Worldbuilding Exchange has now concluded

[worldbuildingmod]

Worldbuilding Exchange ran for six rounds, beginning in 2017 and concluding in 2022. All of the collections are linked below.

2017 collection (75 works in 49 fandoms)
2018 collection (72 works in 56 fandoms)
2019 collection (88 works in 60 fandoms)
2020 collection (100 works in 79 fandoms)
2021 Collection (114 works in 78 fandoms)
2022 Collection (76 works in 56 fandoms)

Successor exchange: worldbuilding_exchange

Comments

[teaotter]

Thank you for the countdown! I try to have my stories in early, but it's still useful to be able to bookmark the deadline page!

[worldbuildingmod]

No problem! I try my best to make sure that the schedule post is a one-stop shop for crucial information at any given time.

mod appreciation

[luckybarton]

Thank you so much for running this! WBEx is my favourite exchange and I was really happy to get to participate in it for a second time.

Re: mod appreciation

[worldbuildingmod]

That's very kind of you to say, but there wouldn't be an exchange at all were it not for all the participants, so thank you very much for taking part.

Closed early?

[(Anonymous)]

According to the countdown there's just over an hour left to go, and I wanted to revise a few of my offers, but the exchange page says signups are closed.

Re: Closed early?

[worldbuildingmod]

I watched the countdown go through zero to make sure I didn't accidentally close early; it's now counting up again, which is admittedly somewhat confusing.

However, I can edit your offers on my end if you get in touch via email (worldbuildingmod@gmx.com) with your AO3 username and the changes you want made.

Re: Closed early?

[worldbuildingmod]

Hi again, anon. I've heard back from the unmatchable person now so I do want to proceed to running matching; if I don't hear from you by 2015 UTC (just over an hour from now), I'll proceed on the basis of your offers as they stood when sign ups closed.

[(Anonymous)]

Hi mods, just wondering if treats are allowed for this exchange and if so, how long can they be and when can they be posted?

[worldbuildingmod]

Treats are very much encouraged. They can be posted any time from now until creator reveals (at which point I close the collection) -- just go to the collection and click "Post to Collection" in the top right corner, then fill in the recipient's name on the relevant part of the usual AO3 posting form.

There are no specific minimum requirements for treats but in the guidelines I settled on "[they] should still be of a quality that you are comfortable giving as a gift" as a form of words.

[sixbeforelunch]

Hi! Apologies if you've already addressed this and I missed it, but will there be a post to try to link up beta readers and writers?

[worldbuildingmod]

I'd put that one in the "Coming soon" category ... (I'm travelling this weekend but it'll be up some time in the next week.)

deadline and glitches

[(Anonymous)]

Hey I was really looking forward to doing this exchange after finally figuring out how to do nominations, but I kept having technical difficulties with the signups and after I thought I'd submitted my third attempt like an hour ago there's no sign my faulty internet didn't actually eat it, and now it's closed.

Can I still get in somehow or should I just wait until next year?

Re: deadline and glitches

[worldbuildingmod]

Sorry you hit what sound like a whole string of glitches. I'm afraid Assignments are already out so it's definitely too late to sign up to receive a gift. However, on the creating side of things, you can still pick up a pinch hit (I'm preparing the initial pinch hit post now and it'll be up soon, so keep an eye on the comm - and there'll almost certainly be more pinch hits further down the line) or write treats.

[roemaencepartnaerr]

Hello, I have a question. Is each of the Original Works categories counted as their own fandom for sign-ups? Or have they only been split apart in the nomination tags for ease of access, and only count as one fandom? Sorry if you've answered this before and I missed it!

[worldbuildingmod]

They count separately towards the minimums. To the best of my recollection, in practice everyone who's taken advantage of that has also included at least one non-OW fandom in one of their slots, but that's not a requirement.

[roemaencepartnaerr]

Okay, thank you!