IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR...YOU KNOW THE ONE...THE GIVING TIME

thanks to kitkatbyte for the awesome event banner!!!







Welcome to the 2020 GIFT EXCHANGE!!!!!

~ The sign up post will be posted shortly.

~ Sign ups will remain open until November 1st, 2020 11:59pm Eastern

~ Assignments will be sent out by end of November 5th, 2020. I will make assignments and pair you up with your gift recipient.

~ All gifts must be submitted to me at qafgiftxchnge @ gmail.com with the subject line: 2020 GIFT, screen name, gift for: [name] - on or before 11:59pm Eastern December 29th, 2020. (this will give everyone a little extra time around the holidays)

~ Gifts will be posted December 30, 2020 to January 7, 2021
**If entries are received early, I'll start posting on the 27th of December -- or maybe even before Xmas!

~Fic gifts do not need to be epic multi chaptered sagas. 10,000 words MAXIMUM. Drabbles are welcome.

I hope many of you will participate. Last year there were 19 gifts given, so come out, come out wherever you are, old fans and new! In the last few years, we've had double sign-ups from the start, as in people are sent 2 gifts to create if they've previously agreed. If you've struggled with this in the past, please don't choose that as an option.

This exchange will be held on Livejournal, and promoted by me on Tumblr and Dreamwidth.

Most works are backed up on Dreamwidth.

Reminder that some fic has been posted to AO3 by the authors after the xchnge - check it out at qaf_giftxchnge collection

RULES

• Please don't sign up if you may not be able to fulfill your gift. IF an emergency happens and you can't participate, please let me know as soon as possible so I can beg someone to stand in so that no one goes giftless.


• Please, NO Brian/Michael, no MPREG, no RPS. Everything else is fine.


• Gifts cannot be posted in your own LJ, DW, tumblr, AO3, or elsewhere until one week after they are revealed here.


• All submissions have to be new and complete, everything else would be just plain rude. Find more rules about submitting your works here:
  
  

  [Submission Rules]

  
  If you're going to skim over any section of these rules, do not make it this one. Below you will find requirements for your submission according to what type of fanwork you'll be submitting. Please read your section carefully! Some are more detailed than others due to the unique nature of each fanwork.


• All submissions must be stand alone pieces created specifically for this fest. You may not submit a part of a work-in-progress as your submission, nor can you include fic/art/graphics that you've already posted elsewhere.


• And don't forget to put the work behind an lj-cut.

Submitting Your Work

All submissions should emailed to qafgiftxchnge @ gmail.com by the due date (Dec 30th). You can also share fics via google drive if that is more convenient.

In the subject line of your email, please include 2020 GIFT, your screen name, gift for: [name]. This makes it so much easier for us to find and organize your work.

Please remember to copy, paste, and fill this out to include in your email along with your submission:







<b>TO:</b> <user site="livejournal.com" user="username"> <b>FROM:</b> <user site="livejournal.com" user="username"> <b>TITLE:</b> <b>GIFT REQUEST:</b> <b>NOTE:</b>
Adapt this to fit your needs, such as word count/length.
Have a look at previous years' posts so you know how it would look.




Please also ensure straight quotes are used when adding links and usernames!!


When submitting a fic:

• Please be sure that it's been saved as an ".rtf", ".doc", or ".docx" format - or share it with me on google drive. Also, please include all html coding (bold, italic, underline) in your finished fic. If you're not familiar with html or don't know what the code is for a specific one, check it out here. I WILL be sending back fics that are not html coded as there have been some nightmares trying to break up posts for fics with giant character counts.


• There is no maximum or minimum for the gift exchange, but the mods ask that you keep your plot bunnies in control. 100,000 word fics will probably make us cry because we scan each fic for glaring spelling/punctuation errors. If you exceed 8,000-9,000 words (please please don't), the mods will have to break your fic into parts due to LJ character restrictions, and we will need to know where you want those breaks to occur.


• Multi-chaptered fics will still be accepted, but nothing will be posted until the fic in its entirety is received. So please don't get in over your head if you're not going to be able to finish it by the due date.


• Please make sure that you spell all character names and places according to their canon spellings. Just ask if you're uncertain.


• While having your fic beta read is not a requirement, it is always encouraged.


• The mods reserve the right to ask you to correct any spelling, punctuation, or grammar issues before your fic is posted.


• If you are using Word to prepare your manuscript, please make sure to turn off smart quotes! Tools >> AutoCorrect >> AutoFormat As You Type >> Uncheck "straight quotes with smart quotes"


• Please ensure automatic spaces before and after paragraphs are not a part of the document. These spaces should be put in by you manually. This helps when the doc is pasted into the LJ/DW html editor.


• If you have a banner header for the fic, please upload to your own graphic hosting location (ie LJ scrapbook) and only provide the link.

When submitting a fanart/graphics:

• Please include your art/graphic as an attachment in the email. OR the links to where you're hosting them.

When submitting a fanmix:

• Please include a link to your fanmix in the email.


• Please include any information (artists, titles, featured lyrics) that you'd like to be included with your download link in the body of the email or in a text document.

When submitting a fanvid:

• Please include a link to your fanmix/vid in the email. Please post it 'secretly' to youtube or another video hosting site you use.


• Please include any information (artists, titles, featured lyrics) that you'd like to be included with your download link in the body of the email or in a text document.

***If these formatting guidelines are not followed, you will be contacted and requested to make required changes.***

Please feel free to pimp away...and beg all fans to come and participate. Questions? Ask away!

If you're a non-writer and non-graphic maker, leave a prompt below and artists/writers may choose to claim your prompt after assignments are sent out! -no guarantees though!