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wingficexAn exchange celebrating fanworks (both fic and art!) focused on wings!
SCHEDULE
Nominations: August 1-10
Sign-ups: August 4-11
Assignments Out: by August 12th
Works Due: September 8
Works Revealed: September 15
Creators Revealed: September 22
All times are 6pm EDT unless stated otherwise.
Useful Links
NOMINATIONS
Freeform Nomination Guidelines
Freeforms must relate to wings and wingfic somehow! Freeforms that do not have anything to do with wings/wingfic (e.g., “Hurt/Comfort” or “Huddling for Warmth” or “Hand Kisses”) will be rejected or edited to include wings (e.g., "Huddling for Warmth" may become "Huddling Under Wings for Warmth").
Fandom Nomination Guidelines
Large media franchises (Star Wars, MCU, Arrowverse, etc.) may be nominated in whatever way makes the most sense to you. It's fine if they overlap (e.g., I'll allow both "Star Wars Prequel Trilogy" and "Star Wars - All Media Types"). Try not to break the tagset.
Nominate Original Works under “Original Work”.
"Creator's Choice of Fandom" is allowed.
"Any Fandom I Have Requested Before" is not allowed.
Character Nomination Rules
By nominating/requesting a character, you are asking for works about them with wings.
Nominate single characters only. "Creator's Choice of X" (Female Character, USS Enterprise Bridge Crew, Aes Sedai, etc.) are acceptable. (Nominations styled as “Group: Enterprise Bridge Crew (TOS)” will be rejected in this exchange.)
Characters must include fandom disambiguations. Examples: “Steve Rogers (Marvel 616)”, “Nie Huaisang (The Untamed)”, “Obi-Wan Kenobi (SW:TCW)”, “Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie Movies)”. If you do not use a disambiguation, or the disambiguation does not match the fandom your character is nominated under, it will not be accepted.
Please make sure your disambiguation points to one fandom and one fandom only. e.g., "Wei Wuxian (MDZS)" could mean either MDZS - MXTX or MDZS - Cartoon. "Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)" is not helpful if I don't know whether you mean "SW - AMT", "SW Legends", "SWOT", etc.
Original characters are allowed. Nominate them under the “Original Work” fandom. If you care what gender your original character is, you must specify it in the tag. Example nominations: “Fallen Angel (Original Work)”, “Male Chosen One Who Suddenly Gained Wings (OW)”, “Nonbinary Cyborg Very Excited for New Wing Grafts (OW)”, “Shapeshifter (Original Work)”.
RPF is allowed so long as the individual is over 18 and famous in their own right. Nominations in bad taste (e.g., Nazis) will be rejected at the mod’s discretion. Nominate into specific RPF categories (Women’s Soccer RPF, Word of Honor RPF, Shakespeare RPF, etc.) as best you can.
SIGNUPS
Requests
You may make between 1-10 requests.
Each request is for a specific fandom, and you may pick 1-20 characters and 3-20 freeform tags within each request.
By requesting a character, you are asking for a work where they have wings.
You may repeat fandoms/characters across different requests. It is recommended to choose multiple characters/fandoms across different requests (e.g., not asking for only Tony Stark in MCU, Marvel 616, and Avengers Academy) to make matching more likely and give your creators greater flexibility.
You must request at least three (3) freeform tags in each request. These are not matched upon. These are prompt suggestions and directions for your creator.
Offers
You may offer 1-10 unique fandoms, with 1-20 characters within each fandom.
Again, please do your best not to offer only one character/relationship.
Matching
This exchange will match on the Fandom and Character fields. You will match to someone who has requested at least one Fandom and Character that you have offered.
If you are unmatchable (meaning: your Offers do not match any other participants' Requests) at the end of the sign-up period, you will be sent an email asking you to expand your offers and/or to tell the mod who you are able to create for.
If you do not reply to the email explaining how you would like to make yourself matchable within 24hrs of this email being sent, your sign-up will be deleted.
Optional Details and DNWs:
The optional details box allows you to give your creator extra information about things you like in gifts, as well as letting your creator know what you Do Not Want.
This is where you can suggest relationships you like seeing your requested character(s) in (& or /), mention general likes that aren’t wing-related/don’t fit in the tags, and suggest prompt ideas.
Do Not Wants (DNWs) must be in the optional details box to be enforced.
DNWs will not be enforced if they’re unreasonably restrictive or contradict a requested tag. For example, “DNW alternate universe” for a mundane modern-day fandom where the character(s) having wings is inherently an AU would not be enforced. (But specific AU DNWs, such as "DNW Space AUs", are generally enforceable!) Similarly, “DNW any fic that isn’t about Tony Stark/Steve Rogers” would not be enforced because it’s locking your creator into a single relationship. (You may DNW specific relationships or characters, so long as you did not request them. For instance, “DNW Kylo Ren” in a Star Wars Sequel Trilogy request or “DNW Xue Yang/Song Lan” in a Mo Dao Zu Shi request for Xiao Xingchen would be enforceable.)
DNWs should also be specific. If a DNW is too vague or based on judgement calls (such as "no hard kinks"), creators (and mods) won’t be able to determine if a work includes your DNW. This exchange will assume people are acting in good faith, but misunderstandings and mistakes happen. Please do your best. If a creator is confused about their recipient’s DNWs, they are welcome to email the mod to request clarification from the recipient.
ASSIGNMENTS, TREATS, AND PINCH HITS
Minimum requirements:
- Fic: A complete story of at least 500 words
- Art: A clean sketch on blank paper
In either case, the work must focus on at least one requested Character and portray them with wings. (It is recommended that you use at least one freeform tag as inspiration, but since matching doesn’t take freeforms into account it’s not required.)
Remember to avoid your recipient’s DNWs, and make a good-faith effort to create something they’ll enjoy—look at Freeforms and Optional Details for ideas!
Pinch Hits and Treats
Treat Basics
Treats are wonderful! Please create them and post them, both during the exchange and at any point after; the collection will remain open for treating indefinitely.
Treats are not subject to the exchange minimums, though they must still fit the exchange theme.
Treats are, however, still subject to the recipient’s DNWs. Do your best to gift people things they will enjoy!
You may gift works relate to the exchange's theme to the collection without requiring a recipient. If you would prefer to have a recipient, you are welcome to gift to the mod account (Wingfics) instead (but you are not guaranteed a comment).
Pinch Hits
If a creator defaults, the person they were creating for will be put up for pinch hit (unless that person also defaulted or they were double-assigned to begin with).
Pinch hits will be posted to this DW account. They may be claimed via screened comment or emailing the mod at wingficexchange[at]gmail.com
All participants requesting three or more unique fandoms are guaranteed a gift before the collection opens. Delays will continue until pinch hitters are found.
Requests for fewer than three unique fandoms will not delay the exchange opening. If a participant matching this description is a post-deadline pinch hit, they will be emailed asking if they would like to add more fandoms to their request.
SCHEDULE
Nominations: August 1-10
Sign-ups: August 4-11
Assignments Out: by August 12th
Works Due: September 8
Works Revealed: September 15
Creators Revealed: September 22
All times are 6pm EDT unless stated otherwise.
Useful Links
NOMINATIONS
Freeform Nomination Guidelines
Freeforms must relate to wings and wingfic somehow! Freeforms that do not have anything to do with wings/wingfic (e.g., “Hurt/Comfort” or “Huddling for Warmth” or “Hand Kisses”) will be rejected or edited to include wings (e.g., "Huddling for Warmth" may become "Huddling Under Wings for Warmth").
Fandom Nomination Guidelines
Large media franchises (Star Wars, MCU, Arrowverse, etc.) may be nominated in whatever way makes the most sense to you. It's fine if they overlap (e.g., I'll allow both "Star Wars Prequel Trilogy" and "Star Wars - All Media Types"). Try not to break the tagset.
Nominate Original Works under “Original Work”.
"Creator's Choice of Fandom" is allowed.
"Any Fandom I Have Requested Before" is not allowed.
Character Nomination Rules
By nominating/requesting a character, you are asking for works about them with wings.
Nominate single characters only. "Creator's Choice of X" (Female Character, USS Enterprise Bridge Crew, Aes Sedai, etc.) are acceptable. (Nominations styled as “Group: Enterprise Bridge Crew (TOS)” will be rejected in this exchange.)
Characters must include fandom disambiguations. Examples: “Steve Rogers (Marvel 616)”, “Nie Huaisang (The Untamed)”, “Obi-Wan Kenobi (SW:TCW)”, “Sherlock Holmes (Guy Ritchie Movies)”. If you do not use a disambiguation, or the disambiguation does not match the fandom your character is nominated under, it will not be accepted.
Please make sure your disambiguation points to one fandom and one fandom only. e.g., "Wei Wuxian (MDZS)" could mean either MDZS - MXTX or MDZS - Cartoon. "Luke Skywalker (Star Wars)" is not helpful if I don't know whether you mean "SW - AMT", "SW Legends", "SWOT", etc.
Original characters are allowed. Nominate them under the “Original Work” fandom. If you care what gender your original character is, you must specify it in the tag. Example nominations: “Fallen Angel (Original Work)”, “Male Chosen One Who Suddenly Gained Wings (OW)”, “Nonbinary Cyborg Very Excited for New Wing Grafts (OW)”, “Shapeshifter (Original Work)”.
RPF is allowed so long as the individual is over 18 and famous in their own right. Nominations in bad taste (e.g., Nazis) will be rejected at the mod’s discretion. Nominate into specific RPF categories (Women’s Soccer RPF, Word of Honor RPF, Shakespeare RPF, etc.) as best you can.
SIGNUPS
Requests
You may make between 1-10 requests.
Each request is for a specific fandom, and you may pick 1-20 characters and 3-20 freeform tags within each request.
By requesting a character, you are asking for a work where they have wings.
You may repeat fandoms/characters across different requests. It is recommended to choose multiple characters/fandoms across different requests (e.g., not asking for only Tony Stark in MCU, Marvel 616, and Avengers Academy) to make matching more likely and give your creators greater flexibility.
You must request at least three (3) freeform tags in each request. These are not matched upon. These are prompt suggestions and directions for your creator.
Offers
You may offer 1-10 unique fandoms, with 1-20 characters within each fandom.
Again, please do your best not to offer only one character/relationship.
Matching
This exchange will match on the Fandom and Character fields. You will match to someone who has requested at least one Fandom and Character that you have offered.
If you are unmatchable (meaning: your Offers do not match any other participants' Requests) at the end of the sign-up period, you will be sent an email asking you to expand your offers and/or to tell the mod who you are able to create for.
If you do not reply to the email explaining how you would like to make yourself matchable within 24hrs of this email being sent, your sign-up will be deleted.
Optional Details and DNWs:
The optional details box allows you to give your creator extra information about things you like in gifts, as well as letting your creator know what you Do Not Want.
This is where you can suggest relationships you like seeing your requested character(s) in (& or /), mention general likes that aren’t wing-related/don’t fit in the tags, and suggest prompt ideas.
Do Not Wants (DNWs) must be in the optional details box to be enforced.
DNWs will not be enforced if they’re unreasonably restrictive or contradict a requested tag. For example, “DNW alternate universe” for a mundane modern-day fandom where the character(s) having wings is inherently an AU would not be enforced. (But specific AU DNWs, such as "DNW Space AUs", are generally enforceable!) Similarly, “DNW any fic that isn’t about Tony Stark/Steve Rogers” would not be enforced because it’s locking your creator into a single relationship. (You may DNW specific relationships or characters, so long as you did not request them. For instance, “DNW Kylo Ren” in a Star Wars Sequel Trilogy request or “DNW Xue Yang/Song Lan” in a Mo Dao Zu Shi request for Xiao Xingchen would be enforceable.)
DNWs should also be specific. If a DNW is too vague or based on judgement calls (such as "no hard kinks"), creators (and mods) won’t be able to determine if a work includes your DNW. This exchange will assume people are acting in good faith, but misunderstandings and mistakes happen. Please do your best. If a creator is confused about their recipient’s DNWs, they are welcome to email the mod to request clarification from the recipient.
ASSIGNMENTS, TREATS, AND PINCH HITS
Minimum requirements:
- Fic: A complete story of at least 500 words
- Art: A clean sketch on blank paper
In either case, the work must focus on at least one requested Character and portray them with wings. (It is recommended that you use at least one freeform tag as inspiration, but since matching doesn’t take freeforms into account it’s not required.)
Remember to avoid your recipient’s DNWs, and make a good-faith effort to create something they’ll enjoy—look at Freeforms and Optional Details for ideas!
Pinch Hits and Treats
Treat Basics
Treats are wonderful! Please create them and post them, both during the exchange and at any point after; the collection will remain open for treating indefinitely.
Treats are not subject to the exchange minimums, though they must still fit the exchange theme.
Treats are, however, still subject to the recipient’s DNWs. Do your best to gift people things they will enjoy!
You may gift works relate to the exchange's theme to the collection without requiring a recipient. If you would prefer to have a recipient, you are welcome to gift to the mod account (Wingfics) instead (but you are not guaranteed a comment).
Pinch Hits
If a creator defaults, the person they were creating for will be put up for pinch hit (unless that person also defaulted or they were double-assigned to begin with).
Pinch hits will be posted to this DW account. They may be claimed via screened comment or emailing the mod at wingficexchange[at]gmail.com
All participants requesting three or more unique fandoms are guaranteed a gift before the collection opens. Delays will continue until pinch hitters are found.
Requests for fewer than three unique fandoms will not delay the exchange opening. If a participant matching this description is a post-deadline pinch hit, they will be emailed asking if they would like to add more fandoms to their request.
