Admin: NFE 2013 wrapping up, and NFE Madness!
Narnia Fic Exchange 2013 Update:
Hey folks! We'll be done with the NFE 2013 tonight, when the last story is posted. Tomorrow I will post the masterlist of all the stories, with the authors' names attached.
It's been a great round this year and the stories have been fabulous! Please remember to leave feedback for the author of your story. I know everyone worked hard on their fics and will appreciate your thanks!
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NFE Madness Update:
I was also going to open the community to Madness posting tomorrow, but due to a combination of factors, I am going to hold off on that for one more week, and Madness won't open until October 9th. So that means you get an extra week to work on your Madness stories! \o/ (and I get some time to attach the requesters' names to prompts!)
Also, there is another change to Madness and this is a big one: we will not be posting the stories here at the comm on LJ. Instead, you will be posting them to the Madness Collection on Ao3.
The major reason for this change:
It's in anticipation of moving the Narnia Fic Exchange to AO3 next year entirely. This will give people unfamiliar with the archive some practice in posting to it.
So that changes the rules a bit, as seen in this post here. The new rules are found on the Profile Page of the Collection on AO3 (as linked above) and behind this cut.
1) It's not mandatory. Participation in the 2013 NFE does not require participation in the Madness Round. So no worries if you can't join in.
2) It's open to anyone. You don't have to be a 2013 NFE participant to join in the Madness Round. So please feel free to link to anyone you think might be interested!
3) All the prompts are here.
4) You can pick any and all prompts you want. Multiple people can pick the same prompt. There is no need to claim your prompts. You have until October 9th, when the collection goes live, to write and upload a story. If you have already written a second story, or have another idea or two based on the prompt you received, that's fine too! You don't need to pick a new prompt.
5) The prompter's name will be attached to the prompt, so you will know who you are writing for (this is not done yet, but will be done by tomorrow).
6) You need to post all your stories yourself, to the AO3 collection. If you don't have an AO3 account, please contact me at narniaficexchange@gmail.com, and I will get you a code.
7) There is no mandatory length for Madness stories. It can be as long or as short as you'd like. There is no beta requirement. The only time frame is this: you will have a week to write and post your stories. After that week, the collection will be closed and you will not be able to add new stories.
8) The stories will remain anonymous for one week. After that, the authors will be revealed.
9) You are free to post your Madness stories anywhere you'd like, just as with the regular NFE stories. The only restriction is that they must be posted to the AO3 collection first, and you wait to post elsewhere until the author reveal goes live. If you don't finish your story in time to post it during the Madness Round, then you are free to post it wherever you'd like; I just ask that you keep the prompt and prompter's name attached.
If you don't have an account at AO3, you will need a code to create one. I have codes for people, so please either comment here, or send me an email, and I will send one to you. Remember, you will need an account to participate next year, so might as well create one now! :)
If you haven't posted to AO3 before, here is a tutorial that will help you post to a collection, like NFE Madness.
The one problem you might run into in posting is that you may have written a gift story for a person who doesn't have an AO3 account. I'm not sure how that will work in posting, but if it's a problem, you can gift Nfe_gremlin with the story, and use the Notes field to indicate the person the story really is for.
Hopefully that coves everything, but I might have left something out. If you have any questions, please comment here or email me at narniaficexchange@gmail.com!
ETA: If you sign up for an AO3 account, or already have one, reply to this comment with your AO3 username, so if someone writes you a story, they'll know who to gift it to.
Hey folks! We'll be done with the NFE 2013 tonight, when the last story is posted. Tomorrow I will post the masterlist of all the stories, with the authors' names attached.
It's been a great round this year and the stories have been fabulous! Please remember to leave feedback for the author of your story. I know everyone worked hard on their fics and will appreciate your thanks!
***********
NFE Madness Update:
I was also going to open the community to Madness posting tomorrow, but due to a combination of factors, I am going to hold off on that for one more week, and Madness won't open until October 9th. So that means you get an extra week to work on your Madness stories! \o/ (and I get some time to attach the requesters' names to prompts!)
Also, there is another change to Madness and this is a big one: we will not be posting the stories here at the comm on LJ. Instead, you will be posting them to the Madness Collection on Ao3.
The major reason for this change:
It's in anticipation of moving the Narnia Fic Exchange to AO3 next year entirely. This will give people unfamiliar with the archive some practice in posting to it.
So that changes the rules a bit, as seen in this post here. The new rules are found on the Profile Page of the Collection on AO3 (as linked above) and behind this cut.
1) It's not mandatory. Participation in the 2013 NFE does not require participation in the Madness Round. So no worries if you can't join in.
2) It's open to anyone. You don't have to be a 2013 NFE participant to join in the Madness Round. So please feel free to link to anyone you think might be interested!
3) All the prompts are here.
4) You can pick any and all prompts you want. Multiple people can pick the same prompt. There is no need to claim your prompts. You have until October 9th, when the collection goes live, to write and upload a story. If you have already written a second story, or have another idea or two based on the prompt you received, that's fine too! You don't need to pick a new prompt.
5) The prompter's name will be attached to the prompt, so you will know who you are writing for (this is not done yet, but will be done by tomorrow).
6) You need to post all your stories yourself, to the AO3 collection. If you don't have an AO3 account, please contact me at narniaficexchange@gmail.com, and I will get you a code.
7) There is no mandatory length for Madness stories. It can be as long or as short as you'd like. There is no beta requirement. The only time frame is this: you will have a week to write and post your stories. After that week, the collection will be closed and you will not be able to add new stories.
8) The stories will remain anonymous for one week. After that, the authors will be revealed.
9) You are free to post your Madness stories anywhere you'd like, just as with the regular NFE stories. The only restriction is that they must be posted to the AO3 collection first, and you wait to post elsewhere until the author reveal goes live. If you don't finish your story in time to post it during the Madness Round, then you are free to post it wherever you'd like; I just ask that you keep the prompt and prompter's name attached.
If you don't have an account at AO3, you will need a code to create one. I have codes for people, so please either comment here, or send me an email, and I will send one to you. Remember, you will need an account to participate next year, so might as well create one now! :)
If you haven't posted to AO3 before, here is a tutorial that will help you post to a collection, like NFE Madness.
The one problem you might run into in posting is that you may have written a gift story for a person who doesn't have an AO3 account. I'm not sure how that will work in posting, but if it's a problem, you can gift Nfe_gremlin with the story, and use the Notes field to indicate the person the story really is for.
Hopefully that coves everything, but I might have left something out. If you have any questions, please comment here or email me at narniaficexchange@gmail.com!
ETA: If you sign up for an AO3 account, or already have one, reply to this comment with your AO3 username, so if someone writes you a story, they'll know who to gift it to.