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ashlingNOTE: THIS HAS BEEN UPDATED AS OF 10/01/19
Welcome to Peaky Blinders Exchange Round Two: Season 5 Edition! It's a gift exchange for Peaky Blinders fandom, which means, in essence: you write one gift for someone else, and you get at least one gift.
This challenge begins on October 4, when tag nominations open.
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The full FAQ and rules can be found on the profile page. If you have any questions, please contact the mods at peakyblindersexchangemod@gmail.com! We're happy to help.
This exchange has four stages: Nominations, Signups, Assignments, Reveals.
During Nominations, people will use AO3 to nominate which relationships they're interested in writing or receiving. Basically, when you nominate a relationship, you add that relationship to a list of relationships that anyone can ask for. It's a way of standardizing things for matching purposes. If we didn't have nominations, then you'd run into a situation where one person asked for "Finn Shelby & Tommy Shelby" and one person asked for "Finn Shelby & Thomas Shelby" and the computer wouldn't know to match them up.
You do not have to nominate in order to sign up. Each participant will be given 20 slots to nominate relationships. & means a platonic relationship. / means a sexual or romantic one. Character & None (e.g. "Polly Gray & None") denotes a character study. CROSSOVER RELATIONSHIPS WILL BE ALLOWED, as long as you disambiguate the crossover character (e.g. "Tommy Shelby/Ned Stark (Game of Thrones)").
When creators will be revealed, you can see who wrote everything..
What is this?
By Order of the Peaky Blinders Fic Exchange is a gift exchange for the Peaky Blinders fandom, focusing on ships and friendship combos. Everyone writes a story of at least 500 words. In return, they will receive a story of at least 500 words.
General schedule:
Tagset nominations open: October 4
Tagset nominations close: October 11 (countdown here)
Signups open: October 12
Signups close: October 20 (countdown here)
Tagset nominations close: October 11 (countdown here)
Signups open: October 12
Signups close: October 20 (countdown here)
Assignments go out: October 21
Posting deadline: November 22 (countdown here)
Story reveals: November 29 (countdown here)
Author reveal: December 6
This exchange has four stages: Nominations, Signups, Assignments, Reveals.
During Nominations, people will use AO3 to nominate which relationships they're interested in writing or receiving. Basically, when you nominate a relationship, you add that relationship to a list of relationships that anyone can ask for. It's a way of standardizing things for matching purposes. If we didn't have nominations, then you'd run into a situation where one person asked for "Finn Shelby & Tommy Shelby" and one person asked for "Finn Shelby & Thomas Shelby" and the computer wouldn't know to match them up.
You do not have to nominate in order to sign up. Each participant will be given 20 slots to nominate relationships. & means a platonic relationship. / means a sexual or romantic one. Character & None (e.g. "Polly Gray & None") denotes a character study. CROSSOVER RELATIONSHIPS WILL BE ALLOWED, as long as you disambiguate the crossover character (e.g. "Tommy Shelby/Ned Stark (Game of Thrones)").
During Signups, people use a form on the AO3 to sign up to request and offer to create Peaky Blinders fic. While all participants are required to request at least three (with a maximum of ten) relationships they wish to receive a gift for, they are only obligated to create one fic.
After signups, participants are matched up based on what they offered and requested, and Assignments are sent out. Participants have about four weeks to create a fic that fits the minimum criteria (but can, of course, exceed it!)
Stories must be posted to the By Order of the Peaky Blinders Fic Exchange challenge on AO3 by the deadline. They will automatically appear as anonymous "Mystery Gifts" for the recipients.
When works are revealed, author names will still be hidden. If creators wish to comment, they can but they will show up as Anonymous Creator until authors are revealed.
When creators will be revealed, you can see who wrote everything..
