| Sep. 12th, 2007 @ 03:21 am Sign-Up Post: bottomsnape May Exchange 2007 |
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[originally posted: 03/23/07 by odogoddess]
Yay! This is our first exchange and we hope it will go off as smoothly as Severus does when he's with his beloved partner. :)
To that end, we must have some ground rules and for those wanting to take part, here they are:
1. You must be 18 to participate. No exceptions.
2. All work should contain some form of bottomsnape, slash or het. Including masturbation, in keeping with National Masturbation Month, is encouraged, but not required.
3. If you sign up, you will be writing or drawing a gift for a person that will be assigned to you.
4. If you are writing, your story must be a minimum of 1,000 words. We would strongly advise that your story be beta-read or at the very least SPAG (Spelling, Punctuation And Grammar) proofed.
5. Please follow the recipient's request. While you do not have to include every single element they request, please try to honour the request to the best of your ability. These are the most important considerations:
- Is at least one of their pairings in your entry?
- Is at least one element they requested present?
- Have their squicks been avoided? The answer to all these should be YES.
6. If you, at any time, need to back out of the exchange, please let us know as soon as possible, either here or via email, so that we may get a pinch-hitter. NOTE: fics written for drop-outs will to the best of our ability be re-assigned to a pinch-hitter. Pinch-hitters, it's best to be flexible in terms of what you may receive.
7. Fics should be in text format or a Word doc with all Smart Quotes turned off and any special html coding (italics, bold, underline, center, etc) included. Work should be completed by April 22nd. We can work with you if there are time-constraints but let us know ASAP, because we start posting May 1st. If we do not hear from late-entrants by April 24th, we will assume you have been incapacitated and will re-assign accordingly. So, if you *think* a conflict may arise, let us know - often times a think-it-might becomes a OMG-it-did(!) and there is no time when it happens to let anyone know. So the watchwords are: keep us informed.
8. When your work is completed, please email it to bottomsnape AT yahoo DOT com with 'bottomsnape exchange entry' in the title. We will send confirmation of receipt within 24 hours, so if you do not get confirmation of receipt, then we did not receive it!
9. Please do not archive your work elsewhere until artists and authors have been revealed on the community in the form of a master list.
10. All fic or art must have the following header included:
ART FOR or FIC FOR:
FROM: (include this, but it will be deleted prior to posting)
TITLE:
PAIRING:
RATING:
WARNINGS:
SUMMARY:
DISCLAIMER: The world of HP and it's characters belongs to Rowling. The author of this fic has borrowed them for the purposes of storytelling. No profit was or will be made.
AUTHOR/ARTIST NOTES:
11. Het and slash alike will be allowed in this fest. If you do not write or wish to receive either slash or het, just indicate it on the sign-up form. We are expecting a small pool of entries and more writers than artists, so we cannot guarantee a choice between fic or art. We also suspect there will be more slash than het authors and artists, so please try and remain as flexible as possible on your sign up.
By signing up, you are indicating that you understand you must complete your recipient's request by April 22nd and if you are running late and do not contact ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) bottomsnape's moderators by April 24th, that your gift may be re-assigned.
How do you sign up? Use the template below.
Sign ups close on March 26th! Assignments start going out March 30th.
Correction: Sign-ups have been extended two more days. They now close on March 28th. No other dates have changed.
Remember, in re: your entries - if you're not sure of timeline or character details or how to spell something, the Harry Potter lexicon is very helpful.
If you have any questions not covered above, feel free to ask. You can email us, if you prefer, at: bottomsnape AT yahoo DOT com
Since we have RL's, too, please allow us at least a day to respond before assuming we are either ignoring you or did not see your question or email. Thanks!
That aside, please consider taking part and making Masturbation month one to remember. :)
ETA: Sign-ups are now closed! 12:08A, 29 March 2007. |
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