Rules and Information
Adapted with permission from hc_bingo .
Important Dates
Sign ups: cards can be requested anytime before Jan 31
Round one: June 30 to Jan 31, 2011
Amnesty period: Feb 1, 2011 to Jun 10, 2011
Rules
1. Each bingo card is a randomized 5X5 grid filled with Alternate Universe prompts drawn from a master list. The goal is to make a bingo on your card. A bingo can be made as a line, blackout, X, or +. For more information see Points and Scoring.
2. Squares are marked off toward a bingo by filling the prompt within the square. For each square a new piece of fanwork (fic, art, vid, etc.) must be created.
3. You can submit any kind of fannish content: fics, art, vids, podics, picspams, rec lists, icons, mixes and so on. To keep the amount of work a fill takes consistent there are minimum requirements for a fill. They are as follows:
fic - 500 words
meta - 1000 words
art - medium sized
icons - set of 10
rec post - 10 recs
podfic - 500 word fic
picspam - 20 pics
vids - 30 seconds
mix - 10 songs
4. You must complete at least one bingo on your card before requesting a new one. However if you received a card with prompts of a triggering nature for you, please contact the mods ASAP, so that we can work with you to create a more suitable card.
5. Anything already publicly posted may not be used to fill a square for AU bingo.
6. You can reuse any square on your card as many times as you want but each use must be a new piece of fic, art, etc. A fill cannot be used in more than one bingo.
7. Fills can be posted where you see fit (your journal, communities, AO3, etc.). To receive a bingo, and the relevant points, you must post to the AU bingo community. Your post to the community must include all relevant links. All links need to go to open posts (no locked/private entries/sites). For more information see Posting Template. We will only count points for what is posted to the comm before Jan 31.
8. By signing up for a card you are committing to fill at least one prompt by the end of the round. Since it's not an exchange challenge, there's no penalty for defaulting: ultimately, you need to fill just one square during the posting / amnesty periods to be eligible for the next round.
9. If you have not filled a prompt by Jan 31, 2011 you can still fill prompts during the amnesty period. Prompts filled during the amnesty period will not receive points.
10. All prompts are open to interpretation. For example, 'Aliens' can mean something like Star Wars, or something like X-files. Genderbent can mean the whole cast, or just one character.
11. You can 'veto' up to three prompts from the list for any reason. If you elect to use the veto option, please either note this in your sign up comment or email the mods. We want to make sure everyone has a good time so we will work with you to make sure you have a card you can use. If you need more than three prompts vetoed please contact phoenixofborg by PM or email (commandertalion@yahoo.com) and we will work with you to make sure you have a suitable card. I don't believe any of the prompts are triggery, but if I'm wrong PLEASE let me know.
12. Your fanwork should have more than just a singular mention of the prompt. It should deal with it in some way. For example, if your prompt is "vampires" that should be a significant factor in your fanwork, not just a passing mention. How you deal with a prompt is left at your discretion.
13. You are required to warn for rape/non-con, dub-con, incest, character death/suicide, graphic self-harm, any type of sexual trauma, any type of child/domestic abuse, and any other triggering themes or images. The other warnings are left to your discretion, though we encourage you to warn as fully as possible. When in doubt, please err on the side of caution.
If you don't want to warn for something because it would spoil your story, please use this code from
amadi's post on warnings to make a greyed-out warning readers can choose to read or not.
(skip) WARNING TEXT HERE.
14. If you are writing RPF, please do not use anyone's existing children as the focus of your fill.
Prizes
There will be first, second, and third place winning slots. The winners will be determined by who has accrued the most points with their bingos. Prizes will be as follows:
Third place - 10 icons of whatever fandom/images the winner likes
Second place - 20 icons of whatever fandom/images the winner likes
First place - 30 icons of whatever fandom/images the winner likes
All Bingos - participation banner/icon
Blackouts - personalized banner/icon
Additionally there will be a submission post where you will be able to submit a commission offer to give something to the winners - fic, art, picspam, etc.
Signing Up for a Card
To sign up for a card please leave a comment in the sign up post. This will be the community where you will post your completed fills after you get your card.
You can 'veto' up to three prompts from the list for any reason -- not comfortable writing it, you write Star Trek and so you don't want "In Space", you just had to write a paper on World War II and if you have to write an AU for it you'll gag... Just say the word, and we'll keep up to three prompts off your list.
If you elect to use the veto option, please either note this in your sign up comment or email the mods. We want to make sure everyone has a good time so we will work with you to make sure you have a card you can use.
If you need more than three prompts vetoed please contact phoenixofborg by PM or email (commandertalion@yahoo.com) and we will work with you to make sure you have a suitable card. I don't believe any of the prompts are triggery, but if I'm wrong PLEASE let me know.
Posting
Once you have completed a bingo you must post it to the community to receive points. Please do not post single fills to the community. Please follow the Posting Template.
You are still required to warn for rape/non-con, dub-con, incest, character death/suicide, or graphic self-harm, any type of sexual trauma, any type of child/domestic abuse, and any other triggering themes or images. The other warnings are left to your discretion, though we encourage you to warn as fully as it's possible. When in doubt, please err on the side of caution.
If you don't want to warn for something because it would spoil your story, please use this code from
amadi's post on warnings to make a greyed-out warning readers can choose to read or not.
(skip) WARNING TEXT HERE.
Posting Template:
Please title your post, "BINGO: diagonal line" or "BINGO: blackout" or whatever combo it is that you are submitting for scoring. During the amnesty period all posts must be titled "AMNESTY: number and type of things made" (ex. AMNESTY: 2 Vids).
Then use this template for the body of the post:
Author: (your name here)
Fandoms: (list of fandom(s) written)
AU: (list of prompts written)
**use an lj cut** (Information for using cut tags on livejournal).
Title: name of first submission
Prompt: AU prompt
Medium: fic, art, icon, recs post, vid etc
Rating: G-Nc-17
Warnings: all appropriate, etc
Summary: summary, notes, preview for icons etc. (optional)
Title: name of second submission
Prompt: AU prompt
Medium: fic, art, icon, recs post, vid etc
Rating: G-Nc-17
Warnings: all appropriate, etc
Summary: summary, notes, preview for icons etc. (optional)
and so on.
Copy and modify the following code for posting your submissions.
Author: (your name here) Fandoms: (list of fandom(s) written) AU: (list of prompts written) Title: name of first submission Prompt: AU prompt Medium: fic, art, icon, recs post, vid etc Rating: G-Nc-17 Warnings: all appropriate, etc Summary: summary, notes, preview for icons etc. (optional) Title: name of second submission Prompt: AU prompt Medium: fic, art, icon, recs post, vid etc Rating: G-Nc-17 Warnings: all appropriate, etc Summary: summary, notes, preview for icons etc. (optional)
Please note that your post should contain links to the individual fills.
Important Dates
Sign ups: cards can be requested anytime before Jan 31
Round one: June 30 to Jan 31, 2011
Amnesty period: Feb 1, 2011 to Jun 10, 2011
Rules
1. Each bingo card is a randomized 5X5 grid filled with Alternate Universe prompts drawn from a master list. The goal is to make a bingo on your card. A bingo can be made as a line, blackout, X, or +. For more information see Points and Scoring.
2. Squares are marked off toward a bingo by filling the prompt within the square. For each square a new piece of fanwork (fic, art, vid, etc.) must be created.
3. You can submit any kind of fannish content: fics, art, vids, podics, picspams, rec lists, icons, mixes and so on. To keep the amount of work a fill takes consistent there are minimum requirements for a fill. They are as follows:
fic - 500 words
meta - 1000 words
art - medium sized
icons - set of 10
rec post - 10 recs
podfic - 500 word fic
picspam - 20 pics
vids - 30 seconds
mix - 10 songs
4. You must complete at least one bingo on your card before requesting a new one. However if you received a card with prompts of a triggering nature for you, please contact the mods ASAP, so that we can work with you to create a more suitable card.
5. Anything already publicly posted may not be used to fill a square for AU bingo.
6. You can reuse any square on your card as many times as you want but each use must be a new piece of fic, art, etc. A fill cannot be used in more than one bingo.
7. Fills can be posted where you see fit (your journal, communities, AO3, etc.). To receive a bingo, and the relevant points, you must post to the AU bingo community. Your post to the community must include all relevant links. All links need to go to open posts (no locked/private entries/sites). For more information see Posting Template. We will only count points for what is posted to the comm before Jan 31.
8. By signing up for a card you are committing to fill at least one prompt by the end of the round. Since it's not an exchange challenge, there's no penalty for defaulting: ultimately, you need to fill just one square during the posting / amnesty periods to be eligible for the next round.
9. If you have not filled a prompt by Jan 31, 2011 you can still fill prompts during the amnesty period. Prompts filled during the amnesty period will not receive points.
10. All prompts are open to interpretation. For example, 'Aliens' can mean something like Star Wars, or something like X-files. Genderbent can mean the whole cast, or just one character.
11. You can 'veto' up to three prompts from the list for any reason. If you elect to use the veto option, please either note this in your sign up comment or email the mods. We want to make sure everyone has a good time so we will work with you to make sure you have a card you can use. If you need more than three prompts vetoed please contact phoenixofborg by PM or email (commandertalion@yahoo.com) and we will work with you to make sure you have a suitable card. I don't believe any of the prompts are triggery, but if I'm wrong PLEASE let me know.
12. Your fanwork should have more than just a singular mention of the prompt. It should deal with it in some way. For example, if your prompt is "vampires" that should be a significant factor in your fanwork, not just a passing mention. How you deal with a prompt is left at your discretion.
13. You are required to warn for rape/non-con, dub-con, incest, character death/suicide, graphic self-harm, any type of sexual trauma, any type of child/domestic abuse, and any other triggering themes or images. The other warnings are left to your discretion, though we encourage you to warn as fully as possible. When in doubt, please err on the side of caution.
If you don't want to warn for something because it would spoil your story, please use this code from
amadi's post on warnings to make a greyed-out warning readers can choose to read or not.
(skip) WARNING TEXT HERE.
14. If you are writing RPF, please do not use anyone's existing children as the focus of your fill.
Prizes
There will be first, second, and third place winning slots. The winners will be determined by who has accrued the most points with their bingos. Prizes will be as follows:
Third place - 10 icons of whatever fandom/images the winner likes
Second place - 20 icons of whatever fandom/images the winner likes
First place - 30 icons of whatever fandom/images the winner likes
All Bingos - participation banner/icon
Blackouts - personalized banner/icon
Additionally there will be a submission post where you will be able to submit a commission offer to give something to the winners - fic, art, picspam, etc.
Signing Up for a Card
To sign up for a card please leave a comment in the sign up post. This will be the community where you will post your completed fills after you get your card.
You can 'veto' up to three prompts from the list for any reason -- not comfortable writing it, you write Star Trek and so you don't want "In Space", you just had to write a paper on World War II and if you have to write an AU for it you'll gag... Just say the word, and we'll keep up to three prompts off your list.
If you elect to use the veto option, please either note this in your sign up comment or email the mods. We want to make sure everyone has a good time so we will work with you to make sure you have a card you can use.
If you need more than three prompts vetoed please contact phoenixofborg by PM or email (commandertalion@yahoo.com) and we will work with you to make sure you have a suitable card. I don't believe any of the prompts are triggery, but if I'm wrong PLEASE let me know.
Posting
Once you have completed a bingo you must post it to the community to receive points. Please do not post single fills to the community. Please follow the Posting Template.
You are still required to warn for rape/non-con, dub-con, incest, character death/suicide, or graphic self-harm, any type of sexual trauma, any type of child/domestic abuse, and any other triggering themes or images. The other warnings are left to your discretion, though we encourage you to warn as fully as it's possible. When in doubt, please err on the side of caution.
If you don't want to warn for something because it would spoil your story, please use this code from
amadi's post on warnings to make a greyed-out warning readers can choose to read or not.
(skip) WARNING TEXT HERE.
Posting Template:
Please title your post, "BINGO: diagonal line" or "BINGO: blackout" or whatever combo it is that you are submitting for scoring. During the amnesty period all posts must be titled "AMNESTY: number and type of things made" (ex. AMNESTY: 2 Vids).
Then use this template for the body of the post:
Author: (your name here)
Fandoms: (list of fandom(s) written)
AU: (list of prompts written)
**use an lj cut** (Information for using cut tags on livejournal).
Title: name of first submission
Prompt: AU prompt
Medium: fic, art, icon, recs post, vid etc
Rating: G-Nc-17
Warnings: all appropriate, etc
Summary: summary, notes, preview for icons etc. (optional)
Title: name of second submission
Prompt: AU prompt
Medium: fic, art, icon, recs post, vid etc
Rating: G-Nc-17
Warnings: all appropriate, etc
Summary: summary, notes, preview for icons etc. (optional)
and so on.
Copy and modify the following code for posting your submissions.
Author: (your name here) Fandoms: (list of fandom(s) written) AU: (list of prompts written)
Please note that your post should contain links to the individual fills.