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This is a rapid-fire, double-blind, anonymous exchange challenge, in which you have a brief set of prompts, a week to work, and a lower AND upper limit on the size of your work.

1. What do I have to do?
When you get your assignment, you pick 1, 2, or 3 from the pairings, and a, b, or c from the prompts, and either:
-write a fic between 500 and 2500 words, or
-create a piece of art (drawn art, graphics, manips, etc are all permissible) that you spend more than approx. 30 mins on but is not more than one image, or, if a comic-style, not more than three simple panels, or, if you're a vidder, not more than 2 mins long. This is obviously harder to enforce at either end than wordcount, so we trust artists to work within the spirit of the challenge.

You can pick any of your assignment's pairings to go with any of their prompts. The prompter can't insist any prompt goes with any pairing!

2. How long do I have to do it?
One week from when assignments are sent out.

3. How do I prompt?
The key thing is to keep it short and sweet.
Select up to three characters or pairings (you can mix and match between).

Then list three very short very simple prompts, no longer than a sentence e.g.
a: Clothes-swapping
b: Mistaken identity
c: "Ten bucks says you won't do it."

You can also veto things you are uncomfortable with. We've resricted the list to four things - Rape/Non-con, Incest, Shota (extreme underage) and Bestiality (actual animals - despite common usage, this term does not apply to Alpha form werewolves). This means that writers are as open as possible.

You should then select up to 20 characters and pairings you are happy writing.

You will be matched according to the other participant's 'pairings' and your offers. Please keep in mind that if you pick all rarepairs or rare characters, it may be difficult to match you!

4. Anything else?
Keep it secret! Whilst we would encourage the use of betas, the limited writing time might make it difficult so we are not making it mandatory. More importantly, don't go public with your prompts or your fic until reveals happen, please.

5. What do I do if I have any problems?
Contact the mods at [email protected] as soon as possible.