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2024 Han x Leia Holiday Exchange: The Reveal (part 2)
We did it!! 🎉 Today is the day we finally reveal our mystery gift-givers and two new fics! We hope everyone’s had a great time participating, especially the folks who joined us for the very first time.
Thanks for helping us complete another successful holiday exchange: writers, betas, cheerleaders and readers, and our two amazing pinch hitters who made sure everyone got their gift. Cheers! 🥂
Below, you’ll also find a masterlist with all the fics, authors, and recipients for this year’s exchange 😊 Please go discover or rediscover the amazing stories we got this year, and remember to leave kudos and a comment if you liked them! 🙏
Writers, you’re welcome to promote your fics and repost them anywhere you want to now.
If you haven’t done so yet, please remember to read your gift and leave a comment thanking your writer!
2024 Han x Leia Holiday Exchange: The Reveal (part 2)
We did it!! 🎉 Today is the day we finally reveal our mystery gift-givers and two new fics! We hope everyone’s had a great time participating, especially the folks who joined us for the very first time.
Thanks for helping us complete another successful holiday exchange: writers, betas, cheerleaders and readers, and our two amazing pinch hitters who made sure everyone got their gift. Cheers! 🥂
Below, you’ll also find a masterlist with all the fics, authors, and recipients for this year’s exchange 😊 Please go discover or rediscover the amazing stories we got this year, and remember to leave kudos and a comment if you liked them! 🙏
Writers, you’re welcome to promote your fics and repost them anywhere you want to now.
If you haven’t done so yet, please remember to read your gift and leave a comment thanking your writer!
2024 Han x Leia Holiday Exchange: The Reveal (part 1)
The collection for the 2024 Han x Leia Holiday Exchange has now been revealed! 💞
You can check out all the fics that have been submitted so far at the AO3 collection HERE. Participants, you should have received an email from AO3 with a direct link to your gift when the collection was revealed. If you haven’t, it’s because we’re still waiting on a couple of submissions where the writer needed a bit more time. Once your gift is submitted and approved for the collection, you’ll get an email with a link to your gift. Thank you for being patient as our writers put on those finishing touches!
Remember to leave kudos, and if possible, a comment to show our authors some love! And please especially be sure to leave a nice comment thanking your own mystery author. 😉
Authors are still anonymous for another week or two, so remember to please keep your identity a secret and avoid sharing your fic anywhere else just yet! We will reveal the authors and share a masterlist of all the fics for this year’s exchange later this month.
2024 Han x Leia Holiday Exchange: The Reveal (part 1)
The collection for the 2024 Han x Leia Holiday Exchange has now been revealed! 💞
You can check out all the fics that have been submitted so far at the AO3 collection HERE. Participants, you should have received an email from AO3 with a direct link to your gift when the collection was revealed. If you haven’t, it’s because we’re still waiting on a couple of submissions where the writer needed a bit more time. Once your gift is submitted and approved for the collection, you’ll get an email with a link to your gift. Thank you for being patient as our writers put on those finishing touches!
Remember to leave kudos, and if possible, a comment to show our authors some love! And please especially be sure to leave a nice comment thanking your own mystery author. 😉
Authors are still anonymous for another week or two, so remember to please keep your identity a secret and avoid sharing your fic anywhere else just yet! We will reveal the authors and share a masterlist of all the fics for this year’s exchange later this month.
That’s right, writers, today — Saturday, January 18 — is the deadline for fics for the 2024 HanLeia Holiday Exchange. We know many folks are very busy putting the finishing touches on their fics for their giftees (“finishing touches” being a very broad term here in some cases), and a few folks have already submitted their fics. We’re excited to see what everyone has created!
A few things to keep in mind today:
If it’s still January 18 somewhere in the world, you’re not late. Fics may be submitted at any time today.
If you anticipate having trouble making today’s deadline, please get in touch with one of the mods ASAP. We are often able to arrange a short (i.e. a couple of days) extension or find another way to help you out. And if for some reason you need more than that, let’s talk so we can come up with a solution and make sure you and your giftee are taken care of.
Remember to use “My Assignments” to submit your fic. Once you click “Fulfill” on your assignment for the Exchange, it will work very similarly to how regular posting on AO3 works, but make sure you submit by going to your assignment and not through the regular posting mechanism on AO3. That will ensure that you and your fic stay anonymous until we reveal the collection, and that your fic is correctly connected to your giftee.
Need help? Get in touch. If you’re having challenges with posting, have a question, are desperately in search of a last-minute beta reader, or need something else, get in touch with mods @lajulie24 or @otterandterrier and we will do our best to help you out. That’s what we’re here for!
That’s it! Wishing you the best writing vibes as you finish your creations. YOU’VE GOT THIS!
That’s right, writers, today — Saturday, January 18 — is the deadline for fics for the 2024 HanLeia Holiday Exchange. We know many folks are very busy putting the finishing touches on their fics for their giftees (“finishing touches” being a very broad term here in some cases), and a few folks have already submitted their fics. We’re excited to see what everyone has created!
A few things to keep in mind today:
If it’s still January 18 somewhere in the world, you’re not late. Fics may be submitted at any time today.
If you anticipate having trouble making today’s deadline, please get in touch with one of the mods ASAP. We are often able to arrange a short (i.e. a couple of days) extension or find another way to help you out. And if for some reason you need more than that, let’s talk so we can come up with a solution and make sure you and your giftee are taken care of.
Remember to use “My Assignments” to submit your fic. Once you click “Fulfill” on your assignment for the Exchange, it will work very similarly to how regular posting on AO3 works, but make sure you submit by going to your assignment and not through the regular posting mechanism on AO3. That will ensure that you and your fic stay anonymous until we reveal the collection, and that your fic is correctly connected to your giftee.
Need help? Get in touch. If you’re having challenges with posting, have a question, are desperately in search of a last-minute beta reader, or need something else, get in touch with mods @lajulie24 or @otterandterrier and we will do our best to help you out. That’s what we’re here for!
That’s it! Wishing you the best writing vibes as you finish your creations. YOU’VE GOT THIS!
Hello, writers! This post is just to remind you that fics for the exchange are due this Saturday, January 18. (We can’t believe how quickly the time went by, either.)
A few things to keep in mind as we approach the deadline:
The AO3 collection is now open! When your fic is ready, please make sure to submit it by going to the “My Assignments” tab in your AO3 account and clicking “Fulfill.” Once you click “Fulfill,” the process will be similar to the regular posting process on AO3, but it’s important that you do it through the Assignments tab (not the regular Post function on AO3) so that your fic gets connected to your giftee AND so that both the author (you) and the fic are hidden until it’s time to reveal the collection. Make sure your fic is tagged with the appropriate ratings and warnings, if applicable, and remember not to include anything in your summary or notes for the fic that gives away who you are (e.g. your Tumblr handle). We love the surprise!
If you followed the directions above for submitting your fic, your fic won’t be visible in the collection or anywhere else until the deadline. We’ll post here when we reveal the collection.
The posting date for your fic will be the date you submitted it, not the date we reveal the collection. This does mean that if you submitted early, your fic might get buried in the Search by newer works by the time it’s visible. If you’re concerned about this, you should be able to fix this by choosing a new posting date set in the future.
Still need a beta? The sooner your fic is ready for a beta, the easier it will be to match you with someone who still has time to help you out, so get in touch with a mod ASAP if you’re not already connected with a beta and would like one.
Worried about making the deadline? Please get in touch with one of the mods ASAP. If it’s the matter of a day or two, we can likely work with you on an extension. If we’re talking longer, let’s talk. If you need to drop out, the sooner we know, the sooner we can get a pinch hitter in to help.
That’s about it! If you have any questions or need anything else, please get in touch with mods @lajulie24 or @otterandterrier, or send an ask to the blog — we’re here to help.
That’s right! We’ve decided to open the collection a little earlier this year, so if you’re done writing and are feeling good about your fic, you can go ahead and post it simply by going to the “My Assignments” tab in your Ao3 account and clicking “Fulfill”. This will take you to a screen that is basically the same as if you were posting a regular fic to AO3, only it will be directly connected to your assignment for the exchange.
Things to keep in mind:
You don’t need to take any extra steps to make sure your fic will be posted anonymously. The exchange is already set in a way so that neither the fics nor the authors will show up on AO3 until the mods reveal them.
Your fic won’t be visible in the collection or anywhere else until January 19.
The posting date your fic will show up as will be the date you posted it on, not the date it will be made visible on. This means that your fic could potentially get buried under newer works in the Search by the time it’s set to visible. If this is something that worries you, you should be able to fix this by choosing a different posting date set in the future.
The mods will be checking over the fics as they’re submitted to make sure they’ve been properly tagged and that writers haven’t accidentally given themselves away in their author’s notes or anything. Assuming everything’s in order, they get approved for the collection; if not, we’ll reach out to the author. Make sure to login to Tumblr periodically after posting in case we need to get in touch!
If you think you will need a beta reader, please let us know as soon as you’re able to so we can try to connect you with someone. Keep in mind that folks might not be available on short notice!
Fics are due ANYTIME Saturday, January 18. As long as it’s still 18 January 2025 somewhere in the world, you’re good.
If you’re worried about making the deadline, please talk to the mods asap!
That’s all for now 🎉 If you have any other questions, please send us an ask or reach out to one of the mods, we’re here to help. Happy writing!
Do you need any pinch hitters? Is there a way to see all the requests (for treating)?
Hello! At the moment, none of the participants have stepped down, but if you’re interested in being a pinch hitter, we can definitely keep you in mind if needed 😊
However, we don’t have a treating option for our exchanges, and there is no way to see all the requests. If you volunteer as a pinch hitter and someone steps down, we would share their assignment with you and you can choose whether you’re able to fulfill it or not.
I'm trying to post my Holiday Exchange fic to AO3, but it keeps saying "This collection is not open yet." Does that mean I have to wait until the deadline on January 18th to post it?
Hello! We will be opening the collection soon! We’ll announce it here at the blog when we do, so keep an eye out ;)
