Week 43 - October 23rd to October 29th

[akamine_chan]

Community News and Announcements

• Announcements
  
  • Both Passchendaele and Daniel MacIvor have had a lot of publicity this past week. Check out their sections for all the articles.
    
• Awards
  
  • The Gemini Award nominations have been announced. The last presentation gala is scheduled to be held November 28th. A partial list of winners has been posted.
    
  • Daniel MacIvor has won the Siminovitch Prize in theater. Check out the numerous articles about his win in the DMacI section.
    
• Chats
  
  • Next week's C6D chat will be held on November 1st and will feature Eclipse, The Ladies Man and Vault, starting at 8 PM EST. Contact sisterofdream for more information.
    
• Conventions
  
  • Registration is closed for Muskrat Jamboree 2009, but a wait list has been posted. You still have a chance to get in.
    
  • Muskrat Jamboree has various updates, as well as the roommate thread and the ride sharing thread.
    

Battlestar Galactica

• Challenges/Ficathons
  
  • The comment ficathon at bsg_slashathon has ended. The masterlist has been posted. Please take a moment to read some fics and thank the organizers cynthia_arrow and superduperkc.
    

BMcD

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • Born Ruffians in the raw.
    
  • New Documentary Series Goes Behind The Scenes With Brendan Canning, Metric, Born Ruffians, More.
    
  • Tuning in to the underside of rock 'n' roll.
    

CKR

• Fanart/Icons/Etc
  
  • mythoxia found a new picture of CKR and made some wallpapers with it.
    
• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • mary_the_fan posted a CKR tee shirt picspam. Yum.
    

DMacI

• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • meresy posted a link to an announcement about DMacI winning the Siminovitch Prize.
    
  • DMacI talks about winning the Siminovitch Prize on his blog.
    
  • MacIvor wins Canada's top theatre award.
    
  • MacIvor wins the Siminovitch Prize.
    
  • Daniel MacIVor wins $100K.
    
  • Daniel MacIvor: a too-deserving Siminovitch winner?
    
  • Daniel MacIvor wins Siminovitch Prize for theatre.
    
  • MacIvor wins Canada's richest theatre prize.
    
  • Toronto playwright Daniel MacIvor wins Siminovitch Prize.
    
  • $100,000 Siminovitch Prize in Theatre Awarded To Toronto Playwright, Daniel MacIvor.
    
  • Daniel MacIvor wins lucrative Siminovitch Prize for theatre.
    
  • Daniel MacIvor's 'Confession' will make world premiere in Gusborough.
    
  • Edmonton duo wins $25,000 arts award.
    
  • MacIvor wins Siminovitch Prize.
    
  • MacIvor wins $1000,000 theatre award.
    
  • MacIvor wins Canada's richest theatre prize.
    
  • World premier.
    
  • Confession time for Canadian playwright MacIvor.
    
  • Theater Minis.
    

Flashpoint

• Fanfic
  
  • And she tells me her desires (Ed/Sophie, NC17) by belmanoir.
    

Hard Core Logo

• Fanfic
  
  • Heavy and Steady (Joe/Billy, NC17) by lucifuge5.
    

HD

• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • mythoxia posted some pictures to hughdillon.
    

Multi-Fandom

• Challenges/Ficathons
  
  • ds_snippets's Challenge # 91 has lovely new prompts: snickers, bazooka, 100 grand, mars, nerds, mounds, dots, whoppers, whatchamacallit. Snippets are due by November 2nd. See this post for rules and regulations.
    
  • slashthedrabble's Challenge # 185 is haunted. Drabbles are due by . See this post for rules and regulations.
    
  • slashtheimage's Challenge # 3 is here. See this post for rules and regulations.
    
  • smallfandomflsh's Challenge #14 is renaissance . Fics are due November 5th. See this post for further details.
    
  • writers_choice's Challenge #277 is storm. See this post for the rules.
    
  • movie_100's Challenge #6 is sweet. See this post for more details.
    
  • rounds_of_kink is running a Halloween mini-round. Posting is from October 31st to November 2nd. Prompts are : burning, harvest moon, crisp, fog and the kinks are: humilation, loss of control. See this post for more details.
    
  • The schedule for rounds_of_kink's Round 9: Prompt submissions run from November 3rd to November 17th, claiming begins November 18th and posting runs from December 1st through December 16th. See this post for more details.
    
  • The Fall Fandom Free-For-All is being held. Go post your list of up to 10 fannish things you would like (icons, fics, vids, wallpapers,etc) and hopefully someone will fulfill your wish. Hopefully you can turn around and fulfill someone else's wish. A masterlist will be posted October 29th. The Free-For-All has been extended until November 5th.
    
  • film_by_fandom is starting Round 1. This is a community where you re-write your favorite movie with your favorite fandom. Round 1 is Sci-Fi/Horror movies and are due October 31st. Minimum word count is 5k. Check out this post for more details.
    
  • The Yuletide Treasures challenge is taking fandom nominations until midnight EST, Friday, October 31st. Please read the nomination instructions here and here before filling out a nomination form. The master list of nominated fandoms is here.
    
  • Here is a master list of c6d nominated fandoms for Yuletide 2008. Please let me know if I missed any.
    
  • slashfest has opened prompt claiming for Round 7. Check out this post for rules and regulations. Round 7 closes November 1st. slashfest is offering a three week extension (fics would be due November 22nd), but you must comment to this post to get the extension.
    
  • I Saw Three Ships is a multi-fandom secret santa for threesome fanfiction. Check out the announcement post at 3_ships. Rules and sign-ups are at the website. Sign ups remain open until November 15th.
    
  • Sign ups for ds_c6d_bigbang started on September 14th and continue until November 14th. ds_c6dbigbang is a challenge to write 20k words in 9 months. In return, you get some art to go with your story and the satisfaction of a job well done. In any of the ds/c6d fandoms. Please check out this post for more info.
    

Passchendaele

• Fanfic
  
  • Past Time (Randolph, offscreen Sarah/Michael, R) by bakaknight.
    
• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • _scally posted some links to some reviews.
    
  • fajrdrako has a review thread for the movie.
    
  • aethel posted a discussion thread wondering about comparisons between Passchendaele and Saving Private Ryan.
    
  • primroseburrows posted a link to her spoiler-free review.
    
  • bjohan57 posted some box office numbers for Passchendaele.
    
  • bjohan57 posted a transcript of an interview with PG about the movie.
    
  • What's Happening At Royal Military College of Canada (scroll down).
    
  • Toronto harpist plays on Passchendaele's soundtrack.
    
  • Passchendaele.
    
  • Film Review: Passchendaele.
    
  • Dinner documentary is Gross's untold tale.
    
  • The National Post's unholy obsession with Passchendaele.
    
  • jetfx wrote a review of the movie.
    
  • 35 Glens died at Passchendaele.
    
  • Passchendaele.
    
  • The Money.
    
  • Film Friday: 'Passchendaele' & 'W.'.
    
  • Passchendaele now playing in theatres.
    
  • What's in a name? Apparently a lot in Hollywood.
    
  • Homegrown talent takes to the screen.
    
  • Film straddles between love and war.
    
  • Passchendaele.
    
  • Experience War.
    
  • 'I am shivering just looking at him'.
    
  • Flick Picks.
    
  • Love conquers war movie.
    
  • Passchendaele.
    
  • Sound of 'Passchendaele' has Ontario roots.
    
  • Too much passion in Canadian film Passchendaele.
    

PG

• Screencaps/Pictures
  
  • _scally posted some pictures to pg_daily.
    
• Reviews/Interviews/Articles
  
  • Harrison Ford voted best American president on film, but who is the best fictional Canadian PM?
    

RPF/RPS

• Fanfic
  
  • favourite things (CKR x HD, R) by _unhurt_. (posted to locked community)
    

Tin Man

• Fanfic
  
  • diabolicalfiend wrote How NOT to Deal With Workplace Strife and Escort Duty (Zero-centric, various ratings).
    
  • Palecoat (Zero, R) by koslorollo.
    

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