Nominations Guidelines 2024

[recursivemod]

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  )

( Nominating Single Fics From Larger Series )

( 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.

Link to nomination google form

Creator Opt-In/Promo Post

[recursivemod]

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.