Carylers, NL family, friends, neighbors and that random stranger lurking the the back corner - yes, we see you - it’s time to kick off our 3rd Annual Summer Survival Series!

Those of you who are faint of heart or want to keep their fandom experience to a PG-13 rating at best, now is the time to avert your eyes.

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We good? … Okay then.

Smutfest 2 is here!

We’re bringing sexy back. Smutfest was one of our most popular challenges and the most requested challenge from Nine Lives members to bring back for another round. What better way to kick off a summer of Caryl fun than to grant this popular wish? Even better - we’re inviting all the artists out there to play as well!

Here’s how this goes:

THE PROMPT: Smut. Sex. Screwing. Love-making. Whatever you want it, however you want it - fast and hard all the way to tender and sweet - bring it. With or without plot. Those of you who just want Carol and Daryl to get down and dirty, this is your moment.

THE DEADLINE:Submissions must be turned in by midnight PST April 23.

WHERE: Fanfiction will be posted on the Nine Lives Archive. Fan art and graphics will be posted to the Nine Lives tumblr account.

THE RULES: 

• FAN FICTION
• Send a PM to Fairies Masquerade, Ikkleosu or subversivegrrl that you want to enter the challenge
• Write!
• Stories must be at least 100 words
• Multiple entries are allowed!
• McReedus fics are allowed - however, if you're going to submit multiple entries, one of them MUST be Caryl
• Do not upload it yet! Wait until April 23 to upload your fic – just like in challenges past, we will be suspending automatic validation for that day for all authors who enter the challenge.
• Submission Day is April 23 – post your fic. It will not appear on the archive, but will enter our validation queue. Make sure you submit it under the Nine Lives Challenge category!
• Posting Day is April 24 – We will post the master list and all of the challenges entries so everything shows up at once. That way, we’re all surprised by what we get to read! Any challenge fics posted before April 24 will be deleted.
• FAN ART/GRAPHICS
• Send a PM to Fairies Masquerade, Ikkleosu or subversivegrrl that you want to enter the challenge --OR--
• Send an ask to the Nine Lives tumblr account
• Anonymous submissions are not allowed!
• Create!
• Submit your challenge piece via one of the following channels:
• Nine Lives tumblr submissions box
• Email your submission to challenges@ninelivesarchive.com

• Email title: Smutfest 2 Submission
• Emails must include your tumblr OR Nine Lives Archive username along with any other information you wanted posted with your artwork
  
  
• Submissions are due April 23 - We need to have your artwork submitted to our tumblr or email by April 23. 
• Posting Day is April 24 - We will post all artwork via the Nine Lives tumblr account and add them to the master list of Smutfest 2 challenge entries on the Nine Lives Archive 

That’s everything! If you have questions, please PM an admin. Now get out there and get down and dirty like we know you can.