Official Rules Post
It looks like there's some interest in a new round of apocalypses, so let's give it a try and see what happens. Here's the rules post--which is very similar to last year's stolen-from-surreallis post--and the call for prompts post will be going up shortly. There are a few minor changes, so you may want to skim it.
The Official Rules
The Process:
1. Readers and writers will submit prompts to the prompt post.
2. I will make a grand master list of prompts to make claiming easier.
3. Writers will claim a prompt they wish to write. One writer per prompt.
4. Writers will have a significant amount of time to write their stories.
5. Writers will post their stories during the week that fics are due.
6. ALL SHALL ENJOY!
The Timeline:
July 29 - August 11th: Prompts may be submitted.
August 12th: Prompt claiming begins.
September 30th: Prompt claiming closes.
October 1st - October 15th: Stories should be posted sometime during this time.
The Prompts:
1. Anyone can submit prompts. Even if you’re not a writer and/or don’t plan on writing.
2. Prompts must be more than one word. Traditional apocafic prompts are welcome, as well as those that put a different spin on things. Try and get creative. You can use specific scenarios, a series of words, lyrics (try to keep these down to a few lines), quotes, pictures (no non-work safe pics please!), episodes, etc....
3. You CAN require specific pairings for your prompts. You cannot specify ‘het only’ or ‘slash only’, although you can specify ‘gen’ or ‘team’.
4. You can also submit 'any' prompts that can be written with any pairing or none.
5. Please submit multiple prompts. Please submit both pairing specific prompts and general prompts that can be written by anyone for any or no pairing. That way we’ll have a big variety and, hopefully, everybody will be happy.
6. I reserve the right to throw out prompts that are only one word, that are repeats of another prompt (unless they’re a different pairing) or that are graphic and intense. (You really have to submit something pretty sick to gross me out, so I don’t foresee this as a problem. It’s really more of a ‘don’t post pics of entrails’ type of thing.)
7. NEW RULE! You may, if you wish, submit up to four unclaimed prompts from previous rounds that you'd really like to see written. Please indicate that they're recycled prompts. Follow the prompt tag to find the old prompts.
The Rules:
1. Prompts will be claimed first come/first serve. I realize this gives my half of the world a slight advantage, but I’m hoping there will be plenty of prompts, and people often take a while to decide which prompts they want.
2. You may claim up to two prompts to start.
3. You may claim your own prompts if you wish.
4. If you finish your stories early, you're welcome to come back and claim another prompt.
5. If you find a prompt isn't working for you, you're welcome to return to the claim post and trade it in for a different one at any point.
6. Please try and finish your story. If you can’t do it, just reply to this post and tell me. I’ll be very nice about it and add your prompt back into the pot.
Completing your work:
The good thing about this sort of ficathon is that if people ditch their stories there won’t be anyone waiting for a story to be written for them. The bad thing is that people won’t feel as committed to finishing their stories.
It used to be that adopting a prompt was a soul-binding contract. I'm not quite that demanding. But do try to finish if you can. And I can't do anything for those of you who already surrendered soul-bits to surreallis.
Note: This is not the prompt post. Prompts go over here.
Please reply to this post with questions, comments, snide remarks and early notifications of inability to finish a story so that I can release your prompt back into the wild. COMMENTS ARE SCREENED. Comments and questions will be unscreened; drop-out notifications will remain screened.
Finally, please pimp! There are some banners here. If you want to make your own, please, go ahead.
The Official Rules
The Process:
1. Readers and writers will submit prompts to the prompt post.
2. I will make a grand master list of prompts to make claiming easier.
3. Writers will claim a prompt they wish to write. One writer per prompt.
4. Writers will have a significant amount of time to write their stories.
5. Writers will post their stories during the week that fics are due.
6. ALL SHALL ENJOY!
The Timeline:
July 29 - August 11th: Prompts may be submitted.
August 12th: Prompt claiming begins.
September 30th: Prompt claiming closes.
October 1st - October 15th: Stories should be posted sometime during this time.
The Prompts:
1. Anyone can submit prompts. Even if you’re not a writer and/or don’t plan on writing.
2. Prompts must be more than one word. Traditional apocafic prompts are welcome, as well as those that put a different spin on things. Try and get creative. You can use specific scenarios, a series of words, lyrics (try to keep these down to a few lines), quotes, pictures (no non-work safe pics please!), episodes, etc....
3. You CAN require specific pairings for your prompts. You cannot specify ‘het only’ or ‘slash only’, although you can specify ‘gen’ or ‘team’.
4. You can also submit 'any' prompts that can be written with any pairing or none.
5. Please submit multiple prompts. Please submit both pairing specific prompts and general prompts that can be written by anyone for any or no pairing. That way we’ll have a big variety and, hopefully, everybody will be happy.
6. I reserve the right to throw out prompts that are only one word, that are repeats of another prompt (unless they’re a different pairing) or that are graphic and intense. (You really have to submit something pretty sick to gross me out, so I don’t foresee this as a problem. It’s really more of a ‘don’t post pics of entrails’ type of thing.)
7. NEW RULE! You may, if you wish, submit up to four unclaimed prompts from previous rounds that you'd really like to see written. Please indicate that they're recycled prompts. Follow the prompt tag to find the old prompts.
The Rules:
1. Prompts will be claimed first come/first serve. I realize this gives my half of the world a slight advantage, but I’m hoping there will be plenty of prompts, and people often take a while to decide which prompts they want.
2. You may claim up to two prompts to start.
3. You may claim your own prompts if you wish.
4. If you finish your stories early, you're welcome to come back and claim another prompt.
5. If you find a prompt isn't working for you, you're welcome to return to the claim post and trade it in for a different one at any point.
6. Please try and finish your story. If you can’t do it, just reply to this post and tell me. I’ll be very nice about it and add your prompt back into the pot.
Completing your work:
The good thing about this sort of ficathon is that if people ditch their stories there won’t be anyone waiting for a story to be written for them. The bad thing is that people won’t feel as committed to finishing their stories.
It used to be that adopting a prompt was a soul-binding contract. I'm not quite that demanding. But do try to finish if you can. And I can't do anything for those of you who already surrendered soul-bits to surreallis.
Note: This is not the prompt post. Prompts go over here.
Please reply to this post with questions, comments, snide remarks and early notifications of inability to finish a story so that I can release your prompt back into the wild. COMMENTS ARE SCREENED. Comments and questions will be unscreened; drop-out notifications will remain screened.
Finally, please pimp! There are some banners here. If you want to make your own, please, go ahead.