2010 Sign Up Post

Hi again!

Before you sign up, make sure you read all the RULES in the rule post.

Also, please go over the all the dates and make sure you can commit to writing your gifts. There will be no extensions beyond the deadline. celli wrote a great essay about participating in ficathons and how to decide whether or not to do so - read it.

A reminder of important dates:

Sign ups are open until Jan 19nd at 23:59 AKST (=9AM Jan 20th UTC)
that is: 1AM Jan 20th in CA, 4AM Jan 20th in NY, and 8PM Jan 20th in Sydney ANYWAY countdown till deadline here. ETA: Sign ups are now closed! Assignments will go out as soon as possible.

Jan 22nd or earlier: Assignments are sent out.

February 22nd 23rd, 23:59 AKST: Uploading deadline for all fics and graphics.

Saturday, February 27th (Purim Eve): first ficlet goes live
Sunday, February 28th (Purim Day): second ficlet goes live
Monday, March 1st (Shushan Purim): third ficlet goes live
Tuesday, March 2nd: author reveal! Woohoo.

Signing up:

Leave a comment on this post, specifying:

*Your name
*Your contact email address
*Do you have an AO3 account? If yes, what is your account name? (if you don't have one, we'll send you an invite.)
*Fandoms you want to receive: the more you add, the easier it will be to match you up. Please try to include one popular fandom (we leave the term ‘popular’ to your own judgment.)
*Fandoms you want to write: (just to give you ideas, here's the list of fandoms that were requested last year.)
*Other fandoms you’d be willing to write: all in all, you have to offer at least 3 fandoms. We'll do our best to make sure you get the ones you want to write the most; the rest will only be used as a last resort in the match-up process.
*What is the maximum rating you’re okay with receiving (this part only obligates your gifter not to write anything rated higher than what you specify here, nothing more)
*Are you willing to pinch hit? (i.e. write a fill in story, usually on short notice, for someone who has defaulted on their assignment. If you say yes, we'll include you on our pinch hitters' mailing list; should the need arise, we will send word to the mailing list and whoever has the time and/or inclination will pick up the challenge. Agreeing to pinch hit now only means you'll get the OPTION to do it, if you're up for it, not that we'll be counting on you as a sure thing. :))

Example sign up:
Name: roga
Email: roga_wind@yahoo.com.
AO3 account? Yes, "roga".
Fandoms I want to receive: NCIS, House, Hercules (1997 movie), Batman (DCU), Bible, Mad Men
Fandoms I want to write: NCIS, House, Sports Night, West Wing, SGA, Bible, HIMYM, American Idol RPF, Discworld, Merlin
Other fandoms I can write: House, X-Men, Brothers & Sisters, Firefly, Grey’s Anatomy, Kings
Maximum rating I want to receive: R
Can I pinch hit: yes

And a handy template to c/p into your comment:

<b>Name:</b> <b>Email:</b> <b>AO3 account?</b> <b>Fandoms I want to receive:</b> <b>Fandoms I want to write:</b> <b>Other fandoms I can write:</b> <b>Maximum rating I want to receive:</b> <b>Can I pinch hit:</b>

So sign up, and help us pimp this thing!

*Pinch hitting: if you only want to pinch hit, please post a comment titled "Pinch hitter" along with an email address. ♥

If you have any questions, leave a comment at the rule post, or email us at purim_gifts@yahoo.com.

Comments will be screened after sign ups end.