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blackemporiummodDue to Ao3 being down for this extended period of time, we are delaying author reveals by one day and may push back further if the site goes down again.
blackemporiummodblackemporiummodThat's right, you heard it here first. Or second, if you've checked your email and saw a notification about a shiny new gift(s). Or third, if you're part of the Discord and joined in on the celebratory messages. Or possibly even fourth, if you saw it on Tumblr.
Regardless, works are now live!
Read, kudo, comment galore! A week from now, September 8th, we will reveal creators. If you would still like to post a treat, you may do so at any time—just ping a mod after submitting to make sure we see it in the queue.
If there is a problem with your gift, do NOT message your creator or comment publicly on the work. Contact a mod asap at blackemporiumexchange@gmail.com so we can handle the issue and find a solution.
blackemporiummodThose of you who have participated before know that the treatless list is a staple of this exchange and we’re excited to have everyone chipping away at it again.
CLICK HERE FOR THE TREATLESS LIST<<
(If you forgot to indicate interest, or you believe your inclusion/exclusion on this list was a mistake, please contact the mods at blackemporiumexchange@gmail.com to fix.)
Quick guide under the cut:
As mentioned, a participant will only appear on this list if a) they have explicitly indicated interest in treats on their sign up and b) haven't received any treats (yet!).
When a participant receives a treat, they will disappear from this list.
The easiest way to see a participants full list of pairing requests is to click the "Expand Record" arrows in the upper left corner next to their username:
Be sure to check the type of treat people are interested in under the "Treat Types" column. Some people open to "Any" treat—that means any medium, and any number of recipients. But others have different boundaries and interest levels; be sure to double check!
If you want to search a pairing, or a particular character, click on the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the window or press "CNTRL + F" and start typing. It will highlight all mentions of that character or relationship:
Have fun!
2024 Sign Ups are OPEN!
3 July 2024 09:10blackemporiummodYes sweet nuglets, it’s that time of year again: Time to sign up for Black Emporium!
CLICK HERE TO SIGN-UP!
↳ Helpful Links:
Rules & Assignment Requirements || Participation Walkthrough Guide || FAQ || Requests on Ao3 || Tagset || Nominations Spreadsheet || Request Database || Parent Collection (All Past Years)
Signups end: July 13th @ 9 AM US Pacific / 12 PM US Eastern / 4 PM UTC+0 || Countdown
↳ Reminders
RULES & ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS: Please take the time to re-read our Rules and the requirements for assignments before signing up.
RATINGS: If you are interested in receiving or creating Mature/Explicit level works (see Ao3 rating(s)), you must "opt in" by checking the "E" box for both offers and requests. Please note you must be 18+ to offer/request/create Mature or Explicit level gifts. For a more detailed explanation, click here.
TREATS: If you are open to receiving treats, or a specific type of treat (single-recipient, multi-recipient, fanart, fanfic), you must "opt in" by saying so in the sign up description box. This field does not apply to your offers. For a more detailed explanation, click here.
For a how-to-guide of the whole exchange that includes all of the information in this post, please take a look at our Participation Walkthrough Guide and FAQ.
blackemporiummodWe know some want to limit the things they learn about DA:V, while others want ALL THE THINGS!!!
To best support all types of participants, please be mindful to put details about DA:V only in your letter. This can include:
- things said by developers on social media,
- speculations built on top of news articles,
- and even advance trailer/gameplay videos!
On the flip side, in your "note to mods" section of your sign up, please tell mods if you do not want to see any DA:V related prompts in your recip's requests.
There's also a #da-the-veilguard-discussion Discord channel to jump into discussion with other fans—or to mute!
We'll try our best to make this exchange as welcoming for as many people as possible, and will remind/check in with participants as soon as we can. But, since AO3 sign ups are public/searchable without prior mod approval, please also be careful about reading through all sign ups this year if spoilers are important to you.
If you have any questions, please email mods at blackemporiumexchange@gmail.com!
blackemporiummodHeads up that AO3 will be down for about 10 hours of maintenance on July 1st between 12am PT / 3am ET / 7:00 UTC and 10am PT / 1pm ET / 17:00 UTC, but there will still be time before and after that window to submit your noms!
But if you were counting on that time frame, please email mods at blackemporiumexchange@gmail.com with your nominations.
Otherwise, get ye to the tagset here!
NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN!
25 June 2024 12:00blackemporiummodNominations for the Black Emporium are live until July 3rd! Reach out and tell someone (namely: us) about your favorite rare-pairs (namely: any pairing under 300 complete fics on Ao3). You have twenty nominations to use. Pairings can be twosomes / threesomes / moresomes / etc. We believe in sharing the love.
How do you, in fact, become a true Fereldan buckaroo by nominating a rare pair or 20?
Go to the Dragon Age Rare Pair Tag Set and click Nominate (you have to be signed into Ao3 for the button to appear). For inspiration or to check if someone had the same idea as you, we have a Searchable Nominations Spreadsheet that we manually update.
For more information on this stage of the exchange and how best to format your nominations, please see below the cut.
Full Participation Walkthrough Guide || FAQ
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How do you, in fact, become a true Fereldan buckaroo by nominating a rare pair or 20?
Go to the Dragon Age Rare Pair Tag Set and click Nominate (you have to be signed into Ao3 for the button to appear). For inspiration or to check if someone had the same idea as you, we have a Searchable Nominations Spreadsheet that we manually update.
For more information on this stage of the exchange and how best to format your nominations, please see below the cut.
Full Participation Walkthrough Guide || FAQ
( Read more... )
Black Emporium 2025
23 June 2024 17:42blackemporiummodTHE BLACK EMPORIUM EXCHANGE RETURNS FOR 2025!
Black Emporium is a rare pair exchange that encompasses everything Dragon Age – provided they have less than 300* completed works on Ao3. Whether you’ve been a fan since the beginning or got in to it via Veilguard– whether you write snappy dialogue or draw detailed scenery – we want YOU to participate!
*Except for Rook; see our post about how we're handling that!
2025 Schedule
All deadlines are as of 9 AM US Pacific / 12 PM US Eastern / 4 PM UTC+0.
- Nominations: June 24 - July 1
- Signups: July 1 - July 12
- Assignments Go Out: When mods are done matching (probably sometime on July 13th)
- Works Due: August 24
- Works Revealed: August 31
- Authors Revealed: September 7
Links
AO3:
Resources:
Fun Spreadsheets & Other Useful Tools:
Official Links:
- Tumblr: @black-emporium-exchange
- Dreamwidth Mirror: black-emporium
- Discord invite
Questions? Email us at blackemporiumexchange@gmail.com!
