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?

[longficmod]

Hey! We're still finalizing the rules, so this may change, but the current plan is to match on fandom as well as on character or relationship. That is, we intend to use the Character field in the tag set and signup form to specify either an individual character, a romantic / relationship, or a platonic & relationship.

We're also considering incorporating genre.

The numbers haven't yet been discussed, but I would expect a minimum of three fandoms and one or two characters/relationships per fandom for requests, and around four fandoms and one or two characters/relationships per fandom for offers.

I'll update the AO3 page with specifics as soon as we have them.

[orockthro]

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

[longficmod]

Welcome aboard! :)

[(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?

[longficmod]

Yep - you can email us at fandom5kmod@gmail.com!

[(Anonymous)]

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

[longficmod]

Yes, that is planned! Stay tuned--it should be out in a few days.

[(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.

[longficmod]

Great idea! I'm pulling together a beta signup form similar to the one used for Yuletide, and I'm planning to include an option to select fandoms for which you're willing to offer cheerleading/brainstorming services. That should go up in a day or so.

[(Anonymous)]

Will people be able to signup just to cheerlead?

[longficmod]

Yes! The post is up here:

https://fandom5k.dreamwidth.org/3321.html

[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?

[longficmod]

Hi! We did consider it, but so far there've only been one or two treats posted, so at this point the sheet would include almost everyone. :) If anyone is interested in putting such a spreadsheet together, though, you're more than welcome to do so!

[(Anonymous)]

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

[longficmod]

I'm so glad you enjoyed it as much as we did! The exchange will be running in 2018. Based on feedback we received, it will likely be a few weeks later this year to avoid holidays and university schedules.

We should have a schedule up soon!

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.

Re: mod email

[longficmod]

We are fandom5kmod@gmail.com. Ask away!

Re: mod email

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

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

[longficmod]

There will be! Keep an eye out this weekend. :)

[(Anonymous)]

Awesome, thanks!

[(Anonymous)]

+1

Haha, I came to ask specifically about this!

[(Anonymous)]

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

[longficmod]

All deadlines are at 11:59 PM EDT--I'll edit the post to clarify. Here's a link to the story deadline.