Ongoing Seasonal Anime

Opportunities to write synopses for ongoing seasonal anime are assigned by lottery on a quarterly basis. Sign-ups for the seasonal lotteries will be announced on the Discord server and in the discussions of the MAL club.

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Things to keep in mind when applying

1. Writers and editors of ongoing seasonals are subject to stricter deadlines for working on these synopses. For writers, these synopses must be written within one week, particularly in the time between the airing of the third and fourth episodes. (For editors, these synopses must be edited within one week from the moment of claiming the series.) Please consider whether you will have sufficient free time before making a commitment.

2. Read the instructions carefully regarding signing up for the different tiers. You may fill out the form more than once, but we will only look at your latest submission.

3. We are carrying over the bonus/pity system for members who did not get selected in previous seasons.

Ongoing Seasonal Lottery Form - Click to apply

After you win a series

1. Winners must finish writing their seasonal synopsis by the end of the day on which episode 4 airs.

2. If there are already 4 episodes out by the time of the lottery results, you have a week from the date of the lottery to finish writing your synopsis. Similarly, if it happens in between episodes 3 and 4, you are granted a week from the day of the lottery.

3. You can request up to a 48-hour extension for your seasonal synopsis if you require more time, but you must get approval from a coordinator (preferably rlavus) first.

4. If you would like to drop a claim before the deadline, please contact rlavus via a ping in ⁠⁠#work channel in Discord or a DM. There will be no penalties in this case.

5. If you miss the deadline for writing your seasonal synopsis, your claim will be deleted and you will accrue a penalty that will impact your favor in the lottery for the next 2 seasons. The series will be re-raffled immediately.

   1. If a series is re-raffled to you, your deadline is a week after the re-raffle.

   2. How do penalties work?

      1. If you have a penalty point in the previous two seasons, even if a series is in your top 2 choices of the season, it may be re-raffled to someone who has not won anything.

      2. If you have a bad history with penalties (e.g. 4+ penalty points in the last 1-3 seasons you applied for), you may be banned from applying for two ensuing seasons.

Anyone who claims an ongoing seasonal not assigned to them will have their claim removed from the tracker. Any ongoing seasonals that were not raffled away are free for all. The rules for claiming anime from previous seasons are no different from claiming non-seasonal anime.

Even if an ongoing seasonal has been assigned to someone, it may not appear in the tracker immediately. Lottery winners may not enter their claim into the tracker until the third episode airs. However, lottery winners must enter their claims by the airing of the fourth episode, which is their deadline.

If in doubt whether an ongoing seasonal is available, view the Selected Seasonal Writers spreadsheet posted in the #announcements Discord channel or in the discussions of the MAL club (a link of which is posted above). You may also ask rlavus.