Omi Jingu Exchange 2015

Omi Jingu Exchange is a wintertime/springtime fanfiction exchange for the Chihayafuru fandom. The purpose of the exchange is to encourage fans to create fanfiction that celebrates the series's characters and relationships.

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Reveals Pushed Back One Week

After discussing it amongst ourselves, we've decided to push back reveals until March 21st at 8:00pm PDT.

Participants, for more details, please check your emails. If you have any questions, please contact us with them.

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Check-in Emails Sent!

Participants, please be sure to check you inboxes and get back to us by the end of the day on Saturday, February 21st!

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Sign-Ups Close TONIGHT!!!

We will close sign-ups tonight at 11:59 PST (see what time that is for you), which leaves you a little less than nine hours to finish signing up. If you've been putting it off until the last minute, now would be the time!

Make sure to sign-up here!

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Sign-Ups Close in 5 Days!!

Sign-ups will be closing on February 3rd, which gives you about five more days to sign up for the Chihayafuru writing exchange!

Make sure to sign-up here!!

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Sign-Ups Close in 10 Days!

Sign-ups will be closing on February 3rd, which gives you about ten more days to sign up for the Chihayafuru writing exchange!

Make sure to sign-up here!!

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Hello! I couldn't find this in the FAQ and it will make a huge difference in how I sign up: is matching or-based or and-based? That is, if I were to request Arata, Chihaya, and Taichi, would I be matched with someone offering all three or is there a chance I would be matched with someone offering only one or two of those characters? Thanks for running this!

Matching is and-based! So yes--if you were to request Arata, Chihaya, and Taichi, we would only match you to someone who has offered to write all three of them. 

Though this is also where the description fields can help you out. Let's say for your Arata, Chihaya, and Taichi request you specified in the description that you want to read about them as a polyamorous OT3. That bit of information would help us avoid matching you to, say, someone who has specified in their offer's description that they only want to write gen about Arata, Chihaya, and Taichi. Our goal is to match you all with the best recipient and writer possible, so letting us know about your likes, dislikes, etc. will help us do that.

Thank you for asking this question! We'll add it to the FAQ!

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Hello, I'm having trouble signing up. It says: "These character tags in your offer are not allowed in this challenge: Akihiro Tsukuba, Yumi Yamamoto, Midori Sakurazawa". I think this has to do with the "characyer settings" check boxes in the challenge settings.

The issue you’re having may be due to how you’re filling in the characters’ names. In our tag set they were entered in {family name, given name} format, so try typing in Tsukuba Akihiro, Yamamoto Yumi, and Sakurazawa Midori. You can also type in part of their name to get suggestions you can click on—all three of those characters are represented in the tag set, so that should help resolve the problem. Though let us know if the issue persists!

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As dew promises New life to the thirsty plant, So did your vow to me.

(Poem 47, Fujiwara no Mototoshi)

The year is beginning anew…and this exchange is the perfect opportunity to get a jumpstart on your resolutions for Chihayafuru!

Omi Jingu Exchange is Chihayafuru's 1k winter fanfic exchange. Sign-ups are now open and will stay open until February 3rd, so there is plenty of time for you to consider and participate!

[To participate, you will need an AO3 account. If you don’t have one, please email [email protected] for assistance.]

You can make two (2) to five (5) requests, with one (1) to ten (10) characters per request. In exchange, you will have to offer at least three (3) characters you feel comfortable writing, and you may offer up to twenty (20) or all of the listed characters. Please do take a look at our tag set to determine which characters you’d like to offer and which you’d like to request.

Before signing-up, please read our rules and FAQ. Look over our timeline to know when your work will be due. If you have any questions, you can always send a message to our tumblr or email us at [email protected].

Please signal boost this post! Let’s get as many Chihayafuru fans as possible to participate so we can all show the appreciation that this absolutely amazing series deserves! Thank you for your support!