Rules and Sign Up 2010

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What 'Secret Santa Exchange' Means: You create a fanwork, and you'll receive one in return. Everyone who wishes to participate will provide a few prompts that they'd like to see completed, and another community member will be assigned their prompts and will complete one of those (which one is completed is up to the person they're assigned to). When you submit your prompts, you are welcome (and encouraged) to tell me anything you are uncomfortable with or don't wish to do (pairings, genre, rating, etc), that way the prompts you're given are something you're comfortable writing/drawing.

Rules and Regulations:

1) Join the Community! You MUST join this community so you can post your fill here when it is completed and keep up on important information and announcements posted pre-due date. I hate to require this, but I really struggled last year in getting ahold of people for check-in dates.

2) All fanworks must be Eastern Europe-focused. This is not a general Hetalia fic/art exchange. These stories and art pieces need to focus on at least one of the Eastern European Nations (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Poland) or an EE/EE* pairing. You can request pairings, character-centric pieces, or gen-fic/platonic pieces. So whether you'd like some Lithuania/Poland fluff with cookies, a picture of Belarus fighting or a gen-fic about Estonia and Latvia as brothers working together on a project- those all work!
*While non-EE/EE pairings may be requested, they should not be the focus of your entry (for example: RusAme is fine if it is a fic about Belarus trying to break them up, and she's the focus of the story). An exception are Hungary, Gilbert and Finland; they may be one half of the central pairing (or one of the two main characters in a gen fic) if the fic is set in a situation where they can reasonably be counted as an EE nation (for example: Teutonic Order roaming the Baltics, Polish vassal Gilbert, Soviet times Hungary, Grand Duchy of Finland, etc.). Please always make sure that at least ONE prompt does only include Baltics and/or Slavs.

3) Can I ask for ____? You can ask for whatever you want- rating, genre, etc. However, please keep in mind that if you're asking for something super unusual, you might want to provide some broader prompts as well. Also providing at least two different pairings is swell.

4) How long do I have to signup? Signups will end on November 19th. Assignments will be sent out by the 24th.

5) When is the deadline? Please have your piece completed and posted by 12/24/10. You may post your fanwork any time after 12/01/10.

6) How do I post it? I'll put up the posting format later, but you must post it directly to the community. You can link to the entry in the santa community from any other place (writing journal, main community, etc) or repost it somewhere, but we strongly discourage linking to an entry in another place because in case the journal/account there gets purged/deleted/the link messes up/the journal gets f-locked/etc, the entry will be lost.

7) How long does fic have to be? At least eight hundred words. It doesn't need to be super-long of course, but we want everyone to get something that's more than drabble length. Also please make it English.

8) Are there any extra requirements for the art? Aside from the stipulations listed above for both fic and art, no. It can be done in any medium (digital, colored pencil, copic, sketch, etc). Just remember that this is a gift for someone, so make sure it's a completed, good looking piece that will make the recipient happy!

9) What about other forms of art? Those that may be called "a mixture of both" are allowed.
-A fanfiction that has illustrations doesn't have to meet the word requirement (as a rule of the thumb, every illustration substitutes about 150 words; please use your better judgement to decide how much effort the drawing was to determine how many words it substitutes).
-A doujin.
Same rules as for art and fic apply.

10) I have another question. Then please ask it in reply here.

11) What if I need to drop out? Then I would ask you to please let me know as soon as possible so we can arrange a pinch hitter for you.

12) What is a pinch hitter? If someone has to drop out, I'd still like their giftee to get a gift. A pinch hitter is someone who is willing to do a second fanwork in order to make sure no one goes without a gift.

13) What type of prompts should I give? Prompts can be anything from something vague like "Poland and Lithuania in a rye field" "Russia, Belarus and Ukraine fluff" "Estonia and Latvia playing chess" to something specific like "I'd like to see Poland try to teach iceskating to Belarus, and she should try to stab him with a knife multiple times, but he should never notice. Others can watch, but not Lithuania. This should not be set in a modern day setting, so Belarus has to deal with her long skirts on top of everything else." You must give me three prompts or I cannot fairly give your requests to your Santa.

Okay, I'm ready to signup! Great, here's a sample form. Just reply to THIS post with your form. You can use the handy dandy provided html. Comments are screened.

GIVING:
Username:
Email:
Specialty (Fanfic, Fanart, a mix of both (this can be an illustrated fic or a doujin)- If you can do all, just write N/A):
Highest Rating You'll Work With:
Will Not Work With (Any characters, pairings, genres, scenarios, you won't do):

RECEIVING:
Do Not Want (Any characters, pairings, ratings, genres, scenarios, etc you don't want to receive):
Do You Prefer fic, art, or no preference?:
Country names, human names, or no preference?: (If you want human names: If there is anyone who has no canonical human name and you want them to show up, please list which fan-made names you'd like used)
Three Prompts. If all your prompts are fic only (as opposed to prompts that are able to work for both fic and art), and you're willing to receive art, please add a fourth prompt for art. Same goes for if all of your prompts are art, please add a fourth for fic if you're willing to receive fic:

Can you pinch hit if someone drops out?:

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