Fests and Exchanges

[argentum_ls]

It looks like there's lots of upcoming fun.

FK Fic Fest

A new round of the fkficfest / fkficfest exchange is gearing up.

I participated in this in 2013 and 2015, so I'll probably take this year off to focus on other summer exchanges.

HL Chronicles

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the release of Highlander, hl_chronicles / hl_chronicles is holding a prompt fest.

I will probably not be participating in this because it's movie centric and I'm a series fan, but the prompts may have a different say in the matter.

My Old Fandom

A brand new exchange! myoldfandom is for canons that ended at least 10 years ago. A great number of my favs qualify, so this might be the way to get some action in fandoms that don't get selected in other exchanges. Nominations open March 9th.

Ship Swap

Sign-ups for the final round of shipswap are open until Feb. 9th. I've done this one for the past four years and received some excellent stories. However, it's become increasingly clear that I would be completely unmatchable this round. As I don't have sufficiently strong enough feelings about anything else in the tag set to modify my requests and offers, I've decided to withdraw. I'll keep my eye on the pinch-hits, though, in case something interesting appears.

Comments

[brightknightie]

Thank you for the heads-up on myoldfandom! I hadn't heard of it. By any chance, do you know the people behind it at all? (That is, reliable, dependable, likely to do this right...?)

I don't know whether I'd be able to do both myoldfandom and rarelywritten, and it sounds like they may occupy overlapping timeslots. Hmmm. I suppose it depends on the fandoms and characters nominated, and where the people who share my favorite fandoms (which are all old ~grin~) happen to go.

Thank you also for mentioning fkficfest/fkficfest!

[argentum_ls]

I don't know the people (person?) behind MyOldFandom. The whole thing has been organized through fail_fandomanon, so it's all been, well, anonymous. That said, what I've seen of the organizational discussion suggests a moderator who's at least familiar with both ends of exchanges (participant and mod) and who has some awareness of what it takes to run a good one. I can't vouch, but I've also seen nothing that raises any red flags.

If nothing else, there's no harm in nominating your favorites and seeing what, if anything, shakes loose.