Admin Post: Welcome to Space Swap!

[skieswideopen]

space_swap is a multimedia exchange for space fandoms of all sorts, including television series, movies, and books. The only criterion for a fandom to be eligible is that it somehow be related to SPACE.

We'll be running this along typical exchange lines: participants will sign up with requests and offers, will be matched via AO3, and will receive an assignment. By signing up, participants agree to make a fannish creation for their assigned participant. In turn, someone will make a fannish creation for them.

We'll kick off the swap with a fandom recruitment phase in which everyone can wax poetic about their favourite space fandoms in the hopes of recruiting new fans. Following that we’ll hold nominations to get a set of fandoms and characters for our swap, and then we’ll have sign-ups and be off and running!

Requests, Offers, and Matching

When signing up, you will need to request at least 3 fandoms, and can request up to 6. You'll also need to offer at least 3 fandoms, and can offer up to 10.

For each fandom, you can request up to 4 nominated characters. If you select 0, the person assigned to you may make something with any nominated character or the fandom in general.

For each fandom, you must offer to write 2 to 8 of the nominated characters. You can also offer 'any.'

Requests and offers will also contain media type(s), which will be used in matching people.

There will be more information about prompts and matches when we open sign-ups.

Fannish Creation Requirements

The minimum requirements are:

Fic, podfic, or meta - 1,000 words
Vid - 2 minutes
Art - 1 original illustration or 2 graphic pieces
Other - Something of equivalent effort to the above

You are, of course, welcome to do more and longer.

Interested in making something else? Leave us a comment about it. We'll poll the community and if there's enough interest, we'll add it in.

Schedule & Contact Info

You can see the complete 2014/2015 schedule here.

If you have any questions or concerns, please comment on this post or PM the mods, skieswideopen and colls, and we'll do our best to address them.

Comments

[sirvalkyrie]

I would like a few examples for different ways a fandom can be space related and be eligible? Obviously things set in space would be. But for example would something like Sailor Moon be eligible? What about something like War of the Worlds with a threat coming from space? Or characters from another planet? Does just going into space make something eligible? Sorry for all the questions, I am just trying to figure out the boundaries of what is eligible and what isn't.

[nickelmountain]

This sounds like a fun swap! Would it be okay to make podfic for it?

[laisserais]

All fans are allowed to recommend their favorite space fandoms Is it time to do this yet? Do I do that in this comm? Also: yay! I like this idea.

[taichara]

Since we also specify media types, can/will we use these to differentiate between canons in a fandom? So someone doesn't get an animated canon of a series when they want novels or comics or manga or what-have version(s).

I know it's a fairly self-evident thing, I just want to reconfirm for my own benefit of mind.

[kerravonsen]

In regard to media types, what about craft? I've seen this done in the sshg_exchange and its successor, the sshg_promptfest, and it's been very creative. I've seen people make amiguri/dolls, collage books, jewellery, even a decorated cake (including marzipan figures of the characters).
Obviously one couldn't put the actual object online, so people took photographs instead.

[paranoidangel]

Would the fic/vic/art you create for this have to also be set in space? Or is it just a case of as long as the fandom is a space fandom you can do anything within it, even if they spend the whole time on Earth/their home planet?

[sirvalkyrie]

What numbering are you using for the later Doctors in Doctor Who?

[cantarina]

AO3 matching is ususually by fandom/character/pairing, right? I'm super interested in playing, but I'd really rather podfic. Is there anyway to be sure I'd get a recipient who'd be happy with that? (Assuming, of course, there are relevant sign-ups to match on!)

[sexycazzy]

Am a little lost in the sign up form, hope you can help me out!

I see that I have to make at least 3 requests and up to 6 requests - clear..I think!

But not sure about the description part - do I put in here - what kind of fanart do I want; spicks/likes etc? Or is that for the Dear John Spacer posts only?

Also can I request extra characters or must be only these characters mentioned in the sign up forms? example: Star Trek - doesn't have Pike :( Stargate Atlantis - doesn't have David Parrish :-( lol

[czi]

I realise that assignments aren't out just yet, but I've been trolling the Dear Spacer letters that have been posted and have a few ideas for pieces to exchange or have as extras if I don't get that person. My question is, as long as the piece isn't posted before the reveal date, may I use it in another challenge?

(I have just received a card from cottoncandy_bingo and the due dates there are after reveals here, so if it fits for both is it okay?)

Questions for my signup

[ghiaccio]

Hello, I'd like to sign too up but I've just found out this gift exchange, that means that I didn't get to nominate my favorite characters/ships, so I've some concerns and I'd like to ask some of questions before I confirm my signup.

1- What if on the Requests I select for example the nominated character Hoshi Sato (fandom Star Trek Enterprise), then on the description box I ask for a gift about Hoshi/Mayweather/Reed ship. Since Mayweather and Reed aren't nominated characters is it fine? Is it what I'm going to get?

2- I'd like to get a First Time fanfic for my gift. Is that what I'm going to get, or the description box and the tags are just optional? I hope this wasn't a question already answered to, as I read the rules and I don't recall it being already said. Sorry if I missed it.

3- How the matching works? If I use for example "romance" on the tag box on my offers section, does it count more than the characters, or less, or the same?

4- Again about the offers. What if I select Leonard McCoy and Spock for TOS fandom. Is it possible that I get an assignment about for example James Kirk and Leonard McCoy instead? Or none of the offered characters because I get matched to an assignment requesting for a tag I've offered instead?

Right now I'm very engrossed with some fandoms, one in particular, and it's making me really frustrated that there's finally a gift exchange for my top favorite genre, space scifi, and I can't pick my favorite characters (Steve Rogers, Malcolm Reed, Tuvok...) for those fandoms because they weren't nominated. :(

[raktajinos]

Hi, I was hoping I could get a teeny extension. I finished my stuff a while ago and I've been tinkering with it. I forgot that the due date was also on Easter so I'm out with family and don't have my computer. I'll be back tomorrow and can post them then.

[abluegirl]

Hello there. Are you thinking of running this again this year at all?