New Asylum
 New asylums are poppin' up all over, and it's not even spring! This week it's ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) queerpittsburgh, which describes itself as a place for "fans of the Showtime series Queer as Folk to meet friends, discuss the show and post fanfic. We welcome fans of all characters/pairings in the show." Sign up here.
Marathon Schedule Change
The "Slumber Party" marathon of 122-201-202 was a huge success... the master list of links is here. And now, come take a poll about the new marathon schedule!
Challenge Amnesty!
If you were working on a story for the "Challenge in Two Parts" and didn't quite get it finished, you can still honor the artists who created the inspirational banners for the challenge! The new deadline is June 20, and full details are here!
Fic News
 This week at qaf_retread:
One of the fandom greats, the hysterically funny The Night You Were Born by LJ's valerie_z; five parts of AU brilliance from LJ's jane2005: Swept Away. And in qaf_crackfic: Brian pees in a corner; the big Rizabeau love.Remember: this newsletter covers fic news, but actual fic updates go in _love_qaf_fic. Fan Fic Discussion Club
The next discussion will be lead by minuet9 and begins on June 21. However, the story is quite long, so she is posting the link a bit early. It's "Adventures" by quinn222; get started here. Drabblicious!
Every Wednesday, there's a new prompt at qaf_drabbles! This week, the challenge is... Best Friends! Last week's submissions are here: Season 3. Come by and write... and read. Cuddle Day!
The first annual fandom wide Brian/Justin Cuddle Day will be on Wednesday, June 18. Fics, vids, icons, graphics, picspams, meta, and of course, pointing out that lying on top of Justin while stroking his hair and nuzzling him is not cuddling, are all welcome! Details here at qaf_scavenger!
| Clips and Vids
 If you missed last week's crop of nine new fan vids in the qaf_repixed Vid Off, they're here. Please give the vidders some love! Plus: Ben and Michael kitchen sex by foreverbm; brianslave68 (and Brian's!) birthday picspam; bookgirl24 spies with her little eye, Justin's not-so-little dangly bits,and a whole new kind of Brian erection; and the one and only teary_eyed2 goes insane yet again, this time with another trip to Kinneygarten. Icon Challenge!
The new theme at qaf_icons is black shirts. Entries for last week's theme, "Dancing," can be found here -- and there were some beauties! Icons and Graphics
 iconics' new theme is "Cars and Driving," and you can nominate icons in that and other categories here until June 17. How I love new icons! This week: brianslave68 and her amazing series of 311 ("futon sex") icons; nerilka24 got textual; icon maker extraordinaire youbetterwiseup is taking requests; and nyxa went nuts over 310. Metalicious
If you'll be in San Francisco over Pride, check this out; gmta_nz posts about a real life Brian and Justin, and also wonders about some QAF song lyrics; bookgirl24 wants to know if Justin giggles; quirks4me loves her some 510 Justin; and me? I just wanna know how you feel about non-canon pairings in fic, with a poll!  
Icons in this issue: queerpittsburgh icon by ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) foreverbm; blindfolded!escort!Justin icon by qafmaniac; "My Fandom Has Pride" and "My Fandom Has Dykes on Bikes" icons by ohfreckle; Brian watching Justin from the Corvette by isleofyew; "Yes" by badbadpixie. |