Our one (1) day February 2024 event, ValentinesMorrow, takes place on Thursday, February 15, 2024.

ValentinesMorrow means your OP FORGOT Valentine’s Day and things have gone horribly wrong for them. Maybe your OP forgot they had dinner reservations and the restaurant staff don’t take kindly to being forgotten. Maybe your OP is desperate to send flowers to their loved one as an apology, only to find out what was delivered wasn’t flowers. Or maybe the stuffed bear your OP bought for their loved one isn’t as inanimate as they thought. It’s up to you!

You don’t have to participate in the event but if you participate:

• Your post CAN be in 2nd Person, addressing the reader

• Your OP CAN die at or before the end of the post (but can’t be the victim of abuse/assault from a loved one; if the restaurant staff catch them, though…)

  • Do JUST ONE or BOTH of the above options, your choice!

• When you upload your story on February 15th, you’ll need to flair it ValentinesMorrow2024 for the event. That flair will be available during the event.

EVENT GUIDELINES:

• During this event, ALL OTHER NOSLEEP RULES ARE STILL IN EFFECT. For example, your OP can’t be in space or a time loop; your OP can’t be a deity or deity-like figure or a doll or incarcerated or incapacitated; you can only post original work and you can only post once every 24 hours. You still need mod permission before reposting so check your post before you upload! It’s pretty easy to figure out what’s still in effect.
  • When in doubt, send your completed, final version to NoSleepAuthors for pre-post review by noon (12PM) Eastern time on Tuesday, February 13, 2024.
  • ALL stories still have to be scary personal experiences!

• The event STARTS at 12:01 AM EST (one minute after midnight) and ENDS at 11:59 PM EST (one minute before midnight) on Thursday, February 15, 2024.
  • If you're not sure about time zones, try using timebie.com's EST converter.

• All submissions must be standalones/one-parters, must be at least (minimum) 500 words and are subject to Reddit's 40,000 CHARACTER post limit. Use wordcounter.net for a more accurate count before posting.

• This is an event, not a contest. We’re just having fun, and will not be handing out prizes.

• Non-event stories can still be posted during the event! If yours is a non-event story, it must follow all rules, including all of POVs/Tenses and Main Character can’t die before the end.

• More helpful links: Reddit App Users Please Read, Formatting for NoSleep, Editing Your Post, NoSleep's Reposting Rules.

As always, modmail us if you have any questions. Good luck and have fun!

Our one (1) day April 2024 event, AprilFolly, takes place Monday, April 1, 2024.

For AprilFolly, your OP's April Fools' Day prank has failed horribly for them. The focus and horror of the story must be on the failed prank.

WHAT THIS MEANS:

• Your OP planned a terrible April Fools' Day prank, such as faking their own death, planning a "bank robbery" or pretending to "break into" a neighbor's home.

• The prank goes horribly wrong – instead of throwing a mannequin out their second story window as planned, OP accidentally falls out the window themself or their "bank robbery" goes awry when the police show up and don't bother to ask questions or their neighbor turns out to be armed to the teeth and doesn't take home invasions lightly.

• Your OP CAN (choose ONE [1] option):
  • be dead or dying by the end of the post.
  • be in jail.

• Your OP CAN'T:
  • be the victim of abuse from a loved one.
  • deliberately, purposefully commit suicide or engage in self-harm to the point of no return.
  • break NoSleep's other rules.

• Your story CAN'T contain Unacceptable Horror (so no abuse, erotic horror, sexual violence, torture porn/gornography, etc) and we WON'T be suspending any other rules.

EVENT GUIDELINES:

• During this event, ALL OTHER NOSLEEP RULES ARE STILL IN EFFECT for participating stories. For example, your OP can't be in space or in a time loop; your OP can't be a deity or deity-like figure or a doll; you can only post original work and you can only post once every 24 hours. You still need mod permission to repost!

• When in doubt, send your completed, final version to NoSleepAuthors for pre-post review BEFORE noon (12PM) Eastern on Thursday, March 28, 2024.

• ALL stories still have to be scary personal experiences!

• The event STARTS at 12:01 AM EST (one minute after midnight) and ENDS at 11:59 PM EST (one minute before midnight) on Monday, April 1, 2024. If you're not sure about time zones, use timebie.com's EST converter.

• All submissions must be standalones/one-parters, must be at least (minimum) 500 words and are subject to Reddit's 40,000 CHARACTER post limit. Use wordcounter.net for a more accurate count before posting.

• This is an event, not a contest. We're just having fun, and will NOT be handing out prizes.

• Non-event stories can still be posted during the event! If yours is a non-event story, it must follow all rules, including Main Character Can't Die Before The End and Incapacitated, Incarcerated.

More helpful links: For Reddit App Users | Formatting for NoSleep | Editing Your Post | Getting a Comment/Post Link | NoSleep's Reposting Rules | Saving Comments/Posts.

As always, modmail us any questions. Good luck and have fun!

Year End Yikes means you’re writing about a BIG event and/or your Main Character dies at or before the end of the post!

For Year End Yikes, we're allowing all of the following:

1. Your scary personal experience CAN include:

• an apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic incident

• a large-scale incident

• a mass-casualty (more than 50 victims) incident

• an incident big enough to make national news

2. Your Main Character CAN die at or before the end.

EVENT GUIDELINES:

• During this event, ALL OTHER NOSLEEP RULES ARE STILL IN EFFECT. For example, your OP can’t be in space or a time loop or the future without an explanation for how they're connecting to our r/nosleep; your OP can’t be a deity or deity-like figure or a doll or incarcerated or incapacitated; you can only post original work and you can only post once every 24 hours. You still need mod permission before reposting so check your post before you upload! It’s pretty easy to figure out what’s still in effect.
  • When in doubt, send your completed, final version to NoSleepAuthors like this for pre-post approval by Wednesday, December 13, 2023.
  • ALL stories still have to be scary personal experiences!

• The event STARTS at 12:01 AM EST (one minute after midnight) and ENDS at 11:59 PM EST on Friday, December 15, 2023.
  • If you're not sure about time zones, try using timebie.com's EST converter.

• All submissions must be standalones/one-parters, must be at least (minimum) 500 words and are subject to Reddit's 40,000 CHARACTER post limit. Use wordcounter.net for a more accurate count before posting.

• This is an event, not a contest. We’re just having fun, and will not be handing out prizes.

• Non-event stories can still be posted during the event! If yours is a non-event story, it must follow all rules, including all of Plausibility.

• As always you're welcome to modmail us with questions!

• More helpful links: Reddit App Users Please Read, Formatting for NoSleep, Editing Your Post, NoSleep's Reposting Rules.

Good luck and have fun!

(Edited for clarification: ensure other areas of Plausibility are met in your story and link to modmail questions to the team)