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Authors have been revealed, and we're proud to say that Autistic Exchange 2018 was a huge success!
Thank you to everyone who nominated, signed up, wrote, beta'd, and commented, and a special thanks to our pinch hitter, EnvyBakemono!
If you have feedback on how this year went, or suggestions for next year, please comment below, or send the mods an email at autexmods at gmail.
Thoughts on next year:
We're considering widening this to the more general Neurodiversity Exchange next year. This would mean that participants would not only match on fandom/character, but also on neurodiversity types
For example, I could offer autism and anxiety for Briar Moss and Trisana Chandler in Emelan - Tamora Pierce, and would match with someone who requested either autism or anxiety and either Briar or Tris.
If you have feedback on this idea, please comment or email us.
Have a great August, and thanks again for participating!!
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Sticky: Autistic Exchange 2018
Mar. 24th, 2018 02:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mlravenwritesThis exchange is for autistic people and autistic characters, by autistic people.
Nominate characters who are canonically autistic, such as Kevin Blake from Eureka or Lou Arrendale from The Speed of Dark, or who you think of (or want to read fic about) as autistic, such as Belle and Beast in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (1991) or the Grinch in Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966). Nominate their canons, too. We are open to RPF under the condition that all real persons portrayed are dead. We are also open to Original Work under the condition that any nominated character (for instance, Pirate Captain, Princess, or Paladin) be intended to be written and read as autistic.
Request canons and characters who you would like to see more of in fic.
Offer canons and characters you are familiar enough with that you think you can competently write a complete story of at least 500 words about them.
Keep in mind while nominating, requesting, and offering characters that those characters must be autistic in the fic. Self-diagnosis is acceptable. Medical diagnosis is acceptable. Some canons do not have the concept (being speculative settings, or historically set and predating the coinage of the term), but the character(s) must think or behave in one or another manner that demonstrates they are autistic. See this post on scriptAutistic for suggestions.
scriptAutistic is a valuable resource in general.
The 2018 Autistic Exchange AO3 collection.
Signup here.
Tagset here.
The 2018 Autistic Exchange AO3 collection.
Signup here.
Tagset here.
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Notes on signups:
OPTIONAL DETAILS ARE OPTIONAL.
Please include Do Not Wants in your signup, either in your (optional) letter or in the body of your signup. Respect your recipient’s Do Not Wants! Because we understand about it sometimes being hard to avoid DNWs (or they slip one’s mind or whatever), there is a two-strikes policy in place: if a writer posts a fic including any of its recip’s DNWs, they get a warning and an opportunity to replace the fic with one that is DNW-less. If the writer does not comply, they will be banned.
Just in case a writer and a recip don’t ship the same ships, we advise that you include a gen prompt alongside any shippy prompt.
Letters are optional, but can be found on this Dreamwidth community post. We encourage participants to write letters in order to elaborate on their requests, prompts, wants, DNWs, and whether they are open to treats in media other than fic. Participants who write letters are (naturally) more likely to receive treats than participants who do not.
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In numbers:
Nominate 1-4 fandoms and 1-4 characters for each fandom.
Request 3-5 fandoms and 1-4 characters for each fandom.
Offer 4-7 fandoms and 1-6 characters for each fandom.
Keep in mind that this exchange uses OR matching, which means that you’ll match with someone who has offered or requested a minimum of 1 fandom and 1 character in that fandom that you have requested or offered. Tailor your optional details accordingly.
Write a complete fic with a minimum of 500 words about the characters(s) you and your assigned recipient match on.
You may also write any treats you choose to write for any other participant, which may be of any length. Treats may also be in other media, if the recipient expresses openness to receiving treats in that medium; if the recipient says they are okay with podfic treats, you may record them a podfic treat, or if the recipient says they are okay with art treats, you may draw or manip them an art treat. Your assignment, however, must be a fic. (But if you want to multimedia it and the recipient has expressed openness to treats in those other media, then as long as there’s 500+ words of fic you wrote somewhere in there and the final gift is a complete story, it’s cool.)
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Schedule:
Nomination Period: Jun 1 - Jun 10 11:59pm EDT
Sign Ups: Jun 11 - Jun 21 11:59 pm EDT
Assignments out: no later than Jun 23
Deadline: Jul 21 11:59 pm EDT EXTENDED to Jul 23 11:59 pm EDT
Archive Goes Live: Jul 28 no earlier than 8:59 am EDT, possibly later
Anon Period Ends: Aug 4 no earlier than 8:59 am EDT, possibly later
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Mods:
All fics in!
Jul. 25th, 2018 07:30 pmmlravenwritesAll fics are in, which means we're all set for opening the exchange as scheduled on Saturday, July 28th at 9:00 EDT (countdown here)!!!!
Feel free to edit to your heart's content up until that point.
We're so excited to read what you've written!!!
\o/
Feel free to edit to your heart's content up until that point.
We're so excited to read what you've written!!!
\o/
Collection update
Jul. 23rd, 2018 10:08 pmmlravenwritesWe're waiting on one gift, for which the author has been granted a two-day extension (to Wednesday). Feel free to post any treats and/or keep editing your gift in the meantime!
Deadline extended
Jul. 21st, 2018 04:42 pmmlravenwritesPosting deadline has been extended to MONDAY, July 23rd at 11:59pm EDT. Here's an updated countdown.
If you think you'll be defaulting, please do so sooner rather than later so that we can find pinch-hitters.
If you think you'll be defaulting, please do so sooner rather than later so that we can find pinch-hitters.
Pinch Hit Post
Jul. 9th, 2018 01:14 pmmlravenwritesAutistic Exchange has one outstanding pinch hit. It will be due at the same time as regular assignments, on July 21st at 11:59PM EDT.
Please comment below with your AO3 username to claim. Comments on this post are screened.
( Pinch Hit #1: CLAIMED )
Please comment below with your AO3 username to claim. Comments on this post are screened.
( Pinch Hit #1: CLAIMED )
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Jun. 24th, 2018 08:13 pmalexseanchaiJust as a reminder: the reveals bug is still active on AO3. Because the AutEx AO3 collection is moderated, your stories will not be allowed to post properly until mlravenwrites or I have been able to ensure that it will not preemptively reveal itself. The best way to handle this on your end is, when you go to post the story to the collection, Save Without Posting. The draft will then join the collection in quarantine, and we will make sure it's bug-free before letting it out. That way nobody gets an unpleasant surprise, or an early one.
mlravenwrites or I have been able to ensure that it will not preemptively reveal itself. The best way to handle this on your end is, when you go to post the story to the collection, Save Without Posting. The draft will then join the collection in quarantine, and we will make sure it's bug-free before letting it out. That way nobody gets an unpleasant surprise, or an early one.![[admin post]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/entry/admin_post.png){kind=small}
Sign-Ups Closing in ~37 Hours
Jun. 20th, 2018 11:22 amalexseanchaiYou'll have a little wiggle room past the official time of 11:59pm Eastern on June 21, because mlravenwrites will be sleeping and I will be getting off work, but don't bank on having much wiggle room. If you haven't signed up, or you want to tweak your sign-up for any reason, do so soon!
mlravenwrites will be sleeping and I will be getting off work, but don't bank on having much wiggle room. If you haven't signed up, or you want to tweak your sign-up for any reason, do so soon!Signups open early!
Jun. 11th, 2018 01:17 pmmlravenwritesWe're happy to report that the nomination process went so well that we're opening signups today!
Click here to sign up on AO3.
Requests:
As a reminder, here is a link to the tagset. The schedule, rules, and FAQs are here.
Happy signups!
Click here to sign up on AO3.
Requests:
You must request a minimum of 3 fandoms. You may request a maximum of 5 fandoms.
For each fandom you request, you must request between 1 and 4 characters.
Offers:
Offers:
You must offer a minimum of 4 fandoms. You may offer a maximum of 7 fandoms.
For each fandom, you must offer between 1 and 6 characters.
As a reminder, here is a link to the tagset. The schedule, rules, and FAQs are here.
Happy signups!
Nominations open!
Jun. 1st, 2018 06:26 pmmlravenwritesNominations are now open! Nominations are open until June 10th at 11:59 PM EDT.
Here is the tag set.
As a reminder, nominate between 1 and 4 fandoms, and 1 and 4 characters in each fandom.
We'll approve noms as they come in, and we'll post here with any questions.
Go forth and nom nom nom!
Here is the tag set.
As a reminder, nominate between 1 and 4 fandoms, and 1 and 4 characters in each fandom.
We'll approve noms as they come in, and we'll post here with any questions.
Go forth and nom nom nom!
Autistic Exchange promo
May. 2nd, 2018 12:58 pmmlravenwrites
Autistic Exchange 2018
autisticexchange.dreamwidth.org
Nominations open June 1st
image description: banner with pictures of Colin Firth as Mr. Darcy, Alanna the Lioness from the cover of Tamora Pierce's In the Hands of the Goddess, the Grinch, Kevin Blake from Eureka, and Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Banner reads: AUTISTIC EXCHANGE, autisticexchange.dreamwidth.org, Nominations June 1-10
Second banner made by anon v. talented friend!!
Second banner image description: banner with pictures of Symmetra from Overwatch, Billy from Power Rangers (2017), and Chell from Portal. Banner reads: AUTISTIC EXCHANGE, autisticexchange.dreamwidth.org, Nominations June 1-10
Letters post
Mar. 24th, 2018 02:17 pmmlravenwritesLetters are optional, but will increase your chance of getting treats.
Post your letters below, in the following format:
Post your letters below, in the following format:
