Uhura is Awesome Fic Fest
Welcome to prompting for our first character-centric ficfest! As the name indicates, this fest will focus on Uhura, but have no worries! We will hold more fests to recognize our other favorite ladies soon. A poll on this subject is forthcoming.
I have made top level comments for het, gen, femslash, multi, and unspecified (if you'd like to let the author decide the genre). You may leave as many prompts as you like, but please put each prompt in a separate comment. If leaving het or femslash pairings, please be sure it's clear whether you are referring to a specific ship, or if you're leaving the decision to the author. This makes it much easier to compile the claims post. I have also made an "ask a mod" comment in case you have questions, concerns, or a prompt that doesn't seem to fit the provided categories.
ETA: New Guidelines for Music and Video Prompts
The volume of prompts we have received is very exciting! However, it does mean that compiling the claims list is going to take a little time and effort. As a consequence, I will no longer be able to code links to music videos or video clips. Song lyrics are still welcome, but please select an excerpt of no more than one verse, and if you'd like the author to be able to look up the whole thing, please include the song title and artist at the end of the prompt for easy copying and pasting. If you'd like to use a movie scene as inspiration, please select specific dialogue and include the source at the end.
A couple reminders from our First Anniversary Fic Fest: leave any kind of prompt you like -- poetry, song lyrics, specific scenarios or pairings, AUs, multimedia, crossovers with non-Trek, and anything else you can think of. Fics don't have to be gen; they just have to illuminate something about Uhura's character.
This post will remain open for one week (until Wednesday, August 11). A claims post will appear the following week. Leaving a prompt does not obligate you to to claim one.
Apologies if this came a bit out of the blue! The mods were inspired by some Uhura discussion on our mutual flist, and I for one needed to get it started before I had to go back to school.
Remember, this is just the claims post! Rules and dates are provided for planning purposes only.
1. Fics must be at least 1,000 words.
2. Initially, you may claim one prompt, however, we will allow you to come back for a second at a later date.
3. Stories will be posted on a rolling basis 4-6 weeks after claiming starts. Exact dates are TBA depending on how long it takes to compile the claims post, but it should run from mid to late September.
Happy prompting! Please pimp to your flists, and if anyone wants to make a banner for the challenge, we'd be extremely grateful!
P.S. Don't forget medie left us some lovely drabble prompts on Monday!
I have made top level comments for het, gen, femslash, multi, and unspecified (if you'd like to let the author decide the genre). You may leave as many prompts as you like, but please put each prompt in a separate comment. If leaving het or femslash pairings, please be sure it's clear whether you are referring to a specific ship, or if you're leaving the decision to the author. This makes it much easier to compile the claims post. I have also made an "ask a mod" comment in case you have questions, concerns, or a prompt that doesn't seem to fit the provided categories.
ETA: New Guidelines for Music and Video Prompts
The volume of prompts we have received is very exciting! However, it does mean that compiling the claims list is going to take a little time and effort. As a consequence, I will no longer be able to code links to music videos or video clips. Song lyrics are still welcome, but please select an excerpt of no more than one verse, and if you'd like the author to be able to look up the whole thing, please include the song title and artist at the end of the prompt for easy copying and pasting. If you'd like to use a movie scene as inspiration, please select specific dialogue and include the source at the end.
A couple reminders from our First Anniversary Fic Fest: leave any kind of prompt you like -- poetry, song lyrics, specific scenarios or pairings, AUs, multimedia, crossovers with non-Trek, and anything else you can think of. Fics don't have to be gen; they just have to illuminate something about Uhura's character.
This post will remain open for one week (until Wednesday, August 11). A claims post will appear the following week. Leaving a prompt does not obligate you to to claim one.
Apologies if this came a bit out of the blue! The mods were inspired by some Uhura discussion on our mutual flist, and I for one needed to get it started before I had to go back to school.
Remember, this is just the claims post! Rules and dates are provided for planning purposes only.
1. Fics must be at least 1,000 words.
2. Initially, you may claim one prompt, however, we will allow you to come back for a second at a later date.
3. Stories will be posted on a rolling basis 4-6 weeks after claiming starts. Exact dates are TBA depending on how long it takes to compile the claims post, but it should run from mid to late September.
Happy prompting! Please pimp to your flists, and if anyone wants to make a banner for the challenge, we'd be extremely grateful!
P.S. Don't forget medie left us some lovely drabble prompts on Monday!