Boundbooks ([personal profile] boundbooks) wrote in [community profile] otterandferret2013-04-16 09:59 pm

Otter and Ferret Mini-Fest 2013: Prompts and Submission Instructions

Otter and Ferret Mini-Fest 2013 is here!

Otter and Ferret Mini-Fest is a prompt pick-up mini-fest, whereby all prompts from sign-ups and those left by pinch-hitters are offered up as free-game for the week or so prior to Otter and Ferret works reveals. The intention is to have a fun, low-key mini-fest of small works.

Sign-up date/deadline: N/A

Due date: April 28, 2013

Reveals date: April 29, 2013

No sign-ups are required. One simply needs an AO3 account so that one can post work to the collection. Works should be posted as a gift to the prompter. There is no limit to how many times a prompt may be filled.

All Otter and Ferret Mini-Fest works must be under 1,000 words. If a work is 1,000 words or more, it should be posted as a gift to the prompter as part of the Otter and Ferret Forever annual collection.

Also, exchange participants can fill their own sign-up prompts. If you're filling your own prompt and think that your prompt can be identified or just want to throw people off the trail, go ahead and gift your fic to yourself! (AO3 will let you enter your own username into the "Gift this work to" box).

On Dreamwidth

Let the fest begin!

Prompts!

Go to the list of exchange requests at Archive of Our Own, and check out the post of pinch-hitter prompts.

I need an AO3 invite! Help!

Leave your email address in the comments or send an email to otter.and.ferret.exchange@gmail.com and I'll send you an invite!

How to Submit

  1. Make sure your work is 999 words or less!

  2. Log in to Archive of Our Own (AO3).

  3. Go to Otter and Ferret Mini-Fest 2013.

  4. Press "Post to collection".

  5. Fill out the form. When you come to "Associations" and the "Gift this work to" box, type in the AO3 username of the prompter (the person who wrote the prompt).

  6. Finish filling out the form and post the work!


Graphical Tutorial for Submission

  1. Make sure your work is 999 words or less!

  2. Log in to Archive of Our Own (AO3).

  3. Go to Otter and Ferret Mini-Fest 2013.

  4. Press "Post to collection".


  5. Fill out the form. When you come to "Associations" and the "Gift this work to" box, type in the AO3 username of the prompter (the person who wrote the prompt).


  6. Finish filling out the form and post the work!


My work is 1,000 words or more! What should I do?

Submit it to Otter and Ferret Forever! Otter and Ferret Forever collects works that were written in response to an Otter and Ferret prompt. Basically, if it doesn't go in the Otter and Ferret exchange or Otter and Ferret Mini-Fest, it goes in Otter and Ferret Forever 2013! The collection opens on April 16, 2013 and closes on January 14, 2014.

  1. Log in to Archive of Our Own (AO3).

  2. Go to Otter and Ferret Forever 2013.

  3. Press "Post to collection".

  4. Fill out the form. When you come to "Associations" and the "Gift this work to" box, type in the AO3 username of the prompter (the person who wrote the prompt).

  5. Finish filling out the form and post the work!


Otter and Ferret Forever works will be revealed on May 6th, along with the author reveals for the Otter and Ferret exchange and Otter and Ferret Mini-Fest.
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(Anonymous) 2013-10-29 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
Are we allowed to submit many gifts?