Teh Grate Bad!Fic Cnotest of 2006!!!!1111
Since the Bad!Fic contest was such a hit in 2005, I'm running it again in 2006. If it's to become a yearly tradition, it will require your participation! The more the merrier! Also, please feel free to cross-post this announcement on any list/community.
This year, the contest is multi-fandom. So let's discuss
The rulez:
1. Multi-fandom means just that, multi-fandom. You may write any fandom/any pairing (yes, even RPS because this is SATIRE and deliberate BAD!FIC) HOWEVER: don't reference any fandom in-jokes (because people outside your fandom won't get it and they're the ones voting on it), and do not make references to any other fic (bad or good) in the fandom/pairing without the original author's express consent (and yes, I'll ask, because I'm the mother of a teenager and suspicious by nature).
2. Just as any fandom/pairing goes, any plot/topic goes as well. There is no restriction on anything like rape, incest, mpreg, etc. I do ask, however, if you're going to write something graphic that is usually a squick (incest sex between two tentacled beings from SGA or something like that) that you put a generic warning in your headers. I would advise not making it deliberately squicky because it might not be read by the people who will vote. Sexually graphic is fine, as is non-sexually graphic. Pretty much anything goes, in other words.
3. One entry per person. I need to know who you are but will NOT put your name to the fic until after the contest ends. Do not put any reference to anyone in your headers (i.e. your betas, though why you'd want to subject a poor beta to such a monstrosity I dunno). MAXIMUM LENGTH 5000 words. This is a guideline; I'm not going to reject your story because it comes in at 5100 words, but much more than that makes it hard to read the story in public (see the prizes).
4. (And this is a biggie) DO NOT lift a story from some unsuspecting author and try to pass it off as your own. That's just not cool. The story you submit MUST be by YOU and no other. (Well, okay, if you have a histrionic teenager who desperately wants to write Dobby/Gollum or something like that, you can submit on her behalf as long as she knows you're doing it.)
5. Judging. The stories will be judged on their merits (or non-merits) by your peers. I will post the stories on my website, on my stupid LJ and on the Master and Apprentice mailing lists. The information may be passed around to any other lists or disseminated in any way. I will accept ONLY email votes (last year, I did voting tabs and it turned into a pain in the ass, which is why the change). Vote once only. Yes, you may vote for your own story.
6. Deadline for entries is MARCH 31, 2006, at 9:00 P.M. EST. Stories will be posted on Saturday, April 1 as early as possible. DEADLINE FOR VOTING is midnight (EST), Tuesday, April 4. The winners will be announced on Wednesday, April 5, as soon as I can get out of bed..
The Prizes
(Whee! There's even prizes!) The winner will get a t-shirt (with the definition of a slasher on it, see it here) and her story read aloud at Plushie Theater during Con*strict. Also, batagur has offered to make a special icon for the winner, see her stupid LJ on that. First runner-up will get a 'losers' t-shirt, explaining how they 'right so gud i cuolnd't win a bad storie cnotest.' As emrinalexander how she likes hers as she came in second last year.
One last note: this contest is FOR ADULTS ONLY. Don't get us in trouble and force us to cancel the contest because you couldn't resist going here. If your parents are going to freak over you reading this stuff, just don't do it and save us all a boatload of trouble, please. Thank you.
If you have any questions on any of this, contact me here or via email, mrshamill AT gmail DOT com.
Let the worst writer win!! ;-D