Annual xchange ft.underrepresented genders & sexes

Welcome to the last day of April. That means our archive will go LIVE in three days, on May 3! If everything appears ready to go, we'll open as soon as possible on that day, and so far we seem on track to go live then!

Pinch hitters: Keep going! If you are coming against any issues, email me asap!

All other participants: If you haven't already, take a final look at your story. Make any last-minute edits, or changes that a beta got back to you after the deadline. Make sure to hit PUBLISH rather than Save as Draft, because we want everyone to see your lovely finished work!

If you have the weekend free and would like to write some mini gifts (of any length, really), the collection is open for stories! 

Thank you all so much!

Things to remember as we near the due date:

• upload your story if you haven't already (or finish it, or get it betaed!)
• read over what you've uploaded and check for any lingering issues
• be sure to PUBLISH rather than SAVE AS DRAFT
• if you know you won't be able to finish by midnight 4/25 (CST, possibly a few hours after), make the responsible choice! drop and give your assignment to a pinch hitter, or contact me (aphrodite.mine at gmail) and we'll discuss options
• again, for emphasis, be sure to PUBLISH rather than SAVE AS DRAFT

Steady on!

Greetings! Thanks to the pinch hit list for your fast and comprehensive response so far! Those of you writing, I hope your progress is going well!

If you are considering dropping the exchange, you have until April 18 to do that without being kept from next year's exchange (and dropping before that date will help us obtain pinch hitters in time for the reveal)

We're nearing crunch time, so if you're one of those who haven't started yet, go go go! <3

Have been sent! Check your emails! Please contact us if you have been assigned in error.

We have a handful of pinch hits that will go out, hopefully, in the next 24 hours.

If your assignment is missing details, check the Dear Author post. If you'd like us to poke your recipient for details or a letter, you can email me at aphrodite.mine at gmail.com.

Sign ups close in t-minus four hours. Get those last minute edits/submissions done!

<3

Have you signed up yet?

Currently, Agent Carter has the lead in requests and offers!

If you've already signed up, consider offering some fandoms at the top of the list.

We're open for another week, so go go go, & tell your friends!

Link to you letters in the comments, or if you prefer simply write your letter here. Be sure to include:

• your AO3 username
• requested fandoms
• requested characters
• details you do want
• any triggers/things you'd like to avoid

This is your three-hour heads up, continue as you were. :D

Nomination clean up doesn't officially start til next week, but I'm open to getting head starts. Please comment here if:

• there is a duplicate within a fandom
• someone not in a fandom is showing up in that fandom
• a character has been approved who should have been denied
• a character has been denied who should have been approved
• a character or fandom has a typo

Do NOT comment if:

• you aren't in a fandom but a casual look makes you think that a character might not be eligible
• one of your nominations was denied and you'd like to nominate something else (sorry)
• one of your nominations hasn't been reviewed yet and its been more than 24 hours
• your question or comment is not directly linked to nominations clean up

Here's the tag set for perusal and for nominations if you haven't made yours yet.

Comments are not screened. If you would prefer a screened comment, please use the comment post.

Since its inception, rarewomen has been about being a fanfiction exchange that seeks to correct the gender disparity of characters represented in fanworks. We have noticed a gap between number of stories written about cis-men and those written about other genders and sexes. During last year's exchange, we encountered several characters whom mods and participants did not feel comfortable placing a cut-and-dry gender statement upon, or including under the banner "rarewomen".

As a result, we began the process of changing rarewomen into something that would continue to address underrepresented and/or marginalized genders or sexes in fanworks, but would also be more inclusive than the name rarewomen suggests.

This year, we will be operating under the name rarelywritten, or RW for shorthand. We are also moving our home base to dreamwidth, with our RSS feed [edit 1/17, thank you mk_tortie!] RSS feed as a follow-able LJ account and tumblr. Rules and modus operandi should be the same (with a few small adjustments) aside from the inclusion of other underrepresented and/or marginalized genders or sexes. This list can include but is not limited to: cis women, transgender women, transsexual women, genderqueer individuals, intersex individuals, gender fluid, a-gender, two-spirit, bigender, pangender, third gender, transgender men, transsexual men. If your character has self-identified as a gender that you are not sure is eligible, please ask and we will be happy to amend the list or clarify for you. One quick question you can ask yourself in regards to eligibility is "would this character feel comfortable being included in an exchange for underrepresented and/or marginalizes genders or sexes?" There is further elaboration on this point in the FAQ, found below.

Timeline for 2015 Exchange
Now: discuss potential nominations @ this post
January 30-February 7 11:59PM CST: nominations @ AO3, promotion @ your journal/twitter/tumblr
February 8-February 14 11:59PM CST: nominations clean up
February 15-March 1 11:59PM CST: sign ups @ AO3
Early-to-Mid March: assignments out @ AO3/your email
April 18 @ 9PM CST: drops/defaults after this time subject to banning in 2016
April 25 @ 9PM CST: stories due @ AO3
May 3 @ 6PM CST (pending no issues): stories and authors go live @ AO3, share and link your and other's work @ your journal/twitter/tumblr

FAQ
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