Sign Up for SPN Summergen 2011

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It's here at last!

First things first: the sign up process is a bit different this year, so please read all of this post carefully before you sign up. You should also review the rules post if you haven't already, so you know what you're getting into.

Second thing: a reminder, Summergen this year is fanfic only. I do apologise to our artists and vidders; we tried, but there simply wasn't enough demand to make it worth the extra difficulties of matching three different kinds of fanworks.

( Some notes about the signup form - please read )

Some final words

Summergen is a gift exchange. When you sign up, you take the risk that the person assigned to write a story for you will fail to come through. This can happen for a lot of reasons, some good, some not. The mods will do everything possible to make sure that every person who submits a story also gets one in exchange. The pinch hitters for Summergen have always been absolute heroes and we couldn't manage without them. But you must understand that this is just the risk you take with challenges like this. If you are not willing to assume that risk, don't sign up.

Lastly, I encourage everyone to create a "dear writer" letter in your LJ in which you give a bit more information about the kind of story you are hoping to receive. A few people did this last year and I know their writers found it very useful. If a writer is struggling a bit with your prompts, this can be a huge help.

If you want to see an example of what I mean, this is the "dear writer" letter I wrote for last year's Yuletide exchange.

If you create a dear writer letter, comment here with a link to it and I will include the link for your writer when assignments go out.

This is not compulsory; but I know many writers find it helpful.

Link to sign up form:

Have you read all that? Come on, have you really?

Okay then. Go to

http://supernatural.summergen.co.uk

to sign up. Signups are open NOW and will close on April 30th.

If you have any difficulties accessing the form (fair warning, it will not work on some older mobile phones) let me know as soon as possible, but please bear in mind I might not be in your time zone, and I have to both sleep and go to work. I will reply to you as quickly as I can, but don't expect it to be instant.

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