It's that time of year again, folks! Our annual Secret Santa Exchange is back to get all you creatives out of the woodwork and put a smile on everyone's face.

All participants will create one drawing, short story, or SFM/Gmod poster to fulfil their giftee's request, and in turn receive something from their Secret Santa.

Due to the short notice on this year's event, some rules have been modified to make this as smooth a ride as possible for everyone involved.


Previous years' gifts:
2012:
Art: >>/afanart/4540
Stories: >>/afanfic/14058

2011:
Art: >>/dis/11026
Stories: >>/afanfic/9426


How it'll work (aka rules):
• Works should be to your usual standard of quality. Fic, art, SFM and Gmod are all allowed.
• Only one of your prompts will be fulfilled. There is no limit on how many prompts you can include, but please try to keep them to a reasonable number.
• You must supply a minimum of two prompts. If including OCs and NSFW in one prompt, you must provide a minimum of three prompts (see the OCs and genderbends rule below)
• Only one of your prompts will be fulfilled. There is no limit on how many prompts you can include, but please try to keep them to a reasonable number.
• If requesting anything NSFW, you must supply at least one SFW prompt to provide flexibility for your Secret Santa.
• OCs, genderbends, and femclasses are allowed HOWEVER you must also supply canon prompts. Combining OCs and NSFW in a prompt? Then you must supply at least one canon NSFW prompt and one canon SFW prompt. That means three prompts.
• No furries or animal hybrids, with the exception of Tentaspy.
• Keep things otherwise canon.
• Please do not sign on unless you are willing to see your contribution through to the end. Those facing emergency situations are excused. Assignments and exams are NOT emergencies. If you don’t think you can make the deadline, send an email or leave a comment ASAP.


Gifts:

Artists:
One drawing equivalent to your usual standard of completed work, coloured or greyscale (must be finished beyond a sketch/line art). Gmod and SFM are allowed, but please make sure the image is of high artistic quality. You can add your username and/or a link to your personal online space in the final submission e-mail if you don’t want your gift to be anonymous.

Writers:
One finished short story of at least 1000 words. Please have it beta-read/run through a spell-checker before submission. Use BB Codes for style changes: [i*] and [/i*] for italics, [b*] and [/b*] for bold, [u*] and [/u*] for underlined, [s*] and [/s*] for strike-through, remove the *s. Stories must be submitted as a .txt file or a Word 2007-compatible document. The full content of the document will be posted, so only include your username and/or a link to your personal online space if you don’t want your gift to be anonymous.

Please don’t upload your Secret Santa gift to other galleries/sites before December 25; it’s supposed to be a surprise.


Sign-up:

To sign up for the Secret Santa Exchange, you need a working e-mail address (I’m the only one who’ll see it, so please use one you frequently check). Fill out this form and send it to heyitsmawaru@gmail.com with ‘Secret Santa’ in the subject line:

Name: Your username or a random name to identify you if you prefer to stay anonymous. I need this to give you your gift, so please don’t write ‘anon’.
Prompts: You may supply as many prompts as you wish, but please be reasonable with OC/femclass prompts. For every OC/femclass and NSFW prompt, remember to supply a canon SFW alternative. For each prompt, please use the following template:
- Prompt #:
Rating: Either 'Not Safe For Work', ‘Safe For Work’ or ‘All Ratings’. ‘Safe For Work’ means no explicit sex or gore. If you put ‘All Ratings’ the final rating will be at the discretion of your Secret Santa.
Description: Character(s)/pairing/moresome and what you want them to be doing. Your prompt must fit in a single scene or frame, so keep it short.

For example:
- Prompt 1:
Rating: NSFW
Description: My OC X exploring Soldier's body. Please see attached for what my OC looks like.

- Prompt 2:
Rating: All ratings
Description: Medic conducting a thorough examination of Soldier's body.

- Prompt 3:
Rating: SFW
Description: Medic and Solly on an adventure.


If there are things you absolutely cannot draw/write because of triggers, please include these in your e-mail. Concessions cannot be made in regards to favourite pairings or kinks since the prompts will be randomly assigned, but you’ll have full artistic liberty in your interpretation of your giftee’s prompt.

If anyone wants to help with covering any unfulfilled requests, that would be much appreciated. Please let me know in your email if you can lend a hand should it be needed!


Deadlines:

Sign-up: Wed December 11th, 11:59 PM PST.
Prompt send-out: Thurs December 12th.
Gift submission: Mon December 23rd, 11:59 PM PST.
Gift sharing: Wed December 25th.

If you don’t think you can make the deadline, send an email to heyitsmawaru@gmail.com or leave a comment ASAP.


Questions/comments?

Please post them in this thread or send an e-mail.

>>	Cat Bountry 12/20/13(Fri)04:40 No. 14198 File 138753243695.jpg - (142.20KB , 467x700 , tumblr_lcten9frfm1qz9dz7o1_500.jpg ) My prompt is completed and I submitted it. I can't wait until Crimbus.

>>	Valiax_Gryphon 12/23/13(Mon)01:16 No. 14208 File 138777936512.gif - (867.47KB , 285x493 , happyPyro.gif ) Who's ready for some awesome gifts come Christmas? I know I am, muhahaha! All submitted and ready for the explosion of awesome!

>>	MERRY SMISSMAS MAGETS mawaru 12/25/13(Wed)08:00 No. 14221 File 138797644853.jpg - (30.89KB , 172x240 , pyrosurprise.jpg ) Gifts are up! Go enjoy your pressies, guys: Arts: >>/afanart/5705 Fics: >>/afanfic/15803 Well done everyone who contributed! You're stellar people and I love you all