PFF Holiday Fic Exchange 2019!
The bells are ringing, the candles are lit, the pumpkins are gone and distinct festive air. What could it be?
The Phandom Fic Fests’ Holiday Exchange is back!
Last year, we exchanged 88 fics. And it’s time to do it again!
Never participated in an exchange before? It’s easy - you write a fic for someone, and someone else writes one for you! If you’ve ever played Secret Santa before, you’re already an expert. Just fill out the sign up form, and tell us what kind of fic you’d like to receive and what you’re willing to write for someone else.Â
We’re using AO3’s challenge feature again, so if you have any questions just send an ask or drop us a message and we’ll help you through it. If you don’t have an ao3 account, we can also help you with that.
You can offer up to 5 prompts, and we really encourage people to do multiple, so your writer has lots to work with! The exchange will be anonymous, you won’t know who’s writing for you and your gift recipient shouldn’t know you’re writing for them.Â
This year’s schedule will look like this.Â
Nov 1 - Nov 8: Sign ups
Nov 9 - 10: Matches go out
Dec 1: Check in #1
Dec 17 - Check in #2
Dec 18 - Pinch hitter sign ups
Dec 23: Deadline to submit fics
Dec 24 - Fics go live
Dec 31 - Authors are revealed
We’ve made a few changes this year!
By your first check in you’re expected to have 1,000 words written. If you don’t, you will be considered a drop out and we will start searching for a pinch hitter to replace you. This might seem really strict, but it’s important to us that everyone gets a fic, and we want to avoid pinchhitters rushing to write things.Â
There will now be a week between fics going up and authors being revealed. We want people to get a chance to read all the fics and try to guess for a while before we reveal all~
You can find the full rules of the challenge and FAQ HERE.Â