Welcome to Holding the Fort -- A page for SenRu Day 2005's Fan Fiction Challenges!

And yes, you read that right! It's not just a challenge, in fact, it's challenge/s/. For this year's SenRu Day (meaning July 11, 2005 a.k.a the 7-11 Day in case you don't know or you forgot --> Aki sharpens her bugnuks, Kim shows off her knuckles and Archangel locks on you as her target), Meltwater will be hosting not just one -- but two amazing fan fiction challenges!

Good, eh? Yes, it is.

So, sharpen those pencils, refill those pens, and let those minds run free -- and get ready for the 2005 SenRu Day Challenges!

But wait... there's more *slides in evil laughter*, it is important for you to be reading this entire page (repeat: this entire page) for you to really feel the essence of this challenge and refrain from being a deliquent. Ok?

Believe it or not, you have to read this!

Like any other challenge, we do have a very good reason for making this all up. That is, to uphold the SenRu love and promote creativity through writing. We fervently believe that SenRu fic authors are great writers with a whole lot of creative ideas and this will be the perfect opportunity to sqeeze up those pent up juices and ferment them into the best possible wine (get the idea?).

Aside from which, we emphasize that this is not a contest, this is a challenge. We do not promote a rivalry between fics and authors, instead, we are just pushing everyone to share to all SenRu fans their creative writing talents and be proud of their outputs.

Through this challenge, we aim to relive the passion and flame of the SenRu love. And with the success of this project, we hope that this would be part of the so-called SenRu tradition.

As was said, we have two major challenges for this year's SenRu Day. But before anything else, we would like to present and emphasize these important general guidelines:

1. All fics must be submitted a week before, or on SenRu Day itself (July 4-11, 2005).
2. There would be no restrictions on ratings. Hentai/Lemon/Lime are allowed.
3. Fics must be finished upon posting/submission.

These rules are fairly simple so, we do hope we'll have no problems with that. Now on to the challenges...

1. The 'YOU AND ME AGAINST THE WORLD' Challenge
2. The SenRu Day '7-11 FAN FICTION CHALLENGE'

Specific for this challenge are these rules:

1. This is a multi-part fan fiction challenge (which should make up at least three chapters).
2. As the title suggests, it must be a Drama/Angst fic.

So, this is some sort of an 'Against Oll Odds' type of fic, where the two would have to struggle against the world for their love. It could have comedy inserted in it, but it must be heartbreaking enough to squeeze a tear, or maybe pinch a heart. ^__~

Just to reiterate, you have to submit your fics completed. Or simply, it has to be finished as you post them.

Specific for this challenge are these rules:

1. Just insert as many 7-11's in your fic. Like a 7-11 store, or whatever. Be creative, ok?
2. No restrictions on the genre and length this time.

Meaning, this fic could be multi-part or a oneshot, could be a comedy, angst, drama, hentai... whatever. But please make sure to submit all multi-part fics finished or completed.

As compensation for what you've done for SenRu Day 2005, the staff will be making a special... exclusive (whatever... but it's nice) page for the winners of challenge. Banners will be given out and if time will allow, a personalized fan art for the chosen fic.

If you have questions, violent reactions or things you're not clear with regarding any of these challenges, please feel free to email Aki-chan at bugnuks[at]senrusen[dot]net.