This November, we continue to await your submissions to our Fandom Friendships zine. We also introduce our first collaboration event with Fanlore: the Fandom Friendships Challenge! From November 11th to 24th, join us and Fanlore in adding to content to a wide range of Fanlore article types and earning badges, all in the theme of Fandom Friendship. You can help preserve the history of fannish communities and display these badges on your Fanlore user page.
You can learn more abou thow to participate in the Fandom Friendships Challenge guide. If this is your first time editing Fanlore, you can also check out Fanlore’s New Visitor Portal and tutorial pages to learn how to get started. And if you’d like to consult with the other editors before, during and after the event, feel free to join Fanlore’s Discord server where you can chat with other Fanlore folks and ask any questions you may have.
We hope that both the zine and these Fanlore pages can serve as a useful archive for people who want to learn more about this topic and as a way for people to connect with each other and see their experiences reflected in a collection. How have fandom communities changed over the years; have the ways people relate to each other changed? Looking forward to continue the discussion with you based on questions like this and see you over at Fanlore and in the zine submissions. Happy writing and editing!