teen wolf holidays, round 3: signups open tonight!
Happy Sunday, everyone!
At midnight EST tonight, the signup form will go live on AO3 and will remain open until midnight EST on 9/14. Below are the instructions for signing up for round two of TW Holidays. If you have any questions regarding signups or need a code to create an account on AO3, please contact the mods ASAP!
Here's a link to the post with information about the exchange and this year's schedule! Here's a link to the AO3 form (signups start at MIDNIGHT!) Details on REQUESTS and OFFERS are below!
+You are required to fill out three (3) requests, and you are allowed to fill out a total of five (5). All of these requests MUST be listed under fandom Teen Wolf (TV); the others should be used for Teen Wolf RPF requests if you have any, a fusion/AU fandom (i.e. Harry Potter for Hogwarts-based AUs, etc.), or left blank.
+Your request(s) must include the following information:
FANDOM: must be Teen Wolf (TV), Teen Wolf RPF, and/or a fusion/AU fandom, depending on the nature of your request.
CHARACTERS: you may enter up to ten (10) characters you would like your writer to focus on.
RELATIONSHIPS (a.k.a. pairings): you may enter up to ten (10) relationships you would like the writer assigned to you to choose from.
ADDITIONAL TAGS (e.g. Found Family, Angst, Crack, etc.): you may enter up to ten (10) additional tags in each request that you might like to see in your gift.
CATEGORIES (i.e. m/m, f/f, gen, etc.): you may choose any/all of these; you must choose at least one (1).
RATINGS: you may choose any/all of these; you must choose at least one (1).
DEAR AUTHOR LETTER: in this field, please leave a link to a LiveJournal or tumblr post* where you have written a letter to the person who will be writing for you. In this letter, you should include the following: specific prompts for your writer, a list of things you absolutely would NOT like them to write for you**, and possibly a contact person for your writer to get in touch with should they have questions regarding your likes/dislikes/etc.
DESCRIPTION: you may use this field to specify any plot and/or relationship and/or genre details you would like the writer assigned to you to consider while they write the story. For example, you could use this field to tell them how much you want an AU where Scott and Stiles are jaeger pilots fighting the kaiju, or how awesome it would be if they wrote you a futurefic where Allison and Lydia travel around the world and have adventures together. You can also use this field to specify things you DON'T like to see in stories**.
Recipients, take note! While we are not requiring the writers to follow your requests to the letter, we WILL be looking over all of the submissions for any glaring issues, including blatant disregard of your likes/dislikes, etc. If we find that you have been gifted with something completely contrary to what you requested, we will work with the writer to fix the issue.
*If you're linking to tumblr, PLEASE make sure you link your writer to the actual post you make and not just your general tumblr.
**There is no special field to designate squicks and dislikes on the AO3 gift exchange form, unfortunately. In order to avoid your writer including things you dislike or hate, please consider describing these things in detail either in your Letter to Writer post or in the description section of your requests. AUTHORS: if you are ever in doubt about including a certain trope or characterization or side pairing, please feel free to contact any of the mods for advice on how to proceed!
+You only need to make one (1) offer.
+You will need to fill out most of the information listed above in the Request Instructions (fandom(s), characters, relationships, additional tags, categories, ratings). This information should cover everything you are willing to write for your recipient. You can include anything you are NOT willing to write in the description section, and this will be taken into account during matching.
Can't wait to get this year's exchange off to a great start!