Posting Date: March 1—April 30, 2024
Theme: Second Chances
The Rules:
- Minimum 5,000 words count (no maximum)
- Any fandom (no RPF)
- No limit on the number of stories
- Only previously unpublished works qualify
- Posting was extended for this quarter due to changes in the challenge sign up process and Keira being a slow ass.
Submissions
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If you would like to post on the Wild Hare Project (not required, and not encouraged if you already post to AO3), and don’t already have an account, you must notify us of that when you are signing up so we can prepare you for posting in that environment.
Note: We reserve the right not to link to a story if you write chan, RPF, or fail to warn properly for common trigger content (rape, murder, domestic violence, major character death, adultery/cheating, etc).
FAQ
Q. When can I post?
A. Any time during the posting period listed with each quarterly challenge. You cannot post the assigned theme outside of the quarter to count towards the Big Moxie challenge. For instance, you can’t post quarter one’s theme in quarter four to be included in the challenge list.
Q. Can I post a work in progress?
A. No. Only completed works will be accepted during the posting period.
Q. Can I use a work already published?
A. No.
Q. Can I use a work I’ve written for a different challenge if it meets the requirements and posting dates?
A. We don’t care. Organizers of other challenges might so be careful with that. If your Big Moxie story happens to fit one of your Just Write Bingo squares, lucky you! Carry on and double up.
Q. Can I use a Rough Trade project (past, present, or future)?
A. If you’ve posted any part of it, the answer is no. If you created a project file but never participated in the challenge then that would be fine regarding past works. Obviously, you couldn’t use present content or ideas you might have for future RT challenges since that would violate the rules of Rough Trade.
Q. Can I write more than one story?
A. Yes.
Q. Why are the themes confined to a single quarter?
A. To provide structure and discipline for those who need it.
Q. Can I post my work before the posting period of each quarter?
A. Not if you want to be included in our list of successful participants.
Q. If I have a work in progress that has never been published that fits the theme, can I use that?
A. Absolutely, look at you already owning the hell out of this challenge.
Q. What are the options on the Fusion/The Sentinel theme?
A. You can write a fusion of two (or more fandoms), a fusion with The Sentinel, or a story set entirely in The Sentinel fandom.
Q. What if I signed up and can’t finish?
A. That’s fine, life happens. We don’t need to be informed.
Q. Will there be an AO3 collection?
A. Yes. We’ll provide a link to the collection as the posting window approaches.
Q. Can I discuss my fics publicly?
A. Do what is comfortable for you. You might find that you don’t want those kinds of expectations from others or whatever. The choice is yours.
Q. Do I have to sign up for all four themes?
A. No, but there is no penalty for not participating after the fact. Each form will have check boxes so you can pick and chose between the the themes during the sign up window. Signing up for all four, just in case you end up wanting to write all of the themes, is better than skipping them and regretting it later.
Title: Lyra
Author: Mykkitno
Challenge: Big Moxie Q1 Second Chances, Just Write Bingo Challenge
Fandom: Harry Potter
Relationship: Draco/Harry, Narcissa/Lucius
Warnings: implied character bashing. teen pregnancy
Word Count: 7279
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64295296
Summary: Summer before Seventh year, Harry gets a letter from his cousin, that changes his entire future…
Title: Wrap Me In Your Aching Arms
Author: a_clockwork_of_scars (ScarsLikeVelvet)
Challenge: Big Moxie Q1
Fandom: 9-1-1 (TV)
Relationship: Evan “Buck” Buckley/Eddie Diaz
Warnings: Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con (Canon Dr Wells), Child Abuse/Neglect
Word Count: 8.488
Summary: After getting shot by the sniper who took out Eddie, Evan Buckley gets a second chance at life. Given how done he is with some people, he takes the offer with both hands and changes … well, everything.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/63753739
Title: Ensuring he Achieves his Full Potential
Author: Raspberry Dreams
Challenge: The Big Moxie 2025 Q1 – Second Chances
Fandom: 9-1-1
Relationship: Eddie Diaz & Christopher Diaz
Warnings: Child Abuse, Child neglect, Medical Neglect, Violence, Character Bashing (Ramon and Helena Diaz)
Word Count: 37,239
Summary: Eddie wants to make the best choice for his son, even if he breaks his own heart in the process. Christopher is the most important part of his life. But it was so difficult to know what the right path forward was. He’s starting to let his parent’s opinions get into his head and accept that they know his son better than he does. Until the universe screams and he receives some divine intervention to help clarify the situation.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/63733045
Title: Genie In a Jar
Author: Thea_Zara
Challenge: Big Moxie Q1: Second Chances
Fandom: 9-1-1 and Teen Wolf
Pairings: Pre Buck/Eddie, Stiles/Derek
Warnings: Bashing (Diaz Parents and Ana Flores)
Words: 17,154
Chapter: 1/1
Rating: Teen
Summary: When Eddie doesn’t wake up after being shot, and the Diaz Parents make an appearance, Buck cannot sit and watch as he loses both Eddie and Chris, so he gets in Maddie’s old Jeep and just drives. He didn’t expect to find the key to fixing everything.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64434325
Title: 01E – Time Loop – Ruthlessness is Mercy upon Ourselves
Author: ScarsLikeVelvet
Challenge: Big Moxie Q1 – Second Chances
Fandom: Teen Wolf
Relationship: Peter Hale/Stiles Stilinski
Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death (both temporary and permanent), Character Bashing
Word Count: 6.612
Summary: Stiles says ‘No’ to Peter not once, not twice, but more times than he can count, until he realizes the one thing he needs to do to change everything is to say ‘Yes’ to Peter.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64476688
Title: So, Turn and Live
Author: silkendreammaid
Challenge: Big Moxie Q1 – Second Chances
Fandom: Harry Potter
Warnings: Use of canon racial slur
Word Count: 5383
Summary: Severus Snape did not expect his death to give him a second chance at life.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/64316470
Title: Making it Right
Author: TrekCat (aka Rachel500)
Challenge: Big Moxie Q1 2025, Second Chances
Fandom: NCIS
Relationship: Jenny Shepard/Gibbs, Jenny & Tony, Tony & Gibbs
Warnings: Major character death, discussion of suicide/suicide-by-others, terminal illness. Canon-typical violence including terrorism, assassination, and murder referenced. Reference to depression and grief.
Word Count: 6586
Summary: She wishes she could go back and change things. If she had truly been focused on doing the right thing as Director of NCIS, then she should have focused on nurturing Tony. Was that what she would do differently? Yes, Jenny thinks decisively. If she had her time over, she would nurture Tony and she would be the NCIS Director she should have been…
Links: https://archiveofourown.org/works/65022277
https://rachelfhundred.com/2025/03/22/making-it-right/
Title: Going To Make It
Author: DarkJediQueen
Challenge: Big Moxie Q1-2025
Fandom: 9-1-1
Relationship: Evan Buckley/Tommy Kinard
Warnings: Explicit Sex
Word Count: 5,492
Summary: It was like a pull; once he saw Evan, it was all over, and he couldn’t ignore the pull.
Link: https://darkjediqueen.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/going-to-make-it/
Title: The and Now
Author: kiayea
Challenge: Big Moxie Q1 2025, Theme: Second Chances
Fandom: Lord of the Rings
Relationship: fem!Gimli/Legolas
Warnings: Canon-Typical Violence, Implied Minor Character Death, Rule 63
Word Count: 5050
Summary: They met years ago, when Gimli just came of age and sneaked away from the safety of Erebor. And now, on the eve of the War of the Ring starting, they meet again.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/65161864
https://kiayea.wordpress.com/2025/04/30/then-and-now/
Title: A Wish Your Heart Makes
Author: CappuccettoRosso
Challenge: Q1 – Second Chances
Fandom: Jinx
Relationship: Kim Dan / Joo Jaekyung
Warnings: Implied Character Death
Word Count: 5007
Summary: Kim Dan drowns at the beach. However, he wakes up five years in the past. Everything and nothing change.
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/65168995
Title: Forgive Me, My Dear
Author: Jilly James
Challenge: Q1, Second Chances
Fandom: Star Wars
Relationship: Gen, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Qui-Gon Jinn
Warnings: Canon-typical themes. Discussion of child murder, discussion of the clones
Word Count: 6500
Summary: Qui-Gon Jinn wakes up in the past, in his old temple rooms, long before everything went wrong, with the opportunity to fix things with all of his padawans. He thinks he knows why the Force sent him back, but the Force has a few surprises in store.
Link: https://jillyjames.com/forgive-me-my-dear/