An Advent Calendar is a markdown to Christmas starting on December 1st. Generally, it is a box with small paper flaps with a treat inside that you get to open once per day. Advent Calendars have gone a more non-traditional route over the years and can now be made up of many different things, but they are all 24 days long.
The KRBK Advent Calendar will be a voluntary project in which prompts will be suggested via an interest check and then participants will be requested to choose three of the listed prompts they would be most interested in creating for. Participants will be matched up with the prompts to create one work for each day. The matching will not be first-come-first-serve. Mods will do their best to get everyone their top choice, but depending on availability, some may be given their second or third.
Participants are allowed to create one new original piece that fits the theme of their prompt. This can be anything as long as it fits and is created by you: fanart, fanfic, mood board, cosplay, playlist, etc. Plagiarizing works of any kind will result in a ban.
Example: Of the 24 prompts listed from the Interest Check, you choose mistletoe, Christmas lights, and gift giving on your sign-up form. After going through the all the top picks requested by each participant, you receive and email stating you have been matched to do Christmas lights on December 17th. You will then be required to create one new fan work centered around KRBK and Christmas lights to post on December 17th.
Sign-ups will take place after our interest check period. Once the list of prompts are determined, they will be posted on the Twitter and Tumblr account for everyone to see. There will be a sign-up form available a few days later. You will be asked to select three different prompts and what type of medium you are most interested in creating. When the sign-up period ends, all participants will be emailed which prompt they were assigned.
No. This event will run more along the lines of a ship week, in which participants are free to create their work on their own time with little to no moderating involvement. There will not be a formal check-in process, though an email will go out three times during the month of November for a quick check-in.
If you can no longer create your work, please notify a mod ASAP. There will be an option on the sign-up form to mark if someone is interested in pinch hitting should someone else drop out. Please let us know if you can no longer create your work by your designated posting date so that one of the pinch hitters can be notified.
We ask that all works be kept secret until your posting date so that the community can be surprised by the treat you are sharing with them on your advent day.
Your work will not be due until your designated posting date. IE if your posting date is December 12th, you do not need to have your piece finished until that date. You are free to post your work any time on your designated day in your time zone.
This will be a SFW and all of the posting will be on the main KRBK Events account. Your account does not have to be SFW to participate.