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[ozsaur]

Our first Ficathon is over and the turnout was great! We, the mods, are so thrilled with all the wonderful stories submitted by so many talented writers. I, for one, am deeply impressed by the quality of the stories that came from this challenge. Every writer came up with a fresh new way of using their cliche. I applaud you all

Comments

[ozsaur]

In view of the flap over at Senad, I'd like to suggest that the ficathon guidelines are altered to specifically state (if they don't already) that posting to websites and archives is encouraged, and to make clear that it's OK to put stories up outside of LJ as soon as they're finished or after the deadline or whatever date you decide on.

:::writing this down:::

We intentionally left it up to the writer to decide where they wanted to post their story. Some only want to post to their LJ, some to a personal webpage, others to a major archive.

I, personally, do encourage writers to submit their stories to the archives. Spread the joy! :-)

December should probably be avoided as a deadline month, but I like the three-a-year idea--January, May, September maybe?

Twice a year seems doable without overkill. But there does seem to be a lot of interest for doing a ficathon three times a year. The jury is still out on this...

This was so enjoyable--I very much look forward to participating in the next one!

I'm very happy to hear this. I think the next challenge is going to be so much fun!