FriendshipEx

FriendshipEx is a friendship themed multifandom exchange that will be run on Ao3. Matching will be done on fandom, friendship (relationship), and category (additional tag). You must be 18+ to participate and maintain anonymity until creator reveals.

Schedule:
Nominations: July 14 - July 21
Sign-Ups: July 23 - August 3
Assignments Due: August 25
Work Reveals: September 8
Creator Reveals: September 15
All times will be 8PM PST

Email: friendshipexmod@gmail.com
Ao3 Collection | Tagset

Rules:

Nominations
You will be able to nominate up to 10 fandoms with up to 10 friendships (in the relationship field) per fandom. We are only accepting & relationship nominations for this exchange. Any / nominations will be rejected.

Nominations with "Reader" as a character will not be accepted for this exchange. Nominations with "Any Character", "Any Group A Member", or other similar nominations will not be accepted for this exchange. Mixed nominations (i.e. relationship tags with both & and / in them) will not be accepted for this exchange. Individual characters and group nominations (i.e. "Group: Group A (Fandom)", "Character B & Group A (Fandom)", "Character B & Any Group A Member (Fandom)" etc.) will not be accepted for this exchange.

Original Work, Crossovers, and Creator’s Choice of Fandom nominations are allowed. RPF (Real Person Fiction) is not allowed. Crossovers should be nominated under “Crossover Fandom” and each character should be disambiguated with the fandom name in parentheses.

Original Work nominations should be nominated under the “Original Work” fandom and gender preferences can be baked into the relationship tag (e.g. "Male Knight & Female Knight (OW)"). If you do not specify a gender (e.g. "Knight & Knight (OW)"), your creator can choose any gender(s) to fill the tag.

Creator’s Choice of Fandom nominations should be nominated under “Creator’s Choice of Fandom” and gender preferences can be baked into the relationship tag (e.g. "Creator's Choice of Female Character & Creator's Choice of Female Character (CCoF)"). If you do not specify a gender (e.g. "Creator's Choice of Student & Creator's Choice of Student (CCoF)"), your creator can choose any gender(s) to fill the tag.

Please use the canonical fandom tag when nominating. If your fandom does not have a canonical tag, please use your best judgment in formatting it when nominating. If your fandom falls under an All Media Type (AMT) tag, you can nominate the specific fandom you would like to request/offer. You can also nominate using AMT fandom tags and we will evaluate them on a case-by-case basis. Please only use AMT fandom tags if you are okay receiving any canon that falls under the tag or for crossovers between canons under the AMT tag.

Make sure to use the characters’ full, capitalized names when nominating. All relationship nominations must be disambiguated with the fandom name in parentheses. Please make sure the disambiguation is clear and specific (e.g. If you are nominating under "Marvel Cinematic Universe", “Pepper Potts & Tony Stark (Marvel)” would be unclear because the nomination could belong to other fandoms that don't fall under that tag. “Pepper Potts & Tony Stark (MCU)” would be much clearer). Incorrectly formatted nominations will be rejected.

Nominations Formats:
- Character A & Character B (Fandom)
- Character A & Character B & Character C (Fandom)

Crossover Nomination Formats (under “Crossover Fandom”):
- Character A (Fandom A) & Character B (Fandom B)
- Character A (Fandom A) & Character B (Fandom B) & Character C (Fandom C)


Requests
During the sign-up period, you must request 1-10 fandoms with 1-10 friendships (relationships) per fandom. You must also request 1-8 categories (additional tags). As your creator is only required to create for 1 friendship and 1 category in an individual request, please only request a category if you would like receiving it on its own for any of your requested friendships. If you are only interested in 1 specific category, you should only request that category.

Categories:
- Best Friends
- Childhood Friends
- Developing Friendship
- Established Friendship
- Friends In Secret
- Friends with Benefits
- Friendship
- Old Friends

You will be allowed to request a fandom multiple times but this will not count as unique fandoms. You must request at least 3 unique fandoms with distinct lore for a guaranteed gift. Original Work requests will only count as 1 fandom. Crossovers will only count as 1 unique fandom if the crossover fandoms being requested are not requested on their own. If you are unsure about whether a fandom counts as a unique fandom, feel free to comment on this post or email us.

If you request the category "Friends with Benefits" or opt-into friends with benefits in your sign-up, you are also opting into potentially receiving a fill tagged with a slash (Character/Character) relationship tag and/or a slash (e.g. F/M, M/M, F/F) category per Ao3 tagging guidelines for sexual relationships.

You will be able to add in your likes, prompts, thoughts, etc. in the optional details box in your sign-up. If you do not have any optional details, you can say so in that field. Your creator is encouraged to include your likes/prompts etc. in your gift if possible, but not required to.

All Do Not Wants (DNWs) must be in the optional details box to be enforceable. Any DNWs in a linked letter will not be enforced. All DNWs must be clearly labeled as “DNW(s)” or “Do Not Want(s)”. All DNWs must be reasonable, clear, and judgement-free. You should not explain the reason(s) why you have DNW'd something (e.g. instead of "DNW: Vomiting because it grosses me out, Death (it's one of my triggers), Sickfic (I just don't like it)", you should simply list your DNWs as "DNW: Vomiting, Death, Sickfic").

You cannot contradict your request with a DNW (e.g. DNW'ing Gen). Your DNWs cannot box in your creator (e.g. DNW everything except Holmes fainting). If you are requesting Creator's Choice of Fandom, you can DNW up to 3 fandoms. Any unreasonable/bad-faith DNW will not be enforced. If you don’t have any DNWs, feel free to mention that in your optional details!

You are allowed to add an optional letter to your request, but the letter must be complete and viewable by the time assignments go out. Your creator will not be obligated to wait for your letter to be complete and viewable after they receive their assignment. Make sure the letter is easy to access as well (i.e. you do not have to make an account to view it, the formatting is easy to read on both mobile and desktop view, and the fonts and colors are easy to read/look at).

You may sign up with up to two well behaved accounts, but you cannot be matchable to yourself. If you sign up with multiple accounts, you will have multiple assignments. Please keep that in mind if you decide to sign up with a second account. Any bad-faith sign ups with multiple accounts will result in your sign-up being deleted. You must be in good standing in my exchanges to sign up.


Offers
During the sign-up period, you must also offer 1-10 fandoms with 1-10 friendships (relationships) per fandom. You must also offer 1-8 categories (additional tags) per offer.

Matching will be done on a minimum of 1 fandom, 1 friendship (relationship), and 1 category (additional tag). Please make sure you are matchable by the time sign-ups close. Unmatchables will be emailed and have 24 hours to respond before their sign up is deleted. Please verify the email on your Ao3 account and make sure it is correct and active.


Assignment Requirements
Your assignment fill must be a fanfic in English with a minimum of 500 words. Your fill must include and focus on a requested fandom, friendship, and category. The fill cannot include any DNWs. The fill must also clearly feature friendship as a main theme. If your recipient has requested friends with benefits (either the tag or as an opt-in) and you feature friends with benefits in your fill, you are allowed to tag your work with a slash (Character/Character) relationship tag and/or a slash (e.g. F/M, M/M, F/F) category per Ao3 guidelines for sexual relationships.

Fills focused on traditional romantic relationships, queerplatonic relationships, platonic life partners, secret third thing etc. are outside the scope of this exchange and not allowed. Additionally, fills that are explicitly written as pre-slash are outside the scope of this exchange and not allowed.

Your fill must be newly created and complete fanwork. It must also stand alone and cannot be a part of an existing series of connected fanworks. If you are creating an Original Work fill, you cannot reuse character(s) you have featured in fanworks before. You cannot have multiple recipients for one fanwork.

AI generated fanworks of any kind are not allowed.


Defaulting
If you cannot complete your assignment, please default as soon as possible so that the request can be put out as a pinch hit. There will be no consequences for defaulting, but you will not go out as a pinch hit if you do not complete your assignment.

To default, go to your "Assignments" tab on your Ao3 dashboard and scroll to your assignment for this exchange. Click on "default" and confirm the default. Alternatively, you can go to the Ao3 collection for this exchange, click on the "My Assignments" tab, and click "default" from that page. You should not email the mods with a reason or explanation for defaulting.


Pinch Hits
Pinch Hits will be posted to Dreamwidth and fills must meet all assignment requirements. The exchange will not reveal until all Pinch Hits requesting at least 3 unique fandoms have been claimed and filled.


Treats
You do not have to be signed up to treat. Treats do not need to meet the minimum wordcount requirement but must meet all other assignment requirements.

Treats will be opt-out. If you do not wish to receive a treat, please mention that in your sign up. If you do wish to receive a treat, feel free to indicate that in your sign up and make sure your account settings are set to allow gifts. The Ao3 default for this setting is for gifts to not be allowed, so make sure to double check if the setting is enabled if you wish to receive treats.


Anonymous Period
During the creation period and anonymous period, do not publicly post or talk about the fanwork you are creating. Do not publicly post or talk about any fanworks you have posted to the collection during this period. Make sure you don’t include links to your social media accounts in your fanwork until the anonymous period is over.

Additionally, do not contact your recipient during the creation period. If you have any questions for your recipient (e.g. DNW clarifications), please email the mods with your query and we will forward the question to the recipient. Don't forget to include your Ao3 username and your recipient's Ao3 username in the email!


Gifts
If you receive a gift that does not meet the minimum assignment requirements, please reach out to the mods via email ASAP. Otherwise, please comment on your gift! We will not be checking for comments, but please show your appreciation for your gift.