I'm delighted to announce that the archive is now open. Go forth to read and comment!

As always, if there are any problems, please send an email so we can follow up privately. I hope there are many works for you to enjoy in this year's collection.

I'll be back to reveal creators on 28 July. The collection will remain open for treats (of any length) and makeup assignments.

All of our pinch hits are claimed! Thank you very much to everyone helping us get over the finish line.

Pinch hitters, please feel free to leave prompts here. Anyone with a little extra time to write, please consider treating one of these requests!

To accommodate a few of our pinch hitters, I'm announcing one (hopefully final) delay of 24 hours.

Story reveals are currently planned for 23:59 EDT on Saturday, 20 July. As always, I'll announce here if anything changes, but we're very close to reveals now!

Thank you again to our stellar pinch hitters, and good luck in the home stretch!

We're delighted to announce that the archive is now open. Go forth to read and comment!

As always, if there are any problems, please email us so we can follow up privately. We hope there are many works for you to enjoy in this year's collection.

We'll be back to reveal creators on on 23 July. The collection will remain open for treats (of any length) and makeup assignments.

Creators are revealed! Thank you, again, to all our participants. The collection will remain open for late gifts, including those for pinch hitters, and of course you can continue to read and comment at your leisure!

Please remember that if you defaulted or were defaulted by us on a main assignment after the end of the check-in period, your makeup assignment for participation in 2023 is your assignment from this year. After that point, you can choose to complete a full-length treat or pinch hit instead.

Before we close the book on the 2022 round, we have two items to address. One is a clarification to our rules and expectations, and the other is a (hopefully welcome) change to our rules for the 2023 round.

Rules Clarification

This is a plea and a reminder that, aside from our other rules, participants should not:

• post a placeholder work that could not go live as a complete gift in its current state
• disguise an inappropriate gift so it appears to be a complete gift at the deadline
• edit a gift after the deadline so it no longer fulfills the requirements
• drop out of contact with us while we are working with them to resolve an urgent problem
• delete their posted work after the deadline or remove it from the exchange without mod permission.

This isn’t targeted at any one person. All these things have happened independently this year, and all of them have happened in previous years. Often, we all get lucky, and things work out smoothly. (Aside from some elevated levels of mod anxiety behind the scenes.) Accidental problems can come up, too, but please help us avoid the preventable ones.

In turn, our commitment as mods includes the following:

• When reasonable and on a case-by-case basis, we will give extensions to participants who request them before the deadline
• We will not ask pinch hit recipients to add fandoms or tags to their requests (though we are happy to add them if the recipient genuinely wants to and contacts us themselves)
• We will not ask recipients to accept gifts that don’t meet the requirements of the exchange
• The exchange will go live only when everyone who checks in and turns in their assignment on time has a gift

We think these expectations on both sides are reasonable and fair! We also understand if you don’t feel they’ll result in a fun exchange experience for you personally. We’ll repost this next year before signups to make sure we’re all on the same page.

Rule Change for 2023

Next, we plan to change the number of tags that are required or allowed for each participant.

In 2023, signups will require a minimum of 3 requested fandoms and 4 offered fandoms. We will also be increasing the number of fandoms and characters/relationships that each person can nominate.

Thank you all once again, and we look forward to seeing you next year.

Just checking in to let everyone know we are on track to reveal works in just over 12 hours!

We will go live at 11:59 PM EDT, Sunday July 17th. What time is that for me?

If you become aware of any problems, please get in touch with us right away.

In the meantime, why not check out our treats for pinch hitters post? Treats are welcome at any time!

The collection has been revealed!

Go forth to read, enjoy, and comment.

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.

Authors will remain anonymous until 4 July. As always, if you have concerns about your gift, please contact us privately at fandom5kmod@gmail.com.