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Traumatic Experiences Post-Deadline Pinch Hits - Due February 15th 8PM PST
Feb. 11th, 2026 08:33 pmflowing_river posting in pinchhitsEvent: Traumatic Experiences
Event Link:traumaticexperiences
Pinch Hit Link: Current Pinch Hit Post
Due Date: February 15th at 8PM PST
traumaticexperiences is a (psychological) trauma themed multifandom exchange. We have 11 post-deadline pinch hits! You must write a fanfiction that is a minimum of 1000 words and include a requested fandom, relationship or solo character, and freeform in your fill.
Assignment Requirements
PH 2 - Dredge (Video Game), Trigun (Anime & Manga 1995-2008), 間の楔 | Ai no Kusabi (Anime)
PH 5 - Dial M for Murder (1954), Home Before Dark (1958), The Country Girl (1954)
PH 6 - Given (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), Wind Breaker (Anime), Outlast (Video Games)
PH 7 - Four Assassins (2011), RoboCop (Movies 1987-1993), Half-Life (Video Games), Crossing Jordan (TV 2001)
PH 8 - The Defenders (Marvel TV), Charmed (TV 1998)
PH 10 - The A Word (TV), I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game), 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
PH 15 - Dragon Age (Video Games), Succession (TV 2018), The Owl House (Cartoon), Breaking Bad, House M.D.
PH 17 - NoPixel (Web Series), 仙王的日常生活 | The Daily Life of the Immortal King (Cartoon), 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, Undertale (Video Game)
PH 18 - 你却爱着一个傻逼 - 水千丞 | In Love with an Idiot - Shui Qian Cheng, 火焰戎装 - 水千丞 | Huǒ Yàn Róng Zhuāng - Shuǐ Qiān Chéng, 职业替身 - 水千丞 | Professional Body Double - Shuǐ Qiān Chéng, 小白杨 - 水千丞 | My Little Poplar - Shuǐ Qiān Chéng, 时光代理人 | Link Click (Cartoon), 老婆孩子热炕头 - 水千丞 | Lǎo Pó Hái Zi Rè Kàng Tou - Shuǐ Qiān Chéng, 附加遗产 - 水千丞 | Fù Jiā Yí Chǎn - Shuǐ Qiān Chéng, 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 谁把谁当真 - 水千丞 | Shéi Bǎ Shéi Dàng Zhēn - Shuǐ Qiān Chéng, Crossover Fandom
PH 19 - Winx Club, My Little Pony Generation 4: Equestria Girls (Cartoon 2013), My Little Pony Generation 4: Friendship Is Magic (Cartoon 2010), SK8 the Infinity (Anime)
PH 20 - Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Firewall (Book)
For more details/to claim, view the pinch hit post.
Event Link:
traumaticexperiencesPinch Hit Link: Current Pinch Hit Post
Due Date: February 15th at 8PM PST
traumaticexperiences is a (psychological) trauma themed multifandom exchange. We have 11 post-deadline pinch hits! You must write a fanfiction that is a minimum of 1000 words and include a requested fandom, relationship or solo character, and freeform in your fill.Assignment Requirements
PH 6 - Given (Anime), 呪術廻戦 | Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime), Wind Breaker (Anime), Outlast (Video Games)
PH 7 - Four Assassins (2011), RoboCop (Movies 1987-1993), Half-Life (Video Games), Crossing Jordan (TV 2001)
PH 8 - The Defenders (Marvel TV), Charmed (TV 1998)
PH 17 - NoPixel (Web Series), 仙王的日常生活 | The Daily Life of the Immortal King (Cartoon), 文豪ストレイドッグス | Bungou Stray Dogs, Undertale (Video Game)
PH 18 - 你却爱着一个傻逼 - 水千丞 | In Love with an Idiot - Shui Qian Cheng, 火焰戎装 - 水千丞 | Huǒ Yàn Róng Zhuāng - Shuǐ Qiān Chéng, 职业替身 - 水千丞 | Professional Body Double - Shuǐ Qiān Chéng, 小白杨 - 水千丞 | My Little Poplar - Shuǐ Qiān Chéng, 时光代理人 | Link Click (Cartoon), 老婆孩子热炕头 - 水千丞 | Lǎo Pó Hái Zi Rè Kàng Tou - Shuǐ Qiān Chéng, 附加遗产 - 水千丞 | Fù Jiā Yí Chǎn - Shuǐ Qiān Chéng, 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 谁把谁当真 - 水千丞 | Shéi Bǎ Shéi Dàng Zhēn - Shuǐ Qiān Chéng, Crossover Fandom
PH 19 - Winx Club, My Little Pony Generation 4: Equestria Girls (Cartoon 2013), My Little Pony Generation 4: Friendship Is Magic (Cartoon 2010), SK8 the Infinity (Anime)
PH 20 - Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Firewall (Book)
For more details/to claim, view the pinch hit post.
2026 Schedule and Rules
Feb. 11th, 2026 06:08 pmhighadrenalinemod posting in highadrenalineexchangeGood morning good afternoon good evening! Here are the rules for the 2026 round of High Adrenaline. There are no major changes to any of the rules from last year, but please make sure to read through all the info listed below so we're all on the same page.
AO3 Collection •Nomination Form • Approved Nominations Spreadsheet• Tagset • Sign-Up Form • Sign-Up Search App • Short Treat Collection • Advice for Newcomers
You have two weeks to write 10k (or draw a 25-panel/10-page comic) and one week to edit. Have fun ;)
This exchange has been inherited by a new mod. Some jokes may stay the same and some might be less funny than previous due to this, but we're all still committed to everyone having a good time.
TIMING
Starting February 14th, each person can nominate fandoms, with up to 10 relationships or solo characters per fandom.
There are two ways to nominate:
Nominations will close temporarily on February 20, so tagmods can finish checking and approving fandoms and putting them in the tagset.
When signups open on February 21, people can nominate more fandoms if they really want to, but at that point, please don't nominate a fandom unless you are definitely going to request it.
Nominations will end 24 hours before signups end so we have time to check the last nominations and add them to the tagset.
FORMAT
You can nominate fandoms and relationships. Relationships should be in the form A/B, A & B, or 1: A. The / (as in "Barry Allen/Iris West") indicates a sexual and/or romantic relationship. The & (as in "Barry Allen & Iris West") indicates a platonic relationship. "1:" (as in "1: Iris West") indicates a fic that is primarily about one character rather than a relationship (though that character can be in relationships of various kinds with other people). You can also request "1: Worldbuilding". Please disambiguate every relationship by adding the fandom name at the end of it, like "1: Worldbuilding (Discworld - Pratchett)".
Please do not nominate groups or "Any [Group]" as a character. For example, "Eduardo Sandoval & Any Cop (Narcos)" and "Lucy Pevensie/Maenads (Narnia - Lewis)" would not be eligible as nominations. Relationships of the form A/B & C are also not accepted.
Crossovers should go under Crossover Fandom. Relationship example: "Peter Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis)/Sansa Stark (Game of Thrones TV)". If you want a character from fandom A in a fusion or crossover with fandom B, you can format it like this: "Peter Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis) & Worldbuilding (Game of Thrones TV)".
Almost all fandoms are eligible for the tagset. Creator’s Choice of Fandom will not be in the tagset. All original work nominations go under Original Work. We prefer specific canons over All Media Type fandoms, but we will evaluate those as they come.
Every single fandom has to be double-checked by tagmods for safety fandom status, which will take time. You can technically fill out the Google form as many times as you want, but for the sake of our achy wrists and tired eyes, please only nominate fandoms you're pretty sure you want to request or offer.
SAFETY FANDOMS
You will need to sign up with at least one safety fandom. A safety fandom is a fandom that can be consumed in five hours or less. It should also be available in English or with an English translation. This is designed to prevent the untimely death of our pinch hitters, who will have exactly one week to write 10k and who therefore cannot spend 20+ hours consuming a new canon for a pinch hit.
What exactly counts as a safety fandom? Glad you asked! One of these things MUST be true for your fandom to be a safety:
When nominating a safety fandom, you'll need to provide links for at least one place where it can be gotten. Links for non-safety fandoms are welcome too, but they're required for safeties! If you're nominating RPF, the info source you link here will be considered the "canon" for that nomination.
The Google nomination form also has a space for writing a quick fandom promo. We encourage this for safety fandoms especially! If you're hanging out as a lingering pinch hit, that lil blurb could be what gets a pinch hitter to read your book/watch your movie/listen to your album and pinch hit for you. Make it easy for our pinch hitter heroes to save the day!
As tagmods check the fandoms and ships, they'll be added to the AO3 tagset.
When signups open (from January 25 to February 1) you can sign up on AO3. You need a free AO3 account. If you don't have one, email highadrenalinemod@gmail.com and I'll get you an invite code.
You must request at least 3 different fandoms. You must request at least 1 safety fandom (see above for more info on safety fandoms). You must offer at least 3 different fandoms, and at least 1 relationship per fandom. At most, you can request 10 and offer 10. Requests and offers have to be unique.
Please be sure to include a list of Do Not Wants (DNWs) in the Details box! Unless you genuinely are fine with receiving any kind of fic/comment, in which case please say "I have no DNWs". DNWs should be specific. For instance, do not ask for "nothing icky" because it's very hard to know what that means. DNWs should also not force the author to only write one thing. For instance, do not DNW "fic where my chosen character isn't pregnant" because it's unfair to try and make your writer do one very narrow type of fic (in the example, pregnancy fic).
Likes, prompts, ship thoughts, general screaming, etc. are optional and can go into the Details box or into a letter which you can link in the "Letter or other link" box.
Please keep in mind that optional details ARE OPTIONAL—this means that a writer only needs to include at least one of your requested relationships and avoid your DNWs. Writers are not obliged to write out a specific prompt or plot for you.
If nobody requests anything you offer, we will email you so that you can add offers. If you do not reply to the mod email within 24 hours, your signup will be deleted so that we can get assignments out on time.
If nobody offers what you request, you will become a pinch hit.
If you are open to receiving a 25-panel, 10-page comic for a request, check “I Opt In to Receiving a Comic Instead of Fic.” If you are not open to this, check “I Do Not Opt In to Receiving a Comic -- Fic Only for Me!” You must check ONE AND ONLY ONE of these options for each request. Opting in to a comic doesn’t guarantee you’ll get one—fic is an acceptable fill for any request.
If you are an artist, and you only want to create a comic, sign up normally and email highadrenalinemod@gmail.com so that I know to only match you to people who opt into art.
You can also email highadrenalinemod@gmail.com with Do Not Match requests (to prevent a particular person or people from creating for you) and Do Please Assign requests (to ask that you be assigned to create for a particular person). I can't guarantee I'll assign you to the recipient you want, but I'll try.
For your assignment, please write a fic of at least 10,000 words for at least one of your recipient's requested relationships. If your recipient opts in to getting a comic, you can draw a comic of at least 10 pages/25 panels. Please respect your recipient's DNWs. Please do not post a sequel to a previous work of yours unless your recipient has explicitly opted into receiving sequel works.
If you can't finish your assignment in time, please default. There is no penalty for defaulting before the deadline. However, if you attempt to publish an unfinished assignment before deadline, or if you copypaste the word pickle in 10,000 times (or similar), that will lead to a one-year ban.
If a fic includes parts such as [add apple-picking scene here] or simply does not have an ending, it is incomplete. A fic must be publishable at deadline; that is, a fic must be ready to be seen by the public at deadline. If your work is incomplete at deadline, you will be defaulted and your recipient will go to pinch hit.
You may request one 2-day extension. Your request needs to be emailed to highadrenalinemod@gmail.com before the deadline. There will be no second extensions.
If at least one person has completed their assignment, yet they do not have a gift ready for them 24 hours before the collection is set to reveal, then the work reveals will be delayed in increments of 24 hours (i.e. it might be one day, two, etc) to ensure all who finish their assignment receive their gift.
Pinch hits will be posted to the Dreamwidth. You can claim them by commenting on the pinch hit post (comments will be screened). If there are outstanding pinch hits when the collection is supposed to open, the collection opening will be postponed.
If you did not complete your assignment, you will not become a pinch hit.
For pinch hits that linger or are added after the deadline, the requester may choose to opt in to receiving two 5k+ fics (or 5-page/12-panel comics) instead of one 10k+ fic (or 10-page/25-panel comic). This is completely optional.
Please only post treats that are 10k+ to the main collection. If you have a treat that is less than 10k, you can post it in the short treat collection. Anything posted in the short treat collection will not count towards Triple Crown.
You must be 18 or older to ride this ride.
In most cases of problems, mod will try to communicate first to make sure it isn't an accident & to see if it can be fixed. That said, mod reserves the right to act if any of the following happens:
1. somebody publishes an incomplete fic
2. somebody publishes the word pickle 10,000 times (or similar)
3. somebody creates a fanwork containing one of their recip's DNWs
4. somebody writes spite fic
5. somebody behaves like an asshole towards other participants and/or mod (for example, if you were to email mod every hour on the hour demanding mod answer your question immediately, that would qualify)
Questions? Did I mess up a link? Other concerns? Email highadrenalinemod@gmail.com.
AO3 Collection •Nomination Form • Approved Nominations Spreadsheet• Tagset • Sign-Up Form • Sign-Up Search App • Short Treat Collection • Advice for Newcomers
You have two weeks to write 10k (or draw a 25-panel/10-page comic) and one week to edit. Have fun ;)
- Nominations Open: Sat 14 Feb 2026 10:00AM EST
- Nominations Temporarily Close for Cleanup: Fri 20 Feb 2026 09:59PM EST
- Sign-up Opens & Nominations Reopen: 21 Feb 2026 01:00PM EST
- Nominations Close: Fri 27 Feb 2026 09:59 PM EST
- Sign-up Closes: Sat 28 Feb 2026 9:59PM EST
- Assignments Go Out: ASAP
- Assignments Due: Sun 15 Mar 2026 9:59PM EDT (countdown)
- Works Revealed: Sun 29 Mar 2026 9:59PM EDT
- Creators Revealed: two weeks after work reveals
This exchange has been inherited by a new mod. Some jokes may stay the same and some might be less funny than previous due to this, but we're all still committed to everyone having a good time.
NOMINATIONS
NOMINATIONS
TIMING
Starting February 14th, each person can nominate fandoms, with up to 10 relationships or solo characters per fandom.
There are two ways to nominate:
- Use our handy Google form! Any nominations that are incorrect or questionable will be queried on Dreamwidth. Safety fandoms must be nominated using the Google form so you can provide verification of safety status.
- Use the standard AO3 tagset nomination form. Any nominations that are incorrect or questionable will be rejected immediately to keep the queue from getting clogged. To renominate them correctly, use the Google form.
Nominations will close temporarily on February 20, so tagmods can finish checking and approving fandoms and putting them in the tagset.
When signups open on February 21, people can nominate more fandoms if they really want to, but at that point, please don't nominate a fandom unless you are definitely going to request it.
Nominations will end 24 hours before signups end so we have time to check the last nominations and add them to the tagset.
FORMAT
You can nominate fandoms and relationships. Relationships should be in the form A/B, A & B, or 1: A. The / (as in "Barry Allen/Iris West") indicates a sexual and/or romantic relationship. The & (as in "Barry Allen & Iris West") indicates a platonic relationship. "1:" (as in "1: Iris West") indicates a fic that is primarily about one character rather than a relationship (though that character can be in relationships of various kinds with other people). You can also request "1: Worldbuilding". Please disambiguate every relationship by adding the fandom name at the end of it, like "1: Worldbuilding (Discworld - Pratchett)".
Please do not nominate groups or "Any [Group]" as a character. For example, "Eduardo Sandoval & Any Cop (Narcos)" and "Lucy Pevensie/Maenads (Narnia - Lewis)" would not be eligible as nominations. Relationships of the form A/B & C are also not accepted.
Crossovers should go under Crossover Fandom. Relationship example: "Peter Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis)/Sansa Stark (Game of Thrones TV)". If you want a character from fandom A in a fusion or crossover with fandom B, you can format it like this: "Peter Pevensie (Narnia - Lewis) & Worldbuilding (Game of Thrones TV)".
Almost all fandoms are eligible for the tagset. Creator’s Choice of Fandom will not be in the tagset. All original work nominations go under Original Work. We prefer specific canons over All Media Type fandoms, but we will evaluate those as they come.
Every single fandom has to be double-checked by tagmods for safety fandom status, which will take time. You can technically fill out the Google form as many times as you want, but for the sake of our achy wrists and tired eyes, please only nominate fandoms you're pretty sure you want to request or offer.
SAFETY FANDOMS
You will need to sign up with at least one safety fandom. A safety fandom is a fandom that can be consumed in five hours or less. It should also be available in English or with an English translation. This is designed to prevent the untimely death of our pinch hitters, who will have exactly one week to write 10k and who therefore cannot spend 20+ hours consuming a new canon for a pinch hit.
What exactly counts as a safety fandom? Glad you asked! One of these things MUST be true for your fandom to be a safety:
- It's Original Work.
- It's a standalone you can watch (TV episode or series, movie, music video, etc.) that's up to 5 hours long.
- It's a standalone you can read in English (book, poem, collection of stories, etc.) that's up to 100,000 words long (check at Reading Length).
- It's a standalone you can listen to (song, album, performance, etc.) that's up to 5 hours long.
- It's a video game whose main story takes up to 5 hours to play (check at How Long to Beat).
- It's a comic book run with up to 30 comics.
- It's a manga with up to 30 chapters.
- It's a still image (photograph, painting, etc.) or series of still images.
- It's RPF, and the necessary information about the people you're nominating is contained in a medium that fits one of the above categories (a biography under 100,000 words, a documentary under 5 hours, etc.).
- It's some other fixed-length fandom, in English or with an English translation available, that's easy to access and can be consumed in under 5 hours.
When nominating a safety fandom, you'll need to provide links for at least one place where it can be gotten. Links for non-safety fandoms are welcome too, but they're required for safeties! If you're nominating RPF, the info source you link here will be considered the "canon" for that nomination.
The Google nomination form also has a space for writing a quick fandom promo. We encourage this for safety fandoms especially! If you're hanging out as a lingering pinch hit, that lil blurb could be what gets a pinch hitter to read your book/watch your movie/listen to your album and pinch hit for you. Make it easy for our pinch hitter heroes to save the day!
As tagmods check the fandoms and ships, they'll be added to the AO3 tagset.
SIGNUPS
SIGNUPS
When signups open (from January 25 to February 1) you can sign up on AO3. You need a free AO3 account. If you don't have one, email highadrenalinemod@gmail.com and I'll get you an invite code.
You must request at least 3 different fandoms. You must request at least 1 safety fandom (see above for more info on safety fandoms). You must offer at least 3 different fandoms, and at least 1 relationship per fandom. At most, you can request 10 and offer 10. Requests and offers have to be unique.
Please be sure to include a list of Do Not Wants (DNWs) in the Details box! Unless you genuinely are fine with receiving any kind of fic/comment, in which case please say "I have no DNWs". DNWs should be specific. For instance, do not ask for "nothing icky" because it's very hard to know what that means. DNWs should also not force the author to only write one thing. For instance, do not DNW "fic where my chosen character isn't pregnant" because it's unfair to try and make your writer do one very narrow type of fic (in the example, pregnancy fic).
Likes, prompts, ship thoughts, general screaming, etc. are optional and can go into the Details box or into a letter which you can link in the "Letter or other link" box.
Please keep in mind that optional details ARE OPTIONAL—this means that a writer only needs to include at least one of your requested relationships and avoid your DNWs. Writers are not obliged to write out a specific prompt or plot for you.
If nobody requests anything you offer, we will email you so that you can add offers. If you do not reply to the mod email within 24 hours, your signup will be deleted so that we can get assignments out on time.
If nobody offers what you request, you will become a pinch hit.
If you are open to receiving a 25-panel, 10-page comic for a request, check “I Opt In to Receiving a Comic Instead of Fic.” If you are not open to this, check “I Do Not Opt In to Receiving a Comic -- Fic Only for Me!” You must check ONE AND ONLY ONE of these options for each request. Opting in to a comic doesn’t guarantee you’ll get one—fic is an acceptable fill for any request.
If you are an artist, and you only want to create a comic, sign up normally and email highadrenalinemod@gmail.com so that I know to only match you to people who opt into art.
You can also email highadrenalinemod@gmail.com with Do Not Match requests (to prevent a particular person or people from creating for you) and Do Please Assign requests (to ask that you be assigned to create for a particular person). I can't guarantee I'll assign you to the recipient you want, but I'll try.
ASSIGNMENTS, DEADLINE, REVEALS
ASSIGNMENTS, DEADLINE, REVEALS
For your assignment, please write a fic of at least 10,000 words for at least one of your recipient's requested relationships. If your recipient opts in to getting a comic, you can draw a comic of at least 10 pages/25 panels. Please respect your recipient's DNWs. Please do not post a sequel to a previous work of yours unless your recipient has explicitly opted into receiving sequel works.
If you can't finish your assignment in time, please default. There is no penalty for defaulting before the deadline. However, if you attempt to publish an unfinished assignment before deadline, or if you copypaste the word pickle in 10,000 times (or similar), that will lead to a one-year ban.
If a fic includes parts such as [add apple-picking scene here] or simply does not have an ending, it is incomplete. A fic must be publishable at deadline; that is, a fic must be ready to be seen by the public at deadline. If your work is incomplete at deadline, you will be defaulted and your recipient will go to pinch hit.
You may request one 2-day extension. Your request needs to be emailed to highadrenalinemod@gmail.com before the deadline. There will be no second extensions.
If at least one person has completed their assignment, yet they do not have a gift ready for them 24 hours before the collection is set to reveal, then the work reveals will be delayed in increments of 24 hours (i.e. it might be one day, two, etc) to ensure all who finish their assignment receive their gift.
PINCH HITS
PINCH HITS
Pinch hits will be posted to the Dreamwidth. You can claim them by commenting on the pinch hit post (comments will be screened). If there are outstanding pinch hits when the collection is supposed to open, the collection opening will be postponed.
If you did not complete your assignment, you will not become a pinch hit.
For pinch hits that linger or are added after the deadline, the requester may choose to opt in to receiving two 5k+ fics (or 5-page/12-panel comics) instead of one 10k+ fic (or 10-page/25-panel comic). This is completely optional.
TREATS
TREATS
Please only post treats that are 10k+ to the main collection. If you have a treat that is less than 10k, you can post it in the short treat collection. Anything posted in the short treat collection will not count towards Triple Crown.
OTHER RULES
OTHER RULES
You must be 18 or older to ride this ride.
In most cases of problems, mod will try to communicate first to make sure it isn't an accident & to see if it can be fixed. That said, mod reserves the right to act if any of the following happens:
1. somebody publishes an incomplete fic
2. somebody publishes the word pickle 10,000 times (or similar)
3. somebody creates a fanwork containing one of their recip's DNWs
4. somebody writes spite fic
5. somebody behaves like an asshole towards other participants and/or mod (for example, if you were to email mod every hour on the hour demanding mod answer your question immediately, that would qualify)
Questions? Did I mess up a link? Other concerns? Email highadrenalinemod@gmail.com.
Announcing: Retro Writing May!
Feb. 11th, 2026 04:08 pmnotfreyja posting in fandomcalendar
A month long writing challenge focused on tropes, tags, and formats that have (for better or worse) fallen out of style.
From May 1st to 31st, creators will post their takes on each of the days' prompts, in any medium. Fan fiction, original stories, poetry, meta-analysis, and (even though writing is in our name!) yes, visual art as well! Currently all event documentation is on Tumblr, so the links below will redirect to the appropriate Tumblr posts.
Quick Links:
New & Consolidated PHs: #18, 28, 32, 39, 53, 55, 57, 62, 64-68
Feb. 10th, 2026 03:29 pmmodzilla posting in fffxThe following pinch hits are due at 11:59pm EST, Wednesday 25 February. To claim, please reply with your AO3 name, and let me know which recipient/PH number you want. You're also welcome to claim by emailing mod.modzilla@gmail.com.
Minimum requirements: An art gift must be a completed comic at least 10 pages or 40 panels long; a fic gift must be a story at least 10,000 words long. You can also fulfil a pinch hit by giving two complete half-length works, if your recipient has opted into that for the fandom(s) you are creating in. Any work must be for a fandom your recipient has requested and one character/relationship/worldbuilding tag requested in that fandom, and must avoid their DNWs.
Pinch hits can now be claimed in 5k or 20-panel increments if the recipient has opted into receiving half-length works. Please say in your claim if you're claiming a pinch hit for 5k (fic) or 20 panels (comic), and for what fandom.
( PARTLY CLAIMED - Pinch hit #18 - fic - Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling, Crossover Fandom x2 [Grimm TV/Guardian TV, Grimm TV/Christabel - Coleridge], 长公主在上 | Zhǎng Gōng Zhǔ Zài Shàng (Web Series), 绅探 | Detective L (TV) )
This pinch hit can be fulfilled by one 5,000-word story, for some requests - please check individual request details
( Pinch hit #28 - art, fic [varies by request] - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon) x2, Overwatch (Video Game), Slow Horses (TV), Brew Solves - Fandom, Dangan Ronpa Series, Death Note (Anime & Manga) )
( Pinch hit #32 - fic - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV), Murder She Wrote, Jem and the Holograms (Cartoon), G.I. Joe (Cartoon), Voltron: Lion Force (1984) )
( PARTLY CLAIMED - Pinch hit #39 - fic - Stargate Atlantis, Kolja | Kolya (1996), Cesta do pravěku | Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955), Jurassic Park Original Trilogy (Movies) )
This pinch hit can be fulfilled with one 5k story.
( Pinch hit #53 - art, fic - Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Star Wars: Ahsoka (TV), Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom [Star Wars Sequel Trilogy/Star Wars: Ahsoka] )
( PARTLY CLAIMED - Pinch hit #57 - fic - Stranger Things (TV 2016) x2, Cool Runnings (1993), Real Genius (1985), Bandom, Good Omens (TV) )
This pinch hit can be fulfilled with one story of 5,000+ words
( Pinch hit #62 - art, fic - 少年歌行 | The Blood of Youth (Live Action TV), 莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV), 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV), 伪装者 | The Disguiser (TV), 少年白马醉春风 | Dashing Youth (Live Action TV), 杀破狼 | Sha Po Lang - priest )
( PARTLY CLAIMED - Pinch hit #64 - art, fic - Fandom For Robots - Vina Jie-Min Prasad, Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers, Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, 将军在上 | Oh My General (TV), Star Wars Legends: Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison )
This pinch hit can be fulfilled by one 5,000+ word story or one 20-panel comic for some requests - please check individual request tags
( Pinch hit #65 - fic - Columbo, Criminal Minds (US TV), Grey's Anatomy, Miss Marple - Agatha Christie, NCIS: Los Angeles, SEAL Team (TV), Sherlock (TV) The Professionals (TV 1977) )
( Pinch hit #66 - fic - KinnPorsche: The Series (TV), 괴담에 떨어져도 출근을 해야 하는구나 - 백덕수 | Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story I Still Have to Go to Work - Baek Deoksoo, 내가 키운 S급들 - 근서 | S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo, 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù )
( PARTLY CLAIMED - PH #67 - art, fic [varies by request] - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game), Original Work, Crossover Fandom [Brooklyn 99 & The Labyrinth], Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games) )
This pinch hit can be fulfilled by one 5,000+ word story or one 20-panel comic for some requests - please check individual request tags
( PH #68 - fic - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Sunrise On The Reaping - Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), Black Widow (Movie 2021), We Were Liars - E. Lockhart, Stranger Things (TV 2016), Wednesday (TV 2022), Agatha All Along (TV), Crossover Fandom [DCEU & MCU] )
Minimum requirements: An art gift must be a completed comic at least 10 pages or 40 panels long; a fic gift must be a story at least 10,000 words long. You can also fulfil a pinch hit by giving two complete half-length works, if your recipient has opted into that for the fandom(s) you are creating in. Any work must be for a fandom your recipient has requested and one character/relationship/worldbuilding tag requested in that fandom, and must avoid their DNWs.
Pinch hits can now be claimed in 5k or 20-panel increments if the recipient has opted into receiving half-length works. Please say in your claim if you're claiming a pinch hit for 5k (fic) or 20 panels (comic), and for what fandom.
( PARTLY CLAIMED - Pinch hit #18 - fic - Nantucket Trilogy - S.M. Stirling, Crossover Fandom x2 [Grimm TV/Guardian TV, Grimm TV/Christabel - Coleridge], 长公主在上 | Zhǎng Gōng Zhǔ Zài Shàng (Web Series), 绅探 | Detective L (TV) )
This pinch hit can be fulfilled by one 5,000-word story, for some requests - please check individual request details
( Pinch hit #28 - art, fic [varies by request] - Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon) x2, Overwatch (Video Game), Slow Horses (TV), Brew Solves - Fandom, Dangan Ronpa Series, Death Note (Anime & Manga) )
( Pinch hit #32 - fic - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (TV), Murder She Wrote, Jem and the Holograms (Cartoon), G.I. Joe (Cartoon), Voltron: Lion Force (1984) )
( PARTLY CLAIMED - Pinch hit #39 - fic - Stargate Atlantis, Kolja | Kolya (1996), Cesta do pravěku | Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955), Jurassic Park Original Trilogy (Movies) )
This pinch hit can be fulfilled with one 5k story.
( Pinch hit #53 - art, fic - Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Star Wars: Ahsoka (TV), Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom [Star Wars Sequel Trilogy/Star Wars: Ahsoka] )
( PARTLY CLAIMED - Pinch hit #57 - fic - Stranger Things (TV 2016) x2, Cool Runnings (1993), Real Genius (1985), Bandom, Good Omens (TV) )
This pinch hit can be fulfilled with one story of 5,000+ words
( Pinch hit #62 - art, fic - 少年歌行 | The Blood of Youth (Live Action TV), 莲花楼 | Mysterious Lotus Casebook (TV), 琅琊榜 | Nirvana in Fire (TV), 伪装者 | The Disguiser (TV), 少年白马醉春风 | Dashing Youth (Live Action TV), 杀破狼 | Sha Po Lang - priest )
( PARTLY CLAIMED - Pinch hit #64 - art, fic - Fandom For Robots - Vina Jie-Min Prasad, Lord Peter Wimsey - Dorothy L. Sayers, Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, 将军在上 | Oh My General (TV), Star Wars Legends: Thrawn Trilogy - Timothy Zahn, The Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison )
This pinch hit can be fulfilled by one 5,000+ word story or one 20-panel comic for some requests - please check individual request tags
( Pinch hit #65 - fic - Columbo, Criminal Minds (US TV), Grey's Anatomy, Miss Marple - Agatha Christie, NCIS: Los Angeles, SEAL Team (TV), Sherlock (TV) The Professionals (TV 1977) )
( Pinch hit #66 - fic - KinnPorsche: The Series (TV), 괴담에 떨어져도 출근을 해야 하는구나 - 백덕수 | Even If I Fall Into a Ghost Story I Still Have to Go to Work - Baek Deoksoo, 내가 키운 S급들 - 근서 | S-Classes that I Raised - Geunseo, 전지적 독자 시점 - 싱숑 | Omniscient Reader - Sing-Shong, 人渣反派自救系统 - 墨香铜臭 | The Scum Villain's Self-Saving System - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù )
( PARTLY CLAIMED - PH #67 - art, fic [varies by request] - Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (Video Game), Original Work, Crossover Fandom [Brooklyn 99 & The Labyrinth], Hades (Supergiant Games Video Games) )
This pinch hit can be fulfilled by one 5,000+ word story or one 20-panel comic for some requests - please check individual request tags
( PH #68 - fic - Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV), Sunrise On The Reaping - Suzanne Collins, Hunger Games Trilogy - Suzanne Collins, Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), Black Widow (Movie 2021), We Were Liars - E. Lockhart, Stranger Things (TV 2016), Wednesday (TV 2022), Agatha All Along (TV), Crossover Fandom [DCEU & MCU] )
Unsent Letters 2026
Feb. 8th, 2026 10:47 pmlettersmod posting in unsent_letters_exchangeUnsent Letters 2026 will run according to the schedule below:
Nominations: Feb 18 - Feb 25
Sign-ups: Feb 26 - Mar 7
Assignments out by: Mar 9
Assignments due: Apr 25
Collection opens: May 2
Authors revealed: May 9
All deadlines are 11:59pm UTC.
Exchange rules, including the epistolary format categories, can be found here.
See you at the post office!
2026 Schedule
Nominations: Feb 18 - Feb 25
Sign-ups: Feb 26 - Mar 7
Assignments out by: Mar 9
Assignments due: Apr 25
Collection opens: May 2
Authors revealed: May 9
All deadlines are 11:59pm UTC.
Exchange rules, including the epistolary format categories, can be found here.
See you at the post office!
Creator Reveals!
Feb. 8th, 2026 07:26 pmpurpleyin posting in holly_polyHi everyone!
The 2025 Holly Poly collection is no longer anonymous! Did you like what you got and want to check out everything your gift creator ever made? Now's the time!
Thank you for participating! Be on the lookout for our Feedback post in the future.
The archive is not being closed, so please feel free to post any additional treats that you may wish to create (this also applies to anyone who needs to post a treat for eligibility reasons.)
Remember to kudos/comment on your gift before April 2nd 2026 to thank your gifter! (Per our rules, this is a requirement to participate next year)
As always, if you have any questions or issues, please e-mail us at holly.poly.exchange@gmail.com.
Collection: https://ao3.org/collections/holly_poly_2025
Tag Set: https://archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/25541
Tumblr: https://holly-poly.tumblr.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/holly_poly_ex
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/holly-poly.bsky.social
Google Groups - Holly Poly Updates: https://groups.google.com/g/holly-poly-updates
Google Groups - Holly Poly Pinchhits: https://groups.google.com/g/holly-poly-pinchhits
The 2025 Holly Poly collection is no longer anonymous! Did you like what you got and want to check out everything your gift creator ever made? Now's the time!
Thank you for participating! Be on the lookout for our Feedback post in the future.
The archive is not being closed, so please feel free to post any additional treats that you may wish to create (this also applies to anyone who needs to post a treat for eligibility reasons.)
Remember to kudos/comment on your gift before April 2nd 2026 to thank your gifter! (Per our rules, this is a requirement to participate next year)
As always, if you have any questions or issues, please e-mail us at holly.poly.exchange@gmail.com.
Collection: https://ao3.org/collections/holly_poly_2025
Tag Set: https://archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/25541
Tumblr: https://holly-poly.tumblr.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/holly_poly_ex
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/holly-poly.bsky.social
Google Groups - Holly Poly Updates: https://groups.google.com/g/holly-poly-updates
Google Groups - Holly Poly Pinchhits: https://groups.google.com/g/holly-poly-pinchhits
Three is Not a Crowd Pinch Hits Due February 21
Feb. 8th, 2026 12:36 pmmaevedarcy posting in pinchhitsEvent:Three is Not a Crowd
Event link:threeisnotacrowd
Pinch hit link: PHs post at our comm
Due date: February 21 2026 23:59 (GMT-3)
We have 7 Initial Pinch Hits looking for a loving home. The deadline for all of these Pinch Hits is Feb 21st 2026 23:59 (GMT-3).
PH 1 - I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)
PH 2 - Crossover Fandom, Ace Attorney, Layton Kyouju Series | Professor Layton Series, Mumintroll | Moomins Series - Tove Jansson, Persona 4, Persona 5
PH 3 - The Starving Saints - Caitlin Starling, Watashi o Tabetai Hitodenashi | A Monster Wants to Eat Me (Manga), The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
PH 4 - Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime & Manga), Haikyuu!!, Love and Deepspace (Video Game), Link Click (Cartoon)
PH 5 - KPop Demon Hunters (2025), Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Our Flag Means Death (TV)
PH 6 - Candela Obscura (Critical Role Web Series), Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), Dimension 20 (Web Series), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Hogwarts Legacy (Video Game), Magic and Romance - Sara Raasch
PH 7 - Mission: Impossible (Movies)
Event link:
threeisnotacrowd Pinch hit link: PHs post at our comm
Due date: February 21 2026 23:59 (GMT-3)
We have 7 Initial Pinch Hits looking for a loving home. The deadline for all of these Pinch Hits is Feb 21st 2026 23:59 (GMT-3).
PH 1 - I Was a Teenage Exocolonist (Video Game), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series)
PH 2 - Crossover Fandom, Ace Attorney, Layton Kyouju Series | Professor Layton Series, Mumintroll | Moomins Series - Tove Jansson, Persona 4, Persona 5
PH 3 - The Starving Saints - Caitlin Starling, Watashi o Tabetai Hitodenashi | A Monster Wants to Eat Me (Manga), The Locked Tomb Series | Gideon the Ninth Series - Tamsyn Muir
PH 4 - Jujutsu Kaisen (Anime & Manga), Haikyuu!!, Love and Deepspace (Video Game), Link Click (Cartoon)
PH 5 - KPop Demon Hunters (2025), Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Our Flag Means Death (TV)
PH 6 - Candela Obscura (Critical Role Web Series), Critical Role: Exandria (Web Series), Dimension 20 (Web Series), Dragon Age - All Media Types, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Hazbin Hotel (Cartoon), Hogwarts Legacy (Video Game), Magic and Romance - Sara Raasch
PH 7 - Mission: Impossible (Movies)
Hurt/Comfort will be back in 2027
Feb. 6th, 2026 06:51 pmhurtcomfortexmod posting in hurtcomfortexMod here. Real life has been rough and this year I am not able to give this exchange the effort it deserves. I have made the difficult decision to put it on hiatus for a year.
I hope the next year is kinder to all of us and I look forward to seeing you then.
I hope the next year is kinder to all of us and I look forward to seeing you then.
Sign-ups Open!
Feb. 6th, 2026 06:48 pmextrapenguin posting in space_swapSign-ups are open! Sign-ups end Sun 15 Feb 17:00 CET (in your timezone | countdown)
Note: AO3 has introduced a setting to opt out of non-assignment gifts. If your account was created after 1 Feb 2022, it has been enabled by default. Note that opting out of non-assignment gifts will make it impossible to receive treats, even if they are posted to an exchange you're signed up for, as well as make certain (rare) issues harder for me to resolve. If possible, I highly suggest you enable non-assignment gifts for the duration of the exchange or send me an e-mail (extrapenguin at gmx dot com) if you cannot so that I can do some workarounds. If you have concerns regarding specific potential gifters, please contact me.
For at least 3 fandoms (and at most 8):
Fandoms must be unique.
Prompts are useful for giving your assigned creator somewhere to start from. We recommend writing prompts for each type of fanwork you requested, either into the box provided by AO3, or into a linked "Dear Spacer" letter. (Tips on prompting for art.)
If you have DNWs that would ruin a gift for you, please state them in the optional details box in the sign-up on AO3. DNWs will not be enforced if:
If you are requesting podfic, please tell the potential podficcers whether you would be okay with your own works being podficced.
If you are given a gift that contains a DNW listed in your sign-up, you are eligible for a replacement. Gifts will be randomly spot-checked as they come in and dealt with if necessary, but should a DNW-containing gift make its way to you, please contact the mod at extrapenguin at gmx dot com. You may also contact me if you suspect (through e.g. tag shaking) that your gift will contain a DNW. In cases where a gift contains a DNW due to unclear phrasing of the DNW, we will err on the side of the author. DNWs apply to the gift, not its metadata. A creator is free to tag as they best think describes the work.
For at least 3 fandoms (and at most 10):
Fandoms must be unique.
If you have matching concerns – e.g. you absolutely do not want to match with another participant – please contact me at extrapenguin at gmx dot com during sign-ups and state whether you do not want to create for the person, do not want that person to create for you, or both.
Note: AO3 has introduced a setting to opt out of non-assignment gifts. If your account was created after 1 Feb 2022, it has been enabled by default. Note that opting out of non-assignment gifts will make it impossible to receive treats, even if they are posted to an exchange you're signed up for, as well as make certain (rare) issues harder for me to resolve. If possible, I highly suggest you enable non-assignment gifts for the duration of the exchange or send me an e-mail (extrapenguin at gmx dot com) if you cannot so that I can do some workarounds. If you have concerns regarding specific potential gifters, please contact me.
Requests
For at least 3 fandoms (and at most 8):
- Pick the fandom.
- Choose 1 to 15 tags you'd like to receive. Bear in mind that you will only match on one of these, so don't try to set up combinations.
- Choose which media type(s) you'd like for the gift to be in – fic, art, vid, IF, or pod format. (This can be different for each fandom.)
Fandoms must be unique.
Prompts are useful for giving your assigned creator somewhere to start from. We recommend writing prompts for each type of fanwork you requested, either into the box provided by AO3, or into a linked "Dear Spacer" letter. (Tips on prompting for art.)
If you have DNWs that would ruin a gift for you, please state them in the optional details box in the sign-up on AO3. DNWs will not be enforced if:
- They aren't indicated in the optional details box
- They contradict the requested tags (e.g. requesting character A but DNWing character A)
- They contradict each other
- Avoiding them would require a logic puzzle
- They are hidden behind a summary/details HTML tag
If you are requesting podfic, please tell the potential podficcers whether you would be okay with your own works being podficced.
If you are given a gift that contains a DNW listed in your sign-up, you are eligible for a replacement. Gifts will be randomly spot-checked as they come in and dealt with if necessary, but should a DNW-containing gift make its way to you, please contact the mod at extrapenguin at gmx dot com. You may also contact me if you suspect (through e.g. tag shaking) that your gift will contain a DNW. In cases where a gift contains a DNW due to unclear phrasing of the DNW, we will err on the side of the author. DNWs apply to the gift, not its metadata. A creator is free to tag as they best think describes the work.
Offers
For at least 3 fandoms (and at most 10):
- Pick the fandom.
- Choose 1 to 20 tags you'd be willing to create a gift in. As with offers, please remember that you will only match on one tag.
- Choose which media type(s) you'd be willing to create in – fic, art, vid, IF, or pod format. (This can be different for each fandom.)
Fandoms must be unique.
If you have matching concerns – e.g. you absolutely do not want to match with another participant – please contact me at extrapenguin at gmx dot com during sign-ups and state whether you do not want to create for the person, do not want that person to create for you, or both.
Pinch Hits: 1, 4, 9, 10, 13, 14, 20-25
Feb. 5th, 2026 10:04 pmtavina posting in au5kNavigation: Rules and Info Post | 2025 Collection | Mod Contact: TavinaFanfiction@gmail.com
Pinch hits are assignments in search of a creator! We currently have 12 pinch hits due on February 15th, 2026 at 10pm EST.
Pinch hits must meet the assignment minimums (see minimums under “assignments” on the Rules and Info Post.)
In order to pick up a pinch hit either email the modmail or comment on this post (all comments on this post are screened) with:
- The number and or username of the pinch hit you would like to pick up
- Your ao3 username
- An email where I can reach you