SWTOR Summer Exchange

Signups are open! Here is a guide on how to sign up for the SWTOR Summer exchange.

You MUST have an AO3 account to participate. If you need one, please reach out. I have several invitations I can give out.

To start your Signup, go to the Collection Page during the signup period and click on "Signup Form" or use the link provided above.

Requests

We start the signups with what you'd like to receive as a gift.

After a general explanation about how the signups work (please read this first), you will get to the form itself. You must fill out at least ONE request (each request must have at least 2 characters listed- this allows for better matching). Each "request form" allows up to 20 separate characters and 20 separate relationships. List as many characters and/or relationships you'd like. If you don't want a pairing, feel free to only list characters you enjoy.

Pairings can be platonic, romantic, multipairing, etc.

The form above is what it looks like when you scroll to the first request. You MUST choose fandom (there is only one to choose) and then go down to characters and relationships. If you aren't particular about what you receive as a gift, you can click on "Any Character".

Please be aware that if you do click this option, you are giving your gift giver the freedom to write or draw whatever they want as long as they adhere to your DNWs. Please be absolutely sure that is what you want before you click it.

Please be as descriptive as possible about your DNWs and triggers. They cannot be enforced if they are not explicitly stated.

You can choose to receive fanart, fanfiction, or both. But you must click at least one.

URL: Links are for letters, prompt ideas, more detailed DNWs, information or tags for your custom characters and ship dynamics. Feel free to link your Tumblr or anything else you think is necessary.

Offers

For your offers, this is where you will choose what YOU will be GIVING. This helps the mods and AO3 match you to someone that you will be happy creating for. You must list at least two different characters to be matched well. Again, if you click "Any Relationship/Character" in your offers, you are saying that you will make something for ANYTHING. Platonic, romantic or anything in between. Please be careful with using that option.

You are only required to make one offer but you can list up to 20 characters and/or pairings per offer. You don't have to do this many, but the minimum is at least 2 characters. Please be descriptive with your DNWs again, this is where I will determine if you are matched with someone that won't upset your triggers.

The additional tags are the most important part of your offers because it will determine what YOU ARE MAKING. Please, if you are writer, only choose fanfic. If you are an artist, only click fanart. If you do both, you can choose to offer one or both.

After you submit your signup, you can edit it until closing day, June 28th. After the 28th, you will be unable to edit it as matching will begin.

Signups are open! Here is a guide on how to sign up for the SWTOR Summer exchange.

You MUST have an AO3 account to participate. If you need one, please reach out. I have several invitations I can give out.

To start your Signup, go to the Collection Page during the signup period and click on "Signup Form" or use the link provided above.

Requests

We start the signups with what you'd like to receive as a gift.

After a general explanation about how the signups work (please read this first), you will get to the form itself. You must fill out at least ONE request (each request must have at least 2 characters listed- this allows for better matching). Each "request form" allows up to 20 separate characters and 20 separate relationships. List as many characters and/or relationships you'd like. If you don't want a pairing, feel free to only list characters you enjoy.

Pairings can be platonic, romantic, multipairing, etc.

The form above is what it looks like when you scroll to the first request. You MUST choose fandom (there is only one to choose) and then go down to characters and relationships. If you aren't particular about what you receive as a gift, you can click on "Any Character".

Please be aware that if you do click this option, you are giving your gift giver the freedom to write or draw whatever they want as long as they adhere to your DNWs. Please be absolutely sure that is what you want before you click it.

Please be as descriptive as possible about your DNWs and triggers. They cannot be enforced if they are not explicitly stated.

You can choose to receive fanart, fanfiction, or both. But you must click at least one.

URL: Links are for letters, prompt ideas, more detailed DNWs, information or tags for your custom characters and ship dynamics. Feel free to link your Tumblr or anything else you think is necessary.

Offers

For your offers, this is where you will choose what YOU will be GIVING. This helps the mods and AO3 match you to someone that you will be happy creating for. You must list at least two different characters to be matched well. Again, if you click "Any Relationship/Character" in your offers, you are saying that you will make something for ANYTHING. Platonic, romantic or anything in between. Please be careful with using that option.

You are only required to make one offer but you can list up to 20 characters and/or pairings per offer. You don't have to do this many, but the minimum is at least 2 characters. Please be descriptive with your DNWs again, this is where I will determine if you are matched with someone that won't upset your triggers.

The additional tags are the most important part of your offers because it will determine what YOU ARE MAKING. Please, if you are writer, only choose fanfic. If you are an artist, only click fanart. If you do both, you can choose to offer one or both.

After you submit your signup, you can edit it until closing day, June 28th. After the 28th, you will be unable to edit it as matching will begin.

Welcome to the SWTOR Summer Exchange, where we celebrate the wonderful world and characters of Star Wars: the Old Republic.

Any questions should be sent to this blog or one of the mod team: @commander-krios or @alyssalenko​​

Exchange Info- AO3 Collection | Tagset | Sign-up Form | FAQ | Exchange Discord

2026 Schedule

Nominations open: May 24th, 2026

Nominations close: June 5th, 2026

Sign-ups open: June 7th, 2026

Sign-ups close: June 28th, 2026

Assignments go out: June 29th, 2026

Works due: August 9th, 2026

Works revealed: August 16, 2026

Creators revealed: August 23rd, 2026

Minimum Requirements:

- 1000 word piece of fanfiction of a quality you would be happy to receive   OR - a clean lineart drawing, of good resolution, on unlined paper/digital and of a quality you would be happy to receive.

The SWTOR Summer Gift Exchange is now taking nominations!

So what's a nomination and how do you make them?

A nomination is when you request pairings (platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc) that will be available for use in the exchange's tag set. In other words, they're the pairings that will be available for you to request or offer when you do your signups in a few weeks.

EDIT: Because someone asked, I added in characters to the nominations list. If you don't want to use pairings or romances, please nominate your favorite characters you don't mind getting fanfiction or fanart for! As long as they exist in the SWTOR world, they are fair game. You get 20 nominations for these as well.

Say you want to request 'Theron Shan/Jedi Knight' for one of your pairings.

Open the nomination link and you will see a page that looks like this:

You will see a list of relationships and fandoms. You are NOT required to fill in the fandom unless a character in your pairing is new or not in the fandom already. The only fandom available for this exchange is SWTOR.

If you want to request a specific pairing, try to browse the tag set prior to nominations to see if something you want to write or request is already part of the tag set.

You only have 20 nominations available so use them wisely. Once nominations are open, I will go in once a day to approve or deny requests.

All of your nomination requests must be SWTOR related. Again, they can be platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc. If the pairing you've chosen does not appear (for example, you want to request a pairing of Male Smuggler/Male Trooper) and it's not available, contact me and I will manually add it in.

Once you've chosen your relationships, it will look like this:

Continue searching for the ships you want to add until you're happy with your nominations list (up to 20 pairings). Scroll to the bottom of the page and click submit.

When you're finished, you should get a list like this:

A green checkmark means that the pairing is approved. The question exclamation mark needs to be reviewed by the Tag Set owner and approved. Be patient, it will be reviewed and approved as soon as possible.

If you get an error, there is a chance that the ship you chose has an issue being related to the tag set (ex. one of the characters isn't part of the SWTOR fandom). If you're having issues, please contact me and I will see if I can fix it.

You can edit your pairings until the cutoff date of June 5th, 2026.

The SWTOR Summer Gift Exchange is now taking nominations!

So what's a nomination and how do you make them?

A nomination is when you request pairings (platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc) that will be available for use in the exchange's tag set. In other words, they're the pairings that will be available for you to request or offer when you do your signups in a few weeks.

EDIT: Because someone asked, I added in characters to the nominations list. If you don't want to use pairings or romances, please nominate your favorite characters you don't mind getting fanfiction or fanart for! As long as they exist in the SWTOR world, they are fair game. You get 20 nominations for these as well.

Say you want to request 'Theron Shan/Jedi Knight' for one of your pairings.

Open the nomination link and you will see a page that looks like this:

You will see a list of relationships and fandoms. You are NOT required to fill in the fandom unless a character in your pairing is new or not in the fandom already. The only fandom available for this exchange is SWTOR.

If you want to request a specific pairing, try to browse the tag set prior to nominations to see if something you want to write or request is already part of the tag set.

You only have 20 nominations available so use them wisely. Once nominations are open, I will go in once a day to approve or deny requests.

All of your nomination requests must be SWTOR related. Again, they can be platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc. If the pairing you've chosen does not appear (for example, you want to request a pairing of Male Smuggler/Male Trooper) and it's not available, contact me and I will manually add it in.

Once you've chosen your relationships, it will look like this:

Continue searching for the ships you want to add until you're happy with your nominations list (up to 20 pairings). Scroll to the bottom of the page and click submit.

When you're finished, you should get a list like this:

A green checkmark means that the pairing is approved. The question exclamation mark needs to be reviewed by the Tag Set owner and approved. Be patient, it will be reviewed and approved as soon as possible.

If you get an error, there is a chance that the ship you chose has an issue being related to the tag set (ex. one of the characters isn't part of the SWTOR fandom). If you're having issues, please contact me and I will see if I can fix it.

You can edit your pairings until the cutoff date of June 5th, 2026.

The SWTOR Summer Gift Exchange is now taking nominations!

So what's a nomination and how do you make them?

A nomination is when you request pairings (platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc) that will be available for use in the exchange's tag set. In other words, they're the pairings that will be available for you to request or offer when you do your signups in a few weeks.

EDIT: Because someone asked, I added in characters to the nominations list. If you don't want to use pairings or romances, please nominate your favorite characters you don't mind getting fanfiction or fanart for! As long as they exist in the SWTOR world, they are fair game. You get 20 nominations for these as well.

Say you want to request 'Theron Shan/Jedi Knight' for one of your pairings.

Open the nomination link and you will see a page that looks like this:

You will see a list of relationships and fandoms. You are NOT required to fill in the fandom unless a character in your pairing is new or not in the fandom already. The only fandom available for this exchange is SWTOR.

If you want to request a specific pairing, try to browse the tag set prior to nominations to see if something you want to write or request is already part of the tag set.

You only have 20 nominations available so use them wisely. Once nominations are open, I will go in once a day to approve or deny requests.

All of your nomination requests must be SWTOR related. Again, they can be platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc. If the pairing you've chosen does not appear (for example, you want to request a pairing of Male Smuggler/Male Trooper) and it's not available, contact me and I will manually add it in.

Once you've chosen your relationships, it will look like this:

Continue searching for the ships you want to add until you're happy with your nominations list (up to 20 pairings). Scroll to the bottom of the page and click submit.

When you're finished, you should get a list like this:

A green checkmark means that the pairing is approved. The question exclamation mark needs to be reviewed by the Tag Set owner and approved. Be patient, it will be reviewed and approved as soon as possible.

If you get an error, there is a chance that the ship you chose has an issue being related to the tag set (ex. one of the characters isn't part of the SWTOR fandom). If you're having issues, please contact me and I will see if I can fix it.

You can edit your pairings until the cutoff date of June 5th, 2026.

The SWTOR Summer Gift Exchange is now taking nominations!

So what's a nomination and how do you make them?

A nomination is when you request pairings (platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc) that will be available for use in the exchange's tag set. In other words, they're the pairings that will be available for you to request or offer when you do your signups in a few weeks.

EDIT: Because someone asked, I added in characters to the nominations list. If you don't want to use pairings or romances, please nominate your favorite characters you don't mind getting fanfiction or fanart for! As long as they exist in the SWTOR world, they are fair game. You get 20 nominations for these as well.

Say you want to request 'Theron Shan/Jedi Knight' for one of your pairings.

Open the nomination link and you will see a page that looks like this:

You will see a list of relationships and fandoms. You are NOT required to fill in the fandom unless a character in your pairing is new or not in the fandom already. The only fandom available for this exchange is SWTOR.

If you want to request a specific pairing, try to browse the tag set prior to nominations to see if something you want to write or request is already part of the tag set.

You only have 20 nominations available so use them wisely. Once nominations are open, I will go in once a day to approve or deny requests.

All of your nomination requests must be SWTOR related. Again, they can be platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc. If the pairing you've chosen does not appear (for example, you want to request a pairing of Male Smuggler/Male Trooper) and it's not available, contact me and I will manually add it in.

Once you've chosen your relationships, it will look like this:

Continue searching for the ships you want to add until you're happy with your nominations list (up to 20 pairings). Scroll to the bottom of the page and click submit.

When you're finished, you should get a list like this:

A green checkmark means that the pairing is approved. The question exclamation mark needs to be reviewed by the Tag Set owner and approved. Be patient, it will be reviewed and approved as soon as possible.

If you get an error, there is a chance that the ship you chose has an issue being related to the tag set (ex. one of the characters isn't part of the SWTOR fandom). If you're having issues, please contact me and I will see if I can fix it.

You can edit your pairings until the cutoff date of June 5th, 2026.

The SWTOR Summer Gift Exchange is now taking nominations!

So what's a nomination and how do you make them?

A nomination is when you request pairings (platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc) that will be available for use in the exchange's tag set. In other words, they're the pairings that will be available for you to request or offer when you do your signups in a few weeks.

EDIT: Because someone asked, I added in characters to the nominations list. If you don't want to use pairings or romances, please nominate your favorite characters you don't mind getting fanfiction or fanart for! As long as they exist in the SWTOR world, they are fair game. You get 20 nominations for these as well.

Say you want to request 'Theron Shan/Jedi Knight' for one of your pairings.

Open the nomination link and you will see a page that looks like this:

You will see a list of relationships and fandoms. You are NOT required to fill in the fandom unless a character in your pairing is new or not in the fandom already. The only fandom available for this exchange is SWTOR.

If you want to request a specific pairing, try to browse the tag set prior to nominations to see if something you want to write or request is already part of the tag set.

You only have 20 nominations available so use them wisely. Once nominations are open, I will go in once a day to approve or deny requests.

All of your nomination requests must be SWTOR related. Again, they can be platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc. If the pairing you've chosen does not appear (for example, you want to request a pairing of Male Smuggler/Male Trooper) and it's not available, contact me and I will manually add it in.

Once you've chosen your relationships, it will look like this:

Continue searching for the ships you want to add until you're happy with your nominations list (up to 20 pairings). Scroll to the bottom of the page and click submit.

When you're finished, you should get a list like this:

A green checkmark means that the pairing is approved. The question exclamation mark needs to be reviewed by the Tag Set owner and approved. Be patient, it will be reviewed and approved as soon as possible.

If you get an error, there is a chance that the ship you chose has an issue being related to the tag set (ex. one of the characters isn't part of the SWTOR fandom). If you're having issues, please contact me and I will see if I can fix it.

You can edit your pairings until the cutoff date of June 5th, 2026.

The SWTOR Summer Gift Exchange is now taking nominations!

So what's a nomination and how do you make them?

A nomination is when you request pairings (platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc) that will be available for use in the exchange's tag set. In other words, they're the pairings that will be available for you to request or offer when you do your signups in a few weeks.

EDIT: Because someone asked, I added in characters to the nominations list. If you don't want to use pairings or romances, please nominate your favorite characters you don't mind getting fanfiction or fanart for! As long as they exist in the SWTOR world, they are fair game. You get 20 nominations for these as well.

Say you want to request 'Theron Shan/Jedi Knight' for one of your pairings.

Open the nomination link and you will see a page that looks like this:

You will see a list of relationships and fandoms. You are NOT required to fill in the fandom unless a character in your pairing is new or not in the fandom already. The only fandom available for this exchange is SWTOR.

If you want to request a specific pairing, try to browse the tag set prior to nominations to see if something you want to write or request is already part of the tag set.

You only have 20 nominations available so use them wisely. Once nominations are open, I will go in once a day to approve or deny requests.

All of your nomination requests must be SWTOR related. Again, they can be platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc. If the pairing you've chosen does not appear (for example, you want to request a pairing of Male Smuggler/Male Trooper) and it's not available, contact me and I will manually add it in.

Once you've chosen your relationships, it will look like this:

Continue searching for the ships you want to add until you're happy with your nominations list (up to 20 pairings). Scroll to the bottom of the page and click submit.

When you're finished, you should get a list like this:

A green checkmark means that the pairing is approved. The question exclamation mark needs to be reviewed by the Tag Set owner and approved. Be patient, it will be reviewed and approved as soon as possible.

If you get an error, there is a chance that the ship you chose has an issue being related to the tag set (ex. one of the characters isn't part of the SWTOR fandom). If you're having issues, please contact me and I will see if I can fix it.

You can edit your pairings until the cutoff date of June 5th, 2026.

The SWTOR Summer Gift Exchange is now taking nominations!

So what's a nomination and how do you make them?

A nomination is when you request pairings (platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc) that will be available for use in the exchange's tag set. In other words, they're the pairings that will be available for you to request or offer when you do your signups in a few weeks.

EDIT: Because someone asked, I added in characters to the nominations list. If you don't want to use pairings or romances, please nominate your favorite characters you don't mind getting fanfiction or fanart for! As long as they exist in the SWTOR world, they are fair game. You get 20 nominations for these as well.

Say you want to request 'Theron Shan/Jedi Knight' for one of your pairings.

Open the nomination link and you will see a page that looks like this:

You will see a list of relationships and fandoms. You are NOT required to fill in the fandom unless a character in your pairing is new or not in the fandom already. The only fandom available for this exchange is SWTOR.

If you want to request a specific pairing, try to browse the tag set prior to nominations to see if something you want to write or request is already part of the tag set.

You only have 20 nominations available so use them wisely. Once nominations are open, I will go in once a day to approve or deny requests.

All of your nomination requests must be SWTOR related. Again, they can be platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc. If the pairing you've chosen does not appear (for example, you want to request a pairing of Male Smuggler/Male Trooper) and it's not available, contact me and I will manually add it in.

Once you've chosen your relationships, it will look like this:

Continue searching for the ships you want to add until you're happy with your nominations list (up to 20 pairings). Scroll to the bottom of the page and click submit.

When you're finished, you should get a list like this:

A green checkmark means that the pairing is approved. The question exclamation mark needs to be reviewed by the Tag Set owner and approved. Be patient, it will be reviewed and approved as soon as possible.

If you get an error, there is a chance that the ship you chose has an issue being related to the tag set (ex. one of the characters isn't part of the SWTOR fandom). If you're having issues, please contact me and I will see if I can fix it.

You can edit your pairings until the cutoff date of June 5th, 2026.

The SWTOR Summer Gift Exchange is now taking nominations!

So what's a nomination and how do you make them?

A nomination is when you request pairings (platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc) that will be available for use in the exchange's tag set. In other words, they're the pairings that will be available for you to request or offer when you do your signups in a few weeks.

EDIT: Because someone asked, I added in characters to the nominations list. If you don't want to use pairings or romances, please nominate your favorite characters you don't mind getting fanfiction or fanart for! As long as they exist in the SWTOR world, they are fair game. You get 20 nominations for these as well.

Say you want to request 'Theron Shan/Jedi Knight' for one of your pairings.

Open the nomination link and you will see a page that looks like this:

You will see a list of relationships and fandoms. You are NOT required to fill in the fandom unless a character in your pairing is new or not in the fandom already. The only fandom available for this exchange is SWTOR.

If you want to request a specific pairing, try to browse the tag set prior to nominations to see if something you want to write or request is already part of the tag set.

You only have 20 nominations available so use them wisely. Once nominations are open, I will go in once a day to approve or deny requests.

All of your nomination requests must be SWTOR related. Again, they can be platonic, romantic, multi-ship, etc. If the pairing you've chosen does not appear (for example, you want to request a pairing of Male Smuggler/Male Trooper) and it's not available, contact me and I will manually add it in.

Once you've chosen your relationships, it will look like this:

Continue searching for the ships you want to add until you're happy with your nominations list (up to 20 pairings). Scroll to the bottom of the page and click submit.

When you're finished, you should get a list like this:

A green checkmark means that the pairing is approved. The question exclamation mark needs to be reviewed by the Tag Set owner and approved. Be patient, it will be reviewed and approved as soon as possible.

If you get an error, there is a chance that the ship you chose has an issue being related to the tag set (ex. one of the characters isn't part of the SWTOR fandom). If you're having issues, please contact me and I will see if I can fix it.

You can edit your pairings until the cutoff date of June 5th, 2026.

Welcome to the SWTOR Summer Exchange, where we celebrate the wonderful world and characters of Star Wars: the Old Republic.

Any questions should be sent to this blog or one of the mod team: @commander-krios or @alyssalenko​​

Exchange Info- AO3 Collection | Tagset | Sign-up Form | FAQ | Exchange Discord

2026 Schedule

Nominations open: May 24th, 2026

Nominations close: June 5th, 2026

Sign-ups open: June 7th, 2026

Sign-ups close: June 28th, 2026

Assignments go out: June 29th, 2026

Works due: August 9th, 2026

Works revealed: August 16, 2026

Creators revealed: August 23rd, 2026

Minimum Requirements:

- 1000 word piece of fanfiction of a quality you would be happy to receive   OR - a clean lineart drawing, of good resolution, on unlined paper/digital and of a quality you would be happy to receive.