Thank you!
First, candesgirl , nohwrah , and I (madeira ) want to thank our writers for working so diligently and for writing some truly amazing stories. We'd also like to thank a handful of our participants who stepped up and wrote more than one entry for the fest, as well as the awesome pinch-hitters we had who jumped on board, despite the very limited time frame they were given. You guys all rock!
Also, a big hearty thank you goes to all of the beta readers and cheerleaders who worked so hard alongside our writers for their support! And finally, thank you - yes, you - for watching the comm, reading through the fics, and showing your support to our authors by commenting. We truly could not have done this without you guys!
We hope that you've enjoyed this round of thestopwatch as much as we have, and that you'll join us once more for this year's Holiday!Bang.
More Summer Round Info
The master reveal and this round's stats will be posted on Sunday, September 7, 2008 to give everyone time to catch up with the fest (like me! :D). Authors, you are free to post your fic to your journals or other comms after the list has been posted. Feel free to reply to any of the comments you've received after then, as well.
Though we'll try our best to edit the Author Names as soon as we can after the reveals, please give us at least two weeks after the reveal to complete the edits :).
According to our handy dandy BFMEF (Big Freaking Massive Excel File :D), every fic we've received has been posted. If you think that we've somehow missed your fic, please email us at stopwatchmods@yahoo.com.
Also, everyone who wrote a fic for this round should have received a gift back. If you've missed your gift, please browse through the fic round up posts we've done to see if it's been posted. If it looks like it hasn't been, please email us at stopwatchmods@yahoo.com.
Holiday!Bang 2008 Info
After much deliberation, we've decided that this year's Holiday!Bang challenge will be a prompt-based. We will be doing another fic exchange style challenge for next year's summer round.
We will be asking you, our writers, betas, readers, and watchers to submit a prompt that the authors can then pick and choose. An open call for prompts will commence tomorrow, September 02, 2008 and close a week later. More information will be given tomorrow. This is the prompt template that we will be using, so feel free to start churning out those prompts:
Time frame: Pre-Season 1, Season 1, Season 2, Post-Season 2, AU
Inclusions: Listing of up to five items to include in the fic.
Scenarios: Scenes to include.
Special requests/kinks: Special requests and kinks.
Squicks: Things to avoid
Holiday!Bang will still be an anonymous challenge. Though the prompt submissions will be done publicly, prompt claiming will be done privately, and all fic posts will be done anonymously by the mods.
If you guys have any questions or comments, please don't hesitate to email us at stopwatchmods@yahoo.com.
Thanks again for all of your support!