Submission Guidelines
Submission Guidelines
General:
-All fics must be submitted no later than November 12th.
-All fics must be a minimum of 1500 words long. There is no maximum length.
-All fics must be beta read before submission.
-All fics will be posted by the mods, not by individual authors. Please do not post your story elsewhere until after all of the fics have been posted here first. There will be a post at the end of the exchange notifying everyone that it is over.
-Please do not reveal yourself to your recipient before your fic is posted. The surprise is half the fun!
Formatting:
To make it easier for the mods when posting, please submit your fic using the template below the cut:
Recipient: Their
Title:
Author: Your
Fandoms:
Fandom 1 Characters List characters featured, names separated by commas
Fandom 2 Characters List characters featured, names separated by commas
Pairings: List only featured romantic pairings, whether crossover pairings or in-show pairings. Names separated by slashes, and pairings separated by commas (ex., Dean/Hermione, Dean/Castiel); no need to indicate fandoms and please don't use ship names
Rating: please use the G-NC17 classifications
Wordcount:
Spoilers: Please say what canon this story goes up to, for BOTH fandoms (ex., through season 3 of Bones, and episode 3x04 of Heroes)
Warnings: If any
Disclaimer: Fandom 1 and Fandom 2 belong to their respective creators
A/N: In addition to any author's notes, you may thank your beta here, if you wish
Summary: Please put a summary of your fic here, NOT the prompt used
Copy and paste your fic here.
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Prompt: Please copy and paste the prompt from your recipient's sign-up sheet that inspired this fic. If you combined multiple prompts, list all the prompts used. If your writer gave you carte blanche and no prompts, say so here.
-If you choose to write multiple fics for your lucky recipient, please format each fic using the template above and make it clear in your email that you have written multiple stories.
-If you are crossing more than two fandoms, just add extra lines to list the characters from each additional fandom.
-If your fic requires any special formatting (e.g., italics, bold, etc.), please include the appropriate HTML tags. If you do not include the HTML tags, the formatting will not show up when your fic gets posted. Below are the most common html tags you might need to use:
bold: bold text
italics: italicized text
underline: underlined text
center: centered text
Submission Emails:
-Please submit your completed fic to xover.exchange@gmail.com
-Please submit your fic as a .doc, .docx, or .txt file; you can also copy and paste your fic into your submission email.
-For the subject line of your submission email, please use the format: For LJ User X by LJ user Y (with your name and your recipient’s name in place of the LJ User X and LJ User Y)
If you are unable to complete your assignment, please let me know as soon as possible so that we can try to find a pinch-hitter. If you have any trouble with your assignment, please contact me as soon as possible with questions.
This is the last post from me for awhile. Have fun writing! :)
General:
-All fics must be submitted no later than November 12th.
-All fics must be a minimum of 1500 words long. There is no maximum length.
-All fics must be beta read before submission.
-All fics will be posted by the mods, not by individual authors. Please do not post your story elsewhere until after all of the fics have been posted here first. There will be a post at the end of the exchange notifying everyone that it is over.
-Please do not reveal yourself to your recipient before your fic is posted. The surprise is half the fun!
Formatting:
To make it easier for the mods when posting, please submit your fic using the template below the cut:
Recipient: Their
Title:
Author: Your
Fandoms:
Fandom 1 Characters List characters featured, names separated by commas
Fandom 2 Characters List characters featured, names separated by commas
Pairings: List only featured romantic pairings, whether crossover pairings or in-show pairings. Names separated by slashes, and pairings separated by commas (ex., Dean/Hermione, Dean/Castiel); no need to indicate fandoms and please don't use ship names
Rating: please use the G-NC17 classifications
Wordcount:
Spoilers: Please say what canon this story goes up to, for BOTH fandoms (ex., through season 3 of Bones, and episode 3x04 of Heroes)
Warnings: If any
Disclaimer: Fandom 1 and Fandom 2 belong to their respective creators
A/N: In addition to any author's notes, you may thank your beta here, if you wish
Summary: Please put a summary of your fic here, NOT the prompt used
Copy and paste your fic here.
-END-
Prompt: Please copy and paste the prompt from your recipient's sign-up sheet that inspired this fic. If you combined multiple prompts, list all the prompts used. If your writer gave you carte blanche and no prompts, say so here.
-If you choose to write multiple fics for your lucky recipient, please format each fic using the template above and make it clear in your email that you have written multiple stories.
-If you are crossing more than two fandoms, just add extra lines to list the characters from each additional fandom.
-If your fic requires any special formatting (e.g., italics, bold, etc.), please include the appropriate HTML tags. If you do not include the HTML tags, the formatting will not show up when your fic gets posted. Below are the most common html tags you might need to use:
bold: bold text
italics: italicized text
underline: underlined text
center: centered text
Submission Emails:
-Please submit your completed fic to xover.exchange@gmail.com
-Please submit your fic as a .doc, .docx, or .txt file; you can also copy and paste your fic into your submission email.
-For the subject line of your submission email, please use the format: For LJ User X by LJ user Y (with your name and your recipient’s name in place of the LJ User X and LJ User Y)
If you are unable to complete your assignment, please let me know as soon as possible so that we can try to find a pinch-hitter. If you have any trouble with your assignment, please contact me as soon as possible with questions.
This is the last post from me for awhile. Have fun writing! :)