LotR SeSa 2011: Signups Now Open--

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

ETA (11/03/2011): Signups are now closed!

Greetings from your friendly neighbourhood elves! (Hopefully of the Tolkien variety rather than the tiny and twee North Pole type. ^_~)

So, it's that time of the year again: time to sign up for the Lord of the Rings Secret Santa exchange! Slash, het and gen, fic and fanart; you can request it all, so why not join in? Sign-ups will run from now until October 31st.

Previous years' stories and art can be found, as usual, via the website or this community.

Please note that this is an FPF challenge. (i.e. Fictional, not real people fiction/RPF.)

The Rules (2011):

1. Your story (or fanart) is due December 16th and will go online December 24th -- please post it to the community (and nowhere else, until January 1st) and we will make it public on Christmas Eve.

2. Naturally, it'd be better if you didn't talk too much about your fic/art beforehand in places where your recipient could see it. Also, as a matter of fairness, please make your story more than 500 words (1000 is better). For fanart we'd expect you to spend at least a couple of hours on your work.

3. Please only sign up if you plan on actually fulfilling your end of the bargain. If you're going to be late or cannot complete your assignment, please let us know so we can discuss alternate arrangements. In addition, there will be a pool of emergency replacement writers/artists, so that everyone who signs up gets their gift.

4. Signing up: Please comment on this post (all comments are screened) or email [caras_galadhon AT livejournal.com] until October 31st with the following information (especially your email address for your assignment). You can be as specific in your likes and dislikes as you want, or leave everything up to the writer. Also, join the community, so you can post your story and keep track of any admin posts.

(Please feel free to copy and paste the following template.)

<b>Author name:</b> <b>Email address:</b> <b><i>Requesting:</i></b> <b>Fic, fanart or either?:</b> <b>Pairing(s)/Character(s):</b> <b>Scenario/Prompt:</b> <b>Squicks/Dislikes:</b> <b><i>Offering:</i></b> <b>Fic, fanart or either?:</b> <b>Preferences:</b> <b>Squicks/Dislikes:</b> <b>Willing to be replacement writer/artist:</b>

5. When you're done, please post to the community with the name of your recipient, the pairing or characters, and the rating in the subject line. Use headers (with disclaimers, warnings, etc.) and put the fic/fanart itself behind a cut tag. All gifts will go online on December 24th and will be added to the website.

That should be it. You will get your assignment in early November, if possible before November 8th, giving you approximately six weeks to finish your assignment. We realize that it's not possible that everyone gets to write their OTP, but we'll do our best to make sure you don't have to write something that squicks you, so be sure to let us know your preferences.

Have fun -- and spread the word!

lotr_sesa

Comments

Example Signup--

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Author name: BalrogBob (bobsuruncle)
Email address: balrogbob@fierypit.org

Requesting:
Fic, fanart or either?: Fic or art!
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Gandalf/Balrog, Bill the Pony/Shadowfax, or something focusing on the Nazgul.
Scenario/Prompt: I'd love something set in the Mines of Moria, before or after the Quest, or maybe in Rohan with the Rohirrim as backdrop. I love winter scenes and darkfic.
Squicks/Dislikes: Balloons, clowns, and anything involving mayonnaise on leather.

Offering:
Fic, fanart or either?: Art.
Preferences: I'm most comfortable drawing dark scenarios involving Sauron's servants. Ok with sweet, fluffy Hobbits, Dwarves and Elves, but no Wizards or Men, except for Denethor and Theoden.
Squicks/Dislikes: Balloons, clowns, anything involving mayonnaise on leather, and I have trouble drawing Numenorians.
Willing to be replacement writer/artist: Yes!

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

It's a pleasure to have you on board! ^_^ Thanks so much for signing up! Did you have anything you wanted listed under dislikes for your request, or is it entirely open?

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Ok, spiffy! We'll do just that. *G*

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Great! Looks good, and we're glad to have you on board. ^_^ I hope you enjoy the exchange!

Re: Pinch hit only

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Thank you, madame! As always, we are so, so pleased to have you on board! ^_^

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! We're glad to have you on board. Thank you for signing up, and we hope you enjoy the exchange!

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

It all looks great! Thank you! We're thrilled to have you on board, and hope you enjoy the exchange! ^_^

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

I'm very certain that I will.

Re: Exchange

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Great! Thank you so much, and we hope you enjoy the exchange! Thanks for signing up! ^_^

Exchange

[(Anonymous)]

You might want to resend the Exchange announcement. I only found it when I received notice of new pictures on the site. I did not receive the general notice.

Re: Exchange

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Sorry, do you mean the announcement to the main comm, here, or one of the crossposted announcements?

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Fantastic, it all looks great! We're really pleased to have you on board, and we hope you enjoy the exchange! ^_^

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! We're so glad to have you, and we hope you enjoy the exchange! ^_^

Only signing up for this because you asked so nicely! :)
*snerk* I'm glad it worked? *G* Thanks, madame!

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for signing up! ^_^ We hope you have a fantastic time.

One quick question, just for clarification, madame! When you say you dislike "the Men in Lotr except Faramir,as I can't connect so well with them somehow," do you mean you don't want to write anything involving Aragorn, Boromir, Eomer, Denethor, or any other people from Rohan or Gondor besides Faramir? Thanks! *G*

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Aha! Ok, so you mean you don't connect with the minor/less central Men characters. Got it! ^_^

Don't worry! I'm just clarifying so that we're all clear on who wants what. No problem there.

I really hope you enjoy rewatching LotR! Gosh, there's so much to take in in it that it's always worth a rewatch, eh? *G*

Hee. No worries, madame! We're all busy, and I'm sure there's plenty of people busier than me. You're so sweet, and thank you so much for the really lovely compliment! It's a pleasure to have you participating, and I'm glad to hear my post struck a chord. ♥

Re: Time flies!

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Time does indeed fly! ^_^ It all looks great, and thanks so much for signing up!

As a quick point of clarification, were there any characters in particular you preferred to write, or is it wide open? (SeSa is all FPF, no RPF, so you don't have to worry about getting any of the latter.)

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! Thanks so much for signing up, and we hope you enjoy the exchange!

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Hooray! Glad to have you on board, madame, and we hope you enjoy the exchange! ^_^

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

It all looks good! Thanks so much, madame! We're thrilled to have you on board! ^_^

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Great! We're pleased to have you on board, and hope you enjoy the exchange! *G*

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Looks good! Thanks for signing up, and we hope you enjoy the exchange! ^_~

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Glad you've signed up! Thanks! ^_~

[caras-galadhon.livejournal.com]

Fantastic! Everything looks good, and we're pleased to have you on board! ^_^

Thank you again for allowing me to sign up! :)
*G* Our pleasure!