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Hi, and welcome to the fourth flash round of Be The First! This is a low-pressure challenge to write a fic, of any length, for a fandom that previously had none. That's it! If you want to take part, just reply to this post :)

This flash round works exactly the same as usual, with the exception of one thing: instead of having two months to write, you now only have two weeks. The deadline to submit your fic is at 23.59 GMT on the 17th of September, and the archive will go live at 00.01 GMT on the 19th of September.

The AO3 collection for this flash round is here, and I'll be putting up a fandom promo post in roughly a day.

Good luck to everyone who's challenging themselves with this! Write like the wind :Db

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literary_mafioso

I managed to finish my fic early, and may have jumped the gun because now I can't seem to add an existing work to the collection. (I have never posted a fic to a collection before, so forgive my ignorance!) If this disqualifies it, no big deal, I just wanted to be sure I wasn't overlooking some obvious feature.

From:

galerian_ash

First off, good job on finishing! I think the easiest way to post a fic to a collection is to simply view one of the collection's pages on AO3 -- so, for example, https://archiveofourown.org/collections/bethefirstflashround4 -- and then click the button that says "post to collection". You can also do things in whatever way you do usually, but in the field that says "post to collections / challenges" you add the collection in question (which in this case would be "bethefirstflashround4"). You can edit your fic after it's been posted to add it to a collection in this same manner, but please be aware that it would temporarily make your fic unrevealed until the collection opens. I see that it already has both comments and kudos, but it's still very welcome and not disqualified by this, so it's completely up to you.

From:

literary_mafioso

Thank you so much! In that case what I may do is just add it to the collection early next week a couple days before the deadline :) appreciate your help!

From:

galerian_ash

I'm sorry for being unclear, but I meant that if you want it to be in the collection you need to add it now. It's meant to be for new fics -- in this case the hits/kudos/comments were from an honest mistake (and also my fault for not explaining it better in the FAQ), but if you leave it up until next week then it's a different story. I'm really sorry, but I hope you understand!