The Official (Most likely) 2025 Literotica April Fool's Day Contest Support Thread!!!

[Duleigh]

It's February 12 and the ground dog has risen and saw his shadow lay across his keyboard, that can mean one thing -

It's time to get the get the 2025 April Fools Contest Support Thread rolling:

April 01 is April Fool's Day

April fools day is a purely American holiday that traces back to the year 1500 when Europe changed from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. On that same date the earliest American colonists changed from the Puppies and Kitties calendar to the Hot Firemen calendar. In Europe, those who forgot the calendar change and tried to celebrate New Years Day on April 1 where it was celebrated on the Julian calendar and were called April Fools. In America the colonists, all 8 of them, celebrated "I Survived the Winter Day."

The themes: Stories (humorous or otherwise) of surprise meetings, humor, tricks, trick endings, and other themes of deception, chance, and/or misunderstandings (happy or otherwise) cheating at strip poker, spring worms in cans of mixed nuts, limburger cheese on the exhaust manifold of your brother-in-law's car engine, that kind of stuff.

Starts: March 03
Closes: March 24
Winners announced: March 31

As usual, this thread is to SUPPORT and ENCOURAGE authors to enter stories in the 2025 April Fool's Contest.

Get writing, everyone, and don't forget to copy and paste the phrase "APRIL FOOLS 2025" to the "Notes to Admin" field of the submission

Also - please copy and paste the phrase APRIL FOOLS 2025 as a tag when posting your entry (Not required but nice to do)

There is an advantage to entering stories in one of Literotica's themed contests, apart from the possibility of winning, and that is that your story gets far more exposure and attention than it would normally do. Your name gets out there, you develop a cadre of followers.

As soon as Laurel posts the official notification I'll post a link to it right here.

Have fun everyone! And get started if you haven't already!!!!

 

[D_K_Moon]

Oh, boy, where's the whoopee cushion!

 

[Agent0069]

This year I’ll accurately describe my sex life, because it’s a joke.

 

[APilgrimSquare]

Now is the part where I wonder if I can repurpose any of my WIP for this!

 

[lovecraft68]

The contest that should be easy to write, but most seem to struggle with.

 

[Voboy]

I already wrote a piece for this. I don't know why; every time I enter, I underperform. But I love the story, so in it goes!

 

[Rustyoznail]

My 750 word story was perfect for this, but it's only 750 words and would have ripped to shreds.

 

[Duleigh]

I think I can say the same thing

 

[lovecraft68]

I already wrote a piece for this. I don't know why; every time I enter, I underperform. But I love the story, so in it goes!

This is the hardest contest for readers to understand it seems. They see April Fools and they are expecting just that an out right April Fools. They don't get that it can be any kind of trick, twist or humor. I've gotten a lot of comments during this on "Where's the trick."

I've placed three times in it however, maybe because seeing my birthday is 4/10 I am an April Fool

 

[StillStunned]

every time I enter, I underperform.

My wife has the same complaint about me.

 

[FidelityBoss]

Can't wait!

 

[TarnishedPenny]

Banged out a couple of thousand words for mine this morning, but it's my pre-nap milk and cookie time and it's going to have to wait.

I'm with @lovecraft68 about how hard this can be. My scribblings may get entered under Humour, but it doesn't lend itself to thigh-slapping funniness, just a slow-burn tease of the MMC.

 

[glynndah]

I have a story I started years and years ago which might be perfect for this... if I can remember where I put it.

 

[APilgrimSquare]

I already wrote a piece for this. I don't know why; every time I enter, I underperform. But I love the story, so in it goes!

If it's anywhere near the quality of your Valetine's Day entry, you'll smash it!

 

[Inkent]

For a change my first one was completed last month, it came together nicely, one of the quickest outside of a 750 worder. The second one (really the first as it was started in December) is the complete opposite and feels like I'm dragging a large dog that don't wanna go walkies. I'll persevere

 

[FidelityBoss]

For a change my first one was completed last month, it came together nicely, one of the quickest outside of a 750 worder. The second one (really the first as it was started in December) is the complete opposite and feels like I'm dragging a large dog that don't wanna go walkies. I'll persevere

Haha, love the dog-walkies analogy, sounds like the second story is being a stubborn one! But hey, you’ve already proven you can finish a piece, so this one will come together eventually. Perseverance is key, and you’ve got this! Keep dragging that dog along!

 

[Actingup]

I've finished a first draft, and i was wondering if anybody felt up to being a beta reader to provide an opinion on whether it works and any strategic advice (I'm not after proof-reading)? It's my first attempt at an April Fool's story. Slated for Exhibitionist (or I/T if I extend it into the bedroom), currently 2800 words, includes redheaded twins and ballet moves (I know nothing about ballet).

 

[Trionyx]

I already wrote a piece for this. I don't know why; every time I enter, I underperform. But I love the story, so in it goes!

If you’re looking for a prize, you won’t qualify so soon after your VD win. I, on the other hand, hope you do submit an entry as I find your work quite enjoyable.

 

[Voboy]

If you’re looking for a prize, you won’t qualify so soon after your VD win. I, on the other hand, hope you do submit an entry as I find your work quite enjoyable.

I never expect to win any of these. And, as I posted already, all my stories for this contest end up shitting the bed.

But? I wrote it and I like it, so it gets posted. I don't usually like sitting on these things.

 

[Ian_Snow]

Good luck to all. I'd like to submit something but I'm kinda drawing a blank on ideas at the moment.

 

[Aoife_from_Ulster]

Ohh how yummy .. or is it
I am starting from scratch but will see what I can come up with

 

[RetroFan]

I'm writing one about the Mandela Effect, but am finding one unexpected problem. I'm finding it challenging writing in first person from a character born in 1995, and who is aged 21 at the time the story is set in 2016.

I've written many stories both in first person for a wide variety of characters - male and female of varying ages, different locations, different lifestyles etc. Most of these would have been born around the era of World War II, Baby Boomers, Generation X (1965-1979) and Millennials/Generation Y (1980-1994), with a number born in generations prior to this, the oldest of them born in 1888.

None of these have ever presented a problem, but writing a Generation Z character is much more difficult for me. The only other time I've written a first person story about a character born from 1995 onwards is Matilda from 'Exploring With My Big Brother' who was born in 2000, but she was easier to write as she had older parents on their second marriages with she and her younger brother born when the parents were in their 40s. Matilda also spent a lot of time hanging out with her much older half brother Tyler from her father's first marriage, so she seems to be older than she actually is.

I thought about moving the eras and also about changing to third person narrative, but 2016 works well as it was such a strange year in history, plus first person is better to get into the character's mind when he finds he has slipped into another dimension where among other things there never was a 9/11 or MH370; Princess Diana is still alive, Marilyn Monroe has just died aged 90 while Hilary Clinton is long dead; two Kennedy brothers - Joseph Junior and John - both had been US President in the 1960s; 'gay' is an archaic term for happy rather than homosexual; and some countries and cities still have their old names, like Thailand is still called Siam and Beijing is still called Peking.

Has anyone else ever had trouble writing a character who is 'too old' or 'too young' so to speak?

 

[Duleigh]

Me: All right I have a day off - I can finish up this April Fools story!

Muse: No. We are working on the Geek Pride story.

Typing: Spaceman Spiff launched his Z-wing fighter into a swarm of...

Me: I want to write the April Fools story! The one about the driving instructor and the used car salesman!!!

Muse: Fine. Write whatever you want.

Typing: Sally Ann, the driving instructor pulled up to Culligan's Used Space Ship lot and demanded, "I need an F-2701 Star Stabber that's fully armed! There's a squadron of pirates from..."

Me: Please! I want to write the humor story!

Muse: Be that way. I'll leave you alone.

Typing: Sally..............

Me: Please come back, I'll write what you want

Muse: It's about time you realize who's in charge here. You can start with looking up images of the rings around Neptune...

 

[nicksouth]

The contest that should be easy to write, but most seem to struggle with.

I am definitely going to struggle. Not good at this topic.

 

[nicksouth]

I am definitely going to struggle. Not good at this topic.

Although I may have a plan ... as close to I/T as I am likely to get