OUaF Schedule 2022!

[crantz]

Once Upon a Fic Exchange returns for another year!

2022 Schedule:

Nomination Period: January 16th, Sunday to January 30th, 11:59 PM Sunday
Sign Ups: February 6th, Sunday to February 16th, 11:59 PM Wednesday
Assignments out: February 18th, Friday
No-Fault Deadline: April 17th, 11:59 PM Sunday
Deadline: May 8th, 11:59 PM Sunday
Archive Goes Live: May 13th, 4:59 PM Friday
Anon Period Ends: May 20th, 4:59 PM Friday

(all times in CST/CDT, CDT begins on March 13th)


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Comments

[reflectedeve]

I'm so excited for this!

I didn't participate in nominations last year, so quick question - if I have nominations I'm considering which might be borderline as far as eligibility goes, what's the best way (re: mod preferences) to check up on that? Email, comment, just try nominating and see what happens?

[crantz]

Might as well just ask here! What are they?

[reflectedeve]

All right then!

Well, first I have The Widow and the Devil, a ballad which was apparently written a lot more recently than I had thought! (I had also considered The Queen and the Soldier, but apparently that's also rather contemporary!)

Then there's the story which is variously referred to as "The Velvet Ribbon," "The Green Ribbon,""The Girl With The Green Ribbon," and "The Adventure of the German Student" - I first encountered it as a kiddo in Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, but it has an older and convoluted history. There are a few different versions here, along with speculation that the tale originated with the French Revolution and the guillotine. There's a bit more information about its history and different versions (1984, 1970, 1851?, 1824) here and here.

I have plenty of other (definitely eligible) things I'd be interested in for this event, but I thought these might be fun and worth at least inquiring about! Thank you so much for taking a look (and for the exchange in general).

[crantz]

All right - the widow and the devil is unfortunately too recent but there's an exchange called Jukebox just for songs that I absolutely recommend, it's run by my co-mod Morbane. jukebox_fest!

As for The Velvet Ribbon, I looked at your links and if you can find a non-video source of any of the alternate stories and submit that, we'll accept that version. I quite like the story and was interested to find out how far back it went!

[reflectedeve]

That makes sense - and thank you for the rec! I'll check that other exchange out.

As far as The Velvet Ribbon goes ... how "official" does the link need to be? (I know a lot of the fairy tales from past years have been hosted at wikipedia or pitt.edu, which are considered relatively authoritative.) The Washington Irving version does exist on Project Gutenberg, but it's not my preference - it's too specific, with a definite location/time period and characterization that doesn't exist in the others that I've come across. That makes it rather less flexible, for retelling purposes.

Most of the more familiar, and more folklore/oral tradition-inflected versions, only seem to be available through blog posts: post #1 has several versions, two of which are attributed; post #2 and post #3 are basically identical, and post #4 is a very short version reporting the basic archetype. I like all four, as far as story goes, but would appreciate mod input!

[crantz]

Post #1 is acceptable! We can use it in the source post. Just choose which version you want when you nominate.

[reflectedeve]

Gotcha! Thank you so much!

[crantz]

Thank you for checking ahead with us AND digging up the relevant links!

[laufire]

One question, out of curioustu: how many fandoms will we be able to request for our sign ups (as requests, and as offers)?

[crantz]

From the FAQ!:

Then during sign ups, you will request 4-10 tales, and offer to write 4-10 tales, with up to 8 characters each, and you will be matched up on one fandom and one character to write, and someone will be matched to you in the same way.