Assignments Out!

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ASSIGNMENTS OUT

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Assignments are out! Thank you very much for your patience. Please refer to this part of the rules for an in-depth refresher on assignment minimums and expectations, but the short of it is: 10k of complete fic (or equivalent opt-in) is due on October 10 at 11:59 EDT (countdown). Email us immediately if you cannot create anything your recip has requested.

If you are creating multiple works:

• Each work must fulfill one of your assigned recipient's requests, but they do not need to be the same request and do not need to be connected. Filling all 10k of your assignment using the same request is also fine.
• If you choose to create multiple gifts, you should fill the first one using the Fulfill button on your assignment page! The other ones will need to be posted directly to the collection by going to the profile, clicking "Post to Collection", and manually adding your recipient on the "Gift this work to" line.

If you cannot complete all or some of your assignment:

• If you have not yet posted any works, you can default by hitting "Default" on your assignments page. This will remove the assignment and release you from any obligation.
• If you have completed part of your assignment and wish to default on the rest, please email the mods and let us know! You will still be guaranteed up to the amount of approved works you submitted rounded down to the nearest 1k (e.g. if you post 3.5k, then default, and then your creator defaults on their entire assignment, you will go out to PH for 3k). If you posted multiple works, those wordcounts/equivalents are added together before the total is rounded down.
• If you have defaulted on all or part of your assignment, you may "earn back" the amount of gifts you are guaranteed by submitting works to your original assignment or by picking up pinch hits. Please check the "Defaulting" section of this post (link) for more information.

Posting

• Everyone is requesting fanfiction, in addition to their medium opt ins.
• All works must be at least 1k or equivalent unless the recipient has opted into a lower amount, in which case they must be 1k or equivalent or fill a length opt-in tag.
• You can find extended posting guidelines here (link).
• If you are filling a Worldbuilding or Original Works tag and don't wish to tag your work with that exact tag, please mention in your top author's note what tag you're filling.
• All medium tags have a prefix telling you what ruleset they follow, which will tell you the minimum and the wordcount equivalents of that medium. Any non-fanfiction mediums must fit into one of those rulesets or they will not be accepted into the exchange. "Unique Rules" means that a medium has unique minimums and equivalents which are also on the ruleset page. You can find the rulesets here (link).
• If you believe that how you're tagging your work may be confusing for the mods when they check, please just make a note in the top authors note! This also goes for any other information you think may be useful! We will post an all clear notification here on DW a few days before reveals reminding everyone to swap their work from "helping the mods out with notes" mode to "looking nice for reveals" mode.

Treating

• Treating is encouraged!
• Any treats posted to the exchange should meet the assignment requirements! This means that they should be at least 1k or equivalent (unless the recip has opted into lower) and must fill their requested fandom, tags, and medium opt ins if not fanfiction.
• If you have treated your recipient prior to picking up their pinch hit, any treats you have given them that meet the assignment requirements will be automatically counted towards your assignment! This is a side effect of how we're automating the tracking for this exchange. If you have given your recipient a treat that you do not want to count towards your assignment, please let us know when you post to the DW to claim the pinch hit.

Other reminders:

• If you post any part of your assignment from an account other than the one you signed up with, we need to know in order to count that work towards your 10k.
• You must remain anonymous until creators are revealed. This means you should not contact your recipient or state who you are creating for. If you have any questions for your recipient, you should contact the mods and we will pass those on.
• If you decide to collaborate on any part of your assignment, make sure you post to the screened collaboration post. This post will also be where people can offer to help out with betaing, transcription, and workskin creation.
• Those of you hoping to create works with complicated HTML may find this collection of workskin and HTML guides helpful for creating things like twitter, mission reports, etc. You can also request help with this at the collaboration post!
• Don't miss the post about Assignment Swaps week!
• Initial pinch hits soon!