#auction week

The Marvel Trumps Hate 2023 auction has officially begun! View auctions and place bids at marveltrumpshate.com.

Remember, we have 152 creators and 264 auctions offering all types of works and all types of universes, fandoms, ships, and characters. Follow the suggestions below to find the perfect auction(s) for you and figure out your bidding strategy:

See all of the auctions on our website

Filter auctions through several different ways (work type, rating, universe, character, ship, and gen relationship), using the tags on our tag list and our tips on finding specific auctions such as auctions offering "teen-rated 616 Steve/Tony" or "all ships in the GotG fandom" on our search guide. You can also look at special auction categories we spotlighted here

Check out our list of creators

Read our bidding guide and Bidders FAQ

Consider matchmaking if you can't find what you're looking for or pod bids if you have a tight budget but still want to bid

If you're on our MTH offerings Tumblr, click the auction link on a creator’s post to bid on that specific auction on our site

The auction will close at 11:59:59 PM ET on Saturday, October 28 (what time is that for me?). Check out the countdown here.

For more information, check out our About | FAQ | Schedule | How to Participate | Supported Organizations pages, or get in touch with us!

See our charity spotlights here:

Current Events

Environment & Natural Disasters

Health

LGBTQ+

Civil Rights Advocacy & Litigation

Women's Rights

Education

Immigration & Refuge

Equity & Access

The Marvel Trumps Hate 2022 auction has officially begun! View auctions and place bids at marveltrumpshate.com.

Remember, we have 205 creators and 343 auctions offering all types of works and all types of universes, fandoms, ships, and characters. Follow the suggestions below to find the perfect auction(s) for you and figure out your bidding strategy:

See all of the auctions on our website

Filter auctions through several different ways (work type, rating, universe, character, ship, and gen relationship), using the tags on our tag list and our tips on finding specific auctions such as auctions offering "teen-rated 616 Steve/Tony" or "all ships in the GotG fandom" on our search guide. You can also look at special auction categories we spotlighted here

Check out our list of creators

Read our bidding guide and Bidders FAQ

Consider matchmaking if you can't find what you're looking for or pod bids if you have a tight budget but still want to bid

If you're on our MTH offerings Tumblr, click the auction link on a creator’s post to bid on that specific auction on our site

The auction will close at 11:59:59 PM ET on Saturday, October 29 (what time is that for me?). Check out the countdown here.

For more information, check out our About | FAQ | Schedule | How to Participate | Supported Organizations pages, or get in touch with us!

See our charity spotlights here:

2022 Current Events

Environment

Health

LGBTQ+

Civil Rights Advocacy & Litigation

Women's Rights

Education

Immigration

Equity & Access

The final count is in. We hope you have your wallets ready because we have...205 talented creators and a jaw-dropping 343 auctions! There’s something for everyone, whether you want a fic, some beautiful art, a beta reader, a physical item to call your own, or more! Check out ALL of the wonderful auction listings on our website or MTH offerings Tumblr.

Keep an eye on our countdown clock to know exactly how much time you have before the auction officially begins.

While you’re waiting, we suggest you check out our:

Bidders FAQ

Bidding Guide

List of Creators

Tag List

Search Guide

Auction Spotlights

★ AUCTION WEEK INFO ★

We have less than 28 hours left of Auction Week, and bids are coming in fast. With the clock ticking down, we want to help bidders strategize for the final day.

If you can’t afford the auctions you want or you have a tight budget, here are three ways that you can still get or stay involved as a bidder:

Look at our golden needle auctions, many of which have affordable minimum bids. We have only 14 remaining, down from 37 in just two days. That’s amazing!

Use our "current bid: low to high" sorting feature on our Auction Listings page. You can access it by clicking the dropdown menu and narrow down your search even more by going through individual filter categories on that page. Doing this makes it easier to see auctions you're interested in that are within your budget and is extremely useful for smaller categories such as podfics and digital works.

Join a pod bid. For more information on how to start or get involved in a pod bid, click here. Many bidders have pooled their funds together to win a specific auction, and several creators have announced that they’re open to receiving pod bid requests for a variety of prompts.

If you haven’t done so already, come join our Discord server, where creators can promote their auctions and match with interested bidders and bidders can share ideas and check out auctions. Our Discord has been busy all week, and we know it’ll be a lot of (crazy) fun once we get into the final hours of bidding!

Forgot that you have plans during the last few hours of the auction? Enlist a proxy bidder!

Ask mutuals or friends who don’t mind helping you bid to bid on your behalf (keep in mind that the auction ends at 11:59:59 PM ET on October 28 (what time is that for me?). MTH mods will not proxy bid for anyone, but if you can’t find someone to help you, feel free to mention that you’re looking for a proxy bidder on our Discord server.

You can’t take back a bid once it’s placed and should you win the auction, you must donate the winning bid amount, so try to find someone you can trust as your proxy. Once you do, let your proxy know the highest amount you’re willing to bid on each auction.

To have someone bid on your behalf, you can use one of these methods:

Give your proxy your marveltrumpshate.com account login info, so they can bid under your name.

Have your proxy create their own account (e.g., “proxyforyournamehere”) to help you place bids.

Let your proxy bid on your behalf on their account.

Keep in mind that when you make an account, you'll get an email asking you to verify your account in order to access it. If you're making a new account for your proxy, you may wish to use your proxy’s email address instead of yours. This means the winner emails will go to your proxy, who'll need to forward them to you once the auction is over. You’ll then need to email us with your donation receipt and details on your proxy bid so that we’ll be able to put you in contact with your creator(s).

If your proxy already has an account and would rather use their own account to help you place bids, they must be very careful in keeping track of which bids they place for you and which bids are their own. Your proxy will need to forward winner emails to you if they use their own email, just like they would if they created a new account.

Good luck with bidding, everyone! Keep an eye on our countdown clock, figure out your bidding strategy, and be ready for the madness tomorrow. We hope you’ll win your favorite auctions!

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Read our daily update posts for more information:

Day 1 - Viewing Tumblr posts on mobile, using our auction watchlist feature, and changing your Discord DM settings

Day 2 - Bidder–creator matchmaking and group/pod bids

Day 3 - Commissioning gifts on a friend’s behalf (fanworks are great holiday gifts!)

Day 4 - Golden needle auctions

Day 5 - Creator auction promo tips

Auction spotlights:

Beta services and other fan labor

Craft or merch auctions

Digital and podfic auctions

Poly ships

Fanworks featuring POC

★ AUCTION WEEK INFO ★

Welcome to Day 2 of the auction. We’re so pleased to see bids rolling in; let’s keep them comin’!

We have a couple of announcements about matchmaking, group bids, our Discord server, bid confirmations, and auction spotlights:

We have an extensive tag list and fantastic search/filter tools that we encourage bidders to use to find the auction of their dreams. If, however, you can't find what you're looking for or your request is niche enough that you're not sure which auctions would be a good match, fill out our matchmaking request form. Just make sure that you follow the guidelines on the form. The matchmaking spreadsheet is a great way for bidders to discover creators they may not have otherwise known about or considered before and creators to get their names out there.

Creators, you can look at all the submitted requests here. If you see one that catches your eye, indicate your interest and feel free to contact the bidder if you have any questions or want to discuss the idea. If all the spots are filled for a request, contact us and we'll add more. Please read the instructions page on the spreadsheet carefully before perusing the prompts.

If you want to bid on a creator but aren’t sure you can compete with other bidders, we allow pod bids (aka group bids). Pod bids are when you and another person (or a group) want to combine efforts and bid as a collective for an auction. One representative per group must be responsible for coordinating the bid and submitting all the donation receipts by our donation deadline: November 4 at 11:59 PM ET (what time is that for me?). You can find more info about them here.

If you’d like to announce your pod bid so people can join your group, contact us and give us the pod bid organizer's name and contact info, the auction the bid is for, and a description of your prompt (e.g., "Sam/Bucky rivals-to-lovers non-powered AU fic where Sam gets amnesia, forgets that he doesn't like Bucky, and falls in love with him" or "Art of MCU Nebula & Tony playing Mario Kart"). We'll add it to our pod bid list, which we update daily. If you have a pod bid in mind, make sure that the creator indicated that they're open to pod bids for the auction you're interested in and contact them first to see if they're okay with your prompt idea, especially if it’s a sequel for an existing work.

Our Discord server is a great place to hang out at during Auction Week. In addition to meeting new friends, you can match with bidders/creators and organize pod bids. We have a #matchmaking channel where bidders and creators can discuss details, flesh out ideas, and connect and a #pod-bids-chat channel to announce and discuss pod bids. Come join the fun!

If you want to check whether your bid(s) went through after they’re placed, we’d like to remind you about the "Bids" tab, located to the right of the "Description" tab on every auction on our site. After you place a bid, simply refresh the page and click on the tab; if your bid was submitted successfully, you’ll be able to see your username and bid amount there even if you don’t get a bid confirmation email.

Last but not least, we’ll be making auction spotlight posts throughout the week to let “smaller” auctions shine. We hope that this will make it easier for people to learn about and find certain work types and offerings that may otherwise slip under the radar. One of the best things about the Marvel fandom is the diversity in talent, skills, characters, and relationships—and we want to celebrate that. Our first spotlight is on beta and fan labor auctions. We’ll have more in the coming days, so keep your eyes peeled!

We’ve had a great Day 2. Let’s keep the momentum going!

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Read our daily update posts for more information:

★ THE 2023 MTH AUCTION IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED ★

The auction is officially over! Phew. We’re exhausted and in need of some delicious shawarma.

We hope you all managed to win the auctions that you really wanted and that this week has been as thrilling and enjoyable for you as it has been for us.

Firstly, we’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who supported us this week: creators; bidders; signal boosters; our design, dev, and server mod teams; and everyone who cheered us on. We’re immensely touched by the kindness and generosity you all showed in contributing to the auction and giving encouragement to creators and bidders alike.

Emails will be going out to winners as soon as possible, with instructions on how to submit your donation. As there are so many of you, it may take a while for everyone to receive the email. Keep your eye on your inbox over the next four days even if you don't think you won; some creators take on more than one winner and you might get lucky! We'll announce when all the winner emails have gone out, so please do not contact your creator or make a donation preemptively. We also ask that you refrain from asking creators if they're taking on a second winner for their auction(s); not everyone is eligible to do so and not everyone is able or comfortable even if they are, so we don't want creators to feel awkward or pressured. Creators will also be emailed about the next steps of the donation process within the next 48 hours, and we’ll be posting further instructions on Tumblr shortly.

This month marks five whole years—half a decade!—since Marvel Trumps Hate started. We did a lot of reflecting on our humble beginnings and the journey that led us here, an astounding one that we often have a hard time believing happened. As we looked back at our history, our thoughts went to where it all started for the MCU Avengers too: when Tony and Natasha, the first two Avengers we were introduced to, met which is why we chose them to represent Auction Week this year.

Just like Tony and Natasha in IM2, we had no idea what was in store for us in 2018. And just like Tony and Natasha, we've become something bigger than ourselves. Something better than what we imagined we could ever be—because you joined us in our mission. Community is vital if we want to help, if we want to survive, if we want to love. Just like Tony and Natasha are the heart and soul of the Avengers and gave everything to save the world, you all are the heart and soul of this team effort. Every single one of you poured everything you had into MTH 2023 to help make the world a better, safer, kinder place for everyone.

★ AUCTION WEEK INFO ★

We’re nearing the finish line! It's amazing that so many bidders are involved in our auction—we’ve surpassed an astounding number of bids and we're looking forward to even more as things heat up in the final hours. We’re very grateful to you all, and we love that you’re so passionate about spreading the word and raising money for the wonderful charities on our list.

If you had to bow out from your bidding war, consider lending some change to a pod bid (aka group bid). Some pod bids may need an extra boost to win their auctions, and you can still help out even if you are only able or want to contribute $5! You can check the list of existing pod bids here. Feel free to start a pod bid on your own or in the #pod-bid-chat channel on our Discord. It's not too late to make one! If you make or have a pod bid that isn't on our pod bid list, let us know so we can update it.

Another option is to look at our golden needle tag, which includes auctions that haven’t been bid on yet. We know that some people don’t have much money to spare but still want to bid, and this is a great way to find auctions that may be affordable for you. You can also use our "current bid: low to high" sorting feature on our Auction Listings page (dropdown menu right under the "Auction Listings" heading) to see auctions that are within your budget.

If you want to narrow down your search to your favorite characters and ships, you can do so by using our tag list. Click on any character or ship (or even fandom, universe, fanwork type, rating, or content tag) listed. You can then sort the auctions that appear using the "current bid: low to high" feature. It's worth checking out our search guide for some search tips too!

If you intend to use a proxy bidder in the final hours of the auction, make sure that you’ve chosen a trusted friend or mutual to bid for you and checked out our proxy bidding info post. You or your proxy will need to send us your details once the auction is over so that we can connect the right person with the creator.

Finally, remember that if you end up winning an auction, you'll have to send us proof of donation by 11:59 PM ET on November 4 at the latest. (what time is that for me?). We’ve got our bidders FAQ and donation guide to help you sort out what to do when the time comes.

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Read our daily update posts for more information:

Day 1 - Viewing Tumblr posts on mobile, using our auction watchlist feature, and changing your Discord DM settings

Day 2 - Bidder–creator matchmaking and group/pod bids

Day 3 - Commissioning gifts on a friend’s behalf (fanworks are great holiday gifts!)

Day 4 - Golden needle auctions

Day 5 - Creator auction promo tips

Day 6 - Staying involved when outbid/having a tight budget and making proxy bids

Auction spotlights:

Beta services and other fan labor

Craft or merch auctions

Digital and podfic auctions

Poly ships

Fanworks featuring POC

Fanworks featuring women

★ AUCTION WEEK INFO ★

We’re partly through Day 5, which means we only have about two more days until the auction is over! Keep track of all the auctions you’re eyeing, and don’t forget to bid before the deadline.

We want to thank everyone who has been bidding on our wonderful golden needle auctions. We started yesterday with 37 needles, and now we’re down to 22. That’s incredible. Of those remaining, about a half consists of fic auctions, so go bid on our lovely writers!

As we’re entering the final days of Auction Week, we’d like to help creators promote themselves. Here are some tips to ensure that as many people find out about your auction(s) as possible:

Reblog your auction post if you haven’t done so yet. You can find your post on our list of creators. Elaborate on ideas/prompts that you'd love to work on and your strengths as a creator, and share the post on Twitter, Discord, and any other social media platform you’re on so that more people know about the great causes you’re supporting with your offering(s).

If you reblogged your post earlier in the week, do so again in the final days/hours leading up to the auction closing time. Some people may not have seen your first reblog, or they may have forgotten about it as it’s been a few days since it crossed their dash. Consider queueing your reblogs (click the post to reblog and on the drop-down menu on the “Post” button, click “Add to queue”) or scheduling them to be posted at specific times throughout the day, so your followers in different time zones aren’t left out (click the post to reblog and on the drop-down menu on the “Post” button, click “Schedule” and choose a time).

Talk to people on our Discord server. Don’t be shy! Everyone’s nice and we love having new people show up every day. Many of our creators have found new bidders this way and made some new friends while they were at it. Don't forget about our creator–bidder #matchmaking channel, where bidders can post ideas they’re looking for creators to fill. Creators can also use matchmaking to get their name out there and tell people they're open to doing things beyond what they described in their auction listings! If you're not on Discord, you can still take part. See our matchmaking page for more info.

Remind people that you're open to group bids if you indicated that on your auction listing. Are you open to making sequels of existing fics or expanding on a universe you created? Did you hear that someone has an exciting prompt for you but doesn’t have the budget to bid on your auction? This is a great way for people to get involved even if they don’t have much money to spare (chipping in $1 or $5 to a pool can make a big difference), and you’re helping raise more money for charity. It’s a win-win.

Thanks for a phenomenal week so far, and see you tomorrow for Day 6!

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Read our daily update posts for more information:

Day 1 - Viewing Tumblr posts on mobile, using our auction watchlist feature, and changing your Discord DM settings

Day 2 - Bidder–creator matchmaking and group/pod bids

Day 3 - Commissioning gifts on a friend’s behalf (fanworks are great holiday gifts!)

Day 4 - Golden needle auctions

Auction spotlights:

Beta services and other fan labor

Craft or merch auctions

Digital and podfic auctions

Poly ships