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NFE 2020 SIGN UPS ARE OPEN!
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nfe_gremlinIT'S ABOUT TIME :D
Here is a handy tutorial on how to sign up for an fic exchange on AO3:
Handy tutorial!
Here is the link to the signup form:
Signup form!
Here is the tagset:
Tagset!
THINGS OF NOTE:
1) Reminder: same as the last couple of years, you cannot request "any." We had too many problems with matching, andaurilly made the tags more specific for this reason. However, you can still offer "any", but only offer it if you're open to really writing anyone/thing.
2) Reminder: you can only request relationships as characters. Hopefully this is not too confusing! You will see in the tag set characters groupings which are either platonic (e.g., "Group: Character A & Character B") or romantic/sexual (e.g., "Group: Character A/Character B").
This means if you want a specific combo of characters (either platonic or romantic/sexual), you have to specifically request that tag. So if you want a story about Edmund Pevensie/Bacchus, you need to request Group: Edmund Pevensie/Bacchus. If you simply request both characters, there is no guarantee that you will be matched with someone who wants to write those characters together.
This is also how you should request crossovers with specific characters. The crossover characters won't have individual character tags, but will be in a group with a Narnian character (e.g., Group: Aslan & Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars) & Ahsoka Tano (Star Wars)).
You can still request crossovers in your optional details, with something like, "I'd really like a Narnia/Star Wars crossover" but this does not guarantee a specific match.
3) This changes the matching process, in that you won't be matched on a separate relationship request.
But remember, because this is a small single fandom exchange, what tends to happen is that people are matched on one offer/request, but writers will also mix and match from the other requests.
For example, your recipient might have made request 1 with Aravis, and you offered Aravis in offer 1, so that's what you matched on. But if they've also requested Zardeenah in another request, and you offered her in another offer, then you're certainly free (and encouraged) to use all the other characters/freeforms you have in common in your story (unless your recip says something like "DNW a story with these two characters, or in this situation").
4) About crossovers: as in previous years, you can request crossovers, but they can't be your only request. There's no way to guarantee that your writer will be familiar with the other fandom. Same with requests set in specific ficverses - you can for example, request a story set in rthstewart's ficverse, but you must be considerate and have other requests, because not everyone knows that 'verse. Before you request a story set in someone else's ficverse, just make sure the original author is okay with that. That's on you -- the mods are not going to check with authors about this.
5) There won't be a separate collection for treats this year, but after the assignments are sent out, all the requests will be open for treating. You can upload these treats to the main collection.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask in comments, or email to narniaficexchange@gmail.com
--Snacky
Here is a handy tutorial on how to sign up for an fic exchange on AO3:
Handy tutorial!
Here is the link to the signup form:
Signup form!
Here is the tagset:
Tagset!
THINGS OF NOTE:
1) Reminder: same as the last couple of years, you cannot request "any." We had too many problems with matching, and
aurilly made the tags more specific for this reason. However, you can still offer "any", but only offer it if you're open to really writing anyone/thing.2) Reminder: you can only request relationships as characters. Hopefully this is not too confusing! You will see in the tag set characters groupings which are either platonic (e.g., "Group: Character A & Character B") or romantic/sexual (e.g., "Group: Character A/Character B").
This means if you want a specific combo of characters (either platonic or romantic/sexual), you have to specifically request that tag. So if you want a story about Edmund Pevensie/Bacchus, you need to request Group: Edmund Pevensie/Bacchus. If you simply request both characters, there is no guarantee that you will be matched with someone who wants to write those characters together.
This is also how you should request crossovers with specific characters. The crossover characters won't have individual character tags, but will be in a group with a Narnian character (e.g., Group: Aslan & Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars) & Ahsoka Tano (Star Wars)).
You can still request crossovers in your optional details, with something like, "I'd really like a Narnia/Star Wars crossover" but this does not guarantee a specific match.
3) This changes the matching process, in that you won't be matched on a separate relationship request.
But remember, because this is a small single fandom exchange, what tends to happen is that people are matched on one offer/request, but writers will also mix and match from the other requests.
For example, your recipient might have made request 1 with Aravis, and you offered Aravis in offer 1, so that's what you matched on. But if they've also requested Zardeenah in another request, and you offered her in another offer, then you're certainly free (and encouraged) to use all the other characters/freeforms you have in common in your story (unless your recip says something like "DNW a story with these two characters, or in this situation").
4) About crossovers: as in previous years, you can request crossovers, but they can't be your only request. There's no way to guarantee that your writer will be familiar with the other fandom. Same with requests set in specific ficverses - you can for example, request a story set in rthstewart's ficverse, but you must be considerate and have other requests, because not everyone knows that 'verse. Before you request a story set in someone else's ficverse, just make sure the original author is okay with that. That's on you -- the mods are not going to check with authors about this.
5) There won't be a separate collection for treats this year, but after the assignments are sent out, all the requests will be open for treating. You can upload these treats to the main collection.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask in comments, or email to narniaficexchange@gmail.com
--Snacky