Sign-ups for Issue 10 are open!
Welcome to the sign-up post for Issue 10 of cornerflag! The theme for this issue is:
kicking it old school
Our initial thought was to encourage people to write about retired or older players, but you may interpret the theme in any way you choose, and you most certainly do not have to take it literally. Feel free to be creative! The theme is also optional -- you do not have to take it into account at all if you don't feel inspired to. Stories that are written for the theme will be marked out for the readers' attention.
The usual rules and guidelines apply. Note: while we do our best to keep track of popular pairings in fandom, we can't always keep up with what's hot in clubs the editors have little interest in, so we accept sign-ups on trust that the twosome you choose is an uncommon one. If we do know that the pairing you want is not rare, we reserve the right to ask you to choose a different one. If, conversely, you feel that a pairing you're interested in was once popular but is no longer so (especially since the theme may inspire a look back at older pairings), you can make a case to the mods and we'll consider it. (Preemptively: Gerrard/Alonso is not rare. It will never be rare. That's like trying to nominate Harry Potter for yuletide, okay, just don't.)
To sign up, please leave a comment with the following information:
Barcelona
stickmarionette: Pep Guardiola/Luis Figo, slash
meretricula: Ani Escribano/Berta Carles, slash
Real Madrid
distira: Raul Gonzalez/Fernando Morientes, slash
solace-c: Esteban Granero/Gonzalo Higuain, slash
Arsenal
4or5paragraphs: Freddie Ljungberg/Jens Lehmann, slash
hipokras: Thierry Henry & Robert Pires, gen
New York Cosmos
great-whatsit: Giorgio Chinaglia/Pele, slash
AC Milan
postmodernpippo: Paolo Maldini/Gennaro Gattuso, slash
Chelsea
nahco3 and acchikocchi: Roberto Di Matteo/Juan Mata, slash
Porto
hoppipolla: Vitor Baia/Cesar Peixoto, slash
Internazionale
el-defe: Dejan Stanković/Cristian Chivu, slash
cheryl-bites: Andrea Stramaccioni/Ivan Ramiro Cordoba, slash
Tottenham
kfunk22: Andre Villas-Boas/Scott Parker, slash
Ajax
thelastfig: Zlatan Ibrahimovic/Maxwell, slash
Manchester United
tempered_rose: Denis Irwin & Roy Keane, gen
dreamofthem: Anderson & Patrice Evra, gen
Valencia
worldcoup: Fernando Morientes & David Villa, gen
This sign-up post will stay open up to a week before the stories are due. The deadline for submitting your story is 25 January 2013, 11:59pm GMT. Please refer to the admin post for information on how to format and submit your story.
Issue 10 will be published on 2 February 2013.
We look forward to reading your stories! You are very welcome to join flaggeddown, our discussion community to chat, vent, and cheer people on.
kicking it old school
Our initial thought was to encourage people to write about retired or older players, but you may interpret the theme in any way you choose, and you most certainly do not have to take it literally. Feel free to be creative! The theme is also optional -- you do not have to take it into account at all if you don't feel inspired to. Stories that are written for the theme will be marked out for the readers' attention.
The usual rules and guidelines apply. Note: while we do our best to keep track of popular pairings in fandom, we can't always keep up with what's hot in clubs the editors have little interest in, so we accept sign-ups on trust that the twosome you choose is an uncommon one. If we do know that the pairing you want is not rare, we reserve the right to ask you to choose a different one. If, conversely, you feel that a pairing you're interested in was once popular but is no longer so (especially since the theme may inspire a look back at older pairings), you can make a case to the mods and we'll consider it. (Preemptively: Gerrard/Alonso is not rare. It will never be rare. That's like trying to nominate Harry Potter for yuletide, okay, just don't.)
To sign up, please leave a comment with the following information:
- the club and characters you intend write for,
- whether it's gen or slash (both m/m and f/f) or het,
- and a pseudonym if desired. Please indicate as such if that's the case -- your comment will be duly screened.
Barcelona
stickmarionette: Pep Guardiola/Luis Figo, slash
meretricula: Ani Escribano/Berta Carles, slash
Real Madrid
distira: Raul Gonzalez/Fernando Morientes, slash
solace-c: Esteban Granero/Gonzalo Higuain, slash
Arsenal
4or5paragraphs: Freddie Ljungberg/Jens Lehmann, slash
hipokras: Thierry Henry & Robert Pires, gen
New York Cosmos
great-whatsit: Giorgio Chinaglia/Pele, slash
AC Milan
postmodernpippo: Paolo Maldini/Gennaro Gattuso, slash
Chelsea
nahco3 and acchikocchi: Roberto Di Matteo/Juan Mata, slash
Porto
hoppipolla: Vitor Baia/Cesar Peixoto, slash
Internazionale
el-defe: Dejan Stanković/Cristian Chivu, slash
cheryl-bites: Andrea Stramaccioni/Ivan Ramiro Cordoba, slash
Tottenham
kfunk22: Andre Villas-Boas/Scott Parker, slash
Ajax
thelastfig: Zlatan Ibrahimovic/Maxwell, slash
Manchester United
tempered_rose: Denis Irwin & Roy Keane, gen
dreamofthem: Anderson & Patrice Evra, gen
Valencia
worldcoup: Fernando Morientes & David Villa, gen
This sign-up post will stay open up to a week before the stories are due. The deadline for submitting your story is 25 January 2013, 11:59pm GMT. Please refer to the admin post for information on how to format and submit your story.
Issue 10 will be published on 2 February 2013.
We look forward to reading your stories! You are very welcome to join flaggeddown, our discussion community to chat, vent, and cheer people on.