How to submit your fic

[fignewton]

It's three weeks to July 31, when everyone's entries should be submitted so we can go live on August 1. How's everyone doing? We're very excited to have several stories already waiting in the queue. It looks like the sg1friendathon is shaping up to be a real success!

For those of you (like me) who are still in the planning/writing/editing/panicking-and-running-around-in-circles stage, you're not quite ready to submit your fic... but it is time to know how to do it. :)

First of all, let's review the criteria:

Your story must be gen. Peripheral canon relationships are permitted, but the emphasis of the fic must be the friendship between two (or more) characters from SG-1.

Your story must be at least 1,000 words.

Your story should be spell-checked and beta'd.

Posting your fic:

You must be a member to have posting access! It's not enough to be watching the community.

Once you've joined, you have moderated posting access. That means that your post will remain in the queue until the mods clear your entry. Feel free to post as soon as you're ready - your story will wait patiently until August 1st, and we'll unveil the fics in the order in which they were submitted.

You have two choices: Posting directly to the comm and Posting on your own journal.

Posting directly to the comm:

The subject line of your entry should include both the title of your fic and your name, like this:

Title, by Author

Next, please copy and paste the following into the entry in HTML mode, not Rich Text mode:

<b>Title:</b> Title of your story
<b>Author:</b> your name (including DW nick)
<b>Word count:</b> number of words in your story
<b>Rating/Warning:</b> whatever ratings system you prefer; include warnings as you see fit (any pairings must be listed)
<b>Spoilers:</b> specify episodes related to your fic (a two-line reference to an ep does not require a spoiler warning)
<b>Prompt:</b> cut-and-paste your claimed prompt here

<cut text="Title of story">

actual story text

</cut>

Don't worry about tags - the mods will take care of that.

Posting on your own journal:

You must keep your entry locked as private until all the stories have been submitted and posted! When we're ready to clear your story, we'll e-mail you to let you know that you can unlock your own entry by changing it from "Private" to "Public." Once you change the privacy setting on your post, everyone will be able to see it and read it.

You're welcome to use whatever format you like on your own journal, but you must also submit a post to the comm itself.

The subject line of your entry to the comm should include both the Title of your fic and your name, like this:

Title, by Author

Next, please copy and paste the following into the entry:

<b>Title:</b> Title of your story
<b>Author:</b> your name (including DW nick)
<b>Word count:</b> number of words in your story
<b>Rating/Warning:</b> whatever ratings system you prefer; include warnings as you see fit (any pairings must be listed)
<b>Spoilers:</b> specify episodes related to your fic (a two-line reference to an ep does not require a spoiler warning)
<b>Prompt:</b> cut-and-paste your claimed prompt here

<a href="URL of entry on your journal">Title of story</a>

Whether you choose to post your story to the comm or link to it there, the mods will go over your post to ensure that it follows the proper format.

IMPORTANT! Two potential complications:

If you are going with option #2 and you post your stories on a comm rather than a journal, please e-mail the mods at sg1friendathon@gmail.com to discuss the best way to handle it.

If you are so enthused about SG-1 friendship that you are planning multiple submissions, we'll need to discuss that too. Please e-mail us so we can find the best solution.

Questions? Comments? Gloating? Flailing? Feel free to leave it all here!