Another year, another Games. Another group of tributes will lose their lives to the Capitol. But one, one will be welcomed back with open arms. [SYOT CLOSED]

Another year and another 24 lives to be bent against their own will, But who will be strong enough to survive the most brutal and vicious games yet? SYOT CLOSED

"Omnis cum in tenebris praesertim vita laboret." / "Life is one long struggle in the dark." (Part I of the Post Tenebras Lux verse). SYOT.

Four years have passed since the end of the war when Effie returns in to Haymitch's life once again. An old friendship is renewed. Will it lead to something more? Meanwhile Panem has entered a new era. The rebellion's over, the borders are open but in the shadows, anger and mistrust are smoldering. Something that will affect Haymitch and Effie's life in a way they never saw coming.

"It is already going to be an unusual day without him at her side…. so she is surprised upon wriggling under the fence to see, in the near distance, someone waiting for her at her and Gale's meeting boulder. Her shock is enough to make Katniss pull up short. From how the figure catches the sunlight, she can tell he is not Gale. This man is of a stockier build..." Everlark Meadow.

A short high school Everlark drabble. Peeta and Katniss are best friends since kindergarten. They are volunteers in an animal shelter. Peeta can't get himself to confess his love, and Katniss is clueless. Fun fluff.

"It feels like insanity. Perhaps, that's exactly what it is." The third installment of The Cut Verse (SYOC).

A talking, happy-go-lucky giraffe swaps places with Effie just before the 74th Hunger Games, Freaky-Friday style. Oblivious to Panem's way of life, she unknowingly interferes with the Games' events, then busts 4 tributes out of the arena. With the authorities looking for them, the giraffe must now get the tributes to safety—but first she'll have to help them trust each other.

There are always those that are burdened with memories. They can never forget those that are gone. But even if they aren't ready, the cycle is about to start all over again. The 124th Hunger Games is just around the corner, and there's no telling what that could mean for Panem.

A satirical comedy told from the perspective of tribute Midnight Abernathy, who has no redeeming qualities but thinks he is a god. Disclaimer: I cannot be held accountable for any of the garbage that Midnight spews. I am fully aware that he is... a unique specimen.

As the 74th Hunger Games approach, the idea of a free Panem is mere wishful thinking, but there are some who wonder how a country can recover from so many years of brutal dictatorship. Sooner than they ever dared to hope, they will turn their plans into reality and put a regime on trial, but the path to getting justice for an entire nation will be long and difficult. IPOAL prequel.

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!)

Twenty-four Games and 552 bodies dead on the ground. The Capitol now expects more than senseless killing, craving a show that ends with a star. Head Gamemaker Coriolanus Snow has kept them entertained thus far, and with a new trick up his sleeve, he'll dazzle them once more. This is the year he establishes himself as king. Welcome to the First Quarter Quell.

A year has passed since the utter failure of the 10th Hunger Games had occurred, and the Capitol is determined to rectify their previous mistakes. Following a complete revamp and a bigger push to make the games a national sensation, Mags Flanagan of District 4 suddenly finds herself thrust into the hellish competition, which she now must find a way to survive - no matter the cost.

What if Katniss was actually pregnant in Catching Fire? Would the Games still happen?

"They won't be broken, even if it feels like they don't have a choice." The second installment of The Cut Verse (SYOC).

Cuando la peor pesadilla de Katniss se cumple, ella no duda en dar la vida por salvar a su hermana. Sin embargo, pronto descubrirá que ganar los Juegos es solo el comienzo y que los amigos se enconden en los lugares más inesperados. (Este fic es un AU en el que Peeta no es elegido. Katniss x Finnick).

District Four loves all their Victors, all of them except Stellar Mere. Outcast from her district and utterly adored by the Capitol, President Snow comes up with a counter plan to Katniss and Peeta: pair her with her former mentor, Finnick Odair. Will Snow's plan help calm the growing anxieties within the Districts by giving them another love story, or has he started another spark

In the winters before their Games, the allies and tributes of the 1st, 36th, and 41st Games all had their own winters, families, and stories. Each had a part to play in their own district. These are their Winter stories, one district at a time.

Hestia Olympia, Victor of the 146th Hunger Games, overhears the Head Gamemaker talking about this year's arena. Now certain that 2 will get its long deserved next Victory, Hestia sits down to strategize. That's when she realizes she has no idea what a Disneyland is. SYOT closed.

The rebellion failed. All the districts were brought back; in addition, District 13 was forced to attend the Games. Now, 24 years later, a new Head Gamemaker, Venus Smith, has been appointed. Her goal? She's going to turn love into the deadliest weapon. Let the 99th annual Hunger Games begin! OPEN SUBMISSIONS for SPONSORS. Readers and reviewers are welcome (16/26 tributes alive)

A lethal arena with even more lethal tributes... Let the 61st Hunger Games begin. (Closed SYOT - 8/24 alive)

"Sugar is the sociopath of foods, it acts sweet, but it's really poison" SYOT 51st. Eng&Spa

"As Gale makes to leave, liquid courage stirs Katniss's blood, and she rather impulsively seizes the scruff of his shirt and yanks him down to her. Pushing her lips against his, she kisses him roughly. They break the kiss just as sharply. …. She likes it, she decides. More or less. Gale seems thrilled. "I love you, Catnip."" Married Kantiss/Gale. Eventual Everlark. Read, review

"She was known as Hazelle Purdy then. The surname is said to have derived from an accented pronunciation of the word "pretty," dating back to the days of the old American South, when the land that is now Panem was a democratic republic. And as far as accounting for his youth is concerned, Haymitch is well aware that, in those days, Hazelle Purdy was anything but "purdy" – or, prett