SG-1 Friendship Ficathon

We have now completed two weeks of this year's Friendship Ficathon! Here are the links to this week's stories:

Ripples of Hours, by Kayim. Janet and Martouf.

Bygones and Proper Introductions, by Stringertheory. Daniel and Teal'c.

Schooled, by Jackwabbit. Cam and Teal'c.

Phone Calls from a Friendship, by Ami Ven. Jack and Vala.

Clear As Crystal (If you’re Daniel, which we’re not), by Lokei. Nyan and Robert Rothman.

At the Beginning, by Da Angel. Jack and George Hammond.

A Surprise Addition to the Family, by Rachel500. Vala and Carolyn Lam.

The round-up for week one can be found here.

If you signed up for a second fic for the ficathon, please remember that your extension ends by midnight tonight. We'll be giving you all more details regarding the Ficathon Frenzy sometime in the coming week.

It's hard to believe, but we're only a week away from releasing our first story from the queue -- assuming, of course, that everyone gets their stories submitted on time, :) With ten fics already waiting in the queue and lots more being written/betaed/frantically contemplated, it's looking very exciting.

A few reminders for you:

Detailed instructions on how to submit your story can be found here.

Beta seekers/volunteers can comment here.

We'll be releasing stories from the queue at the rate of one per day, in the order in which the stories are submitted. Most stories have been submitted over at LJ, not here, but the mods will try to post links to the LJ entries each day so that DW participants don't miss out. And, of course, there will be a master post when the ficathon ends.

Two new tidbits:

If you've chosen to have your story on your own journal and submitted your entry as headers and a link (which is perfectly fine), the mods will e-mail you to let you know when your entry will clear the queue, so you'll have time to make your fic accessible by unlocking the entry.

After some discussion, the mods have decided to allow Ficathon Frenzy after all the regular stories from the ficathon have already been posted. We estimate that this won't happen until late August/early September, but at that time, the comm will be thrown open to fics of any length based on any of the unclaimed prompts. They will still have to be gen, but there will be no claiming of prompts and no minimum length requirements. So if you've thought of joining the ficathon but weren't sure you could satisfy the criteria, we hope you'll enjoy us for Ficathon Frenzy!

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. :)

( detailed directions under the cut )

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

Prompts week is officially over, but that doesn't mean you can't sign up if you still want to! It does mean that if you've finished your story already (like a certain awesome person who has not only finished her fic, but actually submitted it, whee!), you're entitled to claim a second prompt. The prompts post will actually remain open until the day before we go live, so if you're still interested, go browse through the prompts and choose one that suits your fancy.

So, a quick reminder: the remainder of June and the month of July are writing time. You can submit your finished story to the comm as soon as you've finished; it'll go in the queue until August 1st, when we'll begin posting fic. Don't forget that we'll be releasing stories in the order they're submitted, so the earlier you post to the comm, the quicker your story will be read!

Later this month, we'll e-mail you with instructions on how to submit your entry. If you need that information earlier, feel free to e-mail us at sg1friendathon@gmail.com.

And speaking of e-mail... Most of our participants have already posted their e-mails to this screened post -- or e-mailed us directly, which is also fine -- but many of you who signed up have not yet given us your e-mail addresses. We MUST be able to contact you, so please don't forget to do this as soon as possible.

Welcome to the 2011 SG-1 Friendathon!

Prompts may be submitted through June 1st. Everyone may submit prompts, even if they don't intend to take place in the ficathon. Multiple prompts are not only allowed, but encouraged. Please spread the word - we want as many and as varied prompts as possible!

Prompts should include, at a mimimum, the names of at least two characters. In addition, offer a frame for the prompt: a word, an episode, a quote, a line of dialogue, a few lines of lyrics, and so on. No icons/images, please! You may be as vague or specific as you like, but remember that you have no control over who (if anyone) will choose your prompt or how that person will choose to interpret it.

You may submit prompts with three or more characters if you wish.

Don't forget that sg1friendathon is a gen ficathon, so no pairings are allowed in the prompts. Peripheral canon pairings will be permitted in stories, but they may not be included in the prompt.

You may not request character bashing of any kind. Writers may not bash characters, either. If you don't like Sam or Daniel or Vala or Landry, then don't choose a prompt that features that character, and don't include him or her in your fic.

( Prompt examples )

sg1friendathon prompts belong in the SG-1 canon, so please do not submit prompts that take place within the context of SGA or SGU. SGA characters within the context of SG-1 canon - Rodney McKay in 48 Hours or Redemption , Elizabeth Weir in Lost City/New Order, or anyone from SGA in Pegasus Project - may be included in a friendship prompt with someone from the SG-1 universe. If you have any questions, leave a comment here to ask.

Prompts may be submitted through June 1st, so... GO!