All public_call entries for this year have been revealed, and the collection has now been closed for new entries. If you still have some catching up to do on your reading, all 16 of this year's stories can be found here:

Public Call 2016 works

Please remember to thank the person who wrote for you, if you haven't already!

Participants are now free to repost their stories wherever they like.

Many thanks to everyone who participated, and we hope you all had fun with the fest. Happy holidays! :)

Title: Missy's Puppy
Author: mrs_mozzie
Recipient: merryghoul
Relationship(s): Missy & Clara Oswin Oswald
Rating: General Audiences
Word count: 1051
Warnings: none
Summary: Missy turns Clara into her own puppy.
It doesn't go the way Missy thinks it will go.

Missy's Puppy

Apologies for the late announcement! By the time I got home, LJ maintenance was under way and I couldn’t access the site.

Title: The Almost Doctor
Author: Trobadora
Recipient: Meatball42
Relationship(s): Eleventh Doctor (Ganger)/Jack Harkness
Rating: Mature
Word count: 7253
Warnings: none
Summary: In the end, whatever he might have told Amy, he was still only almost the Doctor, and the TARDIS wasn't his. - The Ganger Doctor realises he isn't going to die, and tries to figure out what to do. Jack might help – or he might complicate things.

The Almost Doctor

Title: The Heat Is Gone
Author: monkiainen
Recipient: Tardiscompanion
Relationship(s): Eleventh Doctor/Tenth Doctor
Rating: Explicit
Word count: 1187
Warnings: none
Summary: Time is not linear - it's more like a timey-wimey wibbly-wobbly thing. Or what happens when you're faced with your past self in their darkest hour.

The Heat Is Gone

Title: Chain of Events
Author: navaan
Recipient: Trobadora
Relationship(s): Twelfth Doctor/Jack Harkness
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Word count: 2920
Warnings: none
Summary: With the lives they lead it’s not astounding that they meet again and again scattered through time and space and not always in the right order.

Chain of Events

Title: Right Person, Right Time
Author: Meatball42
Recipient: sonicshambles
Relationship(s): Martha Jones/Mickey Smith
Rating: General Audiences
Word count: 1804
Warnings: none
Summary: Martha isn’t sure where her life is going to take her after the fiasco that was the Osterhagen Key, but she knows she doesn’t want to stay with UNIT. The universe brings her a better option.

Right Person, Right Time

Title: Tea and Biscuits
Author: paranoidangel
Recipient: dbskyler
Relationship(s): Eleventh Doctor & Sarah Jane Smith
Rating: General Audiences
Word count: 1225
Warnings: none
Summary: Sarah Jane had seen the Doctor a few times since he dropped her off in Aberdeen. All by chance and none when he knocked at her front door. Until now.

Tea and Biscuits

Title: Shared Narrative
Author: Wojelah
Recipient: merryghoul
Relationship(s): Missy/River Song, Eleventh Doctor/River Song
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Word count: 1715
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Summary: Being raised as a psychopath with any eye to eventual assassination did, on occasion, come in useful.

Shared Narrative

Title: Side Quest
Author: Annariel
Recipient: smallearthcat (vamplover82)
Relationship(s): Fourth Doctor & Harry Sullivan & Sarah Jane Smith
Rating: General Audiences
Word count: 6388
Warnings: none
Summary: Harry is collecting equipment for the Doctor when he runs into an adventure of his own. Can he foil the evil Dr. Richards, while at the same time helping the Doctor and Sarah fend off an alien invasion they somehow never quite have the time to explain properly to him?

Side Quest

Title: My Doctor
Author: silvertrails
Recipient: navaan
Relationship(s): Twelfth Doctor/Jack Harkness
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Word count: 1579
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Summary: Jack meets the Twelfth Doctor.

My Doctor

Title: Heads or Tails?
Recipient: monkiainen
Relationship(s): Fifth Doctor/Clara Oswin Oswald
Rating: General Audiences
Word count: 10652
Warnings: none
Summary: To help Clara move on from Jason, her friend Max convinces her to go on a date with an older man in hopes that her exboyfriend wlll become jealous. However, Clara didn't expect to fall for the man.

Heads or Tails?

Title: A Taste of Home
Author: dbskyler
Recipient: ginger_timelady
Relationship(s): Sarah Jane Smith & Fourth Doctor
Rating: General Audiences
Word count: 1784
Warnings: none
Summary: Sarah, the Doctor, and home.

A Taste of Home

Title: Risk Taking
Author: navaan
Recipient: AuroraCloud
Relationship(s): Tenth Doctor/Jack Harkness
Rating: General Audiences
Word count: 1803
Warnings: none
Summary: Their relationship is never an easy one, but step by step they are learning, and above all they really care. Sometimes they are just not good with communicating it.

Risk Taking

Title: Prickled Plant
Author: merryghoul
Recipient: hellosweetie17
Relationship(s): Eleventh Doctor/River Song
Rating: General Audiences
Word count: 1045
Warnings: none
Summary: The Doctor gets a chance to save River, but that chance isn't exactly what he expected it to be.

Prickled Plant

Title: A Road That's Quietly Caving In
Author: smallearthcat (vamplover82)
Recipient: lsellers (Annariel)
Relationship(s): The War Doctor/Fitz Kreiner
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Word count: 1736
Warnings: none
Summary: The Doctor regenerates. Fitz doesn’t know what to make of him.

A Road That's Quietly Caving In

Title: This Definitely Isn't Croydon
Author: ginger_timelady
Recipient: paranoidangel
Relationship(s): Sarah Jane Smith/Harry Sullivan
Rating: General Audiences
Word count: 1196
Warnings: none
Summary: The Doctor has left Sarah Jane on Earth, and it isn't in Croydon. Yet somehow, it's where she needs to be.

This Definitely Isn't Croydon

Title: Repair Jobs
Author: AuroraCloud
Recipient: silvertrails
Relationship(s): Ninth Doctor/Jack Harkness
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Word count: 2554
Warnings: none
Summary: It's fascinating to get to work on the TARDIS, but it isn't the only thing Jack wants on a day alone with the Doctor.

Repair Jobs

December is here, and it's time to start posting on public_call! The first story will go up shortly, and from here, we will reveal one story every weekday (Monday through Friday).

Remember that everyone can still participate by writing treats. More information on writing/posting treats here.

We invite everyone to read along and leave comments, to let your friendslist know that posting is beginning, and also to rec any specific fics that catch your eye. Have fun!

(Authors appreciate comments. At the very least we ask you to thank the person who wrote for you. Even if you defaulted, please take the time to read your gift story and say something nice, so everybody has fun in this exchange.)

Hope you're all looking forward to the stories. Enjoy!

Almost all stories are in now, so it's time:

All Public Call 2016 prompts/requests are public on AO3!

You can write treats (additional stories) for the participants whether or not you're signed up for the challenge. Just pick a prompt, write, and upload your story to the Public Call 2016 collection, gifting it to the recipient in question. (There's a quick how-to under the cut at the end of this post.)

Treats will be revealed on December 22nd (after all regular gifts have been revealed). You have until then to write and post treats. Have fun!

( how to post a treat )

We're past the deadline now. Thank you to everyone who uploaded a story!

And good luck to those of you who have received an extension - thanks for sending in your drafts!