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Accessing Adult Material

Since 95% of the emails we receive is about accessing NC-17 and/or AO rated stories, I thought I'd AGAIN remind all readers of our Terms of Service.

You MUST HAVE AN ACCOUNT REGISTERED WITH ELYSIAN FIELDS TO ACCESS ADULT RATED STORIES. Registering an account is free; you are not obligated to contribute fiction upon doing so. After registering, please go into the tab under "Account Info" labeled "Edit Account Information." Toward the bottom of the screen, you will find this:

I am of the age of consent in my locale to view materials with adult content. I realize that by agreeing, the normal warnings for stories with adult content will be by-passed. Yes No

Please make sure you have done this BEFORE emailing the mods, as it becomes clear to us that the Terms of Service are being ignored or bypassed by readers. This is a basic rule at Elysian Fields and has been since we opened.

If you are still having trouble accessing adult material after having registered and submitting verification of age, please DO email the mods. That is a valid concern, and we are happy to help.

--Holly on 06/04/09 - 07:13AM 0 Comments

We're back!

First of all, my apologies for not alerting you all sooner as to why the archive was down. I was only able to alert you all that the site was back via the admin console once the site was accessible again. I should have emailed you all via the yahoo group or posted on the LJ group sooner but it slipped my mind.

*fingers crossed* nothing like this happens again, but just in case I would recommend you join the LJ group or the yahoo group so we can contact you with updates.

Elysian_Archive @ Livejournal HERE

Elysian_Fields @ yahoogroups HERE

Happy Reading!

--Amy on 05/07/09 - 03:35AM 0 Comments

Spark and Burn Awards - Round 5

The winners for Round 5 at Spark and Burn Awards have been announced! Congratulations to all of the authors who won.

Many of the winners archive here at Elysian Fields, so an extra congratulations to all of you talented people.

To the reader's on our archive, if you have not read the fics that have won... DO SO! You won't regret it. And don't forget to review.

--Amy on 04/11/09 - 11:44PM 0 Comments

Ratings

Authors -

When rating your stories, please bear in mind the following: graphic sexual scenes deserve an NC-17 rating. If you're going into detail - meaning vivid descriptions using technical or slang terms to describe body parts - you can forget the "R". We do understand that accidents happen, and some stories might be given a lower rating by mistake in haste to get it published. Please make sure you look over EVERYTHING before hitting submit, especially if you're an author who has earned automatic validation. In those cases, since the mods don't see it before it posts, we hear about it from readers who unwittingly stumbled upon material for which they were not looking.

In the case of stories that WILL be NC-17, go ahead and give it the higher rating. There doesn't have to be graphic sexual content in every chapter for a story to merit an adult rating. It's preemptive and considerate of your readers.

To those authors with automatic validation: remember, this is a privilege, one we can revoke if we receive too many complaints. You earn this privilege by demonstrating you understand the TOS and have consistently contributed above-par submissions. If a member is found to be abusing the privilege, it goes away, and we'd rather have more authors posting than waiting for the mods to police their activity, especially if they're known for exceptionally stellar work.

On a similar note, if a mod ever contacts you pertaining to your work, or a problem we've stumbled upon (a TOS violation, a missrated story, etc), please respond in a timely manner. In these instances, five days is more than fair.

--Holly on 02/08/09 - 11:37PM 0 Comments

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