Guild Wars 2

We sometimes get questions, here or through other media, about what it takes to get a piece of fan fiction published on the Guild Wars 2 Tumblr page. I asked Anatoli Ingram, who reviews most of our fiction in advance of publication, and he kindly provided some details and tips on the process:

• We have to read all of the fanfic we publish. It’s difficult to find the time to review every word of a fic that’s several thousand words long, so 500-1000-word short stories and drabbles have the best chance. You can also submit those directly (with a “read more” cut for courtesy, please, if it’s on the longer side!) instead of as a link to an outside archive, and that means higher readership on Tumblr.
• The work we publish needs to be appropriate for our entire playerbase; we’ll err on the side of not publishing work that has overtly sexual content, graphically violent content, or suggestive themes. If it seems like something you wouldn’t hear an NPC say in the game, it’s probably not suitable for publication on the official Tumblr.
• We need to be a little stricter in reviewing fic that uses canon characters. Even if we don’t think of it that way, some fans will assume that a like or reblog constitutes official endorsement or approval.

Not getting published doesn’t mean your work is bad—it just may not be right for our Tumblr format. If you don’t feel like these guidelines fit what you want to do with your fic, you can always publish it on your own Tumblr blog or an outside fanfic archive. There’s a huge fandom on Tumblr, and you might find a great audience and visibility for your work there!