Hello Hello! All of our pinch hits have now been claimed, and the collection is tentatively set for revealing at 10pm EDT on the 29th of March.

We still have six works that need to be filled by hard working pinch hitters before the collection can reveal, so I will be able to update all of us at the latest on the night of the 28th regarding whether or not the collection will reveal on the 29th, but my expectation is that everyone will come through, which means it is getting Very Close Now Indeed, and it's definitely time to start getting those last polishing edits in, avoiding scope creep for real this time, etc etc.

We're almost there!

Hooray! Assignments have been sent! Please don’t hesitate to reach out to the modmail (TavinaFanfiction@gmail.com) if you suspect that there’s been a problem with your assignment.

Keep an eye out on the comm for the Initial Pinch Hits! These will be posted shortly.

Hi everyone! We're 4.5 hours or thereabouts from nominations closing for the 2025/2026 round of AU5k!

What time is that for me?

After nominations close later tonight, there will be a query post going up likely sometime tomorrow - we do not have many queries, so be on the lookout if your nominations have not been processed 24 hours after nominations close.

Next, we will head into nominations cleanup, where we will look for and remove duplicates, fix up any nominations that need to be queried, and finish processing all of the nominations still outstanding in the tagset, before we begin to open for signups. Signups may open early depending on the quickness of the process for nomination cleanup, but this cannot be guaranteed, so expect signups to open at the scheduled time.

Thank you to everyone for your interest in this event, and an especial thanks to DontStopHerNow for their outstanding work during the nominations period, your help is much appreciated.

1. You must comment on this post or email the modmail (TavinaFanfiction@gmail.com) with a link, or other publicly available evidence of the original creator's permission statement that allows for recursion to take place. This permission statement must be publicly available to someone who isn't logged into an account somewhere (ie. on the author's ao3 profile) and not a screenshot of a Tumblr or Discord DM.
   1. If you are the creator you're welcome to comment on this post to give permission! 
   2. For works with multiple creators, please make sure to include permission statements from all of the creators!
2. You must link to (and or otherwise indicate) where the fanwork can be found. 
3. Two people other than the original nominator must show up to comment their interest on that particular fanwork. This is not a binding contract that says you have to offer or request that fanwork for the exchange.