Welcome to the 2019 Sunshine Challenge!

[enemytosleep]

Check out the Master List to find links to all of the 2019 challenge posts.

Many of you here are familiar with the snowflake_challenge, and so a lot of what we will be doing here will be similar — if you aren’t familiar with Snowflake then please go subscribe to them right now! Our aim is to provide a low-key way to continue the fun and warm fandom feelings half-way through the year.

We will post seven challenge prompts throughout the month of July. Some will be pretty simple and straightforward, and some will be a little more involved. You are encouraged to complete as many of the prompts as you feel comfortable doing! You can do them on your private journal or in public posts: the choice is yours. If you’re shy we have places for lurkers, too. We want you all to have fun and enjoy the challenge in whichever way works best for you.

Although sunshine_challenge is being hosted on DW, if you don't have an account here, please feel free to comment anonymously and sign your (fan)name. You can also sign in with OpenID, which allows you to use your LJ (and other platform) credentials to comment. We want everyone to be able to participate, regardless of where you hang your fandom hat.

Your 2019 moderators include me, enemytosleep, as well as the wonderful autobotscoutriella, oldtoadwoman, and sodium_amytal.



enemytosleep says: I found the Snowflake Challenge for the first time in January 2019, and I loved the concept, but unfortunately January is the busiest month of the year for me at work; I struggled to participate and missed most of the prompts. Figuring I wasn't the only one in that boat, I approached the moderators about hosting a mini-challenge halfway through the year when I would have more time to enjoy the fun ... and here we are!

autobotscoutriella says: Snowflake was my first introduction to Dreamwidth, and the gentle push out of my comfort zone that I needed to make some friends and get involved with some events! I'm really looking forward to the Sunshine Challenge as a nice mid-year marker and an opportunity to get out there and get involved again.

oldtoadwoman says: OldToadWoman is an old toad woman who lives under a rock, but occasionally invites people to share her rock. We have snacks under here.

sodium_amytal says: I want to join the challenge to celebrate fandom and meet new people!

A very special thank you to cornerofmadness, respoftw, and sharpiefan for their help in prepping everything for the 2019 event!

The sunshine_challenge is about celebrating fandom itself and the awesome people in it. One way we can do that is by interacting with each other. Every time you visit the journal of a fellow participant and comment on what they're sharing, you are helping to create this community. Fandom is about love: love of books and writers, movies and actors, music and musicians, comics and their creators, etc., but it's also about being with and appreciating other fans, and letting them know they matter. We all could use a little sunshine in our lives. ♥



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Comments

[author_by_night]

This should be fun!

[marzipan77]

Fantastic way to keep the conversations going!

[suncani]

Looking forward to this! Was too late for snowflake this year.

[lightbird]

Hi!

[singedsun]

Looking forward to it.

[meridian_rose]

Thanks to all the mods for this. The Snowflake Challenge always gives me a boost but I'm in need of another one now. I won't be around for all the early July so I'm glad there'll be a longer period of events so I can catch up :)

[independence1776]

I'm looking forward to this!

[shadowhive]

That sounds cool! I did snowflake for the first time this year and it was super fun!

[enemytosleep]

I'm excited to get things started!

[enemytosleep]

Definitely! I know I missed a ton in January myself.

[enemytosleep]

We hope that you enjoy both this fest and the next Snowflake. :D

[enemytosleep]

Oh I remember your adorable icon! ♥

[enemytosleep]

Same!

[enemytosleep]

We definitely hope that this mini-fest is a good boost for many (and the prompts are spread over the entire month so you'll have plenty of time to get to them all if you aren't around for the start!).

[enemytosleep]

*does excited dance*

[enemytosleep]

The bits of Snowflake I was able to sneak in were fabulous, so I hope we can offer a small amount of that here in this challenge. :D

[sodium_amytal]

Thank you for participating! I loved the Snowflake Challenge, but the hurried pace of the daily challenges was a little exhausting. The longer stretch of time for the Sunshine Challenge feels like a better fit for those of us who work slower, and allows for more time to digest everyone's contributions!

[autobotscoutriella]

Oh my god, that icon is a delight.

Welcome!

[autobotscoutriella]

Same here, as far as first-time Snowflake participation goes! We hope you'll enjoy this one just as much. :)

[tellshannon815]

Looking forward to this one, and like the fact that it's a longer time period than Snowflake!

[autobotscoutriella]

I hope you enjoy it! Hopefully the longer time period will give more people opportunities to participate--we're very excited for it.

[oldtoadwoman]

And there will be days in between prompts so it will be spaced out and hopefully no one will feel like they're "behind". Our goal is for everyone to have fun with no stress.

[liquidtears]

Loved doing Snowflake Challenge and will definitely do this one as well!

Snowflake Challenge 2019

[oldtoadwoman]

Yay! The more the merrier! ♥

[autobotscoutriella]

That's great to hear! We hope you enjoy this one.