Camelot Remix Rules/FAQs
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Here are the rules/FAQs for Camelot Remix.
What is a Camelot Remix?
Camelot Remix is a remix challenge for both Merlin and Merlin RPF fanworks. In your signup you can specify whether you're willing to write, create art or podfic works that are FPF (Fictional Person Fanworks), RPF (Real Person Fanworks), or both.
Whilst we will try to match people by preferred pairings, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to match you with your desired pairings, so before you sign up make sure you're open to writing different kinds of stories.
Camelot Remix is an anonymous fest until we reveal the creators at the end of the fest.
What does a Remix entail?
A remix is a challenge where you either:
a) write a new version of a story by another participant,
b) write a story based on another participant’s art,
c) create a piece of art based on another participant’s story, or,
d) create a new piece of art based on another participant’s art
If you decide to Remix by writing a story, you should keep the basics of the story the same (including the basic plot, characters, pairings or lack thereof), but change the style, structure, focus, pov, or etc. Our "What's a remix?" post ( LJ | DW ) explains some more about what remixing means and some of the different approaches people have used in the past. You can also get some quick ideas by checking out the entries from previous fests.
If you decide to Remix by creating a piece of art, you should keep the basics the same (characters/pairings/lack thereof), but apply your own style, focus, etc.
This year's Camelot Remix entries will be posted in a new sub-collection under our AO3 Collection.
What are the eligibility requirements?
In order to sign up as a regular participant, you need to have one, or a combination, of the following for your remixer to choose from:
- at least five remixable fics of at least 500 words each,
- 5 pieces of art, or
- 5 original podficced works (the podfic must be based on a work created by yourself).
These five works:
- must be posted publicly.
- must be complete (no works in progress).
- can be FPF, RPF, or a combination of both (for example, two Gwen/Morgana works and four Bradley/Colin works), but not crossovers with other fandoms.
- should stand on their own - five parts of one story counts as one story, not five.
- should not be collaborative projects or remixes of other people's work.
You'll have the option of designating a "safe work" that cannot be remixed. This work won't count toward the five works you need in order to qualify. You will also have the option of denoting a "starred work" which is the work you'd most like to see remixed. Keep in mind that your remixee is in no way obligated to remix this work, nor are you obligated to remix the starred work of the person to whom you are assigned.
Crossovers and fics of less than 500 words are fair game for remixing even though they don’t count toward the eligibility requirement. Collaborative works are not fair game for remixing.
If you submit a podfic as part of your works, then it must be a podfic of your own work to be eligible for the fest, though you are welcome to make a podfic as your remixed work.
If you don't have enough qualifying works, you can still sign up as a pinch-hitter and we'll contact you if we need someone to create an extra work.
What do I have to create?
Writers: You need to write one story of at least 500 words that remixes one story/art by your assigned remixee. There is no upper word count limit.
Artists: You need to create one piece of art that remixes one story/art by your assigned remixee. Word counts do not apply.
Podficcers: You need to create one podfic that remixes one story, or a podfic based on/inspired by one piece of art from your assigned remixee.
The story/art/podfic you choose to remix can be any length and can be a crossover with another fandom, but it can’t be a work in progress, a remix, a collaboration, or the remixee’s "safe work".
We will e-mail you with your remixee's name and a link to their work, and you'll have about eight weeks to create and post your work.
How do I sign up?
There will be a sign-ups post here on the camelotremix journal as well as a Google Form for those who don’t wish to use LJ, though if you do not have an LJ account, we still encourage you to comment anonymously or with OpenID.
We will e-mail you your assignment, which we'll ask you to keep secret until the reveals post is up, about a week after the final work is posted to the AO3 Collection.
In the sign-ups post/form, we'll ask you to post a link to a list of all your Merlin works; this could be a website, a journal post or a fic journal with tags, or a page at AO3, tumblr, deviantart, etc. If you don't have your fanworks listed or organized somewhere, please try to take care of that before you sign up, it'll make things a lot easier on us and your remixer!
Where will the works be posted?
The works will be posted to the Camelot Remix sub-collection of the current year under the mainparent collection at AO3. This will make it possible for each author to edit their own work whenever they need. It will also make it easy for the mods to control when the works go public and when the remixers' names are revealed.
If you do not have an AO3 account and do not want to get one, the mods will be happy to post your work for you directly to the LJ and DW comms. However, please be aware that by doing so, you do not have as much direct control of your work that you would have by posting your work to AO3.
What if I need to drop out?
We hope you'll only sign up if you're confident you can create a remixed fanwork by the deadline, but we understand that these things don't always work out. If you need to drop out of the challenge, just let us know as soon as possible so we'll have time to find a pinch-hitter and they'll have some time to create their work. ♥ You can e-mail us at camelotremix@gmail.com or send us a message on LJ or Dreamwidth.
What about this other thing?
Have other questions or concerns? Feel free to comment here, e-mail, or PM the mods.
How can I keep up with announcements?
Friend or track camelotremix here on LJ or you can follow us on Tumblr on https://camelotremix.tumblr.com/
Updated February 2021
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