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misura posting in smallfandomfestmisura posting in smallfandomfestlongficmod posting in fandom5kpf_mod posting in poetry_fictionprisca posting in fandom_empiremerricatb posting in smallfandomfestpf_mod posting in poetry_fictionfic_in_a_box_mod posting in ficinaboxHello friends! Below is the schedule for FIAB 2025, which will run Late July-November instead of August-November.
Schedule changes, in brief:
This extra time will help us utilize our helpers better because we won't have such tight scheduling! It will also allow for the possibility that the swaps puzzle will take longer than in previous years – we don't want to punish swappers with less creation time if it takes us longer than usual to get swaps out, so just building a little extra time into the creation period seemed best.
The rest of this post will cover:
Discord server reminder! Fic In A Box is a complex exchange even for exchange veterans, so we thought that if we were going to invite a bunch of new people to the exchange we should provide a space where they can ask lots of questions throughout the process. This server is open to everyone (we won't kick you out if you've been doing FIAB for years already) but its purpose is to help people participate in the exchange, so it will probably be most useful/enjoyable if you're kinda confused about the exchange. Like FIAB itself, the server is an 18+ Choose Not To Warn space.
July 24th-August 2: Nominations Pre-Gaming (participants can load tags from last year’s tagset into this tagset)
August 3-12: Nominations
August 13-16: Nominations Cleanup
August 17-August 31: Signups
August 20: Swap requests open
September 6: Assignments Out By This Date
September 7: Swap requests close
October 19: Assignments Due
November 9: Last Day To Submit Makeup Assignments
November 15: Work Reveals
November 29: Creator Reveals
All deadlines are at 11:59 PM EDT except for those in November, which will happen at 11:59 PM EST
We'll be adjusting the language for the ruleset to make it clear that if multiple characters are requested they must all be visibly within the artwork.
We will also be adding "Papercraft" (creating an image using layered paper cut into the necessary shapes) as a style to the ruleset. This will be a possible style for any art tag that doesn't specify another style (such as "Drawn") and can be requested specifically by nominating the desired art tags with at "Papercraft - " prefix.
We'll be adding more guidance for the requirements if combining two different requested medium tags into a multimedia work in the Posting Guidelines.
We are changing the rules for stickers to clarify a medium-checking issue we had last year. New rules will set a minimum number of stickers per sheet (five unique stickers per sheet), for an equivalent of 2k per sticker sheet.
These tags will be merged into the tag "Medium Opt-In: Audio - Fanmix/FST (Fan Soundtrack)"
We will be updating the rules for this medium to clarify that you can't auto-generate a cross stitch pattern from pre-existing art.
We will be restructuring all of these tags into the following four tags:
These are being changed to the following:
We are removing this tag because it caused some confusion last year. If you'd like to request drabble series please mention it in your optional details. Drabble series of over 1000 words are opt out (similar to other fic formats such as 5+1 things), and for drabble series of under 1000 words you may opt-in within your optional details while requesting a drabble tag.
These tags will be adjusted to have an equivalent of 2k.
For clarity these will be singularized into:
In addition it will be clarified in the rules that recipes are required to be the original creations of the poster.
It's been brought to our attention that someone received a warning from AO3 for posting an arrangement of sheet music from a canon song. The last thing we want to do is risk anyone getting a copyright related warning from AO3 due to a medium in this exchange, so since all of the above tags involve copyrighted music or audio in some way, we're removing them from the tagset.
Original Character(s) nominations will not be accepted. This is because "Original Character(s)" is meant to mean either Original Character (singular) or Original Characters (plural) but we've seen some evidence that people who want just one or the other are selecting this phrasing simply because it's common in canonicals.
Tentatively, we will try out simply editing these nominations to be singular if they come up on the AO3 interface, but if that's too burdensome we will reject like all other incorrect tags.
Not allowed per this new rule.
Allowed! These tags will get you a work with one OC, plus other listed characters if there are any.
Allowed! These tags are phrased as plural, but per our other nominations rules "Original Characters" counts as an ambiguous group so requests with this phrasing could be filled with 1 OC or 2+ OCs.
Note that you can't limit the number of OCs if you pick a tag like "Big Bird/Original Characters (Sesame Street)" so if you're really only interested in a threesome but not a foursome, you should instead nominate like…
Allowed! These tags need to be filled with as many OCs as are listed in the tag. Per other nominations rules, you can list up to 6 characters in a relationship tag.
If Big Bird and five other characters isn't a big enough orgy/polycule for you, you can A) list the last character as the plural "Original Characters" to leave yourself open to more than 5 OCs, or B) use your optional details to opt into more OCs at your creator's discretion. (We suggest you do this in the AO3 optional details box so it's easy for us to find, rather than buried in a letter.)
cmk418 posting in allbingoteaotter posting in fan_flashworksfan_flashworks is constantly bumping up against it. So we have an ongoing tag management project to try to gain ourselves some elbow room. You might have seen our periodic posts about merging old single-use fandom tags. Unfortunately, we are coming to the end of the easily-merged fandom tags, and so need to find another way to reduce our tag use.How do you use the challenge tags here?
I don't use them.
14 (63.6%)
I use them to find new-to-me fanworks for a specific prompt.
2 (9.1%)
I use them to filter out fanworks that don’t interest me.
0 (0.0%)
I use them to find specific fanworks on the community that are already familiar to me.
1 (4.5%)
I use them (in addition to my maker tag) to find my own fanworks.
5 (22.7%)
I use them some other way. (Please elaborate in the comments.)
3 (13.6%)
So that's what those tags are! I never knew!
1 (4.5%)
teaotter posting in fan_flashworksffw_social post, which will go up in the next couple of days. If you haven't joined the ffw_social comm, it's never too late to come and check it out. (Posts are locked, which means you have to join to see them.)teaotter posting in fan_flashworksbluedreamingbadly_knittedsmallhobbitinfinintum_noctemdarkjediqueenlucy_romansamuraiterm_findlowveronyxk84china_shopdrabblewriterhighlander_iianalogbasiliskteaotterlucy_roman, who earned a name tag!teaotter posting in fan_flashworksanalogbasilisk posting in fan_flashworkshighlander_ii posting in fan_flashworkspf_mod posting in poetry_fictionpf_mod posting in poetry_fictionbadly_knitted in fandomweekly - [#266] Lending A Beak (Torchwood)misura in smallfandomfest - fanfic, The Alienist (tv), John/Laszlo, Laszlo finds out what really happened at Paresis Hallmisura in smallfandomfest - fanfic, King Arthur (2004), Tristan/Galahad, Galahad is determined to gain Tristan’s hawk’s trustlongficmod in fandom5k - 1 week delay & 1 current pinch hitpf_mod in poetry_fiction - July Challenge - Day 11prisca in fandom_empire - Fortune Wheel 02.25: Weekly Reminder 9merricatb in smallfandomfest - Fanfic, Sense8, Rajan/Wolfgang/Kala, Rajan prepares a birthday gift for Wolfgang and Kalain_sufficientdata in starlightchallenge - Prompt 39writtenwordsaloud in fandomcalendar - Hazbin Hotel: VOXTEK Gift Baskets 2025pf_mod in poetry_fiction - July Challenge - Day 10fic_in_a_box_mod in ficinabox - 2025 Schedule & Rule Updatescmk418 in allbingo - Pride Bingo Blackoutteaotter in fan_flashworks - Admin: Poll: Challenge tagsteaotter in fan_flashworks - Challenge 485: Faceteaotter in fan_flashworks - Admin: Challenge closedteaotter in fan_flashworks - Science: City of Streamers: fanfic: by the fancy tie round your wicked throatanalogbasilisk in fan_flashworks - Original Fiction: The Science Behind Shamehighlander_ii in fan_flashworks - Iron Man - Marvel 616 : icons : Do ALL the Science!pf_mod in poetry_fiction - July Challenge - Day 9pf_mod in poetry_fiction - July Challenge - Day 8timeasmymeasure
