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 / List of accepted tags in order of acceptance
• 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!)
• Request Spreadsheet (updated once per day during signups)

Schedule

• Nominations open: May 9th
• Signups open (noms still open): May 17th
• Signups close: May 26th
• Assignments out: ideally May 29th (no later than May 30th)
• Assignments due: July 3rd
• Work reveals: July 10th
• Creator reveals: July 17th

Closing times 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 )

( Glossary )

( FAQ )