Posting Guidelines:

[abarero]

Hello there Nordic 5 Santas! Starting on December 1st (your timezone, I'm not picky here!) you can start posting up your fic and art.

Please follow the guidelines below for posting!

1. Please post your fill (art/fic) to this community first! If you want to post your fic in your writing journal or on fanfiction.net and crosslink to the story there, that's fine as well. Same with if you want to upload your art to another site like deviantart and then link to it from here. Just please post here before linking to the story on the main community/any character or pairing communities. And please do not link to any place that has locked access. We want everyone to be able to enjoy these fanworks!


2. To the writers, please please please- make sure to have your story beta-read first! Remember, this is a gift! We have some wonderful volunteer betas available for contact in THIS POST or you can use your own beta reader.


3. Please post with the following format:
   
   TITLE Pretty self-explanatory. Please title your fic or art. Artists you can always just put "1 piece of art" or "1 fancomic" if your piece is untitled.
   
   AUTHOR This is your name.
   
   RECIPIENT This is to whom you wrote the fic/drew the artwork for.
   
   RATING Going by the American movie system for rating here. Ranging from G to NC-17. For those unfamiliar with the ratings, here's a quick idea of what's what. G is a fic where everything is squeaky clean (think old school Disney films), PG is mild language and situational humor (slapstick violence type stuff), PG-13 is moderate language, mild sexual situations, some violence, R is heavy language use, non-explicit sexual situations, violence, and NC-17 is explicit everything. IF YOUR FIC IS R or NC-17, please lock your LJ post here!
   
   WARNINGS We don't want anyone getting a nasty surprise by stumbling into something they aren't comfortable with. If it has violence, kinks, or anything that might be a trigger to someone, please warn for it!
   
   SUMMARY (for fics or fancomics) A summary is a little blurb that hooks the reader. Please try and put something here so people know what to expect. You can always list the prompt you were given if you struggle with a summary. (for artists) Just a quick "A picture of Norway in the snow" type one line summary is fine.
   
   NOTES an optional place to thank beta readers or give any notes on the story/art, etc.
   
   Title:
   Author:
   Recipient:
   Rating:
   Warnings:
   Summary:
   Notes:
   


4. Please have all gifts posted by December 24th by 11:59pm CST, the minute right before it ticks over onto Christmas Day. Please consult the world clock converter for the deadline in your time zone, or just use our handy-dandy countdown.


5. If you haven't already, please go CHECK-IN so I can get pinch hitters arranged if needed. I STILL HAVEN'T HEARD FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE. Thank you!


6. To everyone else in the community: COMMENT! Anyone can comment to a fanwork, regardless of if you're the recipient or not. We encourage you to comment to any fanwork that you enjoy.


7. If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Thank you again so much for participating and I look forward to all kinds of lovely fic and art in the coming weeks! Happy Holidays!