Announcing the Spring 2010 Primevalathon
Sign ups are now open for the Spring 2010 Primeval Ficathon!
( What's a ficathon )
How it works
We have a shiny sign up form, which will enable us to match authors to assignments on the basis of the information given. Some information on how to use the form to indicate which characters and/or pairing combinations you would like is provided here. (The default option in all cases will remain gen so if no one has offered to write the pairings you've requested, you'll be matched with someone who offered to write gen about one or more of your chosen characters.)
When sign ups close, you'll be mailed with your assignments.
When the big day arrives, you post your work either to the![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif)
primevalathon community or, if you're not based on livejournal/insanejournal, to another journal site or your webpage, letting us know the location so we can make a post to the community. Then ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
aithine and I put together a master list of all stories.
Then we read ::g::
How long does the story need to be?
At least 1,000 words minimum. There is no maximum.
When does it have to be done by?
Sign ups are open until 28 February 2010. Matching will be done that weekend and assignments will be sent out by the 2nd March.
Stories are due on 30 April 2010. That means you'll have two months to write something.
What if I don't have a livejournal? What if I don't have a webpage?
The community exists on livejournal, insanejournal and dreamwidth, so you can simply post your story to theprimevalathon community on whichever journalling site you use. We'll be posting the masterlist in all places.
If you don't have a journal, you can still play. Just sign up as normal with your e-mail address and then, when the day of posting arrives, you can either sendaithine or me the link to your work or comment with the information on one of the admin posts. As long as we know where the story is, it doesn't matter whether it's posted to livejournal/insanejournal/dreamwidth, the web or another journalling site. We'll make a post to the main community with your story details so that no one misses it.
If you genuinely don't have a place to post it, please let us know and we can arrange to host it on one of our websites and link it in the same way.
( Any Other Questions? )
Cool. What do I need to do now?
Simply read the character/pairing guide and then go and sign up!
Questions?
If you have any other questions, please just letaithine or I know, either here or via PM.
Anything else?
The best way to ensure that you have a better chance of getting everything you've asked for is to pimp the ficathon like a pimping thing that pimps ::g:: The more signups, the more likely it is that someone is itching to write what you've requested, and the more people you encourage to sign up who like the same things that you like, the more likely, again, it is that you'll get a good match.
So, go forth and pimp, my pretties ::g::
( What's a ficathon )
How it works
We have a shiny sign up form, which will enable us to match authors to assignments on the basis of the information given. Some information on how to use the form to indicate which characters and/or pairing combinations you would like is provided here. (The default option in all cases will remain gen so if no one has offered to write the pairings you've requested, you'll be matched with someone who offered to write gen about one or more of your chosen characters.)
When sign ups close, you'll be mailed with your assignments.
When the big day arrives, you post your work either to the
primevalathon community or, if you're not based on livejournal/insanejournal, to another journal site or your webpage, letting us know the location so we can make a post to the community. Then aithine and I put together a master list of all stories.Then we read ::g::
How long does the story need to be?
At least 1,000 words minimum. There is no maximum.
When does it have to be done by?
Sign ups are open until 28 February 2010. Matching will be done that weekend and assignments will be sent out by the 2nd March.
Stories are due on 30 April 2010. That means you'll have two months to write something.
What if I don't have a livejournal? What if I don't have a webpage?
The community exists on livejournal, insanejournal and dreamwidth, so you can simply post your story to the
primevalathon community on whichever journalling site you use. We'll be posting the masterlist in all places.If you don't have a journal, you can still play. Just sign up as normal with your e-mail address and then, when the day of posting arrives, you can either send
aithine or me the link to your work or comment with the information on one of the admin posts. As long as we know where the story is, it doesn't matter whether it's posted to livejournal/insanejournal/dreamwidth, the web or another journalling site. We'll make a post to the main community with your story details so that no one misses it.If you genuinely don't have a place to post it, please let us know and we can arrange to host it on one of our websites and link it in the same way.
( Any Other Questions? )
Cool. What do I need to do now?
Simply read the character/pairing guide and then go and sign up!
Questions?
If you have any other questions, please just let
aithine or I know, either here or via PM.Anything else?
The best way to ensure that you have a better chance of getting everything you've asked for is to pimp the ficathon like a pimping thing that pimps ::g:: The more signups, the more likely it is that someone is itching to write what you've requested, and the more people you encourage to sign up who like the same things that you like, the more likely, again, it is that you'll get a good match.
So, go forth and pimp, my pretties ::g::