Fic/Art Exchange 2008 Sign-Up Post
Note: Your loyal mod will be spending most of today - February 1 - in a car, and therefore will be unable to answer any questions you might have about the sign-up process. However, I will be responding to all queries as soon as possible, certainly before I go to sleep tonight. In the interim, this General Information post should answer most, if not all of your questions.

Remember, as you fill out the template that this is an exchange and that what you'll be creating will be a gift for one of your fellow fans, so please make every effort to take their wishes into account when you're creating your art or fic (including, if you can, the addition information at the bottom of the recipient's sign-up form, even though there's no absolute requirement that you follow those particular wishes).

Having said that, you've probably noticed that this exchange is a little more heavily weighted toward making things easy for the artists and writers than is true for a lot of exchanges. In many cases, participants will be creating fic and art featuring characters they've never considered focusing on before, so giving them a little more freedom of choice should make the process easier.

And now, on to the sign-ups:

THE LIST (of characters from which at least one member of your primary pairing must be selected)

(adult) Dumbledore	Aberforth Dumbledore	Alecto Carrow
Amycus Carrow	Arthur Weasley	Molly Weasley
Dedalus Diggle	Augusta Longbottom	Professor Binns
Bloody Baron	Grey Lady	Barty Crouch, Sr
Vincent Crabbe	Gregory Goyle	Aunt Marge
Dudley Dursley	Petunia Dursley	Vernon Dursley
Eileen Prince	Elphias Doge	Tobias Snape
Fat Friar	Fenrir Greyback	Mrs. Figg
Argus Filch	Firenze	Filius Flitwick
Cornelius Fudge	Griphook	Professor Grubbly-Plank
Rubeus Hagrid	(Rolanda/Xiomara) Hooch	Igor Karkaroff
Olympe Maxime	Marcus Flint	Marietta Edgecombe
Marvolo Gaunt	Merope Gaunt	Walden Macnair
Minerva McGonagall	Millicent Bulstrode	Moaning Myrtle
Alastor Moody	Mundungus Fletcher	Mr. Ollivander
Peter Pettigrew	Irma Pince	Poppy Pomfrey
Quirinus Quirrell	Rabastan LeStrange	Madam Rosmerta
Rufus Scrimgeour	(Aurora) Sinistra	Sybill Trelawney
Rita Skeeter	Horace Slughorn	Pomona Sprout
Ernie Prang	Stan Shunpike	Tom (of the Leaky Cauldron)
Dolores Umbridge	Walburga Black	Xenophilus Lovegood

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SIGN-UP TEMPLATE

Contact Info and Background Data

Name:

Reliable Email Address:

Are you over 18? (note: an indication of your age must appear on your user info. You may participate even if you're under 18, but you cannot request/create R/NC-17 work):

I would be willing to pinch hit:

For the art/fic you will be RECEIVING:

I would like to receive Art/Fic/No Preference:

I would like to receive Slash/Het/Femslash/No Preference:

I would like to receive Fic/Art rated R/NC-17; PG/PG-13; G; No preference:

I would like to to receive art/fic featuring one of the following (five characters minimum from the above list, or Any)

I am unwilling to receive art/fic featuring any of the following (ten characters maximum, including characters which don't appear on the exchange list above):

I am unwilling to receive art/fic containing any of the following elements (note: ten elements maximum):

For the art/fic you will be GIVING:

I would like to give Art/Fic/No Preference:

I would like to give Slash/Het/Femslash/No Preference:

I would like to give Fic/Art rated R/NC-17; PG/PG-13; G; No preference:

I am willing to give Fic/Art featuring one of the following characters (10 characters minimum from the above list, or Any, although I'll make every effort to match people according to their first few choices):

I am unwilling to give Fic/Art featuring one of the following characters (ten characters maximum from the above list):

I am unwilling to give Fic/Art containing any of the following elements (note: ten elements maximum):

Additional Likes and Dislikes (Important Note: the giver isn't required to take these additional preferences about setting, era, tone, etc. into account, but it might help them come up with ideas, so include as many ideas as you like):

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Use these links to find:

A sample sign-up.

A note on which characters can be excluded from your sign-up.

A Q&A answering some common questions.

(I know there's quite a bit there, but please do read the full instructions before signing up)

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Remember, as per the timeline, the sign-up period is a little over a week. The deadline is 12:00 noon EST (UTC/GMT -5 hours) on February 8th, so everybody has plenty of time to sign-up . . . and to nudge their friends into participating!