Five Figure Fanwork Exchange

Hello,

Sign-ups are closed. After running matching, I have reached out to two people who may not have a recipient (K, P). Please check your emails if that may be you; unfortunately I will need to delete your sign-ups if I don't hear back.

I am now running checks to see:

-that everyone who signed up has some kind of positive inspiration for their creator in the sign-up box
-that no one has "see my letter for DNWs" because DNWs need to be in the sign-up box to be enforced
-that everyone asked for four different fandoms [aka the if fandom appeared in the tag set as its own label, then it counts as one even if it may be related to another fandom also in the tag set].

Where there are problems with the above things, I will reach out to you and you will have approximately a day to fix this. If you notice a problem in your own sign-up, please email me at mod.modzilla@gmail.com - it will save us all time. Thanks!


I am also checking to see if there are any people signed up who have past FFFX gifts they have not commented on. In that case I will remove your sign-up, but if you comment in future, you're welcome to sign up for a future round.


If you see a late request for which you'd like to add an offer, please feel free to contact me, or to discuss any similar tweaks to your sign-up.


All prompts at the app: https://autoao3app.fandom.tools/#/fffx2025/

Heya! Sappy, but I'm really happy to be here. Watching people's sign-ups accrue is one of my favorite parts of exchanges - seeing people's cool ideas and enthusiasm and thinking about all the potential in the works that might result. Thanks for your interest and thanks to Reshiel, VSSAKJ, and within_a_dream for sorting out nominations.

Sign-up instructions

You can sign up at the collection.

Sign-ups are open until 11:59pm EDT, August 11.

Basics
-Ask for 4-10 fandoms, 1-10 "relationship" tags in each, and in each of your requests, tick at least one of the additional tags that specifies what kind of gift you're interested in.

-Offer 1-10 fandoms, 1-10 "relationship" tags in each, and in each of your offers, tick at least two of the additional tags that specifies what kind of gift you're willing to create.

-In fffx's tagset, the "relationships" field covers characters, relationships, and worldbuilding. fffx uses OR matching - you will get, or create, a gift focusing on one of those tags. If you want specific characters to interact, select a single "relationship" tag that names all of them and uses & and / as appropriate.

-You can repeat fandoms in your requests - ie, you can ask for Original Work twice. You still need 4 unique fandom requests. Offers can be be as minimal as you like, but you will need someone to create for in order to receive an assignment.

-Please list dealbreaking Do-Not-Wants in your sign-ups. You must also put some other, positive information about your interests in each request - this can be a likes list, some prompts, or just talking about what you like about the canon & characters.

Please consider your DNWs carefully. "DNW: unrequested relationships" might suit a 1k relationship-based exchange that also matches on freeforms like "trapped together in an elevator", but may cause stress to someone considering a longer plot. DNWs should give guidance but not constrict your author to a plot that is dramatically narrower than the possibilities of the tag you requested.

-Participants must be aged 18 or over.

-Do not use generative AI for fic or art. This is a new rule - please reach out to me directly if you're not sure if your assistive tool counts.

-There is a space in Offers - Title - for "Notes to Mod". You can use this space to tell me more about your matching preferences, if you like. You can also leave it blank. If you have Do-Not-Match requests, I may follow up with you for more information - ie, how pinch hits will be handled.

-You are not eligible to sign up if you have not commented on previous gifts or discussed the situation with the mod. You are not eligible to sign up if you either defaulted after check-in, failed to check in during check-in, or posted a placeholder for which I banned you, unless you've posted a make-up work. If you simply defaulted at any time in rounds one, two, or three, you are now welcome to sign up again whether or not you've posted a make-up work.


How the Additional Tags Work
If you request Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic, you will receive 1 gift that is a comic of at least 10 pages or at least 40 panels. (Ie, if there are 40 distinct panels, it can have 9 pages. If there are 10 full pages, it's okay if there are only 36 panels.)

If you request Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic OR 2 x 5-Page Comics at Artist's Discretion, you may receive 1 gift that is a comic of 10 pages or at least 40 panels, or you may receive 2 gifts of 2 comics that are each half that long. (If selecting that option, I recommend also selecting Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic - there are no drawbacks. But you don't have to.)

If you request Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic, you will receive 1 gift that is a fanfic of at least 10,000 words.

If you request Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic OR 2 x 5000-Word Fics at Author's Discretion, you may receive 1 gift that is a fanfic of at least 10,000 words, or you may receive 2 gifts of 2 fic that are each half that long. (If selecting that option, I recommend also selecting Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic - there are no drawbacks. But you don't have to.)

It is possible that if you select both Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic OR 2 x 5-Page Comics at Artist's Discretion AND Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic OR 2 x 5000-Word Fics at Author's Discretion, you may get two gifts, one of which is a 20-panel comic and 1 of which is a 5,000-word fic. It is possible that if you select "2 x 5" tags for more than one fandom, you will get half-length gifts from two different fandoms. This is up to your creators.

You have to offer two Additional Tags. If you are someone who creates only in 1 medium, you can select both the Fanart tags, or you can select both the Fanfic tags.


Groups
Groups & Creator's Choice tags works like this:
"Thop the Gribble & the Splonks"
This means a story focusing on Thop and his platonic relationship with two characters who fit into the category of Splonk. The characters chosen from the Splonks are up to the creator.

"Gribbles/Splonks"
This means a sexual or romantic relationship including at least two Gribbles and at least two Splonks.

"Gribbles & ALL: Splonks"
This means a story featuring platonic relationships between at least two Gribbles and all of the characters who can be defined as splonks.

"Creator's Choice of Gribble & Splonks"
This means a story featuring platonic relationships between ONE Gribble and at least two Splonks.

When ALL is part of the tag, all members of the group must play significant roles in the work. If it isn't, the creator gets to choose which character feature. Requesters may not select within the tag or DNW members of the group.

Groups that are nominated in this way should be discrete and clearly defined.

If an existing group or Creator's Choice tag doesn't work for you, please use your supplementary nominations slots to nominate a tag between specific characters.

If requesting a group, I recommend using your prompts to talk about who you see as part of the group, just in case your creator has a different idea.



Unusual Things fffx Is Doing
Please be aware before you sign up that:

-Comments are really important. This exchange is scheduled to reveal on March 8 2025; I recommend reconsidering signing up if you think you'll struggle to comment in that month. It is a requirement of this exchange that you must comment on any gifts you receive or, if you cannot, discuss the situation with the mod.

-Letters left incomplete or locked on August 31 will be removed from your sign-up. Please don't link to a letter (an external document containing prompts, general preferences, etc) unless you're confident you can complete it. Of course, you can't predict the future, but if you can't finish your letter ~2 weeks after sign-ups end (preferably earlier!), I believe it's better for everyone if your creator is set free to go ahead with their own ideas. I will send a reminder before removing your letter, but depending on what communication channels I can use or you can check, you may not see it. Letters, of course, are optional - you don't have to link one at all.

-This exchange requires you to put prompts, or general likes, or something you like about the canon, in the AO3 form. It doesn't have to be long or eloquent, but something other than your DNWs is required. Ie, Optional Details are only optional for creators - they are not completely optional for requesters.

-Please sign up with one account only.

-There are also extra deadlines - August 31 for asking to swap your assignment for any other assignment & for finishing your letter, and November 16 for confirming you're still committed to your assignment, as well as the posting deadline of January 18.

Additional nominations

The tag set is open again. You have 3 fandoms with 2 slots in each. Please only add nominations that you, personally, plan to request, or where you are adding them for a friend who intends to request them. Please note I will not be posting round-ups of new tags. I may need to ask for more information about your tags, especially if they're new fandoms or involve large groups.

Errors in tag set

There will inevitably be some. Feel free to let me know and I'll do what I can to sort them out (this may not be until sign-ups close). I mostly care about errors that could cause confusion or difficulty in matching.

Welcome.

Hello! Sign-ups for the 2022-23 round of FFFX will close at 11:59pm EDT on Thursday 18 August. See countdown!

Notes on matching process
When sign-ups close, I will first run matching to see if there's anyone with no possible recipient, and get in touch with people in that situation to discuss if you'd like to adjust your offers or drop out. I'll use the email associated with your AO3 account, so please check you can access that.

I will also get in touch with people who have fewer than 4 distinct fandoms* in their requests, people whose optional details don't include any kinds of likes/prompts/thoughts about canon, and people whom I understand to be banned for defaulting or noncommenting reasons.

*if it's a different label in the tag set, it counts as distinct

Depending on the type of issue, you will have between one day or several days to get back to me. Assignments will not go out before 24 August. I expect your request choices and request optional details to be final when sign-ups close. However, I'm happy to make changes to your offers, as directed, until the end of 23 August.

Sign-up instructions

Sign-ups are open at AO3. They will remain open until 11:59pm EDT, August 18.

Basics
-Ask for 4-10 fandoms, 1-10 "relationship" tags in each, and in each of your requests, tick at least one of the additional tags that specifies what kind of gift you're interested in.

-Offer 1-10 fandoms, 1-10 "relationship" tags in each, and in each of your offers, tick at least two of the additional tags that specifies what kind of gift you're willing to create.

-In fffx's tagset, the "relationships" field covers characters, relationships, and worldbuilding. fffx uses OR matching - you will get, or create, a gift focusing on one of those tags. The best way to request all the characters you want together is to select a single "relationship" tag that names all of them in your preferred configuration.

-You can repeat fandoms - ie, you can ask for Original Work twice. You still need 4 unique fandom requests. I have set up the form to require two different offers, but as long as you have someone you can create for, it doesn't matter to me if you are offering just one fandom with identical tags in each of your offers.

-Please list dealbreaking Do-Not-Wants in your sign-ups. You must also put some other, positive information about your interests in each request - this can be a likes list, some prompts, or just talking about what you like about the canon & characters.

Please consider your DNWs carefully. "DNW: unrequested relationships" might suit a 1k relationship-based exchange that also matches on freeforms like "trapped together in an elevator", but may cause stress to someone considering a longer plot. DNWs should give guidance but not constrict your author to a plot that is exponentially narrower than the possibilities of the tag you requested.

-Participants must be aged 18 or over.

-There is a space in Offers - Title - for "Notes to Mod". You can use this space to tell me more about your matching preferences, if you like. You can also leave it blank. If you have Do-Not-Match requests, I may follow up with you for more information.

-You are not eligible to sign up if you have not commented on previous gifts or discussed the situation with the mod. If you defaulted in the first (2020-2021) round, you are now eligible to sign up again whether or not you've posted a make-up work.


How the Additional Tags Work
If you request Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic, you will receive 1 gift that is a comic of at least 10 pages or at least 40 panels. (Ie, if there are 40 distinct panels, it can have 9 pages. If there are 10 full pages, it's okay if there are only 36 panels.)

If you request Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic OR 2 x 5-Page Comics at Artist's Discretion, you may receive 1 gift that is a comic of 10 pages or at least 40 panels, or you may receive 2 gifts of 2 comics that are each half that long. (If selecting that option, I recommend also selecting Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic - there are no drawbacks. But you don't have to.)

If you request Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic, you will receive 1 gift that is a fanfic of at least 10,000 words.

If you request Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic OR 2 x 5000-Word Fics at Author's Discretion, you may receive 1 gift that is a fanfic of at least 10,000 words, or you may receive 2 gifts of 2 fic that are each half that long. (If selecting that option, I recommend also selecting Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic - there are no drawbacks. But you don't have to.)

It is possible that if you select both Fanart: 1 x 10-Page Comic OR 2 x 5-Page Comics at Artist's Discretion AND Fanfic: 1 x 10000-Word Fic OR 2 x 5000-Word Fics at Author's Discretion, you may get two gifts, one of which is a 20-panel comic and 1 of which is a 5,000-word fic. It is possible that if you select "2 x 5" tags for more than one fandom, you will get half-length gifts from two different fandoms. This is up to your creators.

You have to offer two Additional Tags. If you are someone who creates only in 1 medium, you can select both the Fanart tags, or you can select both the Fanfic tags.


Unusual Things fffx Is Doing
Please be aware before you sign up that:

-Letters left incomplete or locked on September 10 will be removed from your sign-up. Please don't link to a letter (an external document containing prompts, general preferences, etc) unless you're confident you can complete it. Of course, you can't predict the future, but if you can't finish your letter ~3 weeks after sign-ups end (preferably earlier!), I believe it's better for everyone if your creator is set free to go ahead with their own ideas. I will send a reminder before removing your letter, but depending on what communication channels I can use or you can check, you may not see it. Letters, of course, are optional - you don't have to link one at all.

-This exchange requires you to put prompts, or general likes, or something you like about the canon, in the AO3 form. It doesn't have to be long or eloquent, but something other than your DNWs is required. Ie, Optional Details are only optional for creators - they are not completely optional for requesters.

-Please sign up with one account only.

-There are also extra deadlines - September 10 for asking to swap your assignment for any other assignment & for finishing your letter, and November 27 for confirming you're still committed to your assignment, as well as the posting deadline of January 21.

-You must comment on any gifts you receive or, if you cannot, discuss the situation with the mod.


Additional this year
I have approved a lot of tags in the style "[CHAR] & Member(s) of [GROUP]". I recommend, but won't enforce, saying explicitly in your request or letter whom you consider to be a member of the relevant GROUP, as a safeguard to ensure you and your creator are on the same page. This will also help me see how well it's working this year.

Additional nominations

The tag set is open again. You have 4 fandoms with 2 slots in each. Please only add nominations that you, personally, plan to request, or where you are adding them for a friend who intends to request them. Please note I will not be posting round-ups of new tags. I may need to ask for more information about your tags, especially if they're new fandoms or involve large groups.

Errors in tag set

There will inevitably be some. Feel free to let me know and I'll do what I can to sort them out (this may not be until sign-ups close). I mostly care about errors that could cause confusion.

Sign-ups are closed at the collection.

I have run initial matching, and every single person who has signed up has a potential recipient. Congratulations! However, as planned, assignments will not go out right away. They will not go out before Wednesday.

Over the next few days, I will fix some problem tags that people have brought to my attention (for example, Asshole Research Transport & Murderbot vs. Murderbot & ART), and check request and offers. Requests need to include at least four unique fandoms and have DNWs and something else (likes? a prompt? a comment about what you like in canon?) in the sign-up box.

If you want to tweak your offers or otherwise update your preferences, please contact me directly at mod.modzilla@gmail.com or by Dreamwidth PM. Nominations are now closed, but as nominations were added during sign-ups, it's possible that someone's now requesting something you'd like to add to your offers. I will edit this post to add a rough Google spreadsheet of requests, for slightly easier searching.

SEE HERE: very rough google spreadsheet of all requests!

It's also never too late to add promo posts!


If there are people who are interested in specific pinch hits but didn't want to sign up, you're welcome to contact me directly (email, DM) about people you'd like to create for. Otherwise, the pinch hits should be out before 14 August. Either way, thank you for your interest in pinch hitting.


Reminder of some other unusual things in this exchange
-You are required to comment on gifts, or speak to the mod about a situation that prevents you from commenting on a gift.

-There is an assignment swap period in September; depending on whether another assignment you want is available (for example, it's a pinch hit, OR there are fewer than two people creating for it already), you may be able to trade in your assignment then. Please contact the mod before 14 September if you want to try this option.

-Letters must be complete by 14 September or will be removed from the sign-up on AO3. If you update your letter to say it's as complete as it's going to get, that counts, but please don't expect your creator to check back after that. Generally, please complete your letter soon so that your creator can get to work.

-There is a check-in period in November. During November 16-22, you are required to comment on a post in this community to say that you are still committed to creating for your assignment. If you don't check in at that time, this will be treated as a default.

Great to see you all!

1. The organized lists of original & crossover tags has been updated. (Beware: giant list.) Happy browsing!

2. If you are considering offering something, but you're uncertain about what a DNW in a request means, feel free to ask the person or ask me (mod.modzilla@gmail.com) to ask them on your behalf. I don't consider "I haven't decided whether or not to offer this" to contradict the requirements of anonymity.

3. Fantastic promo posts! Keep them coming! There are also requests for recs on the post - for example, if anyone would like to receive interactive fiction.

4. Please put something about what you want in your sign-up form, as well as your DNWs.


ETA: I received a nomination for Sarek/Amanda Grayson in "Star Trek" - could the nominator please narrow that down? Would any of Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Discovery, or Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) work?