Week 48 - November 26 to December 3rd

[akamine_chan]

Community News and Announcements

• Announcements
  
  • The editor is terribly sick with a feverish head-cold, so please feel free to point out any errors. I may be hallucinating some things...
    
  • In case you didn't realize, the first Wednesday of each month contains a recap of upcoming conventions, archives, future due dates for ficathons and other long-term items...
    
  • The Organization for Transformative Works has some great news. First, the fan-wiki is open and in beta. Check out Fanlore. Second, the website and blog have been launched. And best of all, the archive is open for visitors. Please check out all of these great fan resources and help by leaving feedback. If you've got the time and energy, please consider volunteering.
    
• Awards
  
  • The Gemini Award nominations have been announced. The last presentation gala was scheduled to be held November 28th. A final list of winners has been posted.
    
  • Durhan County's Geminis, second season
    
• Archives
  
  • A new multi-fandom archive has opened up to store ebook-ready fanfictions. Please visit the Ebook Library or contact amothea or sprat for more information. The archive is still looking for volunteers, and authors can sign up to post their own stories.
    
  • stormymouse's screencap sites have been reopened and updated. These are Cap it! Before I die of waitin' and Geez, look at all the pretty!. Please stop by and thank stormymouse for all of her hard work and her generosity in hosting these sites.
    
  • isiscolo has a del.icio.us page for Slings & Arrows fics and one for Wilby Wonderful links. If you have anything to add please contact isiscolo.
    
  • There is a Hard Core Logo archive Touch My Stump that has been largely forgotten by the HCL communities. Please consider archiving your Hard Core Logo stories there and reading some of the wonderful stories already there. And please thank shrift while you're there.
    
  • The due Slash archive is in the process of being overhauled and upgraded. Please help the site out by uploading stories and beta testing the archive for problems. While the new site is up and running, the old site will still be available. The due Slash archive welcomes both dS and c6d content. Basically, anything but RPS. Please contact the archivist at dueslash@gmail.com or see the FAQ for further information.
    
  • mergatrude keeps a masterlist of c6d wing!fic here.
    
  • viciouscats has compiled a list of due South crossovers with dS6degrees fandoms.
    
• Chats
  
  • Next week's C6D chat will be held on December 6th and will feature dS episodes The Deal, Perfect Strangers and Ladies Man (\o/!) , starting at 8 PM EST. Contact sisterofdream for more information.
    
  • vsee is continuing to hold live Flashpoint chats. See theconstabulary for more information. On hold until the new season starts on January 9th.
    
• Conventions
  
  • Muskrat Jamboree 2009 has been scheduled for April 3rd and April 4th, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Registration is closed. Muskrat Jamboree is a mutli-fandom, slash-oriented con. Check out the con community muskratjamboree or contact a member of the con committee brooklinegirl, driense, kageygirl, misspamela or mrsronweasley for more information.
    
  • Registration is closed for Muskrat Jamboree 2009, but a wait list has been posted. You still have a chance to get in.
    
  • The Official, Superduper Muskrat Attendees list has been posted.
    
  • Cancellation information for Muskrat Jamboree 2009 has been posted.
    
  • WriterCon 2009 has been scheduled for July 30th through August 2nd, 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Registration will go live on October 30th. WriterCon is a multi-fandom con for readers and writers of fan fiction. Check out the con community writercon or the website for more info.
    
• Communities
  
  • bsgficexchange is a new anonymous multi-pairing/character fanfiction exchange for Battlestar Galactica: 2003. It is gen, het, and slash friendly, and welcomes all characters, pairings, and ratings. Check out the faq post for more information. Sign ups run from December 15th through January 1st, fics will be due by March 15th
    
• Movie Festivals
  
  • The Whistler Film Festival has been scheduled from December 4th to December 7th in Whistler, B.C.
    
  • The Victoria Film Festival has been scheduled from January 30th, 2009 to February 8th, 2009 in Victoria, B.C.
    
• Politics
  
  • Transparency needed in Siminovitch prize, former finalist says.
    
  • The thespians riot?
    
  • Siminovitch Prize: Has it been going to too narrow a group of artists?
    
• Television
  
  • ZOS: Zone of Separation premiers January 19th.
    

Battlestar Galactica

• Challenges/Ficathons
  
  • thearchive2 is running a Cylon challenge for the duration of Battlestar Galactica's Season 4. The Archive is for experimental fanworks for Battlestar Galactica Season 4 and beyond. The 01000011 Challenge : Rewrite or remake a scene from the episode from the POV of the Cylons or a Cylon.
    
  • bsgficexchange is an anonymous multi-pairing/character fanfiction exchange for Battlestar Galactica: 2003. It is gen, het, and slash friendly, and welcomes all characters, pairings, and ratings. Check out the faq post for more information. Sign ups run from December 15th through January 1st, fics will be due by March 15th
    
• Fanfic
  
  • With Ash In Your Mouth (you'll ask it to burn again) (Kara, Leoben, Laura, PG13) by aboutbunnies.
    
• Fanart/Icons/Etc
  
  • aquakinesis made some icons.
    
• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • greycoupon posted links to articles about the new webisodes and the new Caprica series.
    
  • triniroslin15 posted a link to more information about the BSG auction.
    
  • Merry Cylons! 'Battlestar' Webisodes to stuff your stocking soon.
    
  • SciFi Channel Turns 'Caprica' Into A Series.
    
  • Caprica Gets Sci-Fi Channel Greenlight.
    
  • 'Caprica', Prequel to 'Battlestar Galactica' Given a Thumb Up.
    

Californication

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • Californication 'In Utero' preview.
    

CKR

• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • roadrunner1896 posted a picspam. (flocked - sorry)
    

DeGrassi - The Next Generation

• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • walkingbreath posted a picspam of Albert Manning (Hugh Dillon).
    

DMacI

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • DMacI talks about some controversy being stirred up about the Siminovitch Award.
    

Durham County

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • 'Durham County' arrests Geminis.
    
  • Gemini Awards toast 'Durham County'.
    
  • Durham County and Englishman's Boy win big at Geminis.
    
  • Police drama Durham County shines at Gemini awards.
    
  • Gemini night belongs to Englishman's Boy and Durham County.
    
  • Gemini Winners Announced.
    

Flashpoint

• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • euphoricagony posted some 1x10 screencaps.
    
• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • lamentables posted a blurb about the start of the new season.
    
  • CBS Mid-Season Plans.
    
  • CBS Deuts Ashton Kutcher's 'Game Show,' 'Harper's Island' Midseason 'Survivor,' 'Amazing Race' and 'Flashpoint' will also return.
    
  • 'Survivor 18' premiers in mid-February (and other CBS notes).
    
  • CBS Announces Mid-Season Schedule.
    
  • CBS sets schedule: ' Flashpoint' back, 'Harper's Island' debuts.
    
  • CBS Midseason: Two New Series, Flashpoint Returns.
    
  • Flashpoint wins early return to CBS.
    
  • CBS Includes 'Game Show in My Head' and 'Flashpoint' in Midseason Schedule.
    
  • 'Flashpoint' returns to CBS mid-season.
    
  • CBS Midseason Plan Targets Flashpoint for Fridays.
    
• Miscellaneous
  
  • meresy posted her reactions to episodes 1x11 and 1x12
    

Marion Bridge

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • Marion Bridge.
    

Multi-Fandom

• Challenges/Ficathons
  
  • ds_snippets's Challenge # 96 has lovely new prompts: gift, plan, ache, cotton, hibernate. Snippets are due by December 7th. See this post for rules and regulations.
    
  • slashthedrabble's Challenge # 190 is ?. Drabbles are due by December 10th. See this post for rules and regulations.
    
  • slashtheimage's Challenge # 005 is ?. See this post for rules and regulations.
    
  • smallfandomflsh's Challenge # 17 is regret. Fics are due December 17th. See this post for further details.
    
  • writers_choice's Challenge #282 is moonlight. See this post for the rules.
    
  • movie_100's Challenge #11 is fallen. See this post for more details.
    
  • The schedule for rounds_of_kink's Round 9: claiming began on November 18th and posting runs from December 1st through December 16th. See this post for more details.
    
  • smut_bingo is a really low-pressure, multifandom challenge oriented around smut. Read the rules and join the fun.
    
  • kink_bingo is a low-pressure, multifandom challenge oriented around kinks. Read the rules for more information.
    
  • 3some_ficfest has posted the masterlist of prompts. Fics are due January 3rd. See this post for more details.
    
• Fanart/Icons/Etc
  
  • arie_turner posted some icons from BSG and the Invisible.
    
• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • scriggle posted a mixed HD, CKR and PG picspam.
    

Passchendaele

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • aethel posted a link to an article about the movie's box office draw.
    
  • Ideas for the Hard-to-buy-for Historian 2.
    
  • Passchendaele.
    

Pontypool

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • One Sheet Debut For 'Pontypool'.
    

Shattered

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • When acting, less is always more.
    

Tin Man

• Fanfic
  
  • The Offensive (Can, Zero, The Queen, Ahamo, Ambrose, Adora and others, G) by diabolicalfiend.
    
  • Comfort Within His Arms (Zero/Cain, NC17) by godess_jessie.
    
  • Chains That Bind (Zero/Cain, NC17) by godess_jessie.
    
  • Inescapable Forces parts 3-5 (Zero/Wyatt, Zero/Jeb, Wyatt/Jeb, NC17) by godess_jessie.
    

Wilby Wonderful

• Fanart/Icons/Etc
  
  • grey853 posted a calender and holiday card.
    

X-Files 2: I Want To Believe

• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • scriggle posted a picspam.
    
• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • One Hell Of A Week.
    

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