A fan-created, fan-run, nonprofit, noncommercial archive for transformative fanworks, like fanfiction, fanart, fan videos, and podfic
more than 67,860 fandoms | 7,595,000 users | 13,770,000 works
The Archive of Our Own is a project of the Organization for Transformative Works.
With an AO3 account, you can:
- Share your own fanworks
- Get notified when your favorite works, series, or users update
- Participate in challenges
- Keep track of works you've visited and works you want to check out later
You can join by getting an invitation from our automated invite queue. All fans and fanworks are welcome!
News All News
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From May to September, we had quite the exciting set of releases! Most notably, we made a lot of improvements to the admin area of the Archive, enabled comment moderation on news posts, and added official labels to accounts held by AO3 committees. We also prepared for an upgrade to our search servers, and integrated a new server monitoring system after our old contract ended.
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Are you a writer with an eye for technical details? Do you have graphic design skills and enjoy creating social media content? Do you have strong non-fiction or technical writing skills? Are you a coder/software engineer? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting!
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Accessibility, Design & Technology (AD&T) and Systems investigated issues with users having trouble staying logged in. Unfortunately, what should've been a simple change to the code for handling cookies led to multiple periods of disruption.