fotoFRIDAY: reference

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Published: Oct 23, 2006

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What is fotoFRIDAY?

fotoFRIDAY, originally began on <a href="www.poetry.tetto.orgPoetryCritical by a fellow named onkelcripsy, is a weekly photo-based writing prompt. Recently revived at PoetryCritical, secondmagpie thought it would be a fantastic idea to carry the concept over to dA and expand it to include poetry and prose.

The concept is simple: write a poem or story inspired by the week's picture. There are no line requirements, and the author can choose to be as literal or figurative with his/her interpretation as s/he'd like. New "prompts" come out every Friday, and participants have until the following Wednesday to post a link to the scrap or deviation the photograph inspired. News articles featuring the photographs and the submissions are released at the earliest convenience, and there is even the occasional contest (with prizes)!

In 2006, fotoFriday earned secondmagpie an award as a senior dA staff member for "bringing together visual artists and writers by inspiring art with art". It has been applauded and honored by senior members and gallery directors throughout the dA community and continues to inspire countless artists on dA and beyond. In January 2007 alienhead even published a short novel, A Life Transparent, originally conceived from a fotoFriday prompt.

Note: fotoFRIDAY is under the temporary management of GeneratingHype.

How do I join?

Since fotoFRIDAY is a project and not a club, all that we ask is that you

the account.  You do not have to submit any writing if you don't want to, and you are free to submit one week and not submit another.  Consider this a weekly dose of inspiration; if you're inspired, then write and let us know; if you're not, wait until the following week and see if something hits you.  At the very least we can promise you a new and exciting photograph every week or so!

Okay, I wrote something.  Now what?

Now all you have to do is copy the url (www.deviantart.com/deviation/#) and paste it a comment to the weekly journal.  Please do not note your submissions to the account or post them on our front page, as we might miss them!

Are there prizes?  What's the point?

There are no prizes for our weekly prompts other than the feel-good feeling you get when you complete a piece of writing.  fotoFRIDAY does run contests occasionally, but we'll let you know when they occur and what the prizes are at that time.

So the point?  Oh yeah: the point is to be inspired!  Break out of that writer's block, look at things from a new angle, go back to an old piece you've given up on--quite simply: write.

I'm a photographer.  How do I get featured?

The first step is to send a NOTE to the fotoFRIDAY account letting us know that we have permission to use one of your photographs (please specifiy which) or any photograph in your gallery for one of our prompts.  We'll then add you to the list and, if your photograph is chosen, we will note you the week it comes out.

Please understand that granting permission to fotoFRIDAY does not gaurantee that your photograph will be chosen for a prompt.

If you know any photographers here on dA that you think might like to contribute their work, have them send me a note-- or, on the other hand, if you find stock photos (or you yourself have photos) feel free to note me with any suggestions.

STAMPS ARE IMPORTANT

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These are temporary until I get someone who isn't useless with photoshop to do them.

Feel free to link them back to this journal; if you need help with the HTML, just drop me a note.