Deadline passed! If you didn't ask for an extension and you didn't turn in any fanwork, you've been defaulted.
If you do not have a gift yet but you are not on the PDPH list: that means your creator has recieved an extension.

The deadline for these two pinch hits is April 14th, 9PM UTC (countdown)

To claim a pinch hit please either send us a mail at phoenixdownmod (at) gmail (dot) com or a DM to the phoenixdown_mod account or reply to this post (all comments will be screened) with your AO3 username and the number of the pinch hit you want to take.

( PH#2 - Final Fantasy VI (art, fic), Final Fantasy XIV (art, fic), Final Fantasy VIII (art only), Final Fantasy IX (art only), Final Fantasy IV (art only) )

( PH#3 - Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy XV, Crossover Fandom (FFXV/FFVIII) (all art and fic) )

And with author reveals, the first round of this exchange comes to an end. A warm thank you to everyone who has taken part <3 The collection will now stay open and unmoderated for any post-reveal treat.

We'd like to hear some feedback to help us improve next year's round, and we have some questions about the schedule and the minimum requirements.

Would shifting the event to any other moment of the year change anything in regards to participation? We choose this current schedule based on ours - the mods - availability, but we'd open to switch things around (*actual schedule will still be dependent on our actual availability).

We'd prefer to avoid running it during the november/december/january/first half of february block as it would overlap with too many popular exchanges like Trick or Treat, Yuletide and Chocolate Box/Candy Hearts, but we would consider it if people said they'd overwhelmingly prefer it.

Current schedule has nominations & signups in the second half of february, a creation period spanning march and the first week of april, with reveals at the end of april.

A hypothetical summer schedule would see the nominations start in june, with sign ups at the end of june/early july and the creation period lasting all through august, leaving reveals in september.

Would extending the length of the creation period change anything in regards to participation? We thought that six weeks for a minimum of 1000 words/a complete artwork on clean paper was a reasonable timeframe, but we wouldn't mind going for eight weeks.

Similarly, would shortening the minimum requirements (while keeping the current six weeks for creation) change anything in regards to participation? Would people prefer a 500 words minimum for fics/a nice sketch on clean paper for art?

Another rule we plan to implement next round is forbidding uploading artworks to discord, since discord has started to disallow hotlinking.

If you have any questions or suggestions about anything, even things not covered in this post, please don't hesitate to let us know by commenting on this post (comments are public and unscreened). If you'd rather do it in private, you can reach out to us via dm to the mod account or via mail at phoenixdownmod at gmail dot com

All PHs are in and the exchange is on track to reveal tomorrow, april 26, at 9PM UTC (countdown)

Authors will be anonymous for a week and will then be revealed on may 3 at 9PM UTC (countdown)

This is a reminder that the deadline for turning in assignments is april 10, 2024, 9PM UTC (countdown)

If you need an extension please contact us either via mail (phoenixdownmod at gmail dot com) or via dm to the phoenixdown_mod account.