Five Figure Fanwork Exchange

Opening in 48 Hours (A Further Day's Delay) + Pinch Hitter Present Push

2024-03-01T21:55:20Z

Posted by: modzilla

Most required works are in! Thank you, pinch hitters! However, two pinch hitters are still working, and to take some pressure off I have decided to delay the collection opening by one more day. Condolences to everyone hoping for Saturday, and congratulations to everyone who can make use of the breathing room.

While you can only be so sure about the future, I do not expect I will need to delay again. ETA: All required works are in.

The 2023-2024 / Round 4 FFFX Collection will now open at:
- 5pm EST, Sunday 3 March
- See countdown

Creator reveals will now occur at
- 5pm EDT, Sunday 17 March

I'm delighted that several of our pinch hitters have treats... but not all do. If you're twiddling your thumbs at the moment, please consider checking out their prompts! Or even a treat for a past pinch hitter (tag is linked). Thank you SO much, pinch hitter treaters.

Treats can be any length/size and can be posted indefinitely, but for those who prefer deadline motivation, consider how nice it would be to post a pinch hitter treat during the two-week anon period.

All signed-up prompts are here.

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Round 4 Schedule & Description

2023-07-13T08:42:56Z

Posted by: modzilla

FFFX stands for Five Figure Fanwork Exchange. It is a multifandom gift exchange for fanfic of 10,000+ words, and for comics of least 10 pages or at least 40 panels. FFFX is part of the Triple Crown multi-event challenge (triplecrownofexchanges)

AO3 collection | Tag set | Canon promo post | App | Beta post | Pinch hitter prompts

Current Phase: Round Four is over. Works and creator names are revealed! Comments and further treats are very welcome. Feedback on round four and discussion of any further rounds' future is welcome at this post.

Schedule

Nominations start: 12 July 2023
Nominations close: 21 July (11:59pm EDT)
Sign-ups start: 25 July
Sign-ups close: 6 August (11:59pm EDT)
Assignments out by: 13 August
Assignment Swaps / FINAL Letter Completion Deadline*: 25 August
Check-in Week**: 11-18 November
Assignments due: 20 January 2024 (11:59pm EST)
Works revealed: ~~24 February~~ ~~2 March~~ 3 March (5pm EDT)
Creators revealed: ~~9 March~~ ~~16 March~~ 17 March (5pm EST)

Click/expand this details tag to see more explanations, covering assignment swaps, check-in week, and other topics

*How do assignment swaps work? This exchange allows you to trade in your current assignment for a different one. This is intended as a safety net. Maybe you tried a new fandom to match a request and it didn't work out. Maybe you matched on something safe, but fell in love with something else after assignments went out. Whether you can swap to the new assignment of your choice will depend on several factors, including whether several other people are already creating for it. You can ask for any other assignment before August 25. Between August 25 and the main deadline of January 20, 2024, you can still trade in the assignment you hold for another one, but only if the one you want is listed as a pinch hit.

If you're writing a letter, I recommend you finish it during sign-ups so that your assigned creator can use it right away, but that doesn't always happen. So there's a hard deadline: any linked letters that are incomplete on 25 August will be deleted from your sign-up.

**What is Check-In Week? This is when you contact the mod on a check-in post at this community to confirm that you are committed to fulfilling your assignment(s). If you do not check in, you will be defaulted.

FFFX follows the pattern of many other Archive-of-Our-Own-based multifandom exchanges. The pool of available fandoms is created by nominations (eight fandoms, with five characters or relationships each, per person, with selective additions possible during sign-ups). When signing up, you can offer and request as few as four fandoms (two for offers), with one character or relationship in each, or as many as ten fandoms, with ten relationships in each. You will match on one of those characters or relationships (OR matching). FFFX allows original works prompts. FFFX does not match on freeform tags or rating.

Because this is an exchange for long works and many creators like to have something to go on, you are required to put either prompts, or notes on what appeals to you about a fandom, or general likes, or some combination, in your requests.

Fandom promotion posts and guides to where your canon can be found are encouraged.

The mod can be reached at mod.modzilla@gmail.com as well as through this Dreamwidth community.

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Triple Crown Prizes, Draft R4 Schedule, and Commenting Reminder

2023-06-18T05:39:57Z

Posted by: modzilla

Hello excellent exchange enthusiasts!

One.
Triple Crown prize claiming is open and will close on 24 June. You are likely eligible for rewards if you did either or both of: a) completing 10k+ of fic or the relevant art/other media equivalent in the third round of each of Heart Attack, Fic in a Box, and FFFX; b) completing 5k+ of fic or the relevant art/other media equivalent in one of these exchanges as a pinch hitter. Congratulations to everyone who either qualifies or put in a darn good effort to try to qualify. The prizes may also be of interest to you if you are tempted to qualify in future.

Two.
Speaking of future plans, here is a draft schedule for Round 4.

Nominations start: 12 July 2023
Nominations close: 21 July
Sign-ups start: 25 July
Sign-ups close: 6 August
Assignments out: 13 August
Assignment Swaps/Final Letter Completion Deadline: 25 August
Check-in Week: 11-18 November
Assignments due: 20 January 2024
Works revealed: 24 February
Creators revealed: 9 March

How does that look? I have a random day off on 14 July I want to take advantage of for tag approving, and I don't want to set the deadline too early in January because of people recovering from Yuletide and in case Chocolate Box or the equivalent comes back. However, the assignment swaps & check-in dates could be adjusted if preferred.

Three.
This is a great moment to check you have commented on any fffx gifts you have received. If you defaulted late in the last round, you can't sign up for this round without a make-up work, but you're free to sign up to round 5. However, a comment-based penalty lasts indefinitely and can only be removed by commenting. Plus, you might have meant to comment so if you didn't, here's your opportunity.

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Round 3 Schedule & Description

2022-07-21T03:38:41Z

Posted by: modzilla

FFFX stands for Five Figure Fanwork Exchange. It is a multifandom gift exchange for fanfic of 10,000+ words, and for comics of least 10 pages or at least 40 panels.

AO3 collection | Tag set | Canon promo post | App | Beta post

Current Phase: Round Three is over. Works and their creators are visible at the 2022-2023 collection. Belated treats are welcome. A draft schedule has been posted for Round Four.

Schedule

Nominations start: 24 July 2022
Nominations close: 3 August (11:59pm EDT)
Sign-ups start: 6 August
Sign-ups close: 18 August (11:59pm EDT)
Assignments out by: 25 August
Assignment Swaps / FINAL Letter Completion Deadline*: 10 September
Check-in Week**: 20-27 November
Assignments due: 21 January 2023 (11:59pm EST)
Works revealed: 25 February (5pm EST)
Creators revealed: 11 March (5pm EST)

Further explanations below, covering assignment swaps, check-in week, and other topics

*How do assignment swaps work? This exchange allows you to trade in your current assignment for a different one. This is intended as a safety net. Maybe you tried a new fandom to match a request and it didn't work out. Maybe you matched on something safe, but fell in love with something else after assignments went out. Whether you can swap to the new assignment of your choice will depend on several factors, including whether several other people are already creating for it. You can ask for any other assignment before September 10. Between September 10 and the main deadline of January 21, 2023, you can still trade in the assignment you hold for another one, but only if the one you want is listed as a pinch hit.

If you're writing a letter, I recommend you finish it during sign-ups so that your assigned creator can use it right away, but that doesn't always happen. So there's a hard deadline: any linked letters that are incomplete on 10 September will be deleted from your sign-up.

**What is Check-In Week? This is when you contact the mod on a check-in post at this community to confirm that you are committed to fulfilling your assignment(s). If you do not check in, you will be defaulted.

FFFX follows the pattern of many other Archive-of-Our-Own-based multifandom exchanges. The pool of available fandoms is created by nominations (eight fandoms, with five characters or relationships each, per person, with selective additions possible during sign-ups). When signing up, you can offer and request as few as four fandoms (two for offers), with one character or relationship in each, or as many as ten fandoms, with ten relationships in each. You will match on one of those characters or relationships (OR matching). FFFX allows original works prompts. FFFX does not match on freeform tags or rating.

Because this is an exchange for long works and many creators like to have something to go on, you are required to put either prompts, or notes on what appeals to you about a fandom, or general likes, or some combination, in your requests.

Fandom promotion posts and guides to where your canon can be found are encouraged.

The mod can be reached at mod.modzilla@gmail.com as well as through this Dreamwidth community.

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On track for 5pm EST Saturday reveals (so far)

2022-02-25T07:37:35Z

Posted by: modzilla

Although nothing is ever certain until it has occurred, we are still on track to open the collection at:

5pm EST, Saturday 26th February

and see
COUNTDOWN

Just in case we do open on time: please get your final edits in by then.

A note on penalties and scheduling
The anon period is two weeks, currently scheduled to end on March 12. The collection remains open indefinitely for late assignments and for treats. If you defaulted after the check-in week, you need to complete an assignment or assignment-equivalent (ie, two half-length works for two different people would do) before signing up again. Sign-ups for FFFX round 3 will be July-August - ie, ~five months from now, which is slightly less time than the entire FFFX creation period. What that means is that if you are telling yourself you can finish a make-up work to join in on round 3... and you didn't create one during this round... you may have less time than you think. Either way, if you have any dreams of making anything now or later, I wish you inspiration and luck.

Redating
When your work goes live, it'll appear in the works list in an order governed by its posting date, unless you've already edited that date. If you're creating an an active fandom, that means it won't immediately come to the attention of people browsing that tag, because instead, they'll see everything posted after it.

I encourage you to re-date your work and assign it the current date when works go live - that means more people can appreciate it. You can do that by editing your work, going to the Associations section, looking just above Language, clicking the box next to 'Set a different publication date', choosing your date, and saving. You may also wish to do this at creator reveals.

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Signal Boosting

2022-02-18T02:49:53Z

Posted by: modzilla

As of this post, there are eleven pinch hitters hard at work on gifts; I know many fffxers are also editing, beta-reading, or writing or drawing treats. Among the screams of possums, there is solidarity and there are fun ideas that will be even MORE amazing when they see the light of day! We've got this.

We have two pinch hits still to claim. Please get in contact at the previous post or by email if you can help with one of these - you have approximately one week to draw or write.

I am hopeful we can achieve our goal of opening on the 26th with gifts for everyone who has turned in their own gifts. (And if that includes treats for pinch hitters, so much the better.)

Please note that the collection reveal on Saturday is planned for 5pm EST, not 11:59pm.

see also: COUNTDOWN

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Round 2 Schedule & Description

2021-07-19T00:48:20Z

Posted by: modzilla

FFFX stands for Five Figure Fanwork Exchange. It is a multifandom gift exchange for fanfic of 10,000+ words, and for comics of least 10 pages or at least 40 panels.

AO3 collection | Tag set | App | Canon promo post | Beta post

Current Phase: Round Two of fffx is over! You can see all Round One and Two works here. Keep an eye out for round 3's schedule, likely to be posted before May and to involve nominations around July.

Schedule

Nominations start: 19 July 2021

Sign-ups start: 30 July

Sign-ups close: 11 August

Assignments out by: 18 August

Assignment Swaps / FINAL Letter Completion Deadline*: 31 August

Check-in Week**: 19-26 November

Assignments due: 22 January 2022

Works revealed: 26 February (5pm EST)

Creators revealed: 12 March (5pm EST)

*How do assignment swaps work? This exchange allows you to trade in your current assignment for a different one. This is intended as a safety net. Maybe you tried a new fandom to match a request and it didn't work out. Maybe you matched on something safe, but fell in love with something else after assignments went out. Whether you can swap to the new assignment of your choice will depend on several factors, including whether several other people are already creating for it. You can ask for any other assignment before August 31. Between August 31 and December 31, you can still trade in the assignment you hold for another one, but only if the one you want is listed as a pinch hit.

If you're writing a letter, I recommend you finish it during sign-ups so that your assigned creator can use it right away, but that doesn't always happen. So there's a hard deadline: any linked letters that are incomplete on 31 August will be deleted from your sign-up.

**What is Check-In Week? This is when you contact the mod on a check-in post at this community to confirm that you are committed to fulfilling your assignment(s). If you do not check in, you will be defaulted.

FFFX follows the pattern of many other Archive-of-Our-Own-based multifandom exchanges. The pool of available fandoms is created by nominations (seven fandoms, with five characters or relationships each, per person, with selective additions possible during sign-ups). When signing up, you can offer and request as few as four fandoms (three for offers), with one character or relationship in each, or as many as ten fandoms, with ten relationships in each. You will match on one of those characters or relationships (OR matching). FFFX allows original works prompts. FFFX does not match on freeform tags or rating.

Because this is a longfic exchange and many creators like to have something to go on, you are required to put either prompts, or notes on what appeals to you about a fandom, or general likes, or some combination, in your requests.

Fandom promotion posts and guides to where your canon can be found are encouraged.

The mod can be reached at mod.modzilla@gmail.com as well as through this Dreamwidth community.

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Draft Schedule for 2021-2022

2021-06-15T22:28:20Z

Posted by: modzilla

We're back! Well, soon. Here's what I'm thinking:

Nominations start: Mon 19 July 2021
Nominations close: Tues 27 July 2021
Sign-ups start: by Fri 30 July 2021
Sign-ups end: Wed 11 August 2021
Assignments out: Wed 18 August 2021
Swap/letter completion deadline: Tues 31 August 2021
Check-in week: 19-26 November 2021 (Fri-Fri)
Assignments due: Sat 22 January 2022
Works revealed: Sat 26 February 2022

Some notes:
In light of feedback, I've moved the swap deadline & letter completion deadline closer to the time assignments go out. I get the impression that the scenario I imagined, where people try out a new canon at more leisure and take more time to swap, isn't that likely, and instead, people are more likely to know sooner if they want to change their assignment so it's better not to make you wait. Similarly, even for a 10k/comic exchange, 20 days between sign-ups ending and a Letters Must Be Done Or Else!!! deadline is reasonable.

I'm pondering allowing people to swap their assignment with any outstanding pinch hit for a much longer period in the exchange, but haven't decided what the cut-off should be.

The check-in period is similar to last round's. The planned reveals time is also similar. The deadline is one week earlier, meaning four weeks rather than three between deadline & reveals.

If you didn't comment on a gift you received last year (you are exempt if you discussed this situation with me at the time) or if you defaulted after the default deadline last year, either by pressing the default button or not turning anything in, you can still sign up this year, but you need to complete your comments and work(s) before signing up.

Discussion welcome!

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FFFX Collection Delay - Reveals FRIDAY 12 March

2021-02-13T23:53:21Z

Posted by: modzilla

The fffx 2020-2021 collection was set to reveal on 27 February, with creator reveals on 13 March.

However, we have two unclaimed pinch hits, and I have not finished my own completeness checks of submitted works. As a lesser factor, we also have a large number of pinch hits due on February 21; I hope all goes well for our hard-working pinch hitters, but the larger the number, the bigger the risk that something goes wrong.

Therefore, I am moving the works reveals date 13 days, to 11:59pm EST Friday 12 March, with creator reveals at 11:59pm EST Friday 26 March. Please note the change of weekday. The collection and sticky schedule have been updated.

I'm sorry to those who were ready for their work(s) and gift(s) to go live, and are now disappointed. It's a long time to delay the collection, but I aim to only delay it once.

Current pinch hits
Pinch hits #49 and 61, and any further pinch hits I post, will be due on Friday 5 March, 11:59pm EST. If you can help, please either email me (mod.modzilla@gmail.com) or comment on one of the posts with pinch hit details, where the comments are set to 'screened'. Not this post; comments are set to public. Please include your AO3 name.

Triple Crown
This also affects the claiming and prize schedule for Triple Crown (triplecrownofexchanges). After creator reveals on March 26, I will send the Triple Crown Committee a list of qualifying names, based on who has completed a full gift for another person before reveals, is in good standing with the exchange, and has their name publicly associated with their work (ie, I would not pass on the names of creators whose work is orphaned or in an anonymous collection). This is for their verification purposes - you will have to actively claim the prizes you're interested in as well.

But, given the delay, if you want to speed the process up a bit, you're welcome to contact me privately between now & creator reveals; if you give me permission to tell Triple Crown Committee you completed this leg of the challenge, I'll pass that information on immediately. Again, you can email me at mod.modzilla@gmail.com or you can comment on a pinch hit post, where comments are screened. No, that isn't a trick to give you a pinch hit.

Other
If anyone is considering treats during this delay, please consider prompts from pinch hitters. I hope to add an index of requested fandoms later.

Betas are still available - and needed - at the beta post.

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Schedule and Description

2020-07-09T01:05:12Z

Posted by: modzilla

FFFX stands for Five Figure Fic Exchange. It is a multifandom gift exchange for fanfic of 10,000+ words. By request, in its first year it is actually "Five Figure Fanwork Exchange", and is also open to artists to create a comic of minimum at least 10 pages or at least 40 panels.

AO3 collection | Tag set | Canon promo post | Google spreadsheet of requests | Beta post | Pinch hitters' prompts

Current Phase: Round one is over - works and their creators have been revealed! Enjoy all fic and comics at the collection. We're discussing how the next round might go at this feedback post, and there's also now a draft schedule up for 2021-2022 - see most recent post.

Schedule

Nominations start: 14 July 2020

Sign-ups start: 24 July

Sign-ups close: 7 August

Assignments out by: 14 August

Assignment Swap Week*: 14-20 September

Check-in Week**: 16-22 November

Assignments due: 30 January 2021

Works revealed: 27 February - delayed to 12 March

Creators revealed: 13 March - delayed to 26 March

*What is Assignment Swap Week? This is when you can request to trade in your current assignment for a different one. This is intended as a safety net. Maybe you tried a new fandom to match a request and it didn't work out. Maybe you matched on something safe, but fell in love with a different fandom in the month in between. Whether you can swap to the new assignment of your choice will depend on several factors, including whether several other people are already creating for it.

**What is Check-In Week? This is when you contact the mod on a check-in post at this community to confirm that you are committed to fulfilling your assignment(s). If you do not check in, you will be defaulted.

FFFX follows the pattern of many other Archive-of-Our-Own-based multifandom exchanges. The pool of available fandoms is created by nominations (eight fandoms, with five characters or relationships each, per person, with selective additions possible during sign-ups). When signing up, you can offer and request as few as four fandoms, with one character or relationship in each, or as many as ten fandoms, with ten relationships in each. You will match on one of those characters or relationships (OR matching). FFFX allows original works prompts. FFFX does not match on freeform tags or rating. Because this is a longfic exchange and many creators like to have something to go on, you are required to put either prompts, or notes on what appeals to you about a fandom, or both, in your requests.

Fandom promotion posts and guides to where your canon can be found are encouraged.

The mod can be reached at mod.modzilla@gmail.com as well as through this Dreamwidth community.

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