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The RDR Secret Winter Exchange 2025 Sign-Up is here!

Sign-ups run until Nov 29th, which gives you ONE WEEK to register in our biggest event of the year, so don’t dawdle for long! For all other event information please see our: --

FAQ, Rules, & Values

Event Schedule

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Important note: 

All interested participants must follow/subscribe to the @rdrevents​ tumblr for the duration of the event. All event updates, reminders, etc. will be posted here as it is not possible to update all participants individually. You are more than welcome to unfollow once the event is over.

To sign-up for the Secret Winter Exchange, please register using the form linked below - this will take you to a google form to fill out. Once you’ve submitted the form, we will send out confirmation emails on November 28th. If you have not received your confirmation email by Nov 29th, please get in touch with the RDRevents team ASAP via a Tumblr-Ask.

We are thrilled to announce that the remodel of RDR: Safe Haven, our active, friendly, and inclusive Red Dead Redemption fan-community server, is complete and once again open to new members! Geared towards gamers, artists, writers, fandomers, content creators and consumers alike, RDR: Safe Haven is a discord server that aims to provide a safe and friendly platform no matter your age, interests, gender identity/orientation, culture or creed. You can find out more and how to join via our BLOG or PINNED POST. We hope to see you there!

It’s that time, cowpokes!

GIFT REVEALS!

Put down your pens, save those word documents, and shed the mystery! At long last we welcome you all to share your Secret Winter Exchange content and reveal yourselves to your gift recipients!

We are so excited to see what amazing content you’ve all created over the last few weeks, and look forward to sharing it!

You can refer to [THIS POST] for information about sharing and tagging on tumblr and Ao3 as well as sharing your written work to our Ao3 collection.

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The confirmation emails for the Secret Winter Exchange 2025 have been sent out! Please check your inboxes to make sure that your application has reached us.

Festive Greetings, Cowpokes!

It’s hard to believe, but there’s only 3 DAYS LEFT of the Secret Winter Exchange! It’s time to finish up those finer details and hunt down those last few typos.

Tomorrow you’ll receive the posting details of your gift-recipients via email - please do not contact your recipient as your identity should only be revealed when posting their gift between Dec 20th - Dec 24th.

Posting to Tumblr

Please tag your gift recipient (if they have a tumblr), @rdrevents, and use the #rdrSecretWinterExchange hashtag so we can find and reblog your gifts!

Posting to Ao3

We have set up an AO3 collection [which you can find here]. If/when posting to AO3, please add your work to the collection. Please include the #rdrSecretWinterExchange tag in your fic tags!

The collection is marked as anonymous and unrevealed, so finished fics can be added early and they will be revealed once the collection is published on the 20th.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to send us an ask!

4 Days Left to Sign-Up!

Our first batch of confirmation emails have gone out*, which means there’s only 4 days left to sign up for this years RDR Secret Winter Exchange event!

If you want to create and receive a fantastic fandom gift this festive period, follow the link below to learn more about the Secret Winter Exchange and sign-up to get involved!

[[RDR SECRET WINTER EXCHANGE 2025]]