Winter Companions: Fest Rules
Old friends, old friends,
Sat on their parkbench like bookends
A newspaper blown through the grass
Falls on the round toes
of the high shoes of the old friends
Old friends, winter companions, the old men
Lost in their overcoats, waiting for the sunset
The sounds of the city sifting through trees
Settle like dust on the shoulders of the old friends
~Simon & Garfunkel~
Winter Companions is a fest for all things Ten/Jack - fic, art, vids or anything else you feel inspired for, so long as it pairs the tenth Doctor and Captain Jack Harkness. This is how it works:
Phase 1: Prompts
From now until July 23rd, midnight GMT (when is that?) we'll be collecting prompts for the fest.
There are two prompt collection posts - one for general prompts, one for prompts that contain spoilers for the series 3 finale (Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords). Anyone can submit prompts, whether you plan to join the fest itself or not.
Here is the spoiler-free prompt collection post - comment there to leave your general prompts.
Here is the spoileriffic prompt collection post - comment there to leave any prompts that contain spoilers for Utopia, The Sound of Drums, and/or Last of the Time Lords.
You can submit as many prompts as you like. The more, the better!
Prompts can be simple - just a phrase, a word, an item, or a quote - or more complex, like a scenario you'd like to see. Don't use more than 50 words, though - inspire people, don't do their writing for them.
On July 24th, we'll be posting the full list of prompts, again in two posts, one with and one without spoilers for the finale.
Phase 2: Writing/creating
Once the prompt posts are up, all you need to do to join is pick a prompt (any prompt) and comment to claim it. And then write/create. No worries, we won't hunt you down and throw you into the nearest black hole if you find you can't complete your fic or artwork or vid - that's just so we can see how many people are interested. :-)
You have until August 27th to write, vid or otherwise create your entry. If you sign up right at the start, that means you have a month - but you can also come in later and join in. (Or earlier - nothing's stopping you from starting to write/vid/whatever as soon as you see a prompt you like!) Whenever you want, just comment to claim your prompt. Or a second prompt, or a third one! Write or create as many entries as you like.
You can use more than one prompt for one entry, and you can combine prompts from the spoiler-free and the spoileriffic lists. The separate lists are just to make sure no one gets accidentally spoiled by looking at prompts.
And don't worry: more than one person can use the same prompt. That's what fanfic (and fanart) is about, after all: different takes on the same thing. So go and have fun with it!
There's no length or size requirement - from drabble to epic, from icons to wallpaper to painting, it's all good. (And kudos to you if you can manage an epic within a month. *g*)
Absolutely anything goes, so long as it involves Ten/Jack. No other restrictions, apart from common sense. (Which is to say - no character bashing, please!)
Once you're done, post your fic/artwork/vid/... to this community, or post it to your own journal/webspace and post a link on this community.
Please include the following header info when you post to the comm:
Title:
Author/Artist/Vidder/...:
Prompt used:
Rating:
Spoilers/warnings:
Summary:
When you post your entry, make sure anything spoilery is hidden behind a cut, including any prompts from the spoileriffic list.
On August 28th, we'll be posting a masterlist of all entries submitted. Which will hopefully be many. :-)
Any more questions? Leave us a comment here!
If you're all set, go to the prompt posts and leave us your prompts! And don't forget to pimp this fest - the more people join in, the better!
Your mods,
wojelah and trobadora
Sat on their parkbench like bookends
A newspaper blown through the grass
Falls on the round toes
of the high shoes of the old friends
Old friends, winter companions, the old men
Lost in their overcoats, waiting for the sunset
The sounds of the city sifting through trees
Settle like dust on the shoulders of the old friends
~Simon & Garfunkel~
Winter Companions is a fest for all things Ten/Jack - fic, art, vids or anything else you feel inspired for, so long as it pairs the tenth Doctor and Captain Jack Harkness. This is how it works:
Phase 1: Prompts
From now until July 23rd, midnight GMT (when is that?) we'll be collecting prompts for the fest.
There are two prompt collection posts - one for general prompts, one for prompts that contain spoilers for the series 3 finale (Utopia/The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords). Anyone can submit prompts, whether you plan to join the fest itself or not.
Here is the spoiler-free prompt collection post - comment there to leave your general prompts.
Here is the spoileriffic prompt collection post - comment there to leave any prompts that contain spoilers for Utopia, The Sound of Drums, and/or Last of the Time Lords.
You can submit as many prompts as you like. The more, the better!
Prompts can be simple - just a phrase, a word, an item, or a quote - or more complex, like a scenario you'd like to see. Don't use more than 50 words, though - inspire people, don't do their writing for them.
On July 24th, we'll be posting the full list of prompts, again in two posts, one with and one without spoilers for the finale.
Phase 2: Writing/creating
Once the prompt posts are up, all you need to do to join is pick a prompt (any prompt) and comment to claim it. And then write/create. No worries, we won't hunt you down and throw you into the nearest black hole if you find you can't complete your fic or artwork or vid - that's just so we can see how many people are interested. :-)
You have until August 27th to write, vid or otherwise create your entry. If you sign up right at the start, that means you have a month - but you can also come in later and join in. (Or earlier - nothing's stopping you from starting to write/vid/whatever as soon as you see a prompt you like!) Whenever you want, just comment to claim your prompt. Or a second prompt, or a third one! Write or create as many entries as you like.
You can use more than one prompt for one entry, and you can combine prompts from the spoiler-free and the spoileriffic lists. The separate lists are just to make sure no one gets accidentally spoiled by looking at prompts.
And don't worry: more than one person can use the same prompt. That's what fanfic (and fanart) is about, after all: different takes on the same thing. So go and have fun with it!
There's no length or size requirement - from drabble to epic, from icons to wallpaper to painting, it's all good. (And kudos to you if you can manage an epic within a month. *g*)
Absolutely anything goes, so long as it involves Ten/Jack. No other restrictions, apart from common sense. (Which is to say - no character bashing, please!)
Once you're done, post your fic/artwork/vid/... to this community, or post it to your own journal/webspace and post a link on this community.
Please include the following header info when you post to the comm:
Title:
Author/Artist/Vidder/...:
Prompt used:
Rating:
Spoilers/warnings:
Summary:
When you post your entry, make sure anything spoilery is hidden behind a cut, including any prompts from the spoileriffic list.
On August 28th, we'll be posting a masterlist of all entries submitted. Which will hopefully be many. :-)
Any more questions? Leave us a comment here!
If you're all set, go to the prompt posts and leave us your prompts! And don't forget to pimp this fest - the more people join in, the better!
Your mods,
wojelah and trobadora