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Lord of the Rings Secret Santa
The LotR gift exchange

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SeSa website

About:

Some background:

In 2003 I couldn't help myself when I noticed that none of the SeSa challenges around are for Lord of the Rings fanfiction. And I'm talking the fictional stuff here, with Elves, Men, and (of course) Hobbits -- even Dwarves and Wizards, if you're so inclined. :)

You can find the stories for both years here on this website (access sorted by species and year on the right). Sadly in 2003 there were quite a number of no-shows, and therefore I moved the challenge from the mailing lists to LiveJournal. In 2004 I also opened the challenge to fanart requests and offers, so you don't necessarily have to write in order to sign up.

Because the move to LJ made the challenge much smaller I decided in 2005 to allow het requests as well as slash as before -- so whatever floats your boat, you can get it here: Slash and het; fanfic and fanart.

Anyway, enough of a preamble come on in, read the stories of the two previous years -- and sign up to get a slashy gift of your choice for Christmas (or whatever you want to call it) 2005. I promise you, it's fun! :)

The rules:

1. Your story (or fanart) is due December 22 and will go online December 24 -- please post it to the community (and nowhere else, until December 26) and I will make it public on Christmas Eve.

2. Naturally it'd be better if you didn't talk too much about your story beforehand in places where your recipient could see it. Also, as a matter of fairness, please make your story more than 500 words (1000 is better). For fanart I'd expect you to spend at least a couple of hours on your work.

3. Please only sign up if you plan on actually fulfilling your end of the bargain. If you're going to be late, please let me know so I can inform your recipient of the delay. If you can't make it, it'd be awesome if you could find someone else to write your story. In addition there will be a pool of emergency replacement writers, so that everyone who signs up gets their gift.

4. Signing up: Please comment (all comments are screened) or email [shirasade AT livejournal.com] until November 6 with the following information (especially your email address for your assignment). You can be as specific in your likes and dislikes as you want, or leave everything up to the writer. Also, join the community, so you can post your story and keep track of any admin posts.

Author name:
Email addy:

Requesting:
Fic, fanart or either?:
Pairing(s):
Scenario, prompt:
Squicks:

Offering:
Fic, fanart or either?:
Preferences:
Squicks:
Willing to be replacement writer:

5. When you're done, please post to the community with the name of your recipient, the pairing and rating in the subject line. Use headers (with disclaimers, warnings, etc.) and put the fic/fanart itself behind a cut tag. All gifts will go online on Christmas Eve and will be added to the website.

I think that's it. You will get your assignment before the end of November, if possible before November 13, giving you over a month to finish your assignment. I realize that it's not possible that everyone gets to write their OTP, but I'll do my best to make sure you don't have to write something that squicks you, so be sure to let me know your preferences.

Have fun -- and spread the word!