There are just over seven weeks to go until December 2018 begins. The Mystrade Advent Calendar will be running again this year – so we’re starting the early call for submissions.
If you’re thinking of getting involved, here’s what you need to know…
1) We’re setting a maximum word count this year of 5000 words per story. This is to make sure our readers don’t end up feeling ‘swamped’ by mid-December, and to give later stories in the calendar as much chance of being read as early ones.
2) All kinds of creative works will be welcome, including art, fiction and more.
3) To be included in the calendar, your submission must be:
Mystrade [Mycroft Holmes/Greg Lestrade]
Christmas or winter-themed
Complete
Brand new for the calendar
Unless your submission clearly satisfies all four conditions, it won’t be eligible for the calendar.
4) Works of any rating will be warmly welcomed. (Huzzah for festive smut.)
5) The deadline to get involved is 30th November 2018. We won’t be accepting any new submissions after this point, and we hope most works will be ready to post.
6) There’s no minimum word count. New writers are very welcome. We want love to feature as many of our amazing Mystrade authors are possible, so please do get involved. The same goes for artists – even if you’ve never drawn any Mystrade before, come and join us! We’d love to have you on board. <3
If you’d like to contribute something to the calendar…
Let us know – @mystrade-advent-calendar – what kind of thing you’d like to contribute. (i.e., art or fiction). We don’t need details at this stage – it’s just so we can judge how much interest there is.
Mystrade is an amazing community, and Christmas is a fantastic time to celebrate that. You don’t need to produce a showstopper or a masterpiece: a soft and fluffy festive drabble will be just perfect.
So have a think, let us know if you’d like to participate, and be sure to follow the blog for updates!
It’s not even November, but we already have fifteen participants in this year’s Mystrade Advent Calendar. Submissions will be open all the way through until the end of November, so there’s still plenty of time to decide if you’d like to be involved.
If you’re a writer, we’re welcoming anything from a sparkly festive drabble up to a 5000 word story. There’s no need to produce a masterpiece – so long as it’s Christmas-themed, it’s Mystrade, it’s complete and it’s new for the calendar, we’d be delighted to have you with us.
The snow was falling again, heavier and larger now, and up in the trees the ravens complained to each other about the state of it. Greg rifled in his coat for his emergency stash, then shook out a cigarette and his lighter.
“One more, please,” said Mycroft.
Greg peered at him. “Really?”
“It’s been a disconcerting day.”
As far as Greg was concerned, the only Dickensian thing likely was the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come manifesting in the fireplace and ushering them all to hell.
Fandom: Sherlock Pairing: Mycroft Holmes/Gregory Lestrade Rating: Explicit Wordcount: about 17k [COMPLETE] Tags: Love, Romance, Desire, Affection, Emotions, Intimacy, Holidays, Christmas, One Shot, ACD Canon References, Banter, Snark, Companionable Snark, Original Character(s), Alcohol use, holiday ghost story
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