#tpy 2024 1: spades to start

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RELEASE:

USUKUS Twice Per Year 2024-1: "Cards, with Spades to Start"

After many delays, at last: Featuring 7 fanfics and 12 fanarts by 18 dedicated creators, people have come together to celebrate one of this fandom's most beloved 'verses. From the comedic to the tragic, we hope you'll find something new to love about Cardverse!

Additionally! Stay tuned, as the Admin Team has an announcement to make within the next 24~48 hours.

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TPY 2024-1 Spades

Status Update

Hello everyone,

The admin team is currently in the middle of compiling the zine and hope to have the release out within the next 2 weeks.

Unfortunately, there were many participants who did not submit their work with no notice of dropping out. Although our rules state we do not give extensions, as current participant count is below our preferred threshold, we are offering this FINAL CHANCE to submit your work before August 14th.

After the release, the admin team will have an important announcement to make. Please check back soon.

Thank you,

USUKUS Twice Per Year Admin Team

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2024 Theme Winners & Event-Specific Rules

Poll results are in, and you guys have chosen "Cards, with Spades to Start (Cardverse)" and "Ocean's 1923" for 2024's events! As a reminder, here are the definitions of these two themes.

"Cards, with Spades to Start": Themes based on the Cardverse AU (the Spades King America and Queen England outfits by Himaruya from the Arte Stella artbook bonus card deck).  "Ocean's 1923": Themes based upon love at sea. This includes pirates, navy militaries, and oceanic creatures (merfolk, sirens, krakens, etc.) Each half will have its own rules and requirements, to keep things in-theme and on-topic. See below for the first half's rules. ───── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ─────

Event-specific Rules

Part 1: Cards, with Spades to Start General - Progress updates are required monthly for the next 3 months before works are due. More details on this will be announced in the sign-up form. - Please review the general rules here: https://usukustwiceperyear.tumblr.com/rules About Cardverse - Arthur (or England) and Alfred (or America) must be the rulers of Spades, no other suit. --- If other kingdoms are under the jurisdiction of Spades, then this can be allowed. - Arthur/England and Alfred/America are typically given the "Queen" and "King" roles respectively, as matching the Arte Stella cards, but these titles are not restrictive and both or either can be called any role interchangeably regardless of gender, i.e. Alfred can be Queen, King, Emperor, etc. - Physical, magical spade-shaped marks on the body (i.e. a tattoo) are common fanon to denote the next in line for royalty, but this is not required. Birthright, inheritance, coup d'état, etc. are all valid ways of putting Arthur/England or Alfred/America as rulers of Spades in lieu of marks. - Magic can be used within this AU theme, but this is not required and works can be traditional human AU, nationverse, sweet devil, etc. or any combination of the above. - Works do not need to be set in medieval kingdoms or historical times. Spades can also be a figurative kingdom (i.e. Magical Strike AU with "Spades" as the company name), set in modern day royalty, or otherwise. If you have further questions, do not hesitate to ask the mods! Writer-specific Rules - Arthur/England and Alfred/America can start off in different kingdoms at the beginning, but as listed above, must be the rulers of Spades by the end. - One, both, or neither can be established royalty at the start, but as listed above, must be ruling as "monarchs" of Spades by the end. Artist-specific Rules - Because of the amount of people who did not do this last event, it will be reiterated to please make sure that you ADD A DESCRIPTION AND TITLE with the art that you create so that it has some context for the audience. IF YOU DO NOT DO THIS, we will NOT ACCEPT the art piece and will ask you to resubmit it with the description. --- The description does not need to be elaborate; one or two sentences is fine. - For works done in color, the traditional colors of Spades (shades of blue and purple) must be used somewhere in the piece. - It is not required to use the Arte Stella outfits for either Arthur or Alfred, however it must be clear that they are the rulers of Spades by other means if not their clothing or tattoos.

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Twice Per Year 2024-1 "Cards, with Spades to Start" sign-ups now OPEN!

Progress Check-ins

We are requiring all participants to check in with the admins for progress updates over the next 3 months. We will contact you on the dates below to confirm recommended progress. This does NOT mean that we expect you to have reached these checkpoints by the time we check in. People work at different speeds, and we do not wish to rush genius.

Check-in #1: May 7th, 2024 - 25% complete Check-in #2: June 7th, 2024 - 50% complete Check-in #3: July 7th, 2024 - 75% complete

FINAL DUE DATE: July 31st, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST ───── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ─────

Regarding Drop Outs

If you have to drop out of the event at any point, that's totally okay! Life happens, or sometimes motivation wanes. Just let us know via Discord (@Narcoleptic), email, Twitter DM, or Tumblr Ask so we can adjust for you. However, please note that if we notice you've dropped out of 2 consecutive events, we reserve the right to bar you from the following Twice Per Year event (next soonest half of the biannual year). You can reapply for the one after! (I.e. If you dropped out of 2023-2 and 2024-1, you will be barred from 2024-2 and eligible again for 2025-1.) This may sound harsh, but please understand that as much as we want adjust for everyone's schedules, it is also fair of us to have an expectation that the work will be finished. We encourage you to reapply again for the next half. ADDED RULE: If you have decided to drop out, but have a change of plans and are able to return, we'll gladly have you! Just let us know via the contact methods above. This will not count against you as a drop out.  ───── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ─────

SIGN-UP FORM

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Form closes on April 7th, 2024 at 11:59 PM PST.