Welcome to the last Peliplat Dispatch of 2025!
As the year wraps up, it’s hard not to notice how much Peliplat has grown. Not just in numbers, but in voices, stories, community, and creative energy. What a beautiful thing we have going!
So, before we turn the page to a new year, here’s what stood out lately and what’s coming next
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🎄 And the Best Christmas Movie Is…
16 movies, weeks of debates, defences, and passionate comment sections, we have a winner of Peliplat’s Best Christmas Movie Tournament:
🏆 HOME ALONE 🏆
Thank you for jumping in and making it such a fun way to close out the year.
💫 New Creator Spotlight 💫
New creators who’ve jumped in with strong ideas, clear voices, and that exciting early momentum.
[Jessica Mackie Hunter] — with three impressive articles already under their belt and an Editor’s Pick win for Beyond the Binary, Jessica is a new voice worth following. I recommend starting their winning article “Never enough: non-binary lesbian relationships”
[Keagan] — still early days, but their first article landed with impact, clarity and purpose. “Rage Against The Laughter: What Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite Means to Me” is well worth a read.
[NilkaFilms] — may be new to Peliplat and already impossible to miss. They bring genuine passion and energy to the community. Check out their article "The melody is called The First Time, but it should really be called The Awakening”
⏱️ Writing Challenge Corner ⏱️
We recently wrapped up the Beyond the Binary writing challenge in partnership with the Breakthroughs Film Festival! Here are some standout entries that are important and impactful reads.
Performance of Binary: Queerness, Power and Gender Non-Conformity in Farewell My Concubine by Wynne Kwok
Are You Best Friends? Well, We’re Business Partners by georgia.guthrie
Horror is Queer by Doaalicious
Infinite Versions of Joy(less) by Warmly Tania
🎁 Festive Favourites Flash Challenge 🎁
Festive Favourites is still going strong and runs all the way until Christmas Eve. There’s plenty of time to jump in and get festive with us.
If you haven’t written yet, consider this your sign: the holidays are better with one more great film take.
Check out the Festive Favourites page
with prize details and featured entries!
P.S. There's still lots of time to enter our regular December writing challenges!
The Film That Defined My Year
Original Short Story: Rebirth
📊 Your Peliplat Wrap-Up is Waiting
Yes, we did one too. Look back at your year on the platform with your Peliplat Wrap-Up
Whether you were writing, reading, or quietly judging from the sidelines, there’s something in there for you… and maybe a stat or two worth sharing and bragging about.
Go check yours out! It’s kind of satisfying.
🔮 Coming Soon…
⭐ Top Articles of 2025
At the end of the month, we’ll be sharing a curated post highlighting some of the top articles of 2025 chosen by Peliplaters. Make sure you're following us on Instagram to see if you made the cut!
✏️ January Writing Challenges
New year, new prompts.
The January challenge topics are designed to kickstart your creative momentum and ease you back into writing after the holidays.
Original Sci-Fi/Fantasy Story: Unexpected Destiny
The Best Movie of the 21st Century (So Far)
Start brainstorming now!
🫰 Thank You 🫰
Not to get all sentimental with you, but a year of stories always adds up more than you think. This community doesn’t exist without people actually caring. If you wrote, read, commented, or just lurked this year, thank you. You're awesome.
Roll credits on 2025, enjoy the holidays, and I’ll see you back here for the next one.
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