The 2025 Geek Pride Story Event: Official Support Page

[Duleigh]

Eight days to the start date! I can't wait. My story has been idling on the sidelines since February!!!

 

[TheLobster]

Maybe even the Crossdressing side of Trans & Crossdressers?

TG&CD takes in all "non-standard" gender stuff, as its description suggests. E.g. a lot of futanari stories go there, which fit neither TG nor CD.

Don't think too strictly about Lit's category names, or you will start posting happy husband honeymoon stories into Loving Wives

 

[Aoife_from_Ulster]

I'm plugging along on my first Geek Pride story, should have it done this weekend! But I'm struggling with story categories, and would be interested in opinions...

A non-binary nerd and their boyfriend try to fulfill a cosplay fantasy, end up doing some sexy Star Wars crossplay(dressing as a character of a different gender), having cosplay sex in front of a new friend, going to the local comic-con, getting a little overwhelmed by being a center of attention, learning to embrace embarrassment, and winning a contest

I got a little carried away with the discription of the costuming, but the one person who has read that part so far says it's sexy and well paced... Would that amount of cosplay rise to the level of being a Fetish story?

Is wearing sexy but embarrassing costumes in public (plus having sex while a friend is in the room) enough to warrant the Exhibition and Voyeurism category?

Maybe even the Crossdressing side of Trans & Crossdressers? Though I hate the way that category lumps CD and trans together like they're the same thing or even closely related

Technically it could be Erotic Coupling since only two people have sex, but I think the whole situation is too silly for that category...

Help me Obi-Wan, you're my only hope!

First off, I can’t wait to read your story.
Secondly, I am perplexed with my sorry as far as a category goes as well. Though mine isn’t as complex as your situation. I could see the fetish story yes, I can also see a cross dressing story as well, but I’m leaning more towards the erotic coupling category and that simply based on as you said, it’s only two people having sex.

However, there is something fun about the fetish side of it and there’s definitely an entire justification for the cross-dressers

If it was me, I would lean towards the cross-dressers and go from there.

As far as mine, I want mine as a sci-fi fantasy because it truly is, but as my normal, it will probably just end up in the lesbian sex category

 

[BryanRichardson]

Try this story to see if a category fits better than others: https://www.literotica.com/s/how-to-break-the-literotica-toplist

I also recently read a story about choosing categories and which categories trump others, but know I can’t find it.

 

[Duleigh]

Don't think too strictly about Lit's category names, or you will start posting happy husband honeymoon stories into Loving Wives

I did that, just to check off Loving Wives Story from my bucket list. I actually got some interesting responses, a few threats, some were positive

 

[BryanRichardson]

Ohhhh I see what you mean. Yes, better to put them together in one story and don't worry about the length.

I’m up to 15k words and I still have the last couple of scenes to go…
The first sex scene was transgender, then the next day it moved into group lesbian, then group sex, then the third day anal. I still have a (light) bondage scene and maybe a mature scene. I may skip the mature scene, though, since almost all of the other sex was just to build up the magic to help Alton escape from captivity.
I’ll be done in a day or two, would anyone like to give advice on the first draft? I already know I’ve got to go back and change some of the first stuff I wrote because details changed as the story progressed.

 

[BryanRichardson]

I did that, just to check off Loving Wives Story from my bucket list. I actually got some interesting responses, a few threats, some were positive

If you are interested you could check out the Survivor Contest Bingo card for other challenges: https://forum.literotica.com/threads/survivor-25-the-bingo-card.1625491/

I’m not really looking forward to writing in the Loving Wives category, even though the idea of sexually expressive loving wives is (to me) a great source of … stimulation.

 

[Duleigh]

If you are interested you could check out the Survivor Contest Bingo card for other challenges: https://forum.literotica.com/threads/survivor-25-the-bingo-card.1625491/

I’m not really looking forward to writing in the Loving Wives category, even though the idea of sexually expressive loving wives is (to me) a great source of … stimulation.

I wrote a story of a guy who picked up a black chick at the farmers market, then took her to his house where they explored each other and had wild sex. At the end the guys brother walks in and sees them in bed and says "Hi Macy" to the woman revealing that the couple was married all along. It got fairly good reviews. Loving Wives don't have to search far afield for a good time and I would do it again if an idea pops into my head.

 

[Izanami9]

WHEW things have sure gotten hectic lately, but I FINALLY finished my draft & first round of edits; Pair of Queens now weighing in at 11.6K words.

I actually challenged myself waaayyy more than I meant to, venturing beyond my geeky preoccupations with 16th century British queens and supermassive black holes into theoretical evolution and tender shipboard orgies with an improv sketch performed on top of a mess hall dining table - so I doubt I’ll manage my sexy mushrooms story in time, although I do plan to give it a try!

Very excited to read everyone’s geek pride tales!!

 

[BryanRichardson]

I just submitted my Non-Human: “Long Live the Queen”. It’s less than a thousand words, and the sex is only for reproduction. It’s educational, though.
I’m still working on Trading Cards, it will likely end around 20k words.

 

[PennyThompson]

I just submitted "Cosplay Euphoria," about a nerdy couple who decide to explore some gender-fluid cosplay fantasies and get a little more experience than they bargained for

 

[Aoife_from_Ulster]

I hope to submit tomorrow or Wednesday. I am running another edits ugh. I do not know why I babble so much. This story well over 25,000 words

 

[BryanRichardson]

My “Long Live the Queen” is scheduled for 5/25/25, which is reasonable given that the submission schedule is:
challenge date: May 25th (all stories go live), submit your story: May 15th-24th

However, my On The Job stories published April 18th and 19th even though the submission schedule was:
challenge date: April 25th (all stories go live), submit your story: April 18th - 24th

Did the On The Job stories publish early in error? I was hoping to have my story out early so more people would see it before being swamped by other stories.

 

[TheLobster]

My “Long Live the Queen” is scheduled for 5/25/25, which is reasonable given that the submission schedule is:
challenge date: May 25th (all stories go live), submit your story: May 15th-24th

However, my On The Job stories published April 18th and 19th even though the submission schedule was:
challenge date: April 25th (all stories go live), submit your story: April 18th - 24th

Did the On The Job stories publish early in error? I was hoping to have my story out early so more people would see it before being swamped by other stories.

Author challenges work in two modes.

Either stories get published as they arrive during the posting period, and then the final list is posted on a day after the posting periods closes. That’s how OTJ works.

Or, alternatively, nothing gets published during the posting period but then everything + list goes live on the designated day afterwards. That’s how Geek Pride works.

I assume it’s the organizer who decides which mode shall be used.

 

[Aoife_from_Ulster]

OK I have done it and have officially submitted my story; The Lab Geek. I hope you all enjoy. I will share it is more part fantasy and real life sapphic romance. I struggled posting to the Lesbian category but in the end in an attempt to stay inline with the theme of the event, being the "geek" I submitted it as a Sci-Fi/Fantasy story. We shall see.

 

[Aoife_from_Ulster]

Author challenges work in two modes.

Either stories get published as they arrive during the posting period, and then the final list is posted on a day after the posting periods closes. That’s how OTJ works.

Or, alternatively, nothing gets published during the posting period but then everything + list goes live on the designated day afterwards. That’s how Geek Pride works.

I assume it’s the organizer who decides which mode shall be used.

Okay so I just saw my submission of this morning with a to be posted date of 5/25/25. I am to guess, I do not like to assume, all stories will go live the following Sunday

 

[NoTalentHack]

Sending it to the beta readers for one last pass, then submitting. Hall Past: 32K words of movie, D&D, and Magic geekery, with heavy helpings of LW angst and a tiny bit of not-very-explicit sex. God, I’m glad to get this thing out of my WIP folder where it’s taunted me for the better part of a year.

 

[ChloeTzang]

Okay so I just saw my submission of this morning with a to be posted date of 5/25/25. I am to guess, I do not like to assume, all stories will go live the following Sunday

Yep they shpuld go live 25May. Gaaaaa, I better get back and finish mine

 

[Izanami9]

Just submitted my Pair of Queens, which was a huge self-challenge in several aspects to go beyond my comfort zone and explore new kinds of storytelling that I’ve longed to try for quite some time. I never could have done it without the insightful help of the absolutely wonderful @PennyThompson & I’m impatient for the 25th to see what everyone has created from their own interests/ passions!

 

[NoTalentHack]

And it got a pass from the beta reader, so up it goes!

 

[Izanami9]

I just checked and saw my story is now scheduled for release on the 16th; I know I put the Geek Pride tag and notes in, so does this mean the stories *are* coming out like On-the-Job’s during the submission period after all? Or do I need to send a note to Laurel and clarify?

 

[TheLobster]

Just put the final dot on mine, just shy of 14k words. I may have a thing or two to fix, but I don't anticipate editing to take very long at all.

When I'm done, it will go up in Romance, if you can imagine that Features such themes as: a secret crush, envy, deception, potential love triangle and mentions of odd kinks, all interspersed with fantasy action that include frequent cameos of a loudly screeching, undead dragon!

...oh, and I do need a title still. The hardest part, as usual.

 

[BryanRichardson]

Just put the final dot on mine, just shy of 14k words. I may have a thing or two to fix, but I don't anticipate editing to take very long at all.

When I'm done, it will go up in Romance, if you can imagine that Features such themes as: a secret crush, envy, deception, potential love triangle and mentions of odd kinks, all interspersed with fantasy action that include frequent cameos of a loudly screeching, undead dragon!

...oh, and I do need a title still. The hardest part, as usual.

Screeching dragons, hidden crushes.

 

[drunkwombat]

When do we get notified whether our story has been accepted?

 

[Izanami9]

When do we get notified whether our story has been accepted?

I’m still a noob myself, but usually in my experience it takes a few days before it’s released. You can check the status by clicking on “Works” in your profile, then click “pending” if your story isn’t yet published, and if it’s accepted you’ll see “Published” with a date of release under the title. Welcome!