Snegurochka (snegurochka_lee) wrote in lupin_snape, @ 2008-04-23 13:31:00 |
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Entry tags: | prompt: darkfic fest '08 |
May Challenge Sign-ups! (Dark Side of Snape/Lupin)
The Family Fest is still open until April 30, but I wanted to give participants in the May Challenge a head start on their projects. So...
The Dark Side of Snape/Lupin Challenge is now open for business!
HOW TO SIGN UP:
Leave a comment to this post with the following information:
Name:
Fic or Art:
Age statement: I am over 18 and may produce NC-17 work if I want to.
~OR~
I am under 18 and will not produce NC-17 work for this challenge.
Prompt statement: I've already got an idea for what to write/draw: no prompt needed!
~OR~
Prompt me!
If you choose to ask for a prompt, tell me if you want a person, place, or thing. I'll respond to your comment with the next noun on my respective lists of persons, places, and things in the Potterverse. That will be your guiding force for your fic or art. The prompt is not binding! If you despise it and can't work with it, go ahead with your own idea, or come back and ask me for a new prompt. But if possible, see if you can't use it. Just for fun. :)
RULES:
Due date:
This is the May Challenge for this community, so fic and art is to be posted between May 1 and May 31. I will post a Masterlist on June 1.
*clarification* You can produce as much fic or art for this challenge as you'd like, but I imagine most people will be producing one piece. This is not a daily challenge. :)
(Obviously, this community welcomes dark fic/art at any time, and so if you get bunnied to produce a giant novel that you can't post till September, hey, that's fine. But the point here is to produce this work for the month of May. I won't chase you down if you don't finish on time, but please think about your schedule before signing up. We'd really like everyone to finish!)
Word length:
Stories must be a minimum of 500 words. There is no upper word limit. BUT, see above about the due date. If you can write a novella in under a month, go for it. But given the time frame, this is probably a one-shot sort of challenge. I suggest a guideline of no more than 10,000 words. It's up to you, but again, keep the deadline in mind.
Art should be something more than a drawble, but the level of polish is up to the artist.
Age:
As with most challenges/fests at this community, participants under 18 will not be permitted to submit NC-17 work.
Warnings:
Please use the usual community headers when posting your fic or art, and be especially mindful of including warnings. Dark fic and art can contain some troubling elements that not everyone will want to read or view, even among those participating in this challenge. Please consider your warnings carefully, and if you have any questions about what is appropriate, feel free to ask me.
Readers/viewers, keep in mind that while we hope you will give feedback to our writers and artists when the work is posted, flames or abusive feedback will not be tolerated. All pieces will have warnings attached. This challenge may poke at some potentially uncomfortable topics. Don't like? Don't read/view.
Content:
I'm not going to dictate a definition of "dark" for this challenge: creators have relatively free rein! Check out the discussion about "what is dark?" in this post and the poll results in this post if you need some guidance or inspiration.
Remember that this is a Snape/Lupin community. While the content of some submissions for this particular challenge may affect that pairing (ie: non-con, mindfuck, torture, etc), this pairing should still be the focus of your work. You cannot, for example, have Snape kill Lupin in the first sentence in order for Snape to run off with Harry, okay? Use your judgement, and as always, ask me if you have questions about your content.
This post will remain open till the end of May, so you can sign up any time! Just try to get your fic or art done by May 31.
Thanks to the lupin_snape mods for letting me play in their sandbox with this fest again this year!
I'm sure I've forgotten something, so ask away if anything is unclear. :) Let's go Dark Side!