All fics must be new, unfinished, and unpublished works.
Because this is a collaborative, team event, if your fic is already finished when you’re paired with an artist, this greatly limits your level of collaboration.
Because of the level of collaboration expected of this event, if you are very attached to one specific interpretation of your prompt, it may be better to set it aside for another time. We are encouraging artists and writers to work together to create their piece from the ground up.
Writers, this means you are sharing an idea that drives you with someone who will help you build it up into a story. Be open to feedback, and be prepared to offer it to your artist as well, even if you aren’t familiar with their medium. Be prepared to potentially suggest concepts for illustration, pronunciation, and/or share inspirational resources.
Artists, this means you are available to offer feedback to your writer. Be prepared to offer suggestions for pacing, story beats, or maybe art, photos, or songs that inspire you.
This is a Sterek event, so Sterek MUST be the main focus.
Stiles and Derek DO NOT need to be in an established relationship for your fic to be considered appropriate for this event.
If Stiles and Derek spend the entire fic working their way up to getting together, that is OKAY. Everyone grows at different paces, and if your grand finale is their first kiss, their first hand-holding, or even just staring wistfully into the sunset thinking about how they can finally get together, that’s okay.
While Stiles and/or Derek need to be the integral characters to the story, it is okay to have outsider POV.
We would prefer the pairing to remain as Stiles and Derek only, but if your idea REALLY needs someone else to join them, that’s okay too. Just remember, this is a collaborative event, so you need to either be up front about that idea or discuss it with your artist when it comes up.
You must finish your work.
Maybe your story is incredibly inspiring to you and you wind up with far more story than you have the time to tell. Try splitting it into parts and finishing part one so that you can have an appropriate ending for publication time.
If you are close to finishing but won’t make the final check-in, please reach out to us either by email, tumblr DM, or discord message, and we’ll be happy to try and work out a time for you to post towards the end of the posting period.
If that still doesn’t work, we don’t want to stop you from posting your work, but we will have to get together with you and your partner to figure out a different solution. It won’t be fair to others to honor a significant extension with the same “reward”. We will also discuss pinch hitting with you and your team.
No theft. This means:
No copying and reuploading other people’s fanfics.
No copying and reuploading other people’s fanarts.
No editing or otherwise visually manipulating anyone else’s fanart to use in your edit/video/etc. without explicit, verifiable permission from the original artist.
No ‘inspired by’ fic continuations or remixes without explicit, verifiable permission from the original author.
If they have a blanket permission statement, please include that in your summary proposal.
No AI anything. Current AI is entirely based on theft, and therefore it is not allowed.
Please avoid polarizing character bashing.
This is not a hard rule, but we are striving to hold an event that is positive and uplifting for all sides of fandom. As such, we ask that you please avoid writing something that actively perpetuates these divisive themes.
We are defining character bashing as “When a character acts in a way that is excessively inflating negative traits to be an unnecessary antagonist within the fic.”
You are welcome to make canon main characters into antagonists, but we would prefer them to have believable motivations and good reasons to think and act the way they do. They shouldn’t just be unhinged evil assholes so that the reader has someone to be angry with and/or hate.