I promise I'm not trying to be annoying about this /g, but I'm wondering if an allowance/new category can be made for non-prose forms of writing. I'd really like to participate, and songwriting is my primary means of producing fan art (and I daresay that's what people would expect from me if I were to do this). But there's no way I could write a 3K word song. (Just as a point of reference, the 6-minute rap I did about the Inversion was 1073 words. The next longest one after that was about 450. It looks like my average word count for songs is around 250-300.) I would gladly meet a minimum word count + minimum song duration (minimum 3 minutes?) if that seems acceptable. Thank you for organizing this! Again, not trying to be a pain. 💛 Regards, Frenchie Empress of the Island of Misfit Toys
Thank you for reaching out! Because your situation is quite unique, a new 'category' isn't much viable. But after some thought, this is the conclusion that was reached:
Using the text as counting for one part of the 'minimum', and the melody and recording for the other part, it is possible to say that you can participate in this manner!
However, we would have to communicate with your partner to see if they were willing to accept this form of gift, which would take away some of the surprise element, but would be necessary to ensure that they would be satisfied by the end result. As long as this was met, and as long as you were able to in some way fill the prompt you were given, there would be no problem with submitting a song as your entry.
As far as other non-prose forms of writing go, given enough individuals a new category could be made, but would once again require the approval of the person who would be receiving this content. This is not a problem that is insurmountable, thankfully, so it shouldn't be an issue if more people want to submit in that kind of category.
Other than this, there are events that are not dependent on wordcounts and such like the Winter Solstice Week that will provide less complicated chances to participate with non-prose and non-drawing forms of fanart! We aspire to let everyone participate in their own way.
