Welcome to SPN Short Stories! We’re a project dedicated to creating a collection of short fan fiction stories, to be printed in a book that you can have and hold and cherish for yourself. Various information about the project can be found throughout our pages, but here’s a brief summary of what we’re doing.

We’re collecting original works from various fandom authors who’ve agreed to be a part of this project, and each of those works will correspond to one of the collection’s themes. These pieces will be gen, canon-compliant, and shorter than 1200 words each. Each work will be newly written for this project and previously unpublished.

The book isn’t meant to tell a story, but rather, to be a collection of snapshots- bits and pieces of the characters and universe that we have come to know and love over the past twelve years; it’s something of a monument to the show that’s done so much for us, as well as the incredible fandom that’s been built around it.

Once the authors have been properly accounted for, we’ll be running a Kickstarter campaign to fund the book’s printing and distribution, while any net profit will be donated (specifics to be determined- look here for more). Helping us fund the Kickstarter will give you an opportunity to get a copy of the book yourself, as well as any additional rewards we may add along the way. Depending on general feedback, we may also print a few additional copies of the book to be sold post-campaign (with profits going, again, to the charity or charities we’ve selected). 

Overall, this project is a labour of love that’s been in the works for a few months now, and that we’ll hopefully be able to see through to completion over the next little while. Feel free to check out our other pages for more detailed information about this project, or send us an ask if there’s anything you’re not sure about. Thank you, and have a wonderful day!

What’s the best way to celebrate the birthday of our favorite little brother? By creating the things you do best - fics, graphics, gif sets, poems, vids, any and all fanworks devoted to Sam Winchester. @ohsamtumbles and @spnlittlebro are teaming up to host a cross-platform birthday extravaganza the week of Sam’s birthday, and here’s how it’s going to work:

• Saturday, March 25th: OhSam LiveJournal comm will put up a masterpost for people to leave one- or two-word prompts (for example: “autumn”, “blood loss”, “surprise”). For those who don’t have LJ accounts, no worries! Anon commenting will be available on the post for you to leave prompts (please leave one prompt per comment, which will make it easier to keep track of prompts and fills).
• Saturday, April 1st: The masterpost for prompts will close, and no new prompts can be added after this point. There won’t be any claims - each prompt is open and can have multiple fills. We’re excited to see the variety of things you all come up with! 
• April: You have the month of April to work on fills. These should be hurt/comfort, Sam-centric original work (fic, art, graphics, poetry, vids, you name it!).
• Monday, May 1st to Sunday, May 7th:
• Another masterpost will go up on OhSam LJ to keep track of the fills, and you can begin posting your work on either LJ or tumblr. 
• If you post a fill on LJ, comment on the masterpost with a link. 
• Tumblr users tag their creations here with #celebratingsam and we will be reblogging those. If you can, post a link on LJ when you fill a prompt. (If you can’t, let the mods at @spnlittlebro or @ohsamtumbles know and we will make sure a link is added and people know the prompt’s been filled).

Do you like to write AU’s? Do you like writing about Crowley selling puppies to Sam more than him being the King of Hell?? Do you like writing about John being a nice dad who cares about his kids with all his heart??? 

Look no further, because the SPN AU Bang is here to cater to all your AU needs. The purpose of this bang is to increase the non-canon content in our fandom. You have the freedom to write anything (with the exception of the restricted items, as stated in the rules), as long as it isn’t canon. 

From May to December, we will be hosting this bang! 

This project and collection of letters is officially being dubbed “PittCon 2017: The Jared Padalecki Project”

I’m going to list some guidelines below, as I’ve gotten a ton of questions about it.

1. Use the subject “Letters to Jared” when you send the email. This will help me sort through them, considering this is my personal email account and I do receive many emails there daily.

2. The letters must be sent via email. If you send them to my inbox (either my ask or my submit), I will not use them. Sorry, it’s just way easier for me to have them all in one place.

3. If you choose to be anonymous in your letter, please state that first and foremost in your email. (before starting your letter)

4. You can include a photo of yourself sporting some AKF clothing if you so choose! This also applies to anyone who has already sent a letter, just shoot me another email containing your picture (still using the same subject line) and I’ll put them together.

5. Subject matter should be positive! I do not want these letter to bring Jared down or put him in a bad place. We are thanking him, not trying to push our issues on him. *I do not want to read the letters, as I respect your privacy, but if I feel I have to because of people not following this guideline, I will.*

6. Length of the letters should not be an issue, as I don’t foresee people telling their whole life stories, but I’ll limit it to one page in a Microsoft Word/Google document. 

7. Deadline for sending the letters is August 10, 2017! PittCon is one month after that, so that should give me enough time to put everything together!

**If you have any questions regarding the project or the letters, please ask me by sending an ask or a private message! I can’t wait to hear from all of you :)