Andraste

Just a reminder to everyone that you have five more days to submit prompts for Multiverse 2011.

We've got 107 prompts at the moment, so there should be plenty for people to choose from, but if you've always wanted to see Darth Revan have tea with Commander Shepard, now is your chance to ask.

Multiverse prompt claiming is open!

Go claim prompts and/or spread the word.

Just a reminder, you have roughly a day to get any last prompts in for Multiverse. Remember any source with aliens/space travel is eligible this year.

It may take me slightly longer than I thought to sort the prompts onto posting days and open claiming, but rest assured you'll get plenty of time to write.

Prompt claiming is open here.

(Man, that took way longer to edit and format than I thought. If you spot any errors or duplicates please do let me know.)

A reminder that Multiverse prompt submissions close tomorrow. If you have a wacky space crossover you've always wanted to see, now's your chance to ask for it.

The following fandoms are lonely because they have no prompts at all:

Kurau
Legend of Galactic Heroes
Planetes
Space Battleship Yamato
Titan AE

... which probably goes to show that there aren't enough anime fans posting prompts *g*. A few updates about how prompt claiming will work, all of which will be covered in greater detail on the community when the list goes live.

1. Between May 1st and May 31st, each person may claim up to three prompts. After June 1st, you can come back and claim as many extra prompts as you think you can handle. (By then, everyone will have had a fair chance to grab something.)

2. You may claim prompts you submitted.

3. Only one person may claim each prompt. (Trust me, there will be plenty to go around.)

4. Each prompt has been assigned to a specific posting date with a random number generator. If you know in advance that you can't make that posting date (because you'll be out of the country, in the middle of exams, etc.) you can arrange to submit it to me early and I'll post it for you on the day. If you already know that can't finish your work on or before the due date, do not claim that prompt.

5. If you computer explodes, thus preventing you from completing your work by the posting date assigned, it would be gracious of you to let me know. We'll work something out.

6. There is no minimum length limit on submissions.

7. Another substantial change: you do not have to respond to the prompt with prose. You can write epic poetry, do fan art, record a filk, draw a comic, or make a vid if you're crazy keen enough. All types of fannish creativity are welcome.

ETA: 8. You don't have to submit prompts now in order to claim them later. Nor does submitting a prompt obligate you to claim anything.

Before anyone passes out from shock: no, I didn't plan on there being another one *g*. However, last week I lost my job and today is my last day at work. While the economic crisis sucks, one of the benefits of abrupt unemployment is that I suddenly have a lot of free time.

In any case, the format of the Multiverse challenge will be changing this year so that I will have a lot less to do. This will be better for everyone, as I've been a pretty terrible mod the last couple of years.

What we're doing is moving to a format like springkink and lgbtfest. Anyone who's interested can suggest as many space show crossover prompts as they want. Writers then claim one or more prompts and post them to the community on a particular day. (The day will be in June.)

This means a number of things:

1) You can make requests even if you're not a writer or have no interest in signing up for crazy space show crossover duty.

2) Writers get to choose their own prompts. This means a broader range of fandoms will be available and requests can be much more specific, since there will be no assignment matching.

3) Any given contributor may or may not have their suggested prompt(s) selected by a writer. The writer can do anything they want with the idea - you don't get to determine the rating or the type of story produced.

Although most ficathons of this type don't restrict themselves to particular fandoms, I'll still be providing a list for you to choose from when you write your crossover requests. The reason is to keep the ficathon focused and cut down on the ammount of prompt filtering I have to do. (Without a list of allowed fandoms, someone is bound to request crossovers between canons I've never heard of, and I'd rather not spend the entire suggestion period running around trying to establish if any given show/book/anime is set in space or not.)

However, it will be a BIG list. All you have to do to get your obscure source included is to ask me to include it now - I'll doublecheck it's thematic eligibility and then you can request away. I don't care if nobody has ever written fic about it before, now is your chance to request that Ulysses 31 crossover.

( Fandoms I'm already including ... )

As you can see, I'm focusing on the original remit of the ficathon here: sources that are set in space, at least partially. I've made an exception for Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures since they're the earthbound offspring of a galaxy-roaming parent show.

I've included the Marvel and DC comic book universes because they have significant space elements, but I'll be weeding out prompts that don't fit with the general theme. This is not the ficathon to suggest a story where Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark meet at a swanky party *g*.

The remains of my fifth and final Assignment Day pizza [1] are in the fridge, and everyone should have the correct Multiverse assignment in their inbox now.

I was a bit worried about everyone matching up this year, and with only twenty-nine participants it was more of a challenge to make all the pieces fit, but everyone should have something they can write.

[1] On the day all the assignments are made, the mod eats pizza. It's a tradition for which iamsab is entirely to blame.

Sign ups for this years Multifandom Space Show Crossover Ficathon are open here.

If you're thinking that this has come around awfully quickly, you're not wrong. I've had to push the timeline forward in order to make it fit in with my university semesters, as I cannot study and have a nervous breakdown over finding pinch hitters at the same time *g*.

Because of my studies, this will be the last Multiverse ficathon I run. I had serious doubts about running it this year, but decided that we should at least go out with a bang. So go sign up, and then pimp this thing across the galaxy!

The Multiverse Archive is open!

I cannot say I am happy about the fact that it is still missing three stories, but it's very late. I'll still try to get those stories up by the time the authors are revealed.

Yes, ladies and gents, it is that time of year again. While I'm still expecting stories to keep coming in throughout the day, I need some people to cover for people who have definitely dropped out, plus any stories that are still MIA tomorrow.

Please comment here, if you're up to volunteer for this. Fandoms involved are:

Star Trek
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Enterprise
Stargate: SG1
Stargate: Atlantis
Babylon 5
Crusade
Doctor Who
Torchwood
Star Wars
Star Wars Prequels
Farscape
Firefly
Battlestar Galactica
Blake's 7
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Red Dwarf
Miles Vorkosigan
Alien(s)
Futurama
Alien Nation
Dune
Roswell

If you can write two or more of the above and would like to try your hands at a crossover between now and August 7th, please step up! And spread the word!