Current icon challenges on LJ

[seraphina_snape]

nextpicture - pass-it-on icon challenge
itsabattlefield - make icons for quick (1), small (5), and big battles (20) [open battles]

LIMS: Last Icon Maker Standing
movieslims - 1 icon per week, movies, provided caps [Round 29 (finale voting)]

Monthly: 20 icons in 20 days:
themeofthemonth - not a 20in20, but a monthly challenge of 10-15 icons [Round 5: colors, deadline: Feb 29]
makiiing10in30 enter up to 10 icons [Round 9 sign-ups, deadline Feb 29]
monthlyinspo enter 10 icons for a monthly prompt [Round 31: box of chocolates, deadline Mar 1]
narnia20in20 Round 18, deadline Mar 13
disney_20in20 irregular - challenges based around Disney movies and shows [closed as of Feb 2020]

Misc Icontests, ordered by challenge length:

Weekly:
color_inspired up to 5 icons - Color themes [challenge 182, deadline Feb 23]
h50icontest up to 7 icons - anonymous - from 20 provided Hawaii 5-0 caps [challenge 257, deadline Mar 2]
icon_games - Challenge 01, Round 02: Lothlorien, deadline until there are enough entries [has not been updated in a while]
mcshep_icontest up to 6 icons - screencaps provided [challenge 636, deadline Feb 24]
merlinstills up to 5 icons - Themes [on hiatus]
sga_icontest up to 6 icons - given screencaps [challenge 636, deadline Feb 24]
tv_movie_icons up to 3 icons - 9 given screencaps from 3 movies/shows [has not updated since October]

Bi-weekly:
actress_ic up to 4 icons - Actresses + given theme [challenge 210, deadline Feb 24]
basic_icontest up to 4 icons - Stock icons from provided bases [challenge 328, deadline Feb 24]
birthday_celebs current challenge 3 weeks long! - up to 3 icons - Celebrities by birthday [current challenges | on hiatus]
capicontest up to 6 icons - Choose from 20 given caps from capspiration [challenge 94, deadline Feb 23]
celeb_it up to 5 icons - Celebrities not in character + given theme [challenge 76, deadline Feb 28]
comeholdmyheart a jane austen and elizabeth gaskell icontest community [challenge 42, deadline Feb 14]
dwstills Doctor Who icon challenge (requirements vary) [challenge 88 RESULTS]
elitesimplicity up to 3 icons - Themes - Simple icons [challenge 261, Feb 23]
food_stillness 4 OR 8 icons - anonymous - Foody themes [challenge 366, deadline Mar 6]
ic_animated up to 5 icons - Themes [round 21, deadline Feb 21]
perioddrama_ic up to 5 icons - Themes [challenge 26 VOTING, deadline Feb 23]
total_icontest up to 5 icons - anonymous - Word prompts [challenge 403, deadline Feb 28]
tvshowsic up to 4 icons - anonymous - Themes determined by polls (tv shows) [challenge 249, deadline Mar 1]
twilight_con up to 5 icons - anonymous - provided Twilight caps (but own caps are allowed) [challenge 436, deadline Feb 29 + challenge 437, deadline Mar 7]
whitecollaric up to 5 icons - special category voting [challenge 161 tie breaker voting]
your_favourites up to 4 icons - Themes, Icon your favorites [challenge 90, deadline Mar 8]

Landcomms

gameofcards a multi-fandom, anything goes kinda landcomm - started a new round Feb 2019
landofart a team community specifically focused on graphics only
superhero_land everything around Superheroes (movies, tv shows etc.)
lighthouse_the new (July 2019) multi-fandom land comm with a slightly different approach

Lately gone inactive:

10in30 10 icons in 30 days - different themes, claim a fandom [community closed]
20muses 1st to 30th - whatever you want: a tv show, a movie, a character, a single episode, an actor, a musician, a stock [has not been updated recently]
comics_ic up to 4 icons - Themes - Comic adaptations/fandoms [has closed]
foodie_itest sets of 4 icons - anonymous - Foody themes [has not been updated recently]
itssocriminal enter up to 4 icons - Themes [has not been updated recently]
moviefilmstills up to 5 icons - Themes [has not been updated recently]
musicians20in20 roughly 1st to 20th - 10 themes + set + 5 artists choice, claim a musician [community hiatus since May 2018]
narniaseven different challenge types about every two weeks - Narnia icons [has not been updated since July 2018]
oddlyspecificon unlimited # of icons - themes, no voting - Submit icons anonymously and guess the makers [on hiatus]
outlanderstills up to 5 icons - Themes
pevensiefour like narniaseven: different types of challenges - icon only the four Narnia main characters and their actors [has not been updated since July 2018]
redheads20in20 irregular dates - 10 themes + set + 5 artists choice, claim a redhead [has been inactive since May 2018]
riverdalestills up to 5 icons - Themes
the7days 7 icons - themes [on hiatus]
theseasonwheel Summer solstice until July31 - 20 icons in ~1 month - season-themed challenges, 3 difficulty modes [has not been updated recently]
tv_universe everything that is/was ever on TV [has not been updated since July 2018]


Last edited: February 23, 2020

Comments

[alwaysbeenasmiler]

Wow this is super effective! Thank you for posting this!

[seraphina_snape]

You're welcome!

I plan on updating this post every weekend, so remember to check it every once in a while to see what's new. *g*

[sandy79]

got some more for you:

https://dudes-ic.livejournal.com/ current challenge is up and running until Feb 22

https://itssocriminal.livejournal.com/ comm has just started, will probably post first challenge in the near future

https://makiiing10in30.livejournal.com/


And three updates:

"monthlyinspo" will go on infinite hiatus once the last round is closed (though I hope that exactly that round might turn that around - we had quite a participation this time!)

"calendarsquares" is pretty much the same (though still open, and I think she hasn't posted the results for the last part of the finale rumble yet)

"10in30" (https://10in30.livejournal.com/) is already closed

[seraphina_snape]

Thank you! I've added the three active ones to the list and added notes to the other three reflecting your info.

[sandy79]

sweetie, dudes & itssocriminal are bi-weekly contests ;)

and I got one more XD

https://fusion-contest.livejournal.com/

bi-weekly, current challenge open until 22nd

[seraphina_snape]

Oops, I didn't see that. Well, no, I did see it, but then wildly misunderstood how these things work? But thanks for the correction - and the other comm.

[luminousdaze]

Hi, I'm the mod of LJ's nexticon & I put it on hiatus in 2017. But, nextpicture is still ongoing whenever people enter. Also, the rules vary at dwstills when it comes to animated icons & number of icons and the time periods, too. It's pretty random. Basically, it's just a Doctor Who icontest.
Thank you!

[seraphina_snape]

Ah, thank you! I've updated the post with your info. *g*

[luminousdaze]

Thank you!

[aurora_amethyst]

Thanks for this! I recently returned to LJ and just joined DW, so I'm still feeling my way around.

Some updates from me, if you don't mind. :)

Two of comms I mod recently came back from hiatus:

narnia20in20 just started back up. Signups are open the whole round, and the themes have just been posted.

Also, comeholdmyheart has also recently come back from hiatus. Currently, the challenges are bi-weekly.

[seraphina_snape]

*g* I never mind when people update me on new or returning communities! I'll add them to the post!

[aurora_amethyst]

Thank you so much! ^^

[tinny]

lookie, I found a new lj comm: themeofthemonth - seems to be monthly set of 10-15 icons.

[seraphina_snape]

Oh, cool! I'll add it to the list.

[goonies]

Thank you for adding my community disney_20in20.