Final Submission Guidelines

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Dearest writers,

Some of you, incredibly, are already done with your fic, so we figured we’d better go over the guidelines of submission before they come back from beta. Anyone planning to submit MUST READ THIS.

1) Please remember when you submit and when you ask us questions to include your LJ name or pen name (the one you signed up with - and if you change your LJ or name mid-fest TELL US) either in the subject or in your email. We have you sorted on all our master lists by your LJ name or pen name, not by your email address, which is normally light-years from your LJ name or pen name.

2) On that vein, when you email/submit your fic to us (via baekyeolexchange@gmail.com), PLEASE format your email as such:

Subject: [FINAL SUBMISSION] (your username) for (recipient's username)
or
Subject: [EXTENSION REQUEST] (your username)
Subject: [DROP-OUT] (your username) we don’t want to see this one /looks stern/
etc.

When you submit your document, you may title it whatever you like, but please add your LJ name or pen name, also. Example: Breakfast by baeconandeggs.doc, or Breakfast by baeconandeggs.docx, or Breakfast by baeconandeggs.txt

3) GUIDELINES


a. Minimum word count for a fic is 2000 words.

b. Your fic mustn't be beta read, but is highly advised, because it should be free of spelling and grammar issues. The mods will be proofreading all fics and fix the occasional typo, so please consider to have your fic betaed by one or more beta readers to help lessen our job ;)

c. There are no rating restrictions, but please bear in mind that anything with a "mature" (R to NC-17) rating will be posted under a "mature content" cut and have a "mature content" rating.

d. Fics cannot be part of a series you are writing, or be a sequel/prequel to one of your fics (or anyone else's). It must be a stand-alone work.

e. Please attach your fic to the email as a Word document (.doc or .docx) or .txt


4) Every story must use our uniform header, which is below. Please don't name your beta by name in your author's notes. You may only refer to them by initial or without names, because the readers may know you via your beta readers and it could be a giveaway to your identity. So please don't do it. We'll post your beta-reader's name later after reveals!

When submitting, please copy and paste the following header information into the body of your email and the top of your document.

<b>Author:</b> <lj user="your username">
<b>Recipient:</b> <lj user="your recipient's username">
<b>Title:</b>
<b>Word Counts:</b>
<b>Side Pairing(s):</b>
<b>Rating:</b>
<b>Warning(s):</b> <lj-spoiler title="click to open"> your warning(s) here </lj-spoiler>
<small><b>Disclaimer:</b>The celebrities' names/images are merely borrowed and do not represent who the celebrities are in real life. No offense is intended towards them, their families or friends. The original characters and plot are the property of the author. No money is being made from this fictional work. No copyright infringement is intended.</small>
<b>Summary:</b>
<b>Author's Note:</b>


<lj-cut text="some short texts to appeal the readers">
<table width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="margin:0px auto; text-align: justify;"><tbody><tr><td>
(your story here)
</table>
</lj-cut>

5) Make sure to include all HTML tags (<i>italic</i>, <b>bold</b>, <u>underline</u>, break between paragraphs, and so on)

Please note: If your LJ account is deleted for any reason, it will be seen as an automatic withdrawal from the fest and your assignment will be reassigned to a pinch-hitter. If you plan to delete it temporarily, email the mods ahead of time and you may be granted a pass depending on the circumstances.

All fics will be posted in baeconandeggs. For entries with word counts more than 10k, we'll post it in our AO3's page.

For your reference, once again, our email is: baekyeolexchange@gmail.com. Email us if you have any issues/questions, etc. and/or comment here with any questions, etc. pertaining to the submission guidelines. And PLEASE email or mention us on Twitter if you are having any issues at all! We really do like hearing from you.

YOU HAVE UNTIL

April 27th, 11:59 p.m. Korea Standard Time

TO SUBMIT YOUR STORY