this final day, a few announcements:

Don't forget to log your final entries using the Entry Submission form. Feel free to share them on our Discord, too! You're also welcome to crosspost here on Dreamwidth or on tumblr.

Everything will close tomorrow. This includes this year’s AO3 collection and the comment and entry forms. You still have roughly twenty-four hours to get your works in under the wire if there’s anything you’re still working on or you get bit by that last-second-inspiration bug. So you’ve got until then get all your works posted, logged, and otherwise squared away.

We've opened the Event Summary & Banner Claim form, and we ask that you fill it out by 7 July in order to receive your banner. Curious about the awards? Check out what's available here.

Don't forget to fill out our Post-Bang Survey, too. We're first-time event hosts, so feel free to let us know how we did, what you loved, and what we might improve in the future.

One more big thanks! We appreciate you, we're proud of you, and we're so pleased we got to share this event with you. Go ahead and put your fins together for yourself and your fellow goldfish! Truly, from the bottom of our little goldfish hearts, thank you to everyone who joined us for the first, but hopefully not last, round of Be A Goldfish!

devinwolfi

That's right. That's not a typo in the title, it's true. We have surpassed 150 total works!!

Congratulations to everyone who has shared works and left comments so far and to anyone else who may decide to jump in throughout these final days.

You can find links to our other socials and forms in the sidebar and our FAQ in both of our stickies. If you want to browse through the entire collection (not just AO3), it's been handily compiled in a google sheet here.

Draw some fanart in sidewalk chalk and share a picture! Make a playlist about your favorite character! Make a charm bracelet! Write a poem! The possibilities are endless!!

Happy Microbang :)

theurbanspaceboi

T-minus: 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... That's right: Be a Goldfish: A Ted Lasso Multimedia Microbang wraps up in just seven days!

One week to go, but it's not too late to sign up! Whether you've been with us all along or you're only just jumping in, there's still time to get creative, connect with other Ted Lasso fans, make something new, and leave some friendly comments!

Check out our FAQ, say hi on tumblr or here on Dreamwidth, or join our Discord today!

theurbanspaceboi

TGIF! Drumroll, please: welcome to the final week of the first-ever Be A Goldfish: A Ted Lasso Multimedia Microbang. We’ve had an incredible round, full of fun, friendship, and fanworks, and participants have collectively created over one hundred works! Let’s keep the spark alive in these last few days with two more prompts. Give one a whirl, try both, or mix it up and blend them. Write a fic, make art, or try something totally new! Check out our FAQ for inspiration.

How do people outside the Ted Lasso gang perceive the goings-on at AFC Richmond? Create with that external perspective in mind.

AND/OR:

Use the lyrics from a favourite song as inspiration for a work.

Feel free to brainstorm, discuss ideas, and make friends in our Discord, or let us know what you’re cooking up in the comments here or on tumblr. As always, we’re excited to see what you create. Stay curious!

theurbanspaceboi

Put your fins together for week seven of Be A Goldfish: A Ted Lasso Multimedia Microbang! We've had another week of fic, fun, fandom, and goldfish. How about another prompt to keep things fresh? Actually, how about two? Give one a whirl, try both, or mix it up and blend them!

Focus on a minor character. You know, a character who doesn’t get much love, or somebody who shows up for only an episode or two, or a background character. Who are they? What are they like? Why do you feel connected to them? Get nitty-gritty.

AND/OR:

Epistolary. Create a work in the medium of correspondence; a fic written in letters or emails, for example, or a manipulated text chain. Social media AUs work too.

Feel free to brainstorm, discuss ideas, and make friends in our Discord, or let us know what you’re cooking up in the comments here or on tumblr. We’re excited to see what you create this time. Stay curious!

theurbanspaceboi

It's Friday, fall in love! Welcome to week six of Be A Goldfish: A Ted Lasso Multimedia Microbang. Let's keep it fresh, fun, and friendly with another prompt:

Collaborate with another creative. Utilize our channel for locating betas and find somebody who wants to work together. A round-robin fic might be fun, but don’t be dissuaded from collaborating in other mediums, too; perhaps a collectively-created web weave or playlist. Buddy system!

theurbanspaceboi

Welcome to week five! We've reached the halfway mark of Be A Goldfish: A Ted Lasso Multimedia Microbang and we're still going strong! Let's keep things exciting with another prompt:

What is your least favourite Ted Lasso moment? Does it bother you from a plot perspective, or a characterisation point of view? How would you have done it differently if you were in charge? You’re the captain, now. Fix it!

Feel free to brainstorm, discuss ideas, and make friends in our Discord, or let us know what you’re cooking up in the comments here or on tumblr. We’re excited to see what you create. Don't forget to check out all the incredible works created for this event, which can be found right here on our Dreamwidth, on our tumblr, and in our AO3 collection! Stay curious.

theurbanspaceboi

Week four and we're feeling just fine! We've had another great week of Be A Goldfish: A Ted Lasso Multimedia Microbang. How about a prompt to keep things interesting?

Get out of your comfort zone. Explore the opposite of your usual jam; fluff writers, try angst. Colourful gifmakers, give moody, black and white, or subdued panels a whirl. Go against the grain.

theurbanspaceboi

TGIF! Welcome to week three of Be A Goldfish: A Ted Lasso Multimedia Microbang. We’ve had a great couple weeks thus far. Let’s keep that energy with another prompt:

Work in an alternate universe. How would characters from Ted Lasso function as pirates, or in the zombie apocalypse, or as ghost hunters? Any AU will do, though please remember we do not allow crossovers in this event.

theurbanspaceboi

Welcome back, everybody! It’s week two of Be A Goldfish: A Ted Lasso Multimedia Microbang. Let’s keep the ball rolling with another prompt:

Try something new. Experiment with a form you’ve never tried; check out our FAQ for ideas. Write a haiku, make a zine, or put on your apron and cook up a Ted Lasso inspired recipe!

devinwolfi

Welcome, everyone, to the first week of Be A Goldfish: A Ted Lasso Multimedia Microbang! Let's start things off strong with a prompt to jump-start your creativity:

Who is your favourite Ted Lasso character? What makes them your favourite? What makes them special? Create a work that emphasises these qualities.Feel free to brainstorm, discuss ideas, and make friends in our Discord, or let us know what you're cooking up in the comments here or on tumblr. We're excited to see what you create. Stay curious!

devinwolfi

It's the first of May! Which means we are officially, metaphorically, open for business!

Posting access across Dreamwidth and AO3 are now open, as are all the necessary forms. You can find all the links in the sidebar.

If you have any questions or curiosities, please check our FAQ. If your question still isn't answered or you would like further clarification, please send us an email.

Happy Microbang!

devinwolfi

While we will be sharing some prompts throughout the challenge, we wanted to give folks some other avenues in which to find inspiration. Luckily, Dreamwidth is home to a very wide assortment of fanwork and prompting communities. This post links to some of the ones that we're aware of, many of which are ficlet and drabble prompting comms for anyone who's looking for a little extra inspiration.

If you know of any more, feel free to drop a comment here and we'll add it to the post.

Fic & Ficlets

fffc: Hosts multiple flashfic events every month with bingos and other creative challenges
sweetandshort: many monthly prompts, including a small bingo. Ficlets up to 500 words and icons.
ficlet_zone: A new challenge is posted in the middle of every month. No deadlines!
femslashficlets: Weekly prompts for femslash between 100 and 1,000 words.
fic_promptly: Comment fic comm with challenge prompts nearly every day
comment_fic: For posting and filling comment fic prompts written by other fans.

Drabbles

anythingdrabble: A new prompt every Monday. Multiples allowed up to 500w.
100words: Another weekly drabble comm! New prompts every Tuesday.
drabble_zone: A new prompt every Saturday. Single, double and triple drabbles only.
emotion100: A drabble comm with emotion prompts.
dove_drabbles: New monthly drabble prompts from Dove chocolate wrappers.

Bingo

genprompt_bingo: Multimedia. Sign up for a card, make some stuff, bingo! Thats all there is to it.
allbingo: Get a card from them or use a card from somewhere else and try for bingo. Links to loads of other bingo comms.
ladiesbingo: Cards for writing about women and their relationships with other women. Loosely Bechdel based.

Multimedia and General Comms

1word1day: Exactly what it sounds like. Maybe the word of the day will inspire you!
fan_flashworks: A new prompt every ten-ish days. Multimedia, any length, anything goes.
trope_of_the_month: Also exactly what it sounds like!
whatif_au: A new AU prompt every other month. No limits, no deadlines.
polyamships: New prompts on the 14th of every month plus daily prompting for Multiamory March.
tenminutesaday: Daily challenge to write for at least 10 minutes. Three challenge prompts a week.
fic_rush: Monthly 48-hour writing challenges
weekendwritingmarathon: Set a weekend wordcount goal. Hosts 1k1hr sprints on discord.
vidding: For sharing any and all vids you've made.
graphics: For sharing graphics, icons, banners, etc.
iconcolors: Weekly color palette prompts for icon makers
iconthat: Biweekly icon competitions
screen_icons: A challenge comm for icon making.

devinwolfi

Welcome to Be a Goldfish: A Multifandom Multimedia Microbang! We're thrilled to have you. This is an event for small and non-traditional fanworks. We want to remind you to appreciate the little things, be kind, be curious, enjoy generously, and above all, "be a goldfish."

The rules of this event are simple, we hope. We have provided a longer, more in depth FAQ here on google docs that details every possible thing we could think of in what very well may be excessive detail. However, we will still give a concise summary here (though do read the FAQ):

( Event Overview )

( Posting to the Community )

If you have any questions that pertain to this community or sharing your works here, leave a comment! Feel free to start a dialogue with other fans if they have questions you can answer.

There are no sign-ups or check-ins for this event so you're free to jump in whenever you like. As long as a round is actively running, you're free to share your works.

Feel free to join our community here on DW, follow us on tumblr

bag-bang, check out the AO3 collection, or send us an email at bagfishbang@gmail.com

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Total Works: 150+

The Dawn of the Final Week

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Prompt: Two-For-One Special

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Prompt: You're The Captain Now

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