IndieWeb Fiction Carnival
IndieWeb Fiction Carnival is a monthly fiction writing blog carnival inspired by the indieweb-carnival started in February 2026.
Why
IndieWeb carnivals help motivate people to post more on their personal websites.
And for all reasons why described in:
Who
Anyone with a website is eligible to host and welcome to participate!
How To Host
Each month, the IndieWeb Fiction Carnival has a different host.
At the month's beginning, as host, create an announcement post talking about your prompt. Add that to the table of prompts and hosts. Hosts add to that post as entries come in by webmention, email, or comment. At the month’s end, the host collects the received submissions and posts an overview of it at a new url and/or update the original announcement.
To commit to hosting, add yourself to the table below:
- To do so, you'll need a wiki account. If you don't have one, see How To Join The IndieWeb Wiki.
- Once signed in, click 'Edit' at the top of this page.
- Find the Prompts & Hosts table under the current year, locate the month you'd like to host.
- Fill in your details: your wiki user link, your chosen prompt, and your intro post URL once it's live. Leave the 'Roundup' column blank until the month ends.
How To Participate
Write a piece of fiction or poetry inspired by the prompt and notify the host.
Prompts & Hosts
Current
2026
| Month | Host | Prompt | Intro | Roundup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | platonic soulmates | Call for Submissions | Round up | |
| May |  Ben Werdmüller
|
Sticks and stones will break my bones | Call for submissions | Roundup |
| June | 504 slashdiv | tethers | Call for submissions | Roundup |
| July | ||||
| August |  nalyd_12
|
Symbiosis | Call for submissions | |
| September |  capjamesg
|
TBD | ||
| October | ||||
| November | ||||
| December |
Past
| Month | Host | Prompt | Intro | Roundup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February |  zacharykaiwrites
|
'we’ve got to dream past it' | Intro | Roundup |
| March | nalyd_12
|
‘silvered eyes’ | Intro | Roundup |
Pinch-Hitter Hosts
If you want to be a host but do not want to commit to it for a specific month, you can add yourself to the pinch hitters list. A pinch hitter fills in if a scheduled host has to back out, or if there is a month without a host. In that scenario, we will try to find a host from this list.
By adding yourself to the list below, you only indicate that you are willing to be asked to host on short-term notice. It does not mean that you need to accept it at that time.
Current Rules (Can Change)
The rules are aligned with the rules for indieweb-carnival with a few tweaks.
For Host
At the month’s beginning, the host posts their chosen prompt as a post on their site. The host collects the submissions until the end of the month. After that, the host posts the summary of all interactions including links and sends them to the next month's host post.
The main way of people submitting are webmentions and email.
Ideally, when selecting a prompt, avoid ones that lean too heavily into something that may cause unease, or a genre that only interests a niche audience
Rules For Participants
Once you’ve written your fictional piece or poem, post it on your website. The post should be written in the month the prompt takes place.
Then, submit your submission to the host via webmention or email.
History
Started in its current iteration by zacharykaiwrites.