General

Write a brand new Kirk/Spock fic based on the art you’re assigned!

• Finished, edited fics must be between 5,000 and 10,000 words long.
• Fics should be beta read prior to posting and represent your best effort.
• Your fic must be posted in its entirety on your assigned posting date.
• Finished fics must be posted to AO3 for at least one year following the end of the challenge. Your work may be locked to logged-in users.
• You may register as both an artist and author, but authors may not claim their own art.

Fic content

As long as it’s based around the art you’re assigned, you have creative license to create whatever you want!

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The use of generative AI is prohibited.

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• The fic must be based on the art you are assigned and prominently feature the pairing Kirk/Spock.
  • You’re not writing a commission fic, so you have a lot of creative freedom, but be sure to discuss your ideas with the artist!
  • Please defer to the artist about details that appear in their art and prompt, such as the Trek universe, and whether the art supports a NSFW fic or any major archive warning.
• Since your fic will be based on a piece of art, it may not be part of an existing series or a sequel to another fic—even if you have worked with the same artist in the past.
• If the artist did not specify, then Kirk/Spock doesn't have to be endgame, but please consider your audience.
• Other pairings are permitted as long as Kirk/Spock (or Kirk & Spock) is the most prominent. Check with your artist about side ships in case they didn’t imagine them in the story.
• You may write NSFW fiction if the artist you’ve been assigned specifically okayed it (the art will be marked at claims time!)
• We have no general content restrictions. All fiction genres and Star Trek universes are allowed, as well as all tropes and AUs, including fusions and crossovers.

A note about pinch-hit writers:

Emergencies happen. In every reverse bang, when an author has to withdraw, we rely on seasoned writers who can work with just about any art prompt and with a tight turnaround. To take on this role, you must be good with time management, flexible, work well under pressure, and be able to produce a fic in time for a team’s original posting date. (If possible, we’ll try to buy you extra time, but this doesn’t always work out.)

Pinch-hitters are held to the same rules as everyone else. Signing up for the role puts you on the contact list, but you’re not obligated to write anything unless you accept an assignment.

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Event rules are given in good faith, and we ask you follow them in the same spirit. We will not debate the meaning or reasoning behind a specific rule with any participant. You are free to ask for clarification on any point, but the mods have final say in how the rules are enforced.

This is a hate-free event. If we learn that any participant has engaged in bullying, hate, or harassment on social media, Discord, AO3, another site, or as a participant in a different event, their invitation will be permanently rescinded without warning.