Submission Guidelines

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As we get closer to the fest deadline (just about a month!) we thought we should post our submission guidelines for those of you who are ready to submit your fic/art! If you have any questions, please let us know!


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

- When you send your submission please include your username in the email subject as well as fic or art.

- Don't forget to include an lj-cut tag in your story. The lj-cut text should be "The Title of your Fic". (i.e < lj-cut text = "FIC TITLE" >)

- Please check the formatting of your fic to ensure there are manual line breaks between paragraphs. There is a problem with some Microsoft Word settings and you have to double space manually!

- Include all other other html coding that is needed. Please test post your submission in a private entry to your journal before submitting.

- A good way to check to make sure your story is formatted correctly is to post it in a private entry in your own journal. That way you can easily see if there’s anything amiss in your coding/formatting.

- The fic/art header appears below. Please include your header in both the .doc and the email.

<b>Title:</b> <b>Author/Artist:</b> <user site="livejournal.com" user="USERNAME HERE"> (will be removed to protect your anonymity) <b>Prompt:</b> <a href="LINK">PROMPT #</a> <i>Please link back to the prompt you claimed.</i> <b>Adapted from:</b> <b>Pairing:</b> <b>Word Count/Art Medium:</b> (Remember that the minimum is 1,000 words!) <b>Rating:</b> (G to NC-17) <b>Contains (Highlight to view):</b> *<span style="color: white; background:white;">Warn for possible triggers and squicks. No need to warn for sex and slash! Please DO warn for switching!</span>* <b>Disclaimer:</b> Harry Potter characters are the property of J.K. Rowling and Bloomsbury/Scholastic. No profit is being made, and no copyright infringement is intended. <b>Notes:</b> (You may put your beta's name/initials here along with any other notes.) <b>Summary: </b>


USEFUL LINKS:

- Original Prompting Post

- phoenixacid's Basic HTML Guide

- megyal's handy tutorial for placing HTML tags around similarly formatted text in Word

Comments

[9fn432.livejournal.com]

I never saw a prompt claiming post? Dammit, wanted to be part of this fest *pouts* - I'll just have to lurk and read and comment...

[evening12]

I'm on my phone so I can't give you the link but you can still claim a prompt and submit a story/art!! Claiming is never ending for this fest.

Posting starts in a month so you'd have some time and if you needed more maybe the mods would give you an extension. Think about it. The prompts were so great.

[bottomdraco-mod.livejournal.com]

Don't worry claiming is still open! You have about a month before submissions are due and we can work something out if you need more time. All the information and prompts are in this post (http://bottom-draco.livejournal.com/1217060.html). Remember you can also submit your own prompt.

[9fn432.livejournal.com]

I've decided I would be pushing it to make this fest, so I've thrown my hat into the ring to beta instead! Best of luck everyone!

[appleling.livejournal.com]

You're such a darling for volunteering *smishes*