Hello glifmakers! It is once again that time of year!
We're so excited to announce we will once again be hosting glifswap, a gift exchange event for glifmakers (ie, gifmakers in the Glee fandom)!
The rules are simple: sign up, tell us a bit about what you like and don't like, get assigned another member of our fandom to create a gifset for (no AI allowed!), then post it (@ing the recipient and tagging #glifswap2025). In return, you'll get a tailor made gifset from another glifmaker!
We can't wait to see the amazing things you'll create this year! In the mean time, we have some important dates to share with you.
Official Timeline:
Sign-ups: Oct. 25th – Nov. 1st
Assignments sent out: Nov. 3rd
Creation period: Nov. 4th – Dec. 23rd
Gifts posted: Dec. 24th – Dec. 31st
Mark your calendars! And if you have any questions, don't hesitate to send us an ask.
If you signed up to take place in this year's glartswap, please check your Tumblr/discord dms to find a message from @mdverse with your assignment and some extra details about their likes and dislikes.
If you can't find this message, please reach out to us!
We're so excited to announce we will be hosting glifswap, a gift exchange event for gifmakers in the Glee fandom!
The rules are simple: sign up, tell us a bit about what you like and don't like, get assigned another member of our fandom to create a gifset for (no AI allowed!), then post it. In return, you'll get a tailor made gifset from another glifmaker!
We can't wait to see the amazing things you'll create. In the mean time, we have some important dates to share with you.
Official Timeline:
Sign-ups: Oct. 25th – Nov. 1st
Assignments sent out: Nov. 3rd
Creation period: Nov. 4th – Dec. 23rd
Gifts posted: Dec. 24th – Dec. 31st
Mark your calendars! And if you have any questions, don't hesitate to send us an ask.
It's finally here! The day you've been waiting for... It's a bit late, but in our time zone it's still the 28th. Do you know what that means?
You can finally sign up for the Klaine Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2024! Can you believe this??
Here's the sign-up form, come and join us! :)
ARE YOU EXCITED?
Hey there,
We're really glad to have you! :) Please answer a couple of questions so we can put together a Wish List for your Secret Santa.
Final schedule:
Sign-ups: September 28th - October 12th
Giftee assignments: October 14th
Creating period in Santa's workshop: October 14th - Dec 23th
Posting period: December 10-24th
Information and guidelines (including deadlines) for the Klaine Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2024 are under the cut.
Don't forget to follow us!
1) We have one very strict rule: HAVE FUN!!!!! ❤️
Enjoy this event, because that's the point! To make each other happy with a nice surprise and to make ourselves happy for being able to do that. We want you to enjoy the process itself. If you have any trouble with this, tell us and we'll try to help you and make it easier for you.
2) What type of gift can you participate with?
Fanfiction (drabble, one shot, multi-chaptered fic), drawing/painting (digital or traditional), 2in1 for superheros: comics, animation, gifset, scrapbook style montage, photo or video edit... Tell us, if you have any other idea!
For fic, I'd like to keep a minimum word counts which is 1k, HOWEVER you can participate with shorter drabbles too, if that works better for you. But in this case please write more of them, like short chapters (that not necessarily related to each other) to reach 1k.
For the others, there are no requirements, except to be creative! Which is never a problem in this fandom... ;)
3) We try to give you enough time to create your gift to make this event as stress-free as possible. That means you'll have 7-10 weeks to do this (it's your choice, depends on when you wish to post your gift in December). That's why we're starting this so early.
DEADLINES:
Signups: September 28th - October 12th
Giftee assignments: October 14th
Creating period in Santa's workshop: October 14th - Dec 23th
Posting period: December 1-24th
4) Everyone is welcome to joins us in any way. But if you participate, please don't forget that you'll be someone's Secret Santa this year. Which means that someone, who takes the time and effort to make a gift for someone else is expecting a gift of their own - from you.
5.) It's okay to be a little late. It's especially okay not to post a whole multi-chaptered fic until Christmas. However, please try to post something, anything until dec 24th - even if it's "just" the first short chapter of a multi-chaptered fic. Please don't feel it's not enough, it's perfect, you just started to post a long fic, are you kidding?? Your giftee will love you for it! But please, also make sure you finish what you started, and do that within a reasonable time.
6) If you realize that you probably won't be able to post anything in time, not even one short chapter (but you are determined to do it soon): don't freak out! Just please, please communicate! Let us know and send an anonymous message to your person, let them know their gift is running a little late. Don't worry, no one will be mad at you, I promise. :) Life happens!
7) Which brings us to a very important part: If you decided to participate, please take it seriously and don't forget about it!! If you realize that you won't be able to fulfill what you've committed to, PLEASE CONTACT US ASAP because it means that we have to find a very generous new Santa for your giftee in time!!!!
8) Will we give you prompts?
Kind of... Yes and no. We'll definitely have some (probably open) questions for every one of you about what you like, so you'll have some idea to choose from and work with - if you want to. Please look at this as an option because we do this to HELP YOU, not to sabotage your creative energy!!! :) It can make your gift more personal, but you don't have to use any of it if you have trouble with it. Again, it's an option and your giftee will know that - some people need inspiration, some people don't.
Also, if you have more questions, you can always tell us and we'll try to get more information from your giftee's interests for you.
9) No-nos:
We respect everyone's feelings and interests but please, please do the same and in your prompts try to avoid of the really dark topics, like your favorite topic EVER is <3 major character death <3 (to use a valid example). This might make your Secret Santa very anxious about how to please you. It's Christmas time, regardless of the theme of your gift, and most of us love to keep our love ones alive, well... any time of the year, really. ;) So please consider to sugar coat your feelings about this, for example, say you like angst, or that you can handle heavy topics. (So your Santa have a choice but probably won't feel like they have to kill someone for Christmas to make you happy. ;) ) //Yes, I'm traumatized, sorry about this.//
This also applies to gifts: be creative but please, avoid the very divisive topics (you know what those are), so everyone can enjoy your gift in this fandom equally.
!! AI generated art and fic are not allowed !!
10) A tip: This event is not about the gift only. Your giftee will always be happy to know that their secret Santa is thinking about them. A nice anonymous message in the question box or through us, like "I'm making your present, I hope you'll love it" or just "I'll be there soon ;) - your Santa" can put a HUGE smile on anyone's face! Please make sure you stay anonymous, though!!!!
11) Keep your giftee in secret. This is a secret mission.
12) Tags to use and follow: #klainesecretsanta2024 and #kss2024 - we'll track both.
13) Do you have any questions or suggestions?
Our ask box is always open!
