#artmb

Q: Is this an exchange? Will each requester be matched to one creator?

A: No, not an exchange! Nobody's required to create in order to submit prompts/get fills, and creators can claim multiple prompts to fill. But each prompt will (probably) only get one fill, and creators will have to have a completed fill for their current prompt before they'll be allowed to claim another.

There's also no limit on how many prompts a person can submit so there's no guarantee that any particular prompt will be filled, but hopefully everyone who does submit prompts will get at least one fill.

Q: Can creators choose to work with a prompt they submitted themself?

A: Yeah, go for it! Submitting a prompt just so you can fill it yourself is a time-honoured tradition in prompt style fandom events.

Q: Will creators be able to choose which prompts they want to work with?

A: Yes and no! In this event all claims will go through the mod team and each creator will only have one active claim at a time. For the initial claiming period, creators will submit a ranked list of prompts they're most interested in working with and mods will sort through those preferences to match each creator with a prompt assignment. Prompts that have been claimed will be removed from the list unless the creator contacts mods to drop their claim. After the initial round of claims, new creators can continue to sign up until the late sign-up cutoff. Creators who sign up late, and creators who have finished a complete work for their current prompt, will be allowed to make a new claim from the remaining unclaimed prompts.

Q: Can creators sign up without having submitted prompts?

A: Yes, of course!

Q: Will prompters be revealed along with creators at the end?

A: No, mods will not be revealing who requested which prompts. If a prompter wants to reveal themself to a creator who filled a prompt for them, though, that's totally allowed, but we're leaving it up to individual choice.

(Note, mods will be aware of who submitted which prompts and will be available as go-betweens if creators have any questions about DNWs, etc.)

Q: So works will not be gifted to the prompter, despite being created for them?

A: Not initially, no, and potentially not at all. If the prompter chooses to reveal themself, and the creator wants to do so, works can be gifted retroactively. But creators won't know who they're creating for until after posting, and may never find out.

Q: Who can participate?

A: Anyone with an AO3 account, or anyone who wants to post fanart on tumblr. All ages are welcome to participate, and there is no minimum skill level required.

Q: What types of fanworks are allowed?

A: Anything you want. Fanfic, fanart, podfics, meta, etc.

Q: What kind of prompts can I make?

A: You can make as many prompt suggestions as you like. Please specify a theme, concept, or scenario you’d like to see explored in a fanwork centering the ARTMB relationship. All prompts must be properly rated and tagged with Archive warnings, content warnings, and preferred relationship dynamic between ARTMB. Other than that, anything goes. Be as detailed or as vague as you like.

Q: What type of content is allowed?

A: The fandom tag(s) must include The Murderbot Diaries – Martha Wells. Crossovers are welcome, but any works not tagged with The Murderbot Diaries – Martha Wells will be removed from the collection.

The relationship tag(s) must include either ART | Perihelion & Murderbot (Murderbot Diaries) or ART | Perihelion/Murderbot (The Murderbot Diaries). If neither of these relationship tags is listed on the work, it will be removed from the collection.

All ratings, archive warnings, and subjects are allowed. That being said, all prompt fills should stick to the ARTMB relationship dynamic requested by the prompter, and creators should avoid any subjects the prompter has requested not to see in fills for their prompt.

The mods reserve the right to remove any works from the collection if they consist of racist hate speech or other bigotry.

Q: Help, I still have more questions!