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Thank you to everyone, and an especial thank you for the pinch hitters who went above and beyond under tight timeframes to get longfic written. This exchange would not have succeeded without you.

Now, go forth, read, and enjoy!

We are approaching the deadline! Stories are due at 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, 2 June. Here is a countdown.

There are three pinch hits remaining--see the end of this post. Because we're so close to the deadline, it is due 9 June. If you can take this assignment, please leave a comment on this post with your AO3 name. All replies are screened.

If you need a beta or want to offer beta services, check out this post!

If you're interested in treating one of our fabulous pinch hitters, have a look at their requests!

Treats (for pinch hitters or otherwise) go in the main collection if they're 5,000 words or above, and they go in Fandom Couch if they're under 5,000 words. The full list of requests is here, sorted by fandom.


( Pinch Hit #33: The Lord of the Rings, Raven Cycle, Captive Prince, Labyrinth, Vorkosigan Saga, Original Work - CLAIMED )

( Pinch Hit #34: Ar nosurge, Atelier: Dusk Series, Radiant Historia, Star Ocean: The Second Story | Second Evolution, Star Stealing Prince, Steins;Gate, Xenoblade Chronicles, Ys Origin )

( Pinch Hit #35: Bates Motel, Breaking Bad, Chess, Brat'ya Karamazovy | Brothers Karamazov - Fyodor Dostoyevsky )

Signups are open here! Go forth and request fic!

As you do, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the rules and the FAQ. Please let us know if they need any clarification. You can comment here or shoot us an email if you have any questions.

There are more details at the FAQ, but here are the basics:

You’ll request between 4 and 10 fandoms, with between 1 and 20 characters or relationships and between 3 and 20 genre tags per fandom.

You’ll offer between 5 and 10 fandoms, with between 1 and 20 characters or relationships and 3 and 20 genre tags per fandom.

Characters and relationships will both be in the Characters field, and you’ll receive a story focused on any one of the items you select in that field.

If you'd like a story about Character A, select Character A in this field. If you'd like a story about either Character A or Character B, select Character A, then select Character B.

If you'd like a story about Character A and Character B in a romantic or sexual relationship, select Group: Character A/Character B. If you'd like a story about Character A and Character B in a gen relationship, select Group: Character A & Character B.

You'll be matched to a recipient who requested at least one of your offered fandoms and at least one of the offered characters or relationships in that fandom. However, you can choose to write a story in any one of your recipient’s requested fandoms, focused on any one of the items (character or relationship) they requested for that fandom, even if you didn’t offer it.

The genres in the Additional Tags are intended to give a general sense of what kind of story you’d like to read or write for a given fandom. We’re going to attempt to assign offers and requests that share a genre. If that results in too many initial pinch hits, AO3’s matching code will still prioritize matches by genre.

Here is the full tag set!

The tagset is closed! We have 2,550 characters and relationships nominated across 486 fandoms, which is larger than last year! Well done, everyone!

You will also notice that we now have 21 genre tags rather than 20. The sharp eyed among you have undoubtedly already noticed, but Horror is in the tagset as well as Darkfic!

Please look over the tagset and let us know if there are any typographical errors, any duplicate tags and the like so we can fix it! If your fandom is in the wrong media section, that is something we have no control over so we're sorry in advance about that.

Otherwise, peruse the tagset, plan your requests and offers, and get excited! Signups open 24 March! It's going to be awesome.

We are still accepting nominations! They will close at 11:59 PM EDT on Thursday, 22 March. What time is that for me?

We are now at 370+ fandoms with 1,722 characters/relationships nominated. Last year there were 407 fandoms with 1,982 characters/relationships nominated as at signups, so we're tracking along much like we did last year.

There are some outstanding queries and some new ones - please look over them, provide a link to your nominations, and help the mod team out with approving your fandoms!

• Critical Role - please nominate into either Critical Role (Tal'Dorei Campaign) and Critical Role (Wildemount Campaign).
• DC Comics and Marvel Comics - should we go by title or by publisher?
• Dangan Ronpa - please nominate into Dangan Ronpa (Hope's Peak Arc) or Dangan Ronpa (V3 Arc)
• A Song of Ice and Fire and Related Fandoms - could the nominator please clarify whether they mean the books or tv show?
• DC & DCEU - Could the nominator(s) confirm whether "Group: Diana (DCU)/Okoye (MCU)" and "Group: Okoye (MCU)/Diana (Wonder Woman)" refer to the same version of Diana?
• Thunderbirds - do you mean a specific series?
• Lord of the Rings All Media Types - the books are already nominated, did you mean the books or the movies?
• Chronicles of Narnia - All Media Types - We think you mean the books. Are you able to confirm?
• No Fandom - We think this is meant to be "Crossover Fandom". Please nominate under that fandom if our assumption is correct.
• W.I.T.C.H - please nominate characters or relationships.

We are still listening to you about, if we do include a Horror genre tag, how to define the existing Darkfic tag to exclude horror.

Welcome to the second round of Fandom 5k, and specifically to the nominations phase!

Nominations are open over here. We do not have any restrictions on what can be nominated in terms of fandom size, type, and so forth, and we also allow crossovers and original fandoms to be nominated. Please nominate crossover relationships into the Crossover Fandoms tag, and original characters and relationships into the Original Work tag.

In terms of how to nominate characters versus relationships, please follow the format below:

• "Character A (fandom)" - this means that you are nominating Character A on their own. AO3 may suggest a tag to you - please do not use it for nominations and instead nominate as above. Save your mods and help prevent tag migration!
• "Group: Character A/Character B" - this means that you are nominating Character A/Character B in a ship, inside their own fandom.
• "Group: Character A & Character B" - this means that you are nominating Character A and Character B in a gen configuration, inside their own fandom.
• "Group: Character A (Fandom)/Character B (Fandom)" - this means that you are nominating Character A/Character B shipfic, and that it is a crossover. Please be specific about fandoms, especially if there are a lot of adaptations featuring Character A and/or Character B.
• "Group: Character A (Fandom) & Character B (Fandom)" this means you are nominating Character A and Character B in a gen configuration, and that it is a crossover. Please be specific about fandoms, especially if there are a lot of adaptations featuring Character A and/or Character B.

We are not familiar with every fandom! As such, we will be taking guidance from you as to how your fandoms work in terms of fandom tags etc. Please watch this space for queries!