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The theme challenge for this month is Return (Please include the tag challenge: return when you post.) Theme challenges have to do with fic choice. Since this month's challenge is 'return' your story has to be related to that theme one way or another.

The shape challenge is 'diagonal 3' (tag challenge: diagonal 3). This should be at minimum 3 squares, ie:

OOXOO
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Shape challenges require that you complete a specific shape of squares on your card. If you complete a shape challenge by the deadline, you’ll win a cheat. If your card already has the shape formation before the challenge starts, you can only count that challenge as completed if you fill at least one square on your card within the challenge time period.

You can pick the challenge you prefer or do both if you're feeling ambitious. Once you’ve posted the podfic required to fulfill the monthly challenge, please comment here to let us know you’ve completed the challenge.

If you complete a challenge, you earn a cheat. If none of the challenges appeal to you, you can also earn cheats by commenting on other people's podfics.

What are Cheats?
Cheats are rewards that allow participants to manipulate their cards so that they can be finished more easily. There are 2 kinds of cheats: shifting squares and swapping out squares. Shifting squares allows participants to swap locations of two squares on their card. Swapping out cheats allow you to discard one of your prompts entirely from your card and replace it with a prompt of your choosing from the Prompt List.

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FAQ | Prompt List | AO3 Collection | Ask-a-Mod

This year, you can sign up for a card at any time from August 4, 2025 - February, 2026. There will be monthly challenges that are only open to those who have signed up for a card. Don’t miss them! Sign up now. You will receive your card within a week. Give us a poke if you haven't heard back from us in that time.

To sign up, leave a comment stating that you'd like a card and if you want NSFW prompts or not. You can also opt-out of up to five prompts when requesting a card. If you dislike any prompts on the card you're given, cheats should be your primary form of changing them!

Before signing up, please take a moment to review the FAQ post.

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Welcome to Podfic Bingo: 2025!

FAQ | Sign Ups | Prompt List | AO3 Collection | Ask-a-Mod

What is Podfic Bingo?

podfic_bingo was originally the brainchild of

klb. She wanted a challenge for podficcers like fic bingo challenges where, instead of being given subject prompts, we're given reading/podfic style prompts. These days, there are three main types of prompts: reading prompts (e.g. Read Loudly), production prompts (e.g. Record in a New Location), and fic choice prompts (e.g. Angst).

This can be a way for podficcers to try different things when podficcing to hone their art, to get out of a rut, to venture outside their comfort zone, or try something they've always wanted to but maybe didn't have the courage to.

Some things you try may not go exactly as planned, but it's all about learning and doing new things. Don't be afraid!

( Click here for the rules and FAQs of 2025 ).

Don't hesitate to ask a mod if you've got further questions.

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FAQ | Sign Ups | Prompt List

Have questions about the Prompts? You might be thinking, "Do you consider a selkie a human?" or "Does Gamora count as a 'character of color'?" We purposefully don't have a list of definitions to go with our prompts so that the prompts can remain to interpretation. People can be so creative in how they interpret things and we want to encourage that.

However, if you find yourself looking at a square and have no idea what it means/what to do with it, leave a comment and we can let you know the original intent behind that prompt.

You can also check out the resource post from previous years:
2024: DW | 2023: DW | 2022: DW | 2021 : DW | 2018: DW | 2016: DW | 2015: DW | 2014: LJ | DW.

Reminder: Once you get your card, you can start posting podfics right away.

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Hello again (thanks for the collective 'you should probably re-consider this' last time because I kind of needed that), I've got some more weirdly specific questions that I kind of am not sure how to begin tackling:

So one of my characters is a Japanese man who sort of has a thing for schlocky pulpy horror movies, and while I'm aware of some popular-ish examples of sort of cult horror films in Japan ( Like House (1977) or Tetsuo The Iron Man (1989) which vaguely fit his themes of 'being deeply uncomfortable with the world and his body') but these always struck me as kind of obvious and well known even outside of japan and not something someone who was really into weird stuff would actually select as a 'favorite'. For the sake of clarity: this is set in the present so even relatively recent films are okay.

I guess in general I'm looking for recommendations for stuff this sort of guy would be interested in, or at least something that someone who's a bit of a weird horror junkie would consider a personal favorite.

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Photograph of a young Vietnamese couple in a sunny urban environment, with added text: Marriage of Convenience, at Fancake. A bride in a white dress and sunglasses leaves her groom behind at a bus stop. The bride is smiling and carrying a bouquet of lilies as she hikes up the long skirt of her dress and walks away. The groom is in the background, wearing a dark grey suit and sitting on a bench. He's blurry, but it looks like he might be smiling at her.

fancake is a thematic recommendation community where all members are welcome to post recs, and fanworks of all shapes and sizes are accepted. Check out the community guidelines for the full set of rules.

This theme runs for the entire month. If you have any questions, just ask!