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Announcing... finish-a-thon 2009! Yes, we're doing it again.

Remember all those poor, neglected plot bunnies that have been starving from lack of attention, because all those ficathons kept on having higher priority? The stories you wish you could finish, if only you could find the time? Well, fear not, the finish-a-thon is coming to the rescue!

The finish-a-thon is a ficathon, with all the ficathon-like things like deadlines and fellow volunteers to encourage you, but with this ficathon, you write your own ideas. But since part of the encouragement of a ficathon is writing things for other people, what we're going to do, is vote for which story ideas people should write.

This year we're doing it a little differently; I have set up a website to facilitate the ficathon, including a handy-dandy sign-up form which should make entering all the information easier.
Thank you to all the people who helped me test it; the test data is all deleted now, so if you "signed up" in the test, then you now need to sign up for real (if you're signing up, that is).

• Rules and FAQ
• Sign-up form

Dates
Sign-ups end:
Australia - Saturday 21st March 2009, 8am
Rest of World (GMT) - 20th March 2009, 10pm

Stories due:
Australia - 27th May 2009, 10am
Rest of World (GMT) - 26th May 2009, midnight

(more detailed date information is in the Rules and FAQ page)

Edited to add: Note that you can edit your sign-up information as much as you want until the sign-up deadline, at which point editing will be disabled.

Due to circumstances beyond my control, next weekend is going to be pre-empted by Real Life, so I'm giving everyone (including myself) a week's extension.

New due date:
Australia and New Zealand:
Stories finished: 1st November 2008, 10am

The Rest of the World (yes, that includes America):
(Greenwitch Mean Time)
Stories finished: 31st October 2008, midnight

And the moment we have all been waiting for - the results!

Participants must undertake to complete their stories/writing targets, by midnight GMT, the 24th of October 2008.

Drumroll please:
( the results )

Announcing... finish-a-thon 2008! Yes, we're doing it again.

Remember all those poor, neglected plot bunnies that have been starving from lack of attention, because all those ficathons kept on having higher priority? The stories you wish you could finish, if only you could find the time? Well, fear not, the finish-a-thon is coming to the rescue!

The finish-a-thon is a ficathon, with all the ficathon-like things like deadlines and fellow volunteers to encourage you, but with this ficathon, you write your own ideas. But since part of the encouragement of a ficathon is writing things for other people, what we're going to do, is vote for which story ideas people should write.

Sign-ups are now CLOSED.
( sign-up info )
Dates

Australia and New Zealand:

(Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Sign-ups begin: Saturday 2nd August 2008
Sign-ups end: Saturday 16th August 2008, 8am
Poll is put up: sometime between the 17th and the 23rd of August
Voting ends: about a week later
Results announced: by the 30th of August
Stories finished: 25th October 2008, 10am

The Rest of the World (yes, that includes America):

(Greenwitch Mean Time)
Sign-ups begin: 1st August 2008
Sign-ups end: 15th August 2008, 10pm
Stories finished: 24th October 2008, midnight
( sign-up template )
( FAQ )

Here be the results of the voting for the 2007 Finish-a-thon!
The intrepid participants have vowed to finish these stories by 10pm, 26th October 2007 (GMT). Let the writing begin!
( results )

Thanks to astrogirl2 for posting the unofficial master-list, but since I can't edit that post to update the links, it seems that I have to make a new Official Master-list post. So here it is. (I am only semi-here, see this post for details)

( the master-list )
Not heard from, and therefore in danger of being blacklisted next year:
Trinity Day trinityday
Lee southernbangel
Keyla Sheppard neverbelonged/viri_amore
Krista taskir
Myownspecialself mos_self
deaniebtvs
Liza/LadySmith lady_smith
Karen hyperfocused

Please, DO NOT post "I haven't been able to complete the finish-a-thon" announcements here. The proper place and time to inform me is when I put up the master-list post, and you can tell me in comments there -- that way, everything is all in one place and I don't have to go hunting around for it or trying to remember who said what.

Please.

Don't forget to vote! Time is nearly up!
voting part 1
voting part 2
voting part 3

Note also that LadySmith requested participants only for her voting, but some non-participants have voted -- PLEASE go back and correct your votes! (Yes, you can do that. Click on "View Answers" and then click on "Fill in poll" and select a blank answer to remove your incorrect vote).

I also notice that some non-participants have been voting in the participants-only sections. Correct those too, ASAP.

PLEASE!!!
I don't have time to count 44 * 44 * 2 votes! Please correct your votes!

Announcing... finish-a-thon 2006! Yes, we're doing it again.

ETA: Note: sign-ups are now closed!

Remember all those poor, neglected plot bunnies that have been starving from lack of attention, because all those ficathons kept on having higher priority? The stories you wish you could finish, if only you could find the time? Well, fear not, the finish-a-thon is coming to the rescue!

The finish-a-thon is a ficathon, with all the ficathon-like things like deadlines and fellow volunteers to encourage you, but with this ficathon, you write your own ideas. But since part of the encouragement of a ficathon is writing things for other people, what we're going to do, is vote for which story ideas people should write.
( the details, part 1 )

Dates

Australia and New Zealand:

(Australian Eastern Standard Time)
Sign-ups begin: 14th August 2006
Sign-ups end: 6am, 26th August 2006
Poll is put up: 26th/27th August 2006
Voting ends: 6am, 31st August 2006
Stories finished: 6am, 28th October 2006

The Rest of the World (yes, that includes America):

(Greenwitch Mean Time)
Sign-ups begin: 14th August 2006
Sign-ups end: 10pm, 25th August 2006
Poll is put up: 26th/27th August 2006
Voting ends: 10pm, 30th August 2006
Stories finished: 10pm, 27th October 2006

( the details, part 2 )
Edited To Add:
Please note: this does NOT mean that if you didn't finish last time you can't participate. I wasn't intending on naming names, but I guess I'll have to. The only people who are disqualified from participating this year are ladyjanelly, alicamel and wizefics.

This is the Master-List for the Finish-a-thon 2005! The stories are due TODAY. Participants, post your story somewhere (a web page, your LJ) and give the link in a comment to this post; I will update the main post.

Your story must be posted whether it is finished or not. Whether it is beta-read or not. Just give us what you have so far, letting us know in the comment whether it is finished, unbetaed, or unfinished. But don't panic. I am allowing another week for participants, if they so desire, to post revised versions; just give another comment to this post, letting us know that there is a revised version available (and give an updated link if it needs one). I will update the master-list.

Note for readers: the stories here are an enormously wide mixture, from G to NC-17, gen to slash to anything in between. Caveat Emptor!
( story-list under cut )