Ch-Ch-Changes

[artfevermod]

Schedule Changes:

• New Exchange Schedule:
  
  
  • Nominations: Jan 15th - Feb 1st
  
  
  • Sign-Ups: Feb 3rd - Feb 13th
  
  
  • Assignments Out: Feb 17th
  
  
  • Assignments Due: March 30th
  
  
  • Reveals: April 6th
  
  
  • Artist Reveals: April 9th
  
  


• New Fest Schedule?
  
  
  • Should I extend the prompting period? Alternatively, I could change the fest to be more like a kink-meme with open prompting and filling throughout the fest. Thoughts?
  
  

I've received some feedback and decided to make some changes to improve the exchange.

Exchange Changes:

• You can now request and offer characters (or relationships) exclusively. You'll be matched based on characters, ships, and additional tags.


• I've increased the number of fandoms, characters, and relationships that can be requested and offered. Now you can have up to 6 of everything. The minimum of fandoms required is still 3.


• The additional tags have been re-worked. The old system wasn't very clear and was at odds with how most exchanges use freeforms. There are now three tags: two "Type" tags and one "Genre" tag. The Type tags indicate what sort of art you're interested in (Drawings vs Graphics). You'll need to pick at least one Type tag per request/offer. The Genre tag is for background/scenario art and is optional. These tags will work like freeforms normally do in other AO3 exchanges; e.g. if you request "Type - Graphics" you'll only be matched with someone offering graphics. I hope that this is more intuitive.


• As a result of the new additional tags, graphics can now be exclusively requested and offered.

If you have suggestions or questions please let me know. Unless there are any objections to these changes, I'll try to have a new promo post on tumblr and fandomcalendar by tomorrow night. I've contacted a few fuckyeahfandom blogs and will be submitting promo posts to them as well. You can send me usernames of blogs that you'd like me to try to contact. I might also tag the promo post with some of the bigger fandoms, though I'm not sure how effective that will be now that the tags have been changed on tumblr.