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Hi mods! so excited for the monster mash event, it sounds great. my only question: do the submissions have to be dark/creepy for them to be acceptable? what about wholesome (but still monstrous!) content?
Hi! Wholesome content is perfectly fine! If you prefer your monsters soft and fluffy, then we fully support you!
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Hi there! I just want to ask if the fic released as chapters and still ongoing, will it be released and finished within the fest time frame or it is up to the writers? Sending lots of love to mods for conducting this mnchn married event because, indeed they are!!
Hi! So the Wedding Week event is actually about to finish up. Author Reveals are happening today with extension fics being released next week. With that being said, we did allow WIPs submissions. So yes, it’s up to the author to decide when they want to update their fic if theirs was a chapter/WIP submission. So we highly recommend subscribing to the fics on AO3 and maybe even following their twt account (if the author(s) wished to include them for reveals) so you’ll know when they update their fics!
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Hi there! I'm so so sorry if this might appear rude, but I was wondering if you got the okay from minchanfest mods about this event, since it's happening around the same time. I know that y**linski is the mod and they're really chill generally, but usually they announce joint events. I want to make sure before I participate, because it feels weird there's two events happening at once and no mention of this from minchanfest 😭 SORRY IF THIS IS RUDE!
Hi, so we’re not sure why we need to get their permission to host an event? We’re not connected to the MnChn fest account and there are actually several MnChn event accounts, so it seems a bit odd that you think we need to get permission from one specific account.
Not to mention, there really isn’t much overlap in the events. Our reveals for the Wedding Week event are happening next week. Reveals for MnChn fest are being held in October.
So if you’re looking to participate in our event, it’ll be as a reader as claiming is closed and the only submissions left are for our participants who asked for an extension.
Also to be completely transparent, all the MnChn event accounts are very much aware of each other. So the MnChn fest mods/account do not need to “approve” all MnChn events seeing as how we’re independent of each other. This isn’t the first event @minchanwriters has held and it won’t be the last.
Im confused about this wedding week thing what is that exactly? Does it coinside with the theme weeks? So this week is Minchan and wedding? The fic has to be wedding? Sorry many questions, it really is confusing me.
Hi! So Wedding Week is an event hosted by our account where writers can choose to write a prompt from the Prompt List (after successfully claiming and getting a confirmation message) or write a self-prompt (an idea of their own that goes along with the themes stated in our info thread) that they can register via the Self-Prompt Submission/registration Form. It’s similar to a fest in the way that writers remain anonymous in terms of what fic they’re writing for a period of time. There will be first be anon reveals of the fics, followed by author reveals. The due date is in August and if you want to participate, please read the full thread of the event below. https://twitter.com/minchanwriters/status/1669692348912091137?s=46&t=YHhnXl4aDtt9TCkD_nGckA
Then you can either claim a prompt from the prompt list or register your own self-prompt.
The theme weeks you mentioned are hosted by another account, @channiewriters. It’s part of their “Summer of Ships” event and since this week is MinChan week, we merely retweeted/quote-tweeted the tweets to help with promotion. If you have additional questions concerning their event, we suggest reaching out to the mod of that account.
Would it be okay to DM you to kinda tell you about the story I want to write because I’m not 100% sure it would fit the criteria 🙃
Of course! -💻
Hi, can you add the Wedding Week Event infos to the carrd? Thank you!
Hi! It's been added!
hi! for the wedding week event—are we allowed to claim more than 1 prompt if we already finished the first one or something?
Hi! And yes, you can claim a second prompt from the prompt list after you’ve submitted your first fic! You may also work on both a claimed prompt and a self-prompt simultaneously.
Hello, do we have to post the work on AO3? Is it allowed to post in another web and or on twitter?
Hi! I’m not sure if you’re referring to our “Wedding Week” event or just the account in general. But for the “Wedding Week” event, submissions will be required to be through AO3 as we will be having an anon period where readers won’t know which writer wrote which fic. It’ll be followed by author reveals where we’ll reveal who wrote what fic(s). If your question is about the account as a whole though, then your fics can be on different platforms including Twitter. Simply make sure you’re following the account’s content rules when you tag us in your promo tweets!
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Hi! I would like to ask something regarding the minchan event, this is my first time joining this kind of even so I'm still a new. How should I send the confirmation? Should I send a pdf file or a document file of the fic? 😅
Hi! So right now we’re in the signups and prompting phase. If you definitely think you’ll be joining, we recommend signing up via RSVP link so that we can have on record of you as a participant. It also has an option to input your email if you wanna be apart of the weekly emails.
Next week on June 26th, we’ll open claiming and sell-prompt submission. If you’re writing your own idea then you’ll fill out “Self-Prompt Submission” form as way to register your idea. From there, we’ll send you a confirmation Dm/email. In the confirmation email, we’ll include a link to our AO3 event collection. Whenever your fic is ready, you’ll simply use the link to post your work to the even collection. It’s the same as normally posting on AO3, it’ll just add your fic to both the collection and keep it hidden and anonymous until reveals.
hi, do you accept language other than english?
Hi! I’m not sure if you’re referring to the Wedding Week event or the account as a whole? But authors that write in a language other than English can tag the account for promotion for their fics! It'll just be on a trust basis that they are following the account rules. In terms of the Wedding Week event, if you’re participating via self-prompt submission then you can write in a language other than English. But if you claim a prompt from the prompt list, then the fic will need to be English as all prompts will be in English.
hi! are we allowed to make nsfw content with the sfw bingo card?
Hi! And yes, you can make nsfw content with the sfw bingo cards! As long as you are 18 and above and follow the other rules and guidelines! -💻
Can we write nsfw fics even for sfw cards?
Yes! As long you are 18 and above, you can write nsfw works based off of the sfw cards. Just be sure to tag your fics properly. Thanks!
Hi I just wanted to know why you're having your bingo event when there's a mnchn bingo currently going on until end of May?
Hi! We're well aware of the other bingo and when we were planning our own event, we took note of their account's timeline/schedule. Originally that bingo was supposed to end at the end of April and they didn't announce an extension till yesterday (which is till May 14th, not the end of May.) By then we had not only planned everything for MnChn May mini bingo, but had also made announcements on our account about a flash event (with dates) and posted teasers. It was never our intention to overlap with the other bingo time-wise, but we had no way of knowing nor predicting that the other event would give a last minute extension. So rather than cancel our event, the mods deemed it best to move forward with our event as there is always more than enough room for everyone to celebrate MnChn.
hello! one quick question… what exactly is a flash event?
Hi! A flash event is simply a 'quick event' meaning it only lasts for a short period of time. More specifically, our flash event will last one month. And since it's only lasting a month, we'll be releasing the details Monday so that writers will have at least a week to prepare before it starts. Flash events help encourage small works and spontaneity, but also longer written works as there is a full month to submit content!
hi!! i have a little question, will you rt aus/fics in english only or can authors that write in other languages ask for fic promotion too? 🤔
Authors that write in a different language can tag us for promotion! It'll just be on a trust basis that they are following the account rules while also tagging appropriately
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