#submission guidelines

[homestucklineup]

SUBMISSION GUIDELINE

Make sure you read the REFERENCE GUIDE first!

You can either @homestucklineup OR you can submit through our submission box! We will reblog from you or post your submission.

If you are submitting through the submission box, please make sure you put in the description your art social so we can credit you!

We will not accept submissions from any problematic individuals! (Problematic as in breaking BASIC DNI)

If it looks like the above, you should be good! Also, feel free to submit multiple artworks! If your artwork of the character is different enough from the previous submission, we will count it. :)

If you have any questions, feel free to ask us! Our askbox is open.

[rc-catalog]

Submission Guidelines

There are several elements the authors must include in their submissions in order for @rc-catalog to include the work in the masterlist and weekly roundup. Submissions missing the information will not be reblogged until they are corrected (the creator will be contacted by one of the mods).

Fanfiction/Art MUST INCLUDE:

Title [REQUIRED]

Pairing and/or characters [REQUIRED]

Romantic pairing should be marked by the letter x between the characters names, e.g. Vicky x Malbonte.

Platonic relationships should be marked by the symbol & between the characters names, e.g. Vicky & Sammy.

Trigger warnings [REQUIRED]

Trigger warnings are subjective, but if you think that certain topics may cause discomfort to your readers, please state them in warnings. If you are not sure whether you should use a warning, you can always contact the mods, we will try to help!

Examples of topics which should be included in trigger warnings: death, violence, sexual harassment/abuse, drug/alcohol use, racism*, sexism*, -phobia*, -erasure, suicide, mental health issues, etc.

With all of these you may state: mentioned, implied, attempted etc., for instance "racism mentioned" to make it more clear what the reader should expect.

*PLEASE NOTE: these triggers are only applicable for themes addressed in the submitted work. If the mods find out that the author endorses in their creation/engages in any kind of harassment, the reblog will be taken down and the author contacted/blocked.

Rating [REQUIRED]

The preferred rating system:

General [G]: Content suitable for all ages. It should be free of coarse language, violence, adult themes (even if only implied). Teen [T]: Content suitable for teens and older. It may contain moderate violence, swearing, suggestive material and adult themes such as drug/alcohol ab/use. Mature [M]: Suitable for ages 18+ and older; may contain non-explicit adult themes, violence, strong language, drug use. Trigger warnings required. Explicit [E]: Suitable for ages 18+ and older; may contain explicit adult themes, violence, excessive drug/alcohol ab/use, strong language. Trigger warnings required.

A "Read More" page break [REQUIRED]

Please include a page break in longer posts (which is most fanfics and web weaves). If you need help with adding a page break, you can follow our page break instruction post.

It is crucial that the author tags @rc-catalog to minimise the risk of the mods missing the fanwork! If your submission doesn't appear on the blog within 2 days, please contact the mods (@calebly, @rosewoods-sweetheart) via DMs or ask.

Ideally, your submission should look like this:

Title: ... Pairing: F!MC (Vicky) x Lucifer; [optionally: Mimi & Astaroth, Christopher, Sammy, Geralt] Trigger warnings: mild violence, blood mention, character death Rating: T Tag list: @rc-catalog ... :page break:

You are free to add other categories you consider important, such as word count, category, etc., but these are the requirements the submitted fic has to meet.

You can state the submission info in the creation post, in the comment/reblog or via DMs.

[ladsarchivee]

˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗SUBMISSION GUIDELINES˗ˏˋ ♡ ˎˊ˗

@/ladsarchivee accepts any and all types of fanwork: fanfiction, edits, art, gifsets, mood boards, playlists, and more. 

There is certain information you have to include in your posts for them to be reblogged. 

It is not necessary to format this information exactly as given, but it must be provided. In case of any issue, you will be contacted to make corrections. Moreover, the information’s placement is up to the creator—you may provide it in the original post, in a reblog, in a comment or even in a direct message to the mods. 

TITLE:

PAIRING/CHARACTERS:

RATING: 

TRIGGER WARNINGS (IF ANY):

TAGGING/TAGLIST: @/ladsarchivee…

Your work must have a title. This is, however, not a hard and fast rule. In case of untitled works, it is up to the mods to decide what to title it, for the purposes of adding your posts to a general masterlist and a weekly roundup. This will be done to avoid confusion between works. 

You are required to mention the pairing or characters present in your work, in clear terms. 

The rating of the work is required.

The rating system followed by the blog will be:

a) G: General; content suitable for all ages, free of coarse language, violence, adult themes.

b) T: Teen; content suitable for teens and older. It may contain moderate violence, swearing, suggestive material, and adult themes such as drug/alcohol abuse.

c) M: Mature; suitable for ages 18+ and older; may contain non - explicit adult themes, violence, strong language, drug use. Trigger warnings required in case of this rating.

d) E: Explicit; Suitable for ages 18+ and older; may contain explicit adult themes, violence, excessive drug/alcohol abuse, strong language. Trigger warnings required in case of this rating. 

Trigger warnings are required. These warnings are given at the discretion of the creator, however, if the mods think it necessary, they can add further trigger warnings while reblogging the post. If you think there is content in the fanwork that may cause harm or discomfort to anyone, please include those warnings in this section. Common trigger warnings may include but are not limited to content related to: abuse, death, violence, addiction, any type of - ism or - phobia, etc. 

You must tag @/ladsarchivee so that your post can be reblogged and added to our masterlists. In case your work has not been reblogged within 3 days of tagging, please contact us via the askbox.

A “read more’’ page—break is required in text posts longer than 150 words and image posts longer than 9 photos. 

We do not accept any submissions via the askbox. In order for us to share your work, you must post it on your own blog and follow the guidelines to submit.

Here is an example of what your submission should look like:

Title: xyz

Pairing: LI x MC, eg: Zayne x MC, Sylus x non canon!MC

Trigger warnings: explicit sexual content

Rating: E

Tag - list: @/ladsarchivee…

:page break:

Beside the abovementioned formula, you are free to add any other information you consider necessary. 

[ghostmarmot]

While I haven't been published in too many, I have slogged through the submission requirements for many (dozens!) of places, and I can say, without a doubt, these are the worst I have seen.

Pages? No word count listed, which is unusual, but not unheard of. Usually some form of font size or spacing is mentioned and always has been on those listing page numbers only. On some of the larger zines and for tradpub, they even specify the font for submissions.

This is everything. No mention about what they want the zine to be geared towards, no themes, nothing. That sounds great, right? Easy to get into? Except that a zine that changes themes or never even arrives at one will have a hard time getting a subscriber base. And most people know that, so they definitely have a plan for the zine. So you're going to be upsetting a lot of people who submitted good pieces that don't fit your idea, simply by not being clear about your submission guidelines. Which will cause a lot of frustration for the staff and the submittors, who may have pieces that fit better, they just didn't know what was being looked for.

And the next complaint is mostly a minor one, but a WordPress account is free. If your sole point of contact for people is Instagram for things that are the written word, I think they may be a bit lost. How are people going to download the zine? Or, if it's as I suspect, they are just going to post the images of the pieces on their account, can that really be called a zine?

[haveyoubeentothiscity]

Okay new plan—better plan—only look for your submissions at this link, which will never be filtered. Kind of forgot about IMPORTRANGE until now.

If you can’t find a submission and you have checked that your search is working* just send me an ask or DM with the name of your city and I will look for it.

*if you search for “Chicago” and “Paris” and don’t get results, your search is not working. Not uncommon on mobile.

[angelichannie]

⋆｡‧˚ʚsubmission guidelinesɞ˚‧｡⋆

notice: this is just a hobby! I can’t guarantee how often I will post as I’m busy with life and struggling with a lifelong disorder. I may not write every submission but please do NOT take it to heart! Feel free to ask my anything, svt related or not^^

what I write!

Fluff

Smut

Angst

what I will not write:

(list may change!)

Illegal relationships

Non-con

Incest

Death(of members)

Please note I am dyslexic so errors may occur!

[mazerunnersecretsanta]

TMRSS23 Submission Guidelines

Time is flying by! Somehow, we're already down to less than 3 weeks to go until the TMRSS23 submission deadline. The tmrss elves are very much looking forward to all the wonderful gifts to come soon 🎅

🎁 A reminder that all TMRSS23 gifts are due on 8th December! 🎁

Please find below gift submission guidelines. Read the instructions carefully, please, as there are specific details according to gift type. Do let us know if you have any questions or concerns!

For all gifts:

Please send all gifts to: mazerunnersecretsanta@outlook.com Please include the following in your email:

Your tumblr username

Your giftee’s username

Gift title

A short summary of your gift and, where relevant, its storyline (this will be included in the gift post on tumblr)

Any warnings

A special message to your giftee (optional)

Anything else - notes, comments etc. (optional)

If submitting fanfic:

Please upload your fic to the collection on AO3 (found here), and then click on ‘post to collection’ to post your work. Before closing the tab, please copy the URL and include this link to your fic in your email to us. This is very important!!!!!

Please also include the following in your email:

Rating

Word Count (Remember: 2,500 words minimum!)

Link to your fic on AO3

If submitting fanvids, fanart, or gifsets:

If your gift is a fanvid, fanart, or gifset (or anything else that results in files which would be too big to email to us), please upload your gift to a dropbox or file sharing site, then send us an email with the link to your submission so that we can download it and post it on our blog. File names should follow this format: tmrss23_gift_for_username When submitting multiple files: tmrss23_for_username_1of6 etc.

For gifsets, edits and fanart, please also include the following in your email:

Formatting instructions

For fanvids, please also include the following in your email:

Music title/artist(s)

Any shows/clips you’ve used that aren’t from TMR

Please remember to make sure your gift doesn’t contain any clues about your identity!

If you want a reminder of the submission guidelines, rules and guidelines, or FAQs, you can find them on our Tumblr. 

We hope everything is clear! Please do get in touch if you’re unsure about anything! Bridge and Dreams 🎅🎁

[secretsleuthexchange]

2023 Submission Guidelines

the Secret Sleuth Gift Exchange will begin posting gifts on 24 December, and run until 4 January!

Similar to our 2022 event, we will have a TBD amount of slots for gifts to be shared each day 24 December through 4 January (this number will be finalized and determined based on the number of sign-ups) and each person will be responsible for communicating with their event mod which day they want to sign-up for upon our second check-in (16 December)

However, we do ask that you strive to have your gift completed and ready to go by 23 December. We understand and will honor some flexibility as long as you continue to communicate with us.

the deadline for COMPLETION of gifts will be 23 December

we will begin posting gifts on 24 December

we will assign you a date for posting to help us spread out the gifts over a longer period of time so people can take the time to enjoy all the goodies

you can request specific posting dates, more information will follow on this once we have completed sign-ups

GIFTS

Fanfiction: 1500 word minimum, completed work encouraged

Graphics/gifsets: 2 image minimum

Icons/header sets: 4 item minimum

Fanart

Playlists: 15 song minimum, appropriate cover art, and linked

Fanvid: 2 minute total minimum (multiple shorter videos allowed)

Moodboard: 8 panel minimum

POSTING

You do not have to submit your gift in a traditional sense of the word. We only want to know if you've completed your gift by the due date. However if you would rather we post it through the blog ourselves, we are happy to do that.

SUBMIT HERE, if applicable.

Otherwise you are free to share your gifts on whichever platform(s) you are comfortable with. We ask that you communicate with your event mod during your final check-in what your plan for that is, so we know if we need to post your gift ourselves or cross-post to ensure your gift is seen!

FICS: submit your completed work to our collection on AO3

TUMBLR: if posting through your own blog, schedule or draft your gift to be posted on your assigned date and please tag @secretsleuthexchange & use #secretsleuthgiftexchange in the first five tags to ensure we are alerted to your post

TWITTER: if posting on twitter, please tag @ssgiftexchange

Please make sure your gift meets the minimum requirements and you can visit our previous years tags here and here for examples and inspiration!

you may see the blog use additional tags on reblogs, those are simply for internal organization and we're only asking you for the tags mentioned above!

Please do not reveal your identity to your Secret Sleuth until you post your gift!

[ikemen-trifecta]

Fanfic/Imagines Request Guidelines

We will fulfill requests if feel we can adequately portray the character(s).

We do not provide full-on NSFW stories/imagines. Spicy flirting and some innuendos are allowed, as well as the discussion of intimacy if it's not explicit.

LGBTQ affirmations and mental health topics may take more time to complete, as we try to be thorough with research on the aspects we don't have experience in.

Our responses to submissions about mental health and other serious topics will have content warnings, as well as a Keep reading selection as a final "Are you sure you would like to continue?"

We will tag the person(s) who submitted the request/message in the completed post unless they choose to be anonymous.

We see submissions within 24 hours and usually get started on them right away. If we don't respond to a request for a long time after it's been sent, that means we're either in the process of writing it or will get to writing it.

Please don't be afraid to ask us questions, whether it be about if we've seen your request(s), things you'd like to add if we haven't posted a response yet, or really anything! Receiving messages makes us happy!

Click here to submit a fanfic/imagines request or message.

Click here to check the status of your request.

Click here to go to the fanfic masterlist.

[literallycait]

Opening to Queries

I reopen to queries tomorrow! I'll be open for one week to start, then will reopen again when I've responded to all queries in that first batch. I've updated my submission guidelines page so be sure to read through in advance if you'd like to query. Looking forward to seeing everyone's work!

[motivational-sonic]

Do you draw your own motivational messages, or will people be able to share their own by making them for your blog?

That's a great question !! I'll be reblogging other people's art AND you are free to submit your own! The only criteria being that it has to be your own art, it either needs to contain a motivational message/theme OR you just think that it'll give someone the warm fuzzies (like cute art of Sonic with some chao, or Cream the rabbit playing games with her mom, etc.). Anything with a good wholesome vibe about it is welcome here. Just keep the focus on Sonic characters, and if you think it'd make someone smile, youre all set to submit your stuff !! If you'd rather be reblogged, feel free to either @ motivational-sonic in your post, or include the blog name in your tags. A DM with a link to your art also never hurts !! If I don't post or reblog your submitted or tagged artwork, please don't take it personally !! Because this is an all ages safe blog focused on positivity, I want to keep a good distance from people who post a lot of fandom drama or any nsfw stuff involving the characters (as most of them are teens), and it takes awhile to filter through stuff like that. I also have a day job, so chances are, if your art meets the criteria, and I havent gotten around to it, I probably just havent seen it yet, and youre free to send a message about it, but patience is always appreciated !! Edits like Gifs, Videos, stamps, banners, etc are also all welcome! LGBT+ positivity posts involving Sonic characters are encouraged as well. :]

[ID: a gif of Sonic from Sonic 06 winking and giving a thumbs up with a smile, a blue sky with light clouds behind him.]

[hp-mcd-fest]

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

This is a guide to how exactly you should submit your work, if you want to participate in the fest, our general guidelines are here and our claiming post is here!

Finished your work? Here's a checklist

Makes sure the work includes Major Character Death.

Check your work for errors/typos (beta is not required but encouraged)

If you gift your work to the prompter, don't include any DNW's.

How to post your work

Go to our collection page right here and click the button post to collection

Fill in the information as you normally would (rating, characters, tags, etc.), keep in mind that you have to use either the Major Character Death or the Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings warning on your work, as your work should include MCD.

Make sure to add the mod account as a co-creator. There is a field for this in the preface section of posting your work. Click the box, add our account. The account is HP_MCD_Fest.

Check for formatting etc. Whatever you normally do when posting something. Post the work.

Your work will not immediately be added to the collection, since it's a moderated collection and we accept each work individually. Your work will say something along the lines of "this will be accepted into a collection soon", and it will be anonymous. (For you as the creator, it will show the creator as "anonymous (your name)", for anyone else it'll just be anonymous.

After posting to the collection

Send us an email. You should have our email since we sent you the confirmation email, but it's hpmcdfestmod@gmail.com. This is to confirm you submitted it.

In that email, send us the following header (filled in with your work's information):

Title: Rating: Characters/Pairing: Length: Warnings: Summary: Link:

Please use full character names in the characters/pairing section. The link should be taken from your work on AO3 (which you can access through either your statistics or edit works page where all your works are listed).

After you've submitted your work, you are free and encouraged to claim a second prompt (or a second self-prompt, of course)!

If you have any questions about this process, we're happy to help!

[thedisabilitybookarchive]

Submission Guidelines

The biggest aspect of the Archive is the community involvement. If it wasn't for community support and submission, it simply would not exist. So if you would like to submit your own, here are a couple of guidelines to follow:

Submitting A Book:

If you want to submit a book, you can do so using my ask box or the google form. There are also several "Submit A Book" buttons on the website that will take you to the form. It is completely anonymous- I won't see any of your personal data, I will only see your response sheet.

If you know my main blog, do not send recommendations there. Send them here.

What To Include In A Submission:

Mandatory:

Book Title

Author(s) and/or Editor(s)

Disability Representation or Content

Fiction/Non-Fiction

Series (if relevant)

Optional:

Additional Representation (LGBTQ+, race, religion etc.)

Setting Location (just the country is fine)

Genre(s)

ISBN Number (if known)

Additional Comments (anything personal you would like added about the book, tropes it might fall into etc.)

Would Be Appreciated:

Content Warnings

Submitting An Author:

You can use my ask box, the comments on the site or the anonymous google form below. The author doesn't have to have written a book about/containing a disabled character, they just have to be disabled themself.

And yes, you can submit yourself.

What To Include In A Submission:

Author's Name

Notable Works

Website (if applicable)

Anything Else of Note

Banning Books:

9 times out of 10, every book submitted to the Archive is accepted and added on. I try not to deny any entry, but there have been a few so far that I need to review for various issues.

So long as I have found the book to have actual disability representation, it will likely be added. I do research every submission given to me, and have anonymous comments enabled on every post so that if there is an issue with a book, it can be voiced. And if a book is submitted through the asks, it also allows for community response.

What Type Of Disability Representation Can Be Submitted?

Physical disability, neurodivergence and mental health conditions, neurological conditions, autoimmune diseases, chronic and terminal illness etc. etc.

If you don't know the specifics of a character's disability but you can describe it- i.e. "some kind of neurological condition", "they have a lot of chronic pain" etc.- just tell me and I'll look into it. Sometimes I can't find the specifics either, and that's fine, but describing it will help me place it somewhere in the archive.

[thevoiceofdog]

The Voice of Dog Policy relevant to "AI" Writing

While a machine learning algorithm, in theory, is a tool like any other, as they exist currently they involve serious ethical issues. The consent of those whose work was used to train the algorithm is only one.

The purpose of the Voice of Dog podcast is bring stories to the furry community by helping members of the furry community tell their own stories. We cannot operate without the consent of all artists--writers and readers--who contribute, and a writer who does not know they've contributed cannot consent: we cannot accept works you commissioned from someone else, fan fiction of characters not original to you, or that contain AI-generated text. We reserve the right to request assurances and/or evidence that submissions abide by these stipulations, should we feel we have any grounds for question, as a condition of submission.

[haveyoubeentothiscity]

Is there like a population limit for the definition of city, because despite the name you have now definitely featured several of what I'd call small towns xD

Yeah “city” is kind of a catchall. This is actually in my pinned post but I haven’t commented on it otherwise, so I’ll copy that here:

I’m not paying any mind to city/town/village descriptors. If something is very small I might deprioritize it in favor of ones that more people have heard of, but as long as I can find a Wikipedia page I won’t disqualify it.

There’s some real tiny ones on the submission list at the moment!

[ocwonderland]

Guidelines For Submissions

Submit your prompt ideas via ask! You can be on anon or not, either way your identity won’t be revealed.

I will not be posting the actual ask. Instead I will make a separate text post including your prompt idea, and tag it as #submission. Then I will delete the ask.

Not every idea will be posted. I may delete asks that are: discriminatory or bigoted, NSFW, contain sensitive topics, or are similar to prompts I have already posted.

I may paraphrase your idea or change it slightly. Don’t be surprised if your prompt isn’t word for word what you submitted.

Remember to be creative and have fun!