Posting Schedule - 2016 KuroFai Olympics Officially Begins!

[zelinxia]

All teams and prompt assignments have been finalized, hooray! Here is the official posting schedule

For posting guidelines, I have created a format template for you to use when you post your entry. Each of you have been assigned one of the lovely, fabulous coaches, which you can view below the cut.

Date	Prompt	Team Dark writer	Team Light writer
Monday, August 1st	Doomed to Repeat History	animangod	guety
Tuesday, August 2nd	Not the Droids You’re Looking For	aquarius_galuxy	silverservererror
Wednesday, August 3rd	Honor Among Thieves	flypaw	pokechan
Thursday, August 4th	The Eleventh Hour	k_n	bkaykoii
Friday August 5th	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea	sotongsotong	arisprite
Saturday, August 6th	Fantastic Beasts	pontasensei	robinauts
Sunday, August 7th	Fools Rush In	aithilin	mindlessadri

Our pinch-hitters are (including those who are dual-coaching!)

Tier 1
cloverfield
mikkeneko
thecicada
ereshkigali

Tier 2
xfourleafcloverx
flowerspeaks
uakari


And now, here are the team coaches! Look for your name next to one of them.

Team Dark
flowerspeaks - animangod, aquarius_galuxy, flypaw
uakari - aithilin, pontasensei
xfourleafcloverx - sotongsotong, k_n

Team Light
little_echo - guety, silverservererror
cloverfield - pokechan, mindlessadri
badluck_koi - robinauts, arisprite, bkaykoii

What are these mandatory check-ins?
This is not meant to be a date when you must submit the work you have been doing (although you certainly can, depending on what you and your coach have talked about). All it means is that you should shoot a quick message to your coach that says ‘I am alive and on track/not on track, and I don’t need help/desperately need help.’

That said, you should note that these check-ins are indeed mandatory! If you fail to check in each Monday, the coaches will only wait 24 hours before flagging it to the moderators. If the moderators do not hear from you in another 24 hours (so by the end of the day on Wednesday each week), we will discuss a pinch-hitter.

The last check-in takes place on a Friday (July 29th) here at the community. This is where you will state ‘I am ready/nearly ready for my posting date! I don’t have any questions/I have urgent last-minute questions.’

How do I communicate with my coach?
Your coaches will be sending you each a message here on DreamWidth in order to start the communication process. The two of you can agree to whatever form of communication most floats your boat, whether that be through email, Tumblr, here at DW, or whatever.

The only thing we ask is that you do not request a method of communication that would make your coach feel uncomfortable (a.k.a. Facebook, where you would be able to get a lot of their personal information, or cell phone, etc). Please stick to fandom-friendly methods of contact.

What will me and my coach do together?
Your coach is available to you (within reason) to answer questions about the contest, to guide you in your writing process, help you brainstorm, and help you stay on track for your posting date!

Your coach will also be available to you to look over/edit at least one draft of your work. Multiple drafts is entirely up to your coach, but they can handle one! This can happen at any point during the writing period, up to July 25th. We would ask all writers to get a draft to their coaches by this date, so that the coach can return it before the mandatory DW community check-in.

Do I have to give a draft to my coach? Even if I already have a beta?
No, this is not mandatory. If you don’t feel like you need assistance, carry on doing your thing the way you like to do your thing. The only thing that is mandatory are the check-ins with your coach on the 11th and 18th.


You are more than welcome to post your entry directly on the KuroFai community, on your personal DW journal, or even fanfiction sites like AO3 or FFN. (No Tumblr because we want your byoot-tiful entries to be reader friendly!) If you choose to post outside of the community journal, you must still make a post here on the KuroFai DW with the proper header, and with a link to your entry. This way, readers’ scores can be tallied in a fashionable matter!

If you post your entry in the community, you must use the cut tag. A few years ago, veteran olympics organizer reikah created a user-friendly step-by-step guide on to making cut tags with pictures ”HERE. No excuse!

If you are on TEAM DARK, use this posting format. For prompt title, use the shortened version as listed in the schedule table.

Subject: [Team Dark] (Shortened Prompt Title) Your Title

<center><img src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa251/Zelinxia/2016%20KuroFai%20Olympics/2016%20-%20Team%20Dark_zps1pdegk5c.png"></center> <b>Title:</b> <b>Prompt:</b>(full prompt title is fine here!) <b>Rating:</b> <b>Warnings:</b>(Please warn for any potentially triggering content such as extreme violence, gore, rape/non-consensual sex, etc.) Any author’s notes <cut text="your cut tag text goes here"> (your fic) </cut> ~the end. <b>Thank you for reading! How did I do?</b> <i>Please score my fic according to these guidelines:</i> 1. How in-character was this fic? (1-10) 2. How well did this fic handle the prompt? (1-10) 3. How much did you enjoy this fic overall? (1-10) Remember that you must provide some form of identification (a link to a blog or profile on another site will suffice) for your vote to be counted!

If you are on TEAM LIGHT, use this posting format. For prompt title, use the shortened version as listed in the schedule table.

Subject line: [Team Light] (Shortened Prompt Title) Your Title

<center><img src="http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa251/Zelinxia/2016%20KuroFai%20Olympics/2016%20-%20Team%20Light_zps3v1ldpic.png"></center> <b>Title:</b> <b>Prompt:</b>(full prompt title is fine here!) <b>Rating:</b> <b>Warnings:</b>(Please warn for any potentially triggering content such as extreme violence, gore, rape/non-consensual sex, etc.) Any author’s notes <cut text="your cut tag text goes here"> (your fic) </cut> ~the end. <b>Thank you for reading! How did I do?</b> <i>Please score my fic according to these guidelines:</i> 1. How in-character was this fic? (1-10) 2. How well did this fic handle the prompt? (1-10) 3. How much did you enjoy this fic overall? (1-10) Remember that you must provide some form of identification (a link to a blog or profile on another site will suffice) for your vote to be counted!



Some things to keep in mind!

The posting schedule is not final and may be subject to change. If a participant withdraws and a pinch-hitter is enlisted, it pushes the prompt of theirs and their rival to the end to allow the pinch-hitter additional time to write. If writers need more time, the mods will grant an extension. Should there be schedule changes, we will make another post on DW, and will make an announcement post on Tumblr.

Once more, posting deadline is by 11:59pm (23:59) PDT. Refer to timezone converter HERE

Please review and follow the community guidelines. If you have questions, leave an ask in the comment!

Writers are not allowed to vote. If you bow out, you are welcome to vote then. For pinch-hitters, please wait until all entries have been posted before placing your scores; otherwise if you are called in to write, then the no-vote rule applies as well. For coaches, we’re still assessing about your participation in voting :)

With your assigned coach, you are only required to check in with them on the Mondays July 11th and 18th. All you have to let them know is how’s progress. That said, don’t hesitate to seek support from them! They are happy to assist you in brainstorming and beta-ing.

Take time to cheer on your teammates! The writers from the other team! The Olympics is more fun with the team dynamics. Do read and comment on their fics. Spread the love <3

Okay, enough talking. The 2016 KuroFai Olympics have officially start! Good luck on writing~

Comments

[cloverfield]

AW YES I AM HERE TO REPRESENT TEAM LIGHT I AM A HUMBLE COACH AND I WILL DO MY BEST! Also, I see I am first cab off the rank in the pinch-hitting stakes - I will do some prelim brainstorming and keep my fingers crossed that life doesn't throw any curveballs our way! (Curveballs go with baseball, right? Please tell me I'm not mixing my American sports again...)

pokechan and mindlessadri, I am here for you! Anytime you need me, I will be there (work and life permitting, promise void in face of alien apocalypse, etc. etc.) and I have faith in you to succeed! I'll send you both a DM with my contact-y stuff, and please feel welcome to contact me whenever, not just on the check in dates~

@farenmaddox and zelinxia, I have a quick question: am I pinch-hitter for both Team Dark and Light, or just for the team I'm coaching for? I'm a-ok with whatever, I just wanna know for my prelim brainstorm type stuff, so I can work out a list of fic ideas should I need to whip up a fill in a hurry :D

[pokechan]

ALL RIGHT LET'S DO THIS!!!!

[arisprite]

Whoo! I'm super stoked guys!

[farenmaddox]

Hiiiiiii,

good question, and the answer is up to you! As you mentioned a preference for Team Dark, we can 'reserve' you as a Team Dark-only pinch-hitter, or if you'd rather be open, we would just slot you in wherever something came up for either team.

Which would you rather?

[k_n]

n____n Can't wait!!!!

[badluck_koi]

So ready for this.

[flowerspeaks]

Can I ask what 'tier 2' means? Sorry this is my first olympic ^_^;

[zelinxia]

Right! The tier thing is new since we are implementing coaches for the first time. Tier 1 includes people who signed up as solely pinch-hitters and/or originally wanted to sign up as writers. (hence why clover is up there; she originally signed up to write but was flexible to help with pinch-hitting AND coaching). They are available to hop in if needed because they are not doing additional things for the Olympics

Tier 2 are coaches who volunteered to pinch-hit as well. But since coaches have duties during the writing period, we'll have them (like you) as the last resort pinch-hitters should more than four people need to bow out.

Hope that helps!

[flowerspeaks]

OHHH that totally makes sense XD thanks for answer

[cloverfield]

I'd be happy to pinch-hit for both, that's not a problem! Just means I should keep my options wiiiiide open :D

[tsubasafan]

Fuck! I didn't know olympics were still a thing ;w; I would have signed up

[farenmaddox]

Hi!

Sorry that you missed the chance to sign up, but we are still very glad to see you back here! I hope you'll have the time in August to show your support for the writers with reading & voting!

[tsubasafan]

Definitely! If you need any help just let me know.

[thecicada]

I love the look of the coach systsem, by the way... having someone read over your fic and give feedback before the actual posting is so, so encouraging. I think it's a great addition to the olympics!

[superyuui]

Shrieking. I am so ready to read all of the wonderful fic when posting starts!

In the mean time, I would be happy to help if anyone needs another set of eyes?

[silverservererror]

Hey so.... is there a rubric or anything we should be following? ^u^

[zelinxia]

There really isn't a rubric per say. But readers who score will be answering three questions:

1. How in-character was this fic?
2. How well did this fic handle the prompt?
3. How much did you enjoy this fic overall?

These are obviously going to be subjective and varies among readers, esp. for #1.

#2 is absolutely important though, because you're on a certain team (Light) and have a specific prompt. So as long as you writes something along to "These are not the droids you're looking for" with "light" elements in mind; AND focus on the relationship between Fai and Kurogane, then you've covered the basics.