Unconventional Courtship 2021 Sign Up Post

[liadt]

'Welcome to 'Unconventional Courtship 2021'!




'Unconventional Courtship' is a panfandom fic fest where you write and post a 1000w+ fic based on a M&B/Harlequin plot. Fics will be posted to this community, staggered through June 2021.

This year's mod is liadt.

How to play:

It's as simple as:

1. Sign up! Sign ups close on June 14 and all you need to do is comment on this post with the day you want to post your fic. You can tell us which summary/pairing you're going with, but you don't have to. You can also ask us to assign you a summary, if you want. (You don't need a Dreamwidth to play - just comment with OpenID, although you will need to ask us to post your fic on the com. If you are on DW, please follow the community!)

2. Choose a M&B/Harlequin summary (or two etc) - we have hundreds of suggestions here, but there are literally thousands. Our prompt generator may also help (thank you john_amend_all) You can write more than one fic, if you want. You can also combine prompts, if you like.

3. Replace the names (and pronouns if necessary) with the names (and pronouns) of the pairing of your choice. Any any all fandoms and pairings are welcome in this fest.

You can also replace place names and jobs as long as you keep to the spirit of the prompt. So, if you want to write Kirk/Spock, but you don't want to write a modern day AU, you could replace 'the Sahara desert' with 'a desert planet' and Kirk wouldn't need to be the boss at a law firm, he could be the boss... in the sense that he's the captain.

4. Write a fic based on your altered summary. You can take the prompt seriously or use it as an improbable basis for lols.

4.5. Pimp the fest far and wide. I'm hardly going to do this at all, so it's up to you - the players! I've re-uploaded the make-your-own banners and of course you can use ready made ones found over here and here.

Please do pimp where ever you think would be appropriate.

5. Post the fic to this community on your assigned day. If you unable to post on your day there is a amnesty week for those that sign up from July 1 - 7.

You can also post to our AO3 collection if you want!

You can see some examples of Unconventional Courtship fic by looking through the collection, or earlier in the com.

6. Profit! Fics for all! I'll post a masterlist once all the entries are in. Crossposting is encouraged.

Any questions? Leave a comment or PM me or email me.


Rules:

1. All fics must be over 1,000 words long.

2. You must use a modified Mills & Boon and/or Harlequin summary.

3. You don't have to use a beta, but it is strongly advised.

4. Please use the following header (or similar - the AO3 share function is fine) when you post to the community:

<b>Title:</b> <b>Author:</b> <b>Fandom:</b> <b>Pairing/Characters:</b> <b>Rating:</b> <b>Length:</b> <b>Summary:</b> <b>Notes:</b> <b>Link:</b>

5. Please post on your assigned day. If you can't for whatever reason, please let me know either by PM or email.

6. You can use this fic for another challenge i.e. trope_bingo

7. You can sign up for any day you like, but if it is possible for you to sign up for a day that nobody else is interested in then that'd be best of all.


1 Jun: the_no_name_system
2 Jun: lilly_c
3 Jun:
4 Jun: merryghoul
5 Jun: libbi
6 Jun:
7 Jun: thrillingdetectivetales
8 Jun:
9 Jun:
10 Jun: jessalae
11 Jun: impala_chick
12 Jun: estirose
13 Jun: paranoidangel
colisahotnorthernmess
14 Jun: riddlemethis_21
15 Jun: respoftw
16 Jun: cornerofmadness
colorcoded
17 Jun: stonepicnicking_okapi
18 Jun: riddlemethis_21
19 Jun: mific
20 Jun: liadt
21 Jun: jurious
22 Jun: lexicalcrow
23 Jun: venatohru
24 Jun: mightymads
25 Jun: iserlohna
26 Jun: luthienberen
27 Jun: navaan
paynesgrey
28 Jun: killaurey
aflaminghalo
29 Jun: singloom
ladybrooke
mistressofmuses
30 Jun: fleetsparrow
melagan
brokenhighways
sleeplesspotato
Amnesty: biwitched
17pansies
riddlemethis_21
out_there




If you have questions, feel free to ask! And/or consult the FAQs.

Comments

[lilly_c]

Could I have 2nd June please? I've got a summary, just deciding on a fandom and ship.

[17pansies]

Hi! First time for me doing this - could I have the 18th June please? Thanks! :)

[riddlemethis_21]

I hope this is the right place to sign up! I'd like to post on 8 Jun, 14 Jun, and 18 Jun. Thank you!

[lexicalcrow]

Hello, I'm a little late signing up because I've been so busy lately, but I'd like June 22 please. I know the fandom and pairing, just settling on the summary now.

[mightymads]

Hello! There's only one date left, June 3, and I'd like to take it :)

[colisahotnorthernmess]

Ooh wow, all of the days have been chosen already! UC is quite understandably, very popular, dear ;-) I hope I am able to share a day with someone else - 13th perhaps? Unlucky for some lol!

[brokenhighways]

Hey-o! This sounds like a fun challenge :)

Can I put myself down for 30th June?

[thrillingdetectivetales]

Hi there!

Just a super quick question: if we're planning do post a longer work for Unconventional Courtship that's broken up into separate chapters, does the entire work need to be ready for posting and shared on our due date or is it acceptable to post the first chapter (so long as it meets the 1K+ minimum) then and release the others on a regular schedule afterward, so long as they're ready to go?

Apologies if this has bene asked elsewhere. I looked around but couldn't find it, so figured it wouldn't hurt to ask! :)

[sleeplesspotato]

Are you still accepting entries? And is it okay to have an OT3? There's a summary that works so well for one of my OT3s; I can leave one of them out to make it fit, but it won't be as much fun. ^^;;

[ladybrooke]

Hello! Can I sign up for Jun 29th, please? And is it alright if I post two fics that day, assuming I finish both?

[mistressofmuses]

Signing up!

May I please sign up for June 29th? (Fewer people than on the 30th, at least!)

I'll be writing for Kingdom Hearts, and the Sora/Riku/Kairi OT3, based on the summary for "Wife For a Week".

[colorcoded]

Can I have a posting date of 16 June?

I got comments from my beta quicker than I expected and now I just want to push this fic out, haha.

[aflaminghalo]

Hi, thanks for running the fest this year. Can I go down for the 28th?

Thanks :)

My Sign-Up Days and Posting

[riddlemethis_21]

I'll have to post during the amnesty week, it looks like. All of my free time right now is being eaten by other things.

-riddlemethis_21

[out_there]

I'm sorry for the late notice. I signed up for the 22nd but I'm not going to make it.