What exactly are open-use “scenarios”?

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HP Femslash Minifest will be collecting open-use scenarios that are related to the mod prompts. We want to give a bit more clarity and context to this before our new prompting post goes live.

Theses scenarios are meant to be starting off points for creators who are looking for a little inspiration. They should be general scenes, quotes, situations, or ideas that creators can use to jump start their work. They are NOT meant to be overly long or detailed and should not be tied to any specific character/pairing/gen.

• Scenarios can be submitted for OTPs, OT3s, BroTPs or single characters.
• They should be written without names (use Character A, Character B instead).
• Scenarios can give general details about a character if they are relevant to the rest of the prompt (eg. Character A, a soft butch, is cutting her hair short for the first time, Character B, the hair stylist, is very attracted to this new client.)
• Indicating that a prompt is cross-gen is acceptable as long as the scenario does not dictate which gens of characters should be written about (eg. Character A, an older woman, hires Character B, her child’s classmate, to do XYZ. What happens when Character B starts coming on to her employer?)
• Scenarios should not include squicks or maximum ratings as it is the content consumer’s job to read tags and cultivate their own experiences with this fest. We are not in the business of restricting creators. If you have questions please visit our Rules & FAQs.
• Scenarios need to be relevant to the mod-issued prompts for the current cycle and can include 1, a combination of 2, or all 3 of the mod prompts.
• All scenario prompts will be submitted via an Airtable Form linked in that cycle’s prompting post.
• All scenario prompts will be available for viewing immediately via an Airtable Gallery linked in that cycle’s prompting post.
• Prompting for a specific cycle will close on the 15th of the second month (eg. Prompting for June/July 2019 will close on July 15)
• The prompting form and gallery will be available for the entirety of the cycle so check back often!
• Since these scenarios are open-use there will be no claiming process. We do ask that if a creator chooses to use one of these scenarios that they mention it when they publish.
• Submitting a scenario does not guarantee that a creator will make something for it.
• Any scenarios submitted that do not adhere to these guidelines will be deleted by the mods.

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