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The deadline for Secret Santa 2014 is fast approaching on MIDNIGHT DECEMBER 5TH (that’s midnight in whatever time zone you live in) so here’s the RELEVANT INFORMATION THAT YOU REALLY NEED TO READ. Paying attention to this post will make the lives of you, your mods, your pinch hitters, and your graphic makers so very much easier. If you have any questions at all about anything please just ask, even in a PM or an email if you’re shy. Thank you :)
Submitting Your Gift
Send them to be_compromised at hotmail dot com
The community rules (how to warn, plagiarism, and other rules) and the exchange rules apply, so remember to read them and follow them. This is an anonymous gift exchange, so please don’t post or upload your gift elsewhere until after the reveals.
The following header should be used exactly – just copy and paste it as it is and replace the capitals with the relevant names– and for ALL gifts.
FIC should be submitted as an email attachment as either a Word or .doc or plain text or .txt file. If your fic is longer than will fit in a single LJ post, or if you would like it to be posted as chapters, please indicate in BIG CAPITALS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE A BREAK HERE kind of thing. All fics MUST be html coded if you want words to be bold or italic etc. There is a guide to html on livejournal here and feel free to ask questions before you submit. Otherwise your fic will be posted as submitted.
ART/GRAPHICS should be submitted as attached files, NOT links to already uploaded works. To keep you anonymous we will upload them to the community’s photobucket account. Please specify if multiple art should be in any particular order, any blurbs or captions etc.
VID/MIXES also need to be anonymous. Please submit the actual work or a link to a privately shared file and we will upload it to a community media account anonymously. Cover art should be submitted as per art/graphics.
Problems
If for any reason you think that you won’t be able to submit by the deadline of FRIDAY 5TH DECEMBER you need to let us know as soon as possible. We don’t yell, we just want to make sure that everyone who participates gets a gift and that everyone taking part in all capacities has as few worries as possible.
If you can’t submit by the deadline a pinch hitter will automatically be assigned. If you then manage to submit by an agreed extended deadline the pinch-hit will become a community gift. If you don’t let us know by the 5th December deadline that you can’t submit we will assume that you have dropped out. If you don’t submit by the agreed extension we will also assume that you have dropped out. In both of these cases the gift for you will be reassigned as a community gift and we will rely on your pinch hitter. Once assumed to have dropped out we will not be able to accept late gifts as part of the exchange. (We weren’t as strict last year, we know, we’re sorry but Santa’s elves are short on logistical magic this time around.)
If you'd be happy to pinch hit (which is to adopt requests that otherwise will/may not be filled) we’d love to hear from you over here at our pinch hitters post.
Banner Blurbs And Submission Comments
EVERYONE MUST COMMENT TO THIS POST with the following information by DECEMBER 5TH even if you have submitted or if have an extension or if the Avengers turned up on your doorstep to make you a memeber. We need this to double check who has submitted and to make banners. All comments are screened.
We need to know:
My gift is for: (your giftee)
My gift type is: (fic, vid, mix, art etc)
Title: (yes even if you haven’t finished it yet, we need this for the banner)
Banner Blurb: (we really don't want loads of detail, just an idea of the theme or tone of your gift so that we can tailor our gift banners. Something like 'snow, sad' or 'pirates AU' or 'dark fic'.
Submission: (this should be I have submitted OR I have an extension until X date OR this is a pinch hit submitted/due on X date
What Happens Next
We will start posting gifts on December 15th. Once all gifts have been posted we will have the reveals, at which point there will be a master post and an AO3 collection for this year’s exchange if you want to cross post your work.
And we get to appreciate lots of wonderful gifts :)
Submitting Your Gift
Send them to be_compromised at hotmail dot com
The community rules (how to warn, plagiarism, and other rules) and the exchange rules apply, so remember to read them and follow them. This is an anonymous gift exchange, so please don’t post or upload your gift elsewhere until after the reveals.
The following header should be used exactly – just copy and paste it as it is and replace the capitals with the relevant names– and for ALL gifts.
FIC should be submitted as an email attachment as either a Word or .doc or plain text or .txt file. If your fic is longer than will fit in a single LJ post, or if you would like it to be posted as chapters, please indicate in BIG CAPITALS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE A BREAK HERE kind of thing. All fics MUST be html coded if you want words to be bold or italic etc. There is a guide to html on livejournal here and feel free to ask questions before you submit. Otherwise your fic will be posted as submitted.
ART/GRAPHICS should be submitted as attached files, NOT links to already uploaded works. To keep you anonymous we will upload them to the community’s photobucket account. Please specify if multiple art should be in any particular order, any blurbs or captions etc.
VID/MIXES also need to be anonymous. Please submit the actual work or a link to a privately shared file and we will upload it to a community media account anonymously. Cover art should be submitted as per art/graphics.
Problems
If for any reason you think that you won’t be able to submit by the deadline of FRIDAY 5TH DECEMBER you need to let us know as soon as possible. We don’t yell, we just want to make sure that everyone who participates gets a gift and that everyone taking part in all capacities has as few worries as possible.
If you can’t submit by the deadline a pinch hitter will automatically be assigned. If you then manage to submit by an agreed extended deadline the pinch-hit will become a community gift. If you don’t let us know by the 5th December deadline that you can’t submit we will assume that you have dropped out. If you don’t submit by the agreed extension we will also assume that you have dropped out. In both of these cases the gift for you will be reassigned as a community gift and we will rely on your pinch hitter. Once assumed to have dropped out we will not be able to accept late gifts as part of the exchange. (We weren’t as strict last year, we know, we’re sorry but Santa’s elves are short on logistical magic this time around.)
If you'd be happy to pinch hit (which is to adopt requests that otherwise will/may not be filled) we’d love to hear from you over here at our pinch hitters post.
Banner Blurbs And Submission Comments
EVERYONE MUST COMMENT TO THIS POST with the following information by DECEMBER 5TH even if you have submitted or if have an extension or if the Avengers turned up on your doorstep to make you a memeber. We need this to double check who has submitted and to make banners. All comments are screened.
We need to know:
My gift is for: (your giftee)
My gift type is: (fic, vid, mix, art etc)
Title: (yes even if you haven’t finished it yet, we need this for the banner)
Banner Blurb: (we really don't want loads of detail, just an idea of the theme or tone of your gift so that we can tailor our gift banners. Something like 'snow, sad' or 'pirates AU' or 'dark fic'.
Submission: (this should be I have submitted OR I have an extension until X date OR this is a pinch hit submitted/due on X date
What Happens Next
We will start posting gifts on December 15th. Once all gifts have been posted we will have the reveals, at which point there will be a master post and an AO3 collection for this year’s exchange if you want to cross post your work.
And we get to appreciate lots of wonderful gifts :)
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