Narnia Fic Challenge

Hi folks! We're waiting to hear back from AO3 on a tagging question, so for the time, the nominations are still open.

Also, I am thinking for clarity with the tags, we'll probably make it one fandom, as opposed to books/movies each as their own. You can use the optional details to clarify if you want bookverse or movieverse.

I think that's it for now. Any questions, let me know!

Hello everyone! Tag nominations are still open, but will be closing soon. aurilly has graciously volunteered to help me with the tags, and she'll be making a post with tags we have questions about, so we can try to clean some up. So please keep your eyes open for that, and if you haven't submitted your nominations, don't forget!

1) My apologies for running late with this. Real life has been playing havoc with my online one, I'm sorry.

2) As requested by several people, we are having a nominations period. Nominations are currently open, and you can go here to nominate characters and relationships.

I know some people are more interested in world-building, so I think it'll work if you nominate "world-building" as a character. That way, when signups are open, people can both request and offer it.

3) Here are the important dates for the exchange:

Signups open: July 25th
Signups close: August 1st
Assignments sent out: by August 4th
Fics due: anytime before September 13th
Collection opens: September 20th
Authors revealed: September 27th

These are pretty firm right now. It worked out really well last time for everyone to have more than a month of writing time, so that's back. The collection will open on September 20th, as long as everyone has a story (if we're waiting on pinch-hitters, it will be later than the posted time).

4) We can have a madness round again, if people would like! I'll open up all the prompts after the assignment deadline, so that week before reveal can be madness time.

5) Obviously the exchange will not be double-blind this year, you will know who you are writing for. If people want to write "Dear NFE Writer" letters and post them on LJ/Dreamwidth/Tumblr/wherever, that is fine, but not mandatory! You can put everything you want in your signup, if you like.

6) I've fine tuned the signup form, and the test matching was helpful, so I think we're all set there! *fingers crossed*

In the past, you've been allowed to request crossovers, and fic set in other people's fanverses. You can still do that, but those will have to go in the optional details part of the signup.

There will also be a box in the offer part of the signup where you, as a writer, can talk about what you like to write, and also put ONE OR TWO dealbreakers of what you can't write (for example, "no incest and I hate Edmund Pevensie"). Bear in mind that it would be extremely unusual in this exchange for you to say, "I can't write slash" and then get matched to someone who only requests slash. Most participants offer several options of what they want, and I don't see this changing.

Okay, I think that's it for now. Go forth, nominate, and ask any questions you have and I will try to answer them! You can email at narniaficexchange@gmail.com too.

Hi folks! Just wanted to let you know there's going to be an exchange this year - I am just off to a particularly late start.

I am hoping to do the entire exchange on AO3 this year, so if you don't have an account there yet, now is a good time to sign up. If you need an invitation, let me know, I have some codes.

The only thing left to do is test the signups. I've always handmatched the participants before, but with AO3, I have the chance to do automated matching. I'm not sure how well this will work, since we're kind of a detail-heavy exchange, so I want to test it, based primarily on fandom (book, movie) and characters (there's a list of 19 so far, if you want to add others, let me know) matching. There's a field for details, and also a field where you can link to your journal, tumblr, etc, if you want to post more for your writer.

I AM NOT SURE HOW WELL THIS IS GOING TO WORK, and I might end up doing handmatching in the end, since it's a small enough exchange for that. But I want to test the signups, and that's where you come in! If you can just go here and signup (link will be on your left), I can do a test matching run and see what problems might come up.

Please let me know if/how it works for you, and any suggestions/comments/questions you have! That's on everything - let me know if the rules are clear, if you need clarification on anything, etc.

THIS IS NOT YOUR OFFICIAL SIGN-UP! THIS IS JUST A TEST! All signups will be deleted and you will have to signup again when the NFE officially opens.

Thanks for all your help!