six degrees of Canada Valentine's Day cardathon 2012
Announcing - or really, pre-announcing - the fourth annual C6DVD cardathon! This is my first time running this event (SO MUCH LOVE to isiscolo for running the previous cardathons so beautifully), and I am very excited about it!!! I’m also so very new at this kind of thing, so bear with me :)
This event is a special kind of ficathon where participants send each other in-character Valentine's Day cards. In other words, instead of sending a third-person story about a character, you're actually sending a card from one character to another. Valentine's Day is for lovers, so requests can be either het-oriented or slash-oriented, but not gen.
All fandoms that fall under the Canadian Six Degrees umbrella are eligible. These include any fandom which has a tag on the c6d_universe sidebar or which appears in this list. You may request any character in these shows. RPF is allowed. Crossovers are allowed, but at least one of your requests must not be a crossover.
You can request from one up to four pairings/threesomes. They can be all from one fandom, or from four different fandoms, and at least one must not be a crossover. Your assigned card-sender is only required to send one card. You must offer to write at least one set of characters in one fandom, but the more you offer, the easier it will be to match you.
You can either use a commercial Valentine's Day card, or make your own. If you make your own card, there is no wordcount requirement. If you use a commercial card, you must write (or rather, the character must write!) a message of at least 100 words in your card. Yes, this involves giving out your mailing address (and possibly your name, if you need that to be on your mail to receive it). Nobody will see it except for me, and the person who is assigned to write your card. If you have issues with this, contact me; we have a number of possible options. At the end of the fest, you will have the option to reveal yourself, but you may remain anonymous if you prefer.
Signups will be announced on ds_noticeboard. and c6d_universe. If you are afraid of missing the announcement, you can subscribe to the 'challenge: c6dvd' tag in c6d_universe.
Tentative schedule is:
Signups: Thursday, Dec 29 - Tuesday, Jan 3
Assignments sent: Friday, Jan 6
Cards must be sent by: Tuesday, Feb 1
Master list and optional reveal will be posted: Tuesday, February 14
The sign-up post will contain detailed rules and information. You can see last year’s sign-up post here, and last year’s master list here.
If you will not have internet access during the sign-up period, but are confident that you will be able to meet the deadline, you may sign up early. Send me email, mizface@comcast.net, with the dates you will be unavailable, and we will make arrangements.
This is going to be So. Much. FUUUUNNNNN!!!!
This event is a special kind of ficathon where participants send each other in-character Valentine's Day cards. In other words, instead of sending a third-person story about a character, you're actually sending a card from one character to another. Valentine's Day is for lovers, so requests can be either het-oriented or slash-oriented, but not gen.
All fandoms that fall under the Canadian Six Degrees umbrella are eligible. These include any fandom which has a tag on the c6d_universe sidebar or which appears in this list. You may request any character in these shows. RPF is allowed. Crossovers are allowed, but at least one of your requests must not be a crossover.
You can request from one up to four pairings/threesomes. They can be all from one fandom, or from four different fandoms, and at least one must not be a crossover. Your assigned card-sender is only required to send one card. You must offer to write at least one set of characters in one fandom, but the more you offer, the easier it will be to match you.
You can either use a commercial Valentine's Day card, or make your own. If you make your own card, there is no wordcount requirement. If you use a commercial card, you must write (or rather, the character must write!) a message of at least 100 words in your card. Yes, this involves giving out your mailing address (and possibly your name, if you need that to be on your mail to receive it). Nobody will see it except for me, and the person who is assigned to write your card. If you have issues with this, contact me; we have a number of possible options. At the end of the fest, you will have the option to reveal yourself, but you may remain anonymous if you prefer.
Signups will be announced on ds_noticeboard. and c6d_universe. If you are afraid of missing the announcement, you can subscribe to the 'challenge: c6dvd' tag in c6d_universe.
Tentative schedule is:
Signups: Thursday, Dec 29 - Tuesday, Jan 3
Assignments sent: Friday, Jan 6
Cards must be sent by: Tuesday, Feb 1
Master list and optional reveal will be posted: Tuesday, February 14
The sign-up post will contain detailed rules and information. You can see last year’s sign-up post here, and last year’s master list here.
If you will not have internet access during the sign-up period, but are confident that you will be able to meet the deadline, you may sign up early. Send me email, mizface@comcast.net, with the dates you will be unavailable, and we will make arrangements.
This is going to be So. Much. FUUUUNNNNN!!!!