Queerly Gen

My head is about to explode with stress so this post is inexcusably late.

It's also going to be inexcusably incomplete.

The long of it: will be posted next week sometime.

The short of it: we had a tie for Three Weeks To Dreamwidth prizes. There was only one clear winner - majoline, who commented the most. Thank you, majoline, for your support! I'm terribly sorry this has come so late. Also a heartfelt THANK YOU to iadorespike, who provided the points for majoline's prize.

And for those who recced/wrote/drew/did other things: WE WILL BE HAVING A TIEBREAKER CHALLENGE.

Rules and a poll for prompt suggestions to come next week.

Again, my sincerest apologies for being so absent.

This is your end-of-challenge reminder for challenge #3: ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE. Only a couple of days left (challenge closes May 16th), and there are two lovely submissions so far (check them out here).

Also, don't forget that running concurrent with this challenge is a Three Weeks for Dreamwidth challenge. There are prizes for most flashworks posted (any and all types), most recs posted (independent of flashworks - recs on any queerly gen works) and most comments made on eligible posts (meaning recs or flashwork posts in the community).

Some pertinent information:
Recs do not have to be of works on Dreamwidth; the rec just has to be posted to the community.

If you wish to be considered for prizes, please add the Three Weeks for Dreamwidth tag to your entry. Currently there are two recs, but neither are tagged. You can tag your own entry, so if you posted a rec and want to be considered, please go back and add the three weeks for dreamwidth tag.

You can post multiple recs in one post, or make several posts, one for each rec. It's the number of recs that count, not the number of posts.

Have fun and get cracking on those zombies! You fought hard for this prompt - go go zombie apocalypse!

Vote wisely, friends, as we are also having a concurrent contest to support Three Weeks for Dreamwidth. The object of the Three Weeks for Dreamwidth fest is to produce content exclusively for Dreamwidth. In a general sense, people all over Dreamwidth are running memes on their personal journals, communities are running contests, challenges, and fests, and individuals are posting exclusively to Dreamwidth. You can participate as much or as little as you like.

Participation in Three Weeks for Dreamwidth is not mandatory to participate in queerlygen's Flashwork Challenge #3. If you do not wish to participate in Three Weeks for Dreamwidth, you may post on your journal or other site and link your work here (you may also do this for gen works with queer characters at any time).

For the purposes of this contest, however, if you wish to participate, you must post your fic, art, vid, rec set, meta, or other post directly to the queerlygen community, and not post elsewhere during the three weeks the challenge runs. After the challenge closes (on May 16th), you may post your works elsewhere.

Another way to participate - a less time-consuming way and one that will make people who post happy - is to comment. This post describes how vital commenting is. It doesn't have to take a lot of time, and even the smallest comment can make an artist or author or meta-er or reccer or vidder's day.

There will be prizes! We will have prizes for most flashworks posted (any and all types), most recs posted (independent of flashworks - recs on any queerly gen works), and most comments made on eligible posts (meaning rec sets or flashfic posts in the community). Prizes will be paid in Dreamwidth points - 100 points to the winner in each category.

And now, on to the poll!

This is your end-of-challenge reminder for challenge #2: STAYING UP LATE. Only a few days left (challenge closes April 12th), and there are five lovely submissions so far (check them out here).

You can do it! Write us a little something! Hermione studying for exams under the covers, Shawn Spencer on a stakeout with Lassiter, Neal Caffrey and Mozzie doing something they shouldn't. Maybe you've got an original character that works the night shift or prefers 24 hour WalMarts at 3am.

Give us your fic and art and vids and other content! *\o/*

The vote is in and our next prompt is going to be STAYING UP LATE, though that zombie apocalypse is getting steadily more popular. Get out your coffee or alcohol or adrenaline-fueled rage and make those characters stay up until they can't keep their eyes open any longer.

Please put your work in a new post to the community. Don't forget to check the tags and post with any that are appropriate - including the challenge: stay up late tag.

A note about reminders: two reminders was most popular, so that's what we'll do. I will try for weekly, but with moving and other things going on in my life and the other mods lives, it may be closer to mid-challenge and a few days out from closing (as suggested by angelikitten in the comments). But there will be two, somewhere in there!

Today is Tuesday-ish, March 23, the challenge closes on Monday-ish, April 12th. Go forth and create!

I believe there were other, anonymous, paid time-givers as well, so this is a shoutout to all of you for supporting this community.

This gives queerlygen full text search which is brilliant. Search queerlygen here.