May the 4th Be With You Fanworks Exchange

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Schedule:
(all times are 23:59 UTC unless noted)
Feb 15 - Feb 28: Nominations
Feb 22 - Mar 1: Sign ups
Apr 20: Early default deadline
Apr 27: Assignments due
May 4 00:01 UTC: Works go live
May 11 00:01 UTC: Creators revealed


May the 4th 2025 Archive | May the 4th 2025 Tag Set | Sign Up Form | Requests Summary | Grab Bag | Automagic App List of Requests | Treat Tracker Spreadsheet


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Schedule:
(all times are 23:59 UTC unless noted)
Mar 18 - Mar 24: Nominations*
Mar 19 - Mar 25: Sign ups*
Apr 20: Early default deadline
Apr 28: Assignments due
May 4 00:01 UTC: Works go live
May 11 00:01 UTC: Creators revealed

* Nominations and Sign Ups will overlap this year

May the 4th 2023 Archive | May the 4th 2023 Tag Set | Sign Up Form | Requests Summary | Dear Yoda Post | Grab Bag | Automagic App List of Requests | Treat Tracker Spreadsheet


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Tentative Schedule for 2022:
(all times are 23:59 UTC unless noted)
Feb 25 - Mar 11: Nominations*
Feb 26 - Mar 12: Sign ups*
Apr 20: Early default deadline
Apr 27: Assignments due, pinch hits go out
May 2: Pinch hits due, last minute panic and scrambling
May 4 00:01 UTC: Works go live
May 11 00:01 UTC: Creators revealed

* Nominations and Sign Ups will overlap this year due to the mods' real lives over the next few weeks.

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Schedule:
Feb 15 - Feb 29: Nominations
Mar 1 - Mar 14: Sign ups
Apr 19: Early default deadline
Apr 26: Assignments due, pinch hits go out
May 2: Pinch hits due
May 4: Works go live
May 11: Creators revealed

May the 4th 2020 Archive | May the 4th 2020 Tag Set | Tag Set Spreadsheet | Sign Up Form | Requests Summary | Dear Yoda Post | Grab Bag | Treat Tracker Spreadsheet | Requests Spreadsheet |


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May the 4th Be With You is gearing up for another round! As always, if it's Star Wars, it's in. Holiday Special, yes! Forces of Destiny, yes! Campaign podcast, why not? Crossover pairing from the 2D Clone Wars cartoon and the Baze and Chirrut YA novel? Of course! As in previous rounds, the rules are simple: create a minimum 500 word story or 500 x 500 pixel piece of fan art based on your recipient's requested character(s) or relationship(s) and respecting their Do Not Wants.

The schedule is as follows, with most due dates and deadlines at 1159 PM UTC:

Schedule:
Feb 16 - Mar 2: Nominations
Mar 3 - Mar 18: Sign ups
Mar 19ish: Matching and assignments go out
Apr 19: Early default deadline
Apr 26: Assignments due, pinch hits go out
May 2: Pinch hits due
May 3: Last minute scrambling and panic
May 4: Works go live
May 11: Creators revealed

If you have strong opinions about the timing, this is a great opportunity to speak up. We're also taking ideas for the Initiate Trials. What kinds of activities, incentives, or games would you like to see this year? We are continuing both character and relationship matching, with a change-up this year. Relationships will still be nominated as "Name & Name" or "Name / Name" while single character nominations will be nominated as "Character: Name." Are there other changes you'd like to see? Let us know and we can discuss it here in the comments to this post.

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

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Schedule:
Feb 18 - Mar 5: Nominations
Mar 6 - Mar 16: Sign ups
Mar 17ish: Matching and assignments go out, requests go live
Apr 20: Early default deadline
Apr 27: Assignments due, pinch hits go out
May 2: Pinch hits due
May 3: Last minute scrambling and panic
May 4: Works go live
May 11: Archive closes and creators revealed

May the 4th 2018 Archive | Full Tag Set | Tag Set Spreadsheet | Searchable Tag Set Spreadsheet | Sign Up Form | Requests Summary | Dear Yoda Post | Initiate Trials Post | Dear Yoda Letters Spreadsheet | Grab Bag Post | Challenge and Treat Tracker Spreadsheet | Requests Spreadsheet


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Exciting new characters and canons! A combined main and treat archive! Mini challenges!

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Schedule:
Jan 8 - 20: Nominations
Jan 21: Tag set clean-up and last minute discussion
Jan 22 - Feb 4: Sign ups
Feb 5 - Feb 8: Matching and assignments go out, requests go live
Apr 14: Early default deadline
Apr 28: Assignments due
Apr 29: Pinch hits go out
May 4: Works go live
May 8: Archive closes and creators revealed

May the 4th 2017 Archive

Full Tag Set | Tag Set Spreadsheet | Sign Up Form | Requests Summary | Dear Yoda Post | Initiate Trials Post | Letters Spreadsheet | Challenge and Treat Tracker Spreadsheet | Grab Bag Post

Contact the mods by replying to posts or by email: maythe4thmod@gmail.com