2026 Literotica Competitions and Author-Organized Events

[ChloeTzang]

Hi everyone - I was thinking perhaps we could self-organize the author-driven events for 2026 ahead of time and put together an overall calender for Laurel to make it easier for her - she has a lot on her plate so I thought it would be helpful to organize ourselves and put a high level calendar in front of Laurel and save her all the to and from over each individually organized event.

I've gone ahead and done this on my own initiative - Laurel didn't ask me to do this - but I've reached out to everyone who ran or is going to run events in 2025 as almost all of them have been recurring over the last few years +/- a few and received confirmation as to wherther they're continuing or being dropped. (There's a couple of replies outstanding so for now I've left them pencilled in to the schedule)

My idea was list all the Literotica Competitions (known dates and competitions are pretty much fixed) along with the recurring Author-Organized Events - and highlight any changes, as well as Available Date Windows for anyone who wants to organize a new Event.

Available Date Windows - looks to be about 2 windows now available for any new events without totally overloading the calendar
- End of June
- Possibly Mid-November

The Competitions and recurring events that have run annually for the last few years are all listed below - and I have highlighted Available Windows for new Events. If anyone has an event they would like to organize and run, reply below - we would need to run by Laurel and get her okay but if we do it all in one hit, it's going to be easier for Laurel and we'll all have a calendar for 2026 to write to well ahead of time

LITEROTICA: Valentine's Day Competition (February 14th)
Hosted by @EmilyMiller
starts: January 10
closes: February 6
winners announced: February 13

The 750 Word Project 2026 [ OPEN ] (annually since 2019) - CONFIRMED for 2026
organizer: Duleigh
starts: Feb 1st
closes: February 28
challenge date: final anthology list posted on March 1st

Pink Orchid: Story Event for Women-Centric Erotica 2025 [ OPEN ] (annually since 2022) - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: Omenainen
starts: Feb 1st
closes: February 28
challenge date: final anthology list posted on March 8th (International Women's Day)

[RESERVED - LEGENDS - INVITATIONAL ] - I've reached out to Randi and she has confirmed that she will NOT be running an invitational for March 17th for 2026
"Tainted Love" - Romantic Horror [ OPEN ] - PROPOSED FOR 2026 (subject to Laurel's approval)
organizer: @dirk2024 and @Erozetta
starts:
closes:
challenge date: March 17th

LITEROTICA: April Fool's Competition (April 01)
Hosted by @ChloeTzang
starts: March 02
closes: March 24
winners announced: March 31

On the Job 2025 [ OPEN ] (run annually since 2019) - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: HeyAll
starts: April 18th
closes: April 24
challenge date: April 25th (all stories go live)

Virtual Literotica Conference 2025 [ OPEN ] - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: FreyaGersemi
challenge date: final anthology list posted on May 17th
submit your story: April 25th-May 16th (stories submitted & posted)

Geek Pride 2025 [ OPEN ] (run annually since 2018) - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: ChloeTzang
starts: May 15th
closes: May 24
challenge date: May 25th (all stories go live)

Yay Team! Sex & Sports 2025 [ OPEN ] - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: @Voyeurkenneth
starts: June 3rd 3rd
closes: June 9th
challenge date: June 10th (all stories go live)

GAP AT END OF JUNE - POTENTIALLY FIT AN EVENT IN HERE

LITEROTICA: National Nude Day Competition (July 14)
Hosted by: @Bamagan
starts: June 13
closes: July 4
winners announced: July 11

Heroism - the Oggbashan Memorial Event 2025 [ OPEN ] - CONFIRMED FOR 2026 - ANNUAL - this event will run annually in perpetuity
organizer: @Rustyoznail - @ChloeTzang
starts: June 13th
closes: July 13th
challenge date: July 14th (all stories go live)

"The Scent of Jasmine Tea - Tales from the Orient" - PROPOSED FOR 2026 (subject to Laurel's approval)
(replaces Hammered - an Ode to Mickey Spillane - any noir stories can go into Crime & Punishment_
organizer: ChloeTzang
challenge date: July 31st (all stories go live)
Submission deadline: July 15th-30th

MUSIC CHALLENGE 2026 [ OPEN ] - "Born to Run" was a one-off for 2025. PROPOSED FOR 2026 - subject to Laurel's approval
organizer: @Trionyx
challenge date: August 25th (all stories go live)
submit your story: August 1st-18th

AI: A New Era 2025 [ OPEN ] (run annually since 2021) - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: bettiezyx
starts: August 1st
closes: August 31st
challenge date: final anthology list posted on September 1st

LITEROTICA: Summer Lovin' Competition (summertime)
Hosted by @Rustyoznail
starts: August 15
closes: September 5
winners announced: September 12

Crime and Punishment 2025 [ OPEN ] (annually since 2023) - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: soflabbwlvr
starts: Sept 2nd
closes: Sept 20th
challenge date: September 25th

FAN FIC Challenge 2026 [ OPEN ] - (this was Dark Fairy Tales ins 2025) - PROPOSED FOR 2026
organizer: @StillStunned
starts: Sept 1st
closes: Sept 25th
Challenge date: final anthology list posted on September 30th

Tales from the Sexnomicon [ INVITATIONAL ] - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: lovecraft68
challenge date: October 16th

LITEROTICA: Halloween Competition (Oct 31)
Hosted by @Duleigh
starts: October 2
closes: October 23
winners announced: October 30

Amorous Goods, Season 06 (2025) [ OPEN ] (annually since 2020) - jaF0 seems to have dropped off - trying to confirm but this Date may open up - suggesting mid-November to spread things out mpre veenly
organizer: jaF0
starts: October 1
closes: October 31
challenge date: November 2nd

GAP FOR ANOTHER EVENT MID / LATE NOVEMEBER

Music: Hotel California Challenge 2026 [ OPEN ] - PROPOSED - Subject to Laurel's approval
organizer: @WaxPhilosophic
starts: TBD
closes: TBD
challenge date: December 8th

LITEROTICA: Winter Holidays Competition (all holidays/events/activities from November through January)
Hosted by: @Duleigh
starts: November 11
closes: December 5
winners announced: December 12

 

[Kelliezgirl]

Great idea Chloe, thanks for putting this all together!

 

[lovecraft68]

Thank you for taking the lead and working hard to round everyone up. This is a huge help to Laurel.

 

[iwatchus]

Thank you for doing this Chloe.

Two events I was hoping for next year (other than the Dark Fairy Tales that I already knew was not happening.)

Are we not doing the virtual convention. I think I could do it properly this year.

And I was kind of psyched for the music themed one that has been bandied about. I shout someone had volunteered to organize one.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Hi everyone - I was thinking perhaps we could self-organize the author-driven events for 2026 ahead of time and put together an overall calender for Laurel to make it easier for her - she has a lot on her plate so I thought it would be helpful to organize ourselves and put a high level calendar in front of Laurel and save her all the to and from over each individually organized event.

I've gone ahead and done this on my own initiative - Laurel didn't ask me to do this - but I've reached out to everyone who ran or is going to run events in 2025 as almost all of them have been recurring over the last few years +/- a few and received confirmation as to wherther they're continuing or being dropped. (There's a couple of replies outstanding so for now I've left them pencilled in to the schedule)

My idea was list all the Literotica Competitions (known dates and competitions are pretty much fixed) along with the recurring Author-Organized Events - and highlight any changes, as well as Available Date Windows for anyone who wants to organize a new Event.

Available Date Windows - looks to be about 4 windows available for any new events without totally overloading the calendar
- March 17th
- End of June
- Possibly mid-August
- Possibly Mid-November

The Competitions and recurring events that have run annually for the last few years are all listed below - and I have highlighted Available Windows for new Events. If anyone has an event they would like to organize and run, reply below - we would need to run by Laurel and get her okay but if we do it all in one hit, it's going to be easier for Laurel and we'll all have a calendar for 2026 to write to well ahead of time

LITEROTICA: Valentine's Day Competition (February 14th)
starts: January 10
closes: February 6
winners announced: February 13

The 750 Word Project 2026 [ OPEN ] (annually since 2019) - CONFIRMED for 2026
organizer: Duleigh
starts: Feb 1st
closes: February 28
challenge date: final anthology list posted on March 1st

Pink Orchid: Story Event for Women-Centric Erotica 2025 [ OPEN ] (annually since 2022) - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: Omenainen
starts: Feb 1st
closes: February 28
challenge date: final anthology list posted on March 8th (International Women's Day)

[RESERVED - LEGENDS - INVITATIONAL ] - I've reached out to Randi and she has confirmed that she will NOT be running an invitational for March 17th for 2026
THIS DATE WINDOW IS AVAILABLE FOR A NEW EVENT
organizer: blackrandi1958
challenge date: March 17th

LITEROTICA: April Fool's Competition (April 01)
starts: March 02
closes: March 24
winners announced: March 31

On the Job 2025 [ OPEN ] (run annually since 2019) - Heyall to confirm but I think we can assume this continues
organizer: HeyAll
starts: April 18th
closes: April 24
challenge date: April 25th (all stories go live)

Geek Pride 2025 [ OPEN ] (run annually since 2018) - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: ChloeTzang
starts: May 15th
closes: May 24
challenge date: May 25th (all stories go live)

Yay Team! Sex & Sports 2025 [ OPEN ] - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: @Voyeurkenneth
starts: June 3rd 3rd
closes: June 9th
challenge date: June 10th (all stories go live)

GAP AT END OF JUNE - POTENTIALLY FIT AN EVENT IN HERE

LITEROTICA: National Nude Day Competition (July 14)
starts: June 13
closes: July 4
winners announced: July 11

Heroism - the Oggbashan Memorial Event 2025 [ OPEN ] - CONFIRMED FOR 2026 - ANNUAL - this event will run annually in perpetuity
organizer: @Rustyoznail - @ChloeTzang
starts: June 13th
closes: July 13th
challenge date: July 14th (all stories go live)

Hammered: an Ode to Mickey Spillane 2025 [ OPEN ] (run annually since 2021) -
I"M GOING TO ASK LAUREL IF WE CAN DROP THIS - I'd like to use this date to organize a different event for 2026 "The Scent of Jasmine Tea - Tales from the Orient"
on the other hand, if Laurel wants to continue it, I'll ask to do my new event on an alternative date
organizer: ChloeTzang
challenge date: July 31st (all stories go live)
Submission deadline: July 15th-30th

Born to Run Story Event 2025 [ OPEN ] - This was a one-off around the "Born to Run" album. Confirming
organizer: @WaxPhilosophic -
challenge date: August 25th (all stories go live)
submit your story: August 1st-18th

AI: A New Era 2025 [ OPEN ] (run annually since 2021) - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: bettiezyx
starts: August 1st
closes: August 31st
challenge date: final anthology list posted on September 1st

LITEROTICA: Summer Lovin' Competition (summertime)
starts: August 15
closes: September 5
winners announced: September 12

Crime and Punishment 2025 [ OPEN ] (annually since 2023) - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: soflabbwlvr
starts: Sept 2nd
closes: Sept 20th
challenge date: September 25th

FAN FIC Challenge 2026 [ OPEN ] - (this was Dark Fairy Tales ins 2025) - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: @StillStunned
starts: Sept 1st
closes: Sept 25th
Challenge date: final anthology list posted on September 30th

Tales from the Sexnomicon [ INVITATIONAL ] - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: lovecraft68
challenge date: October 16th

LITEROTICA: Halloween Competition (Oct 31)
starts: October 2
closes: October 23
winners announced: October 30

Amorous Goods, Season 06 (2025) [ OPEN ] (annually since 2020) - jaF0 seems to have dropped off - trying to confirm but this Date may open up - suggesting mid-November to spread things out mpre veenly
organizer: jaF0
starts: October 1
closes: October 31
challenge date: November 2nd

GAP FOR ANOTHER EVENT MID / LATE NOVEMEBER

LITEROTICA: Winter Holidays Competition (all holidays/events/activities from November through January)
starts: November 11
closes: December 5
winners announced: December 12

Thanks for doing this and willing to help as we discussed

 

[StillStunned]

Thanks for doing this!

One note, though:

FAN FIC Challenge 2026 [ OPEN ] - (this was Dark Fairy Tales ins 2025) - CONFIRMED FOR 2026
organizer: @StillStunned
starts: Sept 1st
closes: Sept 25th
Challenge date: final anthology list posted on September 30th

This is just an idea I'm toying with. I might do it, I might not. If anyone else wants to use this slot, as far as I'm concerned it's first come, first served.

 

[lovecraft68]

Thank you for doing this Chloe.

Two events I was hoping for next year (other than the Dark Fairy Tales that I already knew was not happening.)

Are we not doing the virtual convention. I think I could do it properly this year.

And I was kind of psyched for the music themed one that has been bandied about. I shout someone had volunteered to organize one.

Looks like there's some open slots, you can always organize one yourself.

 

[SimonDoom]

Great job taking the lead on this, Chloe.

I've had a story in the works for a while for the Pink Orchid event that I really want to get submitted so I'm glad that event is still on the calendar. Same thing with the Valentine contest.

 

[Rob_Royale]

@Trionyx
Maybe there's an opening for your music challenge.

 

[TheLobster]

Great idea. Here's the list of open events that's pared down just to the submission deadlines:

• Valentine's Day: February 6
• 750 Word + Pink Orchid: February 28
• April Fool's: March 24
• On the Job: April 24
• Virtual Literotica Conference: May 16
• Geek Pride: May 24
• Yay Team: June 9
• Nude Day: July 4
• Heroism: July 13
• Tales from the Orient: July 30
• AI: A New Era: August 31
• Summer Lovin: September 5
• Crime and Punishment: September 20
• Fan Fic: September 25
• Halloween: October 23
• Winter Holidays: December 5

Some of those gaps are tight so better start writing early

 

[iwatchus]

Looks like there's some open slots, you can always organize one yourself.

For several reasons, I’m not a good candidate to organize one right now. Maybe 2027

 

[Erozetta]

That March 17th slot is so tempting considering my birthday is the next day...

But short of "Dark romance" which is vague as fuck, I don't have any ideas for a challenge.

 

[dream_yahoozie]

Question. What does the organizer do for the events exactly?

 

[MelissaBaby]

I think the Crime and Punishment challenge makes the Mickey Spillane redundant, and support eliminating Mickey. Perhaps it would be cool to do a challenge honoring a different author each year instead.

 

[lovecraft68]

Question. What does the organizer do for the events exactly?

Start a thread announcing what the challenge would be and first see if there's a fair amount of interest. If so, set the dates and then the thread becomes a support thread for people interested to chat and kick around ideas. When the time gets close, in addition to making sure to bump the thread, PM the people who said they were interested and remind them

 

[dream_yahoozie]

Okay. Could be fun

 

[StillStunned]

But short of "Dark romance" which is vague as fuck, I don't have any ideas for a challenge.

Call it "Love Hurts", with a broad scope. Lots of potential there.

 

[Erozetta]

Call it "Love Hurts", with a broad scope. Lots of potential there.

It's not really a theme worthy of a challenge, in my opinion. There's no real challenge to it, just a general theme.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Thank you for doing this Chloe.

Two events I was hoping for next year (other than the Dark Fairy Tales that I already knew was not happening.)

Are we not doing the virtual convention. I think I could do it properly this year.

And I was kind of psyched for the music themed one that has been bandied about. I shout someone had volunteered to organize one.

Yes - sorry - I missed the Virtual Convention and that was confirmed. I''ll edit the first post to include

 

[Trionyx]

@Trionyx
Maybe there's an opening for your music challenge.

Laurel must be terribly busy and I have not heard back from her about this, so for the time being, there are no plans for a music challenge. I will let everyone know if that changes.

 

[ChloeTzang]

I think the Crime and Punishment challenge makes the Mickey Spillane redundant, and support eliminating Mickey. Perhaps it would be cool to do a challenge honoring a different author each year instead.

Totally agree - I'd only ever intended Hammered as a one-off, and I wantt to use that slot for my Asian-themed event - updated the schedule to reflect.

Thats enugh events for me - Geek Day and Tales from the Orient.

We don't HAVE to use these slots unless someone really WANTS to run a new event - that's a really fill calendar so we're all going to have to pick and choose - and for anyone running one of these I'd really recommen reaching out to authors who aren't on the AH and asking them to particpate to build up the # of stories and contributors

 

[ChloeTzang]

Laurel must be terribly busy and I have not heard back from her about this, so for the time being, there are no plans for a music challenge. I will let everyone know if that changes.

Plunk the event name and concept in here - I planned to take all of this to Laurel in one hit - I have my own new event to replace Hammered that I want to get her okay on, I can include yours as well - that way all Laurell has too deal with is one message that includes everything. So dump it here and I'll include it in the first post.

I think Born to Run was only a one off so we can tenratievly put this in on or around the same date - or take the March 17th date that opened up when Randi advised she won't be doing one in 2026

 

[ChloeTzang]

Thanks for doing this!

One note, though:

This is just an idea I'm toying with. I might do it, I might not. If anyone else wants to use this slot, as far as I'm concerned it's first come, first served.

I'll put it in as tenative but personally, I'd love a FAN-FIC one. Black-Pink!!!! Oh yeah! I could do that LOL

 

[HeyAll]

Looks great, and great idea, thank you

 

[ChloeTzang]

Looks great, and great idea, thank you

As discussed, conforming your event too