2024 Secret Sleuth Gift Guidelines
Gift types & minimum requirements
You will only be required to make one gift for your match. Whatever type of fanwork you create, it should meet these requirements:
Fanfiction:Β 1,500 word minimum, 10,000 words maximum. Completed works only (i.e., please do not gift someone the first chapter of a work-in-progress fic that you haven't finished)
Graphics/gifsets:Β 2 gif/image minimum
Fanart:Β at least 1 panel/piece of fanart (you can do more if you wish)
Playlist:Β 15 song minimum, 1 cover image, and a link to the playlist on Spotify or Apple Music
Fanvids/edits:Β A minimum of at least 1m30s of video content. We will accept either 1 or 2 videos, but the total run-time of both videos combined must meet the minimum requirement of at least 1m30s. Longer videos are, of course, allowed.
When should I post my gift?
Gifts will be posted over 1st to 12th January 2025.
During check-in #2 (around December 16th 2024) one of the Secret Sleuth Mods will be in touch to schedule which day your gift should posted/revealed. You will be able to request a specific day, or we can provide a few different slots to choose from. Please do not reveal your gift before this day.
Fanfiction gifts can be submitted ahead of time to the ao3 collection, and our mod team will reveal them on the scheduled day.
How/where should I post my gift?
You can post your gifts to whatever platform you'd like (Tumblr, Twitter/X, AO3, YouTube, etc.) Alternatively, you can also submit your gift to this blog and we will post it for you.
If you are posting on TUMBLR:
Ideally, schedule your gift to post on the day you have been assigned ahead of time
Tag this blog in the post (@secretsleuthexchange)
Tag your giftee's blog in the post (if they have tumblr)
Add #secretsleuthgiftexchange and your giftee's tumblr handle as a hashtag to the tags of the post (this helps us find stuff when you have posted it!)
If you are posting on TWITTER / X:
Tag the Secret Sleuth Twitter/X account: (@ssgiftexchange)
Tag your giftee's Twitter/X account (if they have Twitter/X)
If you are posting on AO3:
Submit to our 2024 Secret Sleuth collection here.
Make sure to 'gift' the work to your giftee's AO3 account. See how to do that here.
If you are posting on another platform, such as YouTube, feel free to cross-post on Tumblr or Twitter. If you do not plan on cross-posting, please let us know so we can do it for you.
When submitting your gift, please make sure it meets the minimum requirements mentioned above.
If you have any questions, please get in touch here.











