Fic In A Box

A 10k fandom exchange for fic—and more!

[fiabex]

Fic In A Box 2025

Schedule

July 24th-August 2: Nominations Pre-Gaming (participants can load tags from last year’s tagset into this tagset)

August 3-12: Nominations

August 13-16: Nominations Cleanup

August 17-August 31: Signups

August 20: Swap requests open

September 6: Assignments Out By This Date

September 7: Swap requests close

October 19: Assignments Due

November 9: Last Day To Submit Makeup Assignments

December 6: Work Reveals [countdown here]

December 20: Creator Reveals [countdown here]

All times 10:00pm Eastern

What is Fic In A Box

A gift exchange is an event where participants create fanworks to gift to each other. Fic In A Box is a fanwork exchange with a large minimum gifting requirement and several unique features. Gifts can include fic, art, audio, video— and much much more.

How It Works/The Nitty-Gritty:

All participants in Fic In A Box are requesting 10,000 words of fanfiction by default, but can opt in to other mediums to give their gifter options. Mediums can include writing structure things like "in-world rpf" for your gift, or include creative formats as far away from fic as different types of art, knitting patterns, logic puzzles, and so on. There were 288 mediums to choose from last year, and we add more every year.

For mediums other than the written word, pretty much any medium will be accepted, as long as it can be digitized for delivery and we can agree on a clear and easily checked equivalent to 1k of written fic. Participants who primarily work in non-writing mediums are very welcome and will get specially matched (as long as they give the mods a heads-up) so they'll have an assignment they can complete. If your art form is fannish cross-stitch? We'd love to have you join us.

Participants have the option to split the 10k words (or equivalent in an opted-into medium) that they owe between several separate works (say, one fic of 3k and a another of 7k) to reach 10k total. The minimum word count per work is 1k by default, but lower wordcount works will count if your recipient has opted into receiving them. (Drabble is a medium that can be opted into!) And initial assignments are 10k for one person, but at the start of the exchange the mods run Swaps which will give you the chance to split that 10k into multiple shorter assignments for multiple recipients!

So when it comes time to turn in gifts, you might turn in 3k worth of art, 4k in fic, and 3k in typesetting a fic (10k total), and then you receive 8k of fic and 2k of map design (10k total). Last year 302 people signed up, and we exchanged 1302 gifts at the end of the creation period, everything from fic to reddit posts to logic puzzles to museum catalogues to CYOA stories to colouring pages!

If you cannot complete the full 10k (or other medium equivalent) but are still able to post one or more smaller, complete works, you can default on just the remaining wordcount. You will then be guaranteed (via finding a back up gifter-- "pinch hitting"-- if necessary) a gift equivalent to the amount you were able to submit (rounded down to the nearest 1k). There are also options to "earn back" guaranteed minimum amount by taking pinch hits or completing your original assignment.

Questions?

For more information about Medium rulesets, signing up, nominations of fandoms, relationships, or medium forms, swaps, or much more (questions about how pinch hits work? we have documentation about that), check out the dreamwidth blog!

If you have questions, feel free to ask them here, check the dreamwidth blog for much more documentation, email the mods, or join our discord server. The discord server has a lot of experienced participants happy to answer questions, and you are also welcome to join just to hang out!

Note: you must be 18 or older to join FIAB.

Links

Email: [email protected]

Ao3 Collection (gifts will be collected here)

Auto App (searchable database of every signup)

Tag Set

Dreamwidth Blog

Discord (includes question channel)

Current Pinch Hits

[ker-the-tardigrade]

FIAB2025

Here are some stuff I did for @fiabex this year:

Bdubs appreciation time - that one episode of the Secret Life where Etho appreciates Bdubs, and Cleo joins in, gone sexual gone right.

Stealing hearts - Martyn plans to rob a local magician, but ends up becoming his employee. I bet you can guess what happens next. (werewolf sex, it's always werewolf sex.) To be honest it's the most typical Ker treebark fic ever, but more cakes and all that.

being good with plants - an oc art for Absentminded Botanist/Tentacle Vine Monster prompt

I had a lot of fun with those gifts, totally need to participate again the next year

[kerrosin]

(Text in alt)

Two pages from a book about Nether plants and mushrooms written by a piglin scholar.

part 1 - here!

[kerrosin]

More pages from the Big Nether Herbal for this year @fiabex part 2 - here!

(text in alt)

[bidoofenergy]

loose bolt of a complete machine

T | 1,902 words

Why had no one told him how handsome Solidarity is? or: the heros tango tek and solidarity meet for the first time for @droidofmay as part of @fiabex

At the risk of sounding like a grumpy old man, Tango needs heroes to stop treating his office like a waiting room before he does something dramatic and irreversible. Sure, it’s helpful to be down the hall from Xisuma and E.X., to have the big guys right there in an emergency, but it also means everyone is always around, always sticking their head into the office “just to say hi” while they wait to talk to the people who are actually important. 

Today, Tango comes back from the breakroom with another cup of coffee to find Watcher and Beans in his office. Two-thirds of the agency’s newest hero team, lounging in their matching suits—one red, one green. Sweaty and sprawled out, they look like they belong in a hero-themed Christmas catalog.

Beans is in one of his guest chairs, back to the door and tilted onto its back legs. Watcher—Grian—is leaning against his workbench, poking at the soldering iron he’d left out on his workstation. 

“If you burn yourself on that,” Tango says, coming to a stop in the doorway. “I’m gonna laugh.” 

read on AO3

[bidoofenergy]

[podfic] the branches of other lives

T | 39min

original work by @aliascelli for pezzax as part of @fiabex

“Sorcery?” Namjoon said. “Magic?”

“Explosions sound cool,” Jungkook said from where he was perched uncomfortably on the couch, and Namjoon crossed his arms at him. “Right, explosions bad, magic not real.”

“What do you mean, not real?” Yoongi asked. He looked at Namjoon’s crossed arms. “And where are your wedding rings?”

“Wedding rings?” Jungkook and Namjoon asked in shocked unison.

“Oh, shit,” Yoongi said.

listen on ao3

[bidoofenergy]

From the Desk of Mumbo K. Jumbo

written for thunderdone as part of @fiabex

A pile of papers scattered across a desk. Would you like to take a closer look?

(a multimedia work about the Boatem office place)

read on AO3

[fiabex]

Everyone's Talking About— Pinch Hits?

FIAB has over three hundred creators this year, and all of those creators are having life happen to them. Sometimes, life gets busy, or computers break, or what have you and the original creators have to tell the mods that they won't be able to get their assignment done in time. This is an expected part of the process, but it means that there are assignments with no one assigned to create to them. Together with assignments that weren't able to be covered during matching (the only person who could create for Fandom A was Creator X, but Creator X was assigned to cover Fandom B, where they were also the only person offering that fandom, etc.,) the way the mods make sure that everyone has a gift is to put these assignments with no creators up for Pinch Hits. The assignments get posted on a central page, and then people who want to take on an extra assignment volunteer to cover them.

If you are looking for an additional challenge, you might want to check out the FIAB Pinch Hits tag!

Not everyone can take up 10k of an assignment— and sometimes the original creator was able to cover some of the assignment but not all of it, or had to drop when they only had a swap— so FIAB does pinch hits in 1k-increments. You will see a pinch hit like "PH 56 - 3k - The Pitt (TV), Andor (TV), The Musketeers (2014), Inception (2010), Succession (TV 2018), Conclave (2024), Original Work", and you click through to get more details, and hmmm, yes, that looks like something you can do, and you think to yourself— well I'm pretty busy right now, but I bet I can do 1k of Inception (2010)— and you can inform the mods that you'll take 1k, and then the mods will update the post saying that they're just looking for 2k now. Any increment down to 1k and up to 10k is welcome and helpful!

All of the current pinch hits can be found in this tag, on the Dreamwidth blog. If you want to pick one up (or some part of one up), you can either email the mods at [email protected], or you can comment directly on the post the Pinch Hit is listed in. In your comment or email the mods will need to know 1) the amount of wordcount you would like to claim, 2) the exact username of the AO3 account you will be posting your fill(s) from, and 3) an email where the mods can reach you. You don't need to have a dreamwidth account to comment, you can comment anon!

We currently have 20 pinch hits we're still looking for creators for. And at this stage of the event we post pinch hits about once a week, which will increase as we get closer to the deadline, so you can check back for more if nothing strikes your fancy right now. If you're looking for an extra challenge, keep an eye on the tag!

Questions?

For more information about all the mechanics of how this event works, (more questions about how pinch hits work? we have documentation about that), check out the dreamwidth blog!

If you have questions, feel free to ask them here, check the dreamwidth blog for much more documentation, email the mods, or join our discord server. The discord server has a lot of experienced participants happy to answer questions, and you are also welcome to join just to hang out!

Note: you must be 18 or older to join or Pinch Hit for FIAB.

Links

Email: [email protected]

Ao3 Collection (gifts will be collected here)

Auto App (searchable database of every signup)

Tag Set

Dreamwidth Blog

Discord (includes question channel)

Current Pinch Hits

[fiabex]

We still have 27 pinch hits (119k) looking to be covered as part of making sure everyone has a gift! The deadline for these pinch hits is November 26th at 10PM EST, and as ever the pinch hits can be picked up in 1k increments, if you can't pick up the entire posted account! Check out the list of current pinch hits here!

[fiabex]

We are down to 14 pinch hits remaining, or 56k looking to be covered so everyone has a gift! The deadline for these pinch hits is November 28th at 10PM EST, and the pinch hits can be picked up in 1k increments, if you can't pick up the entire posted account! Check out the list of current pinch hits here!

[fiabex]

We are down to 5 0 pinch hits remaining, with only 24k 0k looking to be covered so everyone has a gift! They are (requested mediums combined if they fit under an umbrella):

PH 12 - CLAIMED - Fanfic, Art, Comics, Poetry, Documents, Journals, Epistolary, Scripts, Meta, Maps, Puzzles, Mythology - The Deer and the Cauldron - Louis Cha, The Duke of Mount Deer (Hong Kong 1984), The Old Miao Myth (TV), The Return of the Condor Heroes (1983)

PH 101 - CLAIMED - Fanfic, Art, Illustrated Text, Documents, In-Universe Author's Notes, Mythology - The Blood of Youth (TV), Dashing Youth (TV), Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, Kuroko's Basketball

PH 129 - CLAIMED - Fanfic, Art, Comics, Storyboard, Illustrated Text, Amigurumi, Pottery, Emojis/Icons, Epistolary, Chats/Texts, Diaries, Documents, Scripts, Reddit Posts - Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story I Still Have to Go to Work - Baek Deoksoo, S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo, Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong (Novel), Omniscient Reader - singNsong & UMI & Sleepy-C (Webtoon), The S-Classes That I Raised (Webcomic)

PH 134 - CLAIMED - Fanfic - InuYasha - A Feudal Fairy Tale, Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey, Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

PH 138 - CLAIMED - Fanfic - Given (Anime), Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), Given (Manga), Wind Breaker (Anime), Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga)

You can check out more details here. The deadline for these pinch hits are December 5th at 10pm EST, and the pinch hits can be picked up in 1k increments if you can't cover the entire posted amount. We are very thankful to everyone who's helped out so far to make sure everyone has a gift, and we are almost there in terms of having everyone's gifts covered!

[fiabex]

All pinch hits are picked up, and we're on-track for a December 6th opening! If you're looking for someone to gift to, consider checking out our Pinch Hitter post, to make gifts for some of the people who helped make our event work this year despite not being signed up!

[fiabex]

Everyone's Talking About— Pinch Hits?

FIAB has over three hundred creators this year, and all of those creators are having life happen to them. Sometimes, life gets busy, or computers break, or what have you and the original creators have to tell the mods that they won't be able to get their assignment done in time. This is an expected part of the process, but it means that there are assignments with no one assigned to create to them. Together with assignments that weren't able to be covered during matching (the only person who could create for Fandom A was Creator X, but Creator X was assigned to cover Fandom B, where they were also the only person offering that fandom, etc.,) the way the mods make sure that everyone has a gift is to put these assignments with no creators up for Pinch Hits. The assignments get posted on a central page, and then people who want to take on an extra assignment volunteer to cover them.

If you are looking for an additional challenge, you might want to check out the FIAB Pinch Hits tag!

Not everyone can take up 10k of an assignment— and sometimes the original creator was able to cover some of the assignment but not all of it, or had to drop when they only had a swap— so FIAB does pinch hits in 1k-increments. You will see a pinch hit like "PH 56 - 3k - The Pitt (TV), Andor (TV), The Musketeers (2014), Inception (2010), Succession (TV 2018), Conclave (2024), Original Work", and you click through to get more details, and hmmm, yes, that looks like something you can do, and you think to yourself— well I'm pretty busy right now, but I bet I can do 1k of Inception (2010)— and you can inform the mods that you'll take 1k, and then the mods will update the post saying that they're just looking for 2k now. Any increment down to 1k and up to 10k is welcome and helpful!

All of the current pinch hits can be found in this tag, on the Dreamwidth blog. If you want to pick one up (or some part of one up), you can either email the mods at [email protected], or you can comment directly on the post the Pinch Hit is listed in. In your comment or email the mods will need to know 1) the amount of wordcount you would like to claim, 2) the exact username of the AO3 account you will be posting your fill(s) from, and 3) an email where the mods can reach you. You don't need to have a dreamwidth account to comment, you can comment anon!

We currently have 20 pinch hits we're still looking for creators for. And at this stage of the event we post pinch hits about once a week, which will increase as we get closer to the deadline, so you can check back for more if nothing strikes your fancy right now. If you're looking for an extra challenge, keep an eye on the tag!

Questions?

For more information about all the mechanics of how this event works, (more questions about how pinch hits work? we have documentation about that), check out the dreamwidth blog!

If you have questions, feel free to ask them here, check the dreamwidth blog for much more documentation, email the mods, or join our discord server. The discord server has a lot of experienced participants happy to answer questions, and you are also welcome to join just to hang out!

Note: you must be 18 or older to join or Pinch Hit for FIAB.

Links

Email: [email protected]

Ao3 Collection (gifts will be collected here)

Auto App (searchable database of every signup)

Tag Set

Dreamwidth Blog

Discord (includes question channel)

Current Pinch Hits

[fiabex]

We still have 27 pinch hits (119k) looking to be covered as part of making sure everyone has a gift! The deadline for these pinch hits is November 26th at 10PM EST, and as ever the pinch hits can be picked up in 1k increments, if you can't pick up the entire posted account! Check out the list of current pinch hits here!

[fiabex]

We are down to 14 pinch hits remaining, or 56k looking to be covered so everyone has a gift! The deadline for these pinch hits is November 28th at 10PM EST, and the pinch hits can be picked up in 1k increments, if you can't pick up the entire posted account! Check out the list of current pinch hits here!

[fiabex]

We are down to 5 0 pinch hits remaining, with only 24k 0k looking to be covered so everyone has a gift! They are (requested mediums combined if they fit under an umbrella):

PH 12 - CLAIMED - Fanfic, Art, Comics, Poetry, Documents, Journals, Epistolary, Scripts, Meta, Maps, Puzzles, Mythology - The Deer and the Cauldron - Louis Cha, The Duke of Mount Deer (Hong Kong 1984), The Old Miao Myth (TV), The Return of the Condor Heroes (1983)

PH 101 - CLAIMED - Fanfic, Art, Illustrated Text, Documents, In-Universe Author's Notes, Mythology - The Blood of Youth (TV), Dashing Youth (TV), Six of Crows Series - Leigh Bardugo, Kuroko's Basketball

PH 129 - CLAIMED - Fanfic, Art, Comics, Storyboard, Illustrated Text, Amigurumi, Pottery, Emojis/Icons, Epistolary, Chats/Texts, Diaries, Documents, Scripts, Reddit Posts - Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story I Still Have to Go to Work - Baek Deoksoo, S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo, Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong (Novel), Omniscient Reader - singNsong & UMI & Sleepy-C (Webtoon), The S-Classes That I Raised (Webcomic)

PH 134 - CLAIMED - Fanfic - InuYasha - A Feudal Fairy Tale, Dragonriders of Pern - Anne McCaffrey, Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)

PH 138 - CLAIMED - Fanfic - Given (Anime), Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), Given (Manga), Wind Breaker (Anime), Jujutsu Kaisen (Manga)

You can check out more details here. The deadline for these pinch hits are December 5th at 10pm EST, and the pinch hits can be picked up in 1k increments if you can't cover the entire posted amount. We are very thankful to everyone who's helped out so far to make sure everyone has a gift, and we are almost there in terms of having everyone's gifts covered!

[fiabex]

Everyone's Talking About— Pinch Hits?

FIAB has over three hundred creators this year, and all of those creators are having life happen to them. Sometimes, life gets busy, or computers break, or what have you and the original creators have to tell the mods that they won't be able to get their assignment done in time. This is an expected part of the process, but it means that there are assignments with no one assigned to create to them. Together with assignments that weren't able to be covered during matching (the only person who could create for Fandom A was Creator X, but Creator X was assigned to cover Fandom B, where they were also the only person offering that fandom, etc.,) the way the mods make sure that everyone has a gift is to put these assignments with no creators up for Pinch Hits. The assignments get posted on a central page, and then people who want to take on an extra assignment volunteer to cover them.

If you are looking for an additional challenge, you might want to check out the FIAB Pinch Hits tag!

Not everyone can take up 10k of an assignment— and sometimes the original creator was able to cover some of the assignment but not all of it, or had to drop when they only had a swap— so FIAB does pinch hits in 1k-increments. You will see a pinch hit like "PH 56 - 3k - The Pitt (TV), Andor (TV), The Musketeers (2014), Inception (2010), Succession (TV 2018), Conclave (2024), Original Work", and you click through to get more details, and hmmm, yes, that looks like something you can do, and you think to yourself— well I'm pretty busy right now, but I bet I can do 1k of Inception (2010)— and you can inform the mods that you'll take 1k, and then the mods will update the post saying that they're just looking for 2k now. Any increment down to 1k and up to 10k is welcome and helpful!

All of the current pinch hits can be found in this tag, on the Dreamwidth blog. If you want to pick one up (or some part of one up), you can either email the mods at [email protected], or you can comment directly on the post the Pinch Hit is listed in. In your comment or email the mods will need to know 1) the amount of wordcount you would like to claim, 2) the exact username of the AO3 account you will be posting your fill(s) from, and 3) an email where the mods can reach you. You don't need to have a dreamwidth account to comment, you can comment anon!

We currently have 20 pinch hits we're still looking for creators for. And at this stage of the event we post pinch hits about once a week, which will increase as we get closer to the deadline, so you can check back for more if nothing strikes your fancy right now. If you're looking for an extra challenge, keep an eye on the tag!

Questions?

For more information about all the mechanics of how this event works, (more questions about how pinch hits work? we have documentation about that), check out the dreamwidth blog!

If you have questions, feel free to ask them here, check the dreamwidth blog for much more documentation, email the mods, or join our discord server. The discord server has a lot of experienced participants happy to answer questions, and you are also welcome to join just to hang out!

Note: you must be 18 or older to join or Pinch Hit for FIAB.

Links

Email: [email protected]

Ao3 Collection (gifts will be collected here)

Auto App (searchable database of every signup)

Tag Set

Dreamwidth Blog

Discord (includes question channel)

Current Pinch Hits

[fiabex]

We still have 27 pinch hits (119k) looking to be covered as part of making sure everyone has a gift! The deadline for these pinch hits is November 26th at 10PM EST, and as ever the pinch hits can be picked up in 1k increments, if you can't pick up the entire posted account! Check out the list of current pinch hits here!

[fiabex]

We are down to 14 pinch hits remaining, or 56k looking to be covered so everyone has a gift! The deadline for these pinch hits is November 28th at 10PM EST, and the pinch hits can be picked up in 1k increments, if you can't pick up the entire posted account! Check out the list of current pinch hits here!

[fiabex]

Everyone's Talking About— Pinch Hits?

FIAB has over three hundred creators this year, and all of those creators are having life happen to them. Sometimes, life gets busy, or computers break, or what have you and the original creators have to tell the mods that they won't be able to get their assignment done in time. This is an expected part of the process, but it means that there are assignments with no one assigned to create to them. Together with assignments that weren't able to be covered during matching (the only person who could create for Fandom A was Creator X, but Creator X was assigned to cover Fandom B, where they were also the only person offering that fandom, etc.,) the way the mods make sure that everyone has a gift is to put these assignments with no creators up for Pinch Hits. The assignments get posted on a central page, and then people who want to take on an extra assignment volunteer to cover them.

If you are looking for an additional challenge, you might want to check out the FIAB Pinch Hits tag!

Not everyone can take up 10k of an assignment— and sometimes the original creator was able to cover some of the assignment but not all of it, or had to drop when they only had a swap— so FIAB does pinch hits in 1k-increments. You will see a pinch hit like "PH 56 - 3k - The Pitt (TV), Andor (TV), The Musketeers (2014), Inception (2010), Succession (TV 2018), Conclave (2024), Original Work", and you click through to get more details, and hmmm, yes, that looks like something you can do, and you think to yourself— well I'm pretty busy right now, but I bet I can do 1k of Inception (2010)— and you can inform the mods that you'll take 1k, and then the mods will update the post saying that they're just looking for 2k now. Any increment down to 1k and up to 10k is welcome and helpful!

All of the current pinch hits can be found in this tag, on the Dreamwidth blog. If you want to pick one up (or some part of one up), you can either email the mods at [email protected], or you can comment directly on the post the Pinch Hit is listed in. In your comment or email the mods will need to know 1) the amount of wordcount you would like to claim, 2) the exact username of the AO3 account you will be posting your fill(s) from, and 3) an email where the mods can reach you. You don't need to have a dreamwidth account to comment, you can comment anon!

We currently have 20 pinch hits we're still looking for creators for. And at this stage of the event we post pinch hits about once a week, which will increase as we get closer to the deadline, so you can check back for more if nothing strikes your fancy right now. If you're looking for an extra challenge, keep an eye on the tag!

Questions?

For more information about all the mechanics of how this event works, (more questions about how pinch hits work? we have documentation about that), check out the dreamwidth blog!

If you have questions, feel free to ask them here, check the dreamwidth blog for much more documentation, email the mods, or join our discord server. The discord server has a lot of experienced participants happy to answer questions, and you are also welcome to join just to hang out!

Note: you must be 18 or older to join or Pinch Hit for FIAB.

Links

Email: [email protected]

Ao3 Collection (gifts will be collected here)

Auto App (searchable database of every signup)

Tag Set

Dreamwidth Blog

Discord (includes question channel)

Current Pinch Hits

[fiabex]

We still have 27 pinch hits (119k) looking to be covered as part of making sure everyone has a gift! The deadline for these pinch hits is November 26th at 10PM EST, and as ever the pinch hits can be picked up in 1k increments, if you can't pick up the entire posted account! Check out the list of current pinch hits here!

[fiabex]

Everyone's Talking About— Pinch Hits?

FIAB has over three hundred creators this year, and all of those creators are having life happen to them. Sometimes, life gets busy, or computers break, or what have you and the original creators have to tell the mods that they won't be able to get their assignment done in time. This is an expected part of the process, but it means that there are assignments with no one assigned to create to them. Together with assignments that weren't able to be covered during matching (the only person who could create for Fandom A was Creator X, but Creator X was assigned to cover Fandom B, where they were also the only person offering that fandom, etc.,) the way the mods make sure that everyone has a gift is to put these assignments with no creators up for Pinch Hits. The assignments get posted on a central page, and then people who want to take on an extra assignment volunteer to cover them.

If you are looking for an additional challenge, you might want to check out the FIAB Pinch Hits tag!

Not everyone can take up 10k of an assignment— and sometimes the original creator was able to cover some of the assignment but not all of it, or had to drop when they only had a swap— so FIAB does pinch hits in 1k-increments. You will see a pinch hit like "PH 56 - 3k - The Pitt (TV), Andor (TV), The Musketeers (2014), Inception (2010), Succession (TV 2018), Conclave (2024), Original Work", and you click through to get more details, and hmmm, yes, that looks like something you can do, and you think to yourself— well I'm pretty busy right now, but I bet I can do 1k of Inception (2010)— and you can inform the mods that you'll take 1k, and then the mods will update the post saying that they're just looking for 2k now. Any increment down to 1k and up to 10k is welcome and helpful!

All of the current pinch hits can be found in this tag, on the Dreamwidth blog. If you want to pick one up (or some part of one up), you can either email the mods at [email protected], or you can comment directly on the post the Pinch Hit is listed in. In your comment or email the mods will need to know 1) the amount of wordcount you would like to claim, 2) the exact username of the AO3 account you will be posting your fill(s) from, and 3) an email where the mods can reach you. You don't need to have a dreamwidth account to comment, you can comment anon!

We currently have 20 pinch hits we're still looking for creators for. And at this stage of the event we post pinch hits about once a week, which will increase as we get closer to the deadline, so you can check back for more if nothing strikes your fancy right now. If you're looking for an extra challenge, keep an eye on the tag!

Questions?

For more information about all the mechanics of how this event works, (more questions about how pinch hits work? we have documentation about that), check out the dreamwidth blog!

If you have questions, feel free to ask them here, check the dreamwidth blog for much more documentation, email the mods, or join our discord server. The discord server has a lot of experienced participants happy to answer questions, and you are also welcome to join just to hang out!

Note: you must be 18 or older to join or Pinch Hit for FIAB.

Links

Email: [email protected]

Ao3 Collection (gifts will be collected here)

Auto App (searchable database of every signup)

Tag Set

Dreamwidth Blog

Discord (includes question channel)

Current Pinch Hits

[fiabex]

Our post-deadline pinch hits went up last night after the final extension deadline, and there are three pages of pinch hits looking for homes! All of these are due on November 13th at 10pm EST, check them out at the active pinch hit tag link!

[fiabex]

Everyone's Talking About— Pinch Hits?

FIAB has over three hundred creators this year, and all of those creators are having life happen to them. Sometimes, life gets busy, or computers break, or what have you and the original creators have to tell the mods that they won't be able to get their assignment done in time. This is an expected part of the process, but it means that there are assignments with no one assigned to create to them. Together with assignments that weren't able to be covered during matching (the only person who could create for Fandom A was Creator X, but Creator X was assigned to cover Fandom B, where they were also the only person offering that fandom, etc.,) the way the mods make sure that everyone has a gift is to put these assignments with no creators up for Pinch Hits. The assignments get posted on a central page, and then people who want to take on an extra assignment volunteer to cover them.

If you are looking for an additional challenge, you might want to check out the FIAB Pinch Hits tag!

Not everyone can take up 10k of an assignment— and sometimes the original creator was able to cover some of the assignment but not all of it, or had to drop when they only had a swap— so FIAB does pinch hits in 1k-increments. You will see a pinch hit like "PH 56 - 3k - The Pitt (TV), Andor (TV), The Musketeers (2014), Inception (2010), Succession (TV 2018), Conclave (2024), Original Work", and you click through to get more details, and hmmm, yes, that looks like something you can do, and you think to yourself— well I'm pretty busy right now, but I bet I can do 1k of Inception (2010)— and you can inform the mods that you'll take 1k, and then the mods will update the post saying that they're just looking for 2k now. Any increment down to 1k and up to 10k is welcome and helpful!

All of the current pinch hits can be found in this tag, on the Dreamwidth blog. If you want to pick one up (or some part of one up), you can either email the mods at [email protected], or you can comment directly on the post the Pinch Hit is listed in. In your comment or email the mods will need to know 1) the amount of wordcount you would like to claim, 2) the exact username of the AO3 account you will be posting your fill(s) from, and 3) an email where the mods can reach you. You don't need to have a dreamwidth account to comment, you can comment anon!

We currently have 20 pinch hits we're still looking for creators for. And at this stage of the event we post pinch hits about once a week, which will increase as we get closer to the deadline, so you can check back for more if nothing strikes your fancy right now. If you're looking for an extra challenge, keep an eye on the tag!

Questions?

For more information about all the mechanics of how this event works, (more questions about how pinch hits work? we have documentation about that), check out the dreamwidth blog!

If you have questions, feel free to ask them here, check the dreamwidth blog for much more documentation, email the mods, or join our discord server. The discord server has a lot of experienced participants happy to answer questions, and you are also welcome to join just to hang out!

Note: you must be 18 or older to join or Pinch Hit for FIAB.

Links

Email: [email protected]

Ao3 Collection (gifts will be collected here)

Auto App (searchable database of every signup)

Tag Set

Dreamwidth Blog

Discord (includes question channel)

Current Pinch Hits

[fiabex]

With our first deadline having just passed, there is a new batch of pinch hits! 38 new pinch hits from dozens of different fandoms available to pick from, check them out!

[fiabex]

for writing it says the minimum is 1k or one finished filled out ccs/hmtl graphical template created by the gifter — do you have to make the entire thing from scratch or are you allowed to use another person’s workskin template?

I had to check in with Firebird with this for official mediums answer, but the answer is:

Yes, for mediums with the "Writing" prefix in the tagset, if you're claiming the 1k credit for a template it must be created by you from scratch. You can use another person's workskin template if you'd like, but it won't count towards your wordcount total.

[fiabex]

Everyone's Talking About— Pinch Hits?

FIAB has over three hundred creators this year, and all of those creators are having life happen to them. Sometimes, life gets busy, or computers break, or what have you and the original creators have to tell the mods that they won't be able to get their assignment done in time. This is an expected part of the process, but it means that there are assignments with no one assigned to create to them. Together with assignments that weren't able to be covered during matching (the only person who could create for Fandom A was Creator X, but Creator X was assigned to cover Fandom B, where they were also the only person offering that fandom, etc.,) the way the mods make sure that everyone has a gift is to put these assignments with no creators up for Pinch Hits. The assignments get posted on a central page, and then people who want to take on an extra assignment volunteer to cover them.

If you are looking for an additional challenge, you might want to check out the FIAB Pinch Hits tag!

Not everyone can take up 10k of an assignment— and sometimes the original creator was able to cover some of the assignment but not all of it, or had to drop when they only had a swap— so FIAB does pinch hits in 1k-increments. You will see a pinch hit like "PH 56 - 3k - The Pitt (TV), Andor (TV), The Musketeers (2014), Inception (2010), Succession (TV 2018), Conclave (2024), Original Work", and you click through to get more details, and hmmm, yes, that looks like something you can do, and you think to yourself— well I'm pretty busy right now, but I bet I can do 1k of Inception (2010)— and you can inform the mods that you'll take 1k, and then the mods will update the post saying that they're just looking for 2k now. Any increment down to 1k and up to 10k is welcome and helpful!

All of the current pinch hits can be found in this tag, on the Dreamwidth blog. If you want to pick one up (or some part of one up), you can either email the mods at [email protected], or you can comment directly on the post the Pinch Hit is listed in. In your comment or email the mods will need to know 1) the amount of wordcount you would like to claim, 2) the exact username of the AO3 account you will be posting your fill(s) from, and 3) an email where the mods can reach you. You don't need to have a dreamwidth account to comment, you can comment anon!

We currently have 20 pinch hits we're still looking for creators for. And at this stage of the event we post pinch hits about once a week, which will increase as we get closer to the deadline, so you can check back for more if nothing strikes your fancy right now. If you're looking for an extra challenge, keep an eye on the tag!

Questions?

For more information about all the mechanics of how this event works, (more questions about how pinch hits work? we have documentation about that), check out the dreamwidth blog!

If you have questions, feel free to ask them here, check the dreamwidth blog for much more documentation, email the mods, or join our discord server. The discord server has a lot of experienced participants happy to answer questions, and you are also welcome to join just to hang out!

Note: you must be 18 or older to join or Pinch Hit for FIAB.

Links

Email: [email protected]

Ao3 Collection (gifts will be collected here)

Auto App (searchable database of every signup)

Tag Set

Dreamwidth Blog

Discord (includes question channel)

Current Pinch Hits

[fiabex]

if you submitted request for swaps how do u know if it succeeded?

Once the swaps are complete (it takes a bit because first we have to do a lot of data entry, and then Fence does a very complicated puzzle that can take several days), we will email everyone who put their name in with swaps! Everyone who submitted for swaps will be getting a swapsignment email or notification that we unfortunately weren't able to give you any swaps (usually because the people assigned to the people you wanted to create for aren't doing swaps, so there wasn't any word count of their assignment to give out).

[fiabex]

hi! are assignments out?

Yes! Ao3 assignments went out early on the 6th! You should have gotten an assignment in your email, and you can also find it by navigating to My Assignments in the right-hand drop-down menu on Ao3.