Rules for Writers
Ì Each month a new topic/prompt/challenge will be posted in the Yahoo group and on the LJ on the first day of the month.
Ì Writers have until the designated day of the month to write a fiction in response to the topic/challenge. The deadline will be posted with the topic and we will post reminders as well.
Ì The story cannot be a WIP and must be less than 10,000 words unless part of the challenge/topic is the length, then those rules would apply.
Ì The three categories of the contest are Slash, Het, and General.
Ï Slash includes any same sex pairing even if there is not explicit sex.
Ï Het includes any het romance/pairing even if there isn’t explicit sex.
Ï General would be anything that has no romantic pairings that pertain to the story.
Ï If there are both Het and Slash pairings in the story then you will need to decide which pairing is the primary pairing, then base your category on that. However if you put anything in Het that has Slash content, there needs to be a strong warning and vice versa for Slash with Het content. If the main pairing is the only Het couple while everyone else is slash – you might want to put it in slash anyway (and vice versa of course) since that is the most likely audience.
Ï If the pairing is canon and isn’t a romance or part of the main story, it can still be general.
§ For example a story about the birth of Maedhros that mentions the marriage of Feanor and Nerdanel can be marked as General since the focus isn’t the romance of Feanor and Nerdanel.
Ì If you want, you can write a story in more than one category but can only submit one story per category.
Ì Stories can be rated up to NC17 but must have all warnings clearly marked.
Ì If the rating is not high enough or proper warnings are not given, the owners and mods reserve the right to rate higher and/or add warnings.
Ì Writers can have a beta, but the beta cannot tell anyone whose story it is.
Ì At the end of the 4 weeks, the stories need to be sent to the Challenge Mod at mbumpus_99@yahoo.com.
Ì All submissions emails should include in the subject field: "ALEC Submission".
Ì The story should have the following header:
Title:
Writer: (use name of LJ and/or your fandom name)
Beta (if any):
Category: (Gen, Slash, Het)
Rating: (G, PG, PG13, R, NC-17)
Age: (Pre-First Age, Second Age, Third Age, Fourth Age and Beyond)
Pairings/Characters: (you can put mystery character if needed)
Warnings: See below
Summary (optional)
The header will be posted with the story minus the beta and writers name.
Warnings should be provided for:
· Non-Consensual Sexual Situations/Rape
· BDSM
· Torture
· Graphic Violence
· Character Death
· Sexual themes
· Adult themes
· Graphic sex
· Incest
· MPRG
· Anything that you believe might be objectionable or bothersome to some readers or that you feel readers need to know before choosing to read your story.
Ì The contest organizers have arbitrarily decreed some works not suitable for this contest. Therefore, we will not accept entries containing:
§ MSTs
§ RPF – Real Person Fiction
§ Bestiality
§ Underage or child-based sexual relationships with adults, including child molestation
Ì Writers cannot post the story anywhere else or let anyone know which story theirs is until after voting is over. If we have reports of this rule being broken, the author’s story will be removed from the contest completely.
Ì The stories will be posted anonymously by the Mod to the website before midnight on the first day of the following month. At that time, the voting period will begin again, and a new theme will be presented as a writing prompt.
Ì Anyone may enter the contests, but the Mods must be able to get in touch with the author if there is a question. If they cannot and there are no published works online in one of the following archives - LJ, HASA, FF.net, LOTR-FF, SWG, OSA – or in ALEC’s yahoo group under the name given, the entry in question will not be published until they hear directly from the author. The ALEC contest would prefer it if entries were under author's normal fandom or LJ name, but having an author's name withheld even if their entry wins or using a different name, is allowed. If you wish to do this, please write the Mods giving your contact info and a brief explanation for using a different pseudonym. The information will be kept confidential.
Any questions, please post them on the group or send to one of the co-mods.
Thanks!
Co-mods:
Elfique – toriandrubble@hotmail.com
Aeärwen - mbumpus_99@yahoo.com