Check out the Master List to find links to all of the 2023 challenge posts. Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time or go back and do any prompts you've missed!

If you are inspired to answer with art, vid, or other media, we’d love for you to share what you created. If you create any fanworks, feel free to add them to our AO3 Collection.

Prompt 7: Zinnia
While Zinnia has many different meanings, it is usually associated with friendship, endurance, daily remembrance, goodness, and lasting affection. The Victorian meaning of Zinnia are thoughts of an absent friend or a friend you haven't seen in a while.


Bonus Prompt: Red Rose


Please feel free to respond in whichever way comes naturally to you, be it thoughts that you share or a work that you create. If you’d like a more specific idea to kick things off: share a letter written to your younger self about things you’ve learned that relate to the Zinnia theme.

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Once you’ve finished, leave a comment to this post saying you’ve done it! Include a link to your pages if you feel comfortable doing so and let everyone know if you are "Ready for visitors!" Most importantly, please check through the comments and go visit new journals, comment on their shiny posts, and maybe make a new friend or two. ♥




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Check out the Master List to find links to all of the 2023 challenge posts. Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time or go back and do any prompts you've missed!

If you are inspired to answer with art, vid, or other media, we’d love for you to share what you created. If you create any fanworks, feel free to add them to our AO3 Collection.

Prompt 5: Goldenrod
Historically, Goldenrod has been used as a symbol of good fortune, growth, and encouragement. Because of its ability to survive in diverse, harsh environments, Goldenrod represents good luck and a pioneering spirit (pretty fitting given its origins in the meadows and pastures of North America).


Bonus Prompt: Orange Rose


Please feel free to respond in whichever way comes naturally to you, be it thoughts that you share or a work that you create. If you’d like a more specific idea to kick things off: share a tik tok, meme, or something similar that reminds you of the Goldenrod theme.

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Once you’ve finished, leave a comment to this post saying you’ve done it! Include a link to your pages if you feel comfortable doing so and let everyone know if you are "Ready for visitors!" Most importantly, please check through the comments and go visit new journals, comment on their shiny posts, and maybe make a new friend or two. ♥




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Check out the Master List to find links to all of the 2023 challenge posts. Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time or go back and do any prompts you've missed!

If you are inspired to answer with art, vid, or other media, we’d love for you to share what you created. If you create any fanworks, feel free to add them to our AO3 Collection.

Prompt 3: Bluebell
In the language of flowers, the bluebell is a symbol of humility, constancy, gratitude and everlasting love. It is said that if you turn a bluebell flower inside-out without tearing it, you will win the one you love, and if you wear a wreath of bluebells, you will only be able to speak the truth.


Bonus Prompt: Lavender Rose


Please feel free to respond in whichever way comes naturally to you, be it thoughts that you share or a work that you create. If you’d like a more specific idea to kick things off: share a novel or podfic that reminds you of the Bluebell theme.

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Once you’ve finished, leave a comment to this post saying you’ve done it! Include a link to your pages if you feel comfortable doing so and let everyone know if you are "Ready for visitors!" Most importantly, please check through the comments and go visit new journals, comment on their shiny posts, and maybe make a new friend or two. ♥




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Check out the Master List to find links to all of the 2023 challenge posts. Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time or go back and do any prompts you've missed!

If you are inspired to answer with art, vid, or other media, we’d love for you to share what you created. If you create any fanworks, feel free to add them to our AO3 Collection.

Prompt 1: Iris
They can represent faith, hope, courage, wisdom and admiration. Specific flower colors attach further meanings to the pretty blooms. Purple iris brings a message of wisdom and compliments, while a bouquet of blue iris blossoms speak of hope and faith.



Bonus Prompt: Pink Rose


Please feel free to respond in whichever way comes naturally to you, be it thoughts that you share or a work that you create. If you’d like a more specific idea to kick things off: share a poem or drabble that reminds you of the Iris theme.

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Once you’ve finished, leave a comment to this post saying you’ve done it! Include a link to your pages if you feel comfortable doing so and let everyone know if you are "Ready for visitors!" Most importantly, please check through the comments and go visit new journals, comment on their shiny posts, and maybe make a new friend or two. ♥




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Check out the Master List to find links to all of the 2023 challenge posts.

As the sunshine_challenge draws near, we invite everyone to take a look around their journals and take care of any tidying they might wish to complete before having new visitors next month. Of course, there is no right or wrong way to keep your journal. The possibilities are nearly endless and you can customize your space as you see fit.

As you peruse this checklist, please feel free to mark each item as being Up to Date, In Progress, or Not Applicable to your journals.

Many of us may benefit from the friendly nudge to neaten our spaces, but if you are already up to date, then please still use this post as a place to say hello and investigate new-to-you journals ... you may even have additional tips to share!

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Most of you have seen our list of Tips and Ideas for Organizing Online Spaces before. If you haven’t seen it, or if you would like see it again, please do follow the link as there are several helpful items to consider as you tidy.

There have been some developments in fannish and other artistic online spaces more recently that may deserve your consideration as well. With the rise of things like AI tools and Am*z*n, the number of fanworks and original works that are being stolen has increased and evolved in new ways. From bots downloading fan novels/original works from AO3 to self-publish on Am*z*n (with stolen art on the cover) to users feeding works into chat programs to finish WIPs or rework stories they felt should have ended differently … it could be time to consider how you organize your works online.

Whether you choose to lock your works to members only, remove them from various platforms, adjust/remove blanket permissions that you may have previously given: there is no right or wrong way to feel about any of this. It’s simply something to be aware of and do more research on if you so wish. ♥

(I'm totally fine with people discussing these things below, but as it's a group space, please refrain from ranting or dumping lots of negative energies in the comments.)

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Once you’ve finished, leave a comment to this post saying you’ve done it! Include a link to your pages if you feel comfortable doing so and let everyone know if you are "Ready for visitors!" Most importantly, please check through the comments and go visit new journals, comment on their shiny posts, and maybe make a new friend or two. ♥




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Though July may be over, the sunshine_challenge has no deadline for any of our prompts; feel free to answer any prompt or comment as you discover it. There are definitely still folks answering the prompts now, so feel free to check back on the prompt posts for any shares you haven’t yet seen.

If you have already answered the challenges and would like to follow any new replies that may come in, you can choose to “Track This” by clicking the little bell icon at the bottom of each prompt post. That will then send you an alert anytime someone new comments there. If you are finding the sunshine_challenge after July, please go ahead and attempt any of the challenges that appeal to you and reply to anyone there. We all came here to have fun and meet new folks on DW, so don’t be shy simply because you found us at a later date.

♥ You can find all of the 2022 challenges linked at the Master List.

♥ If you create any fanworks, feel free to add them to our AO3 Collection (and don't forget to check out what others have already added as well).

There were a lot of thoughtful, creative entries this year, so I would like to call this challenge a success! If you haven’t had a chance to investigate everything just yet, please take some time to go back and enjoy them now. The goal of the sunshine_challenge is to provide a little bit of sunshine to the community here, which we hope to do in the form of prompting discussions between community members and shining a spotlight on all the creative souls who call DW home. We hope we made your 2022 just a little bit brighter.

Stay subscribed to this page so that you don’t miss us in 2022. ♥ Be sure to follow snowflake_challenge for their January event. Take care!



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Check out the Master List to find links to all of the 2022 challenge posts. Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time or go back and do any prompts you've missed!

If you are inspired to answer with art, vid, or other media, we’d love for you to share what you created. If you create any fanworks, feel free to add them to our AO3 Collection.

( Prompt 6: Amethyst )


Once you’ve finished, leave a comment to this post saying you’ve done it! Include a link to your pages if you feel comfortable doing so to let everyone know you are "Ready for visitors!" Most importantly, please check through the comments and go visit new journals, comment on their shiny posts, and maybe make a new friend or two. ♥




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Check out the Master List to find links to all of the 2022 challenge posts. Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time or go back and do any prompts you've missed!

If you are inspired to answer with art, vid, or other media, we’d love for you to share what you created. If you create any fanworks, feel free to add them to our AO3 Collection.

( Prompt 4: Kyanite )


Once you’ve finished, leave a comment to this post saying you’ve done it! Include a link to your pages if you feel comfortable doing so to let everyone know you are "Ready for visitors!" Most importantly, please check through the comments and go visit new journals, comment on their shiny posts, and maybe make a new friend or two. ♥




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Check out the Master List to find links to all of the 2022 challenge posts. Remember that there is no official deadline, so feel free to join in at any time or go back and do any prompts you've missed!

If you are inspired to answer with art, vid, or other media, we’d love for you to share what you created. If you create any fanworks, feel free to add them to our AO3 Collection.

( Prompt 2: Rose Quartz )


Once you’ve finished, leave a comment to this post saying you’ve done it! Include a link to your pages if you feel comfortable doing so to let everyone know you are "Ready for visitors!" Most importantly, please check through the comments and go visit new journals, comment on their shiny posts, and maybe make a new friend or two. ♥




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