Spring and Autumn Bingo Fest is Now Open

[elizabeth_rice]

We're now open!

For the month of April, we're celebrating Spring (in the Northern hemisphere) and Autumn (in the Southern hemisphere) by creating fanworks and/or original works like poetry, podfics (especially of poems), art, meta, vids, icons, craft, picspam, recs list (especially of works other than fan/origfic). But fret not, fanfic and origfic are also welcome.

The posting period is from the 1st to the 30th of April. The rules are the same as allbingo. All fandoms, original works, genres, pairings and gen are welcome. You may combine other bingo cards, you may collaborate with others, and use any bingo pattern. I've created a public card (see end of this post) if you'd like to use it, but you may also create your own card if you prefer. Anything goes as long as your fills relate to Spring or Autumn in some way.

For resources, other links and the full prompt list that I made, please see this post.

Create and/or cheer, but most importantly have fun! ♥

Notes: I've decided to follow US time. Any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Public card

Yardwork / gardening	Northern / Southern hemisphere	Ice	Red	Recycle / recycling
Clouds / shapes in clouds	Cool / nippy	Meteor shower	Sping cleaning	Blooming / blossoming
Mild / warm	Glass	WILD CARD	Nostalgia	Love is in the air
Spring / Autumn	Fairs	Stone	Green	Boating on a lake
Melancholy	Nature / gardens	Rejuvenation	Falling leaves	Sand

Comments

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I have a bingo, but today is my Poetry Fishbowl so it'll be a while before I can post it. I really enjoyed the prompts though.

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[elizabeth_rice]

That's great! I really want to use this card to practice writing poems. I'm new to this so they will probably suck but I hope at least one would be good enough so I can share it with the public. :)

I really enjoyed the prompts though.
That makes me glad. :)

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I really want to use this card to practice writing poems. <<

Go for it! I love to see people doing that.

>> I'm new to this so they will probably suck but I hope at least one would be good enough so I can share it with the public. <<

Well, most new skills require practice, so it's natural to suck at them for a while. But poetry doesn't have to be hard. It's possible to write a decent poem in the beginning, especially if you have good instructions.

Look on my Books Written page. If you follow the links to each book, there are poetry exercises that I use in workshops, and they're meant for beginners.

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[elizabeth_rice]

Oh, that's great, thank you! My goal is to produce at least one poem in April so hopefully I can.

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[elizabeth_rice]

Hey, just wanted to say those exercises are great. I did the nature poem exercise first. I don't write detailed descriptions of settings and I thought I wouldn't be able to write a nature poem, though I had chosen an easy setting. But I followed each step and I was surprised by how much I knew about the setting. The poem I came up with is not that great so now I'm editing it. I just wanted to say, thank you! :)

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[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Hey, just wanted to say those exercises are great. <<

Yay! Thanks for the feedback.

>> I did the nature poem exercise first. I don't write detailed descriptions of settings and I thought I wouldn't be able to write a nature poem, though I had chosen an easy setting. But I followed each step and I was surprised by how much I knew about the setting. <<

I'm so happy to hear that. I like encouraging people.

>> The poem I came up with is not that great so now I'm editing it. I just wanted to say, thank you! :) <<

You'll get better with practice, and yes, poems often benefit from revision.

[lilly_c]

I already have a bingo and I'll be posting my fills sometime tomorrow. If I have time later in the month, I may do some more fills because I quite like these prompts.

Yay!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I look forward to seeing that.

Yeah, sets of prompts sorted by season would be nice to have for the generator.

[elizabeth_rice]

That's great! Looking forward to seeing your works. :)

If I have time later in the month, I may do some more fills because I quite like these prompts.
That'd be cool. I was thinking about this and I guess we can continue to use public cards from past events...? Like amnesty posting period in other bingo comms.

Yes...

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> I was thinking about this and I guess we can continue to use public cards from past events...? Like amnesty posting period in other bingo comms. <<

Sure. One of the listed purposes for this comm is to reuse favorite prompts/cards from closed fests.

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[elizabeth_rice]

Oh, good. Thanks. :)