Drop the Not! Submissions Now Open

Hey all, submissions for Drop the Not! ARE NOW OPEN! You will have three weeks (until 4 April) to submit your not!fics, but authors can start claiming them in one week (21 March), so if you've got them ready be sure to submit them early.

For those of you who are new or aren't familiar with the challenge, Drop the Not! is a multi-fandom fanwork challenge where authors create written fanworks that are prompted or inspired by oral not!fic. An oral not!fic is a type of podfic not based on existing text, such as a fic. It is often improvisational or conversational in tone. This challenge follows the idea of reverse big bangs and prompt communities, but puts a unique spin on things. Here's how it works:

Not!fic can be as detailed or general as the creator likes, but we do ask that writers clearly honour the spirit of the not!fic to the best of their ability. This means that things like fandom, characters, and setting should be similar. We don't have a say in how writers are inspired or how they take the prompt, and the work an author produces may be very similar or radically different from the podfic they received. That’s part of the joy!

If you want to know more about the fest, you can see our intro and rules post here!

Submissions happen on our AO3 collection here!

Any fandom. Any pairing. As much or as little detail as you want. All you have to do is come up with the idea or prompt, record it however you want (I record mine on my phone, so it can be super informal!) then post and see who claims it! We're super excited to see what you all create! Please reblog and spread this around so we can get a great set of oral not!fics created this year!

Go forth and submit your not!fics!

Signups are now open for Podfic Polygons 2019!

Podfic Polygons is a multi-fandom podfic challenge where groups of three, four, or five (aka triangles, squares, and pentagons) build podfics step by step with each podficcer adding on an element.

Check out more details and challenge rules here.

You can signup as an individual to be matched into a group here. Or you can signup as a complete group here. The signups are run through dreamwidth, but do not require an account.

Signups will be open until March 17th.

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Updated Rules and Timeline for Podfic Big Bang 2018

Just so we’re all on the same page, this post will detail the differences between Podfic Big Bang 2017 and 2018. 1) This year, check-ins will be MANDATORY. The mods want to make sure that you have all the resources you need to finish the challenge, and that means staying updated on your progress. Check-ins are all on Saturdays and we will nudge you if you if we haven’t heard from you by the following Monday. Please leave your info in this Google form if we need to follow up with you. 2) After much deliberation, the mods have decided that Podfic Big Bang and Epic Podfic Big Bang will run concurrently, both posting between October 14 and 31. (This will likely change again next year.) 3) We’ve decided against the THEME aspect of previous rounds. Feel free to choose whatever story appeals to you. 4) We are bringing back beta listeners and cheerleaders! Neither of these are required, but we know that recording 10K, 50K, or more can be exhausting. If you are willing to cheerlead and/or beta listen to someone’s work, sign ups for that will go up in July. 5) Finally, Podfic Big Bang will no longer have a required posting format. We will still provide a posting format for those who want one. However, if you have your own format, please use it! Schedule:

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pod_together group sign-ups are now open!

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pod_together is a multifandom, multimedia challenge that pairs writers and podficcers to create a collaborative fanwork - the writer writing something specifically to be podficced, and the podficcer recording it.

Check out the Rules and FAQ here, including a timeline for the challenge. Sign-up as a group here! Sign-ups for those looking to be matched into a partnership are still open here. The sign-ups are hosted through Dreamwidth, but you don’t need a Dreamwidth account in order to sign-up or participate. All sign-ups will close on June 23rd.

2018 pod_together sign-ups are now open!

Sign-up here!

pod_together is a multifandom, multimedia challenge that pairs writers and podficcers to create a collaborative fanwork - the writer writing something specifically to be podficced, and the podficcer recording it.

Check out the Rules and FAQ here, including a timeline for the challenge. Sign-ups are here for those looking to be matched into a partnership, and group sign-ups will open on June 17th! The sign-ups are hosted through Dreamwidth, but you don’t need a Dreamwidth account in order to sign-up or participate. All sign-ups will close on June 23rd.

This is our 8th year running this challenge, and participants usually have a ton of fun and create amazing stuff (you can check out works from previous years of pod_together here!). This year, we’d love to spread the word to those who might be interested, but haven’t heard of the challenge before. You can help us out by by reblogging this post <3 And if the interested party is YOU, then we look forward to seeing you there!

Podfic Big Bang is Back - Sign Up Info

Hi there! Podfic Big Bang is returning for another year. Podficcers, artists, cheerleaders & betas–we want you!

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