I am traveling, but just wanted to pop in and let everyone know that creators have been revealed. Names should start showing up as the Archive updates (sometimes it takes a few minutes).

A more formal closing post for this year will come sometime next week.

First, a big thank you to everyone who has been jumping in on last minute pinch hits. We're glad to report that all of the pinch hits that were still open have now been filled.

We do have two pinch hits (#14 & #17) that were claimed, but the works haven't showed up, so they are reopened and are the final two remaining items needed to ensure everyone has a gift. As has been the case this week, there is no need to claim these pinch hits--if you can create a work, go for it, and we'll close it out once the request has been filled.

Plan is this:
Provided the remaining hits are filled, we'll close the collection on Friday, August 12 at 8:00 p.m. PDT. Work reveals will come within a few hours of collection closing. Author reveals will be on Friday, August 19 at roughly the same time.

The deadline is past, and we had a number of requests for 24 hour extensions, so we wanted to resolve those before releasing the final set of pinch hits. There are 4 open hits and we have 7 more incoming. Anything claimed at this point will have until Saturday, August 6, at 8pm PDT. We'll need to have works for all of these participants before we can reveal the collection.

Hi everyone,

We have open pinch hits in need of claiming. Please take a look and see if you might be interested in claiming any of them. Or also feel free to nudge others you think might be suited to claim one or more of them as well. :)

Sign ups are once again closed. We'll now start the process of running matches. If we run into any problems, we'll be in touch with people individually to try to remedy the issues by Friday so we can release the assignments no later than this weekend.

Questions? Feel free to ask.

We're in the final stretch for sign ups! You have approximately 12 hours from this post to sign up over on the Archive. Also, if you are so inclined and have time, feel free to check the Sign Up Summary to see how your requests and offers match up with what else is being requested and offered.

Also, as the deadline approaches, you can always double-check the sign up deadline in your time zone.

We're excited to announce that signups are officially open! Just go to the collection on the AO3 and click on the 'Sign Up' button. You may want to peruse the Tag Set first to help decide what you would like to request and what you're willing to offer.

You will need to submit 4-6 requests and 4-10 offers. Each request must be for a unique fandom and may include up to 10 pairings. Each offer must be for a unique fandom and can include up to 20 pairings. For offers, you may also check 'Any' if you're willing and able to create for any pairing listed under the fandom heading.

Check off the fandom on the list and then enter the pairings in the Relationship box, comma separated. Tags must be entered exactly as they are in the tag set. If you click in the Relationship box, the Archive should populate a dropdown list so you can easily select your choices. Note: Some pairings may not show in the dropdown list, but if they're in the tag set, they are eligible. Just be sure to list the tag exactly as it appears in the tag set. (If you run into any problems with this, let us know and we'll investigate.)

Note that matching will only require that at least one pairing is in common between the offer and the request. So do feel free to request as many pairings as you have an interest in - it won't reduce your chances of matching by doing so.

Signups can be submitted and edited until the deadline of June 12 at 8:00pm PDT. We will get assignments out as quickly as possible following that deadline.

If you have any questions, please ask them here or email us at mmrares.mods@gmail.com.

We'll have a post up for Dear Author/Artist letters in the next day or so! Happy requesting!

We've had a few requests for a post to discuss/suggest/etc. potential pairings for nomination, so here is that space. Have more that you want to see nominated than you have space for? Interested in knowing what other people might be nominating so you can start thinking of what you might offer or request? Open space to do all of that here.

Authors and artists have been revealed in the collection (some of them may still say 'Anonymous' for a few minutes while the Archive does its thing)!

We definitely want to take this opportunity to say "THANK YOU" once again to everyone who participated or engaged with this exchange in any way this year. Not only did we more than double the number of sign-ups, we also nearly doubled the number of works at the end (including treats) and nearly doubled the number of fandoms represented.

Because I'm personally a fan of numbers, I did run some quick stats on the collection that I want to share before heading off into the sunset for a while.

Number of Works Created: 81 (77 written, 4 visual)
Total Word Count of Written Works: 208,494

And as of a few minutes ago, the collection had generated (across the body of work):

280 comments
962 kudos
69 bookmarks
9016 hits (excluding 2 works for which hit counts were disabled)

An awesome contribution to he fandoms involved!


And, yes, we do plan to run an M/M Rares 2016. Most likely, though, the timing will change and we'll look at running it in the earlier part of the year. One thing we noticed this time around is that there are about three or four rare pair events around this same time of year that end up creating some overlap with people creating for the same recipient across multiple challenges. Although that can be fun if you're getting to create for a pairing or fandom you truly love, it can also be a bit odd or awkward. So by moving the exchange, at least we can minimize one additional case of someone simultaneously writing fics with the same pairing and same fandom with the same prompts for the same person. And moving it to the beginning of the year works better for our mods' schedules as well. So look for more information in the new year!