Posting Guidelines

**Before your posting date:**

Coordinate with your partner about posting your art, fic, and masterpost and how you will go about exchanging links. Try to have this conversation a couple of days in advance to avoid confusion and stress on posting day.

Discuss with your partner if the art should be embedded in the fic. Some authors prefer to not embed the art for their own reasons, and some artists prefer to have the art post on their own and not to embed the art at all. All is fair as long as you communicate about it!

If your posting day is coming up and you haven't been able to communicate with your partner then please let us know via e-mail or by contacting a mod on Discord as soon as possible! This is very important, communication is always the key to success.

**Rules for posting:**

* Both the art and the fic need to go live on your team's assigned posting date.
* The fic has to have a link to the art post and the art post has to have a link to the fic.
* You also need to submit a masterpost to our Tumblr containing the following:
	+ Banner (including title, ppb logo, author and artist name)
	+ Title
	+ Author
	+ Artist
	+ Wordcount
	+ Rating
	+ Genre
	+ Major pairings
	+ Fic Major Warnings
	+ Art Major Warnings
	+ Relevant tags (no more than 10)
	+ Summary
	+ Link to fic
	+ Link to art

 The fic should be posted to AO3 and added to our PPB 2021 collection (PPB21). It may also be posted to any other platform you'd like to share it in.

The art should be posted to the platform of the artist's choice as long as it is public. Some examples are Tumblr, Ao3, Deviantart, etc. The art can also be embedded in the fic if the artist permits it and the author is willing to do so.

Do not promote your fic or art on any social media platforms until the masterpost is up, this includes Discord.

After both the fic and art are posted, you should submit your masterpost at https://perfectpairbang.tumblr.com/submit before 11:59 pm EST, where a mod will review and approve it. Make sure to submit on time since your mods need to sleep!

If you cannot get a hold of your partner or cannot post because of emergency reasons on your posting date please email the mods ASAP on perfectpairbang@gmail.com, or contact us through discord, via DM or #matchmaker-room channel.

**What is a masterpost?**

The masterpost is a post meant to promote both the fic and art. It is submitted once by either team member. Please make sure to coordinate which one of you is responsible for the masterpost.

Please follow the guide above for what information the Masterpost should contain.

**I am new to this bang-stuff, I need help!**

If you need help with the art or fic posting try asking your partner first if they have experience. If your partner cannot help you, you are both new at this, or feel insecure please throw us an email or a message to your assigned Mod a few days in advance so we have time to help you out before your posting date.

**I haven't been able to coordinate things with my partner!!**

Please contact your mod via e-mailing us at *perfectpairbang@gmail.com* or contacting them on Discord.

**I need to change my posting date due to an emergency / I had an unexpected issue during my posting day, what do I do?!**

Contact us as soon as you find out that you may have an issue! We have reserved a couple of posting dates for special cases. Please contact a mod via e-mail or Discord immediately to avoid penalties and coordinate your new posting date. Please keep in mind that if you miss your posting date you face the possibility of a ban or other disciplinary measures.