The Third Annual Interdimensional Haixing-Dixing 520 Day Reverse Exchange

[trobadora]

520 Day Reverse Exchange General Concept

As the name says, this is a reverse exchange, also known as a Choose Your Writer/Artist/Fanwork Creator exchange. Instead of making your request and that request being assigned to a writer/artist/fanwork creator, here:

1. You sign up with the kinds of things you enjoy creating.


2. You choose three writers/artists/fanwork creators based on anonymised ads.


3. You make a request of each of them based on what they enjoy creating and what you want to receive.


4. You are assigned one request to create for, based on your offers.


5. You receive a gift from one of the creators you chose.

The 520 Day Reverse Exchange covers the Guardian drama, the novel, and real person fanworks about the actors. You can offer and/or request fanfic, fanart, icons, vids, podfic, meta, a remix of an existing fanwork, or fanart for an existing fanwork. Or any combination of the above! (Note that meta will need to be sufficiently transformative to meet AO3's rules, i.e. not a collection of canon facts.)

Hopefully this means you get an assignment that fits you like a glove, and just the gift fanwork you're looking for -- maybe even from one of your favourite authors, artists or creators!

Participants who are under 18 must request and offer works rated General or Teen And Up only.

(Many thanks to reversathon for letting us adopt their format, to laireshi for help with Tumblr and Twitter announcements, and to tinny for the beautiful banner!)

STEP ONE: Sign up with your offers

To sign up, comment on the sign-up post with your completed offers form by 11:59pm UTC on Friday 26th March 2020. (What time is that for me?) You'll find a template (and guidelines to help you fill it out) in the post. You must say something relevant for each point; feel free to give as much info as you like.

Note: All comments to the sign-up post are screened so only mods (china_shop and trobadora) can see them. If we need to ask you any questions about your sign-up, we will reply to your comment or email you.

Using our Dixing powers, mods will turn the sign-up forms into anonymous participant ads for you as a writer/artist/fanwork creator.

STEP TWO: Choose three writers/artists/fanwork creators

The anonymous participant ads will be posted on Saturday 27th March. Participants must choose 3 ads from the list to make requests for. (Please note that specific scenarios/prompts are optional for creators.)

Ads will be removed from the list when 3 requests have been received for that writer/artist/fanwork creator, so be ready to jump in and claim yours!

All requests must be made by 11:59pm UTC on Friday 2nd April. (What time is that for me?) Then the mods will assign one of your chosen writers/artists/creators to create your gift.

You'll receive your assignment by Wednesday 7th April at the latest.

STEP THREE: Fill your assignment

Minimum requirements:

• Fanfic and other written fanworks (meta, etc) - at least 300 words


• Art (analogue) - a sketch, not on lined paper, at least 500x500 pixels


• Art (digital) - an edited/manipulated digital image, at least 500x500 pixels


• Vids - at least 30 seconds long


• Icons - at least 3 icons


• Podfic - at least 3 minutes

Post your completed assignment to the AO3 collection by 13th May 2021. (What time is that for me?) The collection will go live on 520 Day (20th May 2021). There is no anonymous period.

Note: All entries must be posted to AO3, so you'll need an AO3 account to participate. If you don't have an account yet, you can request one on AO3 or comment here to ask the mods for an invite.

You may post your assignment elsewhere after 520 Day, but not before.

Schedule

• Sign-ups part 1 - offers: Saturday 20th March - Friday 26th March


• Sign-ups part 2 - requests: Saturday 27th March - Friday 02nd April


• Matching: Saturday 03rd April - Tuesday 06th April


• Assignments out: Wednesday 07th April at the latest


• Deadline: Wednesday 13th May


• Work reveals: Wednesday 20th May (there is no anon period)

Any questions? We're here to answer them. Ask in the comments to this post!

Comments

[geckoholic]

So I missed signups because work wouldn’t leave me with enough free time to turn my computer on once this week ;_; buuuuuut you can put me down for pinch-hitting if you like.

[china_shop]

Oh, I'm sorry about your work being so busy! If you can get your sign-up in in the next hour or so, that would still be fine. We'd love to have you participate!

[geckoholic]

I fell back asleep, meep. I could do it right now, if that still works?

[china_shop]

Yep, go for it! :-)

[geckoholic]

Done! Thank you so much for letting me get in late like this. <3

[china_shop]

Yay! Glad to have you aboard. :-)