this is not your loss, this is your offering

Sign Ups are open until August 22nd 9PM EDT. (Yes, they're open a little early from what's listed on the schedule.)

If you sign up, you are committing to create a work of at least the quality of an unlined sketch or a fic of 300 words by August 30th 9 PM EDT, depending on what you match on. Gifts are not guaranteed, though pinch hits will be sent out and, we hope, filled.

Matching is by Fandom, Medium, and Archive Warning. Everything else is optional.

Matching is OR. This means you only need to create one of the fandoms requested, one of the mediums requested, and one of the Archive Warnings in that fandom's request.

You must offer and request at least three unique fandoms. They can all fall under the same umbrella fandom.

Do Not Wants are allowed in the optional details box. These are not meant to allow someone to box their creator in, but rather to give guidance. (Please see the FAQ if you're confused about DNWs should look like.)

In the optional details box, you can also talk a little bit about what you like besides the horror freeforms, link to your five minute fandoms, and do whatever else you'd like within the confines of an AO3 optional details box.

You must choose at least one medium per offer and request. You can choose either fic or art.

You must choose at least one Archive Warning per offer and request. The Archive Warnings you can choose are Graphic Violence, Major Character Death, Rape/Non-con, Underage, and No Archive Warnings Apply.

Request what you are willing to receive.

Offer what you are willing to create.

If you do not want to create or receive any material with Archive Warnings, tick No Archive Warnings Apply.

Nominations will remain open through the close of sign ups. If you want something that is not in the tag set, you can still nominate it.

All links and schedule.

Nominations are open every year through the close of sign ups.

There is one eternal freeform tag set and one yearly fandoms and relationships tag set.

If you use all your nomination slots, nominating via sock is welcome.

A reminder that matching is on Fandom, Medium(s), and Archive Warnings. All extra information is optional and your artist/author does not have to use it. All participants are encouraged to try to make something their recip will like, but you're only guaranteed Fandom, Medium(s), and Archive Warnings.

Things that can be nominated include fandom, characters in the form of "Solo: Character Name" and ships in the relationships field, and freeforms. / denotes a romantic or sexual relationship. & denotes a platonic relationship.

Fandoms with umbrellas can be nominated as the nominators please, with both individual franchises and umbrella categories eligible. For instance:

• Star Wars could have Star Wars (All Media Types), Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars Legends: Knights of the Old Republic, and Star Wars Thrawn novels nominated.
  
• Marvel could have Marvel (All Media Types), Marvel 616, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Iron Man (movies), Thor (movies), and individual game and comic titles nominated.
  
• If you want to increase your odds of getting something with characters you both know, you may wish to narrow in on a more specific version of your nomination like Star Wars Legends: Knights of the Old Republic or Iron Man (movie).

Crossover ships should be nominated under Crossover Fandom or under [Canon name 1]/[Canon name 2]. As matching is only on fandom, you are most likely to get what you want by nominating the canon names. Example: Fandom: Iron Man (movies)/My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Relationship: Tony Stark & Spike.

Recursive fanfiction (aka fic or art of fic) is allowed if the creator has given public permission for their work to be included as a fandom in an exchange. Looking at you here, Dreaming of Sunshine fandom. Because Dreaming of Sunshine was synned to Naruto and its previous disambiguated for exchanges version was, too, to prevent Naruto eating DoS tags, please nominate under the new "Dreaming of Sunshine (Fanfic Disambiguation)" fandom tag. If you have a different recursive fandom you wish to be included, please point me in the direction of where the creator has given public permission.

The following nominations for fandoms will not be accepted:

• Nazi RPF
  
• RPF involving modern serial killers, mass shooters, or other modern tragedies
  
• Other similar public figures who have living victims
  
• Modern RPF for persons under the age of 18
  
• Modern RPF for persons not famous in their own right

Other RPF is eligible. Fictional canons are eligible. Original Works are eligible. If someone nominates it, Creator's Choice of Fandom to give your creator complete freedom is eligible. The mod reserves the right to use their best judgment (or the fandom equivalent of phone a friend) for if something is or isn't allowed.

Because we're not matching on characters, ships, or freeforms, they do not have to be unique. Tags may wander. Unless the mod messes something up, this shouldn't cause any problems.

Freeforms should in some way be related to the theme, either to give an idea of the level of spookiness you're up for or to serve as some form of on theme prompt. Fic and art are expected to run the gamut from gentle spooks to screaming scares. Dark fic and art, horror, and the spoopy are all allowed and encouraged. If you have a preference, you should indicate it via freeform.

Because this is a flash exchange, we will not be doing clarification posts for freeforms. We'll still try to use a very open approach to what's on theme. Because we're only human, something may be rejected by mistake or misclick. If so, please let us know if your spooky/spoopy/horror freeform was accidentally rejected.

Examples of freeforms that would not be approved:

• Trans Character


• Fluff


• Pining

Examples of freeforms that would be approved:

• Trans Character Trying to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse


• Human Makes Friends with the Monster in Their Closet


• Ghost Pines for Their Living Lover Who Can't See Them

Eternal Freeforms Tag Set
2025 Fandoms and Relationships Tag Set

This post allows anon comments. Comments are not screened. If you wish to communicate with the mod privately, please either use the mod contact post or e-mail the mod at jumpscaremodding@gmx.com

I will be using this post as the new eternal nominations post, so rather than linking directly to the all links and schedules post, I will say to please check the sticky post at the top of the comm for all links and the current schedule.