The Sixth Annual Lusty Month of May Marathon Rules!
It's that time of year again! Spring is in the air, flowers are blooming, everything is turning green, and nature is surging and exploding with new vitality, which can mean only one thing: it's time for a glut of pervy werewolf smut.
The Sixth Annual Lusty Month of May Marathon:
The goal is simple: write/draw and post smut here during the month of May in accordance with one of the three tiers. Writers/artists who complete Tier One or Tier Two are eligible for the grand prize, and we'll have a community poll to determine the winner. Only members of the community will be able to vote, and if there's a tie, we'll have a run-off poll until a single winner is determined.
The winner will receive six months paid IJ time or the donation of an equivalent amount to the charity of their choice if they prefer. The winner and the runners up will all be lauded so that the rest of us can boggle, throw virtual flowers and chocolate, and cheer their stamina. I also hope to have icons and banners for all LMOM winners this year. (And if you're interested in creating them, please email me at scribbulus_ink @ insanejournal.com.)
The Rules:
1. The story/art must be created in May, not before. This is to prevent people from simply pulling out all their smut from the past year or two and recycling it, or from jumping the gun and writing/drawing things before the challenge has officially begun (which would be cheating).
2. Each entry must contain smut of at least PG13 level whether it’s a story or art.
3. You may cross-post. For example, if you write/draw a Remus-centric story/art for another challenge during May and the other challenge rules permit it, you may post it here for the LMOM, although please don't link from another community. Stories/art must be posted in full HERE to qualify, not linked from your personal journal, another community, or a personal website or archive.
4. The story/art may feature het or slash smut as long as Remus is involved somehow, even if just as a voyeur.
5. You may write about ~ any scenario, including AUs and crossovers ~ any pairing, as long as Remus is involved somehow even if only as a voyeur ~ any kink, and I do mean any. There are no exclusions here. ~ or even vanilla smut, since I'm making an exception to the usual kinky rules for the purposes of this challenge.
6. You MUST use the following header info:
Title: Author: Rating: Pairing: Kink(s): Challenge: Lusty Month of May 2009 Word count:
It's very important for you to include the word count, since that will inform me which Tier you're competing in.
7. We do have community tags, so please remember to use them. You can find a list of all available tags in the sidebar of the community's main page or listed here. Tags are listed by author name, pairing and kink. If you are a new writer, introduce a new pairing or introduce a new kink, I'll add it to the tag list.
8. You may begin writing/drawing entries for the LMOM as soon as it's May 1 in your time zone. You must start from scratch on May 1, not April 30!
Tiers: The Tiers are described in full here, but there are a couple of points I want to clarify about them.
You do NOT have to choose/commit to a specific Tier. If you begin the month in Tier One, miss a day, and decide to switch to Tier Two, that's fine.
If you choose Tier Two, you aren't required to post a certain amount in a certain time frame, but you DO need to include smut in each section you post, and the overall story should be appropriately smutty. Writing/posting in larger chunks doesn't exempt anyone from the smut component of the challenge.
If you use quoted material as an epigraph, you should NOT include it in your word count.
For Fun and Inspiration: I’ll provide a list of prompts once per week that people may use for inspiration for LMOM if so desired. Using the prompts is not required; they’re just for inspirational purposes. I’m giving a week’s worth of prompts at one time rather than posting daily due to time zone differences.
To select these prompts, I looked up quotes about sex.
Day 1 – Does it really matter what these affectionate people do-- so long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses (Mrs. Patrick Campbell)
Day 2 – But seduction isn’t making someone do what they don’t want to do. Seduction is enticing someone into doing what they secretly want to do already. (Waiter Rant)
Day 3 – "I'm a terrible lover. I've actually given a woman an anti-climax." (Scott Roeben)
Day 4 – "There is nothing safe about sex. There never will be." (Norman Mailer)
Day 5 – "I've tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic and the others give me a stiff neck or lockjaw." (Tallulah Bankhead)
Day 6 – "There's nothing inherently dirty about sex, but if you try real hard and use your imagination you can overcome that." (Lewis Grizzard)
Day 7 - "For flavor, instant sex will never supercede the stuff you have to peel and cook." (Quentin Crisp)
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Happy perving! :D
ETA: We do have a mirror community on Dreamwidth that you're free to use as well.