Hightown Funk

Hawke/Varric fanwork exchange open to writers, artists, and fans of all persuasions.

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Assignments are out! If you signed up and haven’t received an e-mail, please check your Ao3 account for assignments on your profile. If nothing is there, please let us know via Ask, E-mail, or DM on Discord!

[email protected]

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Can't wait 'til December for HTF Fic/Art?

Check out our collections from past years!

2015 - 2016 - 2017 - 2018 - 2021/22

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Sign-ups for Hightown Funk 2026 are now closed.

If you signed up this year, we are so grateful for your participation and excited to see what you will create! You should receive an e-mail shortly with your assignment.

If you missed the deadline, you are welcome to send us an ask here on tumblr, via DM on the Hightown Funk Discord, or by sending us an e-mail to [email protected] if you would like to participate as a pinch hitter.

More info coming soon!

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Just over 12 hours remain to sign up for this year’s Hightown Funk!

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6 hours left! By the time this author wakes up tomorrow, the sign-up window will be closed and the matching will begin!

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Just over 12 hours remain to sign up for this year’s Hightown Funk!

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Hightown Funk 2026

Hightown Funk is back!

Are you forever cursing BioWare for making your favorite dwarf unromancable? We have a solution for you:

The Varric/Hawke fan exchange! YEAR 7 Y'ALL!!

We are open to writers and artists.

Sign up is now open!

Our exchange has no default penalty and with our pinch hitter system we make sure that every participant receives a gift.

The What’s and When’s:

Minimum requirements: 1000 words (beta read) or one refined sketch

Sign-ups close: Monday, July 6th

Submissions due: Thursday, December 3rd

Want to participate? Sign up here!

Curious? Read the rules.

Got a question? Send us an ask.

Don’t have an AO3 account but still want to participate? Send us an ask! We have some AO3 invites ready and waiting.

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Sign-up on Ao3!

Sign-ups close on Monday, July 7 5am CDT / 10am GMT / 8pm AEST

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... the poll has 3 more days left, but y'all seem pretty interested.

Join the Hightown Funk Discord Server!

This is a server for the Dragon Age Fanwork challenge, Hightown Funk, on Ao3. | 3 members

You do not have to be a participant in this year's Funk to join! We welcome all lovers of HTF and Hawke/Varric to disco with us

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As we near the end of Sign-Ups, we wanted to gauge the community's interest in a Discord server for Hightown Funk. Some have expressed interest in the past, but we wanted to know if that interest still persists to make a discord worth pursuing!

We are happy to have a server dedicated to HTF fans and participants, but there will be 2 very strictly observed rules (aside from the general discord rules):

1. No talking about HTF assignments. After assignments are given out and before works are revealed, do not share any specifics that might reveal whose request you are fulfilling as that will spoil the surprise.

2. Leave feedback in Ao3 comments. This doesn't mean you cannot gush about works that have been revealed in the server or in DMs, but please, please, do not keep your praise in the discord! Each participant works very hard on their offerings and they deserve to receive lots of comments, kudos, and other feedback on Ao3. It is likely that not all participants will join the Discord server, so don't keep your love of their work a secret!

Are you interested in a Hightown Funk Discord server?

Yes

No

Voting ended onJul 7

If we decide there is enough interest in a Discord server for the HTF community, we will post a link before next weekend for everyone to join.

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SIGN UP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! aka Monday, when sign-ups close at 5am CDT

>Click here to sign up!

Cassandra: Why haven't you signed up for Hightown Funk yet, Varric Varric: What in the name of Andraste's crispy knickers are you talking about, Seeker? Cass: DO NOT BLASPHEME! You know Hightown Funk is the (somewhat) Annual Fic & Art exchange that celebrates the love between you and Hawke. You cannot deny it! Varric: Cannot deny my love for Hawke, or that Hightown Funk is a semi-annual fic & art exchange that celebrates it? Cass: [speechless] Varric: Relax, I have until the end of the weekend to sign up.; Cass: VARRIC! Do not wait until the last moment! You cannot miss the deadline! Your admirers demand it! Varric: I'm just teasing, Seeker. I just signed up today. See? Closeup-of Varric holding a book that reads 'Hightown Funk Sign-up' Varric: dangles the sign-up book tauntingly I think the question now is, are you going to sign up before it's too late? Cass: snatches book away GIVE THAT TO ME! Varric: smirks Good on you, Seeker. CASSANDRA GREATLY APPROVES

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SIGN UP BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE! aka Monday, when sign-ups close at 5am CDT

>Click here to sign up!

Cassandra: Why haven't you signed up for Hightown Funk yet, Varric Varric: What in the name of Andraste's crispy knickers are you talking about, Seeker? Cass: DO NOT BLASPHEME! You know Hightown Funk is the (somewhat) Annual Fic & Art exchange that celebrates the love between you and Hawke. You cannot deny it! Varric: Cannot deny my love for Hawke, or that Hightown Funk is a semi-annual fic & art exchange that celebrates it? Cass: [speechless] Varric: Relax, I have until the end of the weekend to sign up.; Cass: VARRIC! Do not wait until the last moment! You cannot miss the deadline! Your admirers demand it! Varric: I'm just teasing, Seeker. I just signed up today. See? Closeup-of Varric holding a book that reads 'Hightown Funk Sign-up' Varric: dangles the sign-up book tauntingly I think the question now is, are you going to sign up before it's too late? Cass: snatches book away GIVE THAT TO ME! Varric: smirks Good on you, Seeker. CASSANDRA GREATLY APPROVES

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1 WEEK REMAINS

until sign-ups close!

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Sign-up on Ao3!

Sign-ups close on Monday, July 6 5am CDT / 10am GMT / 8pm AEST

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2 WEEKS REMAIN

until sign-ups close!

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3 WEEKS REMAIN

until sign-ups close for 2026!

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Me again from the sign-ups ask. As far as offers go, if I'm fine with writing any Hawke, would I put it all in the same offer? Or would you prefer multiple offers separated by whatever. Like Purple Male Hawke, Red Male Hawke, Purple Female Hawke or whatever. What are the circumstances in which one should use multiple offers?

Thanks for the previous answer!

if you are perfectly fine with writing any hawke you can select any character in your offer! this way ao3 will shuffle you to any request

multiple offers can be for things like rating. like maybe you only feel comfortable writing smut with an afab hawke for example. or if its a custom hawke maybe you dont want to write anything above a T rating.

when shuffling we also usually check all the pairs and make sure everyone is matched up with someone that fits their requests/offers.

you might also have a really good idea you want to write, if theres someone who doesnt know what to request, then we could match you two up for example.

Hope that helps! Let us know if you have any more questions

-Mod C

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Hello! Would you mind expanding on the sign-up form? I've never done an exchange that allowed multiple requests/offers. How does that function? What's the easiest way to structure it for matching and filling purposes? I don't want to overcomplicate the process.

Very excited this is back! Thanks for setting it up again.

Hi there! Glad to have you with us.

In the sign up form you can choose the paaring if you prefer a specific hawke, you can chose your prefered ratings or warnings and then you put your prompts into the description

so like if you have a prompt for a specific hawke, like red mage hawke for example you can put that in.

if you have another idea that fits with a female rouge hawke for example you can add another request

if you dont care about or are fine with any hawke then you can put all your ideas into one request

(obviously put some more meat on those requests - this is just a quick example)

i hope that helped! If you have any further questions let us know!

-Mod C