Official 2021 Fest Info Post

[alafaye]

As promised, it's the same as it has been since the community was created - it is a rather straight forward fest after all.

Timeline

Sign ups open: Monday November 1st
Sign ups close: Tuesday November 30th
Posting opens: Wednesday December 1st
Posting closes: Friday December 31st

Header Info

When posting, make sure to use the following header:

<b>Title</b> <b>Author/Artist</b> <b>Length/Size of work</b> <b>Summary</b> <b>Rating</b> <b>Warnings</b> <b>Other content notes</b> <b>Fandom (optional)</b> <b>Pairing (optional</b> <b>Beta (optional)</b> <b>Disclaimer (mandatory only if not original work)</b>

Please make sure to post correctly. Your subject line should be the title and the author/artist. At minimum, the tags you use should have the year and what type of work it is. We encourage everyone with fanworks to use the fandom tags.

Rules

-We are a December challenge. We'd prefer if your works for this challenge focus on the end of the year -- maybe it's just a winter theme, or a holiday theme, but it should focus on December or a December holiday and/or the conclusion of a year into a hopeful New Year.

-It is prompt based. We can give you a prompt table or you can make your own table or use your own prompts or use prompts from another community. You'll let us know in your sign up!

-We welcome all types of works. Original or fanwork, art or written or vid; everything is welcome! You can also do a combination, such as doing some art and some poetry. It's up to you!

-Sign ups are mandatory. In addition to making sure you have the tags you need, this is so we can keep track of who is posting and whether we'll be waiting for you when the round up posts happens. Also so your mod can give you posting access.

-Yes, you can combine this with other challenges! When you post, all we ask is for a link to where the piece is posted so everyone can see/read it. This does mean if your other challenge is anonymous, you cannot use it with this fest. Otherwise, if the other challenge allows, you can use it for this challenge! If you do post your work directly to the community, please use a cut.

-Overcast

-We have an AO3 collection! Feel free to add to it > 2021 Collection

-There is no minimum/maximum. Any length/size is welcome.

-You do not have to write individual stories; you can have a continuous story posted in 25 parts. If you do this, however, we ask that you make sure each post has a link to the previous part, if applicable, and to the next part, if applicable.

-All works should be new for the month of December - please do not reuse stories! If your work is part of a series, we only ask that the work stand on its own, no need for someone to go looking for the other parts to know what's going on.

-There are different levels for this fest: Easy (where you aim to post a third of the days; the total number of works would be 8), Moderate (where you aim to post half of the days; the total number of works would be 12), Hard (where you aim to post all 25 days), and Overachiever (where you aim to post all 31 days). Yes, you can change your level; if it turns out you can only manage 8 where you thought you could do 25 or you end up creating 25 rather than 8, that's fine! No need to let us know. This is mostly for organizing for all -- so I know who to wait for during the round up and so you know what your personal goal is.

-This community does not carry a warning for adult content HOWEVER the owner is not responsible for anyone under the age of 18 viewing content they should not be. Further, do not flame or leave rude/impolite/unnecessary comments -- if you do not like the content listed in the header, DO NOT READ. It's that easy. Police your own viewing and contents, no one else's. Violators of this rule will be banned. No second chances. (Banning happens at the owner's discretion and will not be disputed.)

-Calm



Prompts

(Will also be in a pinned post in the coming weeks as with last year)



1. First snow
2. Gingerbread
3. Mistletoe
4. Wrapping gifts
5. Hiding gifts
6. Snooping for gifts
7. Trimming the tree
8. Snow angels
9. Snowball fight
10. Hot chocolate
11. Holiday baking
12. Fruitcake
13. Blizzard
14. Ugly sweaters/jumpers
15. Reindeer
16. snowflake
17. cold hand (or cold feet)
18. open fire
19. chestnut
20. fireworks
21. wish
22. winter solstice
23. long night
24. feast
25. sacred tree
26. holly king
27. oak moon
28. new year's eve
29. bell
30. first
31. midnight kiss
32. Hallmark
33. holiday walk
34. traveling
35. stress
36. candle
37. last minute
38. working holiday
39. found family
40. snuggle
41. new pet
42. fight
43. elf
44. crowds
45. batteries not included
46. peaceful
47. alone
48. glass ornament
49. inclusion
50. coming together


And as with last year, check out our livejournal community: https://newyearcntdown.livejournal.com

Comments

[sweetsorcery]

I'd like to sign up to do a continuous story in 31 parts, and to use prompts from your list of 50.

However, I'm not sure how to express that in the sign up under "Prompt Table: Y/N". If I picked Y, I'm guessing that would mean you'd pick 31 of the 50? That's just a guess though. I have a kind of progression of prompts in mind, so I'd like to pick my own out of the 50. Would that be Y or N? :)

[lee_bella]

If you choose Y to "Prompt Table: Y/N", the mod will choose the prompts for you from the list of 50. If you would like to pick your own prompts instead, go with N.

(I'm not the mod, but I'd taken part in the challenge in the past. Hope it helps.)

[sweetsorcery]

Thanks, that helps a lot! I'll do that, and I'll also mention in the sign up that I'd like to pick my own from the list. :)

[vexed_wench]

I had a question about my choice of fandoms for the sign-up. Am I only allowed to write in the ones I sign up with or if I get inspired by something I only dabble in can I use it as well? thank you.

[alafaye]

No. If you decide to do other fandoms or more than, that's fine. I ask for the fandoms right up so I can anticipate the tags.

[vexed_wench]

Thank you. I really like this challenge but I wanted to be sure before I signed up. My muse is a jerk at times.

[alafaye]

You're welcome. I understand the muse can be fickle.

[svgurl]

If we asked for prompts from the mod and then realize we cant work with some, is it okay to just swap it out for what else is on the list? Thanks!

[alafaye]

Completely fine!