Spring Trope Challenge 2023 - Rules and Sign-up Post

[rarepairs_mod]

Hello everyone and welcome to the Spring Trope Challenge at rarepair_shorts. The Ao3 collection is here. This will be a low pressure event which runs from March 1 - April 30. Feel free to join us on Discord.

We have a list of 60 randomly generated tropes. There are three levels to the challenge (easy, medium, and hard). For the easy level, give us one number from the list, medium level two numbers, and the hard level three numbers. Your fic can be inspired by the tropes or all tropes can actually be present in it, the choice is up to you.

Reply to this post and (1) Specify what level you want (easy, medium, or hard); then (2) Give us random number/s, which will correspond to the tropes/s you will receive based on your level. For example:

Option # 1: Easy, 34
Option # 2: Medium, 22, 46
Option # 3: Hard, 10, 35, 57

We will reply to your comment telling you your trope/s.

Like the last time, your comments will be screened, and our comments will be visible. Please don't share with others which numbers you chose. We don't want people to figure out which numbers correspond with which tropes - that spoils the fun. If you pick more than one prompt then we will provide them alphabetically rather than by corresponding number.

Headline
In the Subject line of your post, please use the following format:
Spring Trope Challenge: Title of fic (Pairing)
e.g. Spring Trope Challenge: An Unfortunate Coincidence (Ginny/Blaise)

Body
In the body of your post, please use the following format:
Title:
Pairing:
Rating:
Word Count: (Remember, no less than 250 and no more than 2500!)
Summary:
Author's Notes:
Link: (link to work on Ao3)

<b>Title:</b><br> <b>Pairing:</b><br> <b>Rating:</b><br> <b>Word Count:</b><br> <b>Summary:</b><br> <b>Author's Notes:</b><br> <b>Link:</b><br>

(We encourage everyone to post to the Ao3 collection! If you don't have an Ao3 account, you can link to the work posted elsewhere, or use the 'cut' function to post it directly to this community.)

Tags
You need a total of four tags on each post - the usual three tags (fic category, your username, ship name) plus the tag "spring trope challenge 2023". Some of your tags might not exist yet, so we'll add them for you - don't worry about that. Please email us if you need a tag, or comment on this post. Our email is: rarepairshorts@gmail.com. (Please do not email the old mod account, we do not have access to it!)

Tags example: *slash, user:digthewriter, pairing: ginny/blaise, .fest: spring trope challenge 2023

Other things you need to know

1. You can choose any pairing you want so long as it's not on this list.
2. The minimum word count for this fest is 250 words, and the maximum is 2500 words.
3. You may sign up as many times as you want, but we do ask that you complete your previous prompt before signing up for another one, unless you default as specified below.
4. You can change your prompt up to three times if you really feel that you can’t work with it. Just leave another comment stating you would like new prompts.
5. Sign ups are open through April 30 if you work best with a last-minute challenge, but the Ao3 collection will close promptly on April 30!
6. This fest is low pressure so if you sign up but can’t complete it for any reason you will not be penalized in any way. We will not track it.

This is the sign-up post, so please comment below to sign up and get your trope challenge!

Thank you,
the Mods