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Pride in the Pitts ♦ The Rules
Welcome to our inaugural fest at Woody's Place, everyone! As you may know, June is a pretty big month for the LGBTQ community because it's that time of year when most large cities hold annual Pride events to commemorate the anniversary of the Stonewall Riots of 1969. In keeping with the celebratory tradition, Woody's Place will be holding its own Pride celebration to coincide with Pride Week in Pittsburgh this year!
Because our theme this summer is Pride, the mods have gathered together thirty-two prompts that evoke the spirit of each color on the LGBTQ flag. This isn't the six color flag that we use today, but the original eight color flag that was flown in the Gay Freedom Day Parade in 1978. More colors allow for more prompts, and our two modern day missing colors lend themselves especially well to Queer as Folk. But more on that later!
Below you will find the rules and submission information for the fest. Please be sure to read the rules very thoroughly, as most questions that participants have can be answered here. If you still have questions after, please don't hesitate to leave a comment. The mods will get back with you promptly.
March 30th: Prompts and sign-ups are posted
April 8th: Sign-ups end
May 18th: Submissions are due
June 1st: Posting begins
Our sign-up period for the fest will run from Friday, March 30th until Sunday, April 8th at 11:59 PM EST. During that period, anyone (seasoned veterans of fests or newcomers) is welcome to sign-up for a prompt over at the Sign-Up Post. Please be sure read all the information posted here and in the community rules before doing so because you are obligated to follow them once you sign-up.
After the April 8th deadline, we will not be accepting new participants to the fest, but we welcome everyone to participate as a reviewer!
If you're going to skim over any section of these rules, do not make it this one. Below you will find requirements for your submission according to what type of fanwork you'll be submitting. Please read your section carefully! Some are more detailed than others due to the unique nature of each fanwork.
Information all participants need to know, regardless of fanwork type:
Writers:
Fanartists:
Graphic Makers (Icons, wallpapers, graphics):
Fanmixers:
All submissions should sent to woodysmod@gmail.com by Friday, May 18th no later than 11:59 PM EST. The mods reserve the right to refuse any submission beyond that point.
In the subject line of your email, please include your screen name, prompt, and title. This makes it so much easier for us to find and organize your work.
When submitting a fic:
When submitting a fanart/graphic:
When submitting a fanmix:
We understand that sometimes real life gets in the way of fandom activities. If for some reason you need to drop out, you must let us know. If you choose not to let us know, we'll be forced to put you on a warning list that may harm your chances of participating in future fests at Woody's Place. If you do drop out formally, there are no penalties and you may continue to participate in future fests unless this becomes a reoccurring issue.
Please keep in mind that we're flexible. If you need a small extension, please contact us about it. We may be able to work with you. And the sooner you contact us, the better!
If you have any questions or concerns at any point in the fest process, please do not hesitate to contact us. The quickest way to reach any mod is by using the Page-A-Mod post. While we welcome you to use our email (woodysmod@gmail.com), our responses tend to be slower.
At the moment, we only have one moderator on staff (![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
museme87); however, once the fest gets underway, we'll be adding one or two more. An announcement will be made when that happens. Until then, you may also feel free to pester me (museme87) with any questions you may have via PM, if you don't want to use the paging post.
Because our theme this summer is Pride, the mods have gathered together thirty-two prompts that evoke the spirit of each color on the LGBTQ flag. This isn't the six color flag that we use today, but the original eight color flag that was flown in the Gay Freedom Day Parade in 1978. More colors allow for more prompts, and our two modern day missing colors lend themselves especially well to Queer as Folk. But more on that later!
Below you will find the rules and submission information for the fest. Please be sure to read the rules very thoroughly, as most questions that participants have can be answered here. If you still have questions after, please don't hesitate to leave a comment. The mods will get back with you promptly.
[Timeline]
March 30th: Prompts and sign-ups are posted
April 8th: Sign-ups end
May 18th: Submissions are due
June 1st: Posting begins
[Sign-ups & Prompt Claiming]
Our sign-up period for the fest will run from Friday, March 30th until Sunday, April 8th at 11:59 PM EST. During that period, anyone (seasoned veterans of fests or newcomers) is welcome to sign-up for a prompt over at the Sign-Up Post. Please be sure read all the information posted here and in the community rules before doing so because you are obligated to follow them once you sign-up.
After the April 8th deadline, we will not be accepting new participants to the fest, but we welcome everyone to participate as a reviewer!
[Submission Rules]
If you're going to skim over any section of these rules, do not make it this one. Below you will find requirements for your submission according to what type of fanwork you'll be submitting. Please read your section carefully! Some are more detailed than others due to the unique nature of each fanwork.
Information all participants need to know, regardless of fanwork type:
- We welcome fanworks featuring any character, pairing, genre, or rating. We do not, however, feature RPS fanworks at this time.
- The mods cannot stress enough that we will enforce our no-character-hate policy to the fullest extent. Check out the community rules for more details on that.
- This fest is not anonymous, which means that your username will be posted when your fanwork is posted. You can freely discuss your fic anywhere you'd like, but the mods ask that you please do not post your fanwork before we do so on the community! After it's been posted here, you are welcome to repost it anywhere you choose.
- All submissions must be stand alone pieces created specifically for this fest. You may not submit a part of a work-in-progress as your submission, nor can you include fic/art/graphics that you've already posted elsewhere.
- While we welcome all pairings, please use the G – NC-17 scale to rate your fanwork. This makes it much easier on the mods.
Writers:
- Fics should be a minimum of 1,000 words. While there isn't a maximum wordcount for the fest, the mods ask that you keep your plot bunnies in control. 100,000 word fics will probably make us cry because we scan each fic for glaring spelling/punctuation errors. If you exceed 8,000-9,000 words, the mods will have to break your fic into parts due to LJ character restrictions, and we will need to know where you want those breaks to occur.
- Please make sure that you spell all character names and places according to their canon spellings. The mods will try to dig up a quick and dirty guide to QAF spellings as soon as we can.
- All fic must be beta read! No exceptions!
- The mods reserve the right to ask you to correct any spelling, punctuation, or grammar issues before your fic is posted.
- If you are using Word to prepare your manuscript, please make sure to turn off smart quotes! Tools >> AutoCorrect >> AutoFormat As You Type >> Uncheck "straight quotes with smart quotes"
Fanartists:
- All art should be fully developed. No sketches, please!
- There is no limit to the number of fanart pieces you may produce as long as they are a series based on the same prompt
Graphic Makers (Icons, wallpapers, graphics):
- If you're creating icons, you must create a minimum of five based on the same prompt.
- If you're creating wallpapers, there is a minimum of one but providing multiple sizes would be wonderful, if possible.
- If you're creating graphics, you must create a minimum of two based on the same prompt.
Fanmixers:
- When creating a fanmix, the mods ask that you include at least six tracks. There is no restriction on how many tracks you may include beyond that.
- Because of email issues, the mods ask that fanmixers upload their fanmix to their own host and email us a link. We'll download it from there and upload it to a community host site, so if there are any issues with downloading the mods are responsible for trying to fix it.
Submitting Your Work
All submissions should sent to woodysmod@gmail.com by Friday, May 18th no later than 11:59 PM EST. The mods reserve the right to refuse any submission beyond that point.
In the subject line of your email, please include your screen name, prompt, and title. This makes it so much easier for us to find and organize your work.
When submitting a fic:
- Please be sure that it's been saved as an ".rtf", ".doc", or ".docx" format. Also, please include all html coding (bold, italic, underline) in your finished fic. If you're not familiar with html or don't know what the code is for a specific one, check it out here.
- Please include the following header in both your email and document:
When submitting a fanart/graphic:
- Please include your art/graphic as an attachment in the email.
- Please include the following header in your email (note that one header per art/graphic series is fine; there's no need to include a header for each piece):
When submitting a fanmix:
- Please include a link to your fanmix in the email.
- Please include any information (artists, titles, featured lyrics) that you'd like to be included with your download link in the body of the email or in a text document.
- Please include the following header in your email:
[Dropping Out]
We understand that sometimes real life gets in the way of fandom activities. If for some reason you need to drop out, you must let us know. If you choose not to let us know, we'll be forced to put you on a warning list that may harm your chances of participating in future fests at Woody's Place. If you do drop out formally, there are no penalties and you may continue to participate in future fests unless this becomes a reoccurring issue.
Please keep in mind that we're flexible. If you need a small extension, please contact us about it. We may be able to work with you. And the sooner you contact us, the better!
[Contact Us]
If you have any questions or concerns at any point in the fest process, please do not hesitate to contact us. The quickest way to reach any mod is by using the Page-A-Mod post. While we welcome you to use our email (woodysmod@gmail.com), our responses tend to be slower.
At the moment, we only have one moderator on staff (
museme87); however, once the fest gets underway, we'll be adding one or two more. An announcement will be made when that happens. Until then, you may also feel free to pester me (museme87) with any questions you may have via PM, if you don't want to use the paging post.
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*cries*
I hope you change your mind(s) at some point!
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And if you decide you need a dedicated RPS mod, I'm your girl!
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