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Pod-O-Ween 2025 Tricks Announcement

2025-10-02T00:37:50Z

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Pod-O-Ween 2025 Announcement!

2025-10-02T00:33:10Z

Pod_O_Ween is an informal podfic event for the Spooky Season! Crafted out of a true love of this hallowed season, and podfic! This is our eighth annual Pod_O_Ween event, and we'd like to thank you all for your love and support in making this event possible! Pod_O_Ween is an event that prides itself on being completely stress free, and so we have NO SIGN UPS, NO RESPONSIBILITIES, NO PRESSURE. All you have to do is have fun, so let's turn up the juice and see what shakes loose!

THE GHOSTS OF TRICKS PAST

This year, we decided to go for a bit of a different take. If you haven't done Pod-O-Ween before, here's a breakdown. We provide you with prompts, which we call our TRICKS.

These prompts are there to help get you inspired to make some podfic! If you are inspired by one of our prompts, please feel free to fill the prompt in whatever way takes your fancy. As always, the mods would like to mention that these prompts DO NOT need to be taken individually, and can be combined with others if you choose to do so! We'd also love to see discussion on these prompts for how they could be interpreted: stay tuned on our twitter for some examples and brainstorming.

Since we started doing prompts for Pod-O-Ween six years ago, we've had a total of sixty-six prompts (spooky). To celebrate eight years, we've decided to have a throwback year: ALL PROMPTS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS ARE FREE FOR ALL! This means you can choose any previous prompt to fill. This could be with new podfic, or something you didn't quite finish from another year - or something you saw after the fact and kicked yourself for. With such a wide variety of prompts, there should be something for everyone! You can find out trick list HERE!

The Official 2024 prompt list is alive and kicking both here on dreamwidth (HERE!) and on our twitter (HERE!), and you can fill the prompts at any time from the beginning of October! By no means are you obligated to fill all of these prompts! Please take our ghoulish little game at your own pace! However, if you would like to fill all of our prompts (a monstrous task this year), then consider it a challenge! Please feel free to retweet or share our prompts, anyone is welcome to get involved.

TREAT YOSELF

Ah yes, treat time! For treats, any person can make a request for something they would like to see in our Pod_O_Ween Collection for 2025. Please post your treat requests HERE! You can ask for anything in your treat, be it a specific fic, a trope, a fandom, the featuring of a concept, object or being, even the inclusion of specific characters. For those of you who want a bit of an extra challenge, try to combine the requests in these treats into what you're recording for our tricks! But do not fear, you can still just fill a spoopy podfic for a treat if you want without touching our main prompts. In addition, outside of the standard treat format please know that these podfics can also be gifts to others just because! This is your podfic, we're just listening to it!

There are so many ways to play, and we're happy for you to mix and match and fill as much as you'd like to! It's your candy, and you can put it where you want to! The most important guideline is to have fun! Make sure that you enjoy what you record.

TREAT YOSELF

All filled tricks must be uploaded to the Pod_O_Ween 2025 Collection (HERE!) by midnight on 31th of October Mountain Daylight Time (USA GMT-6). Previously we had weekly reveals of podfics, but following feedback we will be scrapping this! The collection will be open all of the month of October so anything in the collection can be enjoyed immediately by all those seeking spooky pod.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

All podfic are accepted, but please also adhere to your appropriate tagging and/or warning specifics as much as you can. Feel free to run with prompts, but if you are unsure in any way about your chosen fill, our golden rule is ASK ASK ASK!

There is no set word count, minimum or maximum. Anything that you can achieve in the time would be Spooktacular, and we'd all love to hear it!

Again, please post your treat requests/challenges on this post HERE! We've included a handy template for those who need some guidance.

We are accepting of all types of podfic, including not!fic, multi-voice podfic, experimental and alternate podfic, as well as the traditional type. We don't want to limit you: if you're inspired, go for your lives!

You may fill as many prompts, and make as treat requests, as you would like!

Cover art is NOT MANDATORY, however if you would like to provide cover art, please go ahead! We at Pod_O_Ween are happy to assist in any way with cover art as well, and will put up a request thread closer to the release date. If anyone would like to volunteer to help with cover art, we would love the help!

We also have a sticker for those wishing to use cover art! Inspired by annapods and their lemon stickers, we have given little Podkin his own sticker! Link to download HERE!

This is an INFORMAL event. There is no obligation to fill prompts, as this is purely for the fun of the season! As such, other than our collection deadline - there are no deadlines or check-ins! We also understand that this is a rather short notice event, so please take your time and do not stress! If you would like to fill something, but are not sure what to do, we are happy to assist you in finding a fic that is right for you to the best of our ability! Please do not hesitate to message us!

Feel free to post your fic to Dreamwidth as well as Ao3 or twitter, we will be shouting out any fics that are posted publicly on twitter. Additionally, please help us with sharing around our prompts post - send it to your friends, send it to your group chats - let's get people podficcing! It should be easier than ever, think of it like Inktober but for Podfic.

POSTING TEMPLATE

When it comes to posting, all we ask is that you mention somewhere the challenge, what prompt it was filled for and - in the event of treats (don't think we forgot about those), that you mention the giftee!

TIMELINE :

01.10.25 : POD_O_WEEN TRICKS are posted!
26.10.25 : Final Date for TREAT REQUESTS
31.10.25 : Final Date for POSTING to AO3 Collection : follow this LINK TO POST!

And that's it! We hope you have a terrifically terrifying Halloween with us! If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to reply here, or message us both on this Dreamwidth, and at @PodWeen on twitter!.

Let's get spooky with it!
- Pod_O_Ween Mods (Cain AKA hurry_cain)

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Treat Request/Challenge 2025!

2025-10-02T00:26:07Z

TO TREAT OR NOT TO TREAT?

That is the question! Our eternal question! (The Answer Is Yes, If You Want~) This is the post where you can pop your treat requests and challenges. Treats are requests for things YOU would like to see in our Pod_O_Ween 2025 Collection. Here's a quick posting template to help you on your way, with the questions being in italics:

What would you like your treat to be? - this could be what you would like to challenge somebody with, a fandom, concept, process, or anything you'd like!
Do you have any specific preferences beside your base request? - anything like ratings, warnings, extras. is there anything the podficcer should keep in mind while filling this prompt?
Any questions or comments for us (the mods), or the podficcer? - if you have anything to say, go ahead!

Thank you for your patience, we can't wait to see what you come up with this year! - Pod_O_Ween Mod (Cain AKA. hurry_cain)

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Pod-O-Ween Prompts Reveal 2024!

2024-10-01T13:18:56Z

The Pod-O-Ween Prompts for 2024 are as follows. Have fun everyone~

CHILL

UNCANNY

POTION

KNIFE

SPICE

FEAR

WEREWOLF

SMOKE

HYSTERIC

CREATURE

FALL

CANDLE

DREAM

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Pod-O-Ween 2024 Announcement!

2024-10-01T13:12:37Z

Pod_O_Ween is an informal podfic event for the Spooky Season! Crafted out of a true love of this hallowed season (and podfic!), we are so thankful for the support we've had in growing this small but scary challenge! This is our seventh annual Pod_O_Ween event, and we'd like to thank you all for your love and support in making this event possible! Pod_O_Ween is an event that prides itself on being completely stress free, and so we have NO SIGN UPS, NO RESPONSIBILITIES, NO PRESSURE. All you have to do is have fun, so let's turn up the juice and see what shakes loose!

GET T-T-T-T-TRICKY?

Working off of some of the innovations we made last year, we've decided to go back to basics! Pod_O_Ween this year is made up of 13 simple prompts that we call our TRICKS. Whlie there are no bonus tricks that will be revealed, we've given you a lucky number to work with.

These prompts are there to help get you inspired to make some podfic! If you are inspired by one of our prompts, please feel free to fill the prompt in whatever way takes your fancy. As always, the mods would like to mention that these prompts DO NOT need to be taken individually, and can be combined with others if you choose to do so! We'd also love to see discussion on these prompts for how they could be interpreted: stay tuned on our twitter for some examples and brainstorming.

The Official 2024 prompt list is alive and kicking both here on dreamwidth (HERE!) and on our twitter (HERE!), and you can fill the prompts at any time from the beginning of October! By no means are you obligated to fill all of these prompts! Please take our ghoulish little game at your own pace! However, if you would like to fill all of our prompts (we've got our eyes on you~), then consider it a challenge! Please feel free to retweet or share our prompts, anyone is welcome to get involved.

TREAT YOSELF:

Ah yes, treat time! For treats, any person can make a request for something they would like to see in our Pod_O_Ween Collection for 2024. Please post your treat requests HERE! You can ask for anything in your treat, be it a specific fic, a trope, a fandom, the featuring of a concept, object or being, even the inclusion of specific characters. For those of you who want a bit of an extra challenge, try to combine the requests in these treats into what you're recording for our tricks! But do not fear, you can still just fill a spoopy podfic for a treat if you want without touching our main prompts. In addition, outside of the standard treat format please know that these podfics can also be gifts to others just because! This is your podfic, we're just listening to it!

All filled prompts must be uploaded to the Pod_O_Ween 2024 Collection (HERE!) by midnight on 30th of October Mountain Daylight Time (USA GMT-6). Posted works will be revealed each Thursday (starting on Thursday the 10th), throughout the month of October, with the final reveal on the 31st of October in the evening. Spend the whole month getting into the mood of the season by listening as podfics are revealed each week!!

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

There is no set word count, minimum or maximum. Anything that you can achieve in the time would be Spooktacular, and we'd all love to hear it!

Again, please post your treat requests/challenges on this post HERE! We've included a handy template for those who need some guidance.

You may fill as many prompts, and make as treat requests, as you would like!

We also have a sticker for those wishing to use cover art! Inspired by annapods and their lemon stickers, we have given little Podkin his own sticker! Link to download HERE!

This is an INFORMAL event. There is no obligation to fill prompts, as this is purely for the fun of the season! As such, other than our collection deadline - there are no deadlines or check-ins! We also understand that this is a rather short notice event, so please take your time and do not stress! If you would like to fill something, but are not sure what to do, we are happy to assist you in finding a fic that is right for you to the best of our ability! Please do not hesitate to message us!

Feel free to post your fic to Dreamwidth as well as Ao3, but we will also provide a masterlist post of all podfics here on dreamwidth, with weekly reveals being posted on our twitter.

POSTING TEMPLATE :

When it comes to posting, all we ask is that you mention somewhere the challenge, what prompt it was filled for and - in the event of treats (don't think we forgot about those), that you mention the giftee!

TIMELINE :

01.10.24 : POD_O_WEEN TRICKS are posted!
10.10.24 : Week One REVEALS
17.10.24 : Week Two REVEALS
24.10.24 : Week Three REVEALS
26.10.24 : Final Date for TREAT REQUESTS
30.10.24 : Final Date for POSTING to AO3 Collection : follow this LINK TO POST!
31.10.24 : FINAL PODFIC REVEAL IN THE EVENING!

And that's it! We hope you have a terrifically terrifying Halloween with us! If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to reply here, or message us both on this Dreamwidth, and at @PodWeen on twitter!.

Let's get spooky with it!
- Pod_O_Ween Mods (Cain AKA hurry_cain)

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Treat Request/Challenge 2024!

2024-10-01T12:56:27Z

TO TREAT OR NOT TO TREAT?

That is the question! Our eternal question! (The Answer Is Yes, If You Want~) This is the post where you can pop your treat requests and challenges. Treats are requests for things YOU would like to see in our Pod_O_Ween 2024 Collection. Here's a quick posting template to help you on your way, with the questions being in italics:

What would you like your treat to be? - this could be what you would like to challenge somebody with, a fandom, concept, process, or anything you'd like!
Do you have any specific preferences beside your base request? - anything like ratings, warnings, extras. is there anything the podficcer should keep in mind while filling this prompt?
Any questions or comments for us (the mods), or the podficcer? - if you have anything to say, go ahead!

Thank you for your patience, we can't wait to see what you come up with this year! - Pod_O_Ween Mod (Cain AKA. hurry_cain)

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pod_o_ween @ 2023-10-23T06:38:00

2023-10-23T12:43:18Z

It's time for round three! Apologies for the wait, we appreciate you all so much, Podkins! 💜🎙️🎃

These can be filled at any time throughout the month (not just during the week that they're revealed).

Week 3 Bonus Trick: Apparition!

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Week 2 Pod-O-Ween Podfic Reveal!

2023-10-16T02:33:05Z

It's time for our second BONUS TRICK! We're so happy with the response to our first one, excited to see what you all can cook up for this one!

These can be filled at any time throughout the month (not just during the week that they're revealed).

Week 2 Bonus Trick: Moonlight!

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Week 1 Pod-O-Ween Podfic Reveal!

2023-10-10T15:29:28Z

ITS TIME! Week 1 Pod-O-Ween Podfic Reveals are upon us!

We have 6 hours of podfic in today's reveals, 15 pods in over 10 fandoms. 8 out of our 9 tricks were filled at least once, as well as our first bonus trick - and one treat! Please see the original posts or our twitter post HERE for the incredible cover art our Podkins have made! Here we go! 🎃🎙️💜

Title: [PODFIC] exist to exist (for you) by no_3
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50503651
Author: no_3
Reader:@elany27
Fandom: 光が死んだ夏 | Hikaru ga Shinda Natsu | The Summer Hikaru Died (Manga)
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Length: 0:16:30
Trick: Macabre

Title: [Podfic] Perfect Reflections

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50627374

Author: burglar_bird

Reader: @flowerparrish

Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender

Rating: General Audiences

Length: 0:16:40

Trick: Damned

Title: [Multivoice Podfic] Don’t Poke the Bear(Dragon)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50636734

Author: ZehWulf

Reader: Djapchan, SkyAsimaru

Fandom: Good Omens

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Length: 0:19:59

Trick: Curiosities

Title: [Multivoice Podfic] Don't Wake a Sleeping Bear(Dragon)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50636884

Author: ZehWulf

Reader: Djapchan, SkyAsimaru

Fandom: Good Omens

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Length: 0:49:31

Trick: Curiosities

Title: [Multivoice Podfic] Busy as a Hibernating Bear(Dragon)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50637022

Author: ZehWulf

Reader: Djapchan, SkyAsimaru

Fandom: Good Omens

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Length: 0:47:33

Trick: Curiosities

Title: [Podfic] The Bridgetown Widows Support Coven
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50670973
Author: Tipsy_Kitty
Reader: @tipsyxkitty
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Length: 0:02:38
Trick: Coven

Title: [Podfic] Obi-Wan in Gotham
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50642395
Author: hoebiwan
Reader: @flowerparrish
Fandom: Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Length: 1:21:14
Trick: Curiosities

Title: [Podfic] Survivor Type Thing
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50676550
Author: Tipsy_Kitty
Reader: @tipsyxkitty
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Length: 0:00:55
Trick: Macabre

Title: [Podfic] Feed the Fish
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50677669
Author: Tipsy_Kitty
Reader: @tipsyxkitty
Fandom: Our Flag Means Death (TV)
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Length: 0:00:51
Trick: Damned

Title: [Podfic of] Cold Snap
Link: https://achiveofourown.org/works/50684599
Author: iselsis
Reader: @kbirbpods
Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
Rating: General Audiences
Length: 0:14:00
Trick: Growl

Title: [Podfic] The Forever and Beautiful Sky
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50692561
Author: DeyaAmaya
Reader: @Smadd9
Fandom: ONEUS (Band)
Rating: General Audiences
LengthL 0:21:07
Trick: Damned

Title: [Podfic] sign my death with your teeth, by liesmyth
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50715172
Author: liesmyth
Reader: CompassRose (dreamwidth: (@ginandchthonic))
Fandom: The Locked Tomb Series
Rating: Explicit
Length: 0:37:47
Trick: Macabre

Title: [Podfic] Sex Dungeons and Dragons
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50717173
Author: Cruel_Cupid
Reader: @pieces0fstars
Fandom: SEVENTEEN (Band)
Rating: Explicit
Length: 0:37:55
Trick: Curiosities

Title: [Podfic] A Black Cat at Autumn Festival
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50719033
Author: devilinthedetails
Reader: @flowerparrish
Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Length: 0:07:30
Tricks: Black and Autumn

Title: [podfic] startouched
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50719261
Author: DragonflyxParodies
Reader: @flowerparrish
Fandom: DCU (Comics), DCU, Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
Rating: Not Rated
Length: 0:07:32
Trick: Eldritch
Posted as a Treat for Baskets

Title: [Podfic of] Spellbound
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/50724433
Author: BigMammaLlama5
Reader: @wilfriede0815
Fandom: Supergirl (TV 2015)
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Length: 0:14:15
Trick: Mushroom

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Week 1 Bonus Trick: Eldritch!

2023-10-10T14:48:11Z

New for 2023: We have BONUS TRICKS revealing once per week - each Sunday, starting on October 8th! (Thank you for your patience while we crossposted this!)

These can be filled at any time throughout the month (not just during the week that they're revealed).

Week 1 Bonus Trick: Eldritch

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Pod-O-Ween Prompts Reveal 2023!

2023-09-30T10:01:07Z

PROMPTS:

Coven
Mushroom
Growl
Macabre
Black
Winged
Damned
Autumn
Curiosities

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Treat Request/Challenge 2023!

2023-09-30T09:45:10Z

TO TREAT OR NOT TO TREAT?

That is the question! Our eternal question! (The Answer Is Yes, If You Want~) This is the post where you can pop your treat requests and challenges. Treats are requests for things YOU would like to see in our Pod_O_Ween 2023 Collection. Here's a quick posting template to help you on your way, with the questions being in bold:

What would you like your treat to be? this could be what you would like to challenge somebody with, a fandom, concept, process, or anything you'd like!
Do you have any specific preferences beside your base request? anything like ratings, warnings, extras. is there anything the podficcer should keep in mind while filling this prompt?
Any questions or comments for us (the mods), or the podficcer? if you have anything to say, go ahead!

Can't wait to see what we come up with this year!

- Pod_O_Ween Mod (Cain AKA. hurry_cain and pezzax)

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Pod-O-Ween 2023 Announcement!

2023-09-30T09:38:25Z

It is that time of year again folks! Pod_O_Ween is an informal podfic event for the Spooky Season! Crafted out of a true love of this hallowed season (and podfic!), we are so thankful for the support we've had in growing this small but scary challenge! This is our sixth annual Pod_O_Ween event, and we'd like to thank you all for your love and support in making this event possible! Pod_O_Ween is an event that prides itself on being completely stress free, and so we have NO SIGN UPS, NO RESPONSIBILITIES, NO PRESSURE. All you have to do is have fun, so let's turn up the juice and see what shakes loose!

GET T-T-T-T-TRICKY?

If you participated last year, you know what you're in for! Pod_O_Ween is made up of 9 simple prompts that we call our TRICKS. In 2023, we're adding 4 BONUS TRICKS that will be released each Sunday, starting on October 8th.

These prompts are there to help get you inspired to make some podfic! If you are inspired by one of our prompts, please feel free to fill the prompt in whatever way takes your fancy. As always, the mods would like to mention that these prompts DO NOT need to be taken individually, and can be combined with others if you choose to do so! We'd also love to see discussion on these prompts for how they could be interpreted: stay tuned on our twitter for some examples and brainstorming.

The Official 2023 prompt list is alive and kicking both here on dreamwidth (HERE!) and on our twitter (HERE!), and you can fill the prompts at any time from the beginning of October! By no means are you obligated to fill all of these prompts! Please take our ghoulish little game at your own pace! However, if you would like to fill all of our prompts (we put in a few bonus ones this year just for you!) then consider it a challenge! Please feel free to retweet or share our prompts, anyone is welcome to get involved.

TREAT YOSELF:

Ah yes, treat time! After last year's success, we're holding the line. For treats, any person can make a request for something they would like to see in our Pod_O_Ween Collection for 2023. Please post your treat requests HERE! You can ask for anything in your treat, be it a specific fic, a trope, a fandom, the featuring of a concept, object or being, even the inclusion of specific characters. For those of you who want a bit of an extra challenge, try to combine the requests in these treats into what you're recording for our tricks! But do not fear, you can still just fill a spoopy podfic for a treat if you want without touching our main prompts.

All filled prompts must be uploaded to the Pod_O_Ween 2023 Collection (HERE!) by the end of the 30th of October. Posted works will be revealed each Tuesday, throughout the month of October, with the final reveal at the last stroke of midnight on All Hallows Eve!! Spend the whole month getting into the mood of the season by listening as podfics are revealed each week!!

There is no set word count, minimum or maximum. Anything that you can achieve in the time would be Spooktacular, and we'd all love to hear it!

You may fill as many prompts, and make as treat requests, as you would like! Again, please post your treat requests/challenges on this post HERE! We've included a handy template for those who need some guidance.

We are accepting of all types of podfic, including not!fic, multi-voice podfic, experimental and alternate podfic, as well as the traditional type. We don't want to limit you: if you're inspired, go for your lives!

Cover art is NOT MANDATORY, however if you would like to provide cover art, please go ahead! We at Pod_O_Ween are happy to assist in any way with cover art as well, and will put up a request thread closer to the release date. If anyone would like to volunteer to help with cover art, we would love the help!

We also have a sticker for those wishing to use cover art! Inspired by annapods and their lemon stickers, we have given little Podkin his own sticker! Link to download HERE!

This is an INFORMAL event. There is no obligation to fill prompts, as this is purely for the fun of the season! As such, other than our collection deadline - there are no deadlines! We also understand that this is a rather short notice event, so please take your time and do not stress! If you would like to fill something, but are not sure what to do, we are happy to assist you in finding a fic that is right for you to the best of our ability! Please do not hesitate to message us!

Feel free to post your fic to Dreamwidth as well as Ao3, but we will also provide a masterlist post of all podfics here on dreamwidth!

POSTING TEMPLATE :

When it comes to posting, all we ask is that you mention somewhere the challenge, what prompt it was filled for and - in the event of treats (don't think we forgot about those), that you mention the giftee!

TIMELINE :

29.09.23 : POD_O_WEEN TRICKS are posted!

08.10.23 : Week One BONUS TRICK

10.10.23 : Week One REVEALS

15.10.23 : Week Two BONUS TRICK

17.10.23 : Week Two REVEALS

22.10.23 : Week Three BONUS TRICK

24.10.23 : Week Three REVEALS

26.10.23 : Final Date for TREAT REQUESTS

29.10.23 : Week Four BONUS TRICK

30.10.23 : Final Date for POSTING to AO3 Collection : follow this LINK TO POST!

31.10.23 : FINAL PODFIC REVEAL AT MIDNIGHT!

And that's it! We hope you have a terrifically terrifying Halloween with us! If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to reply here, or message us both on this Dreamwidth, and at @PodWeen on twitter!.

Let's get spooky with it!
- Pod_O_Ween Mods (Cain AKA hurry_cain and pezzax)

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Feedback Ahead of 2023!

2023-09-05T00:40:49Z

Hi Podkins, Modkin here! Ahead of Pod-O-Ween 2023 we're asking for any feedback that you might have about the event the past few years - anything you particularly enjoyed and anything that you would like to see changed, or improved. Please let us know any experiences that you've had, positive or negative. We want to hear from you, as we're always trying to improve. Tell us everything!

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Pod_O_Ween 2022 Announcement!

2022-09-20T15:16:49Z

Welcome to Pod_O_Ween!

Pod_O_Ween is an informal podfic event for the Spooky Season! Crafted out of a true love of this hallowed season (and podfic!), we are so thankful for the support we've had in growing this small but scary challenge! This is our fifth annual Pod_O_Ween event, and we'd like to thank you all for your love and support in making this event possible! Pod_O_Ween is an event that prides itself on being completely stress free, and so we have NO SIGN UPS, NO RESPONSIBILITIES, NO PRESSURE. All you have to do is have fun, so let's turn up the juice and see what shakes loose!

GET T-T-T-T-TRICKY?

If you participated last year, you know what you're in for! Pod_O_Ween is made up of 9 simple prompts that we call our TRICKS. These prompts are there to help get you inspired to make some podfic! If you are inspired by one of our prompts, please feel free to fill the prompt in whatever way takes your fancy. As always, the mods would like to mention that these prompts DO NOT need to be taken individually, and can be combined with others if you choose to do so! We'd also love to see discussion on these prompts for how they could be interpreted: stay tuned on our twitter for some examples and brainstorming.

We're getting in early this year, and letting you all have a ten day head start! The Official 2022 prompt list is alive and kicking both here on dreamwidth (HERE!) and on our twitter (HERE!), and you can fill the prompts at any time from the beginning of October! By no means are you obligated to fill all of these prompts! Please take our ghoulish little game at your own pace! However, if you would like to fill all of our prompts (we've got our eyes on you~), then consider it a challenge! Please feel free to retweet or share our prompts, anyone is welcome to get involved.

TREAT YOSELF:

Ah yes, treat time! After last year's success, we're holding the line. For treats, any person can make a request for something they would like to see in our Pod_O_Ween Collection for 2022. Please post your treat requests HERE! You can ask for anything in your treat, be it a specific fic, a trope, a fandom, the featuring of a concept, object or being, even the inclusion of specific characters. For those of you who want a bit of an extra challenge, try to combine the requests in these treats into what you're recording for our tricks! But do not fear, you can still just fill a spoopy podfic for a treat if you want without touching our main prompts.

There are so many ways to play, and we're happy for you to mix and match and fill as much as you'd like to! It's your candy, and you can put it where you want to!

The most important guideline is to have fun! Make sure that you enjoy what you record.

All filled prompts must be uploaded to the Pod_O_Ween 2022 Collection (HERE!) by the end of the 30th of October, to be revealed at the very last stroke of Halloween, on the 31st.
All podfic are accepted, but please also adhere to your appropriate tagging and/or warning specifics as much as you can. Feel free to run with prompts, but if you are unsure in any way about your chosen fill, our golden rule is ASK ASK ASK!
There is no set word count, minimum or maximum. Anything that you can achieve in the time would be Spooktacular, and we'd all love to hear it!
You may fill as many prompts, and make as treat requests, as you would like!
Again, please post your treat requests/challenges on this post HERE! We've included a handy template for those who need some guidance.
We are accepting of all types of podfic, including not!fic, multi-voice podfic, experimental and alternate podfic, as well as the traditional type. We don't want to limit you: if you're inspired, go for your lives!
Cover art is NOT MANDATORY, however if you would like to provide cover art, please go ahead! We at Pod_O_Ween are happy to assist in any way with cover art as well, and will put up a request thread closer to the release date. If anyone would like to volunteer to help with cover art, we would love the help!
We also have a sticker for those wishing to use cover art! Inspired by annapods and their lemon stickers, we have given little Podkin his own sticker! Link to download here!
This is an INFORMAL event. There is no obligation to fill prompts, as this is purely for the fun of the season! As such, other than our collection deadline - there are no deadlines! We also understand that this is a rather short notice event, so please take your time and do not stress! If you would like to fill something, but are not sure what to do, we are happy to assist you in finding a fic that is right for you to the best of our ability! Please do not hesitate to message us!
Feel free to post your fic to Dreamwidth as well as Ao3, but we will also provide a masterlist post of all podfics here on dreamwidth!

POSTING TEMPLATE :

When it comes to posting, all we ask is that you mention somewhere the challenge, what prompt it was filled for and - in the event of treats (don't think we forgot about those), that you mention the giftee!

TIMELINE :

21.09.22 : POD_O_WEEN goes live early!
26.10.22 : FINAL DATE for TREAT REQUESTS.
30.10.22 : FINAL DATE for posting to AO3 COLLECTION : follow this LINK TO POST!
31.10.22 : PODFIC REVEAL AT MIDNIGHT!

And that's it! We hope you have a terrifically terrifying Halloween with us! If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to reply here, or message us both on this Dreamwidth, and at @PodWeen on twitter!.

Let's get spooky with it!
- Pod_O_Ween Mod (Cain AKA. hurry_cain)

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Pod_O_Ween 2022 Prompts

2022-09-20T15:16:03Z

PROMPTS:

midnight
trick
feral

folklore
soul
hunger

afterlife
treat
disguise

Stay tuned on our twitter for brainstorming and further discussion on our prompts this year!

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Treat Request/Challenge 2022

2022-09-20T15:11:54Z

To Treat Or Not To Treat?

That is the question! Our eternal question! (The Answer Is Yes, If You Want~) This is the post where you can pop your treat requests and challenges. Treats are requests for things YOU would like to see in our Pod_O_Ween 2022 Collection. Here's a quick posting template to help you on your way, with the questions being in italics:

What would you like your treat to be? this could be what you would like to challenge somebody with, a fandom, concept, process, or anything you'd like!
Do you have any specific preferences beside your base request? anything like ratings, warnings, extras. is there anything the podficcer should keep in mind while filling this prompt?
Any questions or comments for us (the mod), or the podficcer? if you have anything to say, go ahead!

Can't wait to see what we come up with this year!

- Pod_O_Ween Mod (Cain AKA. hurry_cain)

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Treat Request/Challenge 2021

2021-10-01T17:31:37Z

To Treat Or Not To Treat?

That is the question! Our eternal question! (The Answer Is Yes, If You Want~) This is the post where you can pop your treat requests and challenges. Treats are requests for things YOU would like to see in our Pod_O_Ween 2021 Collection. Here's a quick posting template to help you on your way, with the questions being in italics:

What would you like your treat to be? this could be what you would like to challenge somebody with, a fandom, concept, process, or anything you'd like!
Do you have any specific preferences beside your base request? anything like ratings, warnings, extras. is there anything the podficcer should keep in mind while filling this prompt?
Any questions or comments for us (the mod), or the podficcer? if you have anything to say, go ahead!

Can't wait to see what we come up with this year!

- Pod_O_Ween Mod (Cain AKA. arkadyevna)

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Pod_O_Ween 2021 Announcement!

2021-10-01T17:30:11Z

Welcome to Pod_O_Ween!

Pod_O_Ween is an informal podfic event for the Spooky Season! Crafted out of a true love of this hallowed season (and podfic!), we are so thankful for the support we've had in growing this small but scary challenge! This is our fourth annual Pod_O_Ween event, and thanks to all of all you lovelies, we think we've got the pattern down now! Pod_O_Ween is an event that prides itself on being completely stress free, and so we have NO SIGN UPS, NO RESPONSIBILITIES, NO PRESSURE. All you have to do is have fun, so let's turn up the juice and see what shakes loose!

GET T-T-T-T-TRICKY?

Last year we fine-tuned our prompt system, and we're keeping to the same tune this year! Pod_O_Ween is made up of 9 simple prompts that we call our TRICKS. These prompts are there to help get you inspired to make some podfic! If you are inspired by one of our prompts, please feel free to fill the prompt in whatever way takes your fancy. As always, the mods would like to mention that these prompts DO NOT need to be taken individually, and can be combined with others if you choose to do so! We'd also love to see discussion on these prompts for how they could be interpreted: stay tuned on our twitter for some examples and brainstorming.

Due to the absolute madness that is this year, things are a tiny bit later than anticipated - but we made it just in time! Official 2021 prompt list is alive and kicking - (tricks list found HERE!) both here on dreamwidth and on our twitter, and you can fill the prompts at any time from the beginning of October! By no means are you obligated to fill all of these prompts! Please take our ghoulish little game at your own pace! However, if you would like to fill all of our prompts (we've got our eyes on you~), then consider it a challenge!

TREAT YOSELF:

Ah yes, treat time! After last year's success, we're holding the line. For treats, any person can make a request for something they would like to see in our Pod_O_Ween Collection for 2021. Please post your treat requests HERE! You can ask for anything in your treat, be it a specific fic, a trope, a fandom, the featuring of a concept, object or being, even the inclusion of specific characters. For those of you who want a bit of an extra challenge, try to combine the requests in these treats into what you're recording for our tricks! But do not fear, you can still just fill a spoopy podfic for a treat if you want without touching our main prompts.

There are so many ways to play, and we're happy for you to mix and match and fill as much as you'd like to! It's your candy, and you can put it where you want to!

The most important guideline is to have fun! Make sure that you enjoy what you record.

All filled prompts must be uploaded to the Pod_O_Ween 2021 Collection by the 30th of October, to be revealed at the very last stroke of Halloween, on the 31st.
All podfic are accepted, but please also adhere to your appropriate tagging and/or warning specifics as much as you can. Feel free to run with prompts, but if you are unsure in any way about your chosen fill, our golden rule is ASK ASK ASK!
There is no set word count, minimum or maximum. Anything that you can achieve in the time would be Spooktacular, and we'd all love to hear it!
You may fill as many prompts, and make as treat requests, as you would like!
Again, please post your treat requests/challenges on this post HERE! We've included a handy template for those who need some guidance.
We are accepting of all types of podfic, including not!fic, multi-voice podfic, experimental and alternate podfic, as well as the traditional type. We don't want to limit you: if you're inspired, go for your lives!
Cover art is NOT MANDATORY, however if you would like to provide cover art, please go ahead! We at Pod_O_Ween are happy to assist in any way with cover art as well, and will put up a request thread closer to the release date. If anyone would like to volunteer to help with cover art, we would love the help!
We also have a sticker for those wishing to use cover art! Inspired by annapods and their lemon stickers, we have given little Podkin his own sticker! Link to download here!
This is an INFORMAL event. There is no obligation to fill prompts, as this is purely for the fun of the season! As such, other than our collection deadline - there are no deadlines! We also understand that this is a rather short notice event, so please take your time and do not stress! If you would like to fill something, but are not sure what to do, we are happy to assist you in finding a fic that is right for you to the best of our ability! Please do not hesitate to message us!
Feel free to post your fic to Dreamwidth as well as Ao3, but we will also provide a masterlist post of all podfics here on dreamwidth!

POSTING TEMPLATE :

When it comes to posting, all we ask is that you mention somewhere the challenge, what prompt it was filled for and - in the event of treats (don't think we forgot about those), that you mention the giftee!

TIMELINE :

01.10.21 : POD_O_WEEN goes live!
26.10.21 : FINAL DATE for TREAT REQUESTS.
30.10.21 : FINAL DATE for posting to AO3 COLLECTION : follow this LINK TO POST!
31.10.21 : PODFIC REVEAL!

And that's it! We hope you have a terrifically terrifying Halloween with us! If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to reply here, or message us both on this Dreamwidth, and at podween on twitter!.

Let's get spooky with it!
- Pod_O_Ween Mod (Cain AKA. arkadyevna)

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Pod_O_Ween 2021 Prompts

2021-10-01T12:37:21Z

PROMPTS:

tremble
monster
magic

dusk
sin
flesh

mystery
scream
devour

Stay tuned on our twitter for brainstorming and further discussion on our prompts this year!

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Pod_O_Ween 2020 Announcement!

2020-09-27T03:19:59Z

Welcome to Pod_O_Ween!

Pod_O_Ween is an informal podfic event for the Spooky Season! Crafted out of a true love of this hallowed season (and podfic!), we are so thankful for the support we've had in growing this small but scary challenge! For our third annual Pod_O_Ween, we've taken a sip out of last year's cauldron and kept our beloved prompts! Pod_O_Ween is an event that prides itself on being completely stress free, and so we have NO SIGN UPS, NO RESPONSIBILITIES, NO PRESSURE. All you have to do is keep your eyes peeled for this year's prompts and have a wonderful time podficcing!

GET T-T-T-T-TRICKY?

Similar to last year, we're taking the brunt of the creative burden off your shoulders by giving you some spooky prompts to get the juices flowing! Pod_O_Ween will be made up of 9 simple prompts that we're calling our TRICKS. These prompts are there to help get you inspired to make some podfic! If you are inspired by one of our prompts, please feel free to fill the prompt in whatever way takes your fancy. The mods would like to mention that these prompts DO NOT need to be taken individually, and can be combined with others if you choose to do so! We'd also love to see discussion on these prompts for how they could be interpreted: stay tuned on our twitter for some brainstorming, pumpkins!

Prompts will be released as soon as we're live (tricks list found HERE!) both here on dreamwidth and on our twitter, and you can fill the prompts at any time from the beginning of October! By no means are you obligated to fill all of these prompts! Please take our ghoulish little game at your own pace! However, if you would like to fill all of our prompts (we see you, robots and completionists), then consider it a challenge!

TREAT YOSELF:

We certainly haven't forgotten about treats! This year we're switching things up. For treats, any person can make a request for something they would like to see in our Pod_O_Ween Collection for 2020. Please post your treat requests HERE! You can ask for anything in your treat, be it a specific fic, a trope, a fandom, the featuring of a concept, object or being, even the inclusion of specific characters. For those of you who want a bit of an extra challenge, try to combine the requests in these treats into what you're recording for our tricks! But do not fear, you can still just fill a spoopy podfic for a treat if you want without touching our main prompts.

There are so many ways to play, and we're happy for you to mix and match and fill as much as you'd like to! It's your candy, and you can put it where you want to!

The most important guideline is to have fun! Make sure that you enjoy what you record.

All filled prompts must be uploaded to the Pod_O_Ween 2020 Collection by the 30th of October, to be revealed at the very last stroke of Halloween, on the 31st.
All podfic are accepted, but please also adhere to your appropriate tagging and/or warning specifics as much as you can. Feel free to run with prompts, but if you are unsure in any way about your chosen fill, our golden rule is ASK ASK ASK!
There is no set word count, minimum or maximum. Anything that you can achieve in the time would be Spooktacular, and we'd all love to hear it!
You may fill as many prompts, and make as treat requests, as you would like!
Please post your treat requests/challenges on this post HERE! We've included a handy template for those who need some guidance.
We are accepting of all types of podfic, including not!fic, multi-voice podfic, experimental and alternate podfic, as well as the traditional type. We don't want to limit you: if you're inspired, go for your lives!
Cover art is NOT MANDATORY, however if you would like to provide cover art, please go ahead! We at Pod_O_Ween are happy to assist in any way with cover art as well, and will put up a request thread closer to the release date. If anyone would like to volunteer to help with cover art, we would love the help!
We also have a sticker for those wishing to use cover art! Inspired by annapods and their lemon stickers, we have given little Podkin his own sticker! Link to download here!
This is an INFORMAL event. There is no obligation to fill prompts, as this is purely for the fun of the season! As such, other than our collection deadline - there are no deadlines! We also understand that this is a rather short notice event, so please take your time and do not stress! If you would like to fill something, but are not sure what to do, we are happy to assist you in finding a fic that is right for you to the best of our ability! Please do not hesitate to message us!
Feel free to post your fic to Dreamwidth as well as Ao3, but we will also provide a masterlist post of all podfics here on dreamwidth!

POSTING TEMPLATE :

When it comes to posting, all we ask is that you mention somewhere the challenge, what prompt it was filled for and - in the event of treats (don't think we forgot about those), that you mention the giftee!

TIMELINE :

01.10.19 : POD_O_WEEN goes live!
26.10.20 : FINAL DATE for TREAT REQUESTS.
30.10.20 : FINAL DATE for posting to AO3 COLLECTION : follow this LINK TO POST!
31.10.20 : PODFIC REVEAL!

And that's it! We hope you have a terrifically terrifying Halloween with us! If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to reply here, or message us both on this Dreamwidth, and at podween on twitter!.

Let's get spooky with it!
- Pod_O_Ween Mod (Cain AKA. arkadyevna)

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Pod_O_Ween 2020 Prompts

2020-09-27T03:18:38Z

Pod_O_Ween Prompts 2020!

PROMPTS:

haunt

gore

mask

thirst

ritual

grave

beast

plague

curse

Stay tuned on our twitter for brainstorming and further discussion on our prompts this year!

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Treat Request/Challenge 2020

2020-09-27T03:16:37Z

To Treat Or Not To Treat?

That is the question! This is the post where you can pop your treat requests and challenges. Treats are requests for things YOU would like to see in our Pod_O_Ween 2020 Collection. Here's a quick posting template to help you on your way, with the questions being in italics:

What would you like your treat to be? this could be what you would like to challenge somebody with, a fandom, concept, process, or anything you'd like!
Do you have any specific preferences beside your base request? anything like ratings, warnings, extras. is there anything the podficcer should keep in mind while filling this prompt?
Any questions or comments for us (the mod), or the podficcer? if you have anything to say, go ahead!

Can't wait to see what we come up with this year!

- Pod_O_Ween Mod (Cain AKA. arkadyevna)

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(Trick) or TREAT?

2019-09-25T23:09:39Z

To Treat or Not To Treat?

Is that even a question? Go ahead and pop your requests down below. If you're having trouble coming up with a request, please see our TREAT PROMPTING TEMPLATE. Keep in mind that all treat requests must be submitted by the 25th of October!

Happy Hunting,
The Pod_O_Ween Mods

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Pod_O_Ween 2019 Prompts!

2019-09-24T14:03:46Z

Pod_O_Ween Prompts 2019!

PODFIC PROMPTS :

01 : Dark
  02 : Costume
  03 : Grim
  04 : Blood
  05 : Creep
  06 : Nightmare
  07 : Candy
  08 : Possess
  09 : Horror
  10 : Slash
  11 : Howl
  12 : Bone
  13 : Wicked

Let us know down below what you think of these prompts! Perhaps you'd like to share some ideas for your fills, hmm?

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