How to requalify for Round 2 of Recursive Exchange

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If you no-show defaulted on the last round of the exchange, 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 Round One or Round Two request. Round Two requests will be available once signups open on May 17th.
• can be created for any nominated fanwork in the tagset for either round, even if no one requested them. 2021 Tagset | 2022 Tagset
• can be gifted to a person or to the collection
• can be posted in the 2021 collection or 2022 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.

If you no-show defaulted on Round 1 and want to sign up for Round 2, you may sign up before you post your requalifying work. All requalifying works need to be posted NO LATER THAN 10pm EDT on May 26th! If you have not posted your requalifying work by this time, your signup will be deleted.

Good luck!!

Creator Opt-In/Promo Post

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Hello! This is a post for directing participants to places where they can find fanworks to nominate in the exchange and permission statements to go with. Essentially, a canon promo post! It's also where creators can give permission for recursion and let us know their work(s) are available.

This is a purely optional step for the exchange! After posting here, you still need to nominate individual works. Please feel free to browse and discuss/coordinate nominations, but top-level comments should be for promos only.

Promo Post

Before you make your promo post, here are some things to consider:

• Aside from individual participants' DNWs on their requests, we aren't able to enforce any restrictions on the contents or format of the recursive works created for this exchange.
• We also will not restrict who requests/offers to create for nominated fanworks.
• Please make sure your permission statement allows for fic and art, at minimum!
• All recursive works posted to this exchange will be required to use the "Inspired by" feature to link back to the work they are recursing. You do not have to approve the link.

A promo post should include:

• a link to a permission statement
• the username used to post the work(s) you're letting us know are eligible
• the relevant fandom(s) and medium(s) — if it's a lot of fandoms, feel free to summarize.
• links to the work(s).

Additionally:

• You can give permission for just one work, or for all works, or somewhere in between.
• You do not need to be a participant in the exchange to opt-in on this post.
• You are welcome to comment anonymously without identifying yourself as the creator as long as you have a permission link.
• Posting here does not nominate your work for the exchange! Specific works still need to be nominated via the nominations process. Nominations open on May 10th.

Example Promo Post

Your promo can be something as simple as, "Hi, I'm [username with link] on AO3, I post [fandom & medium] and my permission statement is found here: [link]" or you can do a full promo post.

Rules & Information

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Recursive Exchange is a fanwork exchange for requesting fanfiction and fanart of other fanworks! Recursive fanfiction is frequently called "fic of fic" and (in a fannish context) recursion essentially means treating a fanwork as a canon source material.

Links

• AO3 Collection
• Nominations form (google form) / Nominations guidelines
• 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!)

Schedule

• Nominations open: May 10th
• Signups open (noms still open): May 17th
• Nominations close: May 25th
• Signups close: May 26th
• Assignments out: ideally May 29th
• Assignments due: July 9th July 11
• Work reveals: July 23rd August 10
• Creator reveals: July 30th August 17

All closing times, opening times, and deadlines are 10pm EDT.

Information

A gift exchange is a fanwork challenge where participants sign up to create a fanwork and in return receive a fanwork as a gift. For this exchange, participants may create/receive a fic of 1000 words or a finished piece of drawn art.

The stages of the exchange are:

• Nominations — the mods collect information about works participants want to request and build a tagset.
• Sign ups — once we have a tagset, participants fill out a sign up form on AO3 that includes offers and requests. For this exchange, nominations stay open during this time as we expect people will need to wait for permission before nominating for some of their desired fanworks.
• Matching — the mods use the AO3 challenges system to match participants based on requested tags
• Assignments/creation period — participants receive an email listing all of their assigned recipient's requests; they must create one (1) fanwork matching the requirements laid out below or else default.
• Due date/reveals — assuming all gifts are in, the collection is revealed but kept anonymous for 1 week.

Below there's information specific to nominations, sign ups, assignments, and posting that you will definitely need. You can also find a glossary that should be helpful if you're new to talking about recursive fic and an FAQ!

Please feel free to ask the mods lots of questions!

( Rules )

( Nominations )

( Sign Ups )

( Assignments )

( Posting & Treats )

( Glossary )

( FAQ )