Guys, you will not believe the tally for Drabble Day 2016! It's staggering! In just 12 hours, 124 drabbles were posted in a total of 47 fandoms! They included:

Avatar the Last Airbender, Alles Was Zählt, Bandom (MCR and PATD), Black Sails, Robin Hobb's Liveship Trilogy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Charles II (Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver), Community, Dawson's Creek, Doctor Who, Empire, The L.A. Complex, Frozen, Game of Thrones, Hamilton, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Jessica Jones, Lord of the Rings, Luke Cage, Miss Fisher, My Mad Fat Diary, My So-Called Life, Nashville, Lynn Flewelling's Nightrunner series, Outlander, Parks & Recreation, Please Like Me, Ronja the Robber's Daughter, Stargate, Stargate Atlantis, The Shawshank Redemption, Sherlock, Spartacus, Star Trek, Star Wars, Stargate, Supernatural, The Shoebox Project, The Thick of It, The Walking Dead, Torchwood, Turn, Victoria, Welcome to Night Vale, Wentworth, Within the Wires and original fic.

Considering that the challenge lasted just 12 hours - half as long as last year, when 154 drabbles were submitted - I think it's fair to say that you guys really rose to the occasion.

Get it? Rose? Like bread rises...




... < crickets >




Peeta, we've talked about puns...
I know, I'm sorry. Anyway, I'm here to announce the individual totals.



AMENDED RESULTSWith 26 drabbles each (posted during the 24 hours of the challenge), aldiara and amyriadfthings are tied! amyriadfthings's last minute bread binge for Please Like Me gave us lots of food for thought ...



Sorry. Also, in case you missed it, aldiara snuck in an additional 5 after the deadline), including the conclusion of the epic tragedy of Kaldrick and Jamal (Kalmal?). Be sure to go back and read her final 4 drabbles to revisit the whole crushing sensation.



Next up was amo_amas_amat, who wrote 19 drabbles in an impressive mix of 10 different fandoms, followed by spaghettitoes who brought in 17 drabbles in diverse fandoms ranging from Frozen to Luke Cage, lilithilien with 16 (mostly Black Sails) drabbles, and winterlover with 13 drabbles (and bringing the bandom!). And despite a late start (stupid time zones), notoriouslyuniq got in 6 drabbles including an original anthromorphic creation.



All in all, a really extraordinary showing. Well done!!! You all deserve a big round of applause!










See you again next year!!

Welcome, our busy bee drabblers, to our last hour of prompts!! To keep it at an even dozen, we are posting our final two prompts together, but remember you still have until 11 AM (GMT) TOMORROW i.e. 5 November to continue adding your drabbles.

You have all once again surpassed yourselves! Thank you so much for your fabulous downpour of drabbles! <333333333 We will do some kind of wrap-up, tally and/or masterlist after the challenge officially ends, and after we have slept for eleventy hours. (I think Peeta was supposed to do some of the organisational crap but he seems to have absconded. Interns, you can't trust them!).

YOU ARE ALL STARS! Your final two prompts are RISE and TOAST. Have at 'em!

The mods expect crack for this one, okay?

Aaaah! Another one! DRABBLE FOR YOUR LIVES. This hour: Frost!

How is it that time again?!!!!

Here's your prompt:


Which means I can't resist this...


even though Jessica thinks it's too corny...


But you know...

Halfway point! This calls for sprinkles:




Also, you guys are being hella prolific and deserve cookies!



All kinds of cookies.

Y'all are doing great! Peeta is momentarily indisposed, but he asked me to post your next prompt:









If you need me, I'll be in the bar.

Honestly, how do you guys do this every year?? Have another prompt!



Also, in case the instructions weren't clear enough:



Also, Jamie Fraser's, ahem, buns, because that is apparently a thing you need:

I don't even know what's happening here anymore but here's your prompt:

And here we go with that magical time of year where individual hours are suddenly over in approximately 13 seconds.

Your second prompt is:



I'd stay and chat, but I'm behind already! Keep 'em coming!

It's time!



Your mods have asked me to announce the first prompt with some (quote) crumbly goodness.





And then they gave me these pictures too. I'm not really sure why.





GO DRABBLE!

For that's the day the madness will begin...

(Only a little madness. We promise.*)

Commencing at the precise hour of 11:00 GMT on 4th November, and continuing until 23:00 GMT on that same date, twelve hours of drabbling shall take place. You are each expected to create a drabble each hour on an appropriate topic related to an assigned prompt.** The Overlords Mods shall announce said prompt at the start of each hour.***

As in previous years, drabbles will be limited to exactly 100 words and will be accepted for all pairings and all fandoms. However, in a slight deviation from previous years, Drabble Day entries may be submitted after the actual event. You may submit drabbles on designated topics until 10:59 GMT on 5th November.****

Further announcements will be made in the upcoming days. Remember, remember the date.

And remember: We are watching.*****

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*Promises are not a guarantee of literal guarantees. The mods are fully indemnified in the case of any injury resulting from madness that may occur and no refunds shall be made due to any instances of temporary or permanent madness. The Overlords Mods may institute, encourage and/or reward madness in any form as they may see fit.

**All participation is strictly voluntary. We promise.

***More or less. Unless we are late.

****See, we promised only a little madness!

*****Things we are currently watching include Parks & Recreation, Orphan Black, The Legend of Korra, and Empire, among others.