Greetings Carylers one and all! First, welcome to all of our new members. We are so excited you've found Nine Lives and Peta 2, Susan and I hope you're enjoying all of the great stories from our wonderful authors here.

We are two weeks into the new season and all of the fantastic Caryl moments have our feels flying all over the place! Peta and I decided the time was ripe for a new FANFIC CHALLENGE! In keeping with what appears to be an early theme for our intrepid couple this season, we're giving you two words with which to center your story around: Secrets and Signs.

Here are the challenge details:

• THE PROMPT: Your entry must revolve around one or both of the two themes: Secrets and/or Signs. It must be Caryl and set in the current season. (No McReedus this time. Sorry folks.)
• It must be at least 100 words.
• THE DEADLINE: All entries are due on October 30, 10pm MST. Everything will be posted on October 31.
• THE RULES: Here is how you enter the challenge:
• Send a PM to Fairies Masquerade or Peta2 stating that you’re going to enter the challenge. This is very important! If we don’t get a PM, you won’t be on the list. 
• Write your fic!!
• DO NOT UPLOAD IT YET!! Wait until October 30 to upload your fic – we will be suspending automatic validation for that day for all authors who enter the challenge.
• Submission Day is October 30 post your fic. It will not appear on the website, but will enter our validation queue. Make sure you submit it under the Nine Lives Challenge category!
• Posting Day is October 31 – We will post the Master List and post all of the challenge entries so everything shows up at once. That way, we’re all surprised by what we get to read! Any challenge fics that are posted before  October 30 will be deleted.

That's it, my friends! Drop a comment or PM us if you have any questions. Happy writing!