>> I'll gladly do the events I did before (Story Sparks, Body Parts, Untranslateable Words) wherever we have a hole. And I had the idea for one themed around pets/animals. <<
Look at the calendar, I would say space out 3 or at most 4 fests through the year. Having a mix of returning and new fests would be nice.
>> I'd do the Public Domain bingo if folks can share some ideas or help me brainstorm.<<
Okay, so Public Domain Day is when formerly copyrighted material gets released. That is January 1. Finding a list of titles whose copyright is about to expire, before that date, is often difficult. Finding lists a few days later is easy. But this year I found some early:
One easy way to make prompt lists would be the titles of books, movies, etc.
Notably among the releases will be The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan-Doyle. That's a huge fandom, so doing a prompt list for this would be great. I could do this one if you wish. Maybe if someone else spots a fandom they love in the release list, they could do prompts for it too.
So just there -- books, movies, Sherlock Holmes -- you've got 3 sublists. You could also look at the Bingo Card Generator for premade lists, like dramatic situations, that would mix well with this theme. Generally I recommend at least 25 prompts per list because that will fill a 5x5 card.
When it comes to making public cards for a fest with several sublists, however, the host often makes 2x2 or 3x3 cards for each sublist, and sometimes a 4x4 or 5x5 card mixing prompts from all of them.
Basically, I would just like to encourage people to use the newly freed material in whatever way they wish. I'd rather not host the fest myself since I'm doing Valentines in February.
Thoughts
Date: 2022-12-06 08:03 am (UTC)Look at the calendar, I would say space out 3 or at most 4 fests through the year. Having a mix of returning and new fests would be nice.
>> I'd do the Public Domain bingo if folks can share some ideas or help me brainstorm.<<
Okay, so Public Domain Day is when formerly copyrighted material gets released. That is January 1. Finding a list of titles whose copyright is about to expire, before that date, is often difficult. Finding lists a few days later is easy. But this year I found some early:
https://blog.archive.org/2022/11/30/public-domain-day-2023-remix-contest-the-internet-archive-is-looking-for-creative-short-films-made-by-you
https://copyrightlately.com/public-domain-day-2023/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_in_public_domain
One easy way to make prompt lists would be the titles of books, movies, etc.
Notably among the releases will be The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan-Doyle. That's a huge fandom, so doing a prompt list for this would be great. I could do this one if you wish. Maybe if someone else spots a fandom they love in the release list, they could do prompts for it too.
So just there -- books, movies, Sherlock Holmes -- you've got 3 sublists. You could also look at the Bingo Card Generator for premade lists, like dramatic situations, that would mix well with this theme. Generally I recommend at least 25 prompts per list because that will fill a 5x5 card.
When it comes to making public cards for a fest with several sublists, however, the host often makes 2x2 or 3x3 cards for each sublist, and sometimes a 4x4 or 5x5 card mixing prompts from all of them.
Basically, I would just like to encourage people to use the newly freed material in whatever way they wish. I'd rather not host the fest myself since I'm doing Valentines in February.
Thoughts?