The deadline for the 520 Day Reverse Exchange has passed, and the collection is full of fantastic gifts!

If you haven't yet filled your assignment and haven't received an extension, please contact us NOW by replying to your assignment email (please don't change the subject line) or commenting here. Comments here are screened.

We may need to look for pinch-hitters over the next couple of days. If you're available, please keep an eye on this comm and your email. Our first port of call will be the other creators the recipient requested from, if those people said they might be able to pinch-hit.

Thanks so much to all our lovely participants for being a part of this! :D

trobadora

The 520 Day Reverse Exchange deadline is tomorrow! Please post your completed assignment to the AO3 collection by 11:59PM UTC Wednesday 13 May! (What time is that for me?)

Your work must be complete to fill your assignment. It's fine to keep editing until reveals, but the first and each edited version must be a work that stands on its own.

If you have any questions or, for any reason, you can't make the deadline and you haven't contacted us already, please let us know NOW by replying to your assignment email (don't change the subject line) or commenting here. Comments here are screened.

General info, schedule and minimum requirements | Posting instructions

Thank you to everyone who's already submitted their entries, and good luck to everyone else for the final stretch! *\o/* *\o/* *\o/*

trobadora

Just a reminder that the 520 Day Reverse Exchange deadline is now one week away. Please post your completed assignment to the AO3 collection by 11:59PM UTC Wednesday 13 May! (What time is that for me?)

(Actually, the first entry has already been posted! Congrats! \o/)

Your work must be complete to fill your assignment. It's fine to keep editing until reveals, but the first and each edited version must be a work that stands on its own. If you're unsure how to post, see the instructions here.

If you have any questions or, for any reason, you can't make the deadline, please let us know NOW by replying to your assignment email (don't change the subject line) or commenting here. Comments here are screened.

General info, schedule and minimum requirements

*cheers everyone on*

trobadora

How's it going, everyone?

Just a reminder that the 520 Day Reverse Exchange deadline is less than two weeks from now, at 11:59PM UTC on Wednesday 13 May. (What time is that for me?)

When you're ready, please post your completed assignment to the AO3 collection. We're looking forward to everyone's creations!

If you're unsure how to post, see the instructions here, and if you have any questions or, for any reason, you can't make the deadline, please let us know NOW by replying to your assignment email (please don't change the subject line) or commenting here. Comments here are screened.

General info, schedule and minimum requirements

*cheers everyone on*

trobadora

If you signed up for this year's 520 Day Reverse Exchange, you should now have received your assignment email. (If not, check your spam folder!)

What to do next:

Reply to your assignment email now, so we know you've received it. Please don't change the subject line.

If you have any concerns about your assignment, let us know ASAP by replying to the email. (Again, please don't change the subject line!)

Create a fanwork for your assignment. Make sure it fits your recipient's requested canon(s), media, pairing(s) or character(s), and rating(s), and doesn't include anything they've said they don't want. Remember that specific scenarios and prompts are optional. Have fun!

Post your completed fanwork to the AO3 collection by 11:59PM UTC Wednesday 13th May! (What time is that for me?).
- On the AO3 collection page, click "Post to Collection" at the top of the page.
- Enter your recipient's AO3 name under "Gift this work to".
- Please keep any creator's notes or other commentary positive.
Keep your assignment secret! If you need to host fanart or podfic on a different site, make sure it's not visible/searchable on that site before reveals on 20th May.

To make edits to your work after posting, you can access it via your AO3 Statistics page.

If something comes up that means you can't complete your assignment by the deadline, please contact us ASAP so we can discuss an extension or, if necessary, find a pinch-hitter.

All entries will go live on Wednesday 20th May (520 Day). Please keep your assignment a secret until then!

General info, schedule and minimum requirements

We hope you enjoy creating for your assignment, and we can't wait to see what you come up with! *\o/*

trobadora

If you signed up for this year's Guardian Reverse Exchange, and you haven't yet made your requests, just a reminder that part two of sign-ups is underway! Please go to the Requests post before 11:59PM on Friday 3 April UTC (What time is that for me?) and follow the instructions there to make your requests.

Requests post
General info/rules/schedule

If you have any questions, or if anything isn't clear, please comment here or on the General info/rules/schedule post.

trobadora

Guardian Reverse Exchange 2026. Image shows Shen Wei and Zhao Yunlan facing each other, gripping the Sundial between them.

General info/rules/schedule post - please go there to ask questions if anything isn't clear.

Offers are closed!

This is the second part of the 520 Day Reverse Exchange sign-ups. If you made an offer on the last post, this is where you make your requests. (If you didn't make an offer on the last post, you're too late to sign up, sorry.)

You'll find our anonymous participant ads in the Google doc linked at the bottom of this post.

What to do:

Read the instructions fully before you make your requests.

Choose 3 writers/artists/fanwork creators from the anonymous participant ads. (Try not to choose yourself!)

Copy and paste the request form from the text box below into a comment, and fill out your request for each of your chosen ads. There are guidelines for the questions below.

Important: You can only request things (pairings, ratings, etc.) that your chosen writer/artist/fanworks creator has offered. If a request doesn't fit the offer, we'll ask you to rewrite and resubmit.

Participant ads will be removed from the Google doc when 3 requests have been received for that creator. Please refresh the doc and check that all three of your selected creators are available before you post your comment.

Comments are screened so only mods (

china_shop and

trobadora) can see them.

All requests must be made by 11:59pm UTC on Friday 3 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 8 April at the latest.

( Make your requests here! )

If you have any questions about requesting or the exchange in general, please comment on the General info/rules/schedule post.

trobadora

Quick reminder that this year's 520 Day Reverse Exchange sign-ups close in three hours. If you've been meaning to sign-up, this is your last chance! :)

trobadora

Time's almost up! Sign-ups for this year's Guardian Reverse Exchange are only open for another 24 hours. If you haven't yet - now's the time. :)

Sign-ups are open until 11:59pm UTC on Friday 27 March 2026. (What time is that for me?)

Thanks to everyone who's already signed up! Come and join us - sign up with your offers now!

General info/rules/schedule

And if you're on Discord, Twitter, Bluesky, Tumblr or elsewhere for fandom, please help get the word out by promoting the exchange there. We have a tumblr post you can reblog, a promo graphic and text on the General info post, or you can make your own.

trobadora

Sign-ups are open until Friday for the 520 Day Guardian Reverse Exchange, a multimedia exchange covering the Guardian drama, the novel and RPF.!

This is a reverse exchange with a two-part sign-up process: first you make your offer, and then you choose from everyone else's anonymised offers to make your requests.

General info/rules/schedule

Come and join us - sign up with your offers! Sign-ups are open until 11:59pm UTC on Friday 27 March 2026. (What time is that for me?)

And if you're on Discord, Twitter, Bluesky, Tumblr or elsewhere for fandom, please help get the word out by promoting the exchange there. We have a tumblr post you can reblog, a promo graphic and text on the General info post, or you can make your own.

trobadora

Sign-ups are still open for the 520 Day Guardian Reverse Exchange, a multimedia exchange covering the Guardian drama, the novel and RPF.!

This is a reverse exchange with a two-part sign-up process: first you make your offer, and then you choose from everyone else's anonymised offers to make your requests.

General info/rules/schedule

Come and join us - sign up with your offers! Sign-ups are open until 11:59pm UTC on Friday 27 March 2026. (What time is that for me?)

And if you're on Discord, Twitter, Bluesky, Tumblr or elsewhere for fandom, please help get the word out by promoting the exchange there. We have a tumblr post you can reblog, a promo graphic and text on the General info post, or you can make your own.

trobadora

Sign-ups are closed now. Thank you, everyone!

What is the 520 Day Reverse Exchange?

General info/rules/schedule post - please go there to ask questions if anything isn't clear.

If you're on Discord, Twitter, Bluesky, Tumblr or elsewhere for fandom, please help get the word out by promoting the exchange there. We have a tumblr post you can reblog, a promo graphic and text on the General info post, or you can make your own.

How do I sign up?

You will find the sign-up form below. Fill in something for each point, giving as much info as you like. All comments are screened so only mods (

china_shop and

trobadora) can see them.

Please read this post, including the 2026 sign-up form, fully before you sign up. You will need to check back at this community between Saturday 28 March and Friday 3 April to make your requests. This sign-up form is the first of two steps.

Sign-ups are open until 11:59pm UTC on Friday 27 March 2026. (What time is that for me?)

What happens next?

On Saturday 28 March, mods post the info from the sign-up forms as anonymous participant ads on this comm.

You choose 3 ads from the list and make a request for each. (We'll remove each ad from the list when we've received 3 requests for that offer.)

Mods assign one of your requests to the relevant writer/artist/creator.

You receive one request made for your offer. This is your assignment.

The sign-up form

( under the cut! )

All comments here are screened (i.e. only visible to mods). If there is a problem with your sign-up, for example if you've missed any important info, we will reply to your comment or email you to sort it out.

Go forth and sign up!

Currently signed up:

amedia,

awanderingcoyote,

china_shop,

echo_ph0enix,

ehyde,

event_kosch,

facethestrange, flamingwell,

fuzzytale, Gatoveja,

hideyseek,

lacommunarde,

marquisguyun, MeatOffTheBone,

oracularmayhem,

plingo_kat, ryoulan,

tehfanglyfish,

tinypinkmouse,

trobadora,

velithya

Current Mood: excited

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:

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 you 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 simply 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.

( How it all works )

( Schedule )

( Promotion )

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

trobadora

The Annual Interdimensional Haixing-Dixing 520 Day Reverse Exchange is coming back for 2026!

520 sounds like "I love you" in Mandarin, so May 20th is a bit like Valentine's Day. To celebrate, we're back with the eighth annual 520 Day Reverse Exchange. As the name says, this is a reverse 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.
You choose three writers/artists/fanwork creators based on anonymised ads.
You make a request of each of them based on what they enjoy creating.
You are assigned one request to create for, based on your offer.
You receive a gift from one of the creators you chose.

(An updated rules/info post will go up before sign-ups open, but here is last year's for reference.)

This year's schedule

Sign-ups part 1 - offers: Sunday 15 March - Friday 27 March
Sign-ups part 2 - requests: Saturday 28 March - Friday 3 April
Matching: Saturday 4 April - Tuesday 7 April
Assignments out: Wednesday 8 April at the latest
Deadline: Wednesday 13 May
Work reveals: Wednesday 20 May (there is no anon period)

Poll #34332 520 Day Reverse Exchange 2026

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 10

View Respondents

520 Day Reverse Exchange 2026

View Answers

Yay!
7 (70.0%)

I will definitely sign up!
7 (70.0%)

I might sign up
3 (30.0%)

I'm already thinking about what to offer
4 (40.0%)

I'm willing to post a promo to Tumblr/Twitter/Discord/elsewhere, to spread the word (we'll PM you a reminder)
1 (10.0%)

ETA: This post is also on tumblr now, if you'd like to reblog over there!

tehfanglyfish

How the time flies!

It seems like we were starting Guardian Bonus Bingo only a few weeks ago and now we’ve (almost) made it to the end.

If you missed a prompt or two (or five), good news! You have the entire month of November to submit any fills you might not have completed earlier in the fest.

If you’ve completed fills for every month, don’t forget to turn in the reporting form so you can get your badge, once again made by the ever-amazing highlynerdy!!!

After November ends, we’ll send out badges to everyone who completed the form.

Thank you so much to everyone who has participated! You made so many wonderful Guardian creations and it’s been a blast bringing bingo back for a few months!!!

Fest info below for anyone still working on fills:

Friendly Fest Reminders:

This is a low-stress fest. The point is to create fan works and have fun.
All modes of creation are accepted!
All ratings, all ships, rpf, Weilan derivatives, and even works based on other Priest novels are accepted. Please tag accordingly.
Three prompts per month instead of one. This is to give people more options. You only need to create for one prompt to earn a fill. (You are, however, welcome to complete or combine all of them if you’d like.)
Prompts are inspiration only – follow them as strictly or as loosely as you’d like
No min/max content requirements.
No works created using generative AI

About/FAQ - Contains full fest info

AO3 Collection - You may also post in other places (tumblr, Dreamwidth, etc.)

If you @ our tumblr account, we’ll happily reblog your fill.

Fest Prompt Master List:

June (B): Chase | Door Key | Respite

July (I): Cake | Reconciliation | Emergency

August (N): Incoming Call | Free Space | Festival

September (G): Hands | Midnight | Good Fortune

October (O): Illumination | Worth It | Shameless

china_shop

guardian_wishlist reveals will commence in one hour! *cheers on anyone who's still working on gifts*

trobadora

If all goes well, it's only about thirty-six hours until

guardian_wishlist reveals!

As of now, there are 41 gifts across the 22 wishlists, in a range of media. One wishlist still needs a gift, so take a look and see if you can help out!

And there's still time, so regardless of which wishlist inspires you, keep going if you feel like creating another gift or two! You can keep posting right up until reveals (or even after, if you don't quite finish in time). The spreadsheet includes a gift tally, and all wishlists are tagged for fandom and media!

Reveals will happen no earlier than 7am UTC on Monday, 6 October. (What time is that for me? | Countdown)

Thanks so much, everyone! You're amazing! We're nearly there!

trobadora

About three and a half days left till

guardian_wishlist reveals, and we're excited to see the gifts rolling in! There are only 7 wishlists without gifts!

If you feel like making a little something, especially for the needier wishlists, please check out the spreadsheet!

And this would be a great time to reblog our Tumblr post, or post your own reminder to other platforms, if you're up for that. We have a reminder graphic on the promo post.

Thanks so much, everyone! We're cheering you on! *\o/*

tehfanglyfish

While June feels like it was just yesterday, October is upon us, taking us into the final month of new Guardian Bonus Bingo prompts. We hope everyone has enjoyed the fest so far. Remember that after this month ends, you’ll still have all of November to catch up on any prompts you might have missed.

You’re also welcome to join us if you’re just now discovering the fest. With the November catch-up month, there’s plenty of time left to fill all prompts even if you’re starting with October.

October (O) Prompts:

Illumination | Worth It | Shameless

You only need to create for one of these prompts to earn a fill for this month, though you’re welcome to create more if you feel so inspired.

While the fest account is located on Tumblr, you don't have to be a Tumblr user to participate or to earn a badge at the end of the fest. (Filling one prompt per month over five months is what matters for earning the badge, not where you post your fills.)

Friendly Fest Reminders:

This is a low-stress fest. The point is to create fan works and have fun.
All modes of creation are accepted!
All ratings, all ships, rpf, Weilan derivatives, and even works based on other Priest novels are accepted. Please tag accordingly.
Three prompts per month instead of one. This is to give people more options. You only need to create for one prompt to earn a fill. (You are, however, welcome to complete or combine all of them if you’d like.)
Prompts are inspiration only – follow them as strictly or as loosely as you’d like
No min/max content requirements.
No works created using generative AI

About/FAQ - Contains full fest info

AO3 Collection - You may also post in other places (tumblr, Dreamwidth, etc.)

If you @ our tumblr account, we’ll happily reblog your fill.

Let us know if you have any questions. We are so excited to see what you'll create in August!

Fest Prompt Master List:

June (B): Chase | Door Key | Respite

July (I): Cake | Reconciliation | Emergency

August (N): Incoming Call | Free Space | Festival

September (G): Hands | Midnight | Good Fortune

October (O): Illumination | Worth It | Shameless

trobadora

A gifting fest for Guardian and related fandoms: guardian-wishlist.dreamwidth.org

guardian_wishlist reveals are on 6 October, no earlier than 7am UTC. That's just one week away!

Help make sure everyone gets a gift!

If you're working on something, the sooner you post, the better idea we'll have where things stand, but gifting will continue right up to reveals.

Go forth and make stuff!

If you're willing to help out, please spread the word! You can reblog our Tumblr post, or use the promo graphics, text, and link to our Carrd we've assembled for your convenience - including a new reminder graphic with text, or feel free to write/make your own. Help us get the word out!

The spreadsheet tracks gift numbers, and all wishlists are tagged for fandoms and media.

Wishlist comments are screened. Gifts must fit the requests, but prompts are optional. There are no minimums. Gifts must be unique to the recipient. Mods aren't reviewing gifts, so please check before you post that you haven't included any DNWs.

For posting guidelines, links to the AO3 collection, and more information about the fest, please check the Rules/FAQ post

A reminder: We've noticed there are a few gifts in the collection that don't have corresponding comments on their recipient's Wishlist yet, or are missing a recipient on AO3. Please can you double-check that you've 1) commented for all your gifts - just commenting with the AO3 URL is okay, if you don't want to say more - and 2) added the recipient's AO3 name in your work on AO3? Many thanks! <3

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