Accounts & Bios

• No member may have more than one account. You may only start a new account if you have no major black marks, eg Chronic abuse, plagiarism, chronic rule evasion ect, against your name. You can PM me through the forums about name changes but I won't change your account name every week.
• Be sensitive to personal information passed out in your account bio
• No OC characterr17;s bios may be posted directly into an account bio, thatr17;s what the Bingo Book is for.
• Please don't go over the top with art or info in your account bios and please credit art that isn't yours. Also it getr17;s annoying having to scroll through eight pages of pictures and quotes.

Submitting Your Story Description

Story Descriptions that break the rules may be changed immediately without notice by the moderation team. This is the first part visible to visitors so I need to keep it tidy and inoffensive. Abide by the rules and we won't have a problem.

Titles:

• All stories must have a title. Banned titles include: Untitled, Please Read, ect
• All titles must be of good taste. Language may not exceed PG. As a rule, if you don't see it in the family section of a video store, it Doesn't belong in the summary. If you feel that limits the agony of your creation, go somewhere else
• All titles must follow standard conventions. This means that all words except articles must be capitalized. Non-alphanumeric characters should be kept to a minimum.

Summary:

• All summaries must be of good taste. Language may not exceed PG. As a rule if you don't see it in the family section of a video store, it doesn't belong in the summary regardless of its ratings. Honestly, if you feel you can't compose a summary without using cursing or gross use of anatomy you can't call yourself a writer. Please don't make this a nanny-archive and make me put up a list of restricted language
• Excluding the banner it may not be anymore than seven lines or two hundred words in length.

Art & Banners:

• Art or banners inside the summary may not exceed the dimensions of 200*700 pixels.
• If you have any trouble please visit the Requests section of TONFA Forums and others will help resize it to meet requirements. It is also an excellent source for those looking for banners.

Category Rules:

• All submissions must be submitted to the correct category and subcategories and abide by their rules. If a category moderator feels it does not belong in their category they may send a note advising a category change and the reasons therefore. If not acted upon in one week the moderator may change it themselves. If you have any questions please contact the moderation team or ask for advice in the writing forums.

Het-Romance: Any Naruto fanfiction with the main plot orientating around different sex couples. All submission must have basic attempts at spelling, paragraphing and punctuation. No script formats or random humour (please submit to Mad-Fics) allowed.

Fluff: Light-hearted, less-then-serious fanfiction, often low rated (G, PG, PG13) and does not require any warnings.
Angst: Slightly darker with a more serious plot. Middle Ratings (PG-15, MA and M) and although may have warnings, the materials isn't graphically portrayed in the story.
Warned: Dark focused fanfiction with high ratings (R and X-rated) with warned material graphically portrayed in the story.
Popular Pairs: Subsubcategories (Top six pairs)

Yaoi/Slash Romance: Any Naruto fanfiction with the main plot orientating around male same sex couples. All submission must have basic attempts at spelling, paragraphing and punctuation. No script formats or random humour (please submit to Mad-Fics) allowed.

Fluff: Light-hearted, less-then-serious fanfiction, often low rated (G, PG, PG13) and does not require any warnings.
Angst: Slightly darker with a more serious plot. Middle Ratings (PG-15, MA and M) and although may have warnings, the materials isn't graphically portrayed in the story.
Warned: Dark focused fanfiction with high ratings (R and X-rated) with warned material graphically portrayed in the story.
Popular Pairs: Subsubcategories (Top six pairs)

Yuri/Slash Romance: Any Naruto fanfiction with the main plot orientating around female same sex couples. All submission must have basic attempts at spelling, paragraphing and punctuation. No script formats or random humour (please submit to Mad-Fics) allowed.

Fluff: Light-hearted, less-then-serious fanfiction, often low rated (G, PG, PG13) and does not require any warnings.
Angst: Slightly darker with a more serious plot. Middle Ratings (PG-15, MA and M) and although may have warnings, the materials isn't graphically portrayed in the story.
Warned: Dark focused fanfiction with high ratings (R and X-rated) with warned material graphically portrayed in the story.
Popular Pairs: Subsubcategories (Top six pairs)

General: Any Naruto fanfiction focused without romantic orientation, on a canon character in the current Naruto Universe. All submission must have basic attempts at spelling, paragraphing and punctuation. No script formats or random humour (please submit to Mad-Fics) allowed.

Character-centric: Fanfictions about character exploration rather than plot.
Timeless: Fanfictions with no definitive timeline.
Pre-Series: Majority of the story set before Naruto becomes a genin.
Naruto: Majority of series set between Narutor17;s becoming a genin to the end of the series.
Between Series: Majority of story set between the end of Naruto and the start of Naruto Shippuuden.
Naruto Shippuuden: Majority of the story set during the Shippuuden series.
Post Naruto: Majority of story after the canon time frame, either in near or distant future.

Alternate Universe and Crossovers: Where cast of the Naruto Universe are inserted into an alternate universe, eg Inuyasha, High School, Fairytales, ect anything that isn't the conventional canon. All submission must have basic attempts at spelling, paragraphing and punctuation. No script formats or random humour (please submit to Mad-Fics) allowed.

Crossovers: Includes elements from other series or universes.
Fusion: Naruto characters placed in another fandom universe, replacing characters from that fandom. (eg Naruto takes the place of Cloud Strife in FFVII)
High School Fics: Naruto characters attend normal high school.
Real World: Naruto characters are apart of the real world.
Minor AU: Naruto story that deviates from established canon at some point resulting in different outcomes.
Other: Any AU not of the above

MadFic: Any fic with no real plot, just random humour. Doesn't require correct spelling, paragraphing or punctuation but it's a good idea.

Interviews & Talk Shows: Interview based Madfic
Parody: Humour about the Naruto Fandom
Other: Random humour whor17;s category canr17;t be defined.

OC- Fic: Any Naruto fanfic that has the major inclusion of a fan-made character. All submission must have basic spelling, paragraphing and punctuation. No script formats or random humour (please submit to Mad-Fics) allowed.

Fan Ninja Bingo Book: An area to store fanfic information, such as bios, maps, political histories. No stories may submitted to this section. It is a good idea to state a disclaimer of ownership in the AN box and whether these characters are for rent for other authors.

OC Bios: Biographies of non-canon characters
Story Information: Information such as political alliances, maps ect as footnotes to the stories. It may not contain chapters story or author journals.

Essays & Tutorials: An area to submit intelligent essays debating topics about the Naruto Universe and writing tutorial submissions. All submissions must have basic spelling, paragraphing and punctuation.

Basic Tutorials: Tutorials concerned with basic elements of writing.
Characterization Tutorials: Tutorials concerned with well rounded characterisation of canon and OC characters.
Plot Tutorials: Tutorials for developing plot, motif and message in a story.
Cultural Tutorials: Tutorials about Japanese life and culture.
Character Essays: Evaluation of canon. No rants.
Pairing Essays: Evaluations of various pairings. No rants.

Juvi-fics: I dislike any submission being deleted so if a member hasnr17;t responded to a moderatorr17;s request in one week for breaking the rules the fic may be moved to this section. Once the author changes it to fit the rules it will be moved back into the mainstream archives. If you are unsure about basic spelling, paragraphing or punctuation please visit the tutorials section.

Characters:

• No more than eight characters/pairs/groups may be selected per story.
• The reason for this rule is that in the past people have abused it, highlighting all characters so their stories turn up much more frequently in the search engine and for this reason the search engine is practically buggered. Once I see people using this feature correctly on a regular basis Ir17;ll get rid of this rule.

Ratings: All ratings must be accurate and up to date.

Ratings Guide

Ratings system is that of the British Board of Film Classification, as the MPAA has taken to sending 'cease and desist' notices to fanfiction archives. For full information of these ratings, please visit the BBFC website. Most of the descriptions were taken from that site.

[U] Universal - It is impossible to predict what might upset any particular child. But a r16;Ur17; fic should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. r16;Ur17; fics should be set within a positive moral framework and should offer reassuring counterbalances to any violence, threat or horror.

[PG] Parental Guidance, or the equivalent thereof - General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for some children. A r16;PGr17; fic should not disturb a child aged around eight or older. However, you are advised to consider whether the content may upset younger or more sensitive children.

[12/12A] - No-one younger than 12 may read a r16;12Ar17; fic. Responsibility for allowing under-12s to view lies with the supervising adult.

[15] - There may be frequent use of strong language (swears/cursing/cussingr17;). But the strongest terms will be acceptable only where justified by the context.

[18] - Adult-themed fanfiction. DO NOT PLACE PWPs HERE!

[R18] - Adult-themed fanfiction. This is where the PWPs go.

Warnings:

All notable warnings must be accurate and up to date and specific chapter warnings need to be included in the Authorr17;s Notes Box.

Yaoi || Yuri || Rape || Incest || OOC || Dark || Drabble

Submitting Your Story

Plagiarism:

From Dictionary.com:
pla?gia?rism /'ple?d???r?z?m, -d?i??r?z-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pley-juh-riz-uhm, -jee-uh-riz-]
r11;noun
1. the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.
2. something used and represented in this manner.

Plagiarism = Fail

Plagiarism of any kind won't be tolerated. If you take credit for anything that isn't your own, be it story, idea or art you get one chance to repent. All plagiarised material will be edited with links to the original and your crime listed there. I believe humiliation in this case will be the best prevention so your name will be listed in my little black book and wer17;ll know you canr17;t be trusted. If your17;re a repeat offender you will be banned from the site.

If you have found a case of plagiarism please report it to either myself, Admin Tucka or a moderator first before contacting the author. All accusations require proof such as dates of posting, prior planning, ect.

Disclaimer:

All stories must contain a disclaimer attributing rights to Masashi Kishimoto as well as any use of ideas or art created by others. Basically if it's not yours give credit. This includes fanart because I know a lot of you are nicking stuff from Deviantart and the like. If I find the original artist I will inform them and I'll come down hard. You must provide the artists name and a link. Please make it visible in the Authorr17;s Notes box.

Story:

• This archive no longer supports journal or author note like submissions. We only accept stories, bios, tutorials or essays. If you arenr17;t sure whether your submission abides by the rules feel free to contact me.
• Any story that degenerates to a flame war will be removed at the discretion of the administrative staff. There is a possibility of those who flamed being banned from the site.
• No story may be submitted that contains underage (16 and under) sex.
• When submitting to certain categories your story must have a certain level of readability. We understand that no oner17;s going to be Charles Dickens first time round but we expect some effort in submissions. Moderators must see a valid attempt at minimising spelling, punctuation and paragraphing (referred to on site as the Golden Triad) errors. We will not accept stories that have been typed directly into the submissions box, we can tell. A moderator has the right to request corrections and if no improvement has been seen in one week they may move it to the Juvific category.
• If you are uncertain about the Golden Triad I recommend venturing into the tutorials section or the Forums to request a BetaReader. For those new to fic writing a BetaReader is a proof reader that corrects typos prior to the storyr17;s submission.

Series:

• All series must contain at least two submissions. The Series function is to be used as an index for stories already on the site, and NOT as a place holder. This is to prevent a clog of discontinued single-fic stories in the series section.

 Chapters:

• You may not submit individual chapters as stories. I suspect this is a newbie mistake so if found please direct them back to the rules.
• Each chapter must contain at least 700 words.

Fragments and Ideas

• Fragment - a piece of a story that does not necessarily have a beginning, or a middle, or an end. Fragments are always at least a page.
• Idea - .. is NOT one line. An idea is a half fleshed out thought with room for play. This can be one paragraph to X# of pages.

Challenges

Please don't post one-liners in the challenges section. "Gaara and Lee make out" is not a challenge. I will delete any one-line challenges.

So. What is a challenge? A challenge is an idea. Simple as that. A half formed thought or idea, that you've been teasing at for awhile, and really want to see written, but can't seem to write yourself... so you challenge other people to write it. Challenges can contains lists of things that the story has to have (mandatory) and things that would be really cool to see in the story, but aren't necessary (optional).

If you're a fan of Harry Potter fanfiction, you've no doubt heard the term "Severitus". Severitis is and author who made a very interesting challenge, (found here), and there were a lot of responses. Then people started omitting mandatory parts of the challenge, but still kept labelling them as "Severitus". Don't do that. If you're going to answer a challenge, mandatory means mandatory. Don't label something a challenge response if it's not.

If you really want to use a challenge, but don't want to use the whole thin, then you say "base