Recursive Exchange

Pinch hits are requests in search of a creator! They have all the same rules as assignments — respecting DNWs and length minimums included! You can find information on assignment minimums here. These are due at the same time as assignments, June 15th 10PM Eastern.

To pick up a pinch hit, comment below with

1. The PH you want
2. your AO3 username (Even if your Dreamwidth username is the same as your AO3, please just tell us your AO3 name so we can be sure!)

All comments are screened to keep pinch hitters secret! If you comment anonymously you won't be able to see replies to your comment, but you will know you got it if you get an email from AO3 saying it's been assigned to you.

Due to the complexity of nominations, we will be nominating via a google form, and clarifications will happen via email rather than announcement on the comm. If you can't use google forms, please email us at recursiveexchange@protonmail.com and we'll sort through your nominations via email.

(Nominating directly to the tagset won't be allowed because we need lots of information and it's better if we collect it all at once. The google form saves us from data entry and you from struggling to correctly format your own tags.)

If you have any questions about nominations, please ask! We will answer comments on this post & by email.

Links

• AO3 Collection
• Nominations form
• Tagset
• Airtable grid of accepted nominations (can be filtered, sorted, and searched!)
• Opt-in/Promo post (go here to let people know you're giving permission!)

( Nominating tags from last year's tagset )

( Tagset organization and tag formatting )

( Parent Fandom Eligibility )

( Fanwork Eligibility  )

( Standards for Permission )

( What to put in the 'Main Pairing/Characters' field )

Information required to nominate:

• Your email — If you don't want us contacting you for nominations clarification or if you're commenting signed-in, you can leave this blank.
• Fanwork title — what is the fanwork called? For series you can use the series name. If the fanwork is untitled, a brief description or summary is fine, keeping in mind the tag we create will need to be 100 characters or less.
• Fanwork creator — What username was the fanwork posted under?
• Parent series abbreviation — This is only needed if you're nominating a specific fic inside a larger fic series. It should be as short as possible.
• Fanwork medium — Is it fic? Art? Vid? Gifset?
• Fanwork link — Where can the fanwork be found?
• Parent fandom — What fandom was the fanwork created for? Please try to use AO3 canonicals. Crossovers should be given in the format Fandom A/Fandom B, although they'll go under "Crossover Fandom" in the tagset.
• Fanwork permission link — We need a link to a place where the creator has publicly said they're okay with further transformation of their work, preferably on the same site the work is posted on or on an account the creator has linked. (The permission link will not be included in any public tagset information, it is only used for verification.)
• Main ship/characters — You will be matching on if you want fic about the main ship/characters or side characters, and also this will help people know if they're interested in the work. If you provide just a pairing, we will assume the characters in the pairing are the main characters. If you are nominating original works, please provide the pairing category at the beginning of the tag, and then the descriptive version of the ship tag. A properly formatted OW ship would look like "(F/F) Ghost/Nun" or "(Gen) Ghost & Nun"
• Additional information — Any other information you think mods need about this nomination. On the google form information put in this category is only visible to the mods.

Creators have been revealed! Thanks again to everyone who participated in the second round of Recursive Exchange, and hung in with us through our delays. ❤ We're currently thinking that we will run this exchange again next year. The timing of the next round will depend on when it fits in the mods' schedules, so we'll keep you posted.

Thinking ahead to round three: if you no-show defaulted on your assignment, you will need to create a requalifying work if you want to sign up for the next round. Requalifying works are an assignment-length work that is either 1k or a clean sketch on unlined paper. Requalifying works:

• can be created for any request
• can be created for any nominated fanwork in the tagset, even if no one requested them
• can be gifted to a person or to the collection
• if you gift your requalifying work to someone's request, please heed their DNWs
• all requalifying works need to use the "inspired by" function to credit the work that you have recursed.

 If you have any questions about requalification, please feel free to email us at recursiveexchange@protonmail.com.

Hope to see everyone next year!!

We have 0 post-deadline pinch hit in search of a creator. This pinch hit has the same rules as assignments — respecting DNWs and length minimums included. You can find information on assignment minimums here. This PHs has an initial due date of August 5th at 10pm EDT, but we're willing to be flexible if you need more time.

To pick up a pinch hit, comment below with

1. The PH you want
2. your AO3 username (Even if your Dreamwidth username is the same as your AO3, please just tell us your AO3 name so we can be sure!)

All comments are screened to keep pinch hitters secret! If you comment anonymously you won't be able to see replies to your comment, but you will know you got it if you get an email from AO3 saying it's been assigned to you.

We've passed the works due deadline! We currently have several creators on extension, so if you do not yet have a gift: not to worry!

We have 0 post-deadline pinch hits in search of a creator. They have all the same rules as assignments — respecting DNWs and length minimums included. You can find information on assignment minimums here. These PHs have an initial due date of July 20th at 10pm EDT August 3rd at 10pm EDT, but we're willing to be flexible if you need more time.

To pick up a pinch hit, comment below with

1. The PH you want
2. your AO3 username (Even if your Dreamwidth username is the same as your AO3, please just tell us your AO3 name so we can be sure!)

All comments are screened to keep pinch hitters secret! If you comment anonymously you won't be able to see replies to your comment, but you will know you got it if you get an email from AO3 saying it's been assigned to you.

All pinch hits are currently claimed! Good luck, pinch hitters!!

If you need an extension, please email us at recursiveexchange@protonmail.com. We've granted all extension requests we've received so far.

Good luck!!

Pinch hits are requests in search of a creator! They have all the same rules as assignments — respecting DNWs and length minimums included! You can find information on assignment minimums here. These are due at the same time as assignments, July 9rd 10PM EDT. (Countdown)

To pick up a pinch hit, comment below with

1. The PH you want
2. your AO3 username (Even if your Dreamwidth username is the same as your AO3, please just tell us your AO3 name so we can be sure!)

All comments are screened to keep pinch hitters secret! If you comment anonymously you won't be able to see replies to your comment, but you will know you got it if you get an email from AO3 saying it's been assigned to you.

The nomination form is now closed, and we're now counting down towards the end up signups. Signups close at 10:00pm EDT on May 26th.

Don't forget to finish prompts for any request that is still in progress, and to update any offers that were placeholders while you were deciding what you'd like to create for!

Good luck everyone!!