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@ 2008-01-21 02:29:00

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Mod Post: Guidelines for Prompts and Claiming
Guidelines for Prompts and Claiming Prompts:

Before we open up to receive prompts in a few hours, we just wanted to post a few guidelines for you guys to keep in mind while you're brainstorming away, and also to clarify a few questions we've been asked.

1. All prompts must be related to the HP universe. Everything is welcome, AU, AR, EWE, Canon, anything goes! And you can leave as many prompts as you like.

2. If at all possible, we would like the keep the prompts as open ship-wise as possible. Example:

Open Prompt: After the battle of Hogwarts, Harry goes back to find Snape's body. He realizes Snape is still alive and nurses him back to health.
Shippy Prompt: After the battle of Hogwarts, Harry goes back to find Snape's body. He realizes Snape is still alive and finds out the only way to nurse him to health is with repeated drawn-out snog sessions.

As you can see, the first prompt could be Snarry or could be Snape & Harry friendship, etc. The second one would have to be Snarry. Now if you were really keen on Snape being nursed back to health by snogging, you could rephrase the prompt like this:

Prompt: After the battle of Hogwarts, Snape is discovered clinging to life, and the only way to counteract the poison from Nagini's fangs is for Snape to get lots and lots of snogs. (prefer Snape/Harry or Snape/Hermione if at all possible)

Non-scenario prompts are more than welcome as well, like 'Fun with Bubble-wrap!'

3. Anyone can leave a prompt. You do not have to have an IJ as anonymous commenting is enabled. Also, leaving a prompt does not commit you to claiming a prompt later.

4. The prompt post will be open until Monday January 28th, 11:59 PM EST. At that point, your mods will be furiously gathering all the prompts together for a claiming post that will go up early evening (EST) on Tuesday January 29th.

5. Prompts will be available to be claimed once for fic and once for art, first come, first served.

6. If you are going to be out of town or away from the computer on January 29th and are worried about not being able to claim a prompt, someone else may claim for you on your behalf. Just make sure they put your username somewhere in the subject line or in the comment itself.

7. You may claim up to two prompts. Fics need to be at least 500 words and beta-read. Art obviously does not have a word-minimum but should be a bit more than a drawble. All fics and art are due by March 15th.

Any questions? Email festmods @ yahoo.com or comment here! The Open for Prompts post will be up later today!

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	maireadinish 2008-01-21 01:08 pm UTC (link)
	Do you accept photo prompts? As in: use this item (insert picture here) in a story. Or: Harry finds this object (insert photo) in his trunk, and doesn't know where it came from. etc. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ladybelz 2008-01-21 02:43 pm UTC (link)
	I'd like to know the answer to this as well. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sdk 2008-01-21 05:49 pm UTC (link)
	Yes we will/do accept photo prompts in any fashion. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sdk 2008-01-21 05:49 pm UTC (link)
	Yes, we will/do accept photo prompts in any fashion. :) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	# of prompts lilian_cho 2008-01-21 05:04 pm UTC (link)
	How many prompts can each person submit? (I didn't see that limitation anywhere) Because if you don't cap it, I...seriously can go up to 30 prompts. Easily. Uh, the plotbunnies in my head breed like crazy? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Re: # of prompts lilian_cho 2008-01-21 05:05 pm UTC (link)
	Hmm, unless what you mean by "Anyone can leave a prompt" is Every person can only submit ONE single prompt. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: # of prompts sdk 2008-01-21 05:51 pm UTC (link)
	No, you can leave as many prompts as you like! (See #1) 30 is wow (we hadn't expected anyone to leave that many g) but yeah, if you want to leave 30, go for it. The only thing to keep in mind is obviously we can't guarantee that all your prompts will be claimed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: # of prompts lilian_cho 2008-01-21 06:13 pm UTC (link)
	The only thing to keep in mind is obviously we can't guarantee that all your prompts will be claimed. lol _obviously_ X-D Well I've been around fandom since 2005, see. So I have a looong list of prompts and plotbunnies that are still unclaimed by people ^^;; I'll make sure to group the prompts by subject/character in separate comments to make it easier for you =) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Re: # of prompts lilian_cho 2008-01-21 06:15 pm UTC (link)
	And haha, yeah I've only had 5 hrs sleep so my brain didn't register #1 properly. At least I can still spell and type in full sentences? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: # of prompts sdk 2008-01-23 12:16 am UTC (link)
	Oh np! :D It's all good. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Another question lilian_cho 2008-01-22 04:03 pm UTC (link)
	Can writers/artists combine two prompts in one submission? Thanks! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Another question sdk 2008-01-23 12:15 am UTC (link)
	Hi--I just want to clarify your question. You're talking about a writer taking two prompts and combining them into one submission or an artist doing the same, not a writer with one prompt and an artist with a different prompt combining to make one submission with both a story and a piece of artwork, correct? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Another question lilian_cho 2008-01-23 02:48 am UTC (link)
	You're talking about a writer taking two prompts and combining them into one submission or an artist doing the same Yes =) Actually, your question brought up another question: If someone is an author _and_ an artist, can s/he claim a prompt and do a story with illustration(s)? Thanks! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

Re: Another question

sdk
2008-01-23 02:53 am UTC (link)

Okay, I can answer that second one straight away--if you were an author and an artist, you could create a story and a companion piece of art or combine a piece of art with a companion drabble/ficlet. Or if you were an author and wanted to collaborate with an artist and put the art and story together for the same prompt, that's totally cool, too.

The one about two prompts going into one piece I have to confer with the other mods about, but I'll have an answer ASAP. :D

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Re: Another question

sdk
2008-01-23 04:09 pm UTC (link)

Hi, back again. :D

No, it is against the rules to claim two prompts for one piece. In other words, if you claim two prompts, two pieces need to be created. Obviously you can always use a second prompt as inspiration, but this will still leave the prompt open to be claimed by someone else, since each prompt will only be allowed to be claimed once for fic and once for art.

Also, keep in mind, each participant is only allowed to claim two prompts in all, unless when done with the two pieces, there are still claims left and the participant has enough time to create a third piece.

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	Re: Another question lilian_cho 2008-01-23 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	Gotcha! That makes sense =) (Reply to this) (Parent)

	beautyfulevil 2008-01-22 09:37 am UTC (link)
	I'm so excited about this! Let me know if you all need any art hosted this time around (or fic for that matter; if it's needed - which I doubt, fic's are small). ♥ Sara (Reply to this) (Thread)

	sdk 2008-01-23 04:10 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks for the offer! We'll definitely let you know. :D (Reply to this) (Parent)

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sdk
2008-01-24 04:45 am UTC (link)
Hey there--we're actually collecting prompts over here in the Submit Prompts post. Could you copy your comment there so we can make sure its included when we gather everything together?

Thanks!
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plot panda
lilian_cho
2008-01-30 01:54 am UTC (link)
If the prompt you're coveting generates a gigantic plotpanda instead of a cutesy itty plotbunny, and say you just _know_ the fic is going to span over seven Hogwarts years...can you just post "Year One" for the fest? ^^;;
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Re: plot panda
sdk
2008-01-30 02:13 am UTC (link)
You can certainly write sequels to any fic that you write for this fest, but any submitted fic must meet all of our requirements (i.e., it must fulfill the prompt, meet the length requirements, be beta-read, and submitted by March 15th, etc.) and be complete in of itself.

Like Chamber of Secrets is a complete story and part of series so that would be acceptable, but chapter one through five of Chamber of Secrets is just a part of a story so wouldn't. Does that make sense?
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Re: plot panda
lilian_cho
2008-01-30 02:18 am UTC (link)
Yup it does, thanks =)

How long can we claim prompts? I think I'll wait until the latest possible moment because I'm skeptical I can write Year One by March 15th O_o
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Re: plot panda
sdk
2008-01-30 02:33 am UTC (link)
Claims (which will be up shorty actually) are first come, first served, so there's no deadline for a claim as long as the story/art will be submitted by March 15th. So in other words, someone (as long as they haven't already made two claims) could claim an open prompt on March 14th if they could be ready by March 15th to post it (and have it beta'd if its a fic, etc.) :D
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Re: plot panda
lilian_cho
2008-01-30 02:37 am UTC (link)
Alrighty, will do that then, thanks! =)
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