Prep Post for HalfAMoon 2021

[senmut]

Welcome to halfamoon 2021! It's been a decade since our last one, it feels like, but really only a year! Because the world keeps hitting kind of hard, I'm putting up the prompt lists today, with a minor change from previous years. Posting to the comm can begin on February 1st!

In an attempt to engage more creators, there are FOUR separate tables by media content. I don't want anyone to feel constrained though. Any and all content focused on fictional women, living women of note, and historical women of note should be considered more than welcome.

Reccers - Looking for recs to try new material by women we may not have heard of.
Podficcers/Audio Creators - This is for anyone who wants to create or rec podfics, play lists, ASMRs.
Writers - We decided to run with a Tarot theme this year! Use it as broadly or closely as you wish.
Artists - We tried to give a broad swath of ideas for graphic work.

There will be a master list posted on the 15th of all posts received from the 1st to the 14th of February.



Reccers

01.	Actresses	02.	Directors	03.	Screenplay Writers	04.	Painters	05.	Sculptors
06.	Poets	07.	Singers	08.	Lyricists/Songwriters	09.	Producers	10.	Podcast Hosts
11.	Authors	12.	News Personalities	13.	YouTubers	14.	Instagram Personalities	15.	AMNESTY

Podficcers/Audio Creators

01.	Rare Pair	02.	Rare Fandom	03.	Collaboration	04.	Gen	05.	Shippy
06.	Ace	07.	Action	08.	Sci-Fi	09.	Fantasy	10.	Comedy
11.	Drama	12.	Meta	13.	Mega Fandom	14.	Popular Pairing	15.	AMNESTY

Writers

01.	The High Priestess	02.	The Empress	03.	The Lovers	04.	Strength/Justice	05.	The Star
06.	The Moon	07.	The Fool	08.	The Hermit	09.	The Chariot	10.	The World
11.	Queen of Cups	12.	Queen of Wands	13.	Queen of Swords	14.	Queen of Pentacles	15.	AMNESTY

Artists

01.	Icons	02.	Moodboards	03.	Traditional Sketches	04.	Full Color	05.	Covers/Posters
06.	Multiple People	07.	Busts/Profiles	08.	Abstract	09.	Hyper-realism	10.	Surrealism
11.	Color Themes	12.	Gifs	13.	Comics	14.	Scene Redraw/Remix	15.	AMNESTY

Also, If anyone wishes to link to women-oriented exchanges that will be taking place this year in comments, I will be certain to highlight those on the 1st when the event officially opens this year.

Comments

[cmk418]

Woo hoo! I am ready!

[senmut]

Phenom!

(Do I have time for this? hmm)

[zaniida]

I'm debating whether to give this a shot. Short notice and I'm busy, but I did sign up for Ladies' Bingo and I need to get a move on that: https://ladiesbingo.dreamwidth.org/

No problem with projects overlapping both events, right?

As far as the themes, you say that you don't want people feeling constrained, and your intro post says that you can participate as much or as little as you like, so I'm assuming that I could write whatever (focused on canonical female characters) and ignore the themes if I wanted, but I thought I'd double-check that. Are the prompts supposed to be in order, or are they just fourteen possible themes within each category? Could a reclist be 14 different actresses, or a writer's contribution be four variations on the theme of justice? Are they supposed to go up on the day listed, if they do match a theme?

Re: (Do I have time for this? hmm)

[senmut]

You can totally ignore the themes. While I will put them up as reminders in the comm on the corresponding days, So people can link in comments, I know scheduling is rough. So if you have something that fits prompt 13 but have time to post it on day 5? Just note which number prompt you used, and I'll link it in the master list accordingly.

I had to stop and think if I got a card this round... and then remembered I opted to just fill a line. WHEW! ladiesbingo is a good one!

Seriously, if you have time, we will be happy with any and all participation!

[machinaperegrina]

I'm not sure I'd have the time to participate, but I thought I'd ask just in case: do you allow fics in languages other than English (assuming that the fic headers and any comments posted to the comm would still be in English, of course)?

[senmut]

Any language is fine. I may not be able to properly wrangle them on the master list without English to guide me, being stupidly monolingual, but I welcome it all!

[machinaperegrina]

Awesome, thank you! :)

I have another question. I see that the 15th cell of each table contains the word "amnesty". So, when will the amnesty period take place? Or does "amnesty" mean something else within the context of this event?

[senmut]

I LOVE YOUR ICON!

Amnesty is for posting anything after the 14th. It may not get rounded up in the master list, but would be welcome on the comm!

[machinaperegrina]

Got it, thank you. :) And I'm glad you like the icon! I'm no icon maker, but I did make this one and your positive comment about it put a smile on my face. Thank you! :D

[wendelah1]

I totally missed this announcement (my life what is it) but I will try to post...something...and will (belatedly) publicize it, too.

[senmut]

Thank you! And I think I posted at a weird time or something.

Also, ugh, this year already being difficult!

Does it need to be finished, or is WIP okay?

[zaniida]

I've been busy and totally forgot that this was starting, but I'd still like to post something during it. In looking through my WIP, the piece that jumps out is one I'd been planning to post soon-ish, but it's also old (like twenty years old) and long and likely to never be finished. And definitely would not be finished during this event.

It's a Sailor Moon/Ronin Warriors crossover that I wrote back in the day (back when I had a GeoCities account), with a split focus among the (female) SM group, the (male) RW group, and the (male) combined villains of both series. The first scene is a lengthy discussion between two female characters (partly involving one's love life, but that's not the primary focus), and the first chapter is a bunch of short scenes about the other female characters plus two scenes about male characters. I don't exactly recall how the rest of it gets laid out but I think it's mostly an even balance among viewpoints (so maybe 1/3 female).

Would this count for this event?

Re: Does it need to be finished, or is WIP okay?

[senmut]

1/3 is not as fully lady focused as we are looking for, I am afraid.

Re: Does it need to be finished, or is WIP okay?

[zaniida]

Ah, so it's the focus of the whole fic that matters, rather than the focus of a specific part? I think I got it.

[vicky_carter]

Hi! Is it okay to post existing works that fit the themes from the tables, and/or works that fit the comm's overall female-centric theme? Or is the challenge only for brand new works?

Also, how do we request the creation of new tags? It looks like my fandoms still do not have their own tags here, hence my question.

[senmut]

We welcome any and all works. They do NOT need to be new.

As to tagging... I have been terrible in not tagging this year's entries. I did intend to tag the master list on the 15th appropriately. So at that time, I will add the tags that are needed.