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Hello everyone! Today we have something very exciting to announce: the sign-ups for the Holiday 2021 Phandom Gift Exchange are open!

This event is a gift exchange where people create a phanwork for who they are assigned; you don’t know who will be creating your gift, but you can be assured that their talents will match up to your requests!

Roles

There are two roles you can sign up to be in the event.

Gifter: The majority of people participating will be gifting a phandom work to another, therefore, you all will be gifters. The person you will be gifting for will (probably) not also be the person gifting for you. The sign-ups this time around are a little bit different compared to the previous two editions. You’ll be choosing genres/ tropes you enjoy and then you’re also free to provide some more specific prompts if you’d like. Sign-ups to be a gifter will close Thursday, November 18th at 11:59 PM EST. The gifter sign-up form is here!

Beta: The betas in this event will not be receiving a personalized gift but will be assisting the gifters. Most likely, you will be beta-reading for people who are gifting fic, but someone can also sign up as a beta to just help with brainstorming, motivation, etc.! You are free to sign up as both a gifter and a beta if you feel you have the time! Betas will not be assigned to a team, but will be available in our beta directory so that gifters can contact you based on the skills you have listed. Sign-ups to be a beta will close Thursday, November 18th at 11:59 PM EST. The beta sign-up form is here!

In previous editions, we had separate sign-ups to be a pinch-hitter. There is now a question on the gifter form asking if you’d be willing to pinch-hit. If we end up needing any pinch-hitters, we will contact anyone who responded with yes or maybe to this question.

Timeline

Saturday, November 6th: Announcement post and sign-up forms go out

Thursday, November 18th: Forms close

Weekend of November 19th-21st: Gifters are contacted with who they are gifting for

Sunday, December 12th: Check-in form goes out

Thursday, December 16th: Check-in closes, any pinch-hitters are contacted

Tuesday, December 28th: Posting day!

More Details

The gifting assignments will not be random. The admins (@husbants and @ttlmt) will be matching up each gifter with a partner based on the gifter’s self-identified skills and the partner’s likes and prompts.

There will be separate under 18 and 18 and older groups. A gifter will only be considered to gift for people within their age group.

We will be communicating through tumblr and email. There will also be a Discord (the link will be sent through email when assignments go out) and we’ll post updates and announcements there, too. Make sure your tumblr dms are open, you’re checking this blog, and you’re checking your email during the event!

When the gifters post their gifts to tumblr on December 28th, they should tag both this account and their partner on the post. This blog will also reblog everyone’s gift posts.

We’re really hoping this doesn’t happen, but if you are assigned to someone you have blocked, contact one of the admins and we can switch around our own assignments or talk to a pinch-hitter and deal with it. If you know you definitely couldn’t work with or gift for someone, you can also specify this on your sign-up form.

In Conclusion