Public Domain Bingo Fest

[cornerofmadness]

Public Domain in 2026
Happy New Year’s everyone. I hope it is filled with creativity. When a work's copyright expires, it enters the public domain. In the United States, all works first published in 1930 and sound recordings from 1925 are now available for adaption, performance, and other transformative works. There are worldwide variations in the copyright law and I’ve included works found on various lists by people who know more about this than I do.

I’ve created 3X3 public cards for each subsection. I grouped the written word together, movie-tv-cartoons and music paired with art. If I’m honest there’s less art because I could only find a few. Also I made a 5X5 public card that was a mixed bag of it all. And if you’re like me, and you want to create your own card, you can head here to the bingo card generator and you can put your works here on our AO3 collection if you so wish.



Books, Plays, & Poetry and the 3x3 card
The Castle, The Maltese Falcon, As I Lay Dying, Not Without Laughter, The Murder at the Vicarage, Strong Poison, Vile Bodies, Years of Grace, Miss Mole, The Faraway Bride, The End of the World, Swallows and Amazons, Ash Wednesday, Cimarron, Giant’s Bread, The Secret of the Old Clock, The Hidden Staircase, The Bungalow Mystery, The Mystery at Lilac Inn, Belshazzar, Last and First Men, Private, The Green Pastures, He Done Her Wrong, The Decision, Destry Rides Again, The Little Engine That Could, The 42nd Parallel, Angel Pavement, Civilization and Its Discontents, The Cat Who Went to Heaven, Cakes and Ale, The Conquest of Happiness, The Mysterious Mr. Quin, The Documents in the Case, It Walks By Night, Mystery Mile, The French Powder Mystery, Enter the Saint, The Door, The Human Voice, The Tale of Little Pig Robinson, The Yellow Knight of Oz, The Great Airport Mystery, The Mysterious Universe

Destry Rides Again	Mystery Mile	Strong Poison
He Done Her Wrong	FREE SPACE	The Castle
The Murder at the Vicarage	The Secret of the Old Clock	Not Without Laughter

Movies, TV shows & cartoons and 3x3 card
Dizzy Dishes, All Quiet on the Western Front, King of Jazz, The Unholy Three, Anna Christie, Men Without Women, Chasing Rainbows, Up the River, Soup to Nuts, Born Reckless, A Notorious Affair, Hell's Angels, The Big Trail, Animal Crackers, Grumpy, The Blue Angel, Morocco, Juno and the Paycock, Murder!, City Girl, Seas Beneath, People on Sunday, À propos de Nice, The Golden Age, The Sound of Love, Tonka of the Gallows, The Man with the Flower in His Mouth, The Big House, L'Âge d'Or, Free and Easy, Whoopee!, The Divorcee, Another Fine Mess, The Dawn Patrol, Under the Roofs of Paris, Feet First, Journey's End, Ladies of Leisure, Monte Carlo, The Bat Whispers, Madam Satan, The Royal Family of Broadway, Prix de Beauté, Just Imagine, Manslaughter, Outside the Law, The Big Pond, War Nurse, Lightnin' , Laughter, Follow Thru, The Song of Love

Juno and the Paycock	The Dawn Patrol	The Bat Whispers
The Song of Love	FREE SPACE	A Notorious Affair
City Girl	Hell's Angels	The Man with the Flower in His Mouth

Musical composition, sound recordings & art
I Got Rhythm, I've Got a Crush on You, But Not for Me, Embraceable You, Georgia on My Mind, Dream a Little Dream of Me, Livin' in the Sunlight Lovin' in the Moonlight, On the Sunny Side of the Street, It Happened in Monterey, Body and Soul, Just a Gigolo, You're Driving Me Crazy, Beyond the Blue Horizon, The Royal Welch Fusiliers, Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen, Yes Sir That's My Baby, Sweet Georgia Brown, You've Been A Good Old Wagon, The St. Louis Blues, Fascinating Rhythm, I'll See You in My Dreams, Everybody Loves My Baby (but My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me), If I Lose Let me Lose (Mama Don't Mind), A Cup of Coffee, A Sandwich and You, Manhattan, Love for Sale, Ten Cents a Dance, Dancing on the Ceiling, Little White Lies, My Baby Just Cares for Me, Something to Remember You By, Fine and Dandy, Someday I'll Find You, Three Little Words, Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, Sing You Sinners, Cheerful Little Earful, Would You Like to Take a Walk?, Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It), You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me, If You Knew Susie, "Tea for Two, Oh How I Miss You Tonight, Davenport Blues, Three Boys at Lake Tanganyika, Taos Pueblo, Prometheus, American Gothic

I'll See You in My Dreams	Livin' in the Sunlight Lovin' in the Moonlight	Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)
Sweet Georgia Brown	FREE SPACE	Manhattan
Everybody Loves My Baby (but My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me)	But Not for Me	Just a Gigolo

Mixed Card

I'll See You in My Dreams	The Golden Age	The Song of Love	The Little Engine That Could	Years of Grace
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone	The Bungalow Mystery	The Maltese Falcon	Three Boys at Lake Tanganyika	The Mystery at Lilac Inn
Destry Rides Again	Not Without Laughter	FREE SPACE	The Castle	The Human Voice
Murder!	Body and Soul	A Notorious Affair	Private	People on Sunday
The Yellow Knight of Oz	American Gothic	Ten Cents a Dance	Madam Satan	Fascinating Rhythm

Also here are my sources for what is in the public domain. Have fun!

Duke Law
NPR
Standard eBook
wikipedia

Comments

Done!

[ysabetwordsmith]

My card is here.

My Card

[scifirenegade]

This used a mix of all lists to make a 3x3 card. Edited with my own comments, to know which category the prompt from (and snark, because the bingo generator gave me a funny).

As usual, I'll only create fanworks based on public domain materials.

Card here.

[smallhobbit]

I went with the written word category (US definition of public domain). I'm in the UK, so ours is 70 years after the creator's death.

Mystery Mile	Giant’s Bread
Private	Last and First Men