trickortreatex | 2022 Signups Are Open!

Signups are now open! They will close on September 18 at 23:59 UTC. Countdown until signups close…

Please review the signup instructions in this post, especially the notes on extra gift settings—AO3 has added a new feature to be aware of this year!

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Each request has to have at least one fandom, one character or ship, one trick/treat & fic/art preference. Fandoms must be unique to each request. Matching is OR, which means the person assigned to you will include one fandom you requested, one character or ship from that fandom, using one media and trick/treat combo you requested.

You must make 3-10 requests. Each request has one fandom, 1-20 characters/relationships, and 1-4 medium/preference tags.

You must make 4-10 offers. Each offer has one fandom, 1-20 characters/relationships, and 1-4 medium/preference tags.

For offers, "Any" can be selected for characters/relationships and mediums. "Any" means any nominated character or relationship from that fandom, not any character/ship in the fandom in general. If only one character/ship is nominated for a fandom you want to offer then just select Any to make sign-ups work.

You may give suggestions for trick, treats, general likes and dislikes. For things that you absolutely do not want to get in any way, shape, or form, include a section CLEARLY marked "Do Not Wants". In order for me to enforce your Do Not Wants they must be in the AO3 signup.

There are optional tags to opt in and out of different extra gift preferences. If you have "I am not interested in receiving extra gifts" that supersedes either "You may ignore my Art/Fic preferences for extra gifts" and "You may ignore my Trick/Treat preferences for extra gifts."

You do not need to use these tags if you don't want to. Not using any means that you are fine with extra gifts, but they should match your art/fic and trick/treat preferences.

For more detailed information, please check the info post.

Extra Gift Preferences

If you do not want any extra gifts you may select "I am not interested in receiving extra gifts." This does not mean you can't be double assigned. This does mean that you will not be counted towards any community challenges regarding giving x amount of gifts per person.

For more detailed information, please check the info post.

Additional note on extra gifts:

A few months ago, AO3 implemented a change in how gifting works. You can read more about it here, but the gist is that new accounts no longer default to allowing gifts.

If you would like to receive extra gifts, make sure your gifts preferences are set accordingly. You can find this setting page under the Collections, Challenges and Gifts section of the preferences: https://archiveofourown.org/users/[YOUR USERNAME HERE]/preferences

CHECKING “Allow others to give me gift works outside gift exchanges and prompt memes.” means you can receive extra gifts for Trick or Treat.
UNCHECKING “Allow others to give me gift works outside gift exchanges and prompt memes.” means you cannot receive extra gifts even within the exchange collection.

Old accounts have the setting checked already; newer accounts are opted out by default. If you aren’t sure, please double-check to make sure the setting is as you want it.