Elysian Fields’ second ever Finishing Months event is over and, gang, you absolutely SMASHED the 2023 numbers!

In total, 36 works were completed during this event, resulting in 23 bronze awards, 9 silver awards, and 5 gold awards! (Members who got silver also got bronze, and those who earned gold also got bronze and silver.) 15 artists, 37 commenters, and 25 beta and sensitivity readers also earned shinies. But that’s not all! 

There were 1,012,143 new words added—yes, that’s right, over a million words just in the event! That’s across 231 new chapters, with total qualifying comments (consisting of a minimum of 15 words on works marked as WIPs) totaling 6,766, of which 5,414 qualifying comments were just from the 37 members who achieved the commenter award alone.

As Finishing Months gear up to, well… finish, your friendly neighbourhood Event Mod is here with a couple of reminders. 

Eligible works should be marked as complete by midnight site time on the 31st of March. Site time, as always, can be found under the Shoutbox on the Elysian Fields homepage. (Note: clocks in the US already jumped ahead an hour for Daylight Saving Time, so it is extra important to check the Shoutbox if you’re not sure!) You mark a work as complete by clicking edit, ticking the relevant checkbox, and then clicking save.

If any artwork (including new story banners) has been added to your eligible works during Finishing Months, don’t forget to fill in the Google Form (linked here) to make sure the artist gets the artist award...