So upon signing up you wait until the story ideas are posted and then you pick from them? Or are you allowed to use your own story ideas?

The story ideas are the writer's own. The fic has to fulfill the requirements for this challenge. Meaning that it has to meet the word count minimum, it has to focus on any of the bands listed in the info post, and, when the rough draft is turned in, it has to have a summary.


How do you become partnered with a mixer or artist?

We will post the fic summaries at the mixers and artists' claim posts. Artists and mixers will claim which ever summary they want.

Once all the summaries have been claimed, the Mod Team will email the drafts to the artists and/or mixers with the writer's information.

This year, we have an optional component in which writers can collaborate with their artist and/or mixer after the claim posts are closed. As stated in the post above:

During sign-ups, writers will be asked if they are open to collaborating with their mixers/artists. This is opt-in and in no way guarantees that your mixer or artist will want to collaborate.

Hope this has cleared up things for you. Let us know if you have any more questions.