Challenges and Requests
Summary: 
Welcome to the TQL Spring Fever Fan Fiction Challenge.
THE RULES
0.) ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST HAVE A TQL ACCOUNT. NO EXCEPTIONS!
1.) Each author may submit up to
1 long fiction story (25 000+ words each)
AND
2 short fiction stories (-25 000 words each)
AND
10 drabbles (100 words each)
2.) The stories may be one-shots or multi chaptered. The stories may feature any pairing within the Queer as Folk (US) fandom and should center around;
springtime
AND/OR
as an additional bunny you may use these images from our calendar (March, April, May and June)
3.) All stories have to been betaed.
4.) TQL administrators may submit entries out of competition.
5.) All stories MUST be submitted to submission[at]truequeerlove.com latest 11:59:59pm on June 10, 2012 (the community runs on Pittsburgh time; EDT [GMT -5]). You will receive a confirmation that your submission has been received latest 24 hours after submission.
6. Please supply the following info with your submission:
E-mail subject: TQL Spring Fever Challenge
Attachment: Your story in either .txt, .doc or .docx file format.
Text in e-mail;
Story Title:* Title of Story
Story Author:* Your TQL penname/member name
Story Beta:* Beta’s TQL penname/member name if available, otherwise online username.
Banner by: only if you have a banner for your story
Summary:* Story summary
Rating:* (ie. GEN, MGC, RAC or XXX)
List and definition of ratings can be found here.
Categories:* ie. Brian and Justin, Holiday > Christmas etc.
List and definition of categories can be found here (please note the sub-categories).
Characters:* ie. Brian, Justin, Michael, Original Male Character etc.
List of characters can be found here.
Timeline:* ie. All seasons, Pre Season 1, Season 3 etc.
Available timeline options are All seasons, Own Timeline, Pre season 1, Season 1, Season 2, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Post Season 5
Warnings:* ie. Angst, Violence, Unsafe Sex etc.
List and definition of warnings can be found here.
Competition Category:* Long Fiction, Short Fiction, Drabbles
7.) All submissions will be posted with TQL as author while the competition is ongoing.
They will however be connected to their rightful author after June 20, 2012.
8.) We ask all participating authors NOT to reveal which submission is theirs, until after the winners have been announced on June 20, 2012. You MAY however mention that you have entered the challenge and link to the TQL archive. In fact; we encourage you to do so.
All entries will be posted here on June 11,2012.
(This means no cross-posting until after June 20, 2012.)
9.) Winners will be crowned by voting in the TQL forum between June 11 and June 19, 2012 (the community runs on Pittsburgh time; EDT [GMT -5]).
10.) Winners will be announced on June 20, 2012. Trophies and banners to be awarded shortly thereafter.
THE PRIZES
The Spring Fever fan fiction challenge will be awarding a Gold, Silver, and Bronze trophy and banner to the winners of each category. In addition all participants will be awarded a banner per category entered to proudly flash around the net as a thank you for their participation.
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To sign up, make sure that you are signed in and press the “Sign Up” button at the very start of this post.
You can un-register at any point and after June 1, 2012 you can confirm your participation.
Questions can be posted in response to this announcement.
Good luck and happy writing!
Categories: Challenges and Requests Characters: None
Welcome to the TQL Spring Fever Fan Fiction Challenge.
THE RULES
0.) ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST HAVE A TQL ACCOUNT. NO EXCEPTIONS!
1.) Each author may submit up to
1 long fiction story (25 000+ words each)
AND
2 short fiction stories (-25 000 words each)
AND
10 drabbles (100 words each)
2.) The stories may be one-shots or multi chaptered. The stories may feature any pairing within the Queer as Folk (US) fandom and should center around;
springtime
AND/OR
as an additional bunny you may use these images from our calendar (March, April, May and June)
3.) All stories have to been betaed.
4.) TQL administrators may submit entries out of competition.
5.) All stories MUST be submitted to submission[at]truequeerlove.com latest 11:59:59pm on June 10, 2012 (the community runs on Pittsburgh time; EDT [GMT -5]). You will receive a confirmation that your submission has been received latest 24 hours after submission.
6. Please supply the following info with your submission:
E-mail subject: TQL Spring Fever Challenge
Attachment: Your story in either .txt, .doc or .docx file format.
Text in e-mail;
Story Title:* Title of Story
Story Author:* Your TQL penname/member name
Story Beta:* Beta’s TQL penname/member name if available, otherwise online username.
Banner by: only if you have a banner for your story
Summary:* Story summary
Rating:* (ie. GEN, MGC, RAC or XXX)
List and definition of ratings can be found here.
Categories:* ie. Brian and Justin, Holiday > Christmas etc.
List and definition of categories can be found here (please note the sub-categories).
Characters:* ie. Brian, Justin, Michael, Original Male Character etc.
List of characters can be found here.
Timeline:* ie. All seasons, Pre Season 1, Season 3 etc.
Available timeline options are All seasons, Own Timeline, Pre season 1, Season 1, Season 2, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Post Season 5
Warnings:* ie. Angst, Violence, Unsafe Sex etc.
List and definition of warnings can be found here.
Competition Category:* Long Fiction, Short Fiction, Drabbles
7.) All submissions will be posted with TQL as author while the competition is ongoing.
They will however be connected to their rightful author after June 20, 2012.
8.) We ask all participating authors NOT to reveal which submission is theirs, until after the winners have been announced on June 20, 2012. You MAY however mention that you have entered the challenge and link to the TQL archive. In fact; we encourage you to do so.
All entries will be posted here on June 11,2012.
(This means no cross-posting until after June 20, 2012.)
9.) Winners will be crowned by voting in the TQL forum between June 11 and June 19, 2012 (the community runs on Pittsburgh time; EDT [GMT -5]).
10.) Winners will be announced on June 20, 2012. Trophies and banners to be awarded shortly thereafter.
The Spring Fever fan fiction challenge will be awarding a Gold, Silver, and Bronze trophy and banner to the winners of each category. In addition all participants will be awarded a banner per category entered to proudly flash around the net as a thank you for their participation.
------
To sign up, make sure that you are signed in and press the “Sign Up” button at the very start of this post.
You can un-register at any point and after June 1, 2012 you can confirm your participation.
Questions can be posted in response to this announcement.
Good luck and happy writing!
Categories: Challenges and Requests Characters: None