FAQ 2021

2021 Schedule

Please note that all schedule deadlines are Eastern Daylight Time. 

Signups/nominations: August 1-7, 10:00PM EDT
Run matching: August 7
Assignments out by: August 8
Writing period: August 8-29
Assignments Due: August 29, 11:59pm EDT  September 8th, 11:59pm EDT [ New Countdown ]
Works revealed: August 31, 10:00pm EDT  September 10th, 10:00pm EDT
Authors revealed: Sept 5, 10:00pm EDT  September 15th, 10:00pm EDT

( Rules Overview )

( Nominations & Examples )

( Setting Tags )

( Requests & Offers )

( Writing (& Other Creating) )

( Defaulting )

( Pinch Hits )

( Treats )

( Reveals )

Original Character Nomination Clarification

The tagset is currently open to allow me to process some early nominations at a much more relaxed pace and get the hang of tag set wrangling.

I wanted to highlight an important part of the nominations rules that may have gotten lost in the ruleset: original characters MUST be nominated with some kind of clarifying information about what type of characters you are requesting. This clarification should be fairly specific.


Original Character Nominations that will be rejected

Original Male Character (Merlin TV)
Original Knight Character(s) (Merlin TV)
Original King Character (Merlin TV)
Group: Arthur/Original Knight (Merlin TV)


Original Character Nominations that will be approved

Original Female Page to Sir Gwaine (Merlin TV)
Original Knight on Pilgrimage to Uther's Court (Merlin TV)
Original Fae Character Who Escaped The Magic Purge (Merlin TV)
Group: Arthur/Original Knight Who Bested Him At Jousting (Merlin TV)


If you had nominations that were rejected for being too general, please contact me if you would like to add more specific versions of these tags to the tagset!

Update 8/7/2020:  If you are nominating Characters and Groups for Fairy Tales, I have accepted all nominations of named characters (e.g. Beauty/Beast). Any unnamed/new characters/characters that are specific tropes or types, either by themselves or nominated as Group: should be rewritten and submitted under Original Works. Thank you!