Carylers, McReedus fans, authors, reviewers, readers, casual visitors, anonymous guests – welcome one and all to the Nine Lives Fanfiction Archive! The first and only archive of its kind in this fandom, geared specifically towards providing quality fanfiction for Caryl fans everywhere. This is where the good stuff lives. 

We started small and have grown by leaps and bounds into a powerhouse of the Caryl fandom. It is thanks to all of you that we have some so far. Thank you, all of you reading this, for being what keeps Nine Lives alive. Those who write, those who read and review, those who lurk in the shadows thirsting for every drop of fanfiction this fandom can squeeze out – you are awesome beyond measure.

Something very exciting is on the horizon: in 7 days, Nine Lives will turn 2 years old! You know what this means… 

CHALLENGE TIME!

Given that it’s our 2nd anniversary, we decided a dual challenge was in order to mark this most momentous occasion. That’s right: 2 challenges!! One for our brave and valiant authors and one for those who simply love to read. 

Challenge #1: Pic-Spiration 

This challenge is geared towards the authors out there! We’ve compiled 24 different photographs – one for each month of Nine Lives’ existence – that we think could spawn a brilliant story from your wildly creative minds. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to pick one or more of the photos from our selection & create a magnificent new tale featuring Caryl or McReedus! 

Click photo to go to the folder and see the images in full.

 

Challenge #2: Best of the Best

This one is for everyone, but more for our loyal, wonderful readers. What is a fanfiction archive without fanfiction? … I hope I never find out. Too scary to imagine, amirite? We’re all here for the fanfic, so its time to honor those stories hosted here on Nine Lives! 

This challenge is a Fic Rec Challenge.  Hit us up on either of our social media accounts – tumblr and twitter – with your fic recs and a short note of WHY you love that story so much. However, there’s a twist: you’re only allowed 2 recs and you must submit one from each year of Nine Lives’ existence! That means your favorite story from 2014, and your favorite story from 2015. 

Link to Fanfiction Sorted by Year

 

Got it?! All right, lets get down to the nitty gritty! Here are the details, peeps:

THE CHALLENGES: Challenge #1: Pic-Spiraion and Challenge #2: Best of the Best as described above! Each challenge has slightly different rules & deadlines, so please read the information below carefully!

THE RULES – CHALLENGE #1: PIC-SPIRATION

• Send a PM to Fairies Masquerade, Ikkleosu or subversivegrrl stating that you’re going to enter the challenge. This is very important! If we do not get a PM, you won’t be on the list.
• Write your fic!
• Caryl and McReedus fics are allowed and yes, you can submit multiple entries if you wish
• Each story submitted must be a minimum of 100 words
• DO NOT UPLOAD IT YET! Wait until January 30 to upload your fic – just like in challenges past, we will be suspending automatic validation for that day for all authors who enter the challenge.
• Submission Day is January 30– post your fic. It will not appear on the archive, but will enter our validation queue. Make sure you submit it under the Nine Lives Challenge category!
• Posting Day is January 31– We will post the master list and all of the challenges entries so everything shows up at once. That way, we’re all surprised by what we get to read! Any challenge fics posted before January 30 will be deleted.

THE RULES – CHALLENGE #2: BEST OF THE BEST

• Scroll through the full list of stories sorted by year & pick your favorites
• You only get 2 recommendations total: one for 2014 & one for 2015, so choose wisely!
• Send a submission to either our Twitter account or our tumblr account with your chosen rec and a short note explaining why this story means so much to you as a Caryler, TWD fan, reader, etc.
  • Nine Lives Twitter
  • Nine Lives tumblr: Submission Box
• You do not need to have a tumblr account to participate! Guest submissions are available for the NL tumblr, which means ANYONE can play. If you want to stay anonymous even though you have a tumblr, that’s cool. If you want to include your NL username at the end of your note, that’s fine too.
• Fic Rec Submissions are due by January 23! That gives you 6 days to get your 2 recommendations in. Deadline to submit is midnight PST.
• Posting Day is January 24 – We will flood our social media accounts with all the submissions given on the actual anniversary of Nine Lives. We will also provide a master list, linking to all the submissions received & the comments, here on the archive along with a special message from the administration team.

And there you have it, my turtle doves! 2 epics ways to celebrate our 2nd anniversary. Any questions, please comment below or drop a PM to FM, Ikkles or Subs. Happy reading and writing and above all: Caryl on!