austenexchange

Authors are now revealed at the collection. With authors revealed, this year’s round has officially ended, but the collection will remain open indefinitely for late treats. Thanks again to everyone who helped make this round a positive experience as a participant, pinch-hitter, beta reader, or otherwise! This exchange couldn’t happen without you.

Assuming there remains sufficient interest on your side and time on mine, I plan to run a fourth round in 2025. If you have any feedback for me regarding the exchange, please feel free to comment on this post or to email me at austenian@gmx.net.

All pinch hits are in, which means that works will reveal at 00:00 UTC on 7 October (countdown), a little under six hours from the time of posting.

Best of luck to anyone still putting finishing touches on a gift, and thanks to everyone for your hard work. I look forward to reading with you!

The deadline has passed, and there are three post-deadline pinch hits, due on 4 October at 00:00 UTC (countdown), 24 hours before scheduled reveals. If you would be able to fill a pinch hit but may need a little extra time to complete it, please feel free to let me know.

If you are interested in claiming any of the pinch hits below, please comment on this post or email me at austenian@gmx.net, and include the number of the pinch hit and your AO3 username in your message. Post comments are screened.

Edit: All pinch hits have now been claimed. Many thanks to our wonderful pinch hitters!

( CLAIMED! PH 3 - Crossover Fandom, Emma - Jane Austen, Mansfield Park - Jane Austen, Persuasion - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen )

( CLAIMED! PH 4 - Emma - Jane Austen, Mansfield Park - Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen, Crossover Fandom )

Welcome to the beta post! If you’re interested in providing or receiving feedback on fic written for this exchange before it’s shared publicly, this is the post for you. You do not have to be signed up for the exchange in order to volunteer as a beta reader.

If you are interested in acting as a beta reader, please leave a comment on this post with the following information:

• Your username on AO3
• Where to contact you (e.g., email address, Discord handle)
• Fandoms you can beta for
• Anything you’re not willing to beta (content, length, etc.)
• Areas of expertise (e.g., SPAG, britpicking, period accuracy)
• Turnaround time

Keep in mind that the information shared in the comments of this post is public; for instance, you may not want to share an email address with your full name.

If you are looking for a beta reader, browse the comments of this post for someone able to help. Once you find a potential beta reader, contact them privately via the contact details provided in their comment. To preserve anonymity, please do not comment or reply to comments on this post seeking beta services.

All comments will initially be screened, but they will be unscreened once I can confirm that they do not break anonymity.

As always, feel free to reach out to me at austenian@gmx.net with any questions.

Sign-ups are now closed, and everyone is matchable! Participants can expect to receive their assignments within the next day. You’ll hear from me once more after assignments have been sent; initial pinch hits will also be shared at that time, followed by a beta post.

Thanks to all who signed up—I look forward to another great round!

Sign-ups are now open on AO3 until 11 August at 22:00 UTC (countdown).

Before you sign up, here’s a summary of what your sign-up will include:

You must make a minimum of 2 requests, but you are able to make up to 10. Fandoms may not be repeated between requests. For each request, you may add

• 1 fandom (required);
• 1 - 20 relationship tags (required);
• Request details (optional), for details such as prompts, likes, and DNWs. Authors are required to respect their recipients’ DNWs, but they can only be enforced if indicated in your sign-up;
• Prompt URL (optional), linking to any further information about your requests, such as a ‘Dear Author’ letter.

You must also make a minimum of 2 offers, but you are able to make up to 10. Fandoms may not be repeated between offers. For each offer, you may add

• 1 fandom (required);
• 1 - 20 relationship tags (required);
• Offer details (optional), for matching requests.

If you’re still planning your sign-up, you can browse the tagset here. If you would like to make any late additions to the tagset, you may request them in the comments of this post until 24 hours before the close of sign-ups.

After the close of sign-ups, I’ll open a beta post, as proposed in this year’s interest check.

You can read more about sign-ups and matching in the rules post. As always, feel free to leave a comment or email austenian@gmx.net with any questions.

Nominations are now open at the tagset until 30 July at 22:00 UTC (countdown).

Here are some short reminders before you nominate:

• Nominate fandoms using canonicals where possible. Do not use All Media Types or Related Fandoms.
• Nominate relationships as ‘Character A/Character B (Fandom)’ for ship fic and ‘Character A & Character B (Fandom)’ for gen, alphabetised by surname. Groups of three or more characters may be nominated in the same style.
• Nominate individual characters as ‘1: Character A (Fandom)’.
• Nominate crossovers under the ‘Crossover Fandom’ umbrella fandom. Disambiguate characters individually [e.g., ‘Edmund Bertram (MP - Austen)/Colonel Brandon (S&S - Austen)’].
• Disambiguate your nominations to make it clear what canon you’re interested in. Think ‘P&P - Austen’ and ‘P&P 1940’ rather than ‘P&P’.

Please note that the format for nominating individual characters has changed from last year; this should keep a cleaner separation between single-character nominations and nominations for relationships.

You can read more about nominations and eligibility in the rules post. As always, please feel free to leave a comment or email me at austenian@gmx.net with any questions you may have.

Thanks for reading, and I look forward to seeing your nominations!

To confirm that there is sufficient interest to run a third round of Austen Exchange on our usual schedule, I’m hosting a short interest check. Please consider submitting a response to this Google form if you might be interested in participating. Just like last year, your responses are anonymous and nonbinding; a positive response on the form doesn’t commit you to signing up.

The survey will close at 22:00 UTC on Tuesday, 25 June (countdown). If you prefer not to use the form, you are also welcome to comment on this post or email me at austenian@gmx.net. Anonymous commenting is enabled.

Of course, feel free to share this form with any communities you belong to which may be interested in the event, and thanks in advance for your response!

This year’s works are now revealed at the collection! Go forth and read, comment, and kudos with abandon. If there’s a gift for you in the collection, please remember to leave a comment for your writer when you’re able.

If your gift does not include a requested character or relationship, contains a DNW, or appears incomplete, please contact me as soon as possible at austenian@gmx.net.

Works will remain anonymous until 14 October (countdown). The collection will remain open for late treats.