ficinabox | Mediums and Length Opt-Ins

While this is primarily a fic focused exchange, there will be opt-ins for pretty much any medium, as long as we can agree on a clear and easily checked equivalent to 1k of written fic!

You should also keep in mind when filling mediums that your fic *must* fulfill one of your recipients fandom/relationship requests. I will add Solo: Worldbuilding to any fandom that you need it in throughout signups. Otherwise if you match to Character A/Character B, then your fill must be something shippy for those characters. For very technical fills like schematics, I would suggest using marginalia or other notes.

This post contains the requirements for each medium, sorted by the overall type. Some mediums are in multiple categories. To make it easier to navigate, everything is separated by cut tags, so I would suggest reading it from the tag link (click here).

There is also a spreadsheet (click here) which has a lot of other more specific filters for you to use! To use the filters (the upside down triangles), just File --> Make a Copy. There's also an HTML table version of the spreadsheet here (click here).

You may request "Medium Opt-In: Any Nominated Opt-In", "Length Opt-In: Any Nominated Opt-In", or "Length Opt-In: Any Nominated Fanfiction Opt-In", but make sure that you mean it if you do!

Note that if any art is done in a physical medium, it should be on unlined paper except in cases where it would make sense (journals, lists, ect) to be on lined paper.

Lower length Opt-ins:

Drabble
Double Drabble
Triple Drabble
Drabble Series
300 minimum words per fic
420 words exactly
500 minimum words per fic
666 words exactly
750 minimum words per fic
777 words exactly
999 words exactly
One Poem Minimum of Any Requested Style of Poetry
One Poem Minimum of Any Nominated Style of Poetry

Written Opt-Ins

/r/IAmA AMA (Post + Questions + Replies): 1k written
/r/legaladvice Post: 1k written
/r/relationships Post: 1k written
Action Figure Packaging Bio: 1k written
Advice Column: 1k written
Album Liner Notes: 1k written
Any In-Universe Documents: 1k written
Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting: 1k written
Any Type of Essay: 1k written
AO3 Based Fanfic Exchange: Wordcount for everything written and I'll also need the password to fake exchange account so it can be revealed at the same time if anything was actually posted to it.
Bestiary: 1k written
Bestiary: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
Board Game: A new game with rules and instructions is worth 2k
Bureaucratic Paperwork: 1k written
Card Game: A new game with rules and instructions is worth 2k
Character Analysis: 1k written
Character Study: 1k written
Chatroom: 1k written
Cocktail Recipes: 1k Written
Cocktail Recipes: 2 Recipes under 1k
Cocktail Recipes: 1 Recipe + an image
Commentary track: 1k transcript
Commentary Track - MST3K Style: 1k transcript
Conspiracy Board: Boards with detailed parts: The Conspiracy Board itself will count for 1k (to account for arranging it and any text snippets/smaller contained works that aren't enough to count on their own). Any parts that have a determined equivalent (such as articles, drawings, schematics, ect) will count for that work's equivalent as long as they were posted in detail on the work.
Creator's Choice of 3+ In-Universe Mediums Per Work: 1k written or follows the rules of that work (note, you *must* include 3 mediums in a single work for this one)
Creator's Choice of 3+ In-Universe Mediums Per Work That Fit The Canon Setting: 1k written or follows the rules of that work (note, you *must* include 3 mediums in a single work for this one)
Creepypasta: 1k written
Diary Entry: 1k written
Epistolary: 1k written
Excerpts from a Character's Journal/Notebook/Sketchbook: 1k written or 1 sketchbook page
Fandom Primer: 1k written
fate/Stay Night (visual novel) style Heroic Spirit status screen: 2k equivalent for a full set of four pages including full illustrations with the template and 3k equivalent without a template
Game Walkthrough: 1k written
Grammar Sketch: 1k written
Highly Upvoted/Guilded Reddit Comment And The Comment's Context: 1k written
Horoscope: 1k written
In-Universe Academic Publication: 1k written
In-Universe Academic Publication: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
In-Universe Book or Movie Review: 1k written
In-Universe Complaint Form: 1k written
In-Universe Essay: 1k written
In-Universe Fanfic prompt list: 1k written
In-Universe Interview: 1k written (Audio interviews need transcripts)
In-Universe Magazine Article: 1k written
In-Universe Magazine Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
In-Universe Magazine Spread: Large illustrations and articles get treated as 1k + wordcount
In-Universe Magazine Spread: Tiny images and articles or only text gets treated as wordcount with a 1k minimum
In-Universe Newspaper Article: 1k written
In-Universe Newspaper Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
In-Universe Newspaper Front Page: Large illustrations and articles get treated as 1k + wordcount
In-Universe Newspaper Front Page: Tiny images and articles or only text gets treated as wordcount with a 1k minimum
In-Universe Personal Documents: 1k written
In-Universe Psychological Evaluation Report: 1k written
In-Universe Religious Text: 1k written
In-Universe RPF: Follow the rules of the type of work + wordcount of included notes
In-Universe Scientific Documents: 1k written
In-Universe Screenplay: 1k written
In-Universe Social Media: Written only: 10 posts, unless total wordcount (post and replies/comments) is over 1k then it counts for wordcount
In-Universe Social Media: Combinations: Art rules + wordcount for detailed art with a large amount of writing. One of the above rules for anything else.
In-Universe Tabloid Article: 1k written
In-Universe Tabloid Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
In-Universe Technical Code or Design Specifications: 1k written
In-Universe Textbook: 1k written
In-Universe Transcript of Podcast or Radio Show: 1k written (note, this cannot be an existing audio)
Interactive Fiction - AO3 style Choose Your Own Adventure: 1k written
Interactive Fiction - Twine: 1k written, if complicated coding is used (such as remembering past decisions in a branching and combining storyline) the author can self report for +500. Story must be in a playable format.
Legal Documents: 1k written
List of things (character) is not allowed to do: 1k written
Localization Notes: 1k written
Logic Grid Puzzle: A solvable puzzle with grid provided with 3 categories is worth 2k. Each additional category adds 1k up to a maximum of 5k. Category size must be at least 4
Map (Drawn or CC-Licensed Image) + Annotations Or Other Notes Related To The Map: Annotations 1k written. If using a CC image, you must link it and it does not count towards your minimum. If you draw a map, the map itself is worth 2k.
Meta: 1k written
Mission Report: 1k written
MSDS For In-Universe Substances: One complete MSDS or 1k written
Official Workplace Documentation: 1k written
Product Description: 1k written
Product Description: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
r/AmITheAsshole Post: 1k written
r/LegalAdvice Post: 1k written
r/Relationships Post: 1k written
Rashomon (1950)-style Conflicting Narratives: 1k written
Recipe book: 1k Written
Recipe book: 2 Recipes under 1k
Recipe book: 1 Recipe + an image
Recursive Fic of Any of the Recip's Gifts In This Fandom (W/ Permission From Author!): 1k written
Recursive Fic of Any of the Recip's Works In This Fandom: 1k written
Reddit Post (Any Subreddit): 1k written
Remix - Fic Remix of my Art: 1k written
Remix - Fic Remix of my Fic: 1k written
Screenplay: 1k written
Script: 1k written
Ship Manifesto: 1k written (note: this use of ship refers to a relationship.)
Shopping list: 5 lists, or one large formatted/drawn list with additional notes.
Spell or Ritual Instructions: 1k Written
Spell or Ritual Instructions: 2 Spells under 1k
Spell or Ritual Instructions: 1 Spell + an image
Tabletop Campaign: one complete short-form hack (honey heist style) = one Fiasco playset = one setting design for a longer D&D campaign
Tarot Card Reading: 1k written
Text Fic: 1k written
The Bookshelf Limbo' style book preview: 1 finished preview including cover, summary, and hand
Theatre - Musical: 1k written stageplay
Theatre - Play: 1k written stageplay
Theatre - Shakespearean-style: 1k written stageplay
Translation Analysis: 1k written
Translation notes: Actual translation note: 5 detailed bulletpoints or 10 short ones. (note, these should be paired with a translation if not in-universe, but since I cannot judge the accuracy of a translation it cannot be counted towards your requirement)
Translation notes: In-Universe translation notes: 10 bulletpoints (if paired with a translation, the english part will count for wordcount as long as it is your own original words)
Untitled Goose Style To-Do List: 5 lists, assuming separate lists for separate areas
Worldbuilding Headcanon: 1k written

Art & Design Opt-Ins

A Softer World' style art: 3 comics/9 panels
Adaption Concept Art: 1 finished image
Animatics: 5 "frames" (with frames being images that may or may not share the same background/scene but have differing foreground positions).
Any Technical Drawing: 1 clean finished page
AO3 Based Fanfic Exchange: Wordcount for everything written and I'll also need the password to fake exchange account so it can be revealed at the same time if anything was actually posted to it.
Bestiary: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
Board Game: Reskin an existing game to be fannish
Book Cover: 1 finished illustrated cover
Card Game: Reskin an existing game to be fannish
Coat of Arms/Heraldic Crest: 1 clean finished image
Cocktail Recipes: 1 Recipe + an image
Coloring Page: 1 clean coloring page
Comics: 1 comic page not on lined paper
Conspiracy Board: Boards with detailed parts: The Conspiracy Board itself will count for 1k (to account for arranging it and any text snippets/smaller contained works that aren't enough to count on their own). Any parts that have a determined equivalent (such as articles, drawings, schematics, ect) will count for that work's equivalent as long as they were posted in detail on the work.
Conspiracy Board: Boards without detailed parts: Will count for 1k
Costume Design: 1 clean finished drawing
Emojis: 3 emojis drawn from scratch
Excerpts from a Character's Journal/Notebook/Sketchbook: 1k written or 1 sketchbook page
Fanart: 1 clean finished image
Fanart Cover/Illustration of Recipient's Fic: 1 clean finished image
fate/Stay Night (visual novel) style Heroic Spirit status screen: 2k equivalent for a full set of four pages including full illustrations with the template and 3k equivalent without a template
Floorplan/Architectural Style Drawing: 1 clean finished drawing
In-Universe Academic Publication: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
In-Universe Advertisement: 1 clean finished image or 1 minute vid
In-Universe Magazine Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
In-Universe Magazine Spread: Large illustrations and articles get treated as 1k + wordcount
In-Universe Magazine Spread: Full illustration front pages get treated as an art
In-Universe Newspaper Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
In-Universe Newspaper Front Page: Large illustrations and articles get treated as 1k + wordcount
In-Universe Newspaper Front Page: Full illustration front pages get treated as an art
In-Universe RPF: Follow the rules of the type of work + wordcount of included notes
In-Universe Sketch Book Pages: 1 page of sketches
In-Universe Social Media: Combinations: Art rules + wordcount for detailed art with a large amount of writing. One of the above rules for anything else.
In-Universe Social Media: Art only: 1 post with a detailed image or 5 panels within a view of the someone's overall page with smaller images
In-Universe Tabloid Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
Location Interior Design: 1 clean finished drawing
Mandala: 1 clean finished image
Maps: A completed map based on fandom research (accuracy dependent on art/historical style) is 2k
Minimalist Poster: 1 finished poster
Pin-up Poster of Character: 1 clean finished image
Playing Card: 1 clean finished image
Product Description: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
Propaganda Poster: 1 finished poster
Recipe book: 1 Recipe + an image
Remix - Art Remix of my Art: 1 finished image
Remix - Art Remix of my Fic: 1 finished image
Ship Schematic: 1 clean finished drawing (note: this use of ship refers to the physical boat ect.)
Shopping list: 5 lists, or one large formatted/drawn list with additional notes.
Spell or Ritual Instructions: 1 Spell + an image
Stained Glass Sequence: 1 finished image, or 5 less detailed panels in a sequence
Tabletop Campaign: one complete short-form hack (honey heist style) = one Fiasco playset = one setting design for a longer D&D campaign
Tapestry: 1 finished tapestry
Tarot Card: 1 finished image
The Bookshelf Limbo' style book preview: 1 finished preview including cover, summary, and hand
Tool Schematic: 1 clean finished drawing
Trading Cards: 1 detailed trading card
Typeface Design: Set of sketched letterforms
Typeface design: A complete downloadable font (uppercase, lowercase, minimal punctuation, extended Latin or alternate glyphs) will count for 2k
Warning Label or Sticker: 1 label (note, these must be clearly fandom inspired and must be drawn, text can be taken from publicly available standardized labels if needed)
Weapon Schematics: 1 clean finished drawing

Audio Opt-Ins

Audio not!Fic: 1k of words in the original not!fic being podficced.
Commentary track: 1k transcript
Commentary Track - MST3K Style: 1k transcript
Fanmixes: 10 songs
Fansoundtrack: 10 songs
In-Universe Interview: 1k transcript (Audio interviews need transcripts)
In-Universe RPF: Follow the rules of the type of work + wordcount of included notes
Original Fan Music: 20 seconds, with a minimum suggested quality of either a clean recording or a computer generated demo.
Podfic: 1k of words in the original fic being podficced
Podfic of any of my fics that match this request's fandom/relationships: 1k of words in the original fic being podficced.
Remixes: 20 seconds, with a minimum suggested quality of either a clean recording or a computer generated demo.

Vid Opt-Ins

Animatics: 5 "frames" (with frames being images that may or may not share the same background/scene but have differing foreground positions). The creator must say in the authors note how many frames there are
Fake Trailer: 1 minute
Fanvids: 1 minute
In-Universe Advertisement: 1 finished image or 1 minute vid
In-Universe RPF: Follow the rules of the type of work + wordcount of included notes

Poetry Opt-Ins

Any Nominated Style of Poetry: This will follow the rules of the submitted style.
- Alliterative Long Line: 10 Lines
- Alliterisen: 2 Poems
- Ballad: 3 Stanzas
- Cascade Poem: 1 Poem
- Elegy: 1 Poem
- Free Verse: 15 Lines
- Haiku Series: Series of 5
- Narrative Poem: 15 Lines
- Ode: 12 Lines
- Pantoum: 1 Poem
- Poetry - Golden Shovel: 12 Lines
- Rondeau: 1 Poem
- Sapphic Verse: 3 Stanzas
- Sestina: 1 Poem
- Sonnet: 1 Poem
- Tanka Series: 2 Poems
- Villanelle: 1 Poem
In-Universe Poetry: This will follow the rules of whatever poetry form is written
In-Universe Prayer: 15 lines OR the rules for that form of poetry
Song Lyrics - Filk/Parody: This will follow poetry rules
Song Lyrics - Original: This will follow poetry rules

Mixed Media Opt-Ins

Animatics: 5 "frames" (with frames being images that may or may not share the same background/scene but have differing foreground positions). Note
Any In-Universe Documents: 1k written
Any In-Universe Documents That Fit the Canon Setting: 1k written
AO3 Based Fanfic Exchange: Wordcount for everything written and I'll also need the password to fake exchange account so it can be revealed at the same time if anything was actually posted to it.
Bestiary: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
Board Game: A new game with rules and instructions is worth 2k
Card Game: A new game with rules and instructions is worth 2k
Cocktail Recipes: 1 Recipe + an image
Commentary track: 1k transcript
Commentary Track - MST3K Style: 1k transcript
Conspiracy Board: Boards with detailed parts: The Conspiracy Board itself will count for 1k (to account for arranging it and any text snippets/smaller contained works that aren't enough to count on their own). Any parts that have a determined equivalent (such as articles, drawings, schematics, ect) will count for that work's equivalent as long as they were posted in detail on the work.
Excerpts from a Character's Journal/Notebook/Sketchbook: 1k written or 1 sketchbook page
fate/Stay Night (visual novel) style Heroic Spirit status screen: 2k equivalent for a full set of four pages including full illustrations with the template and 3k equivalent without a template
Horoscope: 1k written, 500 equivalent will be added if any charts are included
In-Universe Academic Publication: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
In-Universe Magazine Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
In-Universe Magazine Spread: Large illustrations and articles get treated as 1k + wordcount
In-Universe Newspaper Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
In-Universe Newspaper Front Page: Large illustrations and articles get treated as 1k + wordcount
In-Universe RPF: Follow the rules of the type of work + wordcount of included notes
In-Universe Social Media: Combinations: Art rules + wordcount for detailed art with a large amount of writing. One of the above rules for anything else.
In-Universe Tabloid Article: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
Logic Grid Puzzle: A solvable puzzle with grid provided with 3 categories is worth 2k. Each additional category adds 1k up to a maximum of 5k. Category size must be at least 4
Map (Drawn or CC-Licensed Image) + Annotations Or Other Notes Related To The Map: Annotations 1k written. If using a CC image, you must link it and it does not count towards your minimum. If you draw a map, the map itself is worth 2k.
Product Description: If the work has large drawn images, it will count for 1k per drawing + wordcount
Recipe book: 1 Recipe + an image
Shopping list: 5 lists, or one large formatted/drawn list with additional notes.
Spell or Ritual Instructions: 1 Spell + an image
Tabletop Campaign: one complete short-form hack (honey heist style) = one Fiasco playset = one setting design for a longer D&D campaign
The Bookshelf Limbo' style book preview: 1 finished preview including cover, summary, and hand
Untitled Goose Style To-Do List: 5 lists, assuming separate lists for separate areas

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liryian

I've nominated animatics as a medium opt-in; however, I'm not sure how much of one would constitute a 1k equivalent--my general understanding of them (having not created any myself) is that they can be quite a lot of work for even a minute of content, so I'm not certain whether 1 minute, as with fanvids, is appropriate, or whether it should be lessened in this case.

fic_in_a_box_mod

I'll see if I can find someone who has experience with them to give an opinion. My instinct is the same as yours (that the equivalent to 1k should be less than a minute, since they're so much work).

There are some potential works where we'll need the equivalence to be 10k instead, and this may be one of those. The nom will stay in limbo for a bit until I figure it out :)

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(*and fanart, and podfic, and vids!)

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