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Signups for May the 4th Be With You 2020 are a go! You may make a minimum of three and a maximum of ten requests, with up to five relationships per request. (Relationships are defined as "Character: Name (SW)," "Character A & Character B," or "Character A/Character B" and so on per the nominated tags.) You may offer a minimum of four and a maximum of ten offers, with up to five relationships per offer. This means a total of fifty possible requests and fifty possible offers. You can link to a letter but please do not link to a placeholder letter or a locked letter.
Please list your DNWs in your signups. Your creator will be asked to abide by your Do Not Wants but we can only confirm those listed in the AO3 signup fields.
If you have preferences about how to refer to characters with multiple names, or about specific eras you're interested in, you should consider listing these in your signup or letter. Character tags are in their current format to make our lives easier wrangling the tag set. If you prefer "The Mandalorian" being referred to as "Mando," or "Ben Solo | Kylo Ren" being referred to as "Ben," please say so to give your artist or writer a hand in creating a gift you want.
Double-check your requests and offers. Selecting "Leia Organa/Luke Skywalker" when you intended to select "Leia Organa & Luke Skywalker" will result in very different matches.
By signing up, you agree to to write a story of no less than 500 words, or to create a piece of fan art no smaller than 500 x 500 pixels that can stand as a completed work. Works will be due no later than 11:59 PM UTC (8 PM Eastern DST) on April 26, 2020. Due to frequent AO3 glitches, we strongly encourage you to upload early. Note that works in Draft mode will not be accepted as fulfilling your assignment, and that the Archive software automatically deletes unposted drafts after a certain time.
Keep in mind that Star Wars is a large and varied fandom, and there is room for everyone. Your squick is another fan's kink, your NOTP is someone else's OTP, your most hated film is someone's favorite movie of all time, and your most despised character is the next fan's woobie. Avoid character bashing, kinkshaming, and ship wars in your sign up and when creating your fanworks. Try to abide by the "be excellent to each other" credo, or at minimum, the "don't be a dick" standard.
There is a known bug in the AO3 software that will not display all tags. If your tag does not autopopulate, you can copy and paste it directly from the tag set, which can be found here. If you still have a problem signing up, let us know as soon as possible.
Signups will go until 11:59 PM UTC (8 PM Eastern DST) Saturday, March 14, 2020. We will put up a timer closer to the end. You may edit your sign-up until then.
The full FAQ can be found on the May the 4th 2020 profile on AO3. You can comment here with any questions about signups or matching, or you can send an email to maythe4thmod@gmail.com.
