Gift Exchange Sign-Ups!

[ryuosen]

Hello,

it's time for the fifth annual Mass Effect community gift exchange! Since sinvraal is being eaten alive by RL, I volunteered to run the challenge this year.

You can see the results of previous exchanges here. Sign-ups will be open until November 30th (midnight, GMT +1), after which I'll assign a Secret Santa to all participants for one big art/fic trade for Christmas!

To sign up, answer the following questions and copy/paste them into a comment on this post!

1. What kind of gift do you plan to give? Writing, artwork or crafts? What characters/themes would you prefer to to do? Try to be general rather than specific. We need enough leeway to get everyone matched up.
2. What characters/pairings/themes would you prefer not to do?
3. Are you willing to receive a physical item, like a mug or a shirt? This would involve sharing your address via PM with your Santa. This is to cover the potential for craft items, but is optional. Decide what you're comfortable with.
4. Are you willing to sub in case of a dropout?
5. Now the fun part! Give three (3) suggestions/prompts for what you'd like to receive. Try to vary the requests- a request involving a lot of characters might be easier to do in fic than a drawing, for instance. You can be specific, or just suggest a character and a theme. Try to imagine what would inspire you as a creator! Note: If your request includes your custom Shepard, please provide a description/reference.

General Rules and dates:

- Fanfic should be at least 800 words. Anything more is at your discretion, but keep the time constraints in mind.

- Digital artwork should be a finished piece of a reasonable size and resolution.

- If you plan of participating with a physical item, like a craft piece, be aware that you will cover the cost of shipping.

Sign-ups will be open until November 30th inclusive, after which you'll receive via PM the requests for your match. I'll post a reminder before closing sign-ups.

You'll have until December 24th to complete your gift.

If you have any questions, feel free to PM me!