Weird the Tag

The schedule is here! We're kicking off in about two months (a month earlier than last year), so please make sure to check the dates below. This exchange is open to anyone with an AO3 account who wants to write a fic or make a piece of QT art. For more details on length, size, and logistics of the exchange, check out the FAQ linked at the bottom of this post.

2026 Schedule

Character/relationship/worldbuilding nominations: Thursday, June 18 - Thursday, June 25

Signups: Friday, June 26 - Sunday, July 5

Assignments sent out: Tuesday, July 7

Fanworks due: Friday, August 14

Fanworks revealed: Friday, August 21

Artists/authors revealed: Friday, August 28

All deadlines are at 8pm EDT

Note: If you don't have an AO3 account, you can request an invite here. There is currently a 10 day waiting list to get an invite, so please make sure you request one soon if you're considering participating!

The Queen’s Thief fanworks challenge Weird the Tag 2026 collection is now open for submissions, and will remain so until the end of March!

This challenge welcomes fanfiction, fanart of all mediums, video and audio art, filk, podfics, and fan crafts. There is no longer a word minimum for fanfics this year.

Link to collection, with full information: 2026 collection profile.

Schedule: Prompts document submissions open February 1 Collection opens for submissions March 1 April 1 works due and works go live for viewing April 8 author reveals

There are two more days left to sign up for the exchange! Signups close on Sunday, August 3 @ 8pm ET, so you've still got the next couple days. As a reminder, both fanfic and fanart is eligible for this exchange! 

You can sign up here.

If you're curious about what's being requested and offered, you can see a summary here, as well as a detailed list of requests on AO3 or the AO3 Automagic App (which has an easier-to-filter UX) — just be sure to sort by character instead of fandom.

The schedule is here, and well ahead of time this year! We're kicking off in about three months, and the schedule will be relatively close to last year's. This exchange is open to anyone with an AO3 account who wants to write a fic or make a piece of QT art. For more details on length, size, and logistics of the exchange, check out the FAQ linked at the bottom of this post.

2025 Schedule

Character/relationship/worldbuilding nominations: Thursday, July 17 - Thursday, July 24

Signups: Friday, July 5 - Sunday, August 3

Assignments sent out: Tuesday, August 5

Fanworks due: Friday, September 12

Fanworks revealed: Friday, September 18

Artists/authors revealed: Friday, September 26

All deadlines are at 8pm EDT

Note: If you don't have an AO3 account, you can request an invite here. There is currently a 3 week waiting list to get an invite, so please make sure you request one soon if you're considering participating!

The Queen’s Thief fanworks challenge Weird the Tag will return March 2025! This challenge welcomes fanfiction, fanart of all mediums, video and audio art, filk, podfics, and fan crafts. There is a 100 word minimum for fanfics.

Schedule: Prompts document submissions open February 1 Collection opens for submissions March 1 April 1 works due and works go live for viewing April 8 author reveals

Ao3 collection, with full information: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/WTT_QT_25/profile

...is 2024! Sign-ups are from October 8th to October 18th. If you sometimes offer or request QT in the Yuletide exchange, consider doing so one last time! First time? None better!

Q: Are a lot of people interested in Queen's Thief fic this year?

A: Yuletide always has a lot of interest in QT: it’s in the top 5 most-written about fandoms in Yuletide! It's reliably popular in requests and offers alike, and the fandom has an active fic scene that I can report is excited to go out with a bang.

Q: What characters have been nominated?

A: The usual suspects are all nominated—Gen, Irene, Helen, Sophos, Costis, Kamet, Pheris. We also have Gen’s mother and children (Eugenia and Hector); the Magus, Aristogiton, and Ion of Attolia; and Timris and Verix. And we have worldbuilding!

Q: Wait, what's Yuletide?

A: Giant annual fic exchange for rare fandoms. Works are posted on Ao3, but see the admin team's Dreamwidth as a hub for links and information: https://yuletide-admin.dreamwidth.org/

Q: Wait, why are we losing eligibility?

A: We're posting a lot of fic! To be too big for Yuletide, we have to have 1,000 fics or more that are 1,000 words or longer, complete, and in English on Ao3. @hamiathesgiftexchange and I have done the math: we will hit this before next year's nominations.

Q: I have another question!

...is 2024! Sign-ups are from October 8th to October 18th. If you sometimes offer or request QT in the Yuletide exchange, consider doing so one last time! First time? None better!

Q: Are a lot of people interested in Queen's Thief fic this year?

A: Yuletide always has a lot of interest in QT: it’s in the top 5 most-written about fandoms in Yuletide! It's reliably popular in requests and offers alike, and the fandom has an active fic scene that I can report is excited to go out with a bang.

Q: What characters have been nominated?

A: The usual suspects are all nominated—Gen, Irene, Helen, Sophos, Costis, Kamet, Pheris. We also have Gen’s mother and children (Eugenia and Hector); the Magus, Aristogiton, and Ion of Attolia; and Timris and Verix. And we have worldbuilding!

Q: Wait, what's Yuletide?

A: Giant annual fic exchange for rare fandoms. Works are posted on Ao3, but see the admin team's Dreamwidth as a hub for links and information: https://yuletide-admin.dreamwidth.org/

Q: Wait, why are we losing eligibility?

A: We're posting a lot of fic! To be too big for Yuletide, we have to have 1,000 fics or more that are 1,000 words or longer, complete, and in English on Ao3. @hamiathesgiftexchange and I have done the math: we will hit this before next year's nominations.

Q: I have another question!

...is 2024! Sign-ups are from October 8th to October 18th. If you sometimes offer or request QT in the Yuletide exchange, consider doing so one last time! First time? None better!

Q: Are a lot of people interested in Queen's Thief fic this year?

A: Yuletide always has a lot of interest in QT: it’s in the top 5 most-written about fandoms in Yuletide! It's reliably popular in requests and offers alike, and the fandom has an active fic scene that I can report is excited to go out with a bang.

Q: What characters have been nominated?

A: The usual suspects are all nominated—Gen, Irene, Helen, Sophos, Costis, Kamet, Pheris. We also have Gen’s mother and children (Eugenia and Hector); the Magus, Aristogiton, and Ion of Attolia; and Timris and Verix. And we have worldbuilding!

Q: Wait, what's Yuletide?

A: Giant annual fic exchange for rare fandoms. Works are posted on Ao3, but see the admin team's Dreamwidth as a hub for links and information: https://yuletide-admin.dreamwidth.org/

Q: Wait, why are we losing eligibility?

A: We're posting a lot of fic! To be too big for Yuletide, we have to have 1,000 fics or more that are 1,000 words or longer, complete, and in English on Ao3. @hamiathesgiftexchange and I have done the math: we will hit this before next year's nominations.

Q: I have another question!

...is 2024! Sign-ups are from October 8th to October 18th. If you sometimes offer or request QT in the Yuletide exchange, consider doing so one last time! First time? None better!

Q: Are a lot of people interested in Queen's Thief fic this year?

A: Yuletide always has a lot of interest in QT: it’s in the top 5 most-written about fandoms in Yuletide! It's reliably popular in requests and offers alike, and the fandom has an active fic scene that I can report is excited to go out with a bang.

Q: What characters have been nominated?

A: The usual suspects are all nominated—Gen, Irene, Helen, Sophos, Costis, Kamet, Pheris. We also have Gen’s mother and children (Eugenia and Hector); the Magus, Aristogiton, and Ion of Attolia; and Timris and Verix. And we have worldbuilding!

Q: Wait, what's Yuletide?

A: Giant annual fic exchange for rare fandoms. Works are posted on Ao3, but see the admin team's Dreamwidth as a hub for links and information: https://yuletide-admin.dreamwidth.org/

Q: Wait, why are we losing eligibility?

A: We're posting a lot of fic! To be too big for Yuletide, we have to have 1,000 fics or more that are 1,000 words or longer, complete, and in English on Ao3. @hamiathesgiftexchange and I have done the math: we will hit this before next year's nominations.

Q: I have another question!