Welcome to the Spideychelle Secret Santa Gift Exchange 2022!
Hello again! Welcome back for year four! It’s hard to believe we started this back in 2018, but here we are! It’s been so much fun, and I’m excited to get this started! If you’re interested in participating, keep reading!
HOW IT WORKS
To sign up, fill out this form.
If for some reason that doesn’t work, feel free to send a DM!
You’ll need to provide an email, but if you are uncomfortable sharing that, you can create a temporary one just for this event
Sign ups will be open until September 30th 11:59:59 PM EST. After this day, SIGN UPS WILL BE CLOSED.
You’ll receive your assignments the week of October 2nd in an email! That email will contain a link to the Secret Santa Discord server! Here, there will be announcements and other things related to the event.
Once you’re in the server, you’ll find a link to a Google form to create a wishlist! This will be sent to your Secret Santa, and your giftee’s will be sent to you! You can also snoop around on their (your giftee’s) blog in the meantime! Get the inside scoop!
If you’d like to make things a little easier for your Secret Santa, enable anons here on Tumblr.
Beginning on Dec. 25th, we will start posting through the week until January 1st!
If for some reason you are unable to make that deadline, don’t hesitate to DM me.
NEW THIS YEAR: Dedicated Pinch Hitters!
Pinch hitters are there to create a gift for someone if their Secret Santa drops from the exchange. In the past, we’ve done this by asking those already taking part if they’d like to volunteer. This year, however, pinch hitters are going to be volunteers from outside the exchange! So, if you’re wanting to sign up to be a Secret Santa, you will NOT be able to pinch hit. They are two different things.
That being said, if you’d like to volunteer to be a pinch hitter, fill out this form!
Pinch hitters will also receive a discord invite!
Pinch hitters can sign up until the week before Dec. 25th!
WHEN YOU POST
Tag your giftee!
Tag @spideychellesecretsanta
use the tag #SpideychelleSecretSanta2022
Post on the AO3 collection!
THE WISHLIST (form)
The deadline for having your wishlist form completed is OCTOBER 9th.
You won’t have to worry about this until after you join the discord, but keep it in mind!
Think about...
What genres you like (fluff, angst, etc.)
What tropes you like (fake dating, friends to lovers, enemies to lovers, etc.)
What AUs you like (Mob!AU, College!AU, etc.)
Specify whether or not you’re okay with receiving smut/n*fw art.
A NOTE: if you are an artist/writer and you are not comfortable drawing/writing smut, then you are not obligated to, even if it’s on your giftee’s wishlist. This is simply just so that the Secret Santa’s that are comfortable know what their options are.
RULES
This is pretty self-explanatory, but DON’T TELL ANYONE WHO YOU HAVE! It’s not a secret if you do! Keep it secret! Keep it safe!
Remember that this is an exchange. If you are expecting to receive something, you must also expect to give something in return.
Dropping out, no matter how last minute, means that you will not receive a gift.
Know that you aren’t guaranteed a specific gift, even if you specify it in your wishlist. So be kind!
Depending on who your Secret Santa is, you will either get a fic, art, a moodboard, or some other creative work.
If you put that you are comfortable with smut/ns*w fanart, know that there are minors in this fandom, so give other ideas, too! Don’t just ask for smut!
THAT BEING SAID, Secret Santa’s, please be sure that your gift is tailored to your giftee’s wishlist. Of course, put your own spin on what you create, but the gift should be something your giftee wants! Make them feel special!
Along that note, GIVE FEEDBACK!! Someone created something to make you feel special!
No talking about your gift/giftee publicly. This is supposed to be a secret!!
For writing fics, shoot for around a minimum 1-1.5k word count.
and the biggest rule of all DO NOT FORGET THIS:
HAVE FUN!! <3
You made it to the end! If you read all of that, and you’d still like to sign up, fill out this form (potential pinch hitters, fill out this one!) If you have any more questions at all, feel free to send me a message or an ask! 🎁