Announcing the Primeval Ficathon

What's a ficathon

A ficathon is a story exchange where you sign up to write a story and, in exchange, you get a story written for you!

To give your assigned writer something to work with, you'll be asked to provide three prompts when you sign up, together with some information on what you would like (for example, genre and pairing wise) and what you would not like (for example 'no deathfic' or 'I'd rather not get pairing Y'). Your assigned writer will then write a story based on one of these prompts (or a combination of prompts if they're feeling particularly creative) and you'll do the same for your assigned recipient in return.

Assignments will be kept anonymous until the day of posting - i.e. you won't know who is writing for you until they post their story, and you won't reveal who you're writing for until the day stories are due.

All stories will be posted on the same day so there will (hopefully) be a smorgasbord of fic to read.

How it works

Sign up below, giving the required information and providing an e-mail address to which we can send your assignment. aithine and I will then mix and match requests and assign you someone to write for.

When the big day arrives, you post your work in your LJ or on another journal site or your webpage and I make a post and ask you to comment, linking to your work and saying who it's for. Then aithine and I put together a master list of all stories.

How long does the story need to be?

At least 1,000 words.

When does it have to be done by?

Sign ups are open until 30 April.

Assignments will be sent out in early May.

Stories are due on 30 June 2008. That means you'll have around 8 weeks to write something.

What if I can't complete my assignment on time?

First of all, please give it your best shot. It's really not fair if someone signs up, delivers their promised assigment and then discovers that the person assigned to provide something for them has dropped out.

That being said, if there's no helping it, please let either aithine or me know as soon as possible. The earlier you can let us know, the more time we have to find someone to step into the breach (pinch hit).

( Any Other Questions? )

Cool. What do I need to do?

Comment below in the following format:

Name/livejournal:
e-mail address:
Three prompts: e.g. Connor and Abby save the world from large prehistoric frogs! (Remember, you'll only get - and will have to write - one story.)
What you would like: e.g. 'a happy ending'.
What you would not like: e.g. 'everybody dies, omg!'
Maximum rating you can or will read: If you're not old enough to read (or write) smut, then you need to make it clear here so that your assigned author (and we) know how far they can go. Also, if you don't like reading stories with a high rating, again you can make that clear here so that you won't get a story you wouldn't be comfortable reading.
The pairings you would like: up to a maximum of three for your assigned writer to choose from - note: they don't have to write more than one unless they want to and you don't have to request a pairing. If you'd like a gen fic, please just put 'gen only' or 'no pairings' here.
What you don't want to write: e.g. deathfic, non-con, pairing etc.
Would you be willing to pinch hit? This means would you be interested in stepping in if someone else has to drop out, and fill in the gap so that no one is left without something nice on the day. If you think you can do that, please let us know.