Thursday, March 27th, 2008

Drabble-a-thon!

[info]phoenixfest
It's time for our Drabble-a-thon! We had an excellent drabble-a-thon last time, and we're very excited to bring it back for round two. Check out the rules, pimp it to your flists, and get ready to drabble!

Rules

1. Your mods will post a prompt every hour, on the hour.

2. The prompts may be anything that your autocratic mods choose - a word, a character, a quote from one of the books, song lyrics, a quote from another source, a picture, anything.

3. Long prompts and photo prompts will be placed under lj-cuts, but anything that is shorter will appear outside of a cut.

4. Drabbles must be exactly 100 words (not counting title and header information). Drawbles should be quick sketches, approximately 15-20 minutes worth of work or so.

5. You may produce as many drabbles or drawbles as you choose, for as many prompts as you choose. If one prompt inspires you - you can write or draw five, or as many as you like. If the next five prompts don't speak to your muse - no worries! It's all about having fun.

6. All kinds of drabbles and drawbles are accepted - het, gen, slash, any pairing, any genre and any rating. We do ask that you post accurate warnings when necessary.

Drabbles and drawbles can either be posted in their entirety as a comment to the prompt or you may post them to your own journal (IJ only, please), then post a link in the comments - be sure to include the header information and any necessary warnings when you do so. For NWS drawbles and NC-17 drabbles, please post them to your personal journal under an lj-cut and make sure that the warnings are clear in the header info that you post in your comment.

7. Please use the following header for every drabble you post:

Title:
Author:
Word Count:
Rating:
Pairing:
Prompt:
Warnings:
Disclaimer:

and the following header for drawbles:

Title:
Artist:
Media:
Rating:
Pairing:
Prompt:
Warnings:
Disclaimer:


8. We encourage you to write and post your drabbles this weekend, but late entries will be accepted all though next week.

9. Read the other interpretations of the prompts and leave comments and love for your fellow drabblers ... and above all, have fun!

10. We'll post a masterlist of all submissions and also create a gift for the person(s) who created the most drabbles/drawbles during the weekend and the week following.

It's going to be a lot of fun! Pimp this to your flists, clear your schedule for this weekend, and sharpen your pencils!

Feel free to use the following banner and icon if you wish when pimping or participating:
drabble-a-thon banner and icon )

Please also note that posting for the fest will be suspended over the weekend so entries don't get lost among the 48 prompts posted.

Any questions? Feel free to comment here or email us at festmods at yahoo.com

Thanks!
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Submissions due in two days!

[info]phoenixfest
Just a friendly reminder that all submissions are due IN TWO DAYS from now, at 11:59 PM EST on March 15th! If you are not finished with your submission and have not yet contacted us about an extension, please do so now! Extension requests and any questions about submissions can be directed to festmods@yahoo.com.

We're very excited about our second round here at Phoenix Flies! We'll start posting on the 15th and continue to post one or two pieces a day until the fest is over. It's looking like we're going to have a great round, with a lot of wonderful submissions already in the posting queue, and so we want to encourage you all to leave feedback for our wonderful authors and artists.

One final announcement before posting starts - the drabble-a-thon, which was scheduled for March 22nd-March 23rd, is going to be postponed until the following weekend (March 29th-March 30th). One of our mods had a scheduling conflict with some real life obligations, and it does take all three of us to ensure that hourly prompts are posted throughout the whole weekend. We're sorry about the schedule confusion, but hopefully the additional week will give you some extra time to put your drabbling hats on!
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Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Mod Post: Banners and Icons and an ETA to the Guidelines for Posting

[info]phoenixfest
Hi guys,

As some of you who were around during the first round of [info]phoenix_flies know, [info]twilightsorcery was kind enough to create this gorgeous piece of artwork for us to use for banners and icons.


click for full view of artwork.

Using [info]twilightsorcery's artwork, we've created a couple banners and an icon for you to use to put in your user info or to pimp your pieces once they are posted, if you'd like!

phoenix flies banners and icons )

If you choose to use the banners and/or icon, please upload to your own space and link from there, do not hotlink these images directly. If you need help in doing this, comment here or email us, and we'll be sure to explain further.

Also, we've found out that when using moderated posting, each member will only be able to have one post in the queue at a time. If you claimed two prompts and have two pieces to post, please only submit one initially. Once it is posted, you will be able to submit the second one to the moderation queue. We apologize for the inconvenience, but sadly this isn't something we can fix.

If your fic is longer than 10K, or you suspect it might be: Please email us or comment here. We will be hosting those fics off-site to take care of the problem of not being able to submit two posts at once.

Please be sure to check out the guidelines already posted here before you submit your piece to the community. If your post is rejected, it is likely due to the post not following the guidelines. If your email address is readily available, we will email you to let you know what the issue is and why the post was rejected, then you can fix the error(s) and resubmit it to the queue. It will most likely be a formatting problem or a lack of an lj-cut, so please double-check your post before submitting it. You can easily do this by previewing the post or making a private post in your own journal (only visible to you) to make sure everything looks okay.

If it is just a minor problem (for example, you left the subject blank on accident) we will likely go ahead and let the post through and comment on the entry so you can edit and fix the error.

Please note: If you use the rich text editor rather than the html editor to post your piece, you will have to reformat the header in rich text.


Again, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to comment and/or email us at festmods @ yahoo.com.

Just a few more days until we start posting! :D

Thanks!
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008

One week left!

[info]phoenixfest
Please remember, your submissions are due on March 15th, one week from today! Please take a few minutes to read and follow these guidelines for posting your submissions.

Guidelines for Posting:

1. The community is now open for moderated posting from all members. (If you're not a member, please go ahead and join the community now.)

2. We'll be accepting submissions (fic and art) from now until the deadline. If it looks like you're going to need an extension, please contact us as soon as possible (festmods@yahoo.com) and be specific - tell us how long you think that you're going to need to finish. We want this to be a low-stress, fun-filled fest, but we'd also prefer to get everything posted within a reasonable time frame!

3. All submissions must be betaed, no exceptions! If you are looking for a beta, you can look here or at any of the beta-resource communities. If you're absolutely and completely beta-less, e-mail us and we'll try to find someone for you.

4. Once you are finished and ready to post, please follow these formatting guidelines!

-The title of your post should look like this: Title (Characters/Pairing, rating)
Examples:
The True Story of How Harry Potter Defeated Voldemort (Padfoot, Scabbers and a squeaky toy, R)
The Way to a Woman's Heart (Luna Lovegood/Marietta Edgecombe, NC-17)
Making Dreams (Harry/Draco, PG-13)

-You must use an lj-cut after the header, no fake lj-cuts (i.e. fics must be posted to the community itself, not to your own journal) and no exceptions. If you don't know how to use an lj-cut, go here or e-mail us if you need more help.

-If you are posting art, it should contain the following header information:



-If you are posting art, please feel free to use a thumbnail (although if you prefer not to use one, that's absolutely fine too). Your art should be hosted off-site - please let us know if you don't have a place to upload your art, and we will make arrangements for you.

-If you are posting fic, it should contain the following header information:


-As a reminder, fics should be at least 500 words in length. Last round, we set a limit of 5000 as the maximum and didn't strictly enforce it. Fics that are longer than 5000 words are fine for this round, but this was never intended to be a fest where we'd all write the next great HP novel. It's meant to be low-stress, after all.

That said, there's really no reason why anyone's fic should require more than one post or be long enough to need hosting off-site (10,000 words or more). If you're finding that your fic is approaching that limit, please e-mail us so that we can discuss it.

5. Once everything is set, you may want to use the Preview function to make sure that your submission looks exactly the way that you want it to. (Alternatively, you can make a private post to your own journal to look it over.)

6. When you're completely satisfied with the way your submission appears, go ahead and post it to [info]phoenix_flies. (Please do not post your work elsewhere until after our fest is over.)

7. After the deadline (March 15th), we'll start approving posts! Sit back and enjoy, and please remember to leave comments for the artists and authors that have worked hard on their submissions. They appreciate feedback just as much as you do!
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Friending Frenzy Wrap-up and a Call for Betas

[info]phoenixfest
Thank you, to all of you who participated in our friending frenzy, pimped it, and helped to make it a success! We had a great time this weekend!

While we aren't kicking anyone out - feel free to hang around on that post and continue to make new friends, if you like - it's also time to start turning our attention to the writing and drawing part of this fest. All fics and art are due on March 15th, less than a month from today!

During our last round a couple of participants ran into some trouble finding a beta at short notice. To make things a little easier for our writers, we decided to do a call for volunteers.

If you’re willing to help out, please leave your details here, using this template:





Thanks! :)
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Monday, February 11th, 2008

Mod Post: Upcoming Events

[info]phoenixfest
Hi guys!

We hope everyone is having fun with their claimed prompts so far! And just as a reminder, if you haven't claimed any prompts or have only claimed one, you can claim another prompt at any time. The claiming period is open throughout the fest, and there's still plenty of prompts out there free for the taking. The claiming post is here.

Mark Your Calendars

We have two other events that everyone is welcome to participate in, regardless if they submitted a prompt or claimed a prompt or are even members of the community. These are the friending frenzy and the drabble-a-thon.

The friending frenzy is going to be held this upcoming weekend, February 15th - 17th. Meet old friends and make new friends on IJ!

The drabble-a-thon is going to be held March 22nd - 23rd. Your mods (with the help of some volunteers) will post one prompt on the hour, every hour for forty-eight straight hours for your drabbling/drawbling pleasure. The person that drabbles/drawbles the most will be awarded a nifty banner that they can display wherever they wish. This is a great way to relax and let the muse flow.

We hope everyone can join us for both of these events. We'll see you on Friday!

Again, if you have any comments, questions or concerns, please leave a comment here or contact us at festmods @ yahoo.com!
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Monday, January 28th, 2008

Reminder - prompts due

[info]phoenixfest
This is just a reminder that we are closing the prompts post at midnight, EST (That's GMT - 5) - so you have just a little over twelve hours to submit prompts!

Also, remember that prompts should be HP-related and should not be ship-specific. The mods do reserve the right to eliminate prompts that do not follow our guidelines.

We'll open prompts for claiming starting tomorrow, January 29th, and we'll post more guidelines about prompt claiming then. Stay tuned! :)
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Friday, January 25th, 2008

Mod Post: Announcement about Prompts

[info]phoenixfest
Hi guys,

We were starting to gather the prompts together in preparation to open up for claims on Tuesday and we noticed that there are a lot of prompts based on icon quotes and comic strip quotes and other book sources. We realize that while quotes can be a source of inspiration, unfortunately they don't fall under our guidelines stated here.

If anyone would like to use quotes as part of their inspiration for creating fic and/or art in concert with their claimed prompt, they are more than welcome to surf through the comments in the open for prompts post, however they will not be up for claiming during this round.

We apologize for the confusion.

We do have a drabble-a-thon coming up in March in which we will post prompts every hour on the hour for a whole weekend. We would love to use some of these quotes then, and of course we would credit you for sending them our way.

As always, if you have any questions or comments, please reply to this post or email us at festmods@yahoo.com.

Thank you,

Phoenix Flies Mods
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Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Reminder to Submit Prompts

[info]sdk
Hi guys!

We just wanted to remind everyone that you can submit your prompts here for round 2 of the [info]phoenix_flies fest! Don't forget to read the Rules and Guidelines first.

We will be accepting prompts until Midnight on January 28th, so make sure you get them in before then!

Thanks!
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Monday, January 21st, 2008

Mod Post: Guidelines for Prompts and Claiming

[info]sdk
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.

Guidelines for Prompts and Claiming )
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Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Mod Post: Pimping Banner

[info]sdk
Hi guys!

We whipped up this quick banner so you guys could use it to pimp around if you want!
The original artwork for this piece was created by the lovely and talented [info]twilightsorcery.


[info]phoenix_flies


Here's the code if you want to just cut and paste:



We open up to receive prompts on Monday! See you then!
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Monday, January 14th, 2008

Return of Phoenix Flies

[info]sdk
Hi guys!

We wanted to announce that we will be doing another round of the [info]phoenix_flies exodus fest as the last one was a great success. From the results of the poll, and a few other factors, there will be a few changes this time around. Before we open up to receive prompts, we wanted to go ahead and go over those changes with you.

Changes in the Fest )

We still want this to be a fun-filled stress-free fest like the last round so anything goes! Slash, gen, het, whatever. Fics should still be at least 500 words and beta-read and art should be a bit more than a drawble, but really, we still want this to be low-key and fun.

Calendar of Events )

Questions or Comments? Please leave a comment here or email us at festmods at yahoo.com

Thanks everyone! We're really looking forward to another great fest!


Phoenix Flies Mods
[info]chiralove, [info]kaycee, and [info]sdk
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Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Mod Post - Feedback poll

[info]sdk
Hi guys!

Now that the fest is officially over, we'd love to get some feedback about the festival overall and ideas for the future of [info]phoenix_flies. So if you have a moment, we'd appreciate it if you could fill out this poll.

Poll #668 Fest Feedback Poll
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

What was your favorite part of the Phoenix Flies Exodus Festival?

View Answers

prompts - giving and fufilling
13 (52.0%)

friending frenzy
9 (36.0%)

the read n love a thon
5 (20.0%)

the drabble-a-thon
5 (20.0%)

all of the above equally
7 (28.0%)

What was your least favorite part?

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prompts - giving and fufilling
0 (0.0%)

friending frenzy
2 (15.4%)

the read n love a thon
5 (38.5%)

the drabble-a-thon
5 (38.5%)

all of the above equally
1 (7.7%)

What do you think the mods could have done better? (feel free to comment if you run out of room)

View Answers

Would you be interested in participating in Phoenix Flies again?

View Answers

Yes
19 (76.0%)

No
0 (0.0%)

Maybe/Undecided
6 (24.0%)

If so, any suggestions for the next fest? (please comment if you run out of room)

View Answers

Would you be interested in writing and/or drawing for one of the unclaimed/abandoned prompts?

View Answers

Yes
9 (36.0%)

No
1 (4.0%)

Maybe/Undecided
15 (60.0%)

If yes, do you think...

View Answers

they should be included in the next fest along with fresh prompts
10 (47.6%)

they should be included in a mini-fest all of their own
4 (19.0%)

free-for-all; open up posting to all the members and allow them to post stories/art whenever they finish
11 (52.4%)

other (comment please)
0 (0.0%)

Any other feedback? Feel free to leave it here or in a comment!

View Answers



Please feel free to comment below if there's not enough space for your answers in the poll above. If you'd feel more comfortable sharing your thoughts via email, feel free to pass along your feedback to festmods at yahoo.com. Thank you very much for your time and feedback!

Phoenix_Flies Mods
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Saturday, December 1st, 2007

Final Friending Frenzy!

[info]phoenixfest
Hurrah! We've had a fabulous fest, and we have to thank all of you for making it possible. Artists, writers, commenters, squee-ers, drabblers, drawblers, volunteers ... thank you all so much!

We'll be posting our masterlist, showcasing all of your work, on Monday, but in the meantime, please enjoy our closing community event - the final friending frenzy. Come in and hang out, make some new friends, and pimp it to your f-lists so that they can make some new friends, too! If there's someone who's fic you've admired, a new artist you found here and fell in love with their work, one of our prolific drabblers who particularly impressed you ... go on and friend them! The more friends the merrier, especially come the holiday season. :)

So, without further ado, here's the template:



Fill it out, make friends, and pimp it! Have fun!
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Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Mod Post - End of Fest Announcements

[info]phoenixfest
Hi guys,

As all of the stories and art have been posted, we're coming up to our last event this weekend: The Closing Friending Frenzy! It will work the same as the first friending frenzy with a few new questions, and give everyone a chance to make some new HP friends.

We also wanted to give you guys a couple of banners and icons as our thanks for participating and making this festival a success. Again, special thanks to [info]twilightsorcery for providing the gorgeous fanart.

banners and icons )

We will have the masterlist for all of the fic and art up on Monday December 3rd and also a poll for feedback on the fest shortly after the friending frenzy.

Thanks! See you this weekend!

Phoenix_Flies Mods
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

Mod Post: Last Extension Reminder

[info]phoenixfest
Hi Everyone,

This is your friendly mod reminding you that if you have claimed a prompt and have not yet turned in your fic or art for that prompt that today is the last day you can request an extension.

If we do not hear from you today, we will assume you have abandoned your prompt.

The following people have contacted us about an extension:

approved extensions )

If you have contacted us and your name is not on the above list, please e-mail us again or leave a comment here. You can reach us at festmods at yahoo.com.

Other notes:

We still have a few more stories and art to post (including those from people who've requested an extension), but as the fest is winding down, we'll be posting a poll soon to gauge feedback from you guys, and also to see if you'd be interested in another fest using the abandoned/unclaimed prompts or even brand-new prompts at a later date, and other ideas we'd love to run past you, so be on the look out for that! Also, using the lovely artwork from [info]twilightsorcery, we'll be posting some mini-banners and icons as thanks for your participation and hard work. We also have one more event coming up before we officially close the fest--information about all of this will be coming soon!

Thanks!
Phoenix_Flies mods
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Tuesday, October 30th, 2007

Modly Reminder -- submissions and upcoming end of Fest

[info]phoenixfest
Hello,

This is a modly reminder that this Fest officially ends on October 31st, i.e. tomorrow!

However, over twenty art/fic claims still need to be submitted.

If you have yet to turn in your fic or art for this Fest, and are still planning to complete it, please let us know and send an email to festmods@yahoo.com by November 7th at the latest, so we can work out an extension for you.

Late submissions are welcome and will still be posted, but if you don't let us know by November 7th that you will definitely be completing your claim(s) but just require a little more time to do so, I'm afraid that for practical purposes, we'll have to consider your claim(s) as abandoned.

Thanks!
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

Reminder -- submissions due October 31st

[info]phoenixfest
Reminder:

All submissions for the Phoenix Flies fest are due on Halloween, October 31st – that's eight days from today, just a little more than a week left. If you are having any issues, feel free to contact the mods at festmods@yahoo.com for help. If you need an extension on the deadline, please let us know as soon as possible!
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Monday, October 8th, 2007

Drabble-a-thon: Winners and Masterlist

[info]phoenixfest
Our Drabble-a-thon was an amazing success, thanks to all of you who participated and commented and pimped! Thank you all so much!

We had an amazing total of 156 drabbles written ... that's right, one hundred and fifty-six drabbles for our forty-nine prompts. Without further ado, we want to acknowledge the fabulous efforts of our drabblers -- and our winners are )

Congratulations to all of our winners and participants -- we'll be posting details about prize icons and banners shortly. In the meantime, however, we are all winners, with so many drabbles to read and love! Please do check out our masterlist: read any of the drabbles that you may have missed in the flurry of posting, leave comments and love for all of our participants, and enjoy!

Drabbleathon Masterlist )

Thank you all again for participating and making this event a huge success! One hundred and fifty six drabbles -- you're absolutely fabulous!

And finally, just two reminders:

We have one more community event left -- our closing Friending Frenzy. Watch for details on that coming soon, and take the opportunity to make new friends with all of the people you've met here during the course of our fest, if you haven't already.

We also want to remind you all that your fics are due on or before Halloween, October 31st, so please send them to festmods@yahoo.com as soon as you have completed them. Other than that -- sit back and enjoy the rest of the fest!
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Friday, October 5th, 2007

Drabble-a-thon: just a few more hours to go...

[info]phoenixfest
Hi guys,

As previously announced, submissions for our drabble-a-thon, which has been a great success so far (thank you again to all who participated!), will close at midnight EDT. So you still have a few hours left to submit those last drabbles.

On Monday we’ll post a Masterlist, and we’ll also announce the winners.

Thanks again, everyone, for your enthusiasm!
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