Well, it wasn't too comprehensive anyway.

Actually, I was really, really annoyed when I first found that link, because the archive went up the day that Kita's Five Things for Spike was completed, and before that, there'd been no challenge info posted anywhere I could find with aggressive Googling and poking around LJ and asking here. I hadn't even been able to find out who had made it a challenge. The archive was listed as closed from the moment it went up. So I was all, ahhhrgh, that's keeping out everybody who isn't one of their friends! Sulk, sulk, sulk, I'll write mine anyway & post it at least to the BFA.

But as you can see, it's been updated since then, even though it said it was closed. And some of those stories, like this one, were definitely written before the challenge started. Making it seem that archivage there is loosely-chosen, or invitation-only, or, maybe, if-you-email-Te-and-ask. So, m'dear, I'd try just that.

Huh. See. Even though someone e-mailed me the challenge page link before it went live, and told me I should write one, I still, uh, won't be asking anyone to list mine.

Because I have severe I-don't-invite-myself-to-the-party issues.

Wow, I'm a neurotic freak. I'll just go do archive maintenance or something.

Unhelpful analogies in fanfic:

(The context is Carter from SG-1 stepping out of a wormhole)

Her stomach still heaved like it did taking 8 g's in an F-16, and her foot impacting the soil - or in this case, polished marble landing - of an alien world still shivered through her like an orgasm. God, she loved her job!

Okay, see, I didn't need to know that. If there were going to be porn later I'd be fine with it, but there is no porn.

Huh. See. Even though someone e-mailed me the challenge page link before it went live, and told me I should write one, I still, uh, won't be asking anyone to list mine.

Because I have severe I-don't-invite-myself-to-the-party issues.

Okay, I don't think I'd see it that way, but, you know, this could be crazy lizard mores that normal people scorn. Because it doesn't *say* it's only for certain people, it just says it's over, but still it's being updated, so unless that's weirdly passive-aggressive there's like a contradiction thing-- unless, oh, that's what "closed" means? Not in terms of date but in terms of invitees? Because that hadn't occurred to me.

I'm blushing very hard. On the internet, no one can see you're redfaced....

I don't read much fanfic, but I've lurked in this thread since the beginning. I'm sure this article from the front page of today's Washington Post would be of interest.

Very Harry Potter-centric, and focuses on the copyright law issues.

unless, oh, that's what "closed" means? Not in terms of date but in terms of invitees?

Honestly, dunno. Although I tend to assume a challenge isn't open to everyone unless there's a public announcement.

How it usually happens is a bunch of people are in a chat room together, somebody gets a bright idea, and everybody goes off to write a story. Not deliberately "exclusive", if you know what I mean.

I'm sure this article from the front page of today's Washington Post would be of interest.

Well, that was... surprisingly inoffensive and non-condescending, really.

Because I have severe I-don't-invite-myself-to-the-party issues

Yes, like this.

The Post article wisely quotes an article on the intellectual property rights of fanfic writers which is both supportive and interesting.