In silence, the first tick of the clock rings out. Dawn rises, but the Hunger Games steadily grind onward. The tributes stand in preparation for the journey ahead, and Seneca Crane stretches out his hand. The gears slip forward and Gadget knows that the first hour is here.

"Nothing around here is quite as it seems. Not sure if anything's real or a dream" (SYOT)

Hunger Games, Canon Divergent. Romance, generally. Incorporates some elements of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in later chapters

No amount of preparing would have been enough for Ari. Faced with the choice to take on the burden of being this years 70th Hunger Games victor or die trying, Ari is determined to make something of herself and save her sister in the process. No matter what has happened in her past, the man with the sea green eyes will not get in her way.

"Perhaps, we are making history...Only time will tell if we were the heroes or villains." In 64 years the familiar can become unrecognizable. Villains rise and fall, tributes become Victors, and the smallest of choices can echo decades later shaping a new future. Connected stories across 64 years of Hunger Games from tributes, Victors, villains, heroes, & long forgotten voices.

"The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago...had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands." Partial SYOT closed.

It is a simple thing for a man to keep his memories and regret unspoken and chained within his depths. Until one link breaks, and what resurfaces reveals the remnants of him once thought lost and beyond reach. How will the chains reform and reconnect the pieces? Will they liberate him, or will they only become his anchor, pulling him back under to drown within those depths?

Dear Royal Road, the Bard the BattleMage are the original authors of this story. We intend to post it on multiple platforms. To anyone reading, we're on a brief hiatus. If SYOT fics are your thing, we'll be updating soon with a character submission form

A new law is in place allowing for Victors to travel freely between the Capitol and their home Districts. For five Games Victors, this announcement means that they have an opportunity to bond over their shared love of books and poetry. But things take a dark turn when, a month before the 44th Games, one of the members of the Literature Club is found dead… SYOT closed, rewrite.

"For when youth passes with its giddy train, troubles on troubles follow, toils on toils, pain, pain, forever pain; and none escapes life's coils. Envy, sedition, strife, carnage and war, make up the tale of life." Welcome to the 68th Hunger Games. SYOT OPEN [8/24].

When the nightmare is over and one has triumphed, will you lay me to rest? (SYOT Closed)

I wrote a fic about the 23rd Games, and that spiraled into a little universe with 22 Victors I had to make up. This will give them backstories I can draw on for future appearances. I'll be adding more Victors as more come from my SYOTs. Canon Victors will get a little something, but I don't want to mess with them, since neither I nor my readers made them up, so they'll be shorter.

To die is a privilege—the largest suffering in this world is living. Welcome to the 100th Hunger Games. SYOT.

It's a game. It's fun, it's safe. But uh oh! They better watch out. It looks like there's a glitch in the system.

Inspired by Tales of the Jedi, these stories explore many figures throughout the history of Panem, from the Dark Days, the reign of Snow, the Hunger Games themselves, and to those that the Games affect. The following is intended for mature audiences only. It contains graphic violence, strong language, depictions of self-harm, and sexual content. Reader's discretion is advised.

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

In which Katniss misses her shot on Cato and has to climb down from the cornucopia to retrieve the arrow; and confront her former enemy. Extended ending to the first book, canon compliant.

Dakota Grangerford is just a disabled, abandoned child. And that's all she ever would be, until she was reaped for the 54th Hunger Games. All Dakota expects is death. But even in the arena, kindness and goodness can conquer anything. Victor Exchange with AmericanPi

"To show that even if your parent or family relative won the Hunger Games, if doesn't always means youre truly safe from getting reaped as well. This year, for the One Hundred and Twenty Fifth Quarter Quell, the tributes that shall be reaped will be a relative of a past victor." / in which the tributes reaped are related to past victors. [SYOT OPEN 0/24]

The unexpected resource — the wildcard — is Nikola Kaplan. Native to Three, he's an intelligent medic, deft-fingered, the smiling type — and Gloss Rosewood invites him into the Career alliance against the wishes of everyone else.

the chosen; they are the 24 hand picked tributes for the 4th quarter quell. they are the strong, the brave, the fearless and everyone in between. [24/24] [SYOT closed]

Modern AU: It's been six years since Katniss Everdeen fled Panem Island after the brutal murder of her mother. The wedding of her best friend, Gale Hawthorne, forces her back home to face the past, including the man she left behind. But when the guests start dying one by one, she realizes the killer has also returned to finish what he/she started. Everlark. Cover by the amazing Ro.

"Successes only last until someone screws them up. Failures are forever."

Finnick Odair has made a big mistake. The kind that lands sixteen-year-old Wren Medler in the seventy-third annual Hunger Games. With no training, a fierce pack of competitors and a hastily made deal, Wren's fate looks sealed. But Finnick can't add another dead kid to his list and if growing up in a community home has taught Wren anything, it's how to beat the odds.

Katniss and Peeta's daughter is 12. The same age that children started getting reaped at. Same age Prim was when she was reaped. Now she is in school learning about the huger games. How will Willow react when she finds out her parents were involved. How will Peeta and Katniss react when they find out their daughter will watch their games?