Rough Trade (website)

Rough Trade is a writing challenge website with events in April, July, and November that encourages fandom writers to post their works in progress. It began as a challenge site for NaNoWriMo called Naked NaNo, before morphing into Rough Trade in 2013. Rough Trade doesn't store their works permanently, instead, they delete challenge responses regularly, making way for the next set of works prior to each event. Those works that are reposted to Ao3 by their authors are usually added to the Rough Trade collection.
==Timeline==
* First challenge, November 2011, both fan works and original fiction was allowed and 21 writers had participated, with no specific themne
* November 2012, 24 writers participated, with no specific theme
* 2013 was the first year with three challenges in a year
* April 2013 had 21 writers participating, theme of 30k+ Shifter Challenge
* July 2013 was the first Original Fic Only Challenge and 12 writers participated (aiming for 30k+)stats for the yearly years taken from the About page, accessed 19 Sept 2020
* November 2013, 50k no specific theme
* April 2014, Spring training, 30k+ no specific theme
* July 2014, 2 stories 10k each in Stargate: Atlantis and Harry Potter fandoms
* November 2014, 50k with a Soulmate theme
* April 2015, 2 stories 20k each with a theme of Immortality/Historical
* July 2015, 3 stories 10k each, with The Sentinel theme / Little Black Dress
* November 2015, 50k, Up CLose and Personal theme (Songle POV Challenge)
* April 2016, 40k, with a Second Chances theme
* July 2016, 3 stories 10k each, with The Sentinel theme / Little Black Dress
* November 2016, 50k, AU theme (A Whole New World)
* April 2017, 25k, The Mulligan Challenge (any past work for Rough Trade)
* July 2017, 5-15k episodes - Battle of the 5 Fandoms (Stargate, NCIS, Criminal Minds, Teen Wolf, Supernatural)
* November 2017, 50k Urban Fantasy Challenge (Blue Moon)
* April 2018, 40k Call It Magic theme (Harry Potter)
* July 2018, 2 stories 20k each, with The Sentinel theme / Little Black Dress
* November 2018, 50k - Not Quite Human
* April 2019, 30k - Take Two (Sequels)
* July 2019, 2 10-25k - The Reel End (Rewrite end of 2 movies)
* November 2019, 50k - The Divergent Path (Canon Divergence)
* April 2020, 40k - Year of The Sentinel, Pairs / Little Black Dress
* July 2020, 2 20k - Year of The Sentinel, Bonds / Little Black Dress
* November 2020, 50k - Year of The Sentinel, Layers / Little Black Dress
* April 2021, 30k - Soulmates AU
* July 2021, 15-25k - Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy
* November 2021, 50k - Time Travel AU
* April 2022, 25k+ – Variations (Alternate Setting and/or Fusion)
* July 2022, 25k+ – Deviations (Mutants and/or The Sentinel)
* November 2022, 25k+ – Revolutions (Canon Divergence and/or New Dimensions)
* April 2023, 25k+ – Bridges (Crossover and/or Found Families)
* July 2023, 25k+ – Tribulations (The Sentinel and/or Natural Disaster)
* November 2023, 25k+ – Covenants (Magical World/Second Chances)
* April 2024, 25k+ – Mirrors (Alternate Universe and/or Soulmates)
* July 2024, 25k+ – Convergence (Shifter and/or The Sentinel)
* November 2024, 25k+ – Terminus (Time Travel and/or Fix-it)
==References==
Category:Multifandom ChallengesCategory:2010s ChallengesCategory:2020s ChallengesCategory:2013 Challenges