Lily/James Games 2011 statistics
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lilyjames_fest
Master List: Here (main fest) and here (bonus rounds)
Fest type: Prompt claiming (main fest); set prompt (bonus rounds)
Premise: Lily/James
Ratings restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length restrictions: Main fest: Minimum 2,000 words, no maximum. Bonus rounds: Maximum 500 words, no minimum
Creation period: Two and a half months (main fest); two weeks (bonus rounds)
The 'Games' consisted of five parts, one main round and four optional bonus rounds. There was also one extra drabble challenge that did not give any points, but I am including it with the statistics for the bonus rounds.
Number of submissions:
Main fest: 18
Art: 4
Fic: 14
Art to fic ratio: 28%
Bonus rounds:
Bonus round 1: 16
Art: 1
Fic: 15
Bonus round 2: 10
Art: 1
Fic: 9
Bonus round 3: 10
Art: 2
Fic: 8
Bonus round 4: 3
Art: 1
Fic: 2
Extra drabble challenge: 3
Art: 0
Fic: 3
Total bonus round submissions: 42
Art: 5
Fic: 37
Art to fic ratio: 13%
Number of participants:
Main fest: 18
Bonus rounds: 21
Number who participated only in the main fest: 5
Number who participated in both the main fest and at least one bonus round: 13
Number who participated only in one or more bonus rounds: 8
Total participants: 26
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zia_montrose , museme87 , missgoalie75 , and firstbreaths all participated in the main fest and four of the bonus rounds.
By rating:
Main fest:
G - 1
PG - 7
PG-13 - 7
R - 2
NC-17 - 1
Bonus rounds:
G - 10
PG - 15
PG-13 - 15
R - 1
NC-17 - 1
By word count:
Main fest:
The shortest fic was 2,100 words long. The longest fic was 9,000 words long.
2-3K - 5
3-4K - 4
4-5K - 0
5-6K - 2
6-7K - 1
7-8K - 0
8-9K - 1
Total word count: 60,700
Mean (average words per fic): 4,336
Median (half the fics shorter, half the fics longer): 3,850
Mode (most frequent fic length): 2-3K
Bonus rounds:
The shortest drabble was 252 words. The longest drabble was 553 words.
<200 - 0
201-300 - 1
301-400 - 3
401-500 - 15
501+ - 18
Total words written: 17,922 words
Mean (average words per fic): 484
Median (half the fics shorter, half the fics longer): 498
Mode (most frequent fic length): 501+
Some thoughts: I admit I was confused by the format of these Games at first, but now in hindsight it all makes sense. One main challenge and four optional drabble challenges over the course of two and a half months. Alles klar.
The amount of art was higher in the main round, perhaps because some artists weren't comfortable with posting unfinished 'drawbles', even though the ones that were posted were really charming. I don't think the shorter time period of the drabble challenges put artists off per se, since an unfinished sketch can be done in the course of a single evening (or class period, lol).
The number of main round participants alone (18) appears slightly low, but if you look at the overall number of 26 participants, that puts these Games in the company ofhp_spring_fling (27 participants) and the Mischief Managed Fest at mwpp_mischief (24 participants, many the same as in these Games).
I find the ratings interesting in that mild ratings were heavily favored in both parts of the Games, with only 2 NC-17 and 3 R rated pieces out of 60 total submissions. This says to me that the participants in this fest were more interested in fluff and flirting than sex or extreme violence.
The word counts for the main fest were fairly typical, with the bulk of the fics in the lowest range and thinner representation at the higher word counts. The one thing I might have expected that didn't turn up was one much longer fic in the 10K+ range, especially given the length of the creation period.
I find the word counts for the drabble rounds interesting. The first thing that strikes me is that just about half of the submissions were actually longer than the allowed maximum word count. Not by all that much, it's true (the longest one was only 53 words over), and it's also true that different word processors may end up with different word counts, so a drabble that had 505 words on my computer may only have been 499 on someone else's (but vice versa, a 498-word drabble might have been 503 somewhere else). It also stands out that nearly all of the drabbles were over 400 words, with none shorter than 250 words. Taken together, I think the trend is clear. To me, this means that the participants had a lot of great ideas and scenarios, and they found it hard to keep from writing more. Maybe some of them will expand their drabbles into longer pieces outside of the Games.
lilyjames_fest Master List: Here (main fest) and here (bonus rounds)
Fest type: Prompt claiming (main fest); set prompt (bonus rounds)
Premise: Lily/James
Ratings restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length restrictions: Main fest: Minimum 2,000 words, no maximum. Bonus rounds: Maximum 500 words, no minimum
Creation period: Two and a half months (main fest); two weeks (bonus rounds)
The 'Games' consisted of five parts, one main round and four optional bonus rounds. There was also one extra drabble challenge that did not give any points, but I am including it with the statistics for the bonus rounds.
Number of submissions:
Main fest: 18
Art: 4
Fic: 14
Art to fic ratio: 28%
Bonus rounds:
Bonus round 1: 16
Art: 1
Fic: 15
Bonus round 2: 10
Art: 1
Fic: 9
Bonus round 3: 10
Art: 2
Fic: 8
Bonus round 4: 3
Art: 1
Fic: 2
Extra drabble challenge: 3
Art: 0
Fic: 3
Total bonus round submissions: 42
Art: 5
Fic: 37
Art to fic ratio: 13%
Number of participants:
Main fest: 18
Bonus rounds: 21
Number who participated only in the main fest: 5
Number who participated in both the main fest and at least one bonus round: 13
Number who participated only in one or more bonus rounds: 8
Total participants: 26
Most prolific:
zia_montrose , museme87 , missgoalie75 , and firstbreaths all participated in the main fest and four of the bonus rounds. By rating:
Main fest:
G - 1
PG - 7
PG-13 - 7
R - 2
NC-17 - 1
Bonus rounds:
G - 10
PG - 15
PG-13 - 15
R - 1
NC-17 - 1
By word count:
Main fest:
The shortest fic was 2,100 words long. The longest fic was 9,000 words long.
2-3K - 5
3-4K - 4
4-5K - 0
5-6K - 2
6-7K - 1
7-8K - 0
8-9K - 1
Total word count: 60,700
Mean (average words per fic): 4,336
Median (half the fics shorter, half the fics longer): 3,850
Mode (most frequent fic length): 2-3K
The shortest drabble was 252 words. The longest drabble was 553 words.
<200 - 0
201-300 - 1
301-400 - 3
401-500 - 15
501+ - 18
Total words written: 17,922 words
Mean (average words per fic): 484
Median (half the fics shorter, half the fics longer): 498
Mode (most frequent fic length): 501+
The amount of art was higher in the main round, perhaps because some artists weren't comfortable with posting unfinished 'drawbles', even though the ones that were posted were really charming. I don't think the shorter time period of the drabble challenges put artists off per se, since an unfinished sketch can be done in the course of a single evening (or class period, lol).
The number of main round participants alone (18) appears slightly low, but if you look at the overall number of 26 participants, that puts these Games in the company of
hp_spring_fling (27 participants) and the Mischief Managed Fest at mwpp_mischief (24 participants, many the same as in these Games).I find the ratings interesting in that mild ratings were heavily favored in both parts of the Games, with only 2 NC-17 and 3 R rated pieces out of 60 total submissions. This says to me that the participants in this fest were more interested in fluff and flirting than sex or extreme violence.
The word counts for the main fest were fairly typical, with the bulk of the fics in the lowest range and thinner representation at the higher word counts. The one thing I might have expected that didn't turn up was one much longer fic in the 10K+ range, especially given the length of the creation period.
I find the word counts for the drabble rounds interesting. The first thing that strikes me is that just about half of the submissions were actually longer than the allowed maximum word count. Not by all that much, it's true (the longest one was only 53 words over), and it's also true that different word processors may end up with different word counts, so a drabble that had 505 words on my computer may only have been 499 on someone else's (but vice versa, a 498-word drabble might have been 503 somewhere else). It also stands out that nearly all of the drabbles were over 400 words, with none shorter than 250 words. Taken together, I think the trend is clear. To me, this means that the participants had a lot of great ideas and scenarios, and they found it hard to keep from writing more. Maybe some of them will expand their drabbles into longer pieces outside of the Games.
