Group Rules and Submission Guide

Here's a more detailed look at the group's deviation submission rules and group guidelines. The submission rules have already been provided on the group's main page for reference. Feel free to use this as a guideline when submitting deviations. If you have any questions about any of the following rules, send the group a note or comment on this blog post.

General Group Rules and Guidelines
You'll also find some of these on deviantART's Etiquette Policy. With PlushieLovers being a group run by deviantART members, even we have to respect the etiquette policy.

The group will not tolerate the use of prohibited commentary, discouraged commentary and exploitive commentary.
-> Prohibited Commentary: considered to be inherently disrespectful, aggressive, or otherwise abusive
-> Discourage Commentary: considered to have the potential to escalate into an aggressive or abusive situation
-> Exploitive Commentary: considered to be disruptive due to unusual or unique factors (spamming)
-> Members who fail to adhere to these rules will be subject to membership termination. Termination will be based on a "three strikes, you're out" policy.

Banned deviantART members are prohibited from joining the group.
Deactivated accounts will be removed from the group. If you create/move to a new account, you can still freely join PlushieLovers
Spam and Plz accounts will be removed from the group, no exceptions. If you catch a spam or plz account within the group, notify any administrator as soon as possible and we will deal with it.
The group isn't accepting any additional administrators at this time. Everyone will be informed on any administrative changes once and if they are made.
The group will not tolerate any form of art theft. Members who do no adhere to this rule will be subject to immediate termination.

Deviation Submission Rules to PlushieLovers Gallery
These rules are very important. Please read through these rules carefully.

Please submit deviations to the correct folders!
Deviations must contain works made by you or your studio
Art Trades and Collaborations are allowed
Deviations of store bought plushies and/or accessories are not allowed, there are no exceptions
Submissions to the Featured folder are not allowed
Cosplay accessories submissions are allowed as long as they're in a plush form

Deviation Submission Rules to PlushieLovers Favorites
These rules are very important. Be sure to read through these rules carefully!

Deviations of store bought accessories and merchandise are not allowed
Submissions to the Featured folder are allowed
Cosplay accessory submissions are allowed as long as they're in plush form

Deviation submissions to both the galleries and favorites are accepted through a voting process. Each gallery deviation submission takes a single vote to determine if the deviation is qualified. Favorites deviation submissions take three votes. If you submit to the wrong folder, you'll be notified through your deviation submission and we'll tell you where your deviation belongs. Take a look at a list of our gallery folders below to see what type of deviations can be submitted to each one. Some of them are pretty self-explanatory.

Accessories - keychains, cell charms, jewelry, costume/cosplay accessories
Animals and Birds
Bags, Purses, Cases and Pouches
Hats, Hoodies & Scarves
Bugs, Insects, Snails and Worms
Reptiles and Amphibians
Sea Animals and Fish
Creatures, Monsters and Aliens - Creatures and monsters of the mythological and magical, fictional, hybrids
Dinosaurs
Flowers and Plants
Food, Fruits and Veggies
Hearts, Stars and Other Shapes
Transportation
Objects and Miscellaneous
Humans and Original Characters
Plush Collections - Collection of different plushies that would most likely end up in different folders individually

= Fan characters are accepted in this format in these particular folders, but do not resubmit the same deviation to any of the following fan folders

Fan Plush - Anime/Manga
Fan Plush - Books
Fan Plush - Comic Books
Fan Plush - Movies
Fan Plush - Television
Fan Plush - Sanrio - Hello Kitty and other Sanrio Characters
Fan Plush - Pokemon
Fan Plush - Digimon
Fan Plush - Video Games, PC Games and Programs

Patterns
Tutorials

Rules pertaining to Commissions, Member Stores and Contests/Projects will be posted within those particular journals.