Nordipalooza 2013: Introduction, Timeline, and Guidelines
Welcome to the Nordipalooza Fanwork Fest!
What is Nordipalooza?
This fest is designed to encourage people to make fanwork exploring a wide variety of interactions between the Nordic characters. The goal is to provide people the challenge of working within the confines of short prompts featuring two randomly-assigned characters. At the same time, it allows for the freedom and flexibility to be as creative and imaginative as possible.
Fanwork centring on the themes of family, friendship, rivalry, historical, and romantic situations are all equally encouraged!
In this fest, each person is assigned a list of four prompts. Each prompt contains two randomly-assigned Nordic characters, one simple theme, and two completely optional historical time periods to use as extra inspiration. From this list, they then pick two prompts, and for each prompt produce one piece of art or write at least 500 words. There is also the option to respond to only one prompt if you want to make a more complicated fanwork.
Timeline
Signups open: February 13
Last day to sign up: February 24
Prompts sent out by: February 28
Posting opens: April 6
Last day to post: April 14
Posting closes: April 15 at 7 AM EST
Guidelines
-Nordipalooza is open to both the creation of both fanfiction and fanart. You can choose to do whichever you wish - or even both!
-Signing up is required in order to participate in this fanwork fest! However, participation as Anonymous is allowed.
-All ratings for fanwork are welcome!
-Everyone who signs up will receive four prompts; you must choose at least two prompts to produce fanwork for. Alternately, you can respond to one prompt and produce a longer or more complicated fanwork.
-Requirements for fanfiction: minimum of 2 works at minimum 500 words each, or 1 work at minimum 1000 words.
-Requirements for art: minimum 2 works without colour, or minimum 1 work with colour.
How it works
-Go to the Signup Post to sign up for the fest.
-Prompt lists will be sent by email. Please refer to the timeline for more information.
-You have until the deadline to produce your fanwork and post it to the community. The guidelines for posting can be viewed in the Posting Guidelines.
About the prompts
-Assigned prompts are based on the main five Nordic characters: Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland. Each prompt will feature two Nordic nations assigned using a randomizer.
-Some prompts may include an "Any character" option, which allows you to write about any nation or historical figure of your choice along with the Nordic character provided.
-Each prompt will include a one-word theme. This theme can be interpreted as narrowly or as broadly as you like.
-Each prompt includes two historical time periods. These time periods are completely optional; they serve only as additional inspiration. Fanworks maybe set in any time period that you desire.
Here is an example of what an assigned prompt list might look like:
1. Norway, Denmark - Rain [Optional: 1500s or 1800s]
2. Denmark, Iceland - Writing letters [Optional: 1600s or 1800s]
3. Iceland, Finland - Coffee [Optional: 1900s or AU]
4. Denmark, Sweden - Borders [Optional: Viking Age or 1600s]
The person who received this list might, for example, decide to take prompts 3 and 4, and write two short fics - one about Iceland and Finland sharing a personal moment together over coffee, and the other a historical fic dealing with the border changes between Sweden and Denmark over time. Or, they might decide to write prompt 2, and write 1000-word fic set sometime during the 19th century about Denmark and Iceland writing letters to Norway together.
About Fanworks
-You must choose at least two prompts from the list. For each prompt, you must produce one fanfic at least 500 words long, or one piece of art. If doing two prompts, colour is not required for art.
-You can also choose to do only one prompt if you want to do a fanwork at least 1000 words long or art that is coloured.
-Works can be as simple or as long and complicated as you desire, as long as they satisfy the minimum requirement!
-You can do fanwork for as many prompts as you wish as long as the minimum requirements are met.
-All ratings of fanwork are permitted.
Please see the FAQ Post for further details. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in that entry!
What is Nordipalooza?
This fest is designed to encourage people to make fanwork exploring a wide variety of interactions between the Nordic characters. The goal is to provide people the challenge of working within the confines of short prompts featuring two randomly-assigned characters. At the same time, it allows for the freedom and flexibility to be as creative and imaginative as possible.
Fanwork centring on the themes of family, friendship, rivalry, historical, and romantic situations are all equally encouraged!
In this fest, each person is assigned a list of four prompts. Each prompt contains two randomly-assigned Nordic characters, one simple theme, and two completely optional historical time periods to use as extra inspiration. From this list, they then pick two prompts, and for each prompt produce one piece of art or write at least 500 words. There is also the option to respond to only one prompt if you want to make a more complicated fanwork.
Timeline
Signups open: February 13
Last day to sign up: February 24
Prompts sent out by: February 28
Posting opens: April 6
Last day to post: April 14
Posting closes: April 15 at 7 AM EST
Guidelines
-Nordipalooza is open to both the creation of both fanfiction and fanart. You can choose to do whichever you wish - or even both!
-Signing up is required in order to participate in this fanwork fest! However, participation as Anonymous is allowed.
-All ratings for fanwork are welcome!
-Everyone who signs up will receive four prompts; you must choose at least two prompts to produce fanwork for. Alternately, you can respond to one prompt and produce a longer or more complicated fanwork.
-Requirements for fanfiction: minimum of 2 works at minimum 500 words each, or 1 work at minimum 1000 words.
-Requirements for art: minimum 2 works without colour, or minimum 1 work with colour.
How it works
-Go to the Signup Post to sign up for the fest.
-Prompt lists will be sent by email. Please refer to the timeline for more information.
-You have until the deadline to produce your fanwork and post it to the community. The guidelines for posting can be viewed in the Posting Guidelines.
About the prompts
-Assigned prompts are based on the main five Nordic characters: Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Iceland. Each prompt will feature two Nordic nations assigned using a randomizer.
-Some prompts may include an "Any character" option, which allows you to write about any nation or historical figure of your choice along with the Nordic character provided.
-Each prompt will include a one-word theme. This theme can be interpreted as narrowly or as broadly as you like.
-Each prompt includes two historical time periods. These time periods are completely optional; they serve only as additional inspiration. Fanworks maybe set in any time period that you desire.
Here is an example of what an assigned prompt list might look like:
1. Norway, Denmark - Rain [Optional: 1500s or 1800s]
2. Denmark, Iceland - Writing letters [Optional: 1600s or 1800s]
3. Iceland, Finland - Coffee [Optional: 1900s or AU]
4. Denmark, Sweden - Borders [Optional: Viking Age or 1600s]
The person who received this list might, for example, decide to take prompts 3 and 4, and write two short fics - one about Iceland and Finland sharing a personal moment together over coffee, and the other a historical fic dealing with the border changes between Sweden and Denmark over time. Or, they might decide to write prompt 2, and write 1000-word fic set sometime during the 19th century about Denmark and Iceland writing letters to Norway together.
About Fanworks
-You must choose at least two prompts from the list. For each prompt, you must produce one fanfic at least 500 words long, or one piece of art. If doing two prompts, colour is not required for art.
-You can also choose to do only one prompt if you want to do a fanwork at least 1000 words long or art that is coloured.
-Works can be as simple or as long and complicated as you desire, as long as they satisfy the minimum requirement!
-You can do fanwork for as many prompts as you wish as long as the minimum requirements are met.
-All ratings of fanwork are permitted.
Please see the FAQ Post for further details. If you have any questions, feel free to ask them in that entry!