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Camelot Remix is back for 2026!
But what’s a remix, you ask?
A remix is where a fanwork creator takes another person’s fanwork and creates a new fanwork which is based upon the original work.
How does this whole thing work?
Never fear, you can find all the info on our carrd website:
✨Remix FAQs & Rules
2026 TIMELINE:
Sign ups Open: Saturday 14 February
Sign ups Close: Saturday 28 February
Assignments Sent: on or before Saturday 7 March
Submissions Due: Sunday 31 May
Posting Begins: Saturday 6 June
Reveals: TBD (July)
Remix FAQs & Rules
Posting Information
Creator: ???
Work Type: Fic
Work URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85611351
Remixee Name: Dhpanya
Link to Work Remixed: https://archiveofourown.org/works/44856190
Pairings: Gen, Arthur/Merlin, Gwaine & Arthur
Length: 808 words
Rating: Mature
Warnings: None
Notes:
Summary: Leon meets up with Merlin after everything that happened in the Armory to talk.
Well, to apologize, is more accurate.
Fic: made of truth (the dolma's disguise remix) for
linorien(Gen – Gen – 3785w)
Summary:After Morgana is dead and magic is legal, one would think Emrys' dumb disguises would not be needed.
One—Mordred—would be wrong.
Summary:It's a tale as old as time: two childhood friends, a marriage of convenience, and definitely no messy feelings, unrequited or otherwise. A look at Arthur and Merlin's relationship through the eyes and ears of six people close to them.
or
Five times Arthur and Merlin's friends and family despair of them ever getting their shit together, and one time they finally get it right
Fic: A Trick of the Mind for CheesyBug6
(Gen – Gen – 2741w)
Summary: After a stressful week at court, arguing legal loopholes, Merlin takes a week off to visit his mother. His magic, on the other hand, is a little more petty.
Fic: Silk (The Black Satin Remix) for BeBraveDearHeart
(Arthur/Lancelot – Explicit – 1100w)
Summary: “I found something,” Lancelot said, a smile on his lips, and slid a hand into a pocket of his trousers. He pulled out a piece of black fabric.
A long, black piece of silk. Arthur swallowed as recognition dawned.
Creator: ???
Work Type: Fic
Work URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85774341
Remixee Name: BeBraveDearHeart
Link to Work Remixed: https://archiveofourown.org/works/58351987
Pairings: Arthur/Lancelot
Length: 1,100 words
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Warnings Apply
Notes: Hope you enjoy!
Summary: “I found something,” Lancelot said, a smile on his lips, and slid a hand into a pocket of his trousers. He pulled out a piece of black fabric.
A long, black piece of silk. Arthur swallowed as recognition dawned.
Creator: ???
Work Type: fic
Work URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85715011
Remixee Name: CheesyBug6
Link to Work Remixed: https://archiveofourown.org/works/75982051
Pairings: Gen
Length: 2,741 words
Rating: General
Warnings: No Archive warnings apply
Notes: I can’t resist shapeshifting shenanigans and magic having a mind of its own. Please enjoy reading this story in concert with the original.
Summary: After a stressful week at court, arguing legal loopholes, Merlin takes a week off to visit his mother. His magic, on the other hand, is a little more petty.
Creator: ???
Work Type: fic
Work URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85460021
Remixee Name: aeternanyx
Link to Work Remixed: https://archiveofourown.org/works/63507601
Pairings: Arthur/Merlin
Length: 6,243 words
Rating: Teen and Up
Warnings: no warnings apply
Notes: Dear Fyre, I really enjoyed putting my own spin on your wonderful story. There's really not many tropes I love more than "the love is requited they're just idiots", so this was a delight to work on 😊 I hope you like what I came up with!
Summary: It's a tale as old as time: two childhood friends, a marriage of convenience, and definitely no messy feelings, unrequited or otherwise. A look at Arthur and Merlin's relationship through the eyes and ears of six people close to them.
or
Five times Arthur and Merlin's friends and family despair of them ever getting their shit together, and one time they finally get it right
Creator: ???
Work Type: Fic
Work URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/85371091
Remixee Name:
linorienLink to Work Remixed: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29114049
Pairings: None
Length: 3,785 words
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Notes: None
Summary: After Morgana is dead and magic is legal, one would think Emrys' dumb disguises would not be needed.
One—Mordred—would be wrong.
Creator: ???
Work Type: Fic
Work URL: https://archiveofourown.org/works/81270571
Remixee Name:
little_dhampirLink to Work Remixed: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49717198
Pairings: Gwaine/Percival
Length: 2,445 words
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Notes: Thank you to little_dhampir for the inspiration <3 and to the Remix mods :)
Summary: It's the morning after Percy went home with Gwaine, and Percy is struggling with Gwaine's fancy coffee machine
If you are posting your Remix to the Archive of Our Own:
1. Go to the Camelot Remix 2026 collection and click on the Post to Collection button.
2. Fill out all the relevant fields on the form, including checking the remix box, and filling in your remixee’s name as a recipient. Copy and paste the text of your work into the Work Text box.
3. Click on Preview (bottom right, below the text box for the story) and make sure everything displays the way you want it. If you need to change something, click on Edit. Edit, Preview, and repeat.
4. Click on Post (bottom right) when you’re ready to post!
You’ll be able to see your own story and you can make changes any time, but the stories won’t go public until the mods flip the switch. (When we have a remix for everybody.)
It is important to note that you need to fill out the following information:
Work Title: We strongly encourage funky remix subtitles! (Though please note that they are not required).
Traditionally remix titles tend to go like this: “Title (The Funky Subtitle Remix)”. You can use the original story’s title for your main title or the funky remix subtitle, or use two new titles.
Besides being fun (and we say this as people who usually hate coming up with fic titles), funky remix titles are useful in that they make it obvious to anyone glancing at a list of your fics that this one is a remix.
Here’s a link to a meta post and discussion about funky remix subtitles, in case this paragraph wasn’t enough for you.
Add co-authors?: Don’t check this. There’s a specific space for the remixee’s name later.
Summary: Summaries are really helpful for readers!
Add notes: Author’s notes are optional. Check one of the boxes and a text box will show up. Best to leave out beta thanks and other notes that might give away who you are. Remember, these fics will be anonymous at first, but you can go back and edit any of this later after the reveals.
Challenge-specific parts you need to fill out on your AO3 entry
Fulfill an Assignment/Is this to fulfill a challenge assignment? Skip this part. Since we did signups outside of AO3, so your assignment isn’t in the system.
Post to Collections/Challenges: This field should say CamelotRemix2026. If it doesn’t, type it in. This is very important!
Recipient(s): (if this work is a gift) Although a remix isn’t technically a gift, you should fill in your recipient’s name here so that they’ll get a notification when the fic becomes public. We will post the list of AO3 usernames of remix participants after assignments go out.
This work is a remix, a translation, or was inspired by another work: Check this box! Other boxes will open up for you to paste in the URL of the story you’re remixing. If you link to a story already on AO3, the system will automatically show the author name and title, and readers can get to it in one click. If you link to a story on LJ or another site, you need to fill in the author’s name and title, and readers will get to it in two clicks.
Once your work is posted to AO3, please make sure to send us our header (see details below)
ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST SUBMIT A HEADER.
ALL PARTICIPANTS must email camelotremix@gmail.com with the following header once the work is posted to AO3 or emailed: Please note that under “Work URL” we ONLY want the URL, not a link! If a mod is posting to the community on your behalf, no URL is needed.
Not posting to AO3?
If you do not have an AO3 account and/or have asked that the mods post to the community on your behalf, please email your submission to camelotremix@gmail.com as an attachment to the email in either doc, docx, txt, rtf format, or link to the work on Google Drive. Please include the header mentioned above with your email.
Welcome to Camelot Remix 2026!
Important Dates
Sign-ups start today and run through to the end of Saturday 28 February (in your timezone). Assignments will go out on or before 7 March.
Remixes are due Sunday 31 May.
Requirements:
- Fics must be at least 500 words long.
- No minimum word count for art or podfic.
- Work must be posted to Camelot Remix collection at the AO3 or, in the event a participant would prefer the mods to post to LJ/DW and not post to AO3, sent to camelotremix@gmail.com by the due date, and the mods will make works public as their posting date arises (remember, the good thing about posting to the collection on AO3 is that you can edit your work up until the posting date without anyone seeing any typos first).
Eligibility
To sign up as a regular participant you must have created at least five remixable works.
- Writers need to have written at least five stories of at least 500 words of a Merlin FPW (fictional person work) and/or Merlin RPW (real person work).
- Artists need to have created five FPWs or RPWs that your remixer can choose from.
- Podficcers must have at least five podfics based on their own original works, as collaborations are not eligible for remixing
You can use a combination of these kinds of fanworks towards your five remixable works.
If you have many works that are not eligible, consider tagging the ones that are eligible with “remix eligible” (or something similar) and linking to that particular tag in your sign up.
You can specify one work as a "safe work" that you don't want to have remixed, but this will not count towards your five qualifying stories.
We are also asking you to note your “starred work” which is the work you’d most like to see remixed. Keep in mind that your remixee is not obligated to remix this work.
If you choose to create podfic for this fest, eligibility rules for writers/artists apply.
Pinch hitting
If you don't have the qualifying works you can still sign up as a pinch hitter. If you want to do this, either; reply to this post with "Pinch hitter" in the title of your comment, send us an email at camelotremix@gmail.com, using the title "pinch hitter" in the subject line of your email, or fill out the Google form.
Please ensure that you give us:
- your username
- email address
- preference for RPF or FPF
- what kind of fanwork you will create (art, fic, podfic, etc)
Offering to pinch-hit does not obligate you to create extra works, it just puts you on our list of people to ask if someone drops out. Of course, if you want to sign up to create AND pinch hit (you can indicate that in the form below), we certainly won’t turn you down.
Other stuff
The full rules and more information about remixing can be found at the FAQ and What's a remix? posts. If you have any questions please comment or email the mods at camelotremix@gmail.com.
How do I sign up?
Either:
- copy and paste the following form and then leave a comment on this post with it. When you link to your fic, please use a plain url (example: http://archiveofourown.org/users/winterstorrm/works) rather than a formatted link (bad example: "winterstorrm's fic"); this will make it easier for us to copy and paste the links into the assignment e-mails,
- fill out the Google Form HERE
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