The Primeval Ficathon Community

Posting starts at midnight tonight! So I hope you're all ready ::g::

When posting your story to the community - and you can post to any one of the comms, which are primevalathon on DW, primevalathon on LJ and primevalathon on IJ - please remember to include the following information:

Title:
Author:
Recipient:
Prompt(s): <--important so we can figure out which ones are left for the orphan prompts ::g::
Pairing(s), if any:
Rating:
Summary:
Warnings:
Disclaimer:

Thank you!

If you're posting directly to the community, please use cut tags.

Thanks! :)

Thank you to everyone who filled out the poll on both LJ and Dreamwidth. It's been open a couple of weeks now so I think everyone has had a chance to express their views.

The general consensus seems to be that two months is about right, although a few people would like a little longer. We tend to open sign ups in the middle of a month so we've come up with a compromise that hopefully will also make dates a little more memorable.

- sign ups will open on the 1st of August (and the first of Feb for the Spring round)

- sign ups will close on the 14th of August (14th Feb)

- assignments will be out by the 21st at the latest bar unforeseen circumstances

- stories are still due  by the 31st of October (30th April).

As well as making these dates a little more memorable ::g:: this will also give you at least a week's additional writing time and gives us a week to deal with any issues with sign ups, for example putting out a plea for writers to volunteer for requests where there is no match.

So, we hope to see you in five weeks or so :). However, if this timing is not good for you, for example you're off sunning yourself somewhere, please don't hesitate to contact Aithine or me.  If needs be, you can always leave your sign up information with us before you go.

If you're willing to beta for someone, please leave a comment here with:

- what you're happy reading
- anything you're not happy reading
- the maximum rating you can or will read to
- what you think you can offer (e.g. very strong grasp of grammar, can spot a plothole from 20 yards, characterisation is my king)
- details on how to contact you (and if you say pm, please make sure your settings on LJ are such that non-flisties can reach you via pm)
- expected turn around time

Thank you! ♥

Tomorrow is the deadline for dropping out of the ficathon without penalty. And by 'penalty' we mean that we'll look at you with big and sad puppy eyes, and that if you drop out at the last minute you may also not be allowed to sign up in future depending on how good your excuse is on a sliding scale from 'the dog ate my ficathon entry' to 'I was kidnapped by aliens and what year is it again?'.

I'm also going to open up a 'pinch hit' post, looking for people to volunteer to write something in the event that someone drops out, and a beta post, where you can seek a beta or volunteer to beta for other people, tonight so be there or be vaguely rhomboid.

I hope that makes sense - if not, just ask :)

(I may still be slightly gleeeeeeeeeee!)