#Fandom Exchange

[smut-wars-exchange]

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Smut Wars is back for 2025!

We're a fanwork exchange focused on smut, showcasing art, fic, podfic, and vid rated M or E.

Are you new to AO3 exchanges? We’ve compiled a step-by-step tutorial for newcomers, from nominations all the way to posting to the collection: click here 🔗.

Rules are available here 🔗; rules and FAQ for the previous rounds are outdated once nominations for the 2025 round open.

Please help us spread the word!

Tagging @swfandomevents, @faneventshub, @eventfeed, @femslashfandomevents and @thebigbangblogproject ♡

[mcyt-qpr]

Pencil it in!

The MCYT Aromanticism & QPR Exchange is an 18+ multimedia Ao3-based gift exchange made with the goal of exploring and depicting the wide spectrum of aromanticism and queerplatonic relationships. All MCYT fandoms welcome!

SCHEDULE

May 25-June 7 - Tag Nominations

June 8-22 - Signups Open

June 25 - Assignments Go Out

June 25-July 20 - Creation Period

July 26 - Pinch Hit Deadline

July 27 - Collection Reveal

August 3 - Anonymous Period Ends

LINKS

Discord

Ao3 Collection

Tagset

Nomination Guidelines

RULES

All participants must be 18 years or older.

You agree to do your best to create a gift that follows your assignment’s requests and DNWs, which is either a complete story of at least 1000 words or one finished piece of artwork.

Participants must adhere to guidelines of DL;DR (Don’t Like, Don’t Read).

AI-generated content is not permitted in any way.

NSFW content is optional and not required to request or create. Each signup will be required to request at least one prompt fillable by a SFW work.

[striderepiphany]

HELLO I’m finally done with my piece for the 2024 Loser’s Secret Santa !! My recipient was @curiousbadger who requested werecat Eddie! I hope you like it :))

[zairaalbereo]

✨Happy New Year ✨ to all of you, but most especially my darling friend @isabellehemlock. I’m so glad we got to meet each other in this fandom, and so very happy to share a wonderful, supportive space with you online. May 2025 bring you all the joy, peace and happiness. ❤️

You asked for romantic vibes of any kind — new, established, domestic, fluffy. And my brain came up with this moment of Joe and Nicky’s relationship. A moment when their love is established, but still feels new and wondrous. A moment of new beginnings.

By the time they had decided to go looking for the women showing up in their dreams, it had been decades. In their defense, they had been somewhat preoccupied. They had traveled, first the Levante and then the Byzantine Empire, further west to Tunis and then back along the Northern coastal cities, only avoiding Genoa. For a few beautiful years they settled down in Malta. And yet the true journey — just as winding, and filled with as many challenges and surprising turns — has been the one towards finding each other.  It’s hard to say what came first in their relationship — trust, affection, lust. They started out killing each other, and then became traveling companions before they had outgrown that habit. The last time Yusuf killed him, was after he had kissed him. And yet it would be years after trusting Nicolò to have his back in a battle before he allowed him to strip Yusuf bare, and allowed himself to come undone beneath him. Now that they’ve found the women, there is a new journey waiting, and Nicolò isn’t sure where it will lead yet. The first night they make camp together, he doesn’t sleep. He’s not worried about his own safety — there’s little anyone can do to him that Nicolò would fear — but he’s not going to leave Yusuf defenseless. He’s not going to let anyone come between them or separate them. Yusuf, ever perceptive, smiles at him knowingly before he presses a soft kiss against Nicolò’s lips, right there in front of their new acquaintances, and then settles himself against Nicolò’s chest, allowing Nicolò to wrap his arms around him and hold him close. The warm weight of him is a comfort; the steady heartbeat echoing between them grounding.  He pulls a blanket up around them, and when he lifts his gaze, he sees that he’s being watched from across the campfire. Dark eyes study him for a long moment, then the Eastern woman starts to smile, and she closes her eyes and curls up against her companion.  “I trust you will be keeping watch,” she says, just loud enough for Nicolò to hear the underlying amusement in her voice. “If only for his sake.” Nicolò doesn’t answer, but as the night proceeds, he contemplates the notion of trust, and how he has earned hers so quickly. It will not take long for Quynh and Andromache to take root in his heart, and he will do anything for them for their own sake. But it won’t be for many decades, to Andromache’s endless exasperation and Quynh’s quiet amusement, that he’ll be willing to trust them with the safety of his heart — or rather the man who firmly holds it in his possession.

Find this on AO3

[ocexchange]

Introducing Original Character Exchange 2025!

Do you love rotating your own characters in your head, and really wish someone would make content about them for you? Is someone rambling about their characters to you some of the most fun you can have in DMs? Do you love participating in exchanges that break the Ao3 sign-up form over their knee? Then have we got the perfect event for you! OC Exchange is an Ao3-based gift exchange for the Blorbos In Your Brain!

Ao3 Collection: here Tagset: here Discord: here

Schedule: Tagset Nominations/Discord Opens: December 22nd Nominations Close: January 12th Sign-Ups: January 19th - February 2nd Assignments: February 7th Final Deadline: March 30th Extension/Pinch Hitter Deadline: April 13th Collection Reveal: April 20th Author Reveals: May 4th

More info on its way! Follow us on Tumblr, Dreamwidth, or Bluesky to stay tuned.

[antimony-medusa]

Hello! It is time for me to sing the song of a multi-fandom-exchange to you again! Hurt/Comfort exchange is in signups until March 16th, and we have some MCYT in the tag set! The relationships that have been nominated and can be requested are:

3rd Life:

Dream SMP:

Hermitcraft:

QSMP:

Video Blogging:

Empires SMP:

Lifesteal SMP:

And SMPEarth

So as you can see. We had SEVERAL MCYT people helping build the tag set. (If your guy isn't there I'm sorry, I forgot to post about it during tag noms.)

But if you have seen your favourite cubito in that list, and you like the idea of them hurt and or comforting: Can I interest you in signing up for Hurt Comfort. Works aren't due until June 1st!

And, the freeform tags are VERY overwhelming, but if you want something easier than copy-pasting into a notes app, someone made a really cool spreadsheet: just make a copy to get a version you can click on yourself!

Join me, as I go make tea right now to dive into my signup!

[skk-mixtape]

🖤 We're officially live! 🖤

Welcome all to the first ever Soukoku Mixtape Exchange 2025! I'm so excited to finally be getting everything started for this exchange and I am hoping everyone enjoys the event.

What is a mixtape exchange? A mixtape exchange is a fandom gift exchange - with a twist! Instead of choosing prompts, you choose one song that will serve as inspiration for your gift.

What is the theme of this exchange? This particular exchange will focus on Soukoku, or the relationship between Dazai Osamu and Nakahara Chuuya from Bungou Stray Dogs.

What are the requirements for the exchange? There will be a 1500 word count minimum, and an Archive of our Own account is required for posting.

When do sign-ups open? Sign-ups will open on March 30 at 10am(EDT) and will close on April 12 at 11:59pm(EDT)! You can also sign-up as a beta!

For more information about dates, check out the Event Schedule.

For more information on rules and requirements, check out the General Information.

For questions, please check out the FAQ or send an ask!

@bsdfanhub

[mdzsxchange]

MDZS First Times Exchange:

an art, fic, and podfic exchange focused on all kinds of firsts: kisses, night hunts, discoveries, starting over after everything's changed, and more!

SCHEDULE

Tag Nominations: January 4th - January 17th.

Sign Ups: January 18th* - January 31st.

Creation Period: February 4th - March 18th.

Works Revealed: March 26th

Creators Revealed: April 2nd

*please note schedule correction

Tag Nominations are OPEN!

FAQ | Discord (18+ only)

[summerpodficswap]

Summer Podfic Swap - Back for Year 5!

We're back for our fifth year! Looking for some low commitment podfic fun this summer? Sign up for Summer Podfic Swap, a multi-fandom, no-minimum podfic exchange! Runs June through August 2025.

Create a podfic of any length and receive a podfic in return! Signup via the ao3 exchange by June 15th. Assignments go out near the end of June. Gifts are due by August 17th. Reveals will take place near the end of August. If you’re interested, but not sure about signing up, you are always welcome to make treats for the exchange! The deadline for submitting treats is August 31st.

Schedule Signups Open: June 1st 12:01 am EDT, right after midnight Signups Close: June 15th 11:59 pm EDT, right before midnight Assignments: End of June — Gift Deadline: August 17th 11:59 pm EDT, right before midnight Gift Reveals: Late August — Treat Deadline: August 31st 11:59 pm EDT, right before midnight

How to sign up Please sign up through our AO3 exchange here. [The form will open June 1st!] Instructions are included at the top of the form. You will fill out both Request and Offer sections. When signing up, please list a minimum of three fandoms, maximum of twenty; fandoms listed for giving and receiving can be different. If you would like to list more fandoms, you can do so in your Dear Podficcer Letter, but this will not be factored into matching. Dear Podficcer Letters are required. Your completed signup form will be visible to others to facilitate treats.

How will matching be done? Matching will be done through the ao3 algorithm, with the mods spot checking the results. Matches will be made on matching request/offer fandoms, and potentially shared additional tags. If you have any concerns about matching that you don’t feel comfortable sharing publicly, please email the mods before the close of signups. After matches are made, assignments will be emailed out by the end of June.

For more FAQ please visit the Summer Podfic Swap ao3 collection page. If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at summerpodficswap at gmail dot com, comment below, or tweet us at @summerpodficswap on tumblr. We hope you'll join us for some summer fun!

Signups open on ao3 June 1st!

[dcrarecharacterexchange]

The DC Rare Character Exchange is here!

The DC Rare Character Exchange is a gift exchange dedicated to fanfic and fanart focused on underappreciated or underrepresented DC characters.

For the purposes of this exchange, a rare character is any DC character that has fewer than 800 works on Ao3 when applying the “complete works only” and “language: english” filters on their character tag.

Tag nominations open on the 1st of February.

Rules and FAQ | Ask the mods | Collection | Tag set

[holly-poly]

Holly Poly is, as the name implies, an exchange for polyamorous relationships. OT3s, OT4s, OT6s, orgies, open relationships, sedoretus, whatever strikes your fancy, as long as it involves three or more entities.

Participants are able to offer and request fanart, fanfiction, fanvids, podfic, fanmixes, gifsets, or aesthetics/moodboards.

Schedule

All times are 11:00am UTC, save for golive which will depend on when final pinch hits are posted.

08 12 October - 21 October: Pre-nominations. (Period to transfer nominations from last year’s tagset into this tagset) — NEW22 October - 02 November: Nominations 02 November - 12 November: Nominations clean up 05 November 12 November - 19 November: Signups 24 November: Assignments out by this date 12 January: Default deadline 19 January: Fanworks are due 26 January: The archive goes live (as soon as everyone has a gift) 02 February: Creators revealed

NEW SCHEDULE

All times are 11:00am UTC, save for golive which will depend on when final pinch hits are posted.

23 November - 02 December: Signups 04 December: Assignments out by this date 22 January: Default deadline (Countdown here) 26 January: Fanworks are due (Countdown here) 02 February: The archive goes live (as soon as everyone has a gift) 09 February: Creators revealed

You can read the updated rules over here.

We understand that life gets in the way sometimes. If you realize you will not be able to finish your assignment, please default as soon as possible. This year, 48 hours is the maximum extension that will be granted. You're free to still finish your assignment if you need more than 48 hours; however, if you ask for a longer extension or you don't post your fanwork by the extension deadline, then the request will be sent out as a pinch hit. There will be no exceptions to this rule. The FAQs for this year's exchange have been posted. Please let us know if anything is unclear. And, as always, leave a comment below if you have any questions. We're still looking for Holly Poly helpers. If you'd like to help behind the scenes, please check this post. Collection: https://ao3.org/collections/holly_poly_2024 Tag Set: https://archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/21262 Tumblr: https://holly-poly.tumblr.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/holly_poly_ex Google Groups - Holly Poly Updates: https://groups.google.com/g/holly-poly-updates Google Groups - Holly Poly Pinchhits: https://groups.google.com/g/holly-poly-pinchhits

[smut-wars-exchange]

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Sign Ups for Smut Wars are open!

They will remain open until June 15. Nominations remain open until June 8.

Link to Sign Up Form 🔗

Are you new to AO3 exchanges? We’ve compiled a step-by-step tutorial for newcomers, from nominations all the way to posting to the collection: click here 🔗.

Please help us spread the word!

Tagging @swfandomevents, @faneventshub, @eventfeed, @femslashfandomevents and @thebigbangblogproject ♡

[mcyt-qpr]

Sign-Ups are now open for the MCYT Aromantic/QPR Exchange!

Nominations have now closed, and we have moved into the sign-up phase of the exchange! Sign-ups will remain open until 3PM EST on June 22nd.

All participants must be 18 years or older.

You agree to do your best to create a gift that follows your assignment’s requests and DNWs, which is either a complete story of at least 1000 words or one finished piece of artwork.

Participants must adhere to guidelines of DL;DR (Don’t Like, Don’t Read).

AI-generated content is not permitted in any way.

NSFW content is optional and not required to request or create. Each signup will be required to request at least one prompt fillable by a SFW work.

For the greatest comfort of all participants and moderators, gifts may not contain non-con/rape or incest. All characters depicted in NSFW fills must be adults, and RPF nominees must be famous in their own right.

While the lines between what exactly is contained in a romantic/sexual relationship versus a platonic one are of course intentionally and celebratedly blurry in aromantic and queerplatonic relationships, for the purposes of this exchange's matching, we count QPRs to fall under a relationship denoted with a slash (/) (i.e. LDShadowLady/SolidarityGaming (Life Series)). A relationship with an ampersand (&) (i.e. LDShadowLady & SolidarityGaming (Life Series)) would be considered a non-romantic, non-sexual, non-queerplatonic relationship, such as friendship or family. Please craft your sign-up with this in mind!

Collection | Tagset | Discord

[sonadowexch]

💙🖤 hiya sonadow fans — it's exchange time! ☀️🌊

✨ sign ups OPEN from apr 11-20, 2025 ✨

→ ao3 sign-up form → rules → key art by: @cawffeejelly

[mcyt-winter-of-mf]

MCYT M/F & Other Exchange: an Introduction!

Current stage: POSTING!

Hello, everyone! Winter of M/F & Other Exchange is a 15+, multi-mcyt exchange focusing on... well, M/F & Other ships!

You ever want to write about those sweet bi4bi romances? You love poly ships? You love an immortal fish goddess and her normal-he-promises husband? You believe with all your heart SOS Katherine/fWhip have perfect t4t charm? You have a ship that's so dear to your heart and no event to fill up your cold winter months (or warm summer months, for my southern hemisphere peeps)?

Well, welcome to MCYT M/F & Other Exchange! Anything you'd file under M/F or as Other over on ao3, you can nominate! You love cletho? Orionsound and Soupforeloise? Philza and Lady Death? Come on in!

Event Timeline:

Interest Check: December 18 - December 25

Tag nominations open: December 25

Tag nominations close: January 8

Sign Ups Open: January 1st

Sign ups close: January 15

Assignments out: January 20th

First Check-In: February 14th-17th

Second Check-In: February 28th-March 3rd

Posting week: March 6th - March 13th

Final pinch hit deadline: March 20th

Gift Requirement Minimums:

Art (1 drawing, finished to the artist's completion standards) 

Writing (1k words, must standalone as a work) 

Playlist (1.5 hrs, accessible without an account) 

Moodboard (2 boards with 18 elements total, credited)

Web Weaving (1 board with 10 elements, credited)

Podfic (1 podfic of 1k word length, edited to the podficcer´s completion standards)

You can create more if you wish, these are only the minimums. You must reach the minimum for your assigned gift.

Rules:

You must be 15 or over to participate.

You must join the Discord server for communication purposes.

You must provide your Tumblr username, at least three different ships (same or different fandoms), a list of likes and a reasonable Do Not Want list (DNW) in order to participate.

If you do not have a DNW, you must write DNW: No Restrictions in the sign up box for every fandom you participate in.

You must offer at least three different ships to create for in order to participate.

Your gift must center at least one of your recipient's requested relationships. 

Your gift must respect your recipient’s use of / or & in their requested relationship. Ship work must be delivered for a / relationship, and platonic work must be delivered for a & relationship. 

Your gift must respect your recipient's DNW.

Your gift must meet the gift requirement minimum for its respective medium detailed above.

Your gift must be posted to Tumblr, and you must tag your recipient's blog and the event blog when posting.

Your gift must not feature AI-created content.

FAQ:

Which ships are eligible?

Any ship that would fall under the M/F category, such as Life Series Joel/Lizzie, are eligible for nominations. Any ship that would fall under the Other category, such as Dream SMP's Foolish/Eret or Life Series Lizzie/Cleo are also eligible.

Polyamory ships are allowed. Platonic ships are allowed. QPRs are allowed. Crossover ships and genderbends are allowed.

F/F ships such as Life series Lizzie/Pearl or M/M ships such as Empires SMP Scott/fWhip are not eligible for this exchange unless in genderbend form.

How many ships can I sign up for?

The minimum request is three relationships in any given fandom. You may request up to 10 different fandoms with 20 relationships each (so, 200 requests). Likewise, the maximum offers you can make are 10 fandoms with 20 relationships each (so, 200 offers).

How do I sign up or nominate a tag?

Tag nominations and sign ups will happen on Ao3. Guides for both tag nominations and sign ups are incoming!

How do I nominate a genderbend?

To nominate a genderbend of a ship you want, you must specify the iteration of the ship you want with a marker. For example, if I wanted to nominate genderbend Scott/Jimmy from Empires Season 1, I'd use:

f!Smajor1995/Solidarity (Empires S1)

Smajor1995/nb!Solidarity (Empires S1)

And other such variations.

Do I need an Ao3 account to participate?

Matching will be done through Ao3, so you must have an account to sign up! Posting will be done on Tumblr.

Do I need to create for every ship/fandom in my recipient's list?

No, you only need to create for one relationship of one fandom from your recipient's list.

Do I need to include every one of my recipient's likes?

No. Your recipient is likely to offer a list of possibilities varying from the simple to the specific (for example: "Fluff" and "Regency aus" and "Themes of alienation and the forbidden and characters navigating that"). Think of likes lists as an array of coloring pencils, and pick out what would best suit your piece!

Is platonic content allowed?

Yes, platonic content is allowed. Relationships must follow the same eligibility guidelines listed above, but marked with & instead of /.

Is RPF allowed?

Yes, RPF is allowed, and will be requested/offered for under the "Video Blogging RPF" tag. The MCYT creators must be over 18 and famous in their own right. Mods reserve the right to reject tags they feel to be in bad taste.

Is NSFW allowed?

NSFW is allowed. NSFW must be opted into. If your recipient does not opt into E-rated works, you cannot deliever an E-rated fic. If you are a minor, you cannot write nor receive an E-rated fic.

Delivering unrequested NSFW or requesting NSFW as a minor will result in a ban from future iterations of this event.

Is dark content allowed?

Yes. Dark content is allowed as long as it does not violate your recipient's DNW.

Are major archive warnings allowed?

Yes. Every major archive warning except Underage Sex is allowed. However, major archive warnings must be opted into by your recipient, and must be tagged appropriately at the moment of posting.

Delivering unrequested major archive warnings will result in a ban from future iterations of this event.

Are adult/minor relationships allowed?

For ease of moderation, adult/minor ships will not be allowed. A list of characters considered to be minors (under 18, these characters can only be shipped romantically with other minors) and extremely underage (15 and under, these characters can only be part of & ships) will be provided on Discord.

Ageing up underage characters to turn an adult/minor ship into adult/adult will not be allowed.

What is a DNW?

A Do Not Want list (DNW) is a list of items provided by a user of the things they do not want to see in their gifts. This list must be followed by their gifter, and failure to follow it may result in a ban from the event.

DNWs can be as specific as you want. However, DNWs must be phrased politely (YES: "No alcohol". NO: "No alcohol of any kind ugh that's disgusting"), must be precise (NO: "No dark content", YES: "No onscreen graphic violence") and must be practical/feasible (do not box in your gifter to a specific idea, so YES: "No space aus or aus that require characters to be aged down, such as Hunger Games", NO: "No au that doesn't feature the characters as harried holiday workers in a bakery on the year 2017").

DNW Exceptions (Ex: "No royalty aus (unless for Empires characters)") are allowed, and your DNW does not need to be the same across all fandom requests (for example: under Empires SMP you can list "DNW: Onscreen torture" but leave it out of your Lifesteal SMP requests).

Your DNW must be written in full in the Ao3 sign up box. Any elements of a DNW added to a separate source (Dear Gifter letters, personal websites) will not be enforced.

Can I write/draw/create more than the minimum?

Yes, you can create as much as you want for your recipient, provided it is all finished and posted in full by March 13th.

I have someone I do not want to match with. What do I do?

If you, for any reason, do not want to match with a specific user(s), you may send a Do Not Match request to the mods. The mods will then, on our end, make sure you are not match either to make or receive a gift from said user.

Do Not Match requests can be made for any reason, and you don't need to tell us what it is!

[XYZ] happened and I need more time. What do I do?

If you need more time to finish your gift, you may contact a mod, and we can work out an extension of up to four days. Extensions will go no longer than March 17th, in case a pinch hitter needs to step in.

[XYZ] happened and I need to drop out. What do I do?

If you need to drop out, you must contact a mod as soon as possible, and your gift will go to pinch hits. Failure to communicate with a mod about an undelivered gift will result in a ban from future iterations of this event.

Dear mod, why does your url ONLY say M/F and not Other?

Well, mcytwinterofmfandotherexchange was a Bit too clunky for tumblr :pensive: Believe me. I tried.

I have more questions?

Please send an ask in!