sid_guardian | The Sixth Annual Interdimensional Haixing-Dixing 520 Day Reverse Exchange

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:

You sign up with the kinds of things you enjoy creating -- media, ships, tropes, etc.

You choose three writers/artists/fanwork creators based on anonymised ads and make a request of each of them based on what they enjoy creating and what you want to receive.

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

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! If there are other media you’d like to offer, please discuss with the mods by commenting on this post.
(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!

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

STEP ONE: Sign up with your offers

To sign up, comment on the sign-up post with your completed offer form by 11:59pm UTC on Friday 22nd March 2024. (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'll reply to your comment or email you.

Using our Dixing powers, mods will turn your sign-up form into an anonymous participant ad 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 23rd March. Participants must choose 3 ads from the list to make requests for using the requests form. You'll find a template and guidelines in the Requests post. (Please note that specific scenarios/prompts, while welcome, are optional for creators.)

Each ad 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 the ones you want!

All requests must be made by 11:59pm UTC on Friday 29th March. (What time is that for me?) Then the mods will assign one of your chosen writers/artists/creators to create your gift in line with your request.

You'll receive your assignment by Wednesday 3rd April at the latest.

STEP THREE: Fill your assignment

Minimum requirements:

Fanfic, meta and other written fanworks -- 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 long

Post your completed assignment to the AO3 collection by 13th May 2024. (What time is that for me?) The collection will go live on 520 Day (20th May 2024). There is no anonymous period.

Notes:

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.
AO3 accounts can be set not to allow gifts, and this is the default setting for new accounts. (Find the setting here: Profile > Set My Preferences > Collections, Challenges and Gifts > "Allow anyone to gift me works".) Since we hand-match assignments based on your requests, AO3 treats all 520 Day fanworks the same as ordinary non-exchange gifts. If your AO3 account is set not to allow gifts, and you don't want to change it, you're still welcome to participate: your creator will give your gift to the 520_Day_Reverse_Exchange account, and we'll email you the notification.

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

STEP FOUR: Enjoy your gift

Enjoy the gift your creator has made for you, and comment to say thank you.
Note: Thank-you comments are required - if you don't, you may not sign up for future rounds. If you are unable to comment on a gift, please discuss the situation with the mods.

Schedule

Sign-ups part 1 - offers: Saturday 16th March - Friday 22nd March
Sign-ups part 2 - requests: Saturday 23rd March - Friday 29th March
Matching: Saturday 30th March - Tuesday 2nd April
Assignments out: Wednesday 3rd April at the latest
Deadline: Monday 13th May
Work reveals: Monday 20th May (there is no anon period)

Promotion

We'd love it if you promoted this exchange on Twitter, Bluesky, Tumblr, Discord, etc.! We have a tumblr post you can reblog, and here are a promo graphic and some text you can copy, or feel free to make/write your own.

Promo graphic with info text:

Embed code:
<img src="https://trobadora.dreamwidth.org/file/1034470.jpg" title="Guardian Reverse Exchange 2024 Promo Graphic" alt="520 Day Guardian Reverse Exchange 2024! Open to novel, drama and RPF. Multimedia. Schedule: sign-ups (offers): 16 to 22 March; sign-ups (requests): 23 to 29 March; deadline: Monday 13 May; reveals: Monday 20 May. No anon period. How it works: 1. Offer things you like to make: media, ships, tropes, etc. 2. Choose three anonymised offers and make requests. 3. Receive one assignment tailored to your offer. Post your work to AO3. Sign up at https://sid-guardian.dreamwidth.org/473427.html (Dreamwidth account not required)" />

Promo text:

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

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Hello hi I know this is very last minute sorry!! I do beadwork and have done some fandom beading before, and I was wondering if I could offer to make beadwork of somekind? I can send examples of my past fandom beadwork for reference too if it would help determine whether or not beadwork might be a valid medium for the fest!! I can take pictures of the completed beadwork and post those to ao3 the same way I would a traditional or digital artwork :)

Hi! Thanks for asking -- what a cool idea! :-)

We're very happy to include fan crafts in the exchange, but because we're not sure what response they might get from requesters, we'd ask that you offer another medium as well. Does that work for you?

(Very happy to discuss further! Please feel free to email me at deafhalfwolf+520@gmail.com. :-)

The Sixth Annual Interdimensional Haixing-Dixing 520 Day Reverse Exchange