Small Fandoms Fest
a bi-annual fic and art fest for small fandoms
Journal created:
on 3 April 2007 (#12643207)
Updated:
on 17 May 2019
Website:
Membership:
Open
Posting Access:
All Members , Moderated
Actually, the smaller, the better. *g* Fests run twice a year, May-July and November-January.
Fest Schedule/Important Dates
Nov 1 - Nov 21: Prompt Submission Period
Nov 23: Prompts Available for Claiming & Posting Period Opens
Nov 23 - Jan 31: Posting Period
Jan 31: Final Day of Posting Period
Rules
General Community:
1. We are open to any fictional (or fictionalized) fandom, including (but not limited to) television shows, movies, books, comics, animes, commercials, and video game fandoms.
2. Fest submissions may be for Fanfic and Fanart. (Please see below under Submission Requirements for what qualifies for fanart.)
3. Only challenge responses should be posted here. This is not a comm for questions or announcements or pimping your own communities. Any OT posts will be deleted. [For announcements please check out
smallfandom_nb; for recs please check out smallfandomrecs.]4. You must be a member of the community to post, though not to comment.
5. No flames allowed! If you don’t like something, skip it.
5a. SPOILERS! Prompts may contain spoilers for recent events. Please keep that in mind when you view the prompts.
Prompt Submission:
6. You will not be required to claim a prompt in order to submit a prompt.
7. There is no limit on the number of prompts you may submit, and you may claim your own prompt.
8. All ratings, pairings (gen, het, slash and femslash, threesomes, none, etc), and genres are welcome.
9. Crossovers between small fandoms are allowed.
10. RPF is generally not allowed; it will only be allowed if the real person has been fictionalized. For example, you may submit a prompt regarding Alexander the Great so long as the prompt is based on a fictional source such as the movie Alexander, or for Napolean if the source is, say, Temeraire (Naomi Novik). RPF fandoms such as Top Gear or J2 will not be allowed.
11. When Submitting prompts:
a. You must include your LJ name so that I may contact you if I have a question regarding your prompt. If I am unable to get a hold of you for clarification, your prompt may be deleted.
b. Fandom: If your fandom could either be A) a book or TV fandom, or B) a comic or a movie, for example, specify which one you’re submitting the prompt for, otherwise I will list it as either, and it will be up to the writer to choose.
Also, for Book fandoms, please include the author’s name. Example: Blood and Smoke series (Tanya Huff)
c. Character or Pairing specifications (the & and the /):
Character A: fic should be character A-centric; whether gen, het or slash is up to the writer unless you specify gen only
Character A & Character B: & = friendship fic only
Character A/Character B: / = romantic pairing fic only
Character A & or / Character B: & or / = friendship or romantic pairing fic, up to the writer
Writer’s Choice: use if you don’t have a preference for the Character/Pairing or the word/phrase/scenario and want to leave it up to the writer (Please do not list writer’s choice for both the character/pairing AND the word/phrase/scenario bit, as that sort of defeats the purpose of writing to prompts.)
d. Do not use last names unless it is the convention in your fandom to do so. For example, please use Jack/Nathan rather than Jack Carter/Nathan Stark. Uniformity will make it easier for searching purposes later on.
e. Before you submit your prompt, please check the existing list of prompts to see how other people have listed the fandom name, pairing, etc. If you could do your best to keep fandom name, pairing etc uniform it will help with searching later on.
f. For fandoms that begin with ‘The’, place the ‘The’ last. (Example, Fast and the Furious, The) This will help with keeping the fandoms properly alphabetized in the database.
g. Still confused about the difference between the & and the /? Here are some examples:
Blood Ties (TV’verse), Henry & Coreen, research (fic should focus on the friendship between Henry and Coreen)
Dante’s Cove, writer’s choice, regret (writer may choose any Dante’s Cove character/pairing for this prompt)
Donald Strachey (Movie’verse), Timothy, alone (fic should be Timothy-centric, can be gen, het or slash)
Dresden Files, The (Book’verse), Harry & or / Thomas, hot water (fic may focus on the friendship (brother relationship) between Harry and Thomas, or put them in a romantic/sexual relationship)
Almost Human/Doom, John/Dorian, past is prologue (fic should include John and Dorian in a romantic/sexual relationship)
Please not that if prompts are not submitted in the proper format, I may ask you to repost. (Ie, if there are only a few, I might take the time to fix them, if there are a lot and I’m feeling rushed, I’ll ask you to do it.)
h. Romantic pairing fic may be rated PG. Writing two characters as a couple does not mean there has to be smut. (Unless, of course, the prompt calls for it. *g*)
12. If you’re unsure whether your fandom qualifies, please check the list of fandoms that do not qualify that has been compiled to date here. If you are still uncertain, please ask about your fandom there.
Prompt Submission Post
Prompt Claiming:
13. Each prompt may be claimed twice each for fanfic and fanart. Because of this limit, each individual may only claim a prompt once, for either fanfic or fanart, but not both.
14. You may claim as many prompts as you like over the course of the Fest, but you may only claim three prompts at a time. If you have already claimed three prompts, you must post a submission for one of them before claiming another prompt. [We realize that there are a lot of prompts, but we’d like to keep prompts from being snapped up . . . and then not getting written or graphic’d. *g*]
15. You may claim your own prompt.
16. You did not have to submit a prompt to claim a prompt.
17. To claim a prompt, comment to the appropriate post with the following:
Submission Requirements:
18. Minimum length/size requirements:
Fanfic: 1000 words
Icons: 8-10
Other Fanart: 1 large or 2-3 smaller pieces
[Other Fanart includes wallpapers (large), manips (large), music videos (large), banners/headers (depends on size), colorbars (small), animated buttons (small), & fanmixes (8 or more songs with front and back cover - large), etc]
19. Your submission(s) must be new.
20. Crossover fic may only be written for crossover prompts. (If the prompt was not submitted as a crossover, you must write in the fandom prompted.)
21. You must follow the prompted character/pairing specifications: & = friendship only; / = romantic pairing; & or / = writer may chose friendship or romantic pairing; a character listed alone may be gen, het or slash.
Posting:
22. Your subject line should follow this format: Fanfic (or Fanart), Fandom, Pairing/Character (use full names rather than initials or nicknames), Word/Phrase/Scenario
Example: Fanfic, Eureka, Jack/Nathan, amnesia
a. If the original prompt was for a single character (Character A), & or / (Character A & or / Character B), or Writer’s Choice, please include the character/pairing you wrote in the subject line (and in the character/pairing portion of the header) so that I may properly tag the entry (though you should still include the prompted character/pairing/writer’s choice in the prompt portion of your header so I can find the prompt on the list to mark it complete).
Examples:
Prompt: Letty; Written: Letty/Mia; include Letty/Mia in the subject line (and in the character/pairing portion of the header); Letty goes in the prompt portion of the header.
Prompt: Peter & or / Neal; Written: Peter/Neal; include Peter/Neal in the subject line (and in the character/pairing portion of the header); Peter & or / Neal goes in the prompt portion of the header.
Prompt: Writer’s Choice; Written: Michael/Victor; include Michael/Victor in the subject line (and in the character/pairing portion of the header); Writer’s Choice goes in the prompt portion of the header.
b. If the word/phrase/scenario portion of the prompt is long, you may shorten/abbreviate it in the subject line.
Example: ‘everyone thinks they’re doing it so they decide, why not, and run off to Vegas to get married’ may be shortened to ‘everyone thinks they’re doing it’.
c. Do not include any additional information in the subject line, such as title and rating.
23. For Fanfic, please include a header with at least the following information:
For Fanart, please include a header with at least the following information:
a. you must include the prompt somewhere in your header, including at least the prompted character/pairing and word/phrase/scenario.
24. Post your submission or a link to it here at the community. If you post your Fanfic here, please put the story itself behind a cut. If you post your Fanart here, everything except two or three teaser icons or thumbnails must be placed behind a cut. Anything not-worksafe must be placed behind a cut. Get the idea? *g*
The only exception is that if your journal is locked you must post your fic here.
If you post/announce your submission elsewhere, we’d love it if you’d include a ‘Written for
smallfandomfest’ notation in your header. The more people who are aware of us, the more submissions we’ll get. *g*25. There is no maximum length for your fic, but the fic must be complete and posted all at once. Two parters or chaptered fic is welcome, but the fic must be finished and posted in its entirety.
26. Regardless of the length of your story, if you choose to post it here in the community, please only post it in a single part; the LJ limit on post size is very large and should not be a problem for most stories. If your story exceeds that limit (approx 11,000 words, or 15-20 pages) and requires posting in several parts, please post the story in your own journal and merely link to it here in a single post.
If your journal is locked or if you don’t normally post fic at your personal journal, then you may post the fic here in multiple parts. However, please use as few posts as necessary (ie, don’t post 15 1000-word entries when you could post 2 7500-word entries). If you post in parts, please make sure that each part links to the next, as (due to our practice of using tags for counting purposes) only the first part of the story will be tagged and memoried.
27. Fic may be posted to the comm from Nov 23 through Jan 31, when the Fest officially closes.
28. Do not post your fic before you’ve claimed the prompt. While I fully appreciate wanting to get a head start on the fic and making sure you can finish it before you commit yourself to writing it, you must claim a prompt before posting your submission. I would also appreciate it if you'd give me a reasonable time to approve your claim before posting your fic, rather than claiming the prompt five minutes before you post.
29. Please note that if you submit three or more fanfic and/or fanart, in any combination, you will receive a lovely button acknowledging your contribution to
smallfandomfest!Pimp Your Fandom:
30. Sign up to pimp your small fandom by replying here with your name and the name of the fandom.
31. Each fandom may only be claimed by one person per round.
(You may not pimp the same fandom more than once. If you have something to add, please edit and update your original pimp.)
32. You may claim more than one fandom, but only one at a time.
33. Wondering what to include in your pimp? Give us some background on the book/show/movie, tell us why we should give it a try, and let us know if it’s available, through official channels or via some kind soul in fandom. If you want to pimp your favorite character or pairing, go ahead and do that, too.
34. Please include the following in your subject line: Pimp: Name of Fandom by Your Name.
35. To make sure that these pimp posts remain available, please post it here in full, rather than linking to it. You may, of course, post it wherever you want to in addition to posting it here, as it need not be exclusive. If your entry is longer than a few short paragraphs, place everything except a short teaser paragraph behind a cut.
36. You must post your pimpage entry by January 31. (Don't despair if you miss this date; you may sign up again during the next round of Fandom Pimp.)
37. As of February 1, all fandoms (including unclaimed, claimed but never pimped, and previously pimped) will once again be open for claiming. Please note, if at that time you sign up for a fandom that’s already been pimped, don’t merely repeat what someone else has already said. Everyone loves a book/series/movie for different reasons, so give us your own unique spin on it: tell us why you like it, delve more deeply into the fandom, pimp another character/pairing....
please ask them here.
If you need a beta or would like to sign up to beta,
please go here.
If you’re searching for a small fandom and have come up empty,
ask about it here.
If you’d like to announce a small fandom comm, or a challenge comm that includes small fandoms,
please do so here.
spikedluv and sara_merry99.If you have any questions or concerns, you may contact me at spikedluv @ livejournal.com.
smallfandombang, smallfandomflsh, smallfandomrecs and smallfandom_nb.Mirror Community: Small Fandoms Fest on DW.
Affiliates:
Small Fandoms & Fest Communities, etc:
_entourage, 10iloveyou, 60damnprompts, a_to_z_prompts, abelinc_kink, alphas_syfy, andoneforall, anewteam, asoiafbigbang, ateam_prompts, beinghuman_fans, beinghuman_fic, bigbang_mixup, bjt_bigbang, bloodsmokebooks, breaking_bad, breakingbad_art, bsgslash, bsgflash, bucketresidence, burnkink, c6d_weekly, carter_dean, casestory, comedyprompts, commentficathon, covenantslash, cpfanfic, crossroadsmall, dantescovefests, dark_fest, dlm_fanfiction, dollhouse100, donaldtimmy, dramaprompts, dreamweft, element_flash, endgame_tv, entourage_fest, everyfandomfest, film_by_fandom, ffspiritswithin, found_treasure, gen_drabble, geocruisin, gosfordpark, grimm_fic, guidedaxe, guns_fedoras, ha_prompts, haikuathon, historicalyafen, josefmick_fans, Josef/Mick Fansite, jk_west_la, lancer_lovers, leverage500, manor_archives, moonlight_slash, movie_100, movieprompts, mythology_kink, nancydrewfic, nbc_medium, nordic_noir, ogdenmarsh, pier56, pofinterest_fic, pol_fandom, primeval_slash, prompt_in_a_box, rare_bottoms, rare_recs, rarepair100, redofairytales, remember_wenn, remixthedrabble, rounds_of_kink, rt_ninthcircle, rule34_kink, save_me_2007, sbs_slash, scifiprompts, sennovia, sexy_right, sharktv, sheldon_leonard, shelter_diner, slashfest, slashthedrabble, slashtheimage, smallfandomeme, southland_slash, spanking_world, starks_lab, stevedannoslash, story_lottery, summerdownslash, taxiverse, terror_scifi, the_empty_pale, the_yo_yo, thebunnypen, tower_prep, treasure_geeks, tvd_fic, un_history, uncharted_fics, verve_challenge, what_she_saw, wordery, writing_addicts, writers_choice and writing_r.Resource Communities:
newbieguide and pimp_posts.Other::
wicked_awards.Do you run a small fandom community and want to Affiliate with us?
Please comment HERE.
Please note that the list of fandoms in our interests is not exclusive, it’s just that we’ve hit the maximum number of interests allowed by LJ, so we won’t be adding any more fandoms right now.
If you wonder whether your fandom qualifies, please check out this post: What Qualifies as a Small Fandom?. If your question isn't answered there, please comment to that post with your query.
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