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MATHTEAM:

Imagine traveling to an alternate dimension in which you have signed up for a competitive points-based event called Mathteam. (For some reason, every Mathteam submission needs to be connected to audio fanworks in some way. Don’t question the rules of dimensional travel, just go with it!) Create something that you can turn in for that event. NO FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ALLOWED.

PODLUCK:

As a group, choose a fandom (or make up some original characters) and either a tone or a story premise. Then each participating player will write and record 5–10 sentences that could be part of a story that fits the agreed-upon fandom and tone/premise. You may not discuss or look at anyone else's sentences until your own are submitted. Once all the recordings are collected, arrange the sentences into a coherent story, ensuring at least one sentence from every contributing player is included.

Point value: 40 points for each player who contributes.

STONE COLD:

Create a podfic of a fic posted more than 5 years ago. Bonus if the fic was posted more than 10 years ago. (Other audio fanworks, such as filks or audio meta, also qualify for this challenge, if they are based on fannish works posted more than 5/10 years ago.)

Point value: 35 points for each player who contributes, +5 if the text was posted more than 10 years ago.

CHARACTER CLINIC:

Have a conversation (text or verbal) with one or more people where you discuss how to perform a particular character. You might share thoughts about vocal qualities, rhythms, personality traits, or other ways to evoke that character with your performance. For the rest of the round after the conversation has ended, anyone who was present for the conversation can earn points for recording audio fanworks with that character, hopefully letting some aspects of the conversation inform their performance! (For no additional points, just added fun, any verbal conversations can be submitted to Behind the Pod, a fest for podfic meta and discussions!)

Point value: 10 points for each player who contributes to the conversation. 35 points for each player who contributes to an audio fanwork where someone who was present for the conversation voices the character discussed.

I SPY:

Have a teammate name a color. Find something you can currently see that is that color. Whatever you have found is your prompt—make an audio fanwork from that prompt. (You must get a new prompt for each audio fanwork you make for this challenge.)

Point value: 35 points for each player who contributes. (Naming the color is not enough to count as a contribution for points.)

ALL ACCESS:

Create something related to audio fanworks that increases accessibility in fandom. For example, create a podfic of a work without a current podfic, create a transcript of an audio-only work, add image descriptions for cover art to 5 posts, create a no-music/effects version of a podfic, or something else. If you have other ideas for increasing accessibility in fandom, please feel free to ask. They will probably count!

Point value: 35 points for each player who contributes. If you are completing a lower-effort task for this challenge that doesn't feel worth 35 points on its own, please submit a set of them (your choice the size of the set) that do feel worth 35 points—in other words, the approximate equivalent effort of creating an audio fanwork.

REPLICATION:

Choose an audio fanwork you or a team member created. Create an object that was featured in that audio fanwork. For example, cook a meal eaten in the fanwork, recreate a document mentioned in the fanwork, draw a doodle/paint a painting described in the fanwork, etc.

Point value: 20 points for each player who contributes, +20 if it requires significant time, effort, or energy on your part.

RUNNING COMMENTARY:

Go to an audio fanwork you've already finished, and add in a running audio commentary. The commentary should be spread throughout the audio fanwork, not just at the end. To do this, listen back to your audio fanwork, pause when you have something to say, and record it. Edit the bits of recorded commentary directly into the original audio file to create a running-commentary version!

Point value: 40 points for each player who contributes.

PASS IT ON:

Working together with one or more other players, record an audio fanwork sequentially in parts. Each contributing player will listen to everything that has been previously recorded for the work, record their own part, and then pass it along to the next person. The newly recorded part may either come after the parts recorded before or be layered on top of them (as in added sound effects, improvised reactions, or vocal harmonies).

Point value: 35 points for each player who contributes.

FREAKY FRIDAY:

Create a multivoice recording. Then create a second version with the roles switched around. Bonus for making more than 2 versions, with different roles in each version.

Point value: 50 points for each player who contributes to a pair of podfics, +10 for each version beyond the first two. Contributions other than voice only earn points if they are done separately for each podfic (e.g. making an entirely different cover for each version).