As we mentioned, this was the first year when Top 5 was run on Dreamwidth only, so all the lists shared were even more of a joy to see than usual! It's up to all of you that we're continuing on for another year 🙂

We'll be reopening for an even longer session next year, beginning on October 20 at midnight UTC and running until midnight UTC on November 2. Although there seemed to be a particularly strong response to the Flash Forward session, we'll keep the same format as this year, beginning with Classic Recs, having open recs, and then focusing on 2023 recs.

While 2023 recs will be welcome from October 23 onwards, we will also have five full days for the annual recs alone. ( Read more... )

What? How could it be so soon? Whether you see autumn or springtime outside your windows (or neither yet!), the calendar doesn't lie. It's time to pick out your costume, start carving those pumpkins, and decide on goodies to share because it's almost time for the 2022 session of Buffyverse Top 5!

That means recs for fics, vids, graphics, anything and everything fandom has produced in all the Whedon fandoms. We'll be reopening on October 22 at midnight UTC (what time is that for me?) and running through midnight November 2. ( Read more... )

We also want to remind everyone that per our announcement earlier this year, Top 5's LiveJournal account has been closed to future recs, though the account will remain available for anyone who wishes to browse past recs. So the 2022 session will be taking place only on Dreamwidth.

For anyone who has questions about how things will go, please comment here or you can check out information on what to post during a Buffyverse Top 5 session. And don't forget to signal boost this reminder as that way we'll have a good holiday feast :)

As buffyversetop5 moves into its 17th year, there will be some changes for our session come October 22nd. We will be consolidating activity into our Dreamwidth account.

We took this decision for several reasons: ( Read more... )

We hope everyone will keep an eye out for the October session as it draws near and prepare some posts to share!

Also, a signal boost for our affiliate seasonal_spuffy: signups for their Spring 2022 round start on May 9. Visit the link to learn more!

It's time to pick out your costume, start carving those pumpkins, and decide on goodies to share because it's almost time for the 2021 session of Buffyverse Top 5!

That means recs for all fanworks in the Whedon fandoms. Our kickoff is on October 22, 2021 at midnight UTC (click here for your time zone). That is 6 PM EST on Thursday, October 21 in the U.S.

We'll be starting out with a Classic Recs weekend, and then from October 25 through October 29 feel free to post any mix of recs you'd like. Then on October 30 - November 1 we'll be closing things out with our Flash Forward weekend -- several days of focusing on content from 2021. So no matter what assortment of fan-created content recs you have, they will be welcome!

So for these 11 days please share your all-time favorite recs of fics, vids, graphics, anything and everything fandom has produced in all the Whedon fandoms. As always, crossover content is A-OK, so let's celebrate these fandoms' works!

We also want to alert anyone following us here that our LiveJournal account is also open to posts during this session but there is no need to duplicate content there if you are already posting here. For anyone on Twitter or Pillowfort, please check those accounts for more information about local participation.

For anyone who has questions about how things will go, please comment here or you can check out information on what to post during a Buffyverse Top 5 session. And don't forget to signal boost this reminder as that way we'll have a good holiday feast :)