Pride in the Pitts ♦ The Rules

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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.

( The Rules )

Pride in the Pitts ♦ The Prompts

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Because there are very few symbols more iconic in the LGBTQ community than the Rainbow Flag, and especially during Pride season, the mods decided to base all of this summer's prompts on a color and meaning on the original rainbow flag. I think that everyone will agree that the inclusion of hot pink and turquoise will add to our fun!

For those who are curious, the colors and symbols from the original flag are as follows:

Hot pink - sexuality
Red - life
Orange - healing
Yellow - sunshine
Green - nature
Turquoise - magic/art
Blue - serenity/harmony
Violet - spirit

Each color has four subcategories under it: place, image, quote, item/concept. Our fourth category is sort of a catch all for anything we thought might be fun, from a word to an event! In selecting these prompts, the mods did their best to find prompts that would be concrete enough to provide a specific idea but flexible enough to go a thousand different ways with it. And for those of you scratching your heads at a few of the selections for our more abstract or hard to place categories (serenity or sunshine, for example), we ask that you just go with it! Our first priority was creating useful prompts, and sometimes we had to play with words and feelings.

Finally, when selecting your prompt for this fest, you will be selecting a color and subcategory. When asked for your prompt on the sign-up post, you'll need to put, for example, violet-quote. You may not choose only a color.

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Alright, did you find the perfect prompt? Then head over to the Sign-Up Post.

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Pride in the Pitts ♦ The Sign-Ups

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Now that you've read the rules (community and pride fest) and checked out the prompts, it's time for sign-ups.

But, just one or two reminders first:

• Inevitably, someone doesn't read the rules before they sign-up. Some of us are seasoned mods, so we speak from experience. So we're going to stress this again. Read.The.Rules. We've linked to them above in the first line. The community rules are highly, highly important. And just so you know, every time someone reads the rules, Brian Kinney gets laid. We all want to do our part to support his sex life, right?


• There are no restrictions on how many times a prompt can be claimed. If you don't want to create for a prompt that a lot of folks are creating for, just skim the sign-up forms below to see what's popular.


• You may only claim one prompt at a time. After you turn in your submission and the mods have approved it, you may claim another.

All set? Then please use this form for claiming:

<b>Name:</b> <b>Email:</b> <b>Fic/Art/Graphic/Fanmix?:</b> <b>Prompt (Color and Category, please):</b>

Please direct all questions to the mod comment below, if you have any. And if you would be so kind, please pimp the fest so that we can have a great turn out this year.

Happy creating, Folkers!