Welcome to The Nightmare!
Welcome to nightmare_xmas, bandom's holiday fic and art exchange!

With the permission of gmth, goddess of holiday fic exchanges, we've modeled this fic exchange after HP's classic merry_smutmas.

How does it work?

Well, on Monday evening, August 27, at 6 p.m. EST, a sign-up post will go up in this community. We'll take only the first sixty-two signups, which will allow us to post two fics a day during the month of December. You'll get a chance in the signup posts to say what pairings, kinks, and scenarios you'd like written for you and what you'd prefer not to write for someone else.

Signups will remain open through our obtaining 62 participants or September 3, whichever comes first. We're looking to signup between 31-62 participants to allow for daily posting of fic or art throughout December.

By September 15, you will receive via email a link to your recipient's request. Remember please that this is an anonymous fic exchange and identities of authors and artists will not be revealed until New Year's.

If you sign up, you must complete your assignment. This is a gift exchange, therefore, if you drop out, your recipient is left without a gift, which is kind of tacky, y'all, you know? Plus your moderators will have to scramble for pinch hits which will make us kind of cranky at the most festive time of the year. (Ha.)

If you request a fic or art in the signup post you must write or draw for a recipient in return. Exchange is the order of the day.

Pairings must come from MCR or Fueled by Ramen bands. You will be expected to give three to five pairing choices. You may include a pairing that features one individual from outside those bands (i.e. Bert/Gerard or Greta/Maja), but such pairings may only represent a fraction of your entire request. This to make it easier for us to match a writer/artist with a recipient. For the same reason, writers and artists must also be willing to write or draw a variety of pairings rather than requesting to write/draw an OTP.

An age statement will be required from each participant stating whether you are under 18 or over 18. Writers and artists must also state the highest rating they'll write/draw. This will allow us to match participants so that those under 18 will not receive smut as gifts. (Sorry...we're covering our asses on this one.)

All ratings will be accepted, from G-NC-17. While the community is focused on slash pairings, het, gen and femmeslash may also be requested. At least one slash pairing will have to be included in the signup request, however. It will be the prerogative of the writer or artist who is assigned the request as to which pairing they are most comfortable writing or drawing. We will not assign het or femmeslash requests to writers/artists who specifically say they will not do het or femmeslash.

Fics must be a minimum of 1,000 words. They may go on as long as you want, however. All fics must have a beta.

Fics and art may NOT be posted anywhere other than the community until after the reveals.

All submissions will be due to the moderators by November 19. If you need additional time to complete your assignment, please let us know as soon as you know. And bring a bribe. We like chocolate. Preferably Patrick in chocolate--or Gerard. Or both of them. We're not picky.

Fics and art will be posted anonymously to the community by the moderators throughout the month of December, two per day depending upon number of signups.

This community is mirrored on Insanejournal for those who would prefer to follow it there. All fics and art will be posted to both comms; the signup, however, will be posted only on Livejournal with a link to it from Insanejournal.

Further details and clarifications coming soon. Keep a look out for that signup post on Monday, August 27!

Many thanks from your moderators, femmequixotic and ze_dragon!