The caged bird doesn't sing: it weeps. For a gilded cage is still a cage, no matter how beautiful it is. Welcome to the 88th Hunger Games. SYOT closed, readers always welcome :)

Ever since Hannah was born, Haymitch has prepared his daughter for Euphemia Coin, who despite all precautions, is sure to escort his daughter to her death and the Games. However, when her name has finally been called, has his training been enough... Star-crossed lovers Mama Effie and Papa Haymitch. Also [Katniss and Peeta]. Complete.

I'm doing my first SYOT! I'll do my best please don't be too harsh

In the wake of the Capitol's smashing centennial, the daunting task of the follow-up falls to the Gamemakers, who must capture the attention of their flighty audience while maintaining quarantine against the Districts. Oh, and 23 children lose their lives and human dignity. SYOT OPEN (See bio and author's notes for details).

Captured by the Capitol after the 75th Hunger Games, Katniss wishes more than anything to be dead. She must choose between being the Capitol's Mockingjay or the rebels. Overcome by President Snow's threats and an inevitable war, there is nothing but her will to save the only thing she has left: hers and Peeta's unborn child. *Sequel to Catching Fire and Burning Down*

'Flower of Panem' or 'The Angel of Mercy', a jewel & pride of Panem. One of their most treasured victors in the history of the Hunger Games & a favorite of President Snow. While she smiles, comforts & plays her part every time the games start again, in her mind, her own game never ended. She keeps her enemies close & plays the part of the perfect victor while waiting for her time.

From age 11, Katniss has had to endure poverty and abuse due to her stepfather, Snow. She doesn't know much about hope, love, or trust. However, when she accepts a job offer at a local bakery, she quickly befriends and starts to fall for sweet and gentle Peeta Mellark. Everything begins to change as he opens her eyes and heart to a whole new world of feelings and experiences.

Valentine's Day is around the corner and no one hates it more than Katniss Everdeen. She keeps receiving messages from a supposed secret admirer, who she's positive is a nonexistent, horrible practical joke. Worse yet, she finds herself falling for her archery student and fellow classmate, Peeta Mellark, who is shy, sweet, sensitive, sexy... and assumably gay. *reposted*

We might call ourselves civilized, but deep inside, we're nothing more than beasts. Anyone who enters will have to make the choice between leaving with their life or their humanity. Let the 95th Annual Hunger Games begin. Rated T because it's the Hunger Games. (SYOT closed. Thanks to everyone who submitted a tribute!) (BLOODBATH OUT!)

With Panem building itself back up from the ashes of a burning district, this is the first year in a decade all 12 districts will participate again. But at what cost? Unknown twists and turns unravel themselves in midair, creating a year of Hunger Games no one will ever forget. The ultimate prophecy is shown: Two lives chained together, yet only one soul can survive.

Sequel to the story 'Finding comfort in the baker's son'. Rye and Prim watch the end of the 75th Hunger Games, and events unfold in a way which is quite unexpected, not exactly like the books tell. Their love grows, and they have interesting options to plan for the future together, for themselves and those around them.

Caspian Ashwood has never been one to think small. He's spent his entire life thinking bigger and bolder than everyone around him, and he's positive that's what propelled him to the very pinnacle of power in Panem. And now that he's there, he intends to reshape both the nation and the Hunger Games in his chosen image. Starting with the Fourth Quarter Quell! SYOT CLOSED!

The Capitol has fallen and President Coin is dead. Now is the time for Panem to decide what it wants to become.

Six months after the main hunger games takes place, a game with half the tributes will begin.

The woman was born in a world of velvety white. Her world was a finite thing. Four walls of padded fabric that was oh so soft under her fingertips, a cold hard floor and a ceiling too high to touch. It was silent in her world. (hayffie, effie centric, canon divergence)

Katniss Everdeen was never born. The games continued and claimed more and more of panems children. For the 5th quarter quell the twist is that only one tribute would be reaped. Every child aged 12-18 who shares a birthday with this tribute is eligible for the tribute to pick to go into the arena with them. 23 more lives will be claimed this year. (PARTIAL SYOT OPEN)

When his middle brother is Reaped along with the love of his life in the 74th annual Hunger Games, Peeta Mellark makes a promise. One year later he is still struggling to fulfill the last request his brother made before he was killed. It's simple really, all Peeta has to do is talk to a girl. The only problem is that girl is Katniss Everdeen, victor and cold blooded murderer.

"In the arena there are snakes and there are rats, sweetheart. Sadly, you are a rat."

Not everyone knows how dangerous imagination can be. Other worlds can become true and they are very deadly. (Open SYOT)

The shadow of a faded star gets trampled on by a man in black. He sends screams through the night but they're silenced by the lost. Hell's finally frozen over and Coriolanus Snow steps out of the dust with vengeance. The 52nd Games are hardly his priority, but perhaps they'll distract Panem from his approaching storms. It's about time the Districts served their penance...

Family, friendship, and fights to the death. The Second Quarter Quell is the most brutal Games yet. Follow Haymitch's journey for survival. But the Games don't end when you get back home. You always have to fight to stay alive. This is the story of the 50th Hunger Games and all that happens after. Told mostly from the POVs of Haymitch and Maysilee, although others' appear as well.

Stop there and let me correct it, I wanna live life from a new perspective... When a virus breaks out, bringing District 2 to its knees, Panem enters an unprecedented era. District 2 hasn't managed to produce a volunteer for three years, crumbling beneath the weight of the Golden Flames. Will the titan District manage to regain their rightful throne? Or will despair prevail?

As the Capitol watches hungrily, twenty-three lives will burn out, buried forever in the ashes. But one… one will rise up. One will emerge with fiery phoenix wings. From the 52nd Hunger Games, a victor will be born. (Partial SYOT - CLOSED)

Catching Fire: Pregnant Katniss Everdeen. New CF Arena. Slow Burn. Romance. "Do you miss it?" I ask. I thought of the lingering touches, the meaningless kisses, the arena. Part of me is consumed with guilt and another, much smaller part, is reminiscent. "I cannot say I miss the lies," Peeta whispers. He does not miss the fighting, the death, or my kisses.

Some people say that when a person dies, their soul floats up to Heaven and becomes a star, shining bright in the darkness, so that they never truly leave. But every night bleeds into morning, and every star fades away. Whether every star is a soul, or those souls are buried so far under they will never see the sky again, one thing is certain. They are never coming back.