Submission Guidelines

As of 22/7/2015, the Conglomera subreddit has been made public and open for anyone to submit a new post on the forum. For more information, please visit the Policies and Procedures page.

Rule #1: All threads must be tagged with the appropriate flair.

 * [Stories] - for complete story submissions
 * [Offtopic] - for non-Conglomera discussion/community building
 * [Art] - for artwork submissions - e.g. sketches, visual art, music, videos, etc.
 * [Contest] - For posts like Tropey Tuesday, Whimsical Wednesday, and Sketchy Sunday.
 * [Meta] - For any subreddit related discussion, i.e. rules changes, info about the wikia, asking for co-authors, etc.
 * [Poll] - For weekly polls
 * [Canon] - For poll results
 * [Lore] - For non-Canon content in need of editing and feedback before posting to the Canon Submission Thread

Rules for story submissions:

 * 1) All story elements must fit within canon to the best of the author's ability. All non-canonical story elements should be submitted to the canonization procedure via poll.
 * 2) Along with each story, the author should include a section (either within the original post or in the comments section) with the following information, if able:
 * 3) * Timeline: Approximate age/place in history on which this story occurs (can use defined ages or describe in relation to other stories)
 * 4) * Location:  Approximate location/setting of this story (with link to maps, if relevant)
 * 5) * Credits: Username mentions of any community members who had a significant hand in the story process or whose canon content is being used in the story
 * 6) Community members should use the comment section below the original story post for constructive criticism/editing suggestions and for meta discussions about canon and possible spin-off stories.
 * 7) If stories are approved by the public and fit within the established canon, they are automatically accepted as part of the Conglomera canon.
 * 8) Authors should update the wikia as needed.
 * 9) All story prompts/ideas for stories should be made in the monthly prompt thread; all collaboration solicitations should be made in the weekly forum thread.

Map Submission Policy
Maps will generally be considered "approved artwork" and should be submitted directly to the subreddit using the [Art] flair. These are maps created to depict different visualizations of the world & its locations. Although, artists/map makers should try to refer to a canon reference map if possible, there is a bit more artistic license allowed here. Most maps created for the subreddit will fall under this category.

Reference maps, on the other hand, are those designed to be a resource for the practical, technical side of worldbuilding within Conglomera. These maps should be less detailed & allow freedom for other content creators to build upon them. They must be internally consistent with prior canon and follow proper rules of geography & cartography. These maps are subject to the standard canonization procedures, and must be voted on via poll as the Creation of a technical/reference map.