Big Bang - First Check-in reminder!

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The first check-in for Big Bang authors is coming up on 1 December 2011. This means that all authors need to email the mods at narniaficexchange@gmail.com with their basic story outline by this date. The next check-in will be 2 January 2012.

A few people have also asked whether it's okay for their stories to be different from what they posted in their signup. This is absolutely fine! You are not bound by the prompts you posted in signups. We understand that inspiration changes and stories don't always go in the direction we originally intended them to.

Also, don't forget that artist signups are still open!

Narnia Christmas Card Exchange

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Hello everyone! We have another new event for everyone to enjoy! As Christmas is fast approaching, we thought it would be fun and festive for narniaexchange to host a Narnia Christmas Card Exchange! This will operate in a similar fashion to the Original Narnia Fic Exchange, but with a couple of major differences.

1) The "Christmas cards" will be drabbles! This means that you will write a mini-fic of exactly 100 words. This is a very different challenge to writing full-length fic. Part of the fun is trying to choose your wording precisely so that your final product is 100 words, not 99 or 101! Remember, the idea is that your drabble could fit inside a Christmas card.

2) For this exchange, the author’s name will appear on the "card" when it is first posted, rather than waiting until the end for a reveal. The reason is that it is going to run over a much shorter time period than the NFE exchange which happens in the summer, and the entries will be much shorter.

As with the summer NFE, participants will sign up stating what areas of the fandom and genres of fic they are most comfortable with writing, as well as a brief description of what they would like to receive. The mods will then pair everyone up, and send out the prompts to each author. Then you all go off and write a 100 word drabble based on the request. The best part is that the low word count means those of you writing Big Bang fics can still participate -- it might even be a welcome distraction! The signup post is here.

( Rules and such back here )