Hi

I believe you're saying you can't see whether prompts are claimed or available?

If so, what you need to do is check the heading of the prompt (in bold text). See example below of one unclaimed prompt and one that has been claimed for fic (meaning art is still available for people to claim).

I hope that clears things up. Please let us know!!

To make things even clearer we've now added the following at the bottom of each panel.

And here's the link to the prompt gallery again!! And the Claiming form!

Happy perusing!

Hi anon! We appreciate the enthusiasm, and we also appreciate a good stat! 🤓

Prompts can't be claimed twice, obviously, but people can certainly attempt to! In those cases, it's first come first served, and we will issue the person who misses out their 2nd choice if it's available. This is why we have to work quickly to process the claims and mark the prompts as taken! This reduces the likelihood of double claims for prompts.

Sadly, we aren't tracking these stats for double claims, as we are busy busy busy processing claims and making sure everybody gets one of their choices. ❤️

Hello

When a prompt is claimed it will show in the Gallery as either: - Unavailable for fic and art - Fic available - Art available

In the podfic prompt gallery it will show as: - CLAIMED So you can either scroll through and keep an eye out for those or use the search function to find them (depending on what device you're on: scroll for mobile and search tool for laptop/pc).

HTH! 💗

Hi dear nonnie!

That's on us, something is wrong with Airtable and the option for podfic is not showing up.

We're working on it and hope to have the issue fixed asap!

Thanks for messaging!

Hi nonnie!

We are so excited that claiming finally started and we feel like you're sharing that feeling!

We will update the prompting list as we send out the claim confirmation emails. So you'll see more and more prompts being marked as claimed over the next few hours!

We hope that some of your favourites got picked, so far the claims all look amazing!

HD WIRELESS CLAIMING IS OPEN

🎵Hey dudes, the time has come. Take a fab song and make it better. Remember to claim for fic or art, Then you can start…  to get creative

And anytime you wanna claim For podfics, it’s the same, Just choose from our list that’s right before you. Don’t be a fool and play it cool Oh dude, it’s true The song that you need is waiting for you

Na-na-na-na-na Na-na-na-naaaaah 🎵

Time to choose the song that you've let get under your skin!

You can find all prompts in our 2024 Prompt Gallery. Or if you'd rather create a podfic check out our Podfic Prompt Gallery, all prompts have written consent to be turned into a podfic from our former participants!

All participants MUST read our Rules & Guidelines and confirm that they've done so. If you haven't yet, please check out the fest rules, it is crucial for a stress-free participation. Anxiety who? With our rules you won't have that!

Once you've found your prompt and read the rules, hop onto our claiming form HERE.

If you want to go with the vibe check out our Spotify playlist that includes all prompts available on Spotify, created with the help of our lovely friend @evaeleanor

Claims for art and podfic are unlimited, however fic claims are capped at 80, so get in there quick and don't miss the Wireless train!

Let's get that party started!

Your mods

@maesterchill @candybarrnerd @gnarf

So claim the prompt you want to create, and make the fandom world a little better, better, better, better, BETTER, BETTER, oh!

Good luck!

Hi nonny,

As per the rule regarding having your fic betaed (which you read):

So, the requirement is that you let us know if you are having difficulty finding a beta reader.

I suppose this could technically be classified as letting us know, but we're not gonna be able to do anything with an anon ask, so you'll need to reach out to us via actual email at hdwirelessmod@gmail.com. Please do that early enough on so it's not last minute before submission.

For the record, no, we unfortunately do not have the resources to beta-read fics for participants. We will instead point you to ways to secure one. Having said that, we do read all fics once they have been submitted, to check tags, look for any glaring errors, or if anything formatting-wise has messed up, and we will let you know so you can correct it, but we won't be doing a line by line beta-read.

Oh believe me, YOU ARE WORTHY.

Thanks @glassf1re ! Our 4 years in 'gifs for song-prompt-based fests' college has paid off, finally. Woohooo!

Note to those thinking about claiming for Wireless

You may have noticed we updated our rules this year to include the following:

If you have dropped in the last two years without sending us an email, we will need to you email the mod team to confirm your eligibility. we will not accept claims from creators who have ghosted us (within the last two years) and not reached out to the mods prior to submitting a claim form.

as always, our email is hdwirelessmod@gmail.com

Claiming opens tomorrow at 4th February, 1pm GMT (what is that time for me)

Hi anon

Should we be worried that you're thinking about switching prompts before claiming has even taken place?? 😂

We'd advise thinking really carefully about your prompt and story idea before submitting a claim. If you love your prompt and are inspired to write something, then go on ahead and claim! If you're not sure but just want to secure a fic slot, then maybe that's unfair to other writers trying to claim.

However, we do understand that the muse can flee, so if you've claimed in good faith and really feel you are struggling or won't complete the fic, just email us (hdwirelessmod@gmail.com) as soon as possible and we can discuss. Changing the story idea is usually no issue, but changing the song prompt is another matter.

Key takeaway: if you're struggling, get in touch!!!

Hello We are so thrilled to hear that you're excited to claim!!! Pretty sure that info is in the Rules, but just in case you missed it:

'The form will go live on 4th February, 1pm GMT'

Wishing you the best of luck in claiming the prompt you want!!! 🍀

Hi hi

Thanks for the ask. And for checking the rules so carefully!

HD Wireless fest has no requirements for anyone who would like to participate to have created any prior fanworks. We welcome first-timers! That goes for writers, artists and podficcers!

And we are here or over on hdwirelessmod@gmail.com to answer any questions any fest noobies might have.

Hope to have you on board!!

Hi

Thanks for the ask. Anyone can claim a prompt, whether or not they submitted one during the prompting period.

The prompts are there and waiting for any plucky fandomer to grab!

Hope that clears things up!

Hi there,

That space on the prompting form was for the prompter to express what the maximum rating they prefer would read, so if someone didn't want to read any smut at all they could put 'Teen', or of they are ok with smut references but don't want to read graphic details they could put 'Mature'.

Where someone has written Explicit that really means any rating is fine because Explicit IS the maximum on AO3. It just means they are happy for you to go as high as E if you want to. (We don't allow people to specify a minimum rating) So, the upshot is, if you see a prompt with a max rating of E and you'd rather not write explicit that is totally fine!! You're good!

And don't forget: (from our Rules and Guidelines) We encourage you to be inspired by the prompter’s additional details, but these are not required to be incorporated into the creation. You may also wish to take into consideration your prompter’s squicks when creating. This is not a requirement — but we ask that you do not gift the creation to the prompter if you are not taking the squicks into consideration, and as always, be sure to tag your work appropriately.

The Prompts!!

🎵At last The prompts have come along My lonely days are over And life is like a song Oh, yeah, yeah 🎵

Prompting has closed, and here they are AT LAST: all the talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before (etc) WIRELESS PROMPTS! Cast your eyes over this inspiring list of brilliant tunes!*

And cast your ears over the songs on this amazing spotify playlist kindly and graciously put together by the tireless @evaeleanor**

And here's the Podfic Prompt list of consented fics to check out. There are 181 fabulous fics to choose from!

Claiming will open on 4th February, so mark that on your calendar! Or set an alarm. Or ask a friend to come and yell at you. Whatever works. And then the song prompt will be yours... at last 💖

And if nothing on here takes your fancy (weird, sounds fake, but okay) then you can self-prompt using the Claiming Form instead.

*We removed most of the duplicate prompts, but you may spot that there are one or two duplicates still in there. We allowed these to stay as the prompt details were significantly different enough.

**The numbers may not match up with the prompts due to duplicates and songs that weren't available on spotify

Happy browsing! 🎧

Your Wireless mods @candybarrnerd @gnarf @maesterchill