sungseok café presents
about
What is sungseok café?
sungseok café is serving a double shot of events to celebrate the birthdays of sung hanbin and seok matthew and the unofficial sungseok day on september.
What is sungseok week?
a week-long celebration of hanbin and matthew’s birthdays which will run the week in between their birth dates (from June 2 - 8) with every medium of fan creation — fanfics, fan art, edits, socmed aus, everything! everyone is invited to join and create for the love of hanbin and matthew as a romantic (or platonic) pairing.
rules & guidelines
General Rules & Guidelines☕️ All mediums will be accepted: fanarts, fanfics, thread fics, social media AUs, edits, playlists, etc.☕️ To participate, include the corresponding day and prompts (e.g. Day 1: Physical Touch) and tag your tweets with #sungseokweek so we can find and retweet your content! you can also tag us @sungseokfest!☕️ Anyone who will be found plagiarising or reposting content will be blocked.☕️ Any rating and genre is allowed.
— NSFW works are allowed as long as they are tagged properly.— The creator must be 18+. We will not interact with minors creating adult content.— Please make sure that the ratings, tags, content/trigger warnings are clearly visible when submitting NSFW content.— The use of platforms such as Privatter and Poipiku when uploading NSFW art works are highly encouraged.— Works with dark themes will be prohibited. These include, but are not limited to: gore, incest, non-con/dub-con, lolicon/shotacon, extreme violence, and dead dove. We reserve the right to not promote content that borders on the prohibited themes.— Gen rated content is also allowed. Romantic relationship between Matthew and Hanbin is not a need, as long as the focus is still on them and their relationship, the appreciation of their platonic relationship is highly encouraged.
☕️ If you have any questions, send us a DM or ask through our neospring!
Guidelines for Writers:☕️ Seok Matthew and Sung Hanbin must be featured as the main relationship. Side pairings are allowed as long as the focus is on sungseok's relationship.☕️ We encourage all fanfics on ao3 to be filed under our ao3 collection.☕️ Works must be a minimum of 1000 words.☕️ There is no restriction to the number of fics. It is possible to post as many or as few as you want during the allotted time period of the event.☕️ Any rating and genre is allowed for fics. (Refer to the General Rules and Guidelines for further explanation)☕️ Fics in other languages are welcome! Translations of previous works, as long as they are your own, are also welcome.Guidelines for Artists:☕️ Art pieces should feature Seok Matthew and Sung Hanbin.☕️ Post the artwork with the tag #sungseokweek and/or tag us @sungseokfest.
prompts & timeline
main theme: love languages
TIMELINEtheme reveal: april 1st
prompt reveal: april 2nd - april 9th
sign ups: april 9th - june 2nd
postings: june 2nd - june 8th
Our baristas are brewing something special! follow @sungseokfest on twitter/x for the prompts announcement.
faqs
Q. why a sungseok week?
A: we wanted this event to encourage fan creation to celebrate hanbin and matthew and their relationship without too much pressure!Q. why these specific dates?
A: june 5th marks the middle of matthew and hanbin’s birthdays, aka their mid birthday. sungseok week is built surrounding this mid birthday to celebrate matthew and hanbin as a pair.Q: what can I participate as?
A: writer, artist or editor! any and all content is welcome. you may also participate as a customer – chat about the lovely fan works, or share your headcanons!Q: will I need to sign up to join this event?
A: we encourage you to fill out a short google form to register, however, it is not binding. in the event that you will no longer be able to join after signing up, you may drop out at your convenience and let the mods know via dm!Q: can I still post if I was not able to sign up?
A: yes! signing up is highly encouraged, but if you were not able to, you may still post your work on sungseok week.Q: can I submit more than one fic/art/edit?
A: of course! there is no limit to the amount of works you can submit. the more the merrier!Q: where can I contact the mods?
A: you can find us via twitter or neospring in the links provided!Q: does my work have to be sungseok (top hanbin/bottom matthew) only?
A: no. there are no restrictions in terms of positions for nsfw works – just make sure they are tagged (for fics and aus), or hidden behind a content warning or privatter (or something similar, for art works)Q: will there be a fic fest?
A: our baristas are brewing something up for sungseoktember! stay tuned and follow @sungseokfest for further announcements~