ATLA Winter Solstice Exchange 2022

An AO3 gift exchange for fanfic, fanart, fanvids, and podfics. Check out our AO3 profile.│Tags Page [Icon ID: A photo of the sun setting over the ocean, in pink, purple, and yellow tones. Credit to David Peterson on Pexels. Banner ID: A photo of wispy clouds at sunset, in similar colors to the icon. Credit to Ithalu Dominguez on Pexels.]

[atlawintersolstice]

[ID: a digital painting of northern lights above snowy mountains. Below there is a white glowing text saying "ATLA Winter Solstice gift exchange" and symbols of all 4 nations. End Id]

The gifts have been revealed!

You can find them here

Don't forget to comment!

A huge thank you to everyone who participated this year!

[wortvermis]

My @atlawintersolstice gift exchange gift for @redflower42!

Based on this post by @carnivorte

[staticsomething-deactivated2025]

sukitara beach thing for @aromanticmara! done for @atlawintersolstice

[ID: a four panel digital drawing of suki, katara and sokka from ATLA. the first two panels have the same background of a clear blue sky over a body of water near the beach.

panel 1: suki from around the knees up, arms up as if catching or throwing something. she has a smile on her face and is in profile view. she is wearing a dark cropped top and a long skirt made of various different patterned fabrics.

panel 2: katara smiling to herself as she bends down to pick up some seashells. there are more seashells gathered in the fold of her tunic. she is wearing a light blue tunic and a grey leather belt, and her underwrappings are visible.

both katara and suki are lit up with sunlight.

panels 3 and 4 are significantly less detailed.

panel 3: katara with her hands in her hair and a frantic expression. she's blushing. globs of glowing water surround her, as if she had unconsciously lifted them up. sokka is visible in profile, but his expression is hidden. the background is still the beach, but they are under a large red umbrella.

panel 4: suki lying upside-down on a dark red bed, her legs propped up against a green wall. she has a blushing, lovestruck expression. sokka sits next to her, looking bemused.

at the centre of the last two panels is a text bubble that reads "sokka. do I like girls." the text comes from both katara and suki. end ID]

[ID: the same image as before, except the text bubble has been removed. end ID]

[babblingblueberry]

— This is my entry for the ATLA winter solstice exchange ! @atlawintersolstice I drew for wortvermis@AO3 and they had Katara/Yue among their requests, which I had never considered before but definitely see the appeal ! I was going for an art nouveau kind of vibe ! I hope you like it ! <3

[sockfus]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

written for hmweasley on ao3 for the @atlawintersolstice!

everything about ty lee is bright. her hair, her eyes, her clothes, and even her smile. sometimes it feels like mai covers herself in black just for the contract, just for ty ee- a yin and yang, the two of them. ty lee was her little spot of purity, the lotus blossom sticking out from all of her mud.

[2190 words, mailee]

[that-was-anticlimactic]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

i see you shine and the dark disappears

written for @sockfus for the @atlawintersolstice! <3

Sokka’s favorite part of the day was going to bed.

And sure, he loved snuggling up in blankets and gazing out the window, basking in Yue and all her light. He loved dreaming about fun things like math and his family and friends. He loved the silence that came with the night, so still and different from the bustling palace in the day.

But that’s not why he loved going to bed.

There were lots of things to love about the night, but his favorite by far was seeing Zuko.

[or: sokka, zuko, and sleep

🌻4,650 words | zukka🌻

[zukkaoru]

i'll always be at home with you

“What happened?”

Zuko shrugs helplessly. Even if he could speak, the only explanation he has is pathetic. What is there to say? The light was too bright and looked a little too much like the fire in my father’s hand before he burned my face? It sounds ridiculous even to Zuko.

(And he knows, he knows, there’s more to it than that. But if he reduces his issues to trivial little troubles, he can assure himself they won’t plague him forever.)

while visiting iroh and azula in ba sing se, zuko experiences sensory overload. azula and sokka are there to help him through.

🔥post-canon ; engaged zukka 🔥written for @blu3berrydraws for the @atlawintersolstice exchange

🔥read on ao3🔥

[atlawintersolstice]

With gifts about to be revealed tomorrow I just wanted to take a moment to say how much I've enjoyed participating in this exchange! You guys ran an awesome event, and the wait between submissions and reveals has made me so excited! I feel like a giddy little kid for tomorrow!

Thank you so much ❤️ this means a lot

[atlawintersolstice]

For submitting our gifts to the exchange, should we/can we also gift the work to the recipient? Or does that mess up the masking/unmasking/collection somehow?

If you follow our tutorial on how to post it will hook them up automatically and there is no need to add them manually

[atlawintersolstice]

heyy I didn't write anything for the exchange (Im a fanartist) so I am not sure how to upload non-written content to ao3 to fulfill the assignment?

You can find a tutorial here:

https://at.tumblr.com/atlawintersolstice/702735351638278144/d1wv8iclurke

If you still struggle after reading you can contact @fixationsbigandsmall and I can share the exact html I use

[atlawintersolstice]

I don't have access to my laptop to upload my gift until about two days after the due date, is that alright?

Please reach out to @fixationsbigandsmall directly so we can mark you as one getting an extension

[atlawintersolstice]

What is the difference between assignments are due and gifts revealed? Is there a space between that?

Assignments due= by when do you have to upload your assignment

Gifts reveal= when gifts will start being visible for everyone

There is time between the two so the mods can go through each and every submission and make sure the rules have been followed

[atlawintersolstice]

sorry if this has already been answered, but if I'm done my work should I post it now and will it still be unrevealed because it's under the collection? or should I just keep it as a draft and post it on the 21st?

You can post it now, the collection is unrevealed so it won't be visible until the right time

[atlawintersolstice]

What does deadline to default mean? Do we need to post them then, or can we continue with our assignment until they are due

Yes, you can work on it until the assignments are due

This question was recently answered in detail here

I know there have been a lot of posts and it kinda got burried

Hope this helps, if you have further questions please ask

[atlawintersolstice]

Hi! When I try to post my assignment, I get a message that the collection isn't open and doesn't allow submissions. (I'm using the same process that's in the post that you reblogged recently.)

So sorry about that, it should be all good now

[beggars-opera]

Does anyone have a link to a back-to-basics article about good fanfic practices, like standards of content and chapter length and such (speaking as an old fart who only wrote a couple of shitty one-shots back when lemons were a thing)

[fraddit]

Sorry in advance if this is too many links, lol.  These are pretty much all about posting to Ao3…

Tagging:

HOW I TAG ON AO3 - A BEGINNER’S GUIDE

AO3 tags 101

What’s the #1 thing you wish everyone knew about tagging?

a reference guide all about tags and warnings on AO3

How to: Tag and Summarise your Fic

Formatting:

ao3 posting script google doc

formatting fic for text-to-speech compatibility and accessibility 

A helpful How to guide for embedding images on AO3

General and misc:

The ao3 faq for posting to the site

Fanfiction resources

things I wish I’d known when I started writing fic on ao3

tips for posting fic on tumblr

psa: don’t mention commissions/patreon on AO3

[beggars-opera]

Omg thank you so much!

[atlawintersolstice]

Fulfilling your assignment

We were asked for a tutorial on how to submit your gift, so here it is.

After clicking the link to our collection (https://archiveofourown.org/collections/atla_wintersolstice2020/profile ), you should be presented with this screen:

Then you should be able to find “My Assignment” button on the left menu (in a red circle with a number 1 on the screenshot below); click it. You should see something like this:

To submit your gift you should click the “Fulfill” button on the right-hand side of the assignment (in a red circle with a number 2 beside it). It should show a regular AO3 work form. If everything worked (and it likely did) you should be able to find “ATLA Winter Solstice 2020” (with the name of your giftee in parentheses beside it) in the Associations section. It should look like this:

Good luck!

[atlawintersolstice]

This is from last year, but it’s the same process!