Sufficiently Advanced Exchange

Thank you all for your patience as we secured the last pinch hits. Works have now been revealed!!

Please reply to this post or email sufficiently.advanced.ex@gmail.com to claim. Please include your Ao3 username and the number of the pinch hit you are claiming. These will be due Sunday 11 May 2025 at 10:00PM EDT.

( PH 1 - The Riftwar Saga - Raymond E. Feist, Neuromancer | Sprawl Trilogy - William Gibson, Parahumans Series - Wildbow )

( PH 2 - CLAIMED )

( PH 3 - This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone, The Very Pulse of the Machine - Michael Swanwick )

( PH 4 - CLAIMED )

( PH 5 - The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova, Hallo itt Mátyás király! - Bogáti Péter, Crossover Fandom )

( PH 6 - Pellinor - Alison Croggon, Scholomance - Naomi Novik, The Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros )

( PH 7- CLAIMED )

Signups are now open! Go here to signup. Guidelines are below.


Requests


You will sign up with 1-10 requests, with 1-10 relationships per request. You may repeat fandoms with different relationships. You may also select "any" for relationships, indicating that you are open to receiving a fanwork for any of the nominated relationships for that fandom.

The minimum number of fandoms is one, but if you request fewer than three unique fandoms, you're not guaranteed a gift, and we won't delay reveals for you. Three sub-fandoms within the same larger fandom (e.g., Tortall) are considered unique fandoms in this context.

If you go to pinch hits with fewer than three fandoms and your pinch hit lingers for more than a week (or more than 24 hours past the general assignments due date), you may contact the mods to add more fandoms.

You may request either fic, art, or both.

If you have a letter at an external site (Dreamwidth, Tumblr, Google Docs, etc)., provide a link to it in the relevant box. Please ensure that your letter is complete by the time signups close.

If you have any Do Not Wants (DNWs) that you wish your creator to respect, they must be in the Optional Details box of your signup. DNWs that are only contained in an outside letter cannot be enforced by the mods.

The mod encourage all participants to use clear, specific, and reasonable DNWs for this exchange. DNWs for specific characters in "any" ships will not be enforced. If you have questions about the best way to phrase your DNWs, please contact sufficiently.advanced.ex@gmail.com for assistance.


Offers


You will sign up with 1-10 offers, with 1-10 relationships per offer. You may repeat fandoms with different relationships. You may also select "any" for relationships, indicating that you are open to creating a fanwork for any of the nominated relationships for that fandom.

If you offer a specific "any" ship, such as "Any Dragon & Their Captain", you only need to be able to write one ship that fits the criteria.

You may offer either fic, art, or both.

You may also use one of your offer slots for "bucket" offers. Put one fandom tag in the fandom box; tick "Any" for relationships; then put all the other fandom tags in the optional details box, separated by commas. This can only be done with one of your offer slots, and means you are offering "Any" relationships in all of these fandoms. Remember that the relationships field also includes Solo: Character nominations; and general or specific worldbuilding tags.

Fandoms entered into the optional tags field will not auto-complete, but spelling and spaces matter. The easiest way to fill in your bucket list is to use the "Fandom:" box; when it autocompletes, you can copy and paste fandoms from there one by one into the Optional Tags line until you are done, and then leave the last fandom in the Fandom box. If you are offering lots of fandoms, you can make a comma-separated list in a text file by copying and pasting from the tagset, then pasting it in. This method ensures you do not lose your list if you enter one of the tags incorrectly, and makes it easier to edit if you change your mind.


Matching


Matching works on an OR basis. Your request will be matched to a creator based on just one fandom/relationship/medium combination.

If you do not have a potential recipient, you will be contacted and asked to edit your sign up. If you do not wish to do that, or if you do not respond within 24 hours, your sign-up will be deleted.

 I’ll update the schedule accordingly later, but we have all had the flu in our house this week and I’ve been hit hard.

Nominate here. Nomination guidelines follow:

Nominations

You may nominate up to ten fandoms, with ten relationships per fandom. Please use canonical tags for fandoms where possible. A list of fandoms with known exceptions (e.g., large meta-series such as Tamora Pierce's Tortall and C.J. Cherryh's Alliance-Union) is posted below.

Relationships

You may nominate either platonic (&) or romantic (/) relationships. You may also nominate single characters; use the format "Solo: Character". Crossovers are permitted under the "Crossover" fandom.

For crossovers, both canons must be individually eligible for this exchange. You must include the original fandom in parentheses after each character's name. The fandom name may be shortened or abbreviated, provided it is still clear which fandom you are referencing.

Sample acceptable nominations:

• Dracula/Jonathan Harker
• Solo: Temeraire
• ART (Murderbot) & Deep Thought (Hitchhikers' Guide)

You may also use "any [group]" in nominations, provided that this is something that is clearly understood within the context of the canon. For example:

• Temeraire - "Solo: Any Male Dragon" or "Any Dragon & Their Captain"
• Provost's Dog - "Beka Cooper/Any Provost's Guard Member"

Please note that "any" nominations will only cover named canon characters.

You may also nominate original characters, provided that the description for the original character is clearly understood within the context of the canon. For example:

• Temeraire - "Original Dragon & Their Female Captain"
• Provost's Dog - "Solo: Original Nonbinary Provost's Guard Member"

Nominations that are simply "Original Female Character" or similar will be rejected as being too broad. However, these characters will be accepted as part of a relationship with a specific canon character(s).

Additionally, you may nominate Worldbuilding as a relationship nomination for your preferred canon. You can leave it as “WB: Any” for a broad focus, or give a specific in-universe aspect that you would like to see expanded on. 

Examples [Canon]:

• WB: Spider Courtship [Children of Time]
• WB: Dragons in China [Temeraire]
• WB: The Black Tower [Wheel of Time]

Canons approved to be subdivided

This list will be updated as nominations are approved.

• Alliance-Union - C.J. Cherryh
• Discworld - Terry Pratchett
• Kushiel's Legacy - Jacqueline Carey
• Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard
• Tortall - Tamora Pierce
• Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey

Other Series Exceptions

This list will be updated as nominations are approved.

Thank you all for participating! Given that I was behind on reveals both times, I am officially opening applications for a co-mod next year. If I don't get any bites immediately, I'll try again closer to next year.

Until then, happy reading.

Please reply to this post or email sufficiently.advanced.ex@gmail.com to claim. Please include your Ao3 username and the number of the pinch hit you are claiming. These will be due Friday 10 May 2024 at 9:00PM EDT.

( PH 7 - The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison, The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, Graceling Realm Series - Kristin Cashore )

( PH 8 - CLAIMED )