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Schedule:
Prompting Period: March 31 11:59 PM EDT-April 15 11:59 PM EDT
Sign Ups Open: April 16 11:59 PM EDT
Creation Period Begins: April 30 11:59 PM EDT
Posting Month Begins: July 31 11:59 PM EDT
Posting Month/Winning Ends: September 1 11:59 PM EDT
Main AO3 Collection | Detours AO3 Collection
Discord Invite Link (note that the server is 18+ only and NSFW)
Beta Post | Posting Guidelines | Sign Up Guidelines
Win Claim Form | Crossposting Declarations
Mod contact: dreamwidth PM or shimmeringwords@gmail.com
Fandom Orienteer Challenge is a challenge for creating long fanfic and comics, which incorporates elements from prompt fests, big bangs, exchanges and other types of event. The idea behind the event is to provide structure and community for creating long fanworks.
The event will start with a two-week prompting period. Prompts will be submitted anonymously on the prompting post, and can be used by any participant. If you want to work on a particular idea of your own, you should submit it as a prompt at this point.
Prompting eligibility: RPF, Original Work and Any Fandom are all allowed. RPF featuring people famous for participating in the Nazi regime or other genocides, real life serial killers, and modern people under the age of 18 is not allowed. I reserve the right to add to this list and to ban fictional versions thereof on my sole discretion.
After prompting ends, sign ups will open, and remain open throughout the creation period. To sign up, participants will fill in a form either claiming 1-6 prompts, or requesting to be assigned prompts. (You can request prompts in certain fandoms, with a certain type of pairing, or both.) They will also choose and commit to a minimum length (20k/20 pages, 30k/30 pages, 40k/40 pages, or 50k/50 pages) and a number of works (1-2). Before the creation period begins, I will send out emails with assignments.
Then creation will begin. There will be a 3 month creation period, during which participants can use the event discord channel or check in posts on dreamwidth to keep up with other creators and receive encouragement, and for help finding betas, research materials, etc. You may begin posting works to the collection at any time during the creation period. The main collection should be used for works which you will use to fulfill your goal length, while extra works, works which were not long enough, and works by anyone who hasn't signed up for the challenge should be posted to the detours collection.
Sign ups will close only when the posting month begins, at which time works in the collection will be revealed. Posting will last one month, to allow posting multi-chaptered works as WIPs and for deadline flexibility. At the end of the month, winning will close. Winners will receive a certificate and graphics, and possibly optional stickers if they provide a mailing address. They can also opt into being publicly listed as official winners.
Credits and Thank You
Oct. 8th, 2023 09:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
slashmarksThe digital certificates and stickers will be sent out tonight, and with that, Fandom Orienteer Challenge 2023 is concluded for the year!
I would like to recognize the following winners and participants who requested credit:
Winners
phantomato
shnuffeluv
laurus_nobilis
slashmarks
ictus
ElAurian
Participants
chacusha
Brachylagus_fandom
I would like to recognize the following winners and participants who requested credit:
Winners
phantomato
shnuffeluv
laurus_nobilis
slashmarks
ictus
ElAurian
Participants
chacusha
Brachylagus_fandom
Last Reminder - Prize Claiming
Sep. 24th, 2023 10:10 pmslashmarksJust as a heads up, you have one week to fill out a form to claim winner or participant prizes. If you would like to public acknowledgement, a digital certificate of participation or stickers, please fill out the appropriate form by October first!
Winner Form | Participant Form
Winner Form | Participant Form
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Sep. 4th, 2023 01:55 pmslashmarksThank you for participating in Fandom Orienteer Challenge, everyone!
As a reminder, if you won the challenge, please fill out a claim form here! This will let me know whether to credit you as well as whether you'd like digital or mailed prizes.
If you participated, you can fill out this participant claim form and claim participation prizes!
Please fill out your claim form by October 1st. At that point, I will aim to start filling prize claims.
Sample graphic/sticker designs (may be edited before printing):
As a reminder, if you won the challenge, please fill out a claim form here! This will let me know whether to credit you as well as whether you'd like digital or mailed prizes.
If you participated, you can fill out this participant claim form and claim participation prizes!
Please fill out your claim form by October 1st. At that point, I will aim to start filling prize claims.
Sample graphic/sticker designs (may be edited before printing):
Posting Closed
Sep. 1st, 2023 11:59 pmslashmarksPosting is officially closed! Please submit your win claim forms. The participation claim form will be up soon.
Posting Deadline Reminder
Sep. 1st, 2023 07:07 pmslashmarksThe posting deadline is tonight, September first, at 11:59 PM EST. You have about five hours to post and/or update your works.
When your work is complete, please fill out the win claiming form here: https://forms.gle/fFFZa22r69pfmHEi9
After the event, a participation prize claiming form will go up as well.
When your work is complete, please fill out the win claiming form here: https://forms.gle/fFFZa22r69pfmHEi9
After the event, a participation prize claiming form will go up as well.
Final Check-In Post
Aug. 27th, 2023 08:13 pmslashmarksPosting will end this Friday, September first, at 11:59 PM EDT. That means you have five days and almost four hours left to work! There are seven works in the main collection and four works in the detours collection right now. As a reminder, the main collection will close when posting ends, but the detours collection will remain open.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. What was most or least successful about your project?
2. How similar or different is your project from your "usual"?
3. Have you learned anything in the process of doing this project, or this challenge? Has something about your work/skill improved?
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. What was most or least successful about your project?
2. How similar or different is your project from your "usual"?
3. Have you learned anything in the process of doing this project, or this challenge? Has something about your work/skill improved?
Check-In Post #17
Aug. 20th, 2023 11:37 pmslashmarksWe're coming up on the end! Posting will end in about a week and a half on September first.
Both collections are revealed. There are still seven works in the main collection and three works in the side collection, but a number have updated since the last post.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. How much further do you have to go in length? What about story events?
2. Is there anything about your plot or the details of the end that you're still not sure about?
Both collections are revealed. There are still seven works in the main collection and three works in the side collection, but a number have updated since the last post.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. How much further do you have to go in length? What about story events?
2. Is there anything about your plot or the details of the end that you're still not sure about?
Check-In Post #16
Aug. 14th, 2023 01:12 amslashmarksPosting will end in about two and a half weeks, on September 1 at 11:59 PM EDT. I will continue making check-in posts over the month.
Both collections are revealed. There are still seven works in the main collection and three works in the side collection, but a number have updated since the last post.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. How many main characters would you say your work has? What makes a main character?
2. What are you trying to figure out or accomplish right now?
Both collections are revealed. There are still seven works in the main collection and three works in the side collection, but a number have updated since the last post.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. How many main characters would you say your work has? What makes a main character?
2. What are you trying to figure out or accomplish right now?
Check-In Post #15
Aug. 6th, 2023 01:58 pmslashmarksWe are just about a week into the posting period. Posting will end in just under four weeks, on September 1 at 11:59 PM EDT. I will continue making check-in posts over the month.
Both collections are revealed. There are seven works in the main collection and three works in the side collection.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. What prompt did you choose to respond to? What was your approach to it?
2. What elements of your project were new or challenging for you? What elements were familiar?
Both collections are revealed. There are seven works in the main collection and three works in the side collection.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. What prompt did you choose to respond to? What was your approach to it?
2. What elements of your project were new or challenging for you? What elements were familiar?
Crossposting Declarations
Aug. 1st, 2023 12:03 amslashmarksThis post is for declaring works posted to sites other than AO3. If you posted a challenge work elsewhere, please comment with the name you signed up with and a link to the work. You may optionally include other details like title, fandom, pairings, etc.
slashmarksThe official posting period will begin on July 31 at 11:59 PM EDT, in just over seven hours, and continue until September first at 11:59 PM EDT, in about a month.
First, this means that the Fandom Orienteer Challenge AO3 collections (Main collection here, Detours collection here) will be revealed in seven hours. This is a good time to look at your work and make sure any editing marks or placeholder text is removed and the work is ready to go live.
As a reminder, you can start posting and update your work at any point within the posting period and still win the challenge! You also still have about seven hours to update your sign up form if you would like to change the length or number of works in your goal. You can add new sign ups for the rest of that time.
In light of current events with the OTW, I have decided to accept works posted to other sites. If you would like to post your Fandom Orienteer Challenge work elsewhere, please wait until the posting period begins in seven hours and then you may feel free to do so. Please comment with a link to the work here.
Works which will not be complete by the end of the month, are under your length goal, or are not part of a challenge sign up can be posted to the Detours collection. At the end of the posting period, the main collection will be closed to new works, but the Detours collection will remain open.
When your winning work(s) is completely posted, you can fill out this form to make your win official and claim your prizes. You can choose to be publicly credited as a winner, to receive a digital winner's certificate, and/or to receive physical mailed stickers (if you have a mailing address in a country that can receive post from the United States). There will also be a participation prize claim form, which will go up at the end of the posting period.
Thank you everyone for participating, and good luck finishing your works this month!
First, this means that the Fandom Orienteer Challenge AO3 collections (Main collection here, Detours collection here) will be revealed in seven hours. This is a good time to look at your work and make sure any editing marks or placeholder text is removed and the work is ready to go live.
As a reminder, you can start posting and update your work at any point within the posting period and still win the challenge! You also still have about seven hours to update your sign up form if you would like to change the length or number of works in your goal. You can add new sign ups for the rest of that time.
In light of current events with the OTW, I have decided to accept works posted to other sites. If you would like to post your Fandom Orienteer Challenge work elsewhere, please wait until the posting period begins in seven hours and then you may feel free to do so. Please comment with a link to the work here.
Works which will not be complete by the end of the month, are under your length goal, or are not part of a challenge sign up can be posted to the Detours collection. At the end of the posting period, the main collection will be closed to new works, but the Detours collection will remain open.
When your winning work(s) is completely posted, you can fill out this form to make your win official and claim your prizes. You can choose to be publicly credited as a winner, to receive a digital winner's certificate, and/or to receive physical mailed stickers (if you have a mailing address in a country that can receive post from the United States). There will also be a participation prize claim form, which will go up at the end of the posting period.
Thank you everyone for participating, and good luck finishing your works this month!
Check-In Post #14
Jul. 31st, 2023 12:20 amslashmarksWeek thirteen is now complete! The posting period will begin on July 31 at 11:59 PM EDT, and at that point you will have just over one month to post your complete work, until September 1 at 11:59 PM EDT. I will continue making check-in posts over posting month.
Each week, I'll make a new check-in post with a few optional discussion questions. You can use this post to update us on our progress, complain, celebrate, or talk to other participants! Also feel free to discuss each week's questions in our discord server.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. Are you ready to post? If not, what do you still need to do?
2. Are you happy you participated in the challenge?
Each week, I'll make a new check-in post with a few optional discussion questions. You can use this post to update us on our progress, complain, celebrate, or talk to other participants! Also feel free to discuss each week's questions in our discord server.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. Are you ready to post? If not, what do you still need to do?
2. Are you happy you participated in the challenge?
Check-In Post #13
Jul. 23rd, 2023 07:31 pmslashmarksWeek twelve is now complete! We now have just over a week left in the official creation period, and four and a half weeks of additional time in the posting period. Each week, I'll make a new check-in post with a few optional discussion questions. You can use this post to update us on our progress, complain, celebrate, or talk to other participants! Also feel free to discuss each week's questions in our discord server.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. What's your favorite thing about your project? What are you most looking forward to writing or drawing?
2. Do you like to review/reread your own work?
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. What's your favorite thing about your project? What are you most looking forward to writing or drawing?
2. Do you like to review/reread your own work?
Check-In Post #12
Jul. 16th, 2023 03:27 pmslashmarksWeek eleven is now complete! We now have just over two weeks left in the official creation period, and four and a half weeks of additional wiggle room in the posting period (so don't despair - you don't have to finish until the end of August). Each week, I'll make a new check-in post with a few optional discussion questions. You can use this post to update us on our progress, complain, celebrate, or talk to other participants! Also feel free to discuss each week's questions in our discord server.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. Has your story surprised you along the way? Did your characters behave in unexpected ways, or did you end up changing your plot?
2. Is there anything you wish you had done to prepare at the beginning, now?
3. Are endings easy or difficult for you, compared to other parts of a story?
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. Has your story surprised you along the way? Did your characters behave in unexpected ways, or did you end up changing your plot?
2. Is there anything you wish you had done to prepare at the beginning, now?
3. Are endings easy or difficult for you, compared to other parts of a story?
Check-In Post #11
Jul. 9th, 2023 06:52 pmslashmarksWeek ten is now complete! We now have just over three weeks left in the official creation period, and four and a half weeks of additional wiggle room in the posting period. That makes this a great time to post your info in the beta volunteer post! Each week, I'll make a new check-in post with a few optional discussion questions. You can use this post to update us on our progress, complain, celebrate, or talk to other participants! Also feel free to discuss each week's questions in our discord server.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. So far, are you over or under the length you expected? Do you usually have a good idea how long a project will end up being when you start?
2. What's your usual editing process? Do you have any general advice on editing?
3. Bonus question: any suggestions or requests for what you'd like to see in victory/participation graphics?
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. So far, are you over or under the length you expected? Do you usually have a good idea how long a project will end up being when you start?
2. What's your usual editing process? Do you have any general advice on editing?
3. Bonus question: any suggestions or requests for what you'd like to see in victory/participation graphics?
Check-In Post #10
Jul. 2nd, 2023 07:23 pmslashmarksWeek nine is now complete! Each week, I'll make a new check-in post with a few optional discussion questions. You can use this post to update us on our progress, complain, celebrate, or talk to other participants! Also feel free to discuss each week's questions in our discord server.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. What do you do when you get stuck, to try to get a project moving again or get inspiration back?
2. Do you almost always work in the same genre or with similar types of plots, or do you work on different kinds of projects? Is there a kind of project you'd really like to do, but don't feel prepared for?
3. Do you like to work in the same world or continuity for multiple projects, or do you prefer standalone works?
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. What do you do when you get stuck, to try to get a project moving again or get inspiration back?
2. Do you almost always work in the same genre or with similar types of plots, or do you work on different kinds of projects? Is there a kind of project you'd really like to do, but don't feel prepared for?
3. Do you like to work in the same world or continuity for multiple projects, or do you prefer standalone works?
Check-In Post #9
Jun. 25th, 2023 10:54 pmslashmarksWeek eight is now complete! There are five weeks left in the official creation period, plus about four weeks in posting month. Each week, I'll make a new check-in post with a few optional discussion questions. You can use this post to update us on our progress, complain, celebrate, or talk to other participants! Also feel free to discuss each week's questions in our discord server.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. How do you feel about your choice of project now? Was it the right one? Were you prepared enough to start working?
2. What's going well? What's the easiest or most successful part of your current work?
3. What was the main or biggest reason you signed up for this challenge? (Time to remember your inspiration!)
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. How do you feel about your choice of project now? Was it the right one? Were you prepared enough to start working?
2. What's going well? What's the easiest or most successful part of your current work?
3. What was the main or biggest reason you signed up for this challenge? (Time to remember your inspiration!)
Check-In Post #8
Jun. 19th, 2023 05:54 pmslashmarksWeek seven is now complete! (Plus an extra day this time.) Each week, I'll make a new check-in post with a few optional discussion questions. You can use this post to update us on our progress, complain, celebrate, or talk to other participants! Also feel free to discuss each week's questions in our discord server.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. Is anyone reaching the end of their project? If not, do you know how your story will end?
2. What was your most successful previous project (whatever that means to you)?
3. Do you usually work at a certain time of day?
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. Is anyone reaching the end of their project? If not, do you know how your story will end?
2. What was your most successful previous project (whatever that means to you)?
3. Do you usually work at a certain time of day?
Check-In Post #7
Jun. 11th, 2023 03:13 pmslashmarksWeek six is now complete! We have just over seven weeks left in the official creation period, plus four and a half weeks of leeway during posting month.
Each week, I'll make a new check-in post with a few optional discussion questions. You can use this post to update us on our progress, complain, celebrate, or talk to other participants! Also feel free to discuss each week's questions in our discord server.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. Have you ever taken art or writing classes? Did you think they were useful?
2. What's the most difficult part of the project you're working on right now?
Answer here, and/or join the discussion in the discord!
Each week, I'll make a new check-in post with a few optional discussion questions. You can use this post to update us on our progress, complain, celebrate, or talk to other participants! Also feel free to discuss each week's questions in our discord server.
Comment to share how your week went!
Optional Discussion Questions
0. How's your project coming? How did this week go?
1. Have you ever taken art or writing classes? Did you think they were useful?
2. What's the most difficult part of the project you're working on right now?
Answer here, and/or join the discussion in the discord!
