Heya Ficathoners,

First off, let me thank those who have already turned in their 2000 point checklist. You're all awesome.

This checkpoint is from: 13th February - 20th February.

As stated before, You do not need to have the 2000 words posted on Fictionpress or wherever you are intending on posting the story, but you will have to e-mail it to the Original Fiction Ficathon e-mail address: officathon@gmail.com. However, if you'd prefer to comment here with a link to your 2000+ words you can do so.

It would be helpful if you put this in your email/comment:
Name:
Challenge:
(for comments only) Email:

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE 2000 WORDS YOU SUBMIT WILL IN  NO WAY BE CONSIDERED THE FINAL VERSION, NOR WILL IT BE JUDGED. WE JUST WANT TO SEE PROOF THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON YOUR CHALLENGE. ☺

Much love,
Your Mod's

First of all, a big thanks goes out to all of you who managed to turn in your challenges on time. Unfortunately, some of you did not. Because of this, we are looking for 11 back-up writers. Because of the short amount of time, the back-up writers only need to write 2000 words by the deadline.

Those of you who already have a challenge may apply to be a back up writer, but both challenges must be submitted by the deadline.

If you are interested, please fill out the following form:

Name:
Email:
First Preference:
Second Preference:
Third Preference:

Example:
Name: Abby Johnson
Email: jabby07@email.com
First Preference: 3
Second Preference: 10
Third Preference: 23

 Thanks for all your cooperation!
The Mods

To those who completed the 1000 word checkpoint, CONGRATULATIONS! You lot are amazing and absolute stars. Next up, 2000 word checkpoint on February 10th - February 17th. :P

Sadly, the following people have not submitted their 1000 words. If your name is on the list and we do not receive the 1000 words from you by the 20th of January you will be blacklisted from the next session. E-mails have been sent out  as well.

Also we are looking for a back-up writer for Challenge #17. Back up writers will not have to do the 1000 word checkpoint. If you are already doing one challenge and would like to do this challenge as well, you are allowed to do so. However, both challenges will have to have the same priority (ie. 2000/+ words by the 10th of February). If you have any other questions/concerns about being a back up writer please comment on this post.

Hello there writers!

I (calybe) had made a mistake in the last post, the 1000 word checkpoint actually starts from the 10th of January, not the first week of January. I'm really sorry about any stress & trauma I might have caused by that. Nevertheless, thank you to the people who submitted their 1000 words already, you guys are stars!

This checkpoint is from: 10th January - 17th January.

As stated before, You do not need to have the 1000 words posted on Fictionpress or wherever you are intending on posting the story, but you will have to e-mail it to the Original Fiction Ficathon e-mail address: officathon@gmail.com. However, if you'd prefer to comment here with a link to your 1000+ words you can do so.

It would be helpful if you put this in your email/comment:
Name:
Challenge:
(for comments only) Email:

If you're having problems with your story/time management, now is the time to voice these concerns! We will be appealing for back-up writers soon.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE 1000 WORDS YOU SUBMIT WILL IN  NO WAY BE CONSIDERED THE FINAL VERSION, NOR WILL IT BE JUDGED. WE JUST WANT TO SEE PROOF THAT YOU'RE WORKING ON YOUR CHALLENGE. ☺

Much love,
Your Mod's

 

Happy Holidays to everyone.

This is just a reminder that the first week of January will be the 1000 word checkpoint. Make sure that you at least have 1000 words ready by then!

You do not need to have the 1000 words posted on Fictionpress or wherever you are intending on posting the story, but you will have to e-mail it to the Original Fiction Ficathon e-mail address: officathon@gmail.com .

If you have any questions please check the FAQ's first, otherwise please comment here.

First of all, if you still haven't confirmed that you have received your challenge, please do so here. It is very important that you do so.

Secondly, if you have any questions/concerns about the challenge you received please comment to this post in the following format:

Name:
Email:
Challenge Number:
Question/Concern:

We will then relay your questions/concerns to the person who issued the challenge and get back to you.

All comments are screened.

Much Love & Cheers,
Your Mods

The Challenges have been sent out. If you did not receive your challenge please comment with your name and email address as shown below:

Name: Participant
Email: whatever@email.com

Otherwise, if you have received your challenge, please comment with 'confirmed'.

All comments will be screened.

Love & Cheers,
Your Mods

OK, so the deadline of submitting your requests has finished and now it's time to send the challenges. The list has been compiled (those who hadn't submitted their requests have been assigned one by the mods), and you shall receive your challenges before the end of this week.
As a reminder:
Dates of the ficathon (subject to change):
Sign-Up Deadline: 1st November
Request (Top 5) Deadline: 1st December
Assignments Given Out:  10th December
Writing Checkpoint #1: 10th January
Writing Checkpoint #2: 10th February
Writing Deadline: 10th March

Have fun!

Loads of love and cheers,
Your Mods

An email has been sent out to everyone confirming their participation in Official Ficathon Session 5. If you did not receive an email please comment on this post with (comments will be screened):

Name:
E-mail Address:

Also, a reminder that everyone has to post their preference of challenges over here, not anywhere else.

Edit: The FAQ has been updated. If you still have questions, please post them over there.

Edit 2: A new email of confirmation has been sent to everyone. If you didn't receive that one either, please comment on this post.

Much love and cheers,
Your Mods

 Sorry for the delay, but the challenges are finally up. There are thirty-seven. For those of you who attempted to sign up after November 1st, your challenges were not accepted as the deadline for sign-ups had already passed. However, you are all still free to sign up for the next session.

Please read all of the challenges below, under the LJ cut, then select your top five choices. Fill in the following form and post as a comment. All of the posts are screened so there is no need to worry about someone else seeing your choices.

Name:
Email:
First Preference:
Second Preference:
Third Preference:
Fourth Preference:
Fifth Preference:

Example:
Name: Abby Johnson
Email: jabby07@email.com
First Preference: 3
Second Preference: 10
Third Preference: 23
Fourth Preference: 36
Fifth Preference: 7

You will have until the 1st to do this. After that time, those who have not sent in their preferences will be randomly allocated a challenge.

Not everyone gets the challenge s/he wants, but the moderators do try to be fair when distributing the challenges. Sometimes conflict is unavoidable.