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King of Exchanges is an exchange for Stephen King fanworks. Mods are Edonohana, scioscribe, and Sholio.

The collection will be revealed on September 21, which is King’s birthday.

What counts as a Stephen King canon?

We are counting all works (novels, short stories, screenplays, poems, etc.) written or co-written by Stephen King and all adaptations from Stephen King material. This includes works that don’t adapt a single specific source, like the Castle Rock TV series, and works that may be of tenuous connection to their original material. If you want to nominate Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, we’ll support that. You can also nominate works that are known but unpublished, like King’s hypothetical Peter Wimsey novel, though we may ask for clarification about where the work is mentioned.

 
Is RPF allowed?

Stephen King himself is a canonical Stephen King character in the Dark Tower series, so he can be nominated/requested/offered, but we will not accept RPF crossover works involving him with his family and friends, actors, and/or other real life people not included in his fiction.
 

Other than that, is anything NOT allowed?

So long as the characters are fictional and you don't violate your recipient's DNWs, you can write whatever you want.

 
What are the requirements for offers and requests?

You are required to request at least three unique canons, with a maximum of ten; you can repeat fandoms (for example, if you want to request fic only for one character set and art only for another) as long as you have the unique three. Each fandom must have at least one character/relationship, although that can be "Worldbuilding," and you can request a maximum of ten characters/relationships. Please select fic, art, or both for each request.

You must offer at least three unique canons, with a maximum of ten, and must offer at least two characters/relationships per canon (with a max of ten); you can offer fic, art, or both.

 
What are the nomination rules?

Using the AO3 form, submit up to five fandoms with up to six characters and/or character combinations per fandom. Character combinations or relationships will be entered into the Characters field as Group: Character A & Character B or Group: Character A/Character B. You can also nominate Group: Character A & Any or Group: Character A/Any.

We will allow “Character” nominations that are “Fandom - No Character” or “Fandom - Worldbuilding.”

Crossover characters and relationships are nominated as their own fandom: “Crossover Fandom.” These must be crossovers between King-related canons. If you are nominating a character from one canon as a solo character in another canon--like Danny Torrance from The Shining in the world of Lisey’s Story--please include the relationship the character has with the non-origin canon. If you’re requesting a relationship of some sort between characters of different canons, it’s helpful but not necessary to include the characters’ canons in the nomination.

So this:

Fandom: Crossover Fandom
Characters: Group: Danny Torrance & Lisey’s Story, Group: Danny Torrance & Bill Hodges, Group: Danny Torrance/Carrie White, Group: Louis Creed/Alan Pangborn, Group: Johnny Smith (The Dead Zone TV) & Danny Torrance (Doctor Sleep), Group: Randall Flagg & Gerald’s Game.

If the name of the character is also the name of a canon, mods may ask you to disambiguate platonic relationships. We need to know if you mean Randall Flag & Cujo the book vs. Randall Flagg & Cujo, the touching story of a man and his rabid dog. If you nominate Randall Flagg/Cujo, on the other hand, we’ll get it.

• Fic minimum: 500 words.

• Art (drawn/digital): one finished piece of art - this may be done by traditional or digital means, but should be original art, inked and/or colored.

• If a person submits an assignment that does not meet the minimum requirements, their recipient will still appear on the pinch hit list.

• Treats are welcome and encouraged. They do not have to fulfill the minimums for assignments but must obey any DNWs listed by the recipient. Treats can also be posted to the collection itself without a listed recipient.