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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 RuleDoc 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 RuleDoc):

( Event Overview )

( Posting to the Community )

( Promoting 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, join our community on Pillowfort, follow us on tumblr

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

steakinthedaylight

( You're about to view content that the poster has marked as potentially inappropriate for anyone under the age of 18. )

Current Mood: artistic
Current Location: candy

theurbanspaceboi

title: richmond photojournal
fandom: ted lasso
details: a photojournal shot on kodak gold 200 35mm with my nikon n55 in richmond, london.

also on my journal, my tumblr, & my pf with thoughts.

( photos )

theurbanspaceboi

title: stranger burgers
fandom: stranger things
details: a text entry reviewing hawkins diner. prompt fill for week one, build-a-world + recipes & food.

also on my journal, my tumblr, & my pf.

( read my review )

i_like_the_stars

Title: Pomni with goldfish sketch
Ratings & Warnings: All audiences
Fandom: The Amazing Digital Circus
Relationship(s): N/A
Character(s): Pomni
Details: ID provided.
Summary: Simple sketch, similar to my Zooble one.
( Pomni sketch )

theurbanspaceboi

Ahoy, sailors! Raise the anchor, smear on the sun cream, and dive in: Be A Goldfish: A Multifandom Multimedia Microbang 2026-B begins! Let’s get this party started and kick things off with a fun and funky set of prompts. Wade into the deep end!

WEEK ONE: Build-A-World + Recipes & Food

Harken back to days of yore: Minecraft, The Sims, LEGO, or Lincoln Logs. Create a fanwork which engages with worldbuilding, or explore in-universe creations. Fill us in on the gaps in canon, expound upon fanon, explore fictional nonfiction, try a chatfic or social media AU, or draw inspiration from works like NECKZ ‘n THROATS, an in-universe magazine created by the Teen Wolf fandom. Week one is a great week to give fanfood a whirl, too! Try a recipe, or create one of your own. Decorate cupcakes, make a themed meal, or sip blue milk. Need more ideas? We got you.

Browse sites like Feast of Starlight, The Gluttonous Geek, InLiterature, Geeky Chef, and Geeks Who Eat, which curate a generous selection of both individual recipes and themed feasts inspired by a variety of shows, films, games, and books.
Tumblrinas, rejoice! The Nerdy Recipes index offers a vast selection, Fandom Cocktails curates themed mixed drinks, and our food tag displays the fannish food, drinks, and recipes made in rounds past and present.
Check out published fannish cookbooks like Marvel: Eat the Universe, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Recipes from Sunnydale, A Feast of Ice and Fire, or Supernatural: The Official Cookbook. We strongly recommend searching for these texts and others like them at your local library, through the Internet Archive, on the seven seas, or at secondhand shops before purchasing new at your local bookshop.
Explore fandom-specific repositories like The Cookbook of Boba Fett, official Disney, Star Wars, and Marvel recipe collections, and The Inn at the Crossroads.
On YouTube, give Nerdy Nummies or Binging with Babish a watch.

We’re thrilled to report that a few of our fish friends have already posted their prompt fills for this week! Check out The Sentinel-inspired stew and soup recipes by

pattrose, a Ninjago wordbuilding piece by Sparrow1M, a Redwall-inspired food entry by

matsushima, or contribute your own prompt-inspired work. Eat, drink, and worldbuild merrily!

Check out our Prompt Doc for the entire list of this round's prompts, and don't forget to refer to our Welcome Sticky or RuleDoc for posting guidelines.

devinwolfi

Title: compulsion loop
Ratings & Warnings: MCD
Fandom: Red Dead Redemption 2
Character(s): Arthur Morgan
Details: Double drabble, Implied/Referenced Time Loop, Post canon but also... not, High-honor ending

For

beagoldfish. Read on AO3 or my journal

( Read compulsion loop... )

i_like_the_stars

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~~Tag needed: "f: the amazing digital circus"~~

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( Art below )

pattrose

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( Recipe )

pattrose

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( Recipe )

theurbanspaceboi

title: will writing romeo & juliet
fandom: hamnet (2025)
details: three gifs of will, played by paul mescal, in hamnet (2025) directed by chloé zhao

also on my tumblr, my pf, and my journal.

( gifs )

matsushima

Title: Sweet Oatcakes
Ratings & Warnings: G - Food (No calorie counts)
Fandom: Redwall
Details: Recipe from Cook Fiction
Summary: I made Mossflower sweet oatcakes.
Notes: I've been thinking about this challenge for weeks.
Link: 🔗

( photo of my messy kitchen )

Current Mood: hungry

steakinthedaylight

Title: None

Ratings & Warnings: Age Gap, Breast Feeding

Fandom: Fire Emblem Thracia 776

Relationship(s): Leif Faris Claus/Eyvel

Character(s): Leif Faris Claus, Eyvel

Details: Triple Drabble describing a bond between a found family

Also on AO3

( Read more... )

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Location: fiana

theurbanspaceboi

An orange banner with a goldfish silhouette in the center. It reads "Be A Goldfish: A Multifandom Multimedia Microbang. Posting Begins!"

Cannonball! Be A Goldfish 2026-B has officially begun.

Lacking context? Fear not. Find details, links, and more in our sticky.

devinwolfi

Break out your swimsuits, goggles, and rash guards! We’re just three days from the start of Be A Goldfish: A Multifandom Multimedia Microbang 2026-B.

Out of the loop? Hop on in. The water’s fine! Browse our tumblr, give our Dreamwidth and Pillowfort communities a look, peruse our RuleDoc, or read on. (All of the above, ideally!)

We celebrate the little works around here: ficlets, drabbles, meta, zines, fanart, playlists, recipes, web weaves, gifsets, friendship bracelets, pottery, paintings, and anything and everything else you can dream up, so long as it's in the micro spirit of things. We hold commenting and creating in equal esteem and welcome both as avenues of participation!

There's no sign-ups, no check-ins, and no pressure. Participate on your own terms: post, comment, share, and celebrate as much or as little as your heart desires from 1 July to 31 August 2026. Just fill out our Entry Submission Form whenever you post a work, and follow the guidelines located in our RuleDoc for tagging and posting conventions!

Fancy a bit of structure and inspiration? We offer weekly prompts and medium suggestions, as well as a comment bingo and a punch card. Use one, use none, use all: that’s your call!

Join us for BAG26B! Tell your friends, make something fun, and read the almighty Ruledoc. It's good. It’s got everything. Sometimes it's even funny. Trust us.

theurbanspaceboi

T-minus: two weeks! Be A Goldfish is back in the water and ready to pull a Jaws.

In an effort to encourage weekly participation, as well as to provide structure and inspiration to those who thrive on it, we’ve prepared prompts to inspire you throughout the course of the event. Each weekly prompt will consist of both a traditional prompt and a medium, and we will provide links to inspirational and educational content to support you creatively should you choose to explore the medium. As follows:

WEEK ONE: Build-A-World + Recipes & Food
WEEK TWO: Can We Get Her Out? + Playlists & Podfic & Music
WEEK THREE: A Moment To Discuss Our Lord and Saviour + Fanfiction
WEEK FOUR: True Blue AUs + Gifs
WEEK FIVE: Conversations Rule The Nation + Graphics
WEEK SIX: Pepe Silvia + Meta & Fannish Nonfiction
WEEK SEVEN: Her, Him, They, Them + Zines
WEEK EIGHT: A Little Treat + Fanvids

You may follow this schedule as rigidly or loosely as you wish: you are welcome to fulfill every prompt to the letter, to engage with just the medium or just the prompt, or to ignore them entirely. Whilst we will be sharing a prompt and a medium on a weekly basis, you are welcome to engage with them at any time and in any order. Mix and match! The world is your oyster.

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

BONUS ONE: Beg, Borrow, & Steal
BONUS TWO: Support Your Local Gunfighter

We’ve selected two bonus mediums, too:

Painting, Drawing, & Printmaking
Arts & Crafts

Questions, comments, concerns? Check out our Prompt Document for details, suggestions, and further inspiration. Don’t forget to give our RuleDoc a read for key dates, links, and event details!

theurbanspaceboi

T-minus: three weeks! Get your permission slips signed, kids: we’re headed to the beach! We know it can take a minute to find your commenting sea legs, so we’ve created a one-size-fits-all bingo card, new for round 3 of Be A Goldfish, to guide you on your voyage.

Comment bingo card - See post body for full description.

Comment bingo card - See post body for full description.

[ID: Comment bingo card for Be A Goldfish: A Multifandom Multimedia Microbang. The bottom right reads “Round 3: 2026-B.” At the top, above a grid of 16 squares, it reads “comment on a…”

The squares, from left to right, top to bottom, are as follows: Piece of fanart or other visual work; work that is right up your alley; fic with 500 words or less; work in a new-to-you fandom; work that makes you laugh, cry, gasp, grin, etc.; work that fulfills and weekly prompt; work that centers a female character; work by a mutual or friend; work with a funny or unique tag; work by a creator you don’t know; work that isn’t your usual thing; craft, recipe, or other non-traditional artwork; work using only emojis (get creative!); work that contains LGBTQ+ themes; work that fulfills a bonus prompt; work with no comments. /End ID]

Full-size cards in both colour and printer-friendly black and white available in our RuleDoc. We have made an effort to make each square broadly applicable and somewhat open to interpretation. However, if we reach the end of the event and there are squares that genuinely cannot be met, consider them a free space! Mark them off for any comment on any work. If you get a bingo or a blackout, you’ll earn a special token!

Out of the loop? Hop on in. The water’s fine! Browse our tumblr, give our Dreamwidth and Pillowfort communities a look, and peruse our RuleDoc. Stay curious!

devinwolfi

An orange banner with a goldfish silhouette in the center. It reads Be A Goldfish: A Multifandom Multimedia Microbang. Dated 1 July to 31 August 2026.

That's right, we're gearing up for Round 3 (2026-B) here at Be a Goldfish! This round starts 1 July and will run until 31 August.

We've made several updates to the RuleDoc (which used to be called the FAQ and then we realized it wasn't actually a FAQ at all) so definitely go give that a read if you're thinking about jumping in.

Among those updates, we've included a link to this round's prompts which have been expanded dramatically to include both prompts and mediums as well as links to several resources, some inspiration, and some fannish history. Now is a great time to check those out and start brainstorming!

We're also introducing a one-size-fits-all comment bingo to help guide, inspire, and encourage folks on their commenting journey. Our philosophy is that you don't have to be a creator to participate in a fanwork event. Commenters, as fans of fanwork are what make fandom go round, so if you're not feeling particularly creative right now, no worries, we would still love to see you around! Like the punch cards, we offer full color and black and white versions should you decide to take a more tactile approach. You can find previews of those cards and links to their folders in the RuleDoc.

We look forward to joining you all on this voyage of creativity, passion, and love for media, fandom, and the fans that make it all happen. We're gonna be sharing some more posts this month and later throughout the round, so don't think you've heard the last of us just yet.

If you have any ideas brewing already, feel free to share in the comments on this entry! Similarly, if you have any questions, comments, and/or concerns, leave a comment on this entry or on our Welcome Sticky.

Until next time!

devinwolfi

We've officially wrapped Be a Goldfish: A Multifandom Multimedia Microbang Round 2! Thank you to everyone who joined us in commenting, exploring, and sharing. We amassed 185 works from 38 creators! Wow!

If you missed us, not to worry! We will be hosting Round 3 later this year in July 2026.

In the meantime, you can check out all of the amazing works from the previous round(s) in any of these places:

26-A Google Sheet - lists all entries across all platforms
26-A AO3 Collection - you can also check out the parent collection for previous rounds
Dreamwidth Community
Tumblr reblog tags: #bag26a and #bag25
2025 Google Sheet - Our inaugural, Ted Lasso exclusive round!

If you have suggestions for weekly prompts in future rounds, such as concepts, challenges, tropes, or mediums, you can submit as many as you desire via our Prompt Submission Form.

Feel free to reach out to us by leaving a comment on this entry or by email at bagfishbang@gmail.com if you have any questions, comments, or concerns. We'd love to hear from you!

Until next time!

theurbanspaceboi

what a round! it was quite a challenge to narrow down so many favourites to just a few works, but i've done so nevertheless. highlighted here are the pieces which especially spoke to me amidst the nearly two hundred incredible works which emerged over the past two months. thanks to everyone who participated, whether you’re included in this list or not; it has been such a pleasure to engage with a community so creative, cool, and curious. i’m already looking forward to bag26b!

arts & crafts:

art by coopbella. dc. on tumblr.
art by deathsdaisy. dispatch. on tumblr.
crochet gloves by marcicat. heated rivalry. on dw.
icons by marcicat. murderbot. on dw.
zines by xinger. mo dao zu shi. on dw.

fic:

“in my dreams” by naomileyers. gladiator. on ao3.
“not even whole” by naomileyers. gladiator. on ao3.
“out of aces” by naomileyers gladiator. on ao3.
“she loves me not” by trentcrimminallybeautiful. ted lasso. on ao3.
“sorrow the hollowed heart” by aureliamayy. gladiator. on ao3.
“super rare” by devinwolfi. heated rivalry. on ao3 and dw.
“unwrap” by trentcrimminallybeautiful. ted lasso. on ao3.

gifs:

top five hollonav kisses by devinwolfi. heated rivalry. on tumblr and dw.

miscellaneous:

first fandom mashup by xinger. star trek, power rangers, & mo dao zu shi. on dw.
kitchen raktajino by marcicat & starandrea . star trek. on dw.
“the lightning bolt [filk]” by farkenshnoffingottom. percy jackson and the olympians. on ao3.

for beagoldfish | 16 recommendations | also on my tumblr

devinwolfi

The first batch of awards is officially sent! If you requested awards, check your inbox!

If you haven't put in a request yet, there's still time to get yours! Simply fill out out the Event Summary Form by 7 March and we'll get those out to you as soon as possible!

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photography: richmond photojournal

food: stranger burgers

Art: Pomni with goldfish sketch

Prompt: Build-A-World + Recipes & Food

fic: compulsion loop - Red Dead Redemption 2

Art: Zooble with goldfish

Recipe: Blair Sandburgs Shipwreck Stew

Recipe: Jim Ellison's Taco Soup

gifset: will writing romeo & juliet [hamnet]

Redwall Sweet Oatcakes

Untitled LeifEyvel

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T-Minus Three, Two, One...

Be A Goldfish 26-B: Prompts

Be A Goldfish 26-B: Bingo Cards

Round 3 Coming Soon!

Be a Goldfish 2026: Gone Fishin!

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