tolkien_slashy_swaps | ADMIN: More administriva-type stuff (Reply)

As promised, here is the list of the decisions we've made. We attempted to keep the structure of the swap as close to the current format as possible. If there are any questions, please let me know.

Signups will begin on Monday, so be watching this space for the official info!

And now, without further ado... the list.

Fiction assignments:
- The signup form will be revised to more clearly differentiate between willingness to READ and WRITE.

- The method of story assignments will remain unchanged. The admins will match requester to author, based on specifications on the sign-up form
- Confirmation of receipt and suitability of assignments will be REQUIRED from all participants.

Participation:

- Participation will remain open. We will not require sponsors.

- The signup questionnaire will be revised to indicate a choice: participant, reserve writer, or both.

- A chart of participants will be maintained on the website and LiveJournal and will be updated as submissions are received.

- Reminders of upcoming deadlines will be sent periodically. All reasonable requests for deadline extensions will be honored.

- A month before the deadline, a reminder and request for status will be sent. If no response is received despite repeated attempts, your request will be automatically reassigned to one of the substitute writers and your name will be placed on Santa’s Naughty List.

- No-shows in previous swaps WILL BE BANNED unless they can present a good reason and convince the admins that there were extenuating circumstances.

Forum:

- We will continue to use the Slashy Santa website http://www.geocities.com/slashysanta/ as the primary forum. Authors will submit their work to the admins, who will upload to the website on the release date.
- After the publication date, participants will be encouraged to self-load their fiction to the LiveJournal. Fiction posted on the LJ receives a FAR higher feedback rate! Yay feedback!

- We’ll give everyone a week or so to load their own to the LJ, and then we’ll start loading on the author’s behalf (story title, author’s name, recipient’s name, and a link to the website). Try to load your own – if the admins post, feedback will go to them and not the author!

Content:
- The story length will remain at the current 1,200-ish word minimum, give or take.

- Content will remain the same – FP slash only, no RPS, Mary Sue/self-insert, songfics, or drabbles, no bestiality or pedophilia. (The charming Ms. Zhie runs an affiliate het swap, and Thalassa’s photomanip group has an artwork swap during the holidays – ask us for details if you’re interested and we’ll put you in touch with them.)
- The Anita Blake fandom will be dropped, due to lack of participation. The swap will be open to writers in the Tolkien fandom only.

- All Tolkien characters, races, and Ages are permitted, from the creation of Arda to Fourth Age Valinor and beyond.