May the 4th Be With You Fanworks Exchange

The May the Fourth Be With You 2020 Archive is now open! Read, look at pretty art, and say thanks to your creators. If you have any issues, please reply to this post or email us at maythe4thmod@gmail.com and we'll see what we can do to help.

You should be receiving a notification in the email you signed up with. You should also check your Gifts tab on your AO3 dashboard, as the emails are often late and sometimes miss or collapse items when you have multiple gifts. Remember to redate your works to May 4th! (To do this, click the "Edit" button at the top of your work, click the "Set a Different Publication Date" toggle, and change the date to May 4, 2020.)

The archive will remain open for treats, so if you've got an eye for an extra rteat or two, you may continue to post and we'll continue to track.

Works will remain anonymous until 00:01 UTC on May 11th.

*knock on wroshyr wood* Everything appears to be visible now! 2018 Archive

The archive will open in a little bit over an hour from now! The archive will remain open for treating after reveals for anyone still drawing or writing. Don't forget to redate to the 4th!

Every year, May the 4th approaches, and every year, the Star Destroyer Scrubba Dubba asks May Mod to work double shifts scraping mynocks off the ships. The new deadline will be 15:00 UTC on Saturday April 28th (11:00 EDT): new countdown. Any assignments not in by that time will be defaulted and sent out to pinch hits.

Pinch hit #4 is behind the cut. Comment here to claim. All comments will be screened. Pinch hit will be due on April 30th by 23:59 UTC. (Note later due date! Ignore the email from AO3.) Thanks, pinch hitter!

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Pinch hit #2 is behind the cut. Comment here to claim. All comments will be screened. Pinch hit will be due on April 27th by 23:59 UTC. Claimed! Thanks, pinch hitter!

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Pinch hit # 1 is behind the cut. Comment here to claim. All comments will be screened. Pinch hit will be due on April 27th at midnight UTC. Claimed! Thank you, pinch hitter!

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All unmatchable participants have been matched, which means your assignment should be arriving in your inbox right now. If you don't see it, go to your AO3 dashboard and click the "My Assignments" link on the sidebar.

You are responsible for creating either one 500 minimum word fic or one 500 x 500 pixel piece of art on unlined paper based on one of your assigned recipient's requests, and avoiding their listed Do Not Wants. Assignments are due Friday, April 27th, at 11:59 PM UTC. I'll put up a counter closer to the time. Early default deadline is April 20th. The archive is open for submissions, but due to the AO3 anonymity bug, submissions will be moderated. Sorry for the hassle.

Tag your fanworks as you normally would. If you matched on "Character & None," you should only tag for the character's name. Extra treats may go into the main archive. Pinch hits will still be sent out for defaults, regardless of already-posted treats. Please tag all extra treats for other participants as "MayThe4th Treat."

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All Requests
Post To Collection

We will be updating the Letters Spreadsheet as Dear Yoda letters come in. We will also make a Grab Bag post for those requests you didn't have enough slots for, or for people who didn't make it to sign up in time. Finally, keep an eye on this year's Initiate Trials in which we will try to make Bingo as a group.

EDIT TO CLARIFY: If your assignment says "Luke/Leia" and "Luke & Leia" for one of your recipient's requests, you only need to create a work for one of those relationships, or for another relationship they requested such as "Leia & None" even if you did not offer "Leia & None." You do not need to combine "Luke/Leia" and "Luke & Leia" in one work, or create separate fills for both. There are a maximum of two relationships per request to accommodate participants who wanted to request more than ten relationships, which is the maximum AO3 allows in a signup form.

Due to popular demand, sign-ups have been extended to this Friday, May 16th, midnight UTC: Countdown!

Sign Up Form
Tag Set

If you'd like to link your Dear Writer letters, please post the links in the comments to this post. We'll make a list of the posted letters for easy browsing. All assignments and treats go into the main archive. We support and recommend re-dating all fills on May 4th in order to increase your work's visibility on Star Wars Day.

AO3 Name
Letter URL
Requesting Fic, Art or Either?
(optional but suggested) List of Requested Characters and Relationships

Letter spreadsheet