Zybentina asked if anyone was willing to host a Valentine’s Day Challenge, so I volunteered. There will be 14 prompts, one a day from now until Valentine’s Day. Prompts will all deal with Love, Romance, Valentine’s Day and its traditions in one form or another, although I will pull inspiration from various cultures. There will be an explanation for each prompt, but don't feel that you have to use details from the explanation; they are just there to clarify the prompts and how they fit into the theme.

There will be a banner for each prompt.

The rules:
-There is no word count—make them as long or as short as you wish.
-The prompts do not have to interconnect.
-You can incorporate these prompts into an existing collection.
-If you are more of an artist than a writer, feel free to draw the prompts and claim the banners that way
-You do not have to do every prompt, but for those that do there will be a final banner.
-If you do not finish a prompt the day it is released, you can post it another day and still claim the banner

The Prompts:
1 - Snowdrop
2 - Almond
3 - Inamorata
4 - Night of Sevens
5 - Tomo-choco
6 - Verses
7 - Apple
8 - Lupercalia Festival
9 - Eros
10 - Noodles
11 - True Love
12 - Ivy
13 - Ninety-nine roses
14 - Engagement

I will edit this post with the prompts as they are released. I will typically release the prompts around 9 o'clock GMT.

The Banners:



The banners for the individual prompts will be added as they are released.
The banner below is for anyone who completed all 14 prompts




Although there are only 14 prompts, the official end date is the end of February so those who are busy or don't see this until later still have a chance to participate.

I'd love to see more about this challenge!

Yay! Thank you so much for doing this! I wish I had the time or tools to host something, but thought it would be fun to do.

Thanks again!

Zybentina you are quite welcome.

BelovedStranger, what more would you like?

Will there be a time limit for the daily prompts?

By time limit do you mean write them in x minutes? If so, no.

If you can't get a response up that day, you can post it another day and still claim the banner.

I'm so in!

I can't promise it, but I will try!

Kneazles wrote:
By time limit do you mean write them in x minutes? If so, no.

If you can't get a response up that day, you can post it another day and still claim the banner.

I meant more like if we couldn't write for the daily prompt on that day, we can't get that day's banner or that we can't write for that prompt anymore. But, I think you answered that question in the end anyway.

I already have and idea for this. What is the first prompt though? I didn't see it anywhere.

Prompt 1 - Today’s Prompt is “Snowdrops.”

In Denmark there is a tradition of sending pressed white flowers called snowdrops to their friends and lovers.

The banner is:

Here is my entire for Snowdrops:

www.dokuga.com/fanfiction/story/8155/1

Hope you like!

TheFallenAngel wrote:
Here is my entire for Snowdrops:

www.dokuga.com/fanfiction/story/8155/1

Hope you like!
Thank you for entering. Some of the prompts might be hard to convert into gifts so I can't wait to see how you handle those.

You've already seen it, but here's my entry for "Snowdrops"!

Title: Dearly Beloved
Rated: MA
Appreciation

Thanks for your review AND for hosting the challenge!

Aviel wrote:
You've already seen it, but here's my entry for "Snowdrops"!

Title: Dearly Beloved
Rated: M
Appreciation

Thanks for your review AND for hosting the challenge!

Thank you for entering and your welcome. I hope you enjoy the prompts. If I do something like this in the future, someone needs to remind me to figure out a prompt list earlier than a day before

Here's my entry for Snowdrops.
I hope you like it.

www.dokuga.com/fanfiction/story/8158/1
(I promise it will get more romantic, I just wanted to use this as an intro.)

First chapter of my new 100word drabble series: Snowdrop.

And here goes my entry:

A Rare Bloom

Today’s Prompt is “Almond.”

One of the legends associated with Saint Valentine was before his execution he performed a miracle healing for Julia the blind daughter of one of his jailors, restoring her sight. On the eve before his execution, he wrote a note to Julia. Julia planted a pink-blossomed almond tree near his grave. Today, the almond tree remains a symbol of abiding love and friendship.

Banner

Ai Roku wrote:
Here's my entry for Snowdrops.
I hope you like it.

www.dokuga.com/fanfiction/story/8158/1
(I promise it will get more romantic, I just wanted to use this as an intro.)
Thank you for entering. It was an adorable start.

Rin-Rin wrote:
First chapter of my new 100word drabble series: Snowdrop.
Looks like this will be an interesting story. Thank you for entering

kaoruhana wrote:
And here goes my entry:

A Rare Bloom
Thank you for entering. It was so sweet.


Everyone, don't forget to pick up your banners

Here's my entry, however it doesn't deal with valentine's day or romance, since it's waaaaay too early for it in my story.

Story: Conundrum
Prompt: Snowdrops
Overall Rating: M
Good Fortunes

My first entry:
Mystery Valentine - Chapter 1
Rated T

Thank you again, Kneazles. You've put more thought into the prompts than I would have at the last moment. I was thinking more along the lines of simple prompts like Conversation Hearts, Lace, etc. You've gone above and beyond and I really appreciate it!

Z

Added chapter 2 for the second prompt:

Chapter 2 - Almond

www.dokuga.com/fanfiction/story/8164/1

My first go at the prompt challenge

Luna wrote:
Here's my entry, however it doesn't deal with valentine's day or romance, since it's waaaaay too early for it in my story.

Story: Conundrum
Prompt: Snowdrops
Overall Rating: M
Good Fortunes
Thank you for entering, and it doesn't matter if it deals with romance or not, the more different views and takes on the prompts the better, I think

Zybentina wrote:
My first entry:
Mystery Valentine - Chapter 1
Rated T

Thank you again, Kneazles. You've put more thought into the prompts than I would have at the last moment. I was thinking more along the lines of simple prompts like Conversation Hearts, Lace, etc. You've gone above and beyond and I really appreciate it!

Z

Added chapter 2 for the second prompt:

Chapter 2 - Almond
Your very welcome. I wanted to try to use unusual prompts that still fit within the Valentine's theme to make things more interesting although because of the short notice there will be a few along the lines of "Conversation Hearts, Lace, etc."

Rin-Rin wrote:
Almond
Thank you

BlackInuPup wrote:
www.dokuga.com/fanfiction/story/8164/1

My first go at the prompt challenge
Thank you for entering. Good luck



Don't forget your banners everyone