Changes for Pod_O_Ween 2019!

Welcome to Pod_O_Ween!




Pod_O_Ween is an informal podfic event for the Spooky Season! Crafted out of a true love of this hallowed season (and podfic!), we hope that this event will continue to grow in the years to come. For our second annual Pod_O_Ween, we've taken a look-see at last year's run, and have made a few changes! We hope that it will be just as fun as last year, while taking a bit more of the burden off of you, our pumpkins! Pod_O_Ween is an event that prides itself on being completely stress free, and so we have NO SIGN UPS, NO RESPONSIBILITIES, NO PRESSURE. All you have to do is keep your eyes peeled for this year's prompts and have a wonderful time podficcing!

GET T-T-T-T-TRICKY?

This year, our system will be slightly different. Rather than the two-option system of 2018, we're going to take the burden from your shoulders and give you some spooky prompts to get the juices flowing! Pod_O_Ween will be made up of 13 simple prompts that we're calling our TRICKS. These prompts are there to help get you inspired to make some perfectly petrifying podfic! If you are inspired by one of our prompts, please feel free to fill the prompt in whatever way takes your fancy. We'd also love to see discussion on these prompts for how they could be interpreted!

Prompts will be released as soon as we can, and you can fill the prompts at any time from the beginning of October! By no means are you obligated to fill all of these prompts! Please take our ghoulish little game at your own pace! However, if you would like to fill all of our prompts, then consider it a challenge! 

GUIDELINES :

The most important guideline is to have fun! Make sure that you enjoy what you record.

• All filled prompts must be uploaded to the Pod_O_Ween 2019 Collection by the 30th of October, to be revealed at the very last stroke of Halloween, on the 31st.
• Given that Halloween is a funky, frightening time, this opens the doors for all sorts of podfic! Dark, gritty, scary, spooky, kooky, crazy, bloody, gory, and even sexy! How you interpret the prompt is up to you! All podfic are accepted, but please also adhere to your appropriate tagging and/or warning specifics as much as you can. Feel free to run with prompts, but if you are unsure in any way about your chosen fill, our golden rule is ASK ASK ASK!
• There is no set word count, minimum or maximum. Anything that you can achieve in the time would be Spooktacular, and we'd all love to hear it!
• You may fill as many prompts, and make as treat requests, as you would like!
• We are accepting of all types of podfic, including not!fic, multi-voice podfic, experimental and alternate podfic, as well as the traditional type. We don't want to limit you: if you're inspired, go for your lives! 
• Cover art is NOT MANDATORY, however if you would like to provide cover art, please go ahead! We at Pod_O_Ween are happy to assist in any way with cover art as well, and will put up a request thread closer to the release date. If anyone would like to volunteer to help with cover art, we would love the help!
• We also have a sticker for those wishing to use cover art! Inspired by annapods and their lemon stickers, we have given little Podkin his own sticker! Link to download here!
• This is an INFORMAL event. There is no obligation to fill prompts, as this is purely for the fun of the season! As such, other than our collection deadline - there are no deadlines! We also understand that this is a rather short notice event, so please take your time and do not stress! If you would like to fill something, but are not sure what to do, we are happy to assist you in finding a fic that is right for you to the best of our ability! Please do not hesitate to message us!
• Feel free to post your fic to Dreamwidth as well as Ao3, but we will also provide a masterlist post of all podfics here!

POSTING TEMPLATE :

When it comes to posting, all we ask is that you mention somewhere the challenge, what prompt it was filled for and - in the event of treats (don't think we forgot about those), that you mention the giftee!


TREAT   YOSELF  :

We certainly haven't forgotten about treats! In true podfic event style, we will definitely be running with the concept of treats, much in the vein of the original incarnation of Pod_O_Ween. You can't have a trick without a treat after all! For treats, any person can make a request for something they would like to see in our Pod_O_Ween Collection for 2019. You can ask for anything in your treat, be it a specific fic, a trope, a fandom, the featuring of a concept, object or being, even the inclusion of specific characters. So many options!

• A trick can ALSO be a treat! You could fill one of our main prompts, and yet feature something that happens to fill someone's treat! There are so many ways to play, and we're happy for you to mix and match and fill as much as you'd like to! It's your candy, and you can put it where you want to!
• If you aren't sure of how to make your request, we have provided a prompt request template below for your convenience.

TREAT PROMPTING TEMPLATE :

<b>What would you like your treat to be (i.e. concept, fandom, etc.)?</b>
<b>Do you have any specific preferences outside of your base request? (i.e. rating, warnings, extras etc.? is there anything that the podficcer should keep in mind, filling this prompt?):</b>
<b>Do you have any questions or comments for us (the mods), or the podficcer?</b>

TIMELINE :

01.10.19 : POD_O_WEEN goes live!
25.10.19 : FINAL DATE for TREAT REQUESTS.
30.10.19 : FINAL DATE for posting to AO3 COLLECTION : follow this LINK TO POST!
31.10.19 : PODFIC REVEAL!

And that's it! We hope you have a terrifically terrifying Halloween with us! If you have any questions or queries, please feel free to reply here, or message us both on this Dreamwidth, and at @PodWeen on twitter!.

Let's get spooky with it!
- Pod_O_Ween Mod (Cain AKA. arkadyevna)