Altered states

Further to last night's post, I'm seriously considering doing this altered mental states ficathon. (I guess if I write about it much more, it'll become the Altered Mental States Ficathon.) The logistics are quite difficult - the simple model of people just picking three things they want as their request may not work. The best idea I've had so far is to actually make a list of altered mental states and phenomena - depression, madness, hallucinations, nightmre, euphoria, etc. - and have people make broad requests: specify fandom and mental state and leave it at that.

I wouldn't, I think, make a list of fandoms: the only problem would be making sure that at least two people from each fandom sign up.

I'm also thinking of running a much smaller, concurrent Slings & Arrows ficathon, with no connection to the first one other than they're both being run by me, as my own pet project. (Basically, there is no S&A fic on the internet and I disapprove.)

I'd be opening sign-ups for both of these fairly shortly, and maybe have my deadline at the end of August/beginning of September, though I'm open to argument on that, and minimum word count maybe 1000 words.

So, assuming that's how it's going to work, a poll.

[Poll #1022972]

Thanks, guys. And pimping this poll wouldn't go down amiss either. (Hint, hint.)