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.

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: April 17th
• Signups open (noms still open): April 27th
• Nominations close: May 3rd
• Signups close: May 4th
• Assignments out: ideally May 7th
• Assignments due: June 15th
• Work reveals: June 22nd
• Creator reveals: June 29th

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. If there are outstanding pinch hits, we will keep the collection unrevealed until all pinch hits are filled.

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! You can comment on this post or email recursiveexchange@protonmail.com — but please use email for anything that might reveal who you've been assigned to.

( Rules )

( Nominations )

( Sign Ups )

( Assignments )

( Posting & Treats )

( Glossary )

( FAQ )

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 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).

• 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.