May the 4th Be With You Fanworks Exchange

May the Fourth be with you!

The May the Fourth Be With You 2025 Archive is now open! Read great fic, look at all the 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.

If you turned in your assignment before the deadline, you should be receiving a gift notification at the email you signed up with. You should also check your Gifts tab (https://archiveofourown.org/users/YOURUSERNAMEGOESHERE/gifts) on your AO3 dashboard, as the emails are often late and Gmail will 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, 2025.)

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

Works will remain anonymous until 00:01 UTC on May 11th. Please do not crosspost your work or reveal yourself to your recipient before that time. Thanks!

EDIT: Unfortunately like all other websites, AO3 attracts trolls and spammers. The mods of this exchange have zero ability to prevent these or delete them from your works. If you receive a harassing comment (for example, guest accounts posting abuse about AI or spamming requests for you to pay for fan art), you should report them to AO3 Support. You can access the report form here: https://archiveofourown.org/abuse_reports/new.

Creator reveals will happen twenty-four hours from now. If you have not already received an email about your gift, you should also check your Gifts tab (https://archiveofourown.org/users/YOURUSERNAMEGOESHERE/gifts) on your AO3 dashboard. Emails can get lost and providers such as Gmail will sometimes miss or collapse items when you have multiple gifts. Try to take some time and read or look at your gifts; a simple "Thanks, I liked this a lot!" can go a long way when thanking your creator for what they made for you.

The archive will remain open for treats until the end of the anonymous period.

May the 4th 2024 Archive | May the 4th 2024 Tag Set | Sign Up Form | Requests Summary | Dear Yoda Post | Grab Bag | Automagic App List of Requests | Treat Tracker Spreadsheet

As we barrel towards reveals like we're zooming through a trench on the Death Star, please take the time to do one last read-through of your works. Check your tags, check your summaries, and for those who got a last minute beta, please make sure you have uploaded the correct draft of your document.

If you're done and ready, consider browsing the Grab Bag post (pinch hitters especially welcome to make requests here!), the Automagic App List of Requests, or the Treat Tracker Spreadsheet. The May the 4th 2024 Archive is open for all your treating needs.

Countdown to Reveals

The May the Fourth Be With You 2022 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.

If you turned in your assignment before the deadline, you should be receiving a gift notification at the email you signed up with. You should also check your Gifts tab (https://archiveofourown.org/users/YOURNAMEHERE/gifts) 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, 2022.)

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

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

The May the Fourth Be With You 2021Archive 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.

If you turned in your assignment before the deadline, you should be receiving a gift notification at the email you signed up with. You should also check your Gifts tab (https://archiveofourown.org/users/YOURNAMEHERE/gifts) 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, 2021.)

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

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

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.

All creators are now revealed!

Thank you all for participating, be that by making gifts, posting treats, pinch hitting, commenting, or all of the above! We ended up with a grand total of 87 works this year! For those of you who haven't had a chance yet to check out your gift, there's no time like the present. Check out your own Gifts tab at http://archiveofourown.org/users/yourusernamegoeshere/gifts in case the AO3 announcement missed your inbox.

See you at the Rise of Skywalker!

Another countdown!

Just under three days to work reveals! If you're working on a pinch hit, thank you! If you're looking to make a treat or fill a challenge, look no further than the Treat and Challenge Tracker. If you're in the mood to create a particular pairing or character, take a look at the spreadsheet with all requests.

Click here to post to the collection

See you all on May 4!

Creator reveals!

Thank you all for participating! We had a great turnout this year!

For those of you who haven't had a chance yet to check out your gift and thank your creator, there's no time like the present. Check out your own Gifts tab at http://archiveofourown.org/users/yourusernamegoeshere/gifts in case the AO3 announcement missed your inbox.

A few postmortem questions under the cut:
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See you after The Last Jedi!

The collection is live! Remember to redate your works to May 4th! Read, look at pretty art, and say thanks to your creators. If you have any issues, please email us at maythe4thmod@gmail.com and we'll see what we can do.

The archive will remain anonymous until 23:59 UTC on Sunday May 7th, or around 8PM EDT. Treats can be posted to the collection at any time.

Thanks to everyone who has made this happen! There's a lot of great stuff in the archive this year, and you guys put it there!