THE TIME TO SIGN UP HAS ARRIVED!

This is a pretty long post, but it answers questions and explains things, so please read the whole thing.


Here is a handy tutorial on how to sign up for an fic exchange on AO3:

Handy tutorial!

If you want to sign up, but don't have an AO3 account, email me at snacky8@gmail.com or narniaficexchange@gmail.com and I will get you an invite.

Here is the link to the signup form:

Sign-up form!

Here is the tagset:

Tagset!

Other handy links (beta post, pinch-hitter post, letters post, etc.) can be found here:

Info post with links!


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 really open to writing anyone/thing.


2) Reminder: you can only request relationships as characters. 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: Lucy Pevensie/Aragon (Lord of The Rings)).

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) For matching, you are matched on characters (so individual characters and groups). If there is no match there, you can be handmatched, or the mods may reach out and ask you to add characters/groups to make you more matchable.

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 one with Aravis, and you offered Aravis in offer one, 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 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. As well, you should not set stories in someone else's ficverse, unless the person has specifically requested that ficverse.


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. Just tag them as treats.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask in comments, or email to narniaficexchange@gmail.com

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I know, this was long. You won't read it all. I thought we were friends though.