Fanworks prompt meme challenge
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trennelsSince beginning the readthrough, I've thought it might be fun to have some sort of fest for Forest-based fanworks. And it also happens to be Forest's centenary next month, so I've started a prompt meme on AO3. (Here's the AO3 FAQ dealing with collections and challenges, and here's the specific bit dealing with sign-ups for prompt memes on AO3.)
The idea is to have a fairly low-pressure form of commitment, but with a structure that will create bit of a sense of occasion. Signed-up creators can browse the available prompts left by other fans and choose ones they'd like to fulfil, rather than (as in a gift exchange) having a recipient assigned to them. But there will be a sign-up period and a deadline, followed by reveal of the collection.
I'm thinking of something like this for the schedule:
From now: preparation--nominate characters, promote the challenge, get yourself an AO3 account if you don't have one already. You can get an invite code here. The waiting list is currently quite short, so you should have an invite code within a day or two.
26th May: sign-ups open
26th June: sign-ups close
1st September: deadline--fills for prompts claimed are due
7th September: reveal of fills and authors
And these for guidelines:
You may nominate up to 5 characters. An experimental tag set is here. If you have an AO3 Account you can start nominating characters now.
You must specify at least 1 fandom in each of your prompts: you may specify (up to) all three Forest fandoms and 8 characters in each prompt.
You may make up to six prompts. They may be as detailed (or not) as you like, but somewhere in the middle hinterland between 'anything at all about anyone at all' and a detailed plot outline for your Ginty/Patrick/Giles crime caper with bonus tentacles tends to get best results. State clearly any non-negotiable Do Not Wants: e.g. underage sexual content.
The default setting is an anonymous prompt: you can de-anonymise your prompt if you wish. Anonymity is not absolute: in a small fandom like this, it is probably a bit compromised from the start.
You may prompt for art or fic (I don't know if we've any fanartists among us, but it would be great to see some Forest-based visual art.)
Works may be of any length.
You may claim as many prompts as you like, but try not to over-commit!
There can and may be multiple claims on the same prompt.
There are no restrictions on content or rating, but obviously, do try to be respectful of your requester's prompt, especially their DNWs. Ratings and Archive Warnings can be helpful, but Choose Not To Warn is sometimes the only possible option too.
More detailed instructions for sign-ups and posting to the collection will follow in due course. In the meantime, do feel free to publicise the fest in your own journals and on other forums that might have an interest (link to this post, as there's not much info at AO3 yet.)
Please do feel free to ask questions and suggest modifications. This is my first time running a challenge on AO3, so I'm open to all suggestions and advice.
The idea is to have a fairly low-pressure form of commitment, but with a structure that will create bit of a sense of occasion. Signed-up creators can browse the available prompts left by other fans and choose ones they'd like to fulfil, rather than (as in a gift exchange) having a recipient assigned to them. But there will be a sign-up period and a deadline, followed by reveal of the collection.
I'm thinking of something like this for the schedule:
From now: preparation--nominate characters, promote the challenge, get yourself an AO3 account if you don't have one already. You can get an invite code here. The waiting list is currently quite short, so you should have an invite code within a day or two.
26th May: sign-ups open
26th June: sign-ups close
1st September: deadline--fills for prompts claimed are due
7th September: reveal of fills and authors
And these for guidelines:
You may nominate up to 5 characters. An experimental tag set is here. If you have an AO3 Account you can start nominating characters now.
You must specify at least 1 fandom in each of your prompts: you may specify (up to) all three Forest fandoms and 8 characters in each prompt.
You may make up to six prompts. They may be as detailed (or not) as you like, but somewhere in the middle hinterland between 'anything at all about anyone at all' and a detailed plot outline for your Ginty/Patrick/Giles crime caper with bonus tentacles tends to get best results. State clearly any non-negotiable Do Not Wants: e.g. underage sexual content.
The default setting is an anonymous prompt: you can de-anonymise your prompt if you wish. Anonymity is not absolute: in a small fandom like this, it is probably a bit compromised from the start.
You may prompt for art or fic (I don't know if we've any fanartists among us, but it would be great to see some Forest-based visual art.)
Works may be of any length.
You may claim as many prompts as you like, but try not to over-commit!
There can and may be multiple claims on the same prompt.
There are no restrictions on content or rating, but obviously, do try to be respectful of your requester's prompt, especially their DNWs. Ratings and Archive Warnings can be helpful, but Choose Not To Warn is sometimes the only possible option too.
More detailed instructions for sign-ups and posting to the collection will follow in due course. In the meantime, do feel free to publicise the fest in your own journals and on other forums that might have an interest (link to this post, as there's not much info at AO3 yet.)
Please do feel free to ask questions and suggest modifications. This is my first time running a challenge on AO3, so I'm open to all suggestions and advice.
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Date: 2015-05-02 09:51 pm (UTC)*joyous whooping*
I love this idea, and the timing is brilliant. Thank you very much for doing it!
*rushes off to add to nominations*
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Date: 2015-05-03 10:43 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-05-03 10:50 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-05-03 11:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-05-03 11:51 am (UTC)Nominations - newbie question
Date: 2015-05-03 11:57 am (UTC)I'm thinking about which five characters to nominate while I wait for my AO3 code. Can the nominations be for absolutely any character/Real Person mentioned in the works, even if it's a minor character or someone who only features off-stage?
Re: Nominations - newbie question
Date: 2015-05-03 12:26 pm (UTC)Re: Nominations - newbie question
Date: 2015-05-03 12:35 pm (UTC)Re: Nominations - newbie question
Date: 2015-05-04 10:23 am (UTC)This is so exciting!
Re: Nominations - newbie question
Date: 2015-05-04 10:32 am (UTC)AO3 accounts
Date: 2015-05-03 08:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-05-03 12:20 pm (UTC)I am at the beginning of a four-day holiday, and it's raining; I was thinking I might amuse myself by going through the "readthrough" posts and making a list of some of the fic prompts that came up, many of them lilliburlero's as well as others in comments and guest posts, for prompt meme reference. Would this be acceptable/helpful?
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Date: 2015-05-03 12:27 pm (UTC)