winterknights | Oct. 11th, 2023

Winter Holiday Prompt Fest
Guidelines & Rules

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winterknights is a prompt based holiday fest for the Merlin fandom! If you can not find something that inspires you from the list of prompts, you can use any winter holiday themed idea!

# Fic submissions must be at least 500 words long. There is no upper word limit, so if you want to write something that is 30,000 words you are more than welcome to. We do not accept AI generated fics.

# Submissions can be any rating, any pairing/moresome, and any genre. This applies to both fic and art.

# All submissions must have a theme of any holiday held during December. This includes Christmas, Hanukkah, Traditional Yule, Winter Solstice, or New Years celebrations.

# Prompts are available for use by everyone and can be used by multiple participants.

# You can use as many prompts as you wish, in any combination you wish.
(E.g Merlin and Arthur want to go somewhere warm for the holidays + picture prompt of a beach + "I'm sick of freezing my bits off" + watching an eclipse.)

# You are more than welcome to submit more than one entry. The more the merrier!

# Art can be any of the following: Traditional art (pencil, painting, digital etc.), photo manipulations, graphics or handmade crafts e.g Christmas tree ornaments. AI generated art is not accepted for this fest. We also welcome podfic, fanmixes, and more. If you have a question about what is allowed, please just ask!

# All content is allowed, providing it is properly warned for.

# Participation is through registering your interest on the sign-up post and giving an indication if you will submit Fic, Art or Other. Sign ups will close one week before entries are due.

# All entries must be emailed to WINTERKNIGHTSFEST at GMAIL dot COM

# There will be no penalties if you cannot fulfill your registered interest in this fest. December is a busy time of year for everyone, and this is supposed to be fun and relaxed, everyone knows that Real Life gets in the way of our fandom lives from time to time. We just ask that you please let us know if you can't fulfill your signup! Thank you!

# Don't forget to to add

winterknights to your friends list, so that you don't miss any important information regarding the fest.

# If for whatever reason you need to pull out, please just email the mods at WINTERKNIGHTSFEST at GMAIL dot COM and let them know that you need to pull out.

# If you’re submitting fic please ensure that it has been beta read, is free from errors, and that you are happy for it to be posted as it is received. If for whatever reason your regular beta is unavailable, let the mods know and we will see what we can do.

# Please use the following header (or check out the current year's submission into):

# Submissions are due by December 2.

# Submissions will be posted by

winter_mod either under the participants name, or anonymously, depending on the participants choice, with reveals occurring in the New Year, within the first week of January.

# Any questions can be sent to WINTERKNIGHTSFEST at GMAIL dot COM.