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ds_recsredux2008-08-28 10:55 am
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dS Match Recvitational
Hello all you starry-eyed reccers out there!
As most of you probably know, the due South Match competition begins today over at![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
ds_flashfiction. Over the next two weeks, 28 stories will be posted and presented for your judgement. You can vote for your favourite Team Reality or Team Whimsy story, and provide the anonymous author with feedback. Since we here at ds_recsredux are, um, invested in the Match, we wanted to take things a step further. The last week of August and most of September is dS Match Month here at dS Recs, and we'll be running a little contest of our own.
From today until the end of September you can rec your favourite Match stories from the current challenge. Post a rec per day. Post recs sets at the end of each week. Give us a running commentary on the stories as they go up. Debate the merits of each Reality and Whimsy story. Speculate on author identity. Tell us why a particular fic worked for you, and let everyone in the fandom know why they might want to read it, too.
After the winner of the Match is announced *cough Team Reality cough* and the author names are revealed, you'll have an extra week to post your story recs. We'll close the Match Recvitational Challenge on Sunday, September 28th. And the top three reccers (aka those who posted the most story recs) will win a fabulous prize!
Potential prizes include a podfic recording of your choice, snippets, ficlets or a short story, fannish artwork, song mixes, vids, icons or banners, or beta services/concrit feedback for your own stories. We're still sorting out the prize donation system, so watch this space for more details.
So, if posting some recs, talking about the Match fics and winning a SPECTACULAR PRIZE appeals to you, we hope you'll consider participating!
dS Match Recvitational Rules
1. Current Match participants (those who have written stories for the contest, or served as a backup writer) are not eligible to participate in the recs contest. After the Match is over and the author names are revealed, however, participants are more than welcome to post recs.
2. You can post as few or as many recs as you like. Top reccers will be awarded a prize, and we also hope to offer participation prizes for everyone who posts a rec. This is a great way to get involved, and so even if you've never recommended a story before, I hope you'll give it a shot. Fandom needs you!
3. To avoid a single story being recced over and over by various people, we ask that no story be recced more than 3 times. If you read a Match story you absolutely love, please race on over here and tell us all about it! Don't hesitate, or someone else will rec it first!
4. Your rec should follow the formatting guidelines ofds_recsredux (including headers and LJ-cuts, a description of which you can find on the community profile page). We also ask that you try to make your recs as substantial as possible. A one-sentence explanation for why you liked each fic is fine, but we hope you'll say a bit more about the story and why you feel it's worth reccing/voting for. Because the Match is anonymous and there is an instant voting system tied into it, writers don't receive a lot of feedback for their Match stories. Both teams have worked incredibly hard on their fics, and your rec is a chance to get people talking about the story. It's a great boost for authors, so don't be afraid to go into detail about why you think the story is the bee's knees :-)
5. Have fun! We're all here because we love to read, so enjoy yourself!
Good luck in the first Recvitational! Please pimp this contest in your journal, and spread the word about the Match!
As most of you probably know, the due South Match competition begins today over at
ds_flashfiction. Over the next two weeks, 28 stories will be posted and presented for your judgement. You can vote for your favourite Team Reality or Team Whimsy story, and provide the anonymous author with feedback. Since we here at ds_recsredux are, um, invested in the Match, we wanted to take things a step further. The last week of August and most of September is dS Match Month here at dS Recs, and we'll be running a little contest of our own.From today until the end of September you can rec your favourite Match stories from the current challenge. Post a rec per day. Post recs sets at the end of each week. Give us a running commentary on the stories as they go up. Debate the merits of each Reality and Whimsy story. Speculate on author identity. Tell us why a particular fic worked for you, and let everyone in the fandom know why they might want to read it, too.
After the winner of the Match is announced *cough Team Reality cough* and the author names are revealed, you'll have an extra week to post your story recs. We'll close the Match Recvitational Challenge on Sunday, September 28th. And the top three reccers (aka those who posted the most story recs) will win a fabulous prize!
Potential prizes include a podfic recording of your choice, snippets, ficlets or a short story, fannish artwork, song mixes, vids, icons or banners, or beta services/concrit feedback for your own stories. We're still sorting out the prize donation system, so watch this space for more details.
So, if posting some recs, talking about the Match fics and winning a SPECTACULAR PRIZE appeals to you, we hope you'll consider participating!
dS Match Recvitational Rules
1. Current Match participants (those who have written stories for the contest, or served as a backup writer) are not eligible to participate in the recs contest. After the Match is over and the author names are revealed, however, participants are more than welcome to post recs.
2. You can post as few or as many recs as you like. Top reccers will be awarded a prize, and we also hope to offer participation prizes for everyone who posts a rec. This is a great way to get involved, and so even if you've never recommended a story before, I hope you'll give it a shot. Fandom needs you!
3. To avoid a single story being recced over and over by various people, we ask that no story be recced more than 3 times. If you read a Match story you absolutely love, please race on over here and tell us all about it! Don't hesitate, or someone else will rec it first!
4. Your rec should follow the formatting guidelines of
ds_recsredux (including headers and LJ-cuts, a description of which you can find on the community profile page). We also ask that you try to make your recs as substantial as possible. A one-sentence explanation for why you liked each fic is fine, but we hope you'll say a bit more about the story and why you feel it's worth reccing/voting for. Because the Match is anonymous and there is an instant voting system tied into it, writers don't receive a lot of feedback for their Match stories. Both teams have worked incredibly hard on their fics, and your rec is a chance to get people talking about the story. It's a great boost for authors, so don't be afraid to go into detail about why you think the story is the bee's knees :-) 5. Have fun! We're all here because we love to read, so enjoy yourself!
Good luck in the first Recvitational! Please pimp this contest in your journal, and spread the word about the Match!
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