Wednesday, June 19th, 2019 12:00 pm
The collection has been revealed!

Go forth to read, enjoy, and comment. And don't forget about treats in Fandom Couch!

Thank you again to all our writers and particularly to the pinch hitters who put in the extra work to get us across the finish line.

Because of the delay in reveals, authors will remain anonymous until 29 June this year.
Wednesday, June 19th, 2019 08:35 am
For those who have asked: the archive will not open before noon EDT today.

What time is that for me?
Wednesday, June 19th, 2019 05:56 am
As one of our hard working pinch hitters needed a last minute extension, the archive will remain unrevealed until that pinch hit is in. We are in contact with that pinch hitter, and are confident that it will be in sometime today.

Thank you everyone for your patience, and good luck to our pinch hitter!
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Tuesday, June 18th, 2019 07:50 am
Our last few pinch hits are due at 11:59 PM EDT today (Tuesday). If everything comes in, our current plan is to reveal the archive at 6:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, 19 June.

What time is that for me?

We'll let you know if that changes. We've also extended the anonymous reading period so authors will be revealed on 29 June, since stories are going live a bit late.

Thank you all for your patience!
Thursday, June 13th, 2019 10:41 pm
All pinch hits are claimed! The last few are due on Tuesday, 18 June at 11:59 PM EDT. If all goes well, we plan to open the archive on Wednesday, 19 June.

Thank you to all our pinch hitters! The finish line approaches...
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Wednesday, June 12th, 2019 06:08 pm
We're still seeking five pinch hitters! The archive is scheduled to go live on 15 June, but at this point we expect it to be delayed.

If you can take any of these pinch hits, please respond with your AO3 name, the pinch hit you want, and let us know how much of an extension you'll need to complete it. All comments are screened.

When we have more information about when these pinch hits will be complete, we'll update the comm with details about the reveal date.

Other reminders:

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 23: CLAIMED

Pinch Hit 24: CLAIMED

Pinch Hit 25: CLAIMED

Pinch Hit 35: CLAIMED

Pinch Hit 42: CLAIMED
Sunday, June 2nd, 2019 03:21 am
The due date has now come and gone! You may notice that your hit count on your story has gone up. This is because we have gone through and checked the archive for obvious placeholders as well.

Some people have extensions - if you do not have a gift by 11:59pm EST on 3 June, you're not a pinch hit on this post, and you turned in your assignment, contact us (fandom5kmod@gmail.com) immediately so we can find out what happened.

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.

Otherwise, we have twelve pinch hits that will be due at 11:59pm EST on 9 June. If you are able to take one of these, please leave your AO3 name and the pinch hit number you are claiming. All comment are screened.

Pinch Hit 23: Falsettos, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Make It or Break It, Smash )

Pinch Hit 24: Spacelords, Street Fighter the Movie, W.I.T.C.H., Original Work )

Pinch Hit 25: A Song of Ice and Fire, The Broken Earth Series, Star Wars Original Series, Crossover Fandom )

Pinch Hit 34: Star Wars: Resistance; Star Wars: Rebels; Crossover Fandom; Star Wars OT )

Pinch Hit 35: Dark Cloud 2, Persona 3, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon, どうぶつの森 | Animal Crossing Series )

Pinch Hit 36: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Criminal Minds, Broadchurch, xXx - CLAIMED )

Pinch Hit 37: DCU (Comics), Gotham, Midnighter and Apollo, Pokemon, Star Trek: AOS - CLAIMED )

Pinch Hit 38: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Magnus Archives, Crossover Fandom, Harry Potter - CLAIMED )

Pinch Hit 39: The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, The Casebooks of Barnaby Adair, The Man in the Brown Suit, Original Work )

Pinch Hit 40: Grimm, Gossip Girl, Once Upon A Time, Sanctuary, Smallville, Stargate Atlantis, Teen Wolf, Marvel Netflix )

Pinch Hit 41: The Witcher, Firebringer Trilogy, Blood Ties, Doctor Who (1963), Crossover Fandom, Warcraft (2016) - CLAIMED )

Pinch Hit 42: Alias Grace, Blade, The Haunting on Hill House, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Blade Runner )
Thursday, May 30th, 2019 11:19 pm
We are approaching the deadline! Stories are due at 11:59 PM EDT on Saturday, 1 June. Here is a countdown.

There are two new pinch hits and three old pinch hits remaining--see the end of this post. Because we're so close to the deadline, these are due 8 June. If you can take one of these assignments, 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 23: Falsettos, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Make It or Break It, Smash )

Pinch Hit 24: Spacelords, Street Fighter the Movie, W.I.T.C.H., Original Work )

Pinch Hit 25: A Song of Ice and Fire, The Broken Earth Series, Star Wars Original Series, Crossover Fandom )

Pinch Hit 34: Star Wars: Resistance; Star Wars: Rebels; Crossover Fandom; Star Wars OT )

Pinch Hit 35: Dark Cloud 2, Persona 3, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon, どうぶつの森 | Animal Crossing Series )
Monday, May 27th, 2019 02:45 pm
Assignments are due on Saturday, 1 June, at 11:59 PM EDT. What time is that for me?

Countdown to the due date!
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Sunday, May 19th, 2019 05:47 pm
One new pinch hit along with our open ones. These are all due at 11:59pm EST on 1 June 2019.

If you are able to pick up any of these pinch hits please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you are claiming. All comments are screened!

Pinch Hit 19: CLAIMED

Pinch Hit 21: CLAIMED

Pinch Hit 23: Falsettos, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Make It or Break It, Smash )

Pinch Hit 24: Spacelords, Street Fighter the Movie, W.I.T.C.H. Original Work )

Pinch Hit 25: A Song of Ice and Fire, The Broken Earth Series, Star Wars Original Series, Crossover Fandom )

Pinch Hit 26: CLAIMED

Pinch Hit 33: CLAIMED
Wednesday, May 15th, 2019 10:04 pm
We're extremely grateful to all our pinch hitters! 5,000 words is a big commitment without any guarantee of an extra story in return.

A number of people are writing pinch hits but didn’t sign up for the exchange, and we’d like to give them the opportunity to leave prompts for treats. Treats for pinch hitters go in the same location as treats for anyone else: Fandom 5K for stories 5,000 words and up, Fandom Couch for anything up to 4,999 words.

If you picked up a pinch hit but aren’t signed up, please leave your AO3 name in a comment here along with the fandoms you’re interested in. You can specify characters/relationships, genres, and prompts if you like.

Finally, we're down to six pinch hits available. Claim them here!
Sunday, May 12th, 2019 04:35 am
The no-penalty default and the check-in deadlines have passed! We have one outstanding pinch hit and several new ones. These are all due at 11:59pm EST on 1 June 2019.

If you are able to pick up any of these pinch hits please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you are claiming. All comments are screened!

Pinch Hit 19: 1bitHeart, Death end re;Quest, The Heartstrikers, Radiant Historia, Shining Resonance )

Pinch Hit 21: Original Work, War and Peace, Catherine (TV 2014), Harry Potter )

Pinch Hit 22 - CLAIMED

Pinch Hit 23: Falsettos, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Make It or Break It, Smash )

Pinch Hit 24: Spacelords, Street Fighter the Movie, W.I.T.C.H. Original Work )

Pinch Hit 25: A Song of Ice and Fire, The Broken Earth Series, Star Wars Original Series, Crossover Fandom )

Pinch Hit 26: Crossover Fandom, The Last Ship, Sharknado, Sleepy Hollow, Battle Creek )

Pinch Hit 27 - CLAIMED

Pinch Hit 28 - CLAIMED

Pinch Hit 29 - CLAIMED

Pinch Hit 30 - CLAIMED

Pinch Hit 31 - CLAIMED

Pinch Hit 32 - CLAIMED
Thursday, May 9th, 2019 09:48 pm
Just over two days left for the mandatory check-in period! Thanks to the 90 people who have checked in already. If you haven't, please leave a comment on this post.

All participants and pinch hitters must check in by 11:59 PM EDT on 11 May. Here's a countdown.
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Friday, May 3rd, 2019 10:45 pm
The mandatory check-in period is upon us!

Please reply to this post by 11:59 PM EDT on 11 May. What time is that for me?

If you do not reply to this post by 11 May, you will be defaulted automatically. Please do respond either way, though, so we know as early as possible if you need to back out.

If you have taken a pinch hit (thank you!), please leave one comment for your original assignment and a separate comment for your pinch hit. That will make tracking easier for us.

All replies to this post are screened. We plan to hold resultant pinch hits until the end of the check-in period, so keep an eye out on 12 May!

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Friday, May 3rd, 2019 10:12 pm
If you're interested in providing feedback on someone's fic, leave a comment here! At minimum, please include the info in the form below--you can simply copy and paste it into your comment and add your personal details. Feel free to add additional information (for example, if you're willing to provide a SPAG beta for fandoms you don't know, or your usual turnaround time, or a specific area of expertise like a language you can help with regardless of fandom).

If you don't have an AO3 name, please say so--that field will prevent people from asking you to beta your own gift fic.

The mandatory check-in post will open soon.

Wednesday, May 1st, 2019 11:53 pm
As a reminder, the no-fault default deadline is approaching at 11:59 PM EDT on Friday, 3 May--just under 48 hours away. If you default after that time and want to participate again, you may do so, but you'll need to complete your original assignment first.

On Friday, we'll open a check-in post. We do require that everyone confirm with us by 11 May that they're still planning to complete their assignments, including any pinch hits. If you know you'll be away from the keyboard between 4 and 11 May, please shoot us an email in advance.

In other news, there's now a spreadsheet of requests available for easier searching. Treats are always welcome in this exchange! Treats 5,000 words and over go in the regular collection, and treats under 5,000 words go in Fandom Couch.

We do have some open pinch hits, and there will probably be more coming after the check-in period--please keep an eye out!
Saturday, April 27th, 2019 03:18 am
One lingering pinch hit and two new ones! All pinch hits are due 1 June along with the rest of the assignments.

Please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you are claiming. All comments are screened!

Pinch Hit 16 - CLAIMED

Pinch Hit 19: 1bitHeart, Death end re;Quest, The Heartstrikers, Radiant Historia, Shining Resonance )

Pinch Hit 20- CLAIMED
Tuesday, April 9th, 2019 08:16 pm
There are only six pinch hits left--thank you to everyone who has picked one up!

These are all due on 1 June, along with the rest of the assignments. Please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you want. All comments are screened.

Pinch Hit #1: CLAIMED

Pinch Hit #7: CLAIMED

Pinch Hit #9: CLAIMED





Pinch Hit #17: CLAIMED
Monday, April 8th, 2019 12:40 am
We have eighteen initial pinch hits. These are not due to anyone defaulting but to the matching algorithm. If you are interested in claiming these, please comment to this post with the number of the pinch hit you wish to claim and your AO3 name. All comments are screened!




Pinch Hit #2: CLAIMED


Pinch Hit #3: CLAIMED


Pinch Hit #4: CLAIMED


Pinch Hit #5: CLAIMED


Pinch Hit #6: CLAIMED





Pinch Hit 8: CLAIMED





Pinch Hit #10: CLAIMED


Pinch Hit #11: CLAIMED


Pinch Hit #12: CLAIMED


Pinch Hit #13: CLAIMED


Pinch Hit #14: CLAIMED











Pinch Hit #18: CLAIMED
Sunday, April 7th, 2019 09:08 pm
Matching is done and assignments are out! If there is a problem with your assignment, please let us know at fandom5kmod@gmail.com. We can't fix your problem if we don't know what it is!

We do have a number initial pinch hits. These are not due to anyone defaulting but instead due to the matching algorithm. These should be posted soon, so keep an eye out. Thank you, everyone!
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