ficathon
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A challenge in which participants are asked to write fan fiction, generally of a specific type or to fill individual requests.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "General fan fiction challenges and “ficathons” are regularly sponsored by many sites, including those named above."
- "Much fanfiction is written to commission – people will ask for a particular sort of story, or for erotic fiction featuring a particular partnership, often as an online birthday present – or in exchange for ficathon challenges where likely contributors post cues for a story they would like to see and scan the challenges for something they would enjoy writing."
- "Yet as early as March 2007, when the show was still in its second season, a Livejournal community, spn_gaiman, was created to promote a Supernatural/Neil Gaiman crossover “ficathon” as well as to archive fiction that had already been written by fans earlier in 2006."
Etymology
From fic + -athon.