The PokéPod Project – Rules & Schedule

[peasina]

Welcome to The PokéPod Project, a collaborative, multi-medium project that aims to create a fic and podfic about every Pokémon. This is the project’s second round and will focus on the Johto region (Generation Two.) Once this year’s project is complete, a podfic anthology will be created containing all gen two stories in Pokédex order. To view last year’s anthology, click here.

Schedule

11 Aug: Writer & Podficcer Signups Open
20 Aug: Writer Signups Close
22 Aug: Latest writing assignments go out
12 Sep: Writing Deadline & Podficcer Signups Close
28 Sep: Podfics due
9 Oct: Anthology + AO3 Collection revealed

(All times 20:00PM UTC)

Signups Post

How this works

Writers sign up to create between 1 – 5 stories about a Pokémon from Generation Two. Each story should focus on the individual Pokémon they have been assigned to write about, be between 100 – 1000 words, and be complete and posted to the project’s Gen Two AO3 collection by the deadline. All participating writers must consent to their work being podficced - this means a fellow Pokémon fan will perform a reading of your story and post it as a separate work using AO3's “inspired by” function.

Podficcers sign up to record between 1 – 5 stories written for the PokéPod Project.

Once all stories have been written and podficced, they will be revealed alongside the anthology, unleashing the new works into the world for Pokémon lovers to read and/or listen to!

Please read the rules below in full before signing up, even if you're an event veteran. As this is not a traditional AO3 exchange/challenge, there are parts of the creation process that will differ from what you're used to, from sign-ups to posting.

( Sign-Ups )

( Assignments )

( Defaulting )

( Pinch Hits )

( Posting )

( Reveals )

( FAQ )

Your mods are peasina and javert , with Asymptotical managing the backend spreadsheets/forms. We hope you have fun taking part! If you need to contact us, click here for our support post.

PokéPod Project - Gen Two!

[javert]

We’re stoked to announce that the PokéPod Project is returning for a second round!

This year, there will be 99 Pokémon (all generation two Pokémon minus Unown – see below) included in the anthology. You can see the full list of generation two Pokémon here.

We have decided not to include Unown in the gen two anthology. As they have 28 forms, we will instead run a mini project between this round and Generation Three’s, in which every Unown form will get their own story and podfic! They’ll each have their time to shine.



Changes this year
Beyond basic schedule shifting, we will be capping writer signups at 99. We don’t expect to hit this, as 65 writers took part for gen one, but as we only have 99 Pokémon to assign this year, any writers signing up after that cap would have no Pokémon to write for!

We will announce on our DW and Tumblr if the cap is reached and close the Google Form.

Signups will open tomorrow, and we can’t wait to get started. See you there!