The Seasoning

Welcome czennies to The Seasoning challenge aka Flash in the Pan, a six week flash fiction writing challenge with tasteful themes for your palate. You're invited to participate in our soft opening, coming soon on Feb 1st!We hope you enjoy the menu.
Mods Sugar, Spice, Salty, and Nice

Guidelines

Themes
This challenge is a flash fiction challenge, where each work should be max 1k words in length. There will be 6 weeks of posting with each week revolving around a different theme. Themes are as follows:
1. Sweet 🍑
2. Sour 🍋
3. Salty 🥜
4. Bitter ☕️
5. Savory 🧀
6. Spicy 🌶️
Guidelines
Submissions: The fest collection will be hosted on AO3, and writers will submit their own work.
Tagging: Writers are required to tag all triggering and explicit content. Failure to do so may result in removal of the writer's piece from the collection.Anonymity: Writers are asked to remain anonymous until the end of each week's individual reveal.Banned topics: Non-con, dub-con, pedophilia, incest, bestiality, sexualization of minors (including aged down characters).Plagiarism will not be tolerated and will result in removal of the work from the collection.In light of the controversy, we will not be accepting any fics including Lucas in the fest.If you have any questions, please feel free to DM and ask!

Timeline

Sweet Round 🍑 
Submissions DueMar 1st
PostingMar 15th-Mar 19th
RevealMarch 20th
Sour 🍋 
Submissions DueMar 8th
PostingMar 22nd-Mar 26th
RevealMarch 28th
Salty 🥜 
Submissions DueMar 15th
PostingMar 29th-Apr 2nd
RevealApr 3rd
Bitter ☕️ 
Submissions DueMar 22nd
PostingApr 5th-Apr 9th
RevealApr 10th
Savory 🧀 
Submissions DueMar 29th
PostingApr 12th-Apr 16th
RevealApr 17th
Spicy 🌶️ 
Submissions DueApr 5th
PostingApr 19th-Apr 23rd
RevealApr 24th

Writing period will take place starting Feb 1st with submission deadlines for each fic to be two weeks prior to the theme's posting.Fest will operate in KST timezone.