J/D Ficathon

Timeline:
Sign-Ups Are Open: 10 June - 28 June 2014
Assignments Out: 3 July 2014
Stories Due: 14 August 2014

So, how does this work?
~ Comment here (that is, on DW or LJ or IJ) to sign up. Assignments will be sent out via e-mail. Stories will be due 14 August 2014. However, if you finish early, you can post and I'll leave your story in the moderation queue until the day the ficathon opens.
~ Keep your assignment secret until the deadline. We do suggest you get a beta.
~ If you have any questions about your assignment, contact princessofgeeks or sid, not the person you're writing for.
~ Stories must be at least 1000 words, but there is no upper limit.
~ Feel free to post either in the comm where you signed up, or somewhere else with a link to your story. More details about posting will be up closer to the deadline.
~ Join your preferred comm on Dreamwidth or Livejournal or Insane Journal if you are planning on posting your fic there. Sign-ups will also be accepted from non-members if you are planning on posting only at Archive or Our Own. All members have immediate posting access; posting is moderated so that the fic will all go live the same day.

Crossposting Policy
~ Please sign up once, on Livejournal or Dreamwidth or Insane Journal. It does not matter which; all entries will be mixed together, so you may wind up writing for someone on another platform.
~ Stories may be hosted on Livejournal, Dreamwidth, Archive of Our Own, or any other website. Stories may be hosted on more than one site, but please provide all links. We are planning an AO3 collection for the 2014 ficathon; details will be announced as they become available.
~ You may announce your story on either the Dreamwidth or the Livejournal or the Insane Journal ficathon community, or all.
~ Once posting has begun, a Master Post of all stories will be created and posted to Livejournal and Dreamwidth and Insane Journal, so no matter where you post, everyone will be able to see it.

Defaulting, Dropping, and Extensions:
~ If you drop out without emailing princessofgeeks at hotmail dot com, you will be banned from participation for the following year.
~ If you need more time to finish, simply let us know. One of your mods once posted a story three months late. Stuff happens. If something comes up and you can't complete the ficathon, just let us know in advance of the deadline.

Sign-Up Form
Here is the sign-up form. You can specify two things that MUST be in your story, and one optional thing that you'd like to be in your story.

Your two requirements should be limited to items from this list:

a prompt, which might be a setting (examples: "an ice planet at night", "a plane trip to D.C.", "the Land of Light"), an object (ex.: "a letter", "a dog", "a new car"), a line of dialogue (ex.: "And then I shot her!"), and so on.
an episode or season: for example, "Beneath the Surface" or "season 5"
a genre: action/adventure, angst, established relationship, first time, humor, hurt/comfort, schmoop, UST, smarm, etc.
a rating: for our purposes, following the MPAA system, so G through NC-17

For your optional request, you can be as specific as you like (e.g., "Jack and Daniel are stranded on an ice planet and Teal'c and Vala come to the rescue, but only after Jack tells Daniel a deep dark secret"), but keep in mind that the writer won't be obligated to include that request in your story. The following things are very difficult to match up, and thus, should be under optional requests only: het, underage sex, mpreg, non-con, and a major focus on other characters.

Restrictions should be things you absolutely don't want in your story. You can specify up to two.

If you only want to fill out the requirement field, that's fine; you don't have to specify optional requests or restrictions.

As for the assignment you'll receive: please specify the maximum rating you'll write. You can write an actual rating here, or just "I'll write anything," "no sex whatsoever," "fade to black only," and so on. You can also list up to three specific things you won't write. If you've only seen up to a certain season, haven't seen earlier seasons, haven't seen the movie, etc., please make sure to note that, so we don't accidentally match you up with a season-specific request you can't write.

Note: If you list more than three things you won't write, only the first three will be weighed; if you list more than two requirements, only the first two will be passed on to your author. (We apologize if that sounds overly restrictive, but people go over every year, and that makes it difficult to match them up. Please stick to the limits.)

Your comment should look like this:

Name:
LiveJournal/Dreamwidth/InsaneJournal:
Email:

Two (2) Requirements:
Optional Request:
Restriction #1:
Restriction #2:

Maximum rating you'll write:
You won't write (#1):
You won't write (#2):
You won't write (#3):

Will you pinch hit?

For an example, see my comment below.

Questions? Feel free to e-mail princessofgeeks at hotmail dot com.