2017 Schedule & FAQ

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Sept 1 – Nominations Open

Sept 8 – Nominations Close

Sept 11 – Sign-Ups Open

Sept 18 – Sign-Ups Close

October 24 – Assignments Due

October 31 – Reveals

November 7 – Author Reveals

 

General Exchange Faq by bridgetmkennitt

Trick or Treat is an exchange in the style of exchanges like Yuletide or Purim Gifts. It is inspired by a real world holiday. You do not need to celebrate Halloween to participate in this exchange. Each person will receive at least one gift. The gift will be a trick or a treat. A trick should be more horror, occult, supernatural, or scary. A treat should be more sweet, sexy, or fluffy. These are a bit vague to give the writer/artist room for how they interpret trick or treat.

What is exchanged?
You can exchange either fic with a minimum of 300 words or a piece of artwork at the nice sketch stage. The sketch cannot be on lined paper. There is no upper limit.

Why is the minimum so low?
This exchange is inspired by Halloween. On Halloween children typically get small pieces of candy from adults. Based on this it is only appropriate that a Halloween based exchange have a lower requirement than other exchanges.

What fandoms are eligible?
There are no rarity requirements for this. Traditional fandoms, RPF, and some fanworks are eligible. You can also request Original Works.

There are three rules for RPF:
1. For contemporary RPF the individuals must be over the age of 18.
2. Non-famous friends and family are not eligible
3. The person in question can be removed from the tagset at the request of the individual

What are nominations?
Nominations is where you nominate the fandoms and characters that you are interested in receiving in this exchange. Each person can nominate six fandoms with six characters from each fandom. This means a total of 36 possible characters.

What is the minimum/maximum for signing up?
You must make 3-10 requests. Each request has one fandom, 1-10 characters, and 1-2 mediums. You must make 4-10 offers. Each offer has one fandom, 2-10 characters, and 1-2 mediums. Any can be selected for characters and medium. Any means any nominated not any character in the fandom. If only one character is nominated for a fandom you want to offer then just select any to make sign ups work.

You also have the option to add optional details or a letter. These can be very useful to give your writer/artist ideas for possible tricks and treats. It can also be invaluable for telling them what you do not want at all. Authors/artist should respect the do not want list, however the requester should not abuse it to try and force the author/artist into a corner.

What if no one offers what I request?
Then you will go to the pinch hit list and someone will claim you.

What mediums are allowed?
Fanfic or fanart can be selected for matching purposes.  Even if you only request one is your sign up form you can give people permission to treat you the other in your letter or sign-up.

I only want a Trick or a Treat not either.  Is that okay?
Yes.

What if I can’t complete my assignment?
Then please default ASAP. The sooner you do the sooner a pinch hitter can take over your assignment and make a gift. If you default then you will not go to the pinch hit list if your writer/artist defaults.

Other questions? Ask them here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Can this post be a sticky post?

[floranna]

Could someobe tell mysebder that i will post the letter on 28th, i am at hospital! 😦

[(Anonymous)]

Is IF allowed for this fest?

[pumpkinkingmod]

Interactive Fiction? Yes

[(Anonymous)]

Would it be a time for a beta post?

(Or does anyone have any good ideas for where to find betas?)

Thank you <3

[(Anonymous)]

There's always the Yuletide beta post? You could ask if people are willing to beta for Trick or Treat as well.

https://yuletide.dreamwidth.org/96210.html

[(Anonymous)]

Treats (I mean non-assignments :D) can be of any length, even under 300 words, right?

[(Anonymous)]

Sorry if I've missed this being stated anywhere - what is your policy on artists having a signature on their work during the anon period?

[pumpkinkingmod]

My policy is that there is no official policy. Signing is up to the artist. I'm aware that art theft is a big deal and I have seen stolen art being sold as prints at conventions many times. Because of this, while I would prefer it remain anonymous, I will not penalize an artist for signing their work.

[(Anonymous)]

Awesome, thank you for the clarification! I keep my signature quite small and unnoticeable anyway, but that's good to know.

Pinch Hit List

[pfeffermuse]

As I'm the sole remaining person on the Pinch Hit List, I figure that none of my fandoms are of any interest to anyone on the sign-up list. No hard feelings, but I'll just bow out of the exchange to save everyone trouble.

Re: Pinch Hit List

[pumpkinkingmod]

I will take that under consideration if it actually gets to the point where I'm worried about your pinch hit.