Dear groundlings and directors,
the collection is now open for your reading pleasure here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/stage_of_fools_2022
THank you all for another successful Stage of Fools!

Hello directors and groundlings,
all stories are in, so now it's madness/prompt claiming time! Under the cut are all the prompts.
( Shakesfic prompts 2022 )

This year's collection is at Stage of Fools 2022. To post:

To post, please follow the below instructions.

1- Go to https://archiveofourown.org/collections/stage_of_fools_2022/works/new.

2 - Enter your fic title, ratings, pairings, notes, etc. Where it says "Gift this work to:" please enter the name of your recipient.

3 - Put the text of your fic into the "Work text" box. Click "Preview" to see a preview of how it will display on the archive. You might need to make formatting changes before the final posting so that it looks nice, so be sure to use this. Once you are happy with everything, click "Post" to post to the collection!

Assignments have been sent out. Happy writing everyone!

IF you are writing a Dear Director letter for Stage of Fools 2022, you can link to it on this post.

Dear Shakespearians,

as promised, below is our schedule for this year's shenanigans.

Schedule:

Sign-ups: February 14 through 28, 2022
Assignments go out: around March 1, 2022
Assignments due: April 16, 2022
Madness/prompt claiming time: April 17 through 22, 2022- as soon as all assignments are in, all unwritten prompts will be revealed for everyone to write fic of any length. You don't have to sign up as a Stage of Fools participant to participate in Madness.
Go-live: April 23, 2022
Author reveal: April 30, 2022

STAGE OF FOOLS 2022 SIGN-UPS ARE OPEN!
After a year's hiatus, we are opening the house again this year!

GO HERE TO SIGN UP FOR STAGE OF FOOLS 2022.

Sign-ups will close on February 28, 23.59 GMT.

To promote the exchange, you can use the image below! Just copy and paste the code from the text area. If you have any questions, you can PM me or use the Page the Mod page. The full schedule and related posts (Dear Creator Letters post, beta reader post) will be available shortly.



<a href="stageoffools.dreamwidth.org"><img src="https://ardyforshort.dreamwidth.org/file/5463.jpg" alt="The announcement graphic for the Stage of Fools 2022 exchange taking place February through April 2022." title="Stage of Fools 2022" width="400" height="391" /></a>

After giving it a rest last year, I've decided that Stage of Fools will return in 2022. The summer date became more and more of an issue over the years, so I'll time it so reveal is around Will's probable birthday, April 23. That gives us sign-ups starting mid-February and a writing window from March 1 to mid-April. I'll post a proper schedule nearer the time, but I wanted to give subscribers a heads-up that things are going to be different this time around.

So... yeah. Like everything else in 2020, this did not go to plan. Three participants dropped out including the person I was meant to write for, so I had to re-jig things and then... well, 2020, Life Issues, etc. Still no reason to leave you all hanging for five months, and I am very sorry not only for that, but also for being incommunicado.

I have no excuse, I thank all of you for your patience. I think I'll give it a rest this year and run it again in 2022, if someone else wants to run it this year, do let me know.

We're still waiting for one story, the collection will open once it's in.

I've contacted those whose stories aren't in again. I am planning on opening the collection this weekend. I'm sorry you've had to wait so long this time around - I'm guessing lockdowns and whatnot have us all stressed more than usual so I hope we'll be back to normal next year.

Only three stories are in so far. I have written to those who have not submitted and it's likely I'll extend the deadline.

In the meantime, here are all the prompts so we can have some short fic.

( Prompts! )

Lovely participants,

this year's collection is awaiting your stories here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/stage_of_fools_2020

To post, please follow the below instructions.

1- Go to https://archiveofourown.org/collections/stage_of_fools_2019/works/new.

2 - Enter your fic title, ratings, pairings, notes, etc. Where it says "Gift this work to:" please enter the name of your recipient.

3 - Put the text of your fic into the "Work text" box. Click "Preview" to see a preview of how it will display on the archive. You might need to make formatting changes before the final posting so that it looks nice, so be sure to use this. Once you are happy with everything, click "Post" to post to the collection!

Apologies for the slight delay with sending out the assignments. It turns out that moving internationally and starting a new job are really stressful!

Anyway, you should now all have your assignments. Please contact me if you haven't received yours.

The schedule for this year's exchange is as follows:


Schedule:

Sign-ups: July 19 through August 22, 2020

Assignments due: October 25, 2020
Madness/prompt claiming time: October 26 through 31, 2018 - as soon as all assignments are in, all unwritten prompts will be revealed for everyone to write fic of any length. You don't have to sign up as a Stage of Fools participant to participate in Madness.
Go-live: November 1, 2020
Author reveal: November 5, 2020

I'm looking forward to another good exchange and I wish you all the best with the prompts and with creating your fics!

We are open again for our fifth year!

GO HERE TO SIGN UP FOR STAGE OF FOOLS 2020.


Sign-ups will close on August 22, 23.59 UCT.

To promote the exchange, you can use the image below! Just copy and paste the code from the text area. If you have any questions, you can PM me. The full schedule and related posts will be available shortly.




<a href="http://stageoffools.dreamwidth.org"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/IC7i0o0IxIv1YgMnwjku7y9kdbeZUX7TX9n9I6ybxNhFRXGORICy1BopDWzeieScrz7G_82uw-qJanulNrC3N22uppoR7ADsdQgG2oJxq-GDHpvT6f1CXoBHUp5f_Gc-C0rZMrAVa0km4F1XR0-aYKmPN2SfWgAaEAVJxIMFWvIT_2OpKg4Wjp87YyLs_u8g8al7GCh9jbahjevFEnVbuHzG-tKbxqK1gcuGUgsHziRm2OQM1BsZFnjdtmsNxvMEJlg0JinmK_dE_3dFt5HR3o5DY8wVPndQQorEoERbQFcltPXxnrKw-Zb-aWu-7QdqrSuxiGPZDy64nbDla584Jb91I-PXfMnAaGiNRAp0l_PduDZfv-m3B1qjcdqMsHAwGnG86Ze7CrcJ9TUFFeuNuYFXRM7x--ncAL9cHO9XZUdSlrZfYGU0CWhi4lNe416__SuzdI8ekqqP42w_hy2MdLKx155PUHqtOKbklZVMpGDml-kD6ff2iKu6jLbAiVyTXfqvQVsVFpSPPw0jmZzrvQhJ1EylMgiVGFfb42Wh-K34YJxh6xosICEL7MnUQTZhOtbfd8cH6B-GeDc7P_QN96hhtTDLxKK88Rbk0SkGMThubaq_Um0gcsaZA9UP69RDtHLi9Wp1HFOJpfvscXqkcK3YVvJMFj63yO6nw9iVZcuT3rmoOyFldLuCs8jUTYlN2IHTweUX69FtEJaEc8g?authuser=0" alt="'A digitally altered picture of William Shakespeare with the text: Stage of Fools 2020: a Shakespeare fic exchange. Sign-ups July 19 - August 22'/></a>

The 2019 Stage of Fools Collection is now open! Go read all the fic here:

https://archiveofourown.org/collections/stage_of_fools_2019

Thanks everyone for participating!

ETA: there's some sort of snag with the collection, I will update once it's fixed and the collection is actually open. I will update you as soon as that happens. I can only apologise, it's not an issue I've run into before.

ETA: snag resolved although as ever at the cost of anonymity, go read all the fic please and don't forget to comment on your gift.

...but due to your mod having Life Issues, the collection will open at the weekend rather than tonight.
Apologies, I look forward to reading everything!

Hi everyone,

ALl stories are submitted or in hand, which means it is now MADNESS TIME! This means you are now cordially invited to write fic of any length for all the prompts.
You do now have to have participated in the main exchange to take part in Madness! So if you missed the signup or you always wanted to try your hand at Shakespeare fic, now is the time!

Please post your fic to the AO3 collection: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/stage_of_fools_2019/works/new and add the appropriate participant where it says "Gift this work to:" so that they can see your gift!

( On to the prompts! )

Lovely participants, the Stage of Fools 2020 Collection on AO3 is now open for your stories!

To post, please follow the below instructions.

1- Go to https://archiveofourown.org/collections/stage_of_fools_2020/works/new.

2 - Enter your fic title, ratings, pairings, notes, etc. Where it says "Gift this work to:" please enter the name of your recipient.

3 - Put the text of your fic into the "Work text" box. Click "Preview" to see a preview of how it will display on the archive. You might need to make formatting changes before the final posting so that it looks nice, so be sure to use this. Once you are happy with everything, click "Post" to post to the collection!

Assignments for Stage of Fools 2019 have gone out. If you have not received yours, please send me a direct message!