The rules


To enter these fanfiction writing "contests", you must be subscribed to our egroups group at http://www.egroups.com/group/AFMBD (Make sure you type in AFMBD, not AFWBD, although this is really AFWBD.)

You must first sign up to the egroups group. After you have done that, you may choose up to 3 animes from the following list that you would be willing to write about consectively. (Please mention ALL animes you would be willing to write about though. Some contests may be started and ended on different dates!) You Will Not be informed what you are to write about until you choose the categories. None of the topics will be the same for every anime, but the topic will be the same for anyone writing about a certain anime. (That sounds a lot more complicated than it is.) For example, if you decided on picking Yu Yu Hakusho to write for, and your friend also does, you will both have the same topic to write about. If you decided on Yu Yu Hakusho and your friend choses Ruroni Kenshin, you will both get different topics to write about.
This is the list of animes that are qualificable. The list will get bigger, so even if the anime you are willing to write about isn't here, it may be soon.

Card Captor Sakura
Fushigi Yuugi
Magic Knight Rayearth
Sailor Moon
Slayers
Ranma 1/2
Flame of Recca
Ruroni Kenshin
Shojyo Kakumei Utena
Gundam
Escaflowne
Yu Yu Hakusho

1) First off, in order for a category to qualify in the judging, there must be at least 5 authors willing to write about a certain anime. If 4 people want to write about a certain anime and no more, that category will be ruled out and will be moved to the next judging period.

2) If there is 5 or more people willing to write about a certain anime, all of those authors will get their "topic" mailed to them via e-mail in at most 2 days. They are not allowed to share what those topics are, that's for everyone's surprise later. Please do not tell anyone what you are writing about! You are NOT allowed to back out once you have chosen your category. You may also NOT change your category once you know the topic!

3) The authors who have a category which is qualificable will have two months to write their fanfiction. If they do NOT finish, they are disqualified. I am sorry, but any unfinished fics are not counted, though they can still be sent in for comments. An Unfinished Fanfiction Will NOT Be Entered To Win An Award. If there are not 5 fanfictions by the end of two months, the whole category is disqualified and will be moved onto the next judging period. (So PLEASE keep your word or everyone else will be very unhappy with your behavior!)

4) If at least 5 fanfictions are submitted, I will be posting each of the fanfictions on my page and everyone on the egroups list will be able to vote for One and only One fanfiction per category. Yes, you are allowed to vote for your own, but please be fair...

5) There is a one week voting period. Any fanfictions that have at least 2 people who voted for them will be eligible to continue on to the next round of votes.

6) This voting period will continue for another week and a half or until everyone has given their vote. When voting for a fanfiction, you must also write a reason why you chose it. That way, we will know that you are not just choosing it because you thought the title was better than the others or some weird reason such as that.

7) Most importantly of all, though, have fun! The fanfictions need not be very long. As long as they are over a page...(hopefully they all will be, since you will have two months to write..) they will qualify. Also, do not write a novel for this...I will not mind this, but I am sure that not everyone here has the time and/or patience to read through each and every fanfiction if they are all over a hundred pages in length. Arigato. I hope you join us soon.

You will recieve more information about voting, etc, once you are on the mailing list.