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Hi everyone! This post is just to let you know that I haven't forgotten you or foreman_fest. The community is undergoing some management changes at the moment, but more info on another round of the fest will be coming to you from earlwyn in a few weeks. Hopefully by then we'll have some more new episodes to liven things up. Thanks everyone -- we appreciate your patience!

Hi everyone -- we concluded the speed round of Foreman Fest yesterday! You can see the stories written in the community memories. Thank you very much to everyone who participated!

All right, guys! Here are the rules for the speed round again:

• To claim a prompt, please comment with the number and the actual prompt itself (just copy and paste it).
  
• Once a prompt has been claimed, it will be crossed off the list.
  
• Only one claim at a time per person, because the round is only a month long. If you write one and then want to write more, you can definitely do so before the end of the fest (and we will love you forever for it).
  
• Stories should be at least 1000 words (and finished, not WIPs). They should be spellchecked. We recommend getting a beta reader.
  
• If a prompt specifies a pairing, the story should have that pairing. If a prompt specifies gen, the story should be gen. If the prompt doesn't specify either, you can do whatever you want with it!
  
• Posting starts on August 25 and runs until September 25.

As always, if you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask. Thanks again, and happy claiming!

( Master list behind the cut )

OKAY, YOU GUYS! earlwyn and I have decreed that the month between the release of the season three DVDs and the season four premiere would be a grand time for a Foreman Fest Speed Round (or, for Wilson fans, a SPEEEEED Round). Because nobody starts their stories until the week before they're due, anyway!

It's going to work basically the same as the last round. We'll make a new post with the list of prompts. You claim 'em; we cross 'em off. The list will remain open until the fest is over. Stories should be at least 1000 words (and finished, not WIPs). We're not going to be hardasses, but we would all appreciate it if the stories were in by the deadline.

There will be a couple of changes:

• We won't be collecting new prompts at this time, because we still have a LOT left from the last round. (That doesn't mean we won't collect more in the future!)
  
• Only one claim at a time per person, because the round is only a month long. If you write one and then want to write more, you can definitely do so before the end of the fest (and we will love you forever for it).
  
• You will proofread and spellcheck your stories! The list of beta readers is still up, too. Speed Round is no excuse for sloppiness.
  
• Since we're so close to the beginning of season four, be sure to warn for spoilers if your story has any.

THE SCHEDULE:

August 21 - PROMPTS POST GOES UP, CLAIMS OPEN (and season 3 DVDs drop)
August 25 - POSTING STARTS
September 25 - ROUND TWO CLOSES (and season 4 premieres!)

I said before that any claims which aren't completed and posted by the start of Round 2 will be thrown back into the pool. This means that on August 21, if you haven't finished your claims from the last round, you sacrifice those prompts and somebody else can claim them and write them. (You can try to re-claim them yourself, but there's no guarantee that you'll actually get them.) So if you're still working on something from Round 1, now would be a really good time to finish it! (Note to self ...)

Hey, guys. It looks like there are a lot of us who want/need an extension, and the two-weekers are winning the poll, so let's go ahead and extend the deadline to July 15. If you can get your story or stories in before then, that would be terrific.

Also, if for any reason you feel that you're not going to be able to complete your claims, you can let me know in a comment and we'll put the prompt back for the next round.

Thanks!

Hi everyone! This is just a quick reminder that stories for foreman_fest are due on or before June 30. That's two weeks from today. Thank you to everyone who has posted so far!

Also, if you're in need of a beta reader (and we encourage everyone to have their story looked over by a beta before posting), you can check out the list of volunteers here.

Thanks, guys!

Hi folks -- this is just to let you know that the prompts post will remain open until tonight at midnight EST, so if you have any you'd like to add, you can still do so.

There will be a brand new post tomorrow with all the prompts, numbered and in some sort of semblance of order, so people can make claims. I'm going to make that post at noon EST, to try and accommodate as many time zones as possible. Claims will not start until tomorrow.

Thanks, everyone!

This is the prompt collection post for foreman_fest.

1. Anyone can submit prompts, whether you plan to write or not.

2. You can submit as many prompts as you like (in as many comments as you like) and they can be as broad or as narrow as you like. Because we're easy.

3. Anything is game: slash, het, gen, crossovers, AUs, crack!fic -- there are no limits! The only rule is that Foreman needs to be the prominent character.

Examples:

Foreman/Cameron - "We're not friends. We're colleagues."
Foreman/Chase - polo
Gen - Foreman and Wilson go golfing and have an awesome time
AU - Foreman and Cuddy are ninjas in space
Foreman's thoughts on Chase/Cameron - WTF is up with that, anyway?
Years ago, Foreman went to Hogwarts. Foreman/Draco plz!

This post will remain open for prompts until midnight EST, April 20! Then we'll collect them and list them in a separate post for claims.

The prompts collection phase is now OVER! Stay tuned for the masterlist and claims post, which will go live tomorrow at NOON EST.