(i) you pick who you want one half of your pairing to be.
(ii) you submit it, by midnight GMT on Saturday May 22nd, using the form on the sign-up page.
(iii) I pull a name out a hat to decide who will make up the other half of your pairing.
(iv) you write a fic of at least 1000 words, featuring the pairing you've been assigned, and submit it by midnight GMT on Saturday June 26th.

After everybody has submitted their fic, there will be a vote to choose winners in a series of categories still being determined.

Notes: You are welcome to write as many pairings as you wish, so feel free to submit more than one character. You'll need to do a separate form for each one.

I know you all love CJ. I love CJ too. However, to encourage new pairings, I'm not putting her in the main draw. You're free to pick her, obviously, but I'd encourage you to pick somebody else. Let's have some diversity, okay?

You can tell me if there are people you don't want put in your draw, for whatever reason - they squick you, they're only in episodes you've never seen etc. There are some characters that won't be in all the draws, e.g. Isobel will only be in the draw for CJ, Karen Cahill will only be in the draw for Donna, and Zoey and Ellie will most definately not be in the draw if you pick Abbey.

We love crossovers, and you're welcome to pick a character from another show. If you wish to do this you should submit the name of the crossover character you've chosen, and you will be assigned a West Wing character to pair them with. For crossovers we'll toss CJ back into the draw.

The list of names going in the hat for drawing are as follows:
CJ Cregg - only in the draw for crossovers
Donna Moss
Abbey Bartlet
Amy Gardner
Joey Lucas
Ainsley Hayes
Mandy Hampton
Mallory O'Brian
Zoey Bartlet
Mrs. Landingham
Nancy McNally
Nancy (secretary)
Margaret
Ginger
Bonnie
Cathy
Ann Stark
Laurie
Andrea Wyatt
Carol
Ellie Bartlet
Elizabeth Bartlet
Katie (press corps)
Gina Toscano
Lilly Mays
Mary Marsh
Lisa Sherborne
Isobel
Karen Cahill
Connie
Celia Walton
Candy (VPOTUS staff)
Janeane (VPOTUS staff)
Deborah O'Leary
Millicent Griffith
Winnifred Hooper (intern)
Tabatha Fortis (poet laureate)
Jenna Jacobs
Sherrie Wexler
Jenny McGarry
Debbie Fiderer
Evelyn Baker Lang (new supreme court justice)
Elsie Snuffin
Rena
Kate Harper

I haven't seen most of season four, or any of season five, so feel free to let me know if there's anybody significant I've missed out here, okay?