#consent event

Hey folks! We did it! Today is March 1st which means all your Consent Event fics have been taken off anonymous! 

Promote your works! Use all your handles! And even feel free to re-date them now that they have an attached author to slide them back up to the top of the fandom!

Consent Event is a multi-fandom effort to celebrate and promote consent through the creation and sharing of fanworks where consent is explicitly highlighted. Event’s Definition of Consent: Clear permission is given for something, often physical contact, to happen. Communication of consent may be verbal or nonverbal (ex. gestures, eye contact), it only requires that an affirmative assent/yes is given.

Fest Rules:  - This is a multi-fandom fest celebrating positive portrayals of consent  - Consent must be present and a clear focus within the submission  - No noncon or dubcon allowed, even if consent is elsewhere in a submission  - Original fiction is allowed. Please, no RPF fandom for this event

Submission Guidelines:  - All artistic mediums encouraged:       - Written submissions should be a minimum of 500 words; there is a maximum word count of 10,000 words.       - Art should be polished. There is no maximum size for art or page limit for comics. Art must be hand or digitally drawn.       - Audio/Video submissions should be a minimum length of 60 seconds, there is no maximum length.  - Submissions can explore consent for non-sexual situations (eg. hugging) in addition to sexual contact.  - Submission can be any rating. If writing explicit sex, involved characters’ ages must be 18+.  - Submissions will be made to the Consent Event AO3 collection during the submission period and then revealed and promoted shortly after.

Fest Dates:  - Consent event will be accepting submissions from January 14 - February 13  - Sharing and promoting of fics will begin on February 14 2019

Today’s promoted story is Shared Hosting.

Fandom: Venom Pairing: Eddie Brock/Venom Symbiote; Eddie Brock/Dan Lewis Rating: Teen and Up

Summary: Dan has some lingering questions about what it's like to share your mind with an alien organism. Eddie and the symbiote are of the opinion that first-hand experience is the best way to explain.

Today’s promoted story is Short and Sweet. Fandom: Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Pairing: Vex/Gwilin Rating: Explicit

Summary: Vex could see it—the want burning in his sweet brown eyes. The willingness to do whatever she wanted. The true intention that laid behind that shy smile.He could have whatever he wanted. He only had to ask.

Today’s promoted story is No One Mentioned There’d Be Guitar.

Fandom: Life is Strange Pairing: Max Caulfield/Chloe Price Rating: Mature Summary: Seeing as its the end of the year, Max decides to unwind and party with her two best friends. She feels something for the best friend that brings her to safety, and this alcohol is making her brave. Max takes a chance. It goes swimmingly.

Today’s promoted story submission is Milk and Coffee. Fandom: Star Trek Discovery Pairing: Katrina Cornwell/Gabriel Lorca Prime Rating: Explicit

Summary: Katrina Cornwell is hesitant to get physical with Gabriel until he reassured her that the relationship is going somewhere. But she’s not the only one feeling some hesitation.