Check-in guidelines
Good day, participants! As we all know, the deadline for all check-in documents is on July 30, 2016. We will use your check-in to confirm your continued participation.

1. Please remember that you must submit at least 500 words of your fic for this.
2. All check-in documents must be emailed to criticalcaptures@gmail.com.
3. Submit only .txt, .doc, .docx files, and do not paste your fic in the email.

When submitting, please use the format below:

Email subject: [CHECK-IN] (your username)'s fic for (prompt code)

BODY OF THE EMAIL: (In the attached .txt document, not inline in the email)

Title:
Prompt Code:
Rating:
Side Pairing(s): (Suho/Chen + please state side pairings, if any)
Length: (current word count, not counting html tags)
Summary:
Warnings: (optional, but please do warn for anything that might be considered triggering)
Notes: (optional, keep in mind these will be posted anonymously at first)

* Make sure to include any HTML tags (including the cut-text).

You can copy the HTML below for your convenience.

<b>From:</b> (your username) <b>Title:</b> <b>Prompt Code:</b> <b>Rating:</b> <b>Side Pairing(s):</b> (Suho/Chen + please state side pairings, if any) <b>Length:</b> (current word count, not counting html tags) <b>Summary:</b> <b>Warnings:</b> (optional, but please do warn for anything that might be considered triggering) <b>Notes:</b> (optional, keep in mind these will be posted anonymously at first)

You have until July 30, 2016 (in any part of the world!) to turn in your check-ins.


Submission guidelines
As we all know, the final fic deadline is on September 14, 2016, but we encourage early submissions!

1. Please remember that you must submit at least 1500 words of your fic for the final submission.
2. All fics must be properly coded in HTML and be emailed to criticalcaptures@gmail.com.
3. Submit only .txt, .doc, .docx files, and do not paste your fic in the email.
4. Please do not submit incomplete or unfinished fics even if they meet the word count!
5. We will not accept fics that have noncon, dubcon and underage sex.

☆ FOR FICS LONGER THAN 10,000 WORDS: These will be posted on our Archive of Our Own (AO3) mirror.
     — Writers without AO3 accounts, please submit your fics to us as stated above.
     — Writers with AO3 accounts, please submit a .txt doc with a filled out header and proceed to join and post in our collection. Don’t forget to include the prompt code in the summary of your fic! (please refer to the picture for guidance)


If your fic is not more than 10,000 words, please do not submit to our collection!

When submitting, please use the format below:

Email subject: [FINAL] (your username)'s fic for (prompt code)

BODY OF THE EMAIL: (In the attached document, not inline in the email)
Title:
Prompt Code:
Rating:
Side Pairing/s: (Suho/Chen + please state side pairings, if any)
Length: (current word count, not counting html tags)
Summary:
Warnings: (optional, but please do warn for anything that might be considered triggering)

Notes: (optional, keep in mind these will be posted anonymously at first)


IF YOU HAVE FIC NOTES i.e. additional information on so-and-so place and so-and-so's history, please use this format and attach this HTML at the end of your fic.
1.
2.
3.


* Make sure to include any HTML tags (including the cut-text).

You can copy the HTML below for your convenience.

<b>From:</b> <user site="livejournal.com" user="YOURUSERNAME"> or <a href="LINKTOYOURACCOUNT">YOURUSERNAME</a> <b>Title:</b> <b>Prompt Code:</b> <b>Rating:</b> (G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17) <b>Side pairing/s:</B> (if any) <b>Length:</b> xxxx words <b>Summary:</b> <b>Warning/s:</b> (please warn for triggering content, i.e. death, rape, gore, and the like) <b>Notes:</b> (thank you's and whatnot) * for ao3 submissions <a href="AO3LINKOFYOURFIC">YOURSUPPOSEDLJCUTTEXT</a> * for livejournal submissions <lj-cut text="DONTFORGETTHIS"><table width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="margin:0px auto; text-align: justify;"><tbody><tr><td> YOUR FIC GOES HERE ** (for fic notes; within table tag) <hr> <small>1. 2. 3. </small></table></lj-cut>

You have until September 14, 2016 (anywhere in the world!) to turn in your finished fics.



For any questions, feel free to message the mods here on LJ, tweet/dm us at @critcap, or email us at criticalcaptures@gmail.com. :)