Welcome to the Wild Summer Exchange! All types of digital works are accepted for this exchange (fic, art, gifsets, fanvids, edits, webweaves, stats deep-dive, and so on!).
Dates:
Sign ups open: June 2, 2026
Sign ups close: June 18, 2026
Receive matches: June 24, 2026 (or before)
Check-in: August 22, 2026
Works revealed: August 29, 2026
This is a Minnesota Wild exchange. All works must be focused primarily on the Minnesota Wild.
Sign up form | Discord | AO3 Collection
FAQ below the cut!
FAQ
How do I sign up?
Fill out the Google Form. by 12am CDT on June 18, 2026.
How does this work?
Sign up by the above date! You will then be assigned someone to create a gift for, based on your preferences. You will receive an email with the information shared by the person you are creating for. You have about nine weeks to create a gift. Please let me know by August 22, 2026 if you are unable to complete your gift.
On August 29, please share your gifts with your exchange partner whether on tumblr, discord, or somewhere else! The AO3 collection will also be revealed.
How will the mods contact me about who I'm matched with?
You will be contacted via email.
How can I contact the mods?
You can contact me via email ([email protected]) or via the tumblr page wildwinterexchange.
Does my work have to be about Minnesota Wild players?
Yes. This a Minnesota Wild exchange. All works must be focused primarily on the Minnesota Wild. If you are creating a fandom work, both players included should be current/former Wild players (or in the Wild ecosystem, such as broadcasters, coach, GM, etc.), and one player should currently be on the team.
How is this exchange different than the winter exchange?
The summer exchange is ONLY digital; there is no physical element included. This should make matching a little bit easier.
How do I submit my work to the AO3 collection?
When you are ready to publish your work, look under the Associations section of the New Work form for *Post to a Collection/Challenge* and enter *WildSummerExchange26*. Alternatively, initiate your new work from the *Post to Collection* button at the top of this page.
What is a pinch hitter?
It is possible that some people may not be able to complete their gifts. Pinch hitters are people that the mods can call upon to complete these assignments. Saying you are interested in being a pinch hitter on your sign up does not mean you will have to do anything extra, but does mean that we may reach out to you in January if you are needed!
Are there maximum/minimum requirements?
No. Just use your best judgement - and your imagination!
How will we be matched?
You will be matched by the preferences you submitted, both in terms of type of gift and player preferences.
How do I know what my match likes?
You will receive the information that they submitted on their form. You don't have to create any exact item, but please take their preferences into consideration.
Can I post my work anonymously?
If you really want to? Just make sure you gift it to your match.
What if I can't finish in time?
Reach out and contact me and we will figure it out together.
Would you be willing to recommend some fic authors who write the wild? I’m finding recs are much better than the tag these days!
happily lol i've been meaning to make a proper wild reclist forever...here are some of my fav authors. a lot of them have tons of great fics but i've just pulled out one each here
WolfSpider | @losersroom
rec: light the lamp to watch it burn (7.9k, jonas brodin/brock faber). everything by fletcher is golden but this is probably my current fav (they change). winners room where fabes is a rookie for the kings but is still a wild fan and picks brods for the room. it has everythinggggg. the way fletcher writes internalized homophobia....the biggest chefs kiss EVER!!!
the_Orange_one | @beforewecame
rec: breathe if you haven't (1.5k, jonas brodin/joel eriksson ek). best jeekbrods fic everrrrr. slice of life after last years playoffs. the GOAT at packing a lot into a short work
armyofbees | @kevingorg
rec: the ends and the means (50k, kirill kaprizov/ilya sorokin). this is in the spirit of the fic hockey at the end of the world so it is complicated and dystopian and is, in my opinion, the best kirill fic out there. i absolutely love brods in it as well
rookiesyndrome | @wagtivities
rec: At the lake, down by your legs (1.9k, matt boldy/jake middleton). r63 bolds/middsy hot rookie sex. and it takes a lot for me to be convinced on r63 m/f but this WORKS
bestliars | @loveisworry
rec: looking for a good story (19k, mikko koivu/michael russo). look we all need more beat reporter rpf in our lives and this is the GOLDEN STANDARD.
bestliars has written a lotttt of really good wild rpf that's from a different era of the wild but pleaseeeee give her work a go!! there's so much here!! like, i don't really know much about marco scandella but did i really enjoy the fic judgement faces? Yes! do you need jonas brodin to turn into a deer? yes! and so on!
you can also check out: saintlambs (who also does phenomenal art over at @kkaprizov97), artform_virtue ( @artform-virtue), mariesk ( @splatgoaldy), chromatic_crow ( @chromatic-crow)
oh. and me.
other people may have other taste and recs as well, but hopefully that's a half-decent starting point
PAIN CAN BE A VERY POSITIVE THING | matt boldy/kirill kaprizov | 2.7k | for @beforewecame and the @wildwinterexchange
The puck sparked up over the chipped crossbar, clipping the white-pink wide of a cheekbone in flight. The hollow “ping” echoed into the rafters and Kirill pressed his green glove, pale wrist exposed, to his eye. The green came away bloody and it stung, pressed desperate and shut.
In late August Matt had received a carefully crafted letter, delivered via many of the same men he would meet with in Billy's office weeks later, suggesting what was, as they had so delicately put it at the time, the nuclear option:
Kirill can't leave the team if he's married to a teammate.
mb12/kk97, 3k, marriage of convenience/friends to lovers vibes feat. drunk sex & a severe lack of communication, rated M. for @brocksfaber as part of the '25-26 @wildwinterexchange 💘
my winning strategy so far for the wild winter exchange fic i want to be writing:
>receive assignment
>come up with several ideas but do nothing to flesh them out
>continue to do nothing for two weeks
>complain to a friend
>write 4k for the wrong fandom in bed at 1 AM out of nowhere
>???
>profit?
a man being shoved into plexiglass by another player and then smash cutting to him getting fucked by the same guy. this show is fulfilling fantasies for me that i didn’t even know existed
Assigning kinks while rpf-ing is so fucking funny to me. Like yeah we all know this guy probably thinks just having the lights on and making eye contact is kinky but let's say he has a breeding/impact play kink. Why not he can't argue
hrpf hell (working title) @beforewecame - Tumblr Blog | Tumgag
