Welcome to Open Doors!
The Open Doors project of the Organization for Transformative Works is dedicated to preserving fanworks for the future.
Once the Archive of Our Own is up and running, we will be happy to help maintainers of typical fanfic archives preserve or backup their collections by transferring the contents of their archive into the Archive of Our Own. We plan to collect these stories under the name of the archive from which they came, as well as to set up automatic redirecting from the original URLs if desired and whenever possible. Other fannish projects that cannot be integrated into the Archive may also be preserved as special collections, resources permitting. Both kinds of projects are featured below.
For further information, or to inquire about Open Doors hosting a project you are associated with, please e-mail us at opendoors@transformativeworks.org.
Current Collections
Multifandom Projects
The Foresmutters Project
- The Foresmutters Project is the first test case for the Open Doors project. Foresmutters is a bibliography and collection of some of the stories from the very earliest days of recorded slash, principally Kirk/Spock from the mid-1970s. It’s a tremendously valuable resource for the K/S fandom, which is still active today, and for historians of fanworks. We are hoping to grow this collection. If you or someone you know wrote K/S in the 1970s or 1980s, please contact us; we can find someone to help you transcribe or scan your fiction.
Fandom-specific Projects
Missed The Saturday Dance (Stargate Atlantis)
- by Zoetrope
Missed the Saturday Dance is a multimedia World War II Stargate: Atlantis AU by Zoetrope; it includes stories, audio, art, and video. John Sheppard/Rodney McKay NC17. This story has won many awards and is a fan favorite for its worldbuilding and seamless integration of art, audio, video, and story elements.
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