Life on Mars Ficathon 2010 Sign-Ups

[lozenger8]

This is the fifth ficathon for Life on Mars. You can see the results of the first here; Life on Mars Ficathon 2006. You can see the results of the second here; Life on Mars Ficathon 2007. You can see the results of the third here; Life on Mars Ficathon 2008. And you can see the results of the fourth here; Life on Mars Ficathon 2009.

Life on Mars Ficathon 2010 - because you're surrounded by armed bastards.

• Gen, het, slash and anthropomorfic are all welcome.


• Multiple genres are welcome. Detective fiction! Romance! Horror!
• Minimum story length is 1,000 words. There is no maximum.
• There shall be a request put out for beta readers not writing in the ficathon.

This ficathon works on the request exchange format. You submit a set of requests. You then have the opportunity to request an assignment from the available list after sign ups end. The best way to make sure you get an assignment you want to write is to encourage as many people as possible to get involved. The more people who sign up, the more varied the choices are. Been dying for a Joni/Ruth femslash fic? Request it. Think there isn't enough Glen fic in the world? (The answer to this question will always be 'there's not!') Request it! Hoping that someone, somewhere will write you that Cowboys AU fic? You know what to do, or Chris will come round and dance you into shape.

• Sign ups end August 12th.
• Selection is due by August 19th.
• Assignments will be given out August 23rd.
• All stories will be due October 25th.

On October 25th, you will be able to post your fic to your journal or the lifein1973 community. I'll post a masterlist, you'll give me the link to your fic, and we'll all enjoy a feast of reading and feedback.



To join, reply to this entry with the form below. All comments will be screened.

Fill in what you want someone else to write for you.

Your requests may contain: characters, pairings, plot points, ratings, genres and prompts. Each request is separate and may contain up to three elements. You must supply three requests; your assigned participant will choose which one they want to fill. Please try to choose three distinctly different requests, to give participants some flexibility. Remember: a prompt is not a plot synopsis. You need to give the assigned writer some freedom in the story they choose to tell. (So, yes to "Litton finds out about Sam's secret." No to "Litton finds out about Sam's secret, so he locks him in the Collators' Den and sets the place alight, but then Annie comes and rescues Sam and they go back to Sam's flat and have mindblowing orgasms, which results in Annie being impregnated with ten thousand babies.")

Example elements include (but are not limited to): Gen, Sam/Annie, Sam/Gene, Ray/Chris, Gene/Annie, Gene/The Missus, ensemble, buddy cop, a specific rating (ie; the cortina ratings or, G, PG, PG-13, R or NC-17 fic), a specific genre (science fiction, comedy, fairy tale), young Sam, Sam whumping, Gene in the future, Sam waking up, creepy test card girl, Nelson, Gene-centric, anything involving Chris, Ray-as-a-werewolf, the phrase "you're a right plonker, you are", family, car sex, Sam's flat, coma hallucinations, lost & found, movies, a bottle of wine, a murder investigation, music, missing scene fic, case-fic, alternative universe, etc.

Fill in what you are uncomfortable receiving.

If there are characters, pairings, or story elements you particularly don't want to receive, please list them. Your preferences and restrictions will be taken into account when participants are listed. If you can't see yourself enjoying Station/Cortina (their love is so concrete) - say so.

Pinch-hitters (AKA --- people who write the fic when the originally assigned writer cannot.)

Volunteers for pinch-hitters are needed - please include your availability. I can almost guarantee that we will need a pinch-hit. That's okay. Sometimes life rears its ugly head. The more pinch-hitters we have, the less stress there is for everyone.

Form (copy and paste into a comment):

Name:
Email:
First Request (three elements):
Second Request (three elements):
Third Request (three elements):
Preferences/Restrictions:
Additional Comments:
Can you pinch-hit?:

Example;

Name: Loz
Email: lozenger8@gmail.com
First Request (three elements): Astronaut AU, gen, comedic
Second Request (three elements): Sam/Gene, Pride and Prejudice pastiche, happy ending.
Third Request (three elements): Station/Cortina, fairy tale, white or green cortina.
Preferences/Restrictions: Please no watersports, scat or necrophilia.
Additional Comments: I like pointy things.
Can you pinch-hit?: Yes, I can.

Remember, all comments are screened. That means only you and LI'73 mods can see them. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at lozenger8 at gmail dot com. Please make sure you include a subject line like "Life on Mars Ficathon 2010" so that I know what the email is about. Thank you.