DBZ Exchange Sched, Rules, FAQ

Jan. 27th, 2026 11:56 am
[personal profile] paragon_writer posting in [community profile] universe6
Universe 6 is a multi-fandom Discord server (initially created for DBZ, hence the name) that is putting on a DBZ Exchange in celebration of a new season of Dragon Ball Super being announced! You can request any ships or just singular characters. Matching will be done based on ship, category, and medium (fic or art). Participants will be required to create a fanwork that meets their recipient's requests for all of these aspects. This is a deaddove friendly event, all ships are welcome.

Schedule - All deadlines are 11:59 pm EST

Nominations/Sign-Ups: February 1st - February 15th
Creation Period: February 22nd - April 19th
Posting Period: April 24th - May 1st
Reveals: May 2nd

Rules

Participants must be at least 18 years old.

Participants must be contactable in some way, i.e. email associated with AO3 account or Universe 6 discord member.
Universe 6 Discord


Participants must be respectful of everyone. This includes being respectful of shipping preferences.

In accordance with the server rules, any anti behavior will result in an exchange and server ban without warning.

Gifts must be produced without the use of generative AI.

 


Nominations


You may nominate up to 20 characters and/or relationships.

You may also nominate up to 20 freeform tags.

Original character tags are allowed (ex: Gohan/Original [gender, if preferred] Character, original character who wakes up with powers one day)

You may nominate other fandoms if you wish to request/offer crossover pieces

 


Sign-Ups


Each participant must request 1-20 characters/relationships and offer 1-20 characters/relationships.
It is encouraged to include as many characters/relationships you'd like to offer/receive to make matching as seamless as possible.

Up to 20 tags can be requested.

Participants can also include optional details regarding preferred ship dynamics, crossover requests, or anything else that might help guide their creator. In addition, they can indicate any themes or pairings that they do not want (DNW) to receive. Letters are optional, and only DNWs in the sign-up details will be enforced.

Note for crossovers
You must request Dragon Ball as a fandom in addition to your crossover fandom.
The crossover must significantly feature the requested characters/relationships unless otherwise stated in the Details section of the request.

 


Exchange Requirements


Every participant is required to create a fanwork featuring a requested character or relationship that fulfills the requested category in the requested medium.
Fanfic requirements: A completed work with a minimum of 1500 words.
Fanart requirements: A clean sketch on unlined paper.

Anonymity: Please refrain from discussing your assignment in public/namespace until creators are revealed. Creators may not include any identifying information in their fanwork, with exceptions for artists, who may sign their work.

Pinch Hits: If you are unable to complete your assignment for whatever reason, please default as early as possible so mods may arrange a pinch hitter. A gift will be provided for each participant to the best of the mod's abilities. If you default, you may not receive a gift. Pinch hits will be posted to the DW community as well as in the Universe 6 discord.

 


FAQ


Are treats allowed?

In short, yes! Treats are additional fanworks gifted to participants who are not your recipient. Treats are allowed and they can be of any length but you still must match on character, medium, and category, and all treats must respect DNWs. If you do not wish to receive treats and/or you do not have treating enabled in your AO3 preferences, you must clearly state this in your signup. To enable treats, click here (substituting your username):
https://archiveofourown.org/users/YOURUSERNAMEHERE/preferences
Check the box next to 'Allow anyone to gift me works'.

Is this just for romantic or sexual ships (/) or are platonic ships (&) allowed too?
This exchange allows all ships!

Who is the mod?
Your mod for this round is paragon_writer (link ao3). If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please contact me on discord (in the Universe 6 server or in DMs) or at paragonwa@proton.me. Contacting me through Dreamwidth is allowed but expect delays in responses.

What if I'm okay offering/receiving any character/relationship?
In your sign-up, just choose 'Any Relationship' and/or 'Any Character' !

Links
Universe 6 Discord
AO3 Collection
AO3 Tagset


SFBB15: Rough Draft Submission Rules

Jan. 24th, 2026 09:42 am
sfbbmod: (small fandom bang moderator)
[personal profile] sfbbmod posting in [community profile] smallfandombang
Authors, this is your rough draft submission post!

Don’t freak out, though, your rough drafts aren’t due today. I’m putting up the submission rules early so that people who have their fic finished, or were having computer or internet issues, could submit their rough draft early if they so wished. (And, to be fair, not getting all of the submissions in one day would also benefit me, as well. *g*)

The rough draft submission date is next Saturday, January 31, so you still have a week to get your fic to the “required” 8,000 words/80% completed place if you haven’t already. (And yes, I used quotation marks because I’m flexible about that so long as you will A) have your fic finished by the final draft deadline of March 31 and B) have something substantial to send to your artist after claims – claims open on February 7 and the matching reveal will be made on February 14.)

All about submitting your rough draft... )



Coming up:

The Artist Claiming Post(s) will go up on Saturday, February 7. Artists will claim a story from the summaries, which will be posted anonymously. (The Sneak Peak post will go up at least 24 hours prior to the Claiming Post, though I’m shooting for 48 hours to give all the artists time to review the summaries.) The Matching Reveal post will go up on Saturday, February 14. At that time I will send out e-mails to the author/artist partners with contact information.

It will be up to the author to provide the story to your artist, as well as any other assistance (ie, screencaps) that your artist might need. It is imperative, especially with a multi-fandom challenge such as this one, that you communicate with your artist.

NOTE: Artist sign-ups will remain open until the claiming period has closed (or until all fic have been claimed), so if you’re aware of an artist (remember, we also accept fanmixes, podcasts, vids, etc as fanart) who might be interested in this challenge, please point them to the Artist Sign-Up Post. Thank you!

If you have any questions, you may comment here with them, or contact me at sfbbmod@gmail.com. Comments will be screened.

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