Laylah (laylah) wrote in het_challenge, @ 2007-11-11 18:52:00 |
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Be My Het Challenge Valentine~
Welcome to the first 2008(!) round of Het Challenge. This round will run as a gift exchange, with gifts due on Valentine's Day -- February 14, 2008.
The schedule looks like this:
now-November 30: sign-ups open
weekend of December 1-2: match-ups made, assignments emailed
January 20: last day to drop out without penalty
February 14: all fic and art due
Signing up:
You will sign up by leaving a screened comment to the sign-up post. You'll offer at least three fandoms you're willing to write/draw (and let me know if you have character restrictions). Then you'll suggest three fandoms you'd like to receive, with the pairings you'd prefer. You'll note whether you'd like your gift to be holiday-themed. Finally, you'll have space to tell your gifter some things about what you'd like to see.
Note: if the fandoms you request are obscure (i.e., nobody else signs up and offers them), I might have to contact you at the end of the sign-up period and ask if you can make any additional requests. To make this less likely, you can do two things: a) include at least one popular fandom in your request list, and b) pimp the challenge to other people in your favorite fandoms, so you know people will be around pick up your requests.
Because this round is a gift exchange, PLEASE DON'T SIGN UP IF YOU THINK IT'S LIKELY YOU WILL DROP OUT. I know that emergencies happen, life goes crazy on people, and sometimes you can't finish things you had every intention of getting through. But if you think you're likely to forget, get bored, or decide you don't like your assignment and not bother, please don't sign up this time.
Getting your assignment:
If all goes well and the matching process doesn't have any major headaches to it, I should finish matching people up on the first weekend of December, the 1-2. If there are snags, I will post to the asylum to let people know there's a delay. Once everyone has a match, I'll email everyone with the assignment they got.
It is not only possible but likely that you won't have offered all of the fandoms your recipient requests. That's okay! You only need to overlap for one! Your assignment is not in error unless it is entirely a) fandoms you don't know, or b) fandoms you do know with characters/pairings that you specifically refused to do.
Please don't talk about the specifics of your assignment. Keep it a surprise!
Also, and this should be common courtesy, do not bash your assignment or the recipient in public posts, even in your own journal. "Man, I never expected to get a request for this! This is going to be trickier than I thought," is okay. "I can't believe somebody actually wants something this lame!" is not. Use common sense. You can tell the difference.
Making your gift:
Your gift should be a story of 1000 words or more, or a piece of art with genuine effort and polish put into it. You only have to work with one of the pairings your recipient has requested, so take your pick. You may also, if you need to, ignore any of the additional information your recipient provided, if it's something you absolutely can't work with. Please do try to honor the spirit of the additional details, especially if your recipient has provided general guidelines about her preferences instead of specific prompts (e.g., if she wants something sweet and romantic, don't write rape fic). But if she's given you a specific scenario and you can't work with it -- or if she's outlined a fic and you're an artist, or vice versa -- then do not feel bound by the details.
Dropping out:
If you absolutely must drop out, please do so as early as possible. I will need to find someone else to provide a gift for your recipient, so that person will need time to work on it. You email me, or you can send me a PM; I have no internet access during the day on weekdays because of my job, but I do check email and IJ before and after work every day, and I'm usually around on weekends.
If you let me know that you're dropping out on or before January 20, there will be no penalty. If it's later than that, you may be barred from future exchange-style challenges on this asylum, at the mod's discretion.
Posting your gift:
Please post your gift directly to the asylum, not as a fake cut to your own journal. You're welcome to cross-post wherever you'd like, but please put a copy here. The subject line of your post should contain the title of your piece, and the fandom/pairing. The content of your piece should go behind a cut tag (and if you don't know how to make a cut tag, see this FAQ entry). Above the cut tag, all we should see is your headers:
Title:
Author/Artist:
Fandom:
Pairing:
Rating:
Warnings: [if necessary; please warn for character death, rape/non-con, and shota/chan/loli-con at a minimum -- otherwise use your discretion]
Recipient:
Any additional headers you want to include, such as summaries, author's notes, etc.
Posting deadline, one more time, is Valentine's Day, February 14, though you are welcome to post earlier than that.
Receiving your gift:
Everyone who participates should receive something in return, either a story or artwork. When your gift is posted, please leave a comment for the creator, to let them know you appreciate their hard work. If your gifter posted something that directly contradicts your requests, contact me to let me know, and I'll try to work out where the mix-up happened; otherwise, please accept your gift in the spirit in which it's offered, and say thank you.
Questions? Please ask!
No questions, all set to go? Head over to the sign up post. ^_^