June Gift Exchange

assignments are go

Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:55:18 GMT

Hey time travellers! All assignments have been sent out. If you haven't received yours, let me know ASAP!

As a reminder: treats are more than welcome from both participants and extra people! Here are the prompts, if any take your fancy.

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Prompt Selections

Sun, 01 Apr 2012 04:14:42 GMT

Sorry for the delay! The last week hasn't been kind.

Since there are only 19 participants this year I've decided to just do this as one masterlist instead of splitting it like last year's.

Prompt selection form.

Do not comment on this entry with your selections!
Do not comment or post with which prompts are yours, or guessing who wrote which prompts!

On the selection form you're asked to pick at least four assignments that you'd really like to do, and at least four additional assignments that you'd be able to do, in case not everyone can receive their first choice. Picking more than four makes the assigning process easier and fairer, so I encourage you to pick all the ones you like, not just the first four on the list.

Just to clarify: you will only receive ONE assignment.

As a reminder: Junetide will include optional bonus treats! So if there are multiple prompts you would reallyreallyreally like to fulfil, you can always create some treats for them.

( 2012 Prompt Masterlist )

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sign up

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 16:40:52 GMT

Junetide sign-ups are ~~open~~ closed.

Sign-ups will close on the 24th of March.

If you have any queries or anything, you can PM me (pippin) or email junetide@gmail.com.

Here are the 2011 prompts if you'd like some ideas of how to write yours.

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get your june on

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:06:03 GMT

Hey there, Scoobies! I hope everyone's surviving autumn so far.

Sign-ups for Junetide 2012 open this weekend!

It's mostly the same gameplan as last year but hopefully a bit more streamlined. :) If anyone would like to make some banners, that would be appreciated.

Here are all the wonderful 2011 gifts!

( click for 2012 dates )

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Junetide 2011 Gifts List

Sat, 09 Jul 2011 13:41:16 GMT

Reveal time!!

(It might be another couple days before I edit all the posts. If anything's wrong here, or you want your name changed to a DW/LJ username, let me know!)

( Junetide 2011 Gifts List )

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longer days

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 07:24:30 GMT

Hey, Mouseketeers! junetide 2011 posting has finished! I don't know about you guys, but that was the best winter solstice EVER.

If I have not posted your gift, contact me ASAP. Something has gone horribly wrong if I haven't posted them all.

I am planning on posting the reveals/index on the weekend.

If you want me to fix any typos/formatting issues, change/add genre tags, switch between [anonymous] and [to be revealed], send me a signed version of your art, or add anything to your notes then contact me. :)

We have had 44 gifts! Either look back through the community or use the tags to see them. If you see/read a gift you like, I highly recommend that you comment to let the creator know.

I want to thank everyone who thought this exchange was a good idea, everyone who participated and pinch-hitted, everyone who offered to help, and everyone who has been enthusiastic.

I know there were some bumps here and there -- thanks for putting up with those! Hopefully Junetide 2012 will be smoother sailing. I have some notes for next year, but if you have any thoughts for 2012, please let me know! Was there something about how this was organised that you hated and think should change? Was there anything that was really confusing? Or was there anything that you think worked really well and should stay the same?

♥ Thanks again! Please enjoy all the lovely gifts! ♥

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(treat) The Secret at Long Canyon - for st_aurafina

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 06:42:00 GMT

Title: The Secret at Long Canyon
Gift for: st_aurafina
By: pippin
Gift type: art + fiction, 950 words
Genre: fantasy
Rating: G
Warnings: none?
Summary: It is time for Swikae's friends to discover her secret.
Giftcreator's notes: for the prompt (skip) female thief-who-is-someone-of-importance
The world needs more sword & sorcery ladies.

( The Secret at Long Canyon )

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(treat) H2O - for pippin

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 02:47:21 GMT

Title: H2O
Gift for: pippin
By: lizcommotion
Gift type: poetry
Genre: poetry
Rating: safe
Warnings: fairly safe, unless you are offended by Norse creation myths
Summary: Doesn't really work for poetry, but this poem explores water, creation, birth, poetry, etc.
Giftcreator's notes: For a Junetide treat, “I am the rain.”

( Read more... )

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(treat) A rose by any other name - for wojelah

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 16:17:12 GMT

Title: A rose by any other name
Gift for: wojelah
By: [anonymous]
Gift type: fiction, ~ 2400 words
Genre: modern, slightly supernatural
Rating: PG
Warnings: implied violence, weirdness
Summary: lost and traveling down a deserted road, a girl wanders with nothing but an old book and fragments of memory to try to piece together how she got there.
Giftcreator's notes: The prompt was: “Something that starts with a person walking down a road, carrying a book.” This story started out being one thing, and ended up something completely different… Everything in the story is implied, with an embarrassing use of wordplay and puns. The actual story is hidden in there, though, if you can tease out the meaning (I hope!).

( A rose by any other name )

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Wedded Bliss - for kinky_kneazle

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 12:25:20 GMT

Title: Wedded Bliss
Gift for: kinky_kneazle
By: fangirlism
Gift type: Fiction, 1631 words
Genre: Romance
Rating: PG
Warnings: n/a
Summary: Alaina gets more than she bargained for
Giftcreator's notes: Prompt: A couple is set up to get married on a reality TV show - do they get along? Will it work? What disasters happen in the lead up to the wedding? I'm sorry I didn't get too much into hijinks between meeting and marriage in the prompt, because the way I set up the show premise didn't allow for that.

( Wedded Bliss )

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Life and Death in the Tropics - for hvalrann

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 07:32:32 GMT

Title: Life and Death in the Tropics
Gift for: hvalrann
By: pippin
Gift type: fiction; ~7100 words
Genre: fantasy
Rating: PG
Warnings: references to death, grief
Summary: The sun plague is killing the world's magical creatures. Can the humans help them at all, and how will they cope?
Giftcreator's notes: I hope you like it! I think I was too ambitious, and didn't get to write all of the plot threads I wanted to.
(For the prompt Instead of manifesting differently in different cultures, magical power and its effects manifest differently based on the landscape someone was raised or trained in. Given this setting, something about cooperation between magic users from different places. )

( Life and Death in the Tropics )

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(treat) Deadliest Catch - for pippin

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:04:55 GMT

Title: Deadliest Catch
Gift for: pippin
By: prevail
Gift type: Comic
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Boobs.
Summary: The true story of an Australian fishing vessel.
Giftcreator's notes: Excuse me, I think I know how Australians speak.

( Deadliest Catch )

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Bearer of Good News - for elf

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 16:00:19 GMT

Title: Bearer of Good News
Gift for: elf
By: pipisafoat
Gift type: fiction - 1500 words
Genre: science fiction
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Summary: The child is the first since planetfall, two hundred years before, the hope of a whole world.
Giftcreator's notes: Taking you at your word on the whole evolution of a plot bunny thing! :D

( Bearer of Good News )

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Not a Spy Story - for smeddley

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:10:27 GMT

Title: Not a Spy Story
Gift for: smeddley
By: elf
Gift type: Fiction, ~6500 words
Genre: Adventure Drama
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Summary: Hank Jefferson, a.k.a. Enrique el Jefe, was an undercover agent in Nicaragua in the 80’s. Over twenty-five years later, Nazis are setting up camp, and the agency wants his help again. The problem? Hank is not a spy. Hank is a former spy, and he wished he could convince everyone else of that.
Giftcreator's notes: This is not the story I intended to write, which had more explosions and possibly some aliens. This has no aliens. It is also very much later than it was intended to be done, and plays rather fast and loose with the prompt. Many thanks to dharma_slut for the last-minute hand-holding; any errors that remain are entirely my fault.

( Not a Spy Story )

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Language Calling - for hellpenguin

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:00:45 GMT

Title: Language Calling
Gift for: hellpenguin
By: gretel
Gift type: fiction, 1000 words
Genre: literary
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Summary: Life after the passing of the language laws
Giftcreator's notes: With apologies to the prompter as this is the closest I could get to what I think she wanted. This story kept going in the opposite direction :(
Also to The Clash for mutilating their song.

( Language Calling )

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(treat) Fishing - for lizcommotion

Sat, 02 Jul 2011 03:20:27 GMT

Title: Fishing
Gift for: lizcommotion
By: sqbr
Gift type: Art
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: G
Warnings:None
Summary: A mermaid inspired by the brown jellyfish has captured a fish in her tentacle hair.
Giftcreator's notes:Sorry I didn't manage to answer all your questions, but I think the tentacles would be useful for capturing sailors too :)

( Fishing )

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The Captain and the Assassin - for Lysan Lurraxol

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:20:18 GMT

Title: The Captain and the Assassin
Gift for: lysan_lurraxol
By: clare_dragonfly
Gift type: Fiction: 3,056 words
Genre: Historical fantasy-ish steampunk-ish
Rating: PG
Warnings: References to death is about as bad as it gets.
Summary: A surprising encounter with a famed poisoner in a church leads Violante Corombona, famed airship captain, and her motley crew of misfits into the strange heart of the Venetian underworld. (This is actually the prompt but I can't come up with a better summary myself!)
Giftcreator's notes: This story wanted to be much longer than I had time to write, unfortunately. Perhaps I will give it a proper finish someday.

( The Captain and the Assassin )

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Owls of Mages - for wojelah

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:06:31 GMT

Title: Owls of Mages
Gift for: wojelah
By: milkbar
Gift type: Fiction, aprox. 4100 words
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: PG, I guess? There’s only a little swearing.
Warnings: none
Summary: Owls are like multi-sensorial, inter-dimensional telephones for mages, and a wizard Prince wants to adopt human kids.
Giftcreator's notes: Hi, Wojelah! I tried to mash up a little bit of the prompts you provided, so it has connections to: “Something about family - about the merging of the family you're born with and the one you make yourself and trying to bring the pieces together”; “Something about a parliament of owls, and what happens afterward”; and “Something that starts with a person walking down a road, carrying a book”. I don’t know if you’ll like it, it’s really fantasy-esque, but I tried. Really, I really tried hard to make something decent. I’m also drawing a little something that goes with it, but probably won’t be finished on time, so… I hope you like what I wrote!!

( Owls of Mages )

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Braids - for sqbr

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 06:44:02 GMT

Title: Braids
Gift for: sqbr
By: inkydinkydoo
Gift type: fiction, almost 1800 words
Genre: wuxia
Rating:PG
Warnings:
Summary: A woman can never be Lakan?

( Braids )

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Magnolia Virginiana, Sweetbay - for lea_hazel

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 02:18:56 GMT

Title: Magnolia Virginiana, Sweetbay
Gift for: lea_hazel
By: wojelah
Gift type: Fiction (8500ish words)
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: PG
Warnings: None.
Summary: “My full name is Magnolia Virginiana Sweetbay, which is why botanists should never be allowed to name their children. Most people call me Ginny. My grandmother calls me Magnolia. The first time another kid tried that, I bit him. I've gotten better at playing nicely with others. When I have to. Mostly, I stick to plants.”
Giftcreator's notes: Written for the prompt, “the angst and drama of the world of competitive horticulture, as seen from the outside by a world-famous horticulturist's estranged teenage daughter. Also were-unicorns or something.” Produced subject to a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

( Magnolia Virginiana, Sweetbay )

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(treat) Nothing But - for activecadre

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:10:15 GMT

Title: Nothing But
Gift for: prevail
By: pippin
Gift type: Art
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Torture, blood, ableist attitude
Summary: He spent too much time imagining his victory rather than assuring it.
Giftcreator's notes: I wanted to do a story for this, but didn't have time. :(

( Nothing But )

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(treat) Junkyard Dragon - for gretel

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:51:11 GMT

Title: Junkyard Dragon
Gift for: gretel
By: sqbr
Gift type: Art
Genre: Fantasy
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: A line drawing coloured with textured fills. A dragon sits atop a pile of junk in a junkyard against a moody sky, facing down a much smaller but unintimidated looking woman with unruly short brown hair, a motorcycle, leather safety gear, and a bazooka.
Giftcreator's notes: A combination of the prompts "western-style dragons, being western style dragons" and "girls riding/owning/working on motorcycles".

( Junkyard Dragon )

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A Cruelty of Harpies - for snowynight

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:21:11 GMT

Title: A Cruelty of Harpies
Gift for: snowynight
By: trobadora
Gift type: fiction (5,702 words)
Genre: modern-day urban SF
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: none
Summary: Hunting harpies is a dangerous profession. Not the least of the dangers: unpleasant truths about your best friend.
Giftcreator's notes: snowynight requested: Modern or near future. There's a group of secret government agents who investigate and hunt monsters to keep the society safe, but what's the price they're willing to pay? - Thank you for the prompt! I had so much fun coming up with this. :)
Also, many thanks to C., who convinced me it was worth it, and to L., who saved the day.

( A Cruelty of Harpies )

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Time Passages - for tamela_j

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:27:27 GMT

Title: Time Passages
Gift for: tamela_j
By: sharpest_asp
Gift type: Fiction (1500 words)
Genre: Epistolary; Urban Fantasy/Romance
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Use of the Eternal Champion concept, Mentions of an abusive relationship ending in tragedy (non-explicit)
Summary: A series of letters detailing the loss and finding of a love's soul
Giftcreator's notes: ~ A character driven epistolary story where all we know of the characters are in their letters to each other, what they choose to talk about, what they choose to avoid. Could be long distance lovers, penpals, parent and child...perfect strangers that just happened to find each other. Whatever.

( Time Passages )

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A Family Legacy - for Clare

Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:44:18 GMT

Title: A Family Legacy
Gift for: clare_dragonfly
By: birgitriddle
Gift type: fiction; 1,846 words
Genre: Urban Fantasy (I think)
Rating: PG-13
Warning: (skip)A character finds out that she is unable to bear children.
Summary: She had always tried to ignore the rumors about her family, but it turns out that the truth may even be worse than the rumors.
Giftcreator's notes: I hope that my recipent enjoys this story. I'd put the original prompt here, but it would spoil the story.

( A Family Legacy )

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