Schedule and Info

[longficmod]

Welcome to Fandom 5K!

This is a multi-fandom gift exchange for fic with a 5,000-word minimum and comics with a 5-page minimum. This year's challenge can be found here on AO3.

Before signing up, please read the rules! You can also see the 2025 FAQ for some common questions.

Other questions to the mods can be posted to the community or emailed to fandom5kmod@gmail.com. Please contact us privately for any concerns about your assignment or your gift.

Quick links for 2025:

• Challenge profile
• Rules
• FAQ
• Tag set
• Requests on the app
• Mod email: fandom5kmod@gmail.com

2025 schedule:

• Nominations: 23 April - 1 May (countdown)
• Signups: 3 May - 11 May (countdown)
• Assignments out by: 14 May
• Mandatory check-in: 7-14 June (countdown)
• Default deadline: 14 June (countdown)
• Works due: 28 June (countdown)
• Works revealed: 19 July (countdown)
• Creators revealed: 28 July (countdown)

All deadlines are at 11:59 PM EDT on the date listed, unless otherwise indicated.

Comments

[weirdwednesday]

Hey, how is matching most likely to happen(by fandom, pairing or characters) and approximately how many fandoms/pairings will have to be offered and requested?

[orockthro]

*salutes*
Reporting for duty! And by that I mean I'm interested! :D

[(Anonymous)]

Hey there. I want to ask my recipient a question for something. Is there an e-mail I can use to have you ask them?

[(Anonymous)]

Hey! Thanks for running this exchange! Now that the initial pinch hits are dealt out, are we going to get a beta post?

[(Anonymous)]

Any chance for a cheerleader signup post or something similar? I don't have any friends in the fandom I matched on and would love to be able to bounce my idea off someone.

[badass_tiger]

Sorry if this is mentioned somewhere, I looked around for a bit and only found the requests sheet - is there going to be a treat sheet of authors who only have their assigned gift so far?

[(Anonymous)]

Is this happening again this year? I hope it is - loved it last year.

mod email

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry mods, I'm sure the info is somewhere but I couldn't find it and I'd like to ask a clarification to my recip.

[(Anonymous)]

Hi mods! Will there be a beta/cheerleading spreadsheet this year?

[(Anonymous)]

What time is the deadline on 2 June? 11:59 Eastern? GMT?

[(Anonymous)]

Hello, I was just wondering whether Fandom 5k was going to run again this year and, if so, what the schedule might be. I'm really looking forward to it if it does run!

[snickfic]

A request: could you link the exchange rules somewhere in this post? I know you link to the general AO3 collection, but it's several more clicks to get to the rules (especially since I always forget where they are /o\).

[(Anonymous)]

I didn't see this in the FAQs, may we request the same fandom again with a different set of genres after meeting the minimum requirement of fandoms?

[morbane]

Hello!

May we please have a beta post soon?

Thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

Do Fandom5K treats also have to be 5k? And if I did write treats would I post them to Fandom Couch or directly to Fandom5K?

[lakeeffectgirl]

I can't remember from years past - will the FandomCouch collection remain open for posting treats past the main story deadline?

[sweetsorcery]

Sorry, I have another question. I'm 100% sure about 3 of my nominations, but I'm not yet sure what to pick for the 4th spot. Could I get those first 3 nominations in and add a 4th one later, even once the first 3 are probably already approved?

[(Anonymous)]

Is the work reveals on track for the 25th of June?

[(Anonymous)]

Hi mods! Are you still planning to run this exchange again in 2022? If so, would you happen to have an idea of the likely schedule? Thanks :)

[highsmith]

Hey there. I was wondering if the fest will be held again this year, and, if so, what the schedule might be.

Thank you and sorry for the bother.

xo

[(Anonymous)]

Is there any opportunity to write optional treats for pinch hitters for this exchange?

[edwardianspinsteraunt]

Hello! Just to say the link to the tagset on this post links back to 2024's one and not the current one (was checking it and wondering who could have nominated all of my fandoms and ships, before realising that it was...me)

[(Anonymous)]

Would it be possible to have a countdown to signups closing?

[(Anonymous)]

Completed works must be posted by the assignment due date (28 June). The work you turn in may be edited as much as you like between the due date and work reveals (19 July), but turning in an incomplete "placeholder" work that couldn't go live as-is and does not stand alone as a complete story/comic, or later editing your work so it does not fulfill the requirements, may be grounds for a permanent ban from the exchange.

Just to clarify, this means I can upload 5k by June 28th, as long as it's a story that can stand alone, but I am still allowed to substantially change stuff until July 19th? So in theory, by July, I could add 10 more chapters and make it a 30k fic, and that's fine?