Jan. 30th, 2022 04:35 am
2022 Schedule and Rules
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goreswap2022 Schedule:
Nominations: Jan 30-Feb 5
Sign ups: Feb 6-12
Assignments out by: Feb 14
Assignments due: March 13
Work Reveals: March 25
Creator Reveals: April 1
All deadlines are 11:59 PM EST/EDT.
AO3 Collection
Tagset
Nominations:
You may nominate up to 10 fandoms with up to 20 relationships. Solo character nominations should be in the format "Character & None." Disambiguation is helpful but not required.
Original Work and Creator's Choice of Fandom are both allowed fandoms.
Crossovers should be nominated under Crossover Fandom, in the format X (Fandom)/Y (Fandom).
No RPF involving people famous for participating in the Nazi regime or real-life serial killers is allowed. (You may nominate Jack the Ripper as a fictional character in works he appears in.) I reserve the right to arbitrarily add to this list. No modern person under the age of 18 may be nominated under RPF.
Sign Ups:
You may sign up requesting only one or two fandoms, but if you are defaulted on, the exchange will not be held for your gift unless you add fandoms. To be guaranteed a gift, you must request at least three fandoms with at least one pairing/character for each.
You must offer something someone else is requesting. Participants who are unmatchable on offers will be contacted when sign ups close and have twenty-four hours to respond, after which their sign ups will be deleted.
You may request/offer up to 10 fandoms with up to 20 pairings or characters each. You may request/offer the same fandom multiple times in order to choose different tag options or more pairings, but this will not count towards the minimum number of fandoms to be guaranteed a gift.
DNWs must be reasonable, non-judgmentally described and clear, and must not contradict your request. They can't be used to box your creator into making a very specific work. Participants may be contacted and warned to change their DNWs or have their sign ups deleted. In addition, DNWs must be in your sign up details to be enforced, not only a linked letter.
Matching:
OR matching: Fandom, Medium, Character/Relationship, Rating, limited freeform matching
Ratings:
You have two options for rating, Teen or Explicit. You can pick either or both of them. You should not think of this as a strict choice of ratings, but as a choice between more explicit and less explicit gore. If you would like very explicit gore, enough that it would be rated Explicit for violence, you should choose E. If you would like less explicit gore, something that might be rated T or M, you should choose T. If you would like either, pick both.
This is not binding on the rating of your gift, and it only applies to violence. For example, if you would like to receive smut, but T or M rated violence, you should choose T. If you would like to receive very graphic gore, but no explicit sex, you should choose E and DNW explicit sex. Creators should rate their works appropriately for all content when posting.
Works are required to contain a substantial quantity of gore/violent content regardless of rating, but the type and length of description in writing, realism and details included, and specific nature of injuries might affect rating.
Please note that rating is inherently subjective. This criteria is meant to help you match to participants who share your taste.
Limited freeforms:
The freeforms for this exchange are; Action With Gore, Horror With Gore, Graphic Torture, Erotic Gore, Hurt/Comfort With Gore, Angst With Gore, Character Death-Focused Work, Humor With Gore, and Other/None.
These freeforms are meant as genres to help you match with a creator/recipient interested in similar works. They ARE binding, but are intentionally broad. Erotic Gore does not require smut, only eroticized gore. Graphic Torture may include consensual torture.
If you would like to suggest an additional genre category, please feel free to do it in comments over the nomination period.
Assignments:
Minimum: 500 words or a nice sketch on unlined paper minimum.
Works must include significant gore content, meaning described/pictured violence, injury and/or bloodshed. "Gore" is a subjective category and a specific rating is not required, but works rated below T for violence are very likely to be in violation of this rule.
You must respect your recipient's reasonable DNWs. You must have some reason to believe your recipient could enjoy what you create. However, all participants should remember that this is a gore exchange and unrequested gore is an expected element in gifts. If there's a kind of gore you don't want to receive, DNW it.
There is no penalty for defaulting by hitting the default button at any time. If you default, you will not be guaranteed a gift or sent out to pinch hit if your creator also defaults. No show defaults or participants who upload a placeholder or incomplete work must create a treat fulfilling some request (not necessarily their assignment) before signing up again.
In lieu of defaulting, you may ask to swap your assignment with any open pinch hit and still be guaranteed a gift.
Extensions into the first week post-deadline will be granted generously and do not require an excuse, but I will probably not grant additional or longer extensions on assignments.
Other:
The mod may be contacted via dreamwidth PM, comments on this post (publicly viewable), or email at shimmeringwords@gmail.com.
Treats (extra works) are welcome. Treats gifted to a specific user must fulfill a request of theirs and respect their DNWs, but do not have to meet assignment minimums. Treats may be posted to the collection without a recipient, in which case they should be on topic for the theme of the exchange and feature a nominated tag. (This includes Creator's Choice of Fandom tags!)
You must leave a comment on your gift or contact me about the reason you can't. Contacting me about a DNW violation or anything that results in a pinch hit fulfills this requirement automatically. Otherwise, noncommentors will be banned from future rounds until they comment on their previous gift(s).
Nominations: Jan 30-Feb 5
Sign ups: Feb 6-12
Assignments out by: Feb 14
Assignments due: March 13
Work Reveals: March 25
Creator Reveals: April 1
All deadlines are 11:59 PM EST/EDT.
AO3 Collection
Tagset
Nominations:
You may nominate up to 10 fandoms with up to 20 relationships. Solo character nominations should be in the format "Character & None." Disambiguation is helpful but not required.
Original Work and Creator's Choice of Fandom are both allowed fandoms.
Crossovers should be nominated under Crossover Fandom, in the format X (Fandom)/Y (Fandom).
No RPF involving people famous for participating in the Nazi regime or real-life serial killers is allowed. (You may nominate Jack the Ripper as a fictional character in works he appears in.) I reserve the right to arbitrarily add to this list. No modern person under the age of 18 may be nominated under RPF.
Sign Ups:
You may sign up requesting only one or two fandoms, but if you are defaulted on, the exchange will not be held for your gift unless you add fandoms. To be guaranteed a gift, you must request at least three fandoms with at least one pairing/character for each.
You must offer something someone else is requesting. Participants who are unmatchable on offers will be contacted when sign ups close and have twenty-four hours to respond, after which their sign ups will be deleted.
You may request/offer up to 10 fandoms with up to 20 pairings or characters each. You may request/offer the same fandom multiple times in order to choose different tag options or more pairings, but this will not count towards the minimum number of fandoms to be guaranteed a gift.
DNWs must be reasonable, non-judgmentally described and clear, and must not contradict your request. They can't be used to box your creator into making a very specific work. Participants may be contacted and warned to change their DNWs or have their sign ups deleted. In addition, DNWs must be in your sign up details to be enforced, not only a linked letter.
Matching:
OR matching: Fandom, Medium, Character/Relationship, Rating, limited freeform matching
Ratings:
You have two options for rating, Teen or Explicit. You can pick either or both of them. You should not think of this as a strict choice of ratings, but as a choice between more explicit and less explicit gore. If you would like very explicit gore, enough that it would be rated Explicit for violence, you should choose E. If you would like less explicit gore, something that might be rated T or M, you should choose T. If you would like either, pick both.
This is not binding on the rating of your gift, and it only applies to violence. For example, if you would like to receive smut, but T or M rated violence, you should choose T. If you would like to receive very graphic gore, but no explicit sex, you should choose E and DNW explicit sex. Creators should rate their works appropriately for all content when posting.
Works are required to contain a substantial quantity of gore/violent content regardless of rating, but the type and length of description in writing, realism and details included, and specific nature of injuries might affect rating.
Please note that rating is inherently subjective. This criteria is meant to help you match to participants who share your taste.
Limited freeforms:
The freeforms for this exchange are; Action With Gore, Horror With Gore, Graphic Torture, Erotic Gore, Hurt/Comfort With Gore, Angst With Gore, Character Death-Focused Work, Humor With Gore, and Other/None.
These freeforms are meant as genres to help you match with a creator/recipient interested in similar works. They ARE binding, but are intentionally broad. Erotic Gore does not require smut, only eroticized gore. Graphic Torture may include consensual torture.
If you would like to suggest an additional genre category, please feel free to do it in comments over the nomination period.
Assignments:
Minimum: 500 words or a nice sketch on unlined paper minimum.
Works must include significant gore content, meaning described/pictured violence, injury and/or bloodshed. "Gore" is a subjective category and a specific rating is not required, but works rated below T for violence are very likely to be in violation of this rule.
You must respect your recipient's reasonable DNWs. You must have some reason to believe your recipient could enjoy what you create. However, all participants should remember that this is a gore exchange and unrequested gore is an expected element in gifts. If there's a kind of gore you don't want to receive, DNW it.
There is no penalty for defaulting by hitting the default button at any time. If you default, you will not be guaranteed a gift or sent out to pinch hit if your creator also defaults. No show defaults or participants who upload a placeholder or incomplete work must create a treat fulfilling some request (not necessarily their assignment) before signing up again.
In lieu of defaulting, you may ask to swap your assignment with any open pinch hit and still be guaranteed a gift.
Extensions into the first week post-deadline will be granted generously and do not require an excuse, but I will probably not grant additional or longer extensions on assignments.
Other:
The mod may be contacted via dreamwidth PM, comments on this post (publicly viewable), or email at shimmeringwords@gmail.com.
Treats (extra works) are welcome. Treats gifted to a specific user must fulfill a request of theirs and respect their DNWs, but do not have to meet assignment minimums. Treats may be posted to the collection without a recipient, in which case they should be on topic for the theme of the exchange and feature a nominated tag. (This includes Creator's Choice of Fandom tags!)
You must leave a comment on your gift or contact me about the reason you can't. Contacting me about a DNW violation or anything that results in a pinch hit fulfills this requirement automatically. Otherwise, noncommentors will be banned from future rounds until they comment on their previous gift(s).
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