Amplificathon
| Name: | Amplificathon | |
| Date(s): | 2008-present | |
| Founder: | general_jinjur | |
| Type: | Podfic | |
| Fandom: | multifandom | |
| Associated Community: | Amplificathon Community moderated by general_jinjur, Raz0r.girl, Anatsuno | |
| URL: | http://audiofic.jinjurly.com | |
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The Amplificathon is an annual, multifandom, points-based podfic challenge, aiming to increase the fannish diversity of available podfic. All entries are archived at the Audiofic podfic archive.
Amplificathon has a community on LiveJournal and a mirror community on Dreamwidth. Podficcers can and do post podfic to the community even when the challenge is not running. The community also hosts two other podfic challenges: podbang and amplirecathon.
2008
The first Amplificathon was held in 2008, and ran for eight weeks, from April 7th to June 2nd. It was moderated by general_jinjur, Raz0r.girl and anatsuno.
Unlike most ficathons, Amplificathon was set up as a competition, with points awarded for recording podfics from fandoms, or for pairings, not previously represented in the Audiofic Archive. The competition format proved to be a resounding success, with six hundred new podfics added to the archive, as well as adding a hundred and five previously unrepresented fandoms and an uncountable number of new pairings. [1] The most points had been earned by twasadark, followed by leviticus_lied and jadesfire2808.
Prize banners and podfics for the winners were provided by volunteer podficcers and fan artists. Other special prizes were awarded for remarkable achievements during Amplificathon, such as First Brave Poster, Most New Fandoms Introduced, Largest Single Podfic and Most Minutes Recorded.
2009
In its second year, the challenge ran from March 30th to June 1st, 2009. 34 readers participated. First place went to sly_hostetter (820 points), followed by rhea314 (741 points) and luzula (362 points). [2]
New developments included the posting of podfic in languages other than English, which was specifically encouraged by general_jinjur.
2010
Amplificathon 2010 ran from March 30 to June 7. The June 1 winners were 2naonh3_cl2, luzula, and lunchy_munchy. The June 7 winners were twilight_angel, lunchy_munchy, and 2naonh3_cl2.[3]
References
- ↑ podmod, Amplificathon 2008 summary post Posted June 11, 2008. Last accessed November 19, 2008.
- ↑ Podmod on March 28th 2009 (later edited to add standings): points & standings 2009. Accessed August 22nd 2009.
- ↑ \o/ \o/ \o/ AMPLIFICATHON 2010 VICTORY DANCE!!!, posted in amplificathon, 2010-06-18.
