Music Challenge 2026 - Official Support Thread

[Trionyx]

This thread officially kicks off the MUSIC CHALLENGE 2026 for the summer of 2026. Submissions can be sent in between August 1st through August 18th, with a Tuesday August 25 go live date.

This thread is also to SUPPORT and ENCOURAGE veteran and first-time authors to enter stories in the MUSIC CHALLENGE 2026. This is an open challenge for everyone; it is not a competition and there are no scores or prizes. It is, however, an opportunity to write a story with a similar theme to what other authors will be submitting and the stories will be presented together at the end of the challenge. As a result, your story will have greater exposure to the readers.

The rules and guidelines are simple:

Use a song title as the title of your story.

The story should reflect and build on the song title. The spirit of the challenge is to craft your story around the words, meaning or message of the song - but the degree to which you do this is up to you.

Very limited use of lyrics is permissible in the story but lengthy passages should be avoided.

Minimum length 750 words.

Any category may be chosen.

The usual Literotica rules regarding prohibited topics, etc will be followed.

Use MUSIC CHALLENGE 2026 as a story tag.

Include the words ‘MUSIC CHALLENGE 2026’ in the ‘notes’ field when you submit the story.

A few examples to stimulate your creative juices:

“Thank God and Greyhound (She’s Gone)” (Roy Clark-1970) – Loving Wives

“We Are Family” (Sister Sledge-1979) – Taboo and Incest

“Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in the Bed” (Kinky Friedman-1973) – Humor & Satire

“Only a Girl” (Gia Woods-2016) – Lesbian Sex

“London Boy” (Taylor Swift-2019) – Gay Male

“I Will Always Love You” (Dolly Parton-1973 & Whitney Houston-1992) – Romance

“Innocent” (Taylor Swift-2010) – First Time



And there are so many more good songs to use as a basis for this challenge and you have many months until the deadline. So, get busy and start writing. We are looking forward to reading your contributions.

[Edited] AS RECOMMENDED BY Actingup, you are encouraged to include a postscript about the song. This could include the musicians’ names, date of original release, how the story relates to the tune and anything else that you would like the reader to know.

 

[NaughteeDragon]

I thought about holding my new story for this, then I came up with a good Halloween ending for it.
Girl is seduced and makes love to her captor over 8 replays of Ravel’s Bolero. So it doesn’t have to be a song with lyrics. The sex cycles with the rise and fall of the music.

 

[THBGato]

Kind of gutted that this is coming along NOW. I've got four that could have been entered:

Thirty - named after a song by The Weather Station.

Look at me - my sole GM story, based on a Caroline Martin song.

The Parting Glass - loads of versions available, but I like the Wailin' Jennies' rendition.

And, Love is a Place - which takes its name from the Jamie Wyatt song.

 

[THBGato]

Oh, and of course, What a difference a day makes...

 

[NaughteeDragon]

The Parting Glass - loads of versions available, but I like the Wailin' Jennies' rendition.

I love that version. It’s in the instructions for my funeral. Hopefully that is many years away.

 

[iwatchus]

There are so many great songs that are about sex. The hardest part will be choosing one (or maybe two) to write. Maybe Peter Gabriel's (Genesis technically) Counting Out Time

For people who don't know it, here is a middle verse

I'm counting out time (Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah)
Hoping it goes like I planned it 'cause I understand it
Look, I've found the hotspots, figures one to nine
Still counting out time (Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah)
I got my finger on the button, don't say nothin'
Just lie there still and I'll get you turned on just fine

It does not turn out well for the poor young man.

It does remind me of some sex scenes I have read here.

 

[ChloeTzang]

I am so in for this one......already have my story in my head - Helsinki Noir

Story Title: Katujen Kuningatar ("Queen of the Streets")

@Omenainen should know this one LOL

Hän sinuun katsoo läpi karvaiden kyynelten / She looks at you through bitter tears
tuntematta tuskaa loppuaan odottaen / Without feeling agony while waiting for her end
oot toivo viimeinen, hän sinuun ripustautuu / You are the last hope, she's clinging onto you
luona baaritiskin uskoutuu / By the bar counter she confides to you
tunnet hänet jo vuosien takaa / You know her from years ago
ja muistot katkerat mieleesi palaa / And bitter memories comes back to your mind
kuljit hänen luonaan rakkautta etsien / You wandered around her looking for love
kunnes uusi aika nosti sut veneeseen / Until a new era lifted you on a boat

hän oli katujen kuningatar vuonna '77 / She was a Queen of the streets back in '77
jolloin katuja kuljit yöhön pimeään / When you wandered the streets until the dark of the night
hän oli kuningatar särkyneiden sydänten / She was the Queen of the broken hearts
jokainen hänet tunsi häneen luottaen / Everyone knew her and trusted in her
katsot hänen kalpeita kasvojaan / You gaze at her pale face
ei aika ole nuollut haavojaan / Time hasn't licked it's wounds
kuin varjo entisestään hän siinä istuu / Like a shadow of her former self she's sitting there
viinilasin pintaan katse uppoutuu / Gaze draws into surface of the wine glass

hän oli katujen kuningatar vuonna '77 / She was a Queen of the streets back in '77
jolloin katuja kuljit yöhön pimeään / When you wandered the streets until the dark of the night
hän oli kuningatar särkyneiden sydänten / She was the Queen of the broken hearts
jokainen hänet tunsi häneen luottaen / Everyone knew her and trusted in her
hän oli katujen kuningatar vuonna '77 / She was a Queen of the streets back in '77
jolloin katuja kuljit yöhön pimeään / When you wandered the streets until the dark of the night
hän oli kuningatar särkyneiden sydänten / She was the Queen of the broken hearts
jokainen hänet tunsi häneen luottaen / Everyone knew her and trusted in her

 

[dirk2024]

I'm in.

 

[Actingup]

Kind of gutted that this is coming along NOW. I've got four that could have been entered:

Thirty - named after a song by The Weather Station.

Look at me - my sole GM story, based on a Caroline Martin song.

The Parting Glass - loads of versions available, but I like the Wailin' Jennies' rendition.

And, Love is a Place - which takes its name from the Jamie Wyatt song.

Well... the world will not be in a worse place if another @THBGato creation is added to the mix next year, will it?

I'm looking forward to this, but I'll also need to self-police. I've gone into music in stories heavily recently, particularly with Letting The Sunshine In, which ventured deeply into obsessive territory. I was looking up sheet music ('to Let The Sunshine In / The Flesh Failures', from Hair) trying to work out the composers' intentions and see the original allocation of vocal parts, since there are many different versions recorded. I was researching songs with unusual time signatures to use in the sex scenes, thinking about the harmonic vibrations to use during cunnilingus, trying to find obscure musical terms that helped define the narrative of the story, and so on. I think that my proofreaders did have a hard time restraining me, and there's definitely a potential here for overcommitment.

@Trionyx, on a related topic, I wonder if it might be worth encouraging authors to do an afterword or introduction on our stories if we want to explain our love for the song and/or the artist? We can assume that the stories will be read by music lovers, but it's unlikely that every reader will be familiar with all the pieces, and it would be nice to encourage exploration of new music. Whilst I love Taylor, I don't want to choose one of her songs just to get eyes on the story.

 

[iwatchus]

I was researching songs with unusual time signatures to use in the sex scenes, thinking about the harmonic vibrations to use during cunnilingus, trying to find obscure musical terms that helped define the narrative of the story, and so on.

And don't forget the throat singers. Were they Mongolian or Tibetan? I forget.

We, the readers, appreciated all your efforts. It did make a difference in the story.

 

[dirk2024]

This thread officially kicks off the MUSIC CHALLENGE 2026 for the summer of 2026. Submissions can be sent in between August 1st through August 18th, with a Tuesday August 25 go live date.

The rules and guidelines are simple:

#1 Use a song title as the title of your story.

#2 The story should reflect and build on the song title. The spirit of the challenge is to craft your story around the words, meaning or message of the song - but the degree to which you do this is up to you.

Very limited use of lyrics is permissible in the story but lengthy passages should be avoided.

And there are so many more good songs to use as a basis for this challenge and you have many months until the deadline. So, get busy and start writing. We are looking forward to reading your contributions.

Question. I started a story a couple of months ago, for Loving Wives. It actually references four different songs. I could use the first song referenced as the title, since it comes early in the story. That should satisify #1 marked above.

For #2, each of the four songs I selected will, in my opinion, reflect the spirit of the story, where they are placed in the story at that moment. Will that work?

 

[iwatchus]

The story should reflect and build on the song title. The spirit of the challenge is to craft your story around the words, meaning or message of the song - but the degree to which you do this is up to you.

I assume it is okay if it builds more on the lyrics than the words in the title, since some titles are intentionally obtuse or misdirecting for songs about sex.

 

[Curious_2]

Kid Rock has a great sex song

 

[pink_silk_glove]

I wonder if it might be worth encouraging authors to do an afterword or introduction on our stories if we want to explain our love for the song and/or the artist?

Telling stories is explaining. If you have to explain your story, you probably didn't write it right.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

This thread officially kicks off the MUSIC CHALLENGE 2026 for the summer of 2026. Submissions can be sent in between August 1st through August 18th, with a Tuesday August 25 go live date.

This thread is also to SUPPORT and ENCOURAGE veteran and first-time authors to enter stories in the MUSIC CHALLENGE 2026. This is an open challenge for everyone; it is not a competition and there are no scores or prizes. It is, however, an opportunity to write a story with a similar theme to what other authors will be submitting and the stories will be presented together at the end of the challenge. As a result, your story will have greater exposure to the readers.

The rules and guidelines are simple:

Use a song title as the title of your story.

The story should reflect and build on the song title. The spirit of the challenge is to craft your story around the words, meaning or message of the song - but the degree to which you do this is up to you.

Very limited use of lyrics is permissible in the story but lengthy passages should be avoided.

Minimum length 750 words.

Any category may be chosen.

The usual Literotica rules regarding prohibited topics, etc will be followed.

Use MUSIC CHALLENGE 2026 as a story tag.

Include the words ‘MUSIC CHALLENGE 2026’ in the ‘notes’ field when you submit the story.

A few examples to stimulate your creative juices:

“Thank God and Greyhound (She’s Gone)” (Roy Clark-1970) – Loving Wives

“We Are Family” (Sister Sledge-1979) – Taboo and Incest

“Get Your Biscuits in the Oven and Your Buns in the Bed” (Kinky Friedman-1973) – Humor & Satire

“Only a Girl” (Gia Woods-2016) – Lesbian Sex

“London Boy” (Taylor Swift-2019) – Gay Male

“I Will Always Love You” (Dolly Parton-1973 & Whitney Houston-1992) – Romance

“Innocent” (Taylor Swift-2010) – First Time



And there are so many more good songs to use as a basis for this challenge and you have many months until the deadline. So, get busy and start writing. We are looking forward to reading your contributions.

I mention this because I am a huge Dolly fan, but she should get credit for 1982 as well. The song was rereleased with the soundtrack of "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," and is, I believe, still the only song to reach number 1 on a Billboard chart twice by the same artist under a different release.

Chubby Checker did it with the same release of The twist in 1960 and 1962, and Mariah Carrey has hit number 1 several times for 'All I Want for Christmas is You' Which, by the way, would be an excellent idea for this contest. (don't want to be completely tangential)

Whitney doing 'I will Always Love You' it would make the third number one. FWIW, her version was released posthumously in 2012, but it only hit #3. Yeah, I was a disc jokey back in the day. I know weird stuff Like this.


NOTE: I did fact check my dates.

 

[Trionyx]

@Trionyx, on a related topic, I wonder if it might be worth encouraging authors to do an afterword or introduction on our stories if we want to explain our love for the song and/or the artist? We can assume that the stories will be read by music lovers, but it's unlikely that every reader will be familiar with all the pieces, and it would be nice to encourage exploration of new music. Whilst I love Taylor, I don't want to choose one of her songs just to get eyes on the story.

Since I usually write a postscript about the tune, I failed include this recommendation in the original posting. It has been edited to reflect this and thanks for the reminder.

 

[Trionyx]

Telling stories is explaining. If you have to explain your story, you probably didn't write it right.

I, however, like to at least give info about the musicians and the dates of the tunes. Sometimes additional information about various artists or interesting interpretations of the music are worth sharing. I did edit the original posting as recommended by Actingup.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

My last story was Somartider, after the Swedish song. With a huge assist from @Devinter

Guess I got ahead of myself.
Plenty of time to think of something else.

 

[Actingup]

I, however, like to at least give info about the musicians and the dates of the tunes. Sometimes additional information about various artists or interesting interpretations of the music are worth sharing. I did edit the original posting as recommended by Actingup.

Thanks, Trionyx. @pink_silk_glove, perhaps I wasn't clear that I was talking about explaining the song, rather than the story. I agree that stories should stand by themselves. But if I was using, for example, 'A Tale They Won't Believe', I might want to talk about seeing the band play the song live and the impact that this roaring, outrageous true tale of cannibalism in Tasmania had on me, and in words that help educate the readership about the band. Not many people need any info about Taylor, of course.

 

[Kelliezgirl]

I, however, like to at least give info about the musicians and the dates of the tunes. Sometimes additional information about various artists or interesting interpretations of the music are worth sharing. I did edit the original posting as recommended by Actingup.

Particularly if it's a song not widely known. If you are doing "I wanna dance with somebody" by Whitney Houston you probably don't need to explain it.

But if you are doing "Dance with Somebody" by The Midnight you probably do.

 

[Actingup]

And don't forget the throat singers. Were they Mongolian or Tibetan? I forget.

We, the readers, appreciated all your efforts. It did make a difference in the story.

Thanks, iwatchus. Mongolian.

 

[THBGato]

But if I was using, for example, 'A Tale They Won't Believe', I might want to talk about seeing the band play the song live and the impact that this roaring, outrageous true tale of cannibalism in Tasmania had on me, and in words that help educate the readership about the band. Not many people need any info about Taylor, of course.

Or embed it briefly into the story? That's what I do in "look at me" as very few people are familiar with Caroline Martin (even though she did 5 BBC live sessions for John Peel).

 

[Omenainen]

I am so in for this one......already have my story in my head - Helsinki Noir

Story Title: Katujen Kuningatar ("Queen of the Streets")

@Omenainen should know this one LOL

Well, sure I do, but how would you? So peculiar.

I have no immediate ideas for this event, and like others, I have done this in the past. But never say never.

 

[Actingup]

Or embed it briefly into the story? That's what I do in "look at me" as very few people are familiar with Caroline Martin (even though she did 5 BBC live sessions for John Peel).

I actually did this for this song in my first story ('Map of Tasmania'), but it wasn't all that slick with the break in the 4th wall (below). I'd do it more smoothly now!

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'So I picked her up on another warm Sunday, and we did the drive down to Port Arthur, the most well-known convict site in Australia, and another major' tourist attraction. I made an effort to lift my mood by putting together a playlist of convict-related songs, starting with the Weddings, Parties, Anything classic 'A tale they won't believe', a rousing song that tells the story of a bunch of convict escapees lost in the Tasmanian bush, slowly cannibalising each other. I even got Jo singing the chorus with me:

"Right there's another one, don't you frown. Chew the meat and hold it down. It's a tale they won't believe when I get down to Hobart town"

(Please feel free to take a break from reading, and find this song from a wonderful Australian band online.)'

 

[ChloeTzang]

Well, sure I do, but how would you? So peculiar.

I like Nightwish and Finnish music started appearing in my feed and that one popped up and I really liked it!

I have no immediate ideas for this event, and like others, I have done this in the past. But never say never.

Want to try this one?.....I'd love to give this a try but I dont know enough about the background - Ostrobothnian knife-fighters of the 1800's....sort of the Finnish wild west and knives instead of guns is what I gather

A song about the infamous "puukkojunkkarit" during the 19th century. They are Finlands rough equivalent of the outlaws in the wild west, romanticized criminals. But unlike the gunslingers of the west they used knives or more specifically the Finnish Puukko. Sung enthusiasticaly by Finnish children in elementary school.....my husband learned an interesting drinking game from Finns which involved stabbing the table between your fingers with a kinfe as part of the game - I'm sure that was part of the background here LOL

Isontalon Antti ja Rannanjärvi / Antti and Rannanjärvi from the big house
Ne jutteli kaharen kesken: / were talking to each other
Tapa sinä Kauhavan ruma vallesmanni / you kill the ugly sheriff of Kauhava
Niin minä nain sen komian lesken / and I'll marry his good looking widow

Ensin ne portahat särjettiin / First they smashed the stairs
Ja sitten vasta muuri // And then the wall
Isoo-Antti se erellä kulki / Big Antti went first
Ja joukosta oli suurin / He was the biggest of the group

Isontalon Antti oli ensimmäinen / Antti from Isotalo was the first
Ja Rannanjärvi oli toinen / and Rannanjärvi was the second
Pukkilan Jaska se Kauhavalta / Jaska Pukkila from Kauhava
Oli kolomas samanmoine / was a third of the same kind

Sitten on piru, sanoi Rannanjärvi / Damned by the devil, say Rannanjärvi,
Jos minä miestä pelkään / If I'm afraid of a man
Tervaspampulla kuonon päälle / With a tar stump for a muzzle
Ja teräksellä pitkin selkää / and with steel along the back

Vaasan veri ei vapise / The blood of Vaasa does not tremble
Eikä Kauhavan rauta ruostu / the iron of Kauhava does not rust
Niskasta kiinni ja puukolla selekähän / Grab him by the neck and stab him in the back,
Jossei se muuton suostu / if he doesn't agree otherwise

Ei saa laulaa Rannanjärvestä / You can't sing about Rannanjärvi,
Rannanjärvi on kuollu / Rannanjärvi is dead
Rannanjärven hauralle / To Rannanjärvi's grave
On marmoripatsas tuotu / They have brought a marble stone"