#submission format

Mod Ohma here! For those of you who have been around since December of last year (2017), you know that my home/personal life isn’t... exactly the best at points. I’ve gotten behind on requests, and because of this, I’m searching for someone to help run ITE.

Requirements to be a Mod:

You must be at least 16 to appy. (You must be 18+ if you wish to write for the NSFW asks.)

You must have knowledge of at least 2 transformers based series.

You must be willing to have a Mod Name or be willing to use a personal nickname. If you are under 18, you must use a false name, no ifs, ands or buts.

Messages between users are enabled, and I am unsure if other mods can see them once they are appointed. Followers that have questions/Friends who have submitted asks have messaged me, and personal things have been said. If you have been chosen to be a mod, please respect my privacy and the privacy of the people I messaged. (On that note I kindly ask those who message ITE to contact me to use @omsrandom once a second Mod is appointed.

Be aware that minors do follow this blog, and to always tag NSFW and any triggering content. Failure to do so will result in a kick and block.

Be nice to our followers! If there’s something up, see if you can resolve it without doing callouts or getting snappy.

Rules will be added should anything else come up! To apply, please use the format under the cut through submissions. Failure to comply to the format will result in the submission being cut from the lineup.

The way we format our posts is like this:

(Pairing: M/MRated: ??Author: nameLength: K

Summary

READ ON AO3

Reccer’s Note:Anything you would like to add/what you thought of the fic!)

But all we require is a link to the fic and the ship. We also would like for you to write the warnings since we might not have read it and the author might not have tagged it! Any warning like self-hatred, depression, rape, violence, cheating, anything like that, since some people are easily triggered and we would like to have warned them properly!

Submissions will be accepted, though I am going to attempt to keep formatting reliable throughout. Please do not be offended if I reorganize/post it on my own, as I have a bunch of information pre-written. Any one who assists will be @ ‘d unless they request privacy. 

Name: Character Full name Race: Human, Witcher, Elf, Mage, Dwarf, etc Aliases: Nicknames, Assumed Names Loyalty: Witcher schools, Country Loyalty, etc. 

- Cut - 

Known information with sources and images, including what source has what information.  Tags: Character full name, commonly tagged Character shortened name, Witcher School if applicable, Canon they appear in Example: Name: Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon Race: Human (Elder Blood) Aliases: Ciri, Falka, Zireael Loyalty: Wolf School, Rats

Do I need an example of the wealth of info we have on Ciri? :P

Hello my lovely dreamers, I love that you’re sending me in dreams! Every single submission means so much to me. But some have not followed the format that I requested in my previous posts (Which is totally ok that you did that, but I want to be clearer) so I’ll write it here for easier access.

Only one dream per submission/ask/dm!!!

Please submit your dreams in the following format

Dream:

Feelings about the dream:

How you felt in the dream:

Reoccurring elements (i.e.setting, emotions...):

Hello! Well, usually we don’t ask of much when submitting a fic aside from the link, name, and ship! The other factors like the length and the rating or summary are all things we can add up to or just post without! If you want to use a format, the usual format we use when reccing a fic is this one:

[Pairing:Rated:Author: Length:

summary

Read on AO3

Reccer’s Note:]

But that one isn’t necessary at all! Just send in the fic and the ship and it’ll be alright! :)

Yes, you MUST tell us your legal name if we are to be able to pay you (this is not necessarily your given name, just whatever is your current legal name). BUT, if you want to be published under a pen-name or other name, that’s great! Many people do this, and it’s super easy. When you submit to us, there is a space in the online submission form to indicate your preferred name(s).

It is also customary, when submitting a manuscript to follow standard manuscript formatting (for some examples, look here and here!). We’re not sticklers at Vitality (like, we don’t reject pieces because they’re not in standard format), but it’s still a good idea, and shows professionalism. If you don’t want to provide all that information (like maybe you don’t want your address or phone number or something on your MS) that’s ok too! Also, some of the formatting things are a bit old-fashioned, and were standardized before the web and e-publishing was a big thing. So like, don’t worry about underlining italics (please just don’t do this for us at all!) or putting it in the “right” font. As long as the font is clear & easily readable, we probably won’t even notice. Margins are not an issue, whatever your standard margin is will be fine. But DO make sure it’s in a universal file-format, like .rtf or .doc so we can open it! 

But do be sure to put your legal name, the story’s title, a word-count, and your preferred by-line (i.e. your pen-name) somewhere on the front page. This makes it easy for us to see who the story belongs to, and how long it is! We read a lot of stories, so the easier you make these things for us, the happier we are to be reading your wonderful story. ^_^

Looking forward to reading all your great queer stories when we reopen to submissions! (And sorry for such a long answer, Anon! Probably more info than you needed, but this was a great question to talk about submission format). 

~K

Edit: Another reason we need your legal name is because being published is a legally binding contract involving the rights to your work. :) 

ALL STUDENT FILES YET TO BE ARCHIVED SHALL BE SUBMITTED HERE FOR PROPER FORMATTING AND FOR PROPER PLACEMENT WITHIN THE ARCHIVE. ALL QUERIES SHOULD BE SENT TO M.A.U. 

FILE-S- STUDENT ID NUMBER - SURNAME, name

or

FILE - T - TEACHER ID NUMBER - SURNAME, name

or 

FILE - A - AGENT ID NUMBER - SURNAME, name

[BASIC PROFILE]

FULL NAME — Full Agent or Student Name

D.O.B. / AGE — Date of Birth / Current Age

CLASSIFICATION — To be accessed from mainframe and added by MAU.

LOCATION —  To be accessed from mainframe and added by MAU.

SEC. CLEARANCE —  To be accessed from mainframe and added by MAU.

[STUDENT PROFILE]

STUDENT ID NUM./ TEACHER ID NUM. — Five Digit ID number for active SHIELD students/eachers

D.O.A / ACTIVE YEARS — Date of Arrival / Total Years in Academy Custody

COURSE SELECTION -- For this section of the file please refer to the available course page. Students may have course selection from five to a maximum of eight classes

English Course

Math Course

Science Course

History Course

Gym Course

Elective Course (Optional)

Elective Course (Optional)

Elective Course (Optional)

FILES WITH EXAMPLES OF COURSE SELECTION-- [1] [2] [3]

FOR TEACHERS:

COURSES - For this section of the file for a teacher profile, fill out the following information: Courses the teacher currently gives (minimum 1 course):

Course 1

Course 2

— TRAINING ASSESSMENT —

For this section of the file please refer to the following information.

WEAPON PROFICIENCY— Weapons are to be included here. It is possible that an agent or student be profficient in more than one or two weapons. Assesment is measured in percentages.

Weapon Name 1—

Weapon Name 2 --  

COMBAT TRAINING— Weapons or abilities used for each range may be included. Assessment is measured in percentages. 

Long-Range — 

Mid-Range—

Close-Range — 

[AGENT PROFILE]

ALIAS / HANDLE — Current Aliases or Handles used by 

AGENT ID — Five Digit ID number for all SHIELD Agents. SHIELD Students carry Agent IDs for future involvement in assignments and as a means of quick identification. 

— MISSIONS —

MISSION CLEARANCE? — Yes or No

COMPLETED —  Number of missions completed.Missions are completed when their objectives were met regardless of injuries and/or deaths involved in the mission.

COMPROMISED — Number of missions not completed. Missions are compromised when their objectives were met regardless of injuries and/or deaths involved in the mission.

— ABILITY —

ABILITY — Main ability should agent be classified as Class M.