Welcome to The Critmas Exchange

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Critmas Exchange is an annual fanworks exchange for works that fall under the Critical Role Fandom Umbrella. All 18+, A03 enabled Critters are welcome to participate.


A03 Collection

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2022 Nominations

2022 Collection (signups CLOSED)

General Collection Etiquette
Please comment on your gifts and treats. Your creators work hard to give you a gift tailored to you so it's nice to at least thank them and let them know you've seen and appreciate it. If you are noted as not commenting on your gifts within 2 weeks of work reveals you will not be allowed to participate in the next round of the exchange.

Disparaging or rude comments on any collection work will get you banned from all future participation.

Character bashing, cast bashing, ship/pairing bashing and kinkshaming will not be tolerated. If you see this behavior, including in prompts, please let the Mod team know so that it may be addressed. Please note that saying you don't like a certain ship or don't want a certain character or cast member included in your gift(s) is not considered bashing.

Schedule:
Nominations Open - 10-20-2022
Nominations Close - 11-03-2022 (11:59pm EST)
Sign Ups Open - 11-04-2022
Sign Ups Close - 11-18-2022 (11:59pm EST)
Assignments Go Out - no later than 11-10-2022 (11:59pm EST)
Assignments Due - 12-23-2022 (11:59pm EST)
Works Revealed - 12-30-2022 (7pm EST)
Creators Revealed - 01-06-2023  

Gift Requirements
Fics must be at least 750 words
Art must be at least 1 Completed art piece, in any medium or style, on unlined paper or equivalent in a med to high resolution.

Nominations
This exchange is for content directly related to Critical Role, that means Campaign One and Campaign Two characters and cast, Critical Role One Shot characters and cast, Talks Machina cast, Critical Recap cast, and other "on-air" talent for the Critical Role show or channel. Other Geek & Sundry and outside projects of Critical Role cast do not qualify. If you have a question about whether or not the content you want to nominate qualifies, please ask a mod.

Fanworks Categories (For use in Fandom Section of nominations, requests and offers)

• Critical Role Campaign One
• Critical Role Campaign Two
• Critical Role Campaign Three
• Exandria Unlimited
• Exandria Unlimited: Calamity
• Critical Role RPF
• Critical Crossovers
• Critical One-Shots & Specials Series (One shots and Specials Series should be nominated, requested and offered under their specific titles. e.g. UnDeadwood, Thursday by Night, Yeehaw Game Ranch, etc - One shots that tie into the main campaigns should be nominated under either Critical Role Campaign One, Critical Role Campaign Two, Critical Role Campaign Three, or Critical Crossovers.)

You can nominate up to 20 different characters or pairings in up to 7 fandoms/Categories. Fandoms/Categories may be repeated. If you have an issue with the nominations form not allowing you to repeat a fandom/category, please contact a mod and we'll get you sorted out.

Characters & Groups;
You can nominate individual characters or groups of characters. To nominate individual characters, just use the character's name. If your character has multiple versions across fandoms, please specify the fandom in parentheses after their name. If you'd like to nominate a group, please use the format;
Group: Character A & Character B (for platonic relationships)
Group: Character A/Character B (for for romantic relationships).

Whether nominating individual characters or groups they should be entered into the "characters" box on the nominations form.

Nominations that include characters from multiple campaigns or one-shots or that are meta (Cast meets characters, cast becomes characters, etc) should be nominated under the Critical Crossover fandom category.

When nominating characters please use the AO3 canonical tag where available. For Characters without a canonical tag, please use the full character name. Please disambiguate characters as needed by adding (critical role) at the end of their name.

When nominating Groups please list the characters in alphabetical order by first name as this makes the task of eliminating doubles much easier.

Sign-ups:
You must be at least 18 years of age and have an AO3 account to participate. If you do not have an account, but would still like to participate, please contact a mod.

As with the Nominations phase, requests and offers that include characters from multiple categories should be requested and offered under the Critical Crossover fandom category.

In all cases characters and groups of characters requested or offered must have been nominated and approved to the tag set during the nominations phase. 

You can make 4-10 requests and 4-10 offers. 

For each request, you will indicate the following;
•Fandom: This is where you indicate which category your request is for. You may pick only one for each request.
•Characters: You must include at least one character or group of characters, but may pick up to fifteen for each request.
•Additional Tags: This is where you indicate whether you want fiction or art for your gift. You must choose one, but may choose both.
•Ratings: This is where you will indicate what rating or ratings you would like the creation you receive to be. You must choose one, but may indicate multiples or "any".
•Link to Dear Critter Letter: This is where you would include a link to your "Dear Critter" letter. This field is optional.
•Optional Details: any optional details such as prompts, likes and your Do Not Want list (please note that any DNWs must be listed in the optional details section to be enforceable.) This field is optional.

For each offer, you will indicate the following;
•Fandom: This is where you indicate which category your are willing to write. You may pick only one for each offer.
•Characters: You must include at least one character or group of characters, but may pick up to fifteen for each offer. You may also choose to offer "any" characters that have been nominated in that category.
•Additional Tags: This is where you indicate whether you want to create fiction or art. You must choose one, but may choose both.
•Ratings: This is where you will indicate what rating or ratings you are willing to create. works for. You must choose one, but may indicate multiples or "any".

Prompts are allowed and encouraged for requests, but following those prompts is not mandatory. While kink, dark, and other risque prompts are allowed, please keep in mind that there will be certain themes and topics that not everyone will be comfortable including in works they create. As such, when offering prompts, please be sure to include multiple options for your creator to work with. The more prompts you can give for each request the more likely it is that you will receive something you'll love.

What are "Dear Critter" Letters?
"Dear Critter" letters (also known as Dear Author letters) are letters written and posted to a journal, google document, tumblr or other space meant to give your assigned writer (and those looking to write treats) more information about you and your engagement with the fandom. Information generally included in these letters are your general likes and dislikes are, what you enjoy about the characters and relationships you requested, detailed prompts, a restatement of your do not wants and other such information.

Dear Critter letters are completely optional. You are not required to write one and your assigned creator is not required to read or follow it. However, most creators both like and follow as best they can letters written by their recipient.

Anyone who chooses to write a Dear Critter Letter should include the link to their letter in the appropriate box on the sign-up form to allow creators to locate them easily. Remember that your letters need to be open to everyone (not locked) in order for your creator (and those looking to create treats) to see them. For those who fill out their sign-ups with a placeholder letter link, please remember to write/update your letter before assignments go out!

Please also remember that any DNWs must be included on the sign-up form in the optional details section in order to be enforceable. DNWs included only in a DCL can not be enforced by the mods.

If anything is unclear, or you have question, please contact a mod for assistance.

Posting
Proofreading and Betaing are recommended and encouraged. Please visit the discord channel for assistance in finding a Beta if needed.

For assignments you can use the "fulfill" button located on the right hand side of the applicable collection assignment found on your assignments page.

Assignments must be posted to the collection by the due date deadline posted on the Schedule. Not doing so will result in automatic default.

Posted creations must be complete. Placeholders are not allowed. Posting of placeholders or incomplete creations will result in forced default.

Do not wants (DNW) that are included on the sign-up form must be followed. The gifting of a creation that includes a giftees sign-up stated DNWs will result in a forced default.

When posting your completed works, please use Archive (AO3) canonical tags rather than the collection tags for fandoms, characters and ships where available. This will ensure that your works are searchable Archive wide and will show up properly when someone is looking for that type of work. You may add the collection tags to the additional tags section if you wish.

If you need assistance with posting your work, please see the AO3 Posting and Editing FAQ. If you need further assistance, please contact a mod.

Defaulting and Pinch Hits:
If you need to default on your assignment, please do so as quickly as possible so that a pinch hitter can be found and given plenty of time to create. To default at any time please use the "default" button located on the right hand side of the applicable collection assignment found on your assignments page.

No Penalty Default deadline: 12-12-2022

Defaulting after the no penalty deadline will cause you to become ineligible to participate in the Critmas Exchange for the next two rounds or until you post a qualifying work to the "Critical Reroll" collection.

Pinch Hits will be posted to the Dreamwidth Community as well as the Exchange Tumblr.

Treats:
Treats are welcomed and encouraged.
Treats can be added to the main collection. They should be marked with "Critmas Treat" in the additional tags section.
Treats must be at least 150 words for fic and can be the "rough sketch" phase for art.
Treats must still adhere to all stated DNWs and should still be inspired by the recipient's requests.