May the 4th Be With You 2016: FAQ
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FAQ
1. What is this?
MayThe4thBeWithYou is a low-pressure Star Wars themed fanworks exchange, running from February 1st to May 4th. The exchange is based on the same principle as Parallels and Yuletide. Fanworks may revolve around characters from any of the Star Wars theatrical releases, defined as the Original Trilogy, the Prequel Trilogy, and The Force Awakens. Participants who sign up agree to write a story of no less than 500 words, or to create a piece of fan art no smaller than 500 x 500 pixels that can stand as a completed work, in exchange for receiving one story or one piece of fan art.
2. Who can participate?
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3. What can I nominate?
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4. What are the rules for requests and offers?
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5. What are the minimum requirements?
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6. What's the timeline?
Dates and times will generally be 00:01 AM UTC.
Feb 1 - 10: Nominations (EDIT: Nominations are open now)
Feb 11 - 13: Tag set clean-up and last minute discussion
Feb 14 - 21: Sign ups
Feb 22 - 28: Matching and assignments go out
Apr 1: Early default deadline, all requests go live, treat archive opens for submissions
Apr 22: Assignments due
Apr 23 - 24: Pinch hits go out
May 1: Pinch hits due
May 2 - 3: Last minute scrambling and panic
May 4: Works go live
May 8: Archive closes and creators revealed
7. What about treats?
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8. I want to nominate characters from the EU / the Christmas Special / The Clone Wars / KOTOR / the TFA novelization. Can I request those?
( Read more... )
9. Anything else?
( Read more... )
10. Where can I find more information?
( Read more... )
1. What is this?
MayThe4thBeWithYou is a low-pressure Star Wars themed fanworks exchange, running from February 1st to May 4th. The exchange is based on the same principle as Parallels and Yuletide. Fanworks may revolve around characters from any of the Star Wars theatrical releases, defined as the Original Trilogy, the Prequel Trilogy, and The Force Awakens. Participants who sign up agree to write a story of no less than 500 words, or to create a piece of fan art no smaller than 500 x 500 pixels that can stand as a completed work, in exchange for receiving one story or one piece of fan art.
2. Who can participate?
( Read more... )
3. What can I nominate?
( Read more... )
4. What are the rules for requests and offers?
( Read more... )
5. What are the minimum requirements?
( Read more... )
6. What's the timeline?
Dates and times will generally be 00:01 AM UTC.
Feb 1 - 10: Nominations (EDIT: Nominations are open now)
Feb 11 - 13: Tag set clean-up and last minute discussion
Feb 14 - 21: Sign ups
Feb 22 - 28: Matching and assignments go out
Apr 1: Early default deadline, all requests go live, treat archive opens for submissions
Apr 22: Assignments due
Apr 23 - 24: Pinch hits go out
May 1: Pinch hits due
May 2 - 3: Last minute scrambling and panic
May 4: Works go live
May 8: Archive closes and creators revealed
7. What about treats?
( Read more... )
8. I want to nominate characters from the EU / the Christmas Special / The Clone Wars / KOTOR / the TFA novelization. Can I request those?
( Read more... )
9. Anything else?
( Read more... )
10. Where can I find more information?
( Read more... )