Sufficiently Advanced Exchange

Pinch Hit #5

2026-04-23T05:05:44Z

Posted by: firebatvillain

Here's another Pinch Hit! 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. This will be due Sun 03 May 2026 10:00PM EDT!

( PH 5 - Alien Clay - Adrian Tchaikovsky, Anathem - Neal Stephenson, Babel-17 - Samuel R. Delany, Piranesi - Susanna Clarke, Solaris - Stanisław Lem, Shadow of the Leviathan - Robert Jackson Bennett )

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Pinch Hits #1-4

2026-03-22T16:13:49Z

Posted by: firebatvillain

Assignments are out!

Here are some initial Pinch hits. 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 Sun 03 May 2026 10:00PM EDT!

( PH 1 - The Founders Trilogy - Robert Jackson Bennett, The Long Way Round - Naomi Novik, Olondria - Sofia Samatar, Shadow of the Leviathan - Robert Jackson Bennett, Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik )

( PH 2 - Le Petit Prince | The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski, The Last Unicorn - Peter S. Beagle, xxxHoLic (Manga) )

( PH 3 - The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir, The Hierarchy - James Islington, Green Creek Series - T.J. Klune, Feast While You Can - Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Doctrine of Labyrinths - Sarah Monette )

( PH 4 - The Angel of the Crows - Katherine Addison, Emelan - Tamora Pierce, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien )

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Unmatchable email sent

2026-03-22T05:53:51Z

Posted by: firebatvillain

Hi all, we sent an email a couple hours ago to one participant who is unmatchable currently - please check the email associated with your AO3 account to see if you got this email!

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28 hours left in sign-up period!

2026-03-20T22:12:39Z

Posted by: firebatvillain

28 hours left to sign up! Go here to sign up: (link)

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Signups are open!

2026-03-08T23:14:39Z

Posted by: firebatvillain

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.

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Nominations are open!

2026-02-21T03:41:55Z

Posted by: firebatvillain

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.

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2026 Schedule

2026-02-14T20:31:54Z

Posted by: firebatvillain

Greetings!

We are pleased to announce that Sufficiently Advanced will return for 2026. Because of the nature of this exchange -- focusing on print canons -- we are kicking off with a promo period before nominations begin, to give everyone time to pick up something new or reread something old. The canon promo post for this year can be found here.

As a reminder, here are the freely available canons and promo post for all years.

The Ao3 collection can be found here.

The Ao3 tagset can be found here.

2026 Schedule

Nominations: February 21-March 7

Signups: March 8-21

Assignments: No later than March 25

Creation Period: March 22-May 3

Works Due: May 3 at 10 PM EDT (UTC-4)

Work Reveals: May 10 at 10 PM EDT (UTC-4)

Creator Reveals: May 17 at 10 PM EDT (UTC-4)

Mod email: sufficiently.advanced.ex@gmail.com

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2026 Canon Promo Post

2026-02-14T20:21:35Z

Posted by: keita52

Use the comments of this post to promote your favorite canon(s). Please use one comment per canon. You can use the template provided here or whatever format you wish.

If it is freely available online, consider adding it to the Freely Available Canons spreadsheet.

Name:
Author:
Length (pages or words, whichever is more relevant):
Sub-genre:
Why it's awesome:
Any other important information to know about:

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Creators are revealed!

2025-06-09T02:36:39Z

Posted by: keita52

Thank you for your patience with the delays this year. We hope to see you all again next year!

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Works have been revealed!

2025-06-02T02:04:53Z

Posted by: keita52

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

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Reveals delayed 1 more week to June 1 - remaining PHs #1, #5

2025-05-23T23:09:16Z

Posted by: firebatvillain

Reveals will be delayed until June 1 at 10 PM US Eastern Time to allow our two remaining Pinch Hits to be claimed and filled. They're listed bellow, so please take a look if you are able to Pinch Hit.

These Pinch Hits will have a deadline of May 31 at 10 PM US Eastern Time!

Thank you everyone for your patience, and to the Pinch Hitters who are helping make sure everyone gets a gift.

Reveals Countdown

Remaining Pinch Hits!

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 Saturday May 31 at 10 PM US Eastern Time.

We have granted extensions to some participants, so don't worry if you still don't have a gift but don't see your name here!

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

~~( PH 5 - The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova, Hallo itt M�ty�s kir�ly! - Bog�ti P�ter, Crossover Fandom )~~

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Reveals delayed 1 week to May 25

2025-05-16T07:48:48Z

Posted by: firebatvillain

Reveals will be delayed until May 25 at 10 PM US Eastern Time to allow our three remaining Pinch Hits to be claimed and filled. Please stop by and take a look if you are able to Pinch Hit with a deadline of May 24 at 10 PM US Eastern Time!

Reveals Countdown | Remaining Pinch Hits

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Post-Deadline Pinch Hits - #1, #3, #5, #6, #8

2025-05-12T19:01:16Z

Posted by: firebatvillain

The deadline has passed! We have some returning Pinch Hits and some new ones.

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 ~~18 May 2025 at 10:00PM EDT.~~ May 24 at 10 PM US Eastern Time.

We have granted extensions to some participants, so don't worry if you still don't have a gift but don't see your name here!

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

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

( PH 5 - The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova, Hallo itt M�ty�s kir�ly! - Bog�ti P�ter, Crossover Fandom )

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

~~( PH 8 - Dominion of the Fallen - Aliette de Bodard, Books of the Raksura - Martha Wells, A Study in Emerald - Neil Gaiman, Mercy Thompson Series - Patricia Briggs )~~

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Two Days Left in the Creation Period! PHs #3, #4, #5

2025-05-10T01:37:02Z

Posted by: firebatvillain

Hi all, we hope you've been doing great so far! There are about two days left in the creation period! Assignments are due Sunday 11 May 2025 at 10:00PM US Eastern Time.

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.

( 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 - Provost's Dog - Tamora Pierce, Protector of the Small - Tamora Pierce, Emelan - Tamora Pierce, Keeper of the Lost Cities Series - Shannon Messenger, The Saint of Steel - T. Kingfisher, Ella Enchanted - Gail Carson Levine, Crossover Fandom, Chronicles of Narnia - C. S. Lewis )

( PH 5 - The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova, Hallo itt M�ty�s kir�ly! - Bog�ti P�ter, Crossover Fandom )

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Two Weeks Left in the Creation Period! PHs #1, #3, #5, #6

2025-04-27T06:43:27Z

Posted by: firebatvillain

Hi all, we hope you've been doing great so far! There are about two weeks left in the creation period! Assignments are due Sunday 11 May 2025 at 10:00PM US Eastern Time.

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.

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

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

( PH 5 - The Historian - Elizabeth Kostova, Hallo itt M�ty�s kir�ly! - Bog�ti P�ter, Crossover Fandom )

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

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Pinch Hits 1-7

2025-03-31T23:39:48Z

Posted by: keita52

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 )

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Unmatchable email sent

2025-03-31T18:29:55Z

Posted by: firebatvillain

Hi all, we sent an email several hours ago to one participant who is unmatchable currently - please check the email associated with your AO3 account to see if you got this email!

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Signups are open!

2025-03-16T14:05:10Z

Posted by: keita52

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.

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Nominations Clarification #2

2025-03-13T16:50:53Z

Posted by: keita52

Dragonlance - Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman

As far as I can tell, all of the Dragonlance novels were written for the D&D setting of Dragonlance, which would make them ineligible for this exchange as tie-ins. If you can clarify otherwise, I will reconsider.

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Nominations extended by one week

2025-03-07T22:00:48Z

Posted by: keita52

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.

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Nominations Clarification #1

2025-02-23T04:07:44Z

Posted by: keita52

Alliance-Union - C. J. Cherryh

Morris Bird & Ben Pollard (Alliance-Union)
Morris Bird/Ben Pollard (Alliance-Union)
Sal Aboujib & Paul Dekker & Meg Kady & Ben Pollard (Alliance-Union)
Sal Aboujib/Meg Kady (Alliance-Union)
Sal Aboujib/Paul Dekker/Meg Kady/Ben Pollard (Alliance-Union)

Since Alliance-Union is a canon that has been approved to be subdivided, would "Company Wars - C.J. Cherryh" or "Devil to the Belt - C.J. Cherryh" be acceptable for these nominations? If so, which is better?

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Nominations are open!

2025-02-22T15:19:38Z

Posted by: keita52

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"

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

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.

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2025 Canon Recommendations Post

2025-02-05T20:40:31Z

Posted by: keita52

Use the comments of this post to ask for recommendations, or provide them in answer to someone else’s question.

You can ask for recommendations based off of a specific book/series you enjoyed, or based off of your favorite tropes/themes, or whatever else you can think of!

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2025 schedule including extended promo period

2025-02-05T20:12:30Z

Posted by: keita52

Greetings!

I am pleased to announce that Sufficiently Advanced will return for 2025. Because of the nature of this exchange -- focusing on print canons -- there will be an extended promo period before nominations begin, to give everyone time to pick up something new or reread something old. The canon promo post for this year can be found here.

As a reminder, here are the freely available canons and promo post for all years.

The Ao3 collection can be found here.

The Ao3 tagset can be found here.

2025 Schedule

Nominations: February 22-March 15
Signups: March 16-30
Assignments: No later than April 2
Creation Period: March 31-May 11
Works Due: May 11 at 10 PM EDT (UTC-4)
Work Reveals: May 18 at 10 PM EDT (UTC-4)
Creator Reveals: May 25 at 10 PM EDT (UTC-4)

Mod email: sufficiently.advanced.ex@gmail.com

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2025 Canon Promo Post

2025-02-05T19:58:48Z