A Carnival of Aces: Masterpost

A blogging carnival is an event in which various people blog around a single topic.  At the end of the carnival, a host blog collects all the links.  It’s a way of encouraging a variety of different voices, and a way to bring attention to blogs that would otherwise go under the radar.

A Carnival of Aces is a monthly blogging carnival centered on the asexual spectrum (asexuals, gray-As, demisexuals, etc.).  Anyone can participate, but responses should deal with asexuality or the asexual spectrum, and they should relate to the month’s theme (which is announced each month by the host).  Responses should postdate the call for submissions.  Alternate forms of media besides blogs are also welcome as long as they deal with the prompt.  If you’re not sure whether your piece is okay, submit it anyway and we’ll figure it out.

We also have a sister carnival, Carnival of Aros.  Aromantic and aromantic spectrum perspectives are definitely allowed and encouraged in the Carnival of Aces, but the Carnival of Aros provides additional space for people who want more of a focus on aromanticism and the aromantic spectrum.

How do I submit a piece for the carnival?  Where is the current carnival? 

At the beginning of each month, the host will post a call for submissions, and announce the theme.  All you need to do is find the call for submissions and follow their instructions.

To find the call for submissions, please refer to the Carnival of Aces category, where we post links each month.

Why should I volunteer to be a host?

Hosting the carnival is an act of good will, but can also benefit you.  If you have a blog (and you must have a blog to volunteer), then hosting a carnival will bring attention to your blog.  You also get to choose the theme (though you do not have to choose a theme until you post the call for submissions).

How do I volunteer to be a host?

Comment on this masterpost, with the month you’d like to host.  Alternatively, you may e-mail us at asexualagenda@gmail.com.  Let me know your blog url and your e-mail address. (If you leave a comment, I will assume your e-mail is the one you use for commenting.)

The instructions to hosting are simple.  At the beginning of your assigned month, you post a call for submissions (here is an example), which should include your chosen theme and some way to contact you.  Make sure people can contact you even if they don’t have an account on your platform! Shortly after the end of the month, you put up a summary post linking to the submissions (see archives for examples).  Sara has also offered some advice here, if you need it.

Scheduled future hosts

Future spots are open.  Please volunteer!

Carnival Archive

Broken links have been crossed out.

May 2011 – Writing From Factor X – “Coming Out”
June 2011 – Asexy Beast – “Intersections Between Race/Ethnicity/Culture/Nationality and Asexual Identities”
July 2011 – Skeptic’s Play – “Community”
August 2011 – Neutrois Nonsense – “Relationships”
September 2011 – An Asexual Space – “Media”
October 2011 – Blog the Second – “Family”
November 2011 – Kaz’ Scribblings – “Gender”
December 2011 – Really Ideally Emily – “Attraction”
January 2012 – Confessions of an Ist – “Unfulfilled Desires”
February 2012 – quod inane vocamus -“Re/presentation”
March 2012 – Shades of Gray – “Sexual Exploration”
July 2012 – A Life Unexamined –  “Compulsory Sexuality”
August 2012 – The Asexual Agenda – “Age/ageism”
September 2012 – Confessions of an Ist – “Unity and Diversity in the Asexual Community”
October 2012 – Concept Awesome – “Sexual education”
November 2012 – Lunas Specto – “Fiction”
December 2012 – Becky’s Musings – “Dating and Significant Others”
January 2013 – Critique of Popular Reason – “Non-traditional relationship styles and polyamory”
February 2013 – WTF Dynamics – “Language and Communication”
March 2013 – A Heart Full of Love – “Asexuality and kink”
April 2013 – The notes which do not fit – “The Next Generation”
May 2013 – Asexuality, Unabashed – “Appearances”
June 2013 – Demi Gray – “Sex Positivity”
July 2013 – A Fine Line – “Doubt”
August 2013 – Teenage Ace – “Teenagers”
September 2013 – Demi Graydient – “Fluidity“
October 2013 – Yes, That Too – “Disability and Asexuality”
November 2013 – River Song is Not My Role Model – “Fictional media with potentially asexual and/or aromantic themes”
December 2013 – A Life Unexamined – “Change”
January 2014 – A Glittering Gold Maybe – “Overemphasis on romantic/sexual relationships”
February 2014 – Madwatch-Madwatch – “Valentine’s Day”
March 2014 – Reflective Ace – “Interacting with Others”
April 2014 – From Fandom to Family: Sharing My Many Thoughts – “Analogies to an Asexual Experience”
May 2014 – LGBTeen – “Obstacles”
June 2014 – The Pleasure’s All Mine – “Pleasure”
July 2014 – From Fandom to Family: Sharing My Many Thoughts – “Sex-Aversion and Sex-Repulsion”
August 2014 – Concept Awesome – “The Unassailable Asexual”
September 2014 – Grace of Diamonds – “Asexuals, Allies, and Advocacy”
October 2014 – Something Queer to Read – “Religion (or atheism) and Asexuality”
November 2014 – Beyond the Rainbow – “Expectations in friendships/relationships”
December 2014 – The Notes Which Do Not Fit – “Touch, sensuality, and nonsexual intimacy”
January 2015 – Robin Enby – “Nonbinary people and asexuality”
February 2015 – Demi Gray Speaks – “Cross-community connections”
March 2015 – Cinderace blogs – “Writing About Asexuality”
April 2015 – Asexuals involved in BDSM – “An Asexual Culture?”
May 2015 – Becoming a Person – “Identities, Labels, and Models”
June 2015 – Prismatic Entanglements – “Mental Health”
July 2015 – Next Step: Cake – “Asexual History”
August 2015 – Writing Ace – “Ideals”
September 2015 – A Life Unexamined – “Living Asexuality”
October 2015 – From Fandom to Family: Sharing My Many Thoughts – “Aromanticsm and the Aromantic Spectrum”
November 2015 – (A)Sex and the City – “Reasons I Should Have Known I Was Asexual”
December 2015 – The Asexuality Blog – “Staying in the Closet”
January 2016 – Myscape – “Relationship Stages”
February 2016 – It’s An Ace Thing – “Platonic Attraction”
March 2016 – Valprehension – “Gender norms and asexuality”
April 2016 – A³ – “Be yourself (but stretch)”
May 2016 – halfthoughts – “Questioning Your Faith”
June 2016 – Rock of Aces – “Resiliency”
July 2016 – This Too Shall Eventually Pass – “Make ’em Laugh”
August 2016 – Valprehension – “Naming it”
September 2016 – Robin Enby – “Asperger’s and Asexuality”
October 2016 – Yapbnweca – “Joining the Asexual Community”
November 2016 – It’s An Ace Thing – “Relationship Anarchy”
December 2016 – A³ – “Asexuality and Privacy”
January 2017 – Ace Advice – “Many Ways to be Ace”
February 2017 – The Asexual Agenda – “Resistance, Activism, and Self-care”
March 2017 – (Purr)ple (L)ace – “Ace Pride”
April 2017 – Abnormaldiversity – “Aromanticism, Asexuality and Parenthood”
May 2017 – From Fandom to Family: Sharing my many thoughts – “Kissing, Hand Holding, Bed Sharing, etc!”
June 2017 – Writing Ace – “Asexual Education”
July 2017 – Asexuality Archive – “Acing It Up Offline”
August 2017 – Asexual Research – “Asexuality and Academia”
September 2017 – Valprehension – “Message to Ace Exclusionists”
October 2017 – Chrysocolla Town – “Asexuality in Fandom”
November 2017 – WUT – “Questioning, Exploration, and Mislabeling”
December 2017 – nerdingoverstuff – “Alienation and Belonging”
January 2018 – Ace Film Reviews – “Identity”
February 2018 – Hurricane Sophia – “Mental Health”
March 2018 – From Fandom to Family: Sharing my many thoughts – “Physical Health and/or Our Bodies”
April 2018 – Demisexual and Proud – “All the birds but us…”
May 2018 – Prismatic Entanglements – “Nuance & Complexity”
June 2018 – Dating While Ace – “Demisexuals/greysexuals”
July 2018 – WUT – “Then and Now”
August 2018 – Demisexual and Proud – “Stages of Coming Out”
September 2018 – Ace Film Reviews – “Asexuality Before AVEN”
October 2018 – Sketches – “Asexuality and Poetry”
November 2018 – The Notes Which Do Not Fit – “The Carnival of Aces”
December 2018 – Next Step: Cake – “Burnout”
January 2019 – Demi and Proud – “Asexuality as a blessing”
February 2019 – The Ace and Aro Advocacy Project – “The Relationship Between the Aro and Ace Communities”
March 2019 – Controlled Abandon – “Symbols of Identity”
April 2019 – From Fandom to Family: Sharing my many thoughts – “The Five Love Languages”
May 2019 – Demisexual and Proud – “Asexuality and Gender at Play”
June 2019 – A³ – “Then, Now, and Tomorrow”
July 2019 – The Ace Theist – “Home”
August 2019 – The Demi Deviant – “Deviant Identities”
September 2019 – Asexuality Archive – “Telling Our Stories”
October 2019 – Ace Week Tumblr – “Reaching Out, Reaching In”
December 2019 – Aria’s Hollow – “Literature, Academia, and Storytelling”
January 2020 – Ace and Aro Acts – “Conscious and Unconscious Difference”
February 2020 – Live to Learn – “Identity“
March 2020 – Ace Theist – “Leaving”
April 2020 – vacanthands – “Names”
May 2020 – The Asexual Agenda – “Quarantine”
June 2020 – Aspec of Stardust – “Pride”
August 2020 – A³ – “What are you Hoping to get out of the Ace Community?”
September 2020 – Constance Bougie – “Manifestos”
October 2020 – Ramblings of a Bastard – “Multitudes”
November 2020 – The Asexual Agenda – “Invisible Activism”
February 2021 – Ace Film Reviews – “Comparing Ace Spaces”
March 2021 – Constance Bougie – “Dreams”
April 2021 – Demisexual and Proud – “Queering, Or Acing, a New Normal”
May 2021 – Bring on the Pigeons – “Words and Conceptualizations”
August 2021 – From Fandom to Family – “Second Chance at Any Past Topic”
September 2021 – Ace Film Reviews – “The ‘We’ of Me”
October 2021 – sildarmillion – “Attraction”
November 2021 – vacanthands – “Inside the Frame, Outside the Frame”
December 2021 – Abnormaldiversity – “Children and Childhood”
January 2022 – Bring on the Pigeons – “Divergence vs Convergence”
February 2022 – sildarmillion – “Beyond Attraction”
March 2022 – Mundo Heterogéneo – “Asexuality and Law”
April 2022 – Constance Bougie – “200 Words”
June 2022 – Aspec of Stardust – “Throwback”
August 2022 – sildarmillion – “Labels and Microlabels”
October 2022 – Tell me why the world is weird – “Tell a Story”
January 2023 – Tell me why the world is weird – “The Advice You Wish You’d Had”
February 2023 – Writing For Life – “Representation in fiction”

About the Carnival

A Carnival of Aces was started by Sciatrix on her blog Writing From Factor X in 2011.  It was inherited by The Asexual Agenda in 2012.  There is a brief history up to 2018 here.  Our sister carnival, Carnival of Aros, launched in 2019.