10 Items or Less 2025 Masterpost

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The 10 Items or Less Exchange welcomes authors and artists from all fandoms to request and create works for any ship with 10 works or less on ao3. Ships must be tagged with a / (no & for this exchange).

Ao3 collection | FAQ | Tag Set | Nomination Form | Sign Up Form | Ao3 AutoMagic Request Sorter

Schedule

• Nominations: Aug 24-Sept. 6 (closes at 7:00 PM ET)

• Sign Ups Open: Sept. 7 at 9:00 AM ET

• Sign Ups Close: Sept. 21 at 9:00 AM ET

• Assignments Due: Oct. 25 by 11:59 PM ET (Countdown)

• Works Revealed: Oct. 26 at 9:00 AM ET

Nominations

Nominations take place for 2 weeks, and participants are allowed to nominate 5-10 ships for unique fandoms. Ships must have 10 or fewer works in their tag, allowing for use of otp: true (See this post on otp: true for more info). RPF is allowed as long as the people requested are 18 or over. Character/Reader and OC/Character ships are not allowed since that's not the focus of this event. This event uses the honor system for nominations, so if I'm told that a ship does not fit this criteria, it will be deleted from the nomination pool.

Sign ups

Sign ups will take place over 2 weeks. Participants can sign up with 5-10 requested ships and can share an optional sign up letter. DNWs are limited to only 10 bullet points and must be listed in the ao3 sign up or else they will be unenforceable. You may share as many likes or prompts as you'd like! All mediums are welcome for this event, and requests may not be limited to only fic or only art.

You may must offer fills for 10 fandoms (ao3 set this as the max limit) with up to 20 ships per fandom in your sign up. It's strongly encouraged that you offer fandoms and ships outside of what you requested in your sign up to increase the odds that you'll be matchable. If you want to sort current requests, look here https://autoao3app.firebaseapp.com/#/10ItemsOrLess_2025.

Once match ups happen, if you cannot be matched, I will make a pinchhitter post on Dreamwidth and allow 2 weeks for claims. If you are still unmatchable after this, unfortunately your request will need to be dropped from the event.

Creation Period

Participants create their fanworks over 1 month. All mediums are welcome for this event, and there is no minimum for any medium. If you personally would be happy receiving the fanwork you're creating, then it is welcome in this event. If not, then try again, idk lol :).

If you think you'll need to drop out after you've been given an assignment, please contact the mod immediately via email at whimwitch @ protonmail . com (remove spaces). If you drop out without ever saying anything and do not post your fanwork during the posting period, you will be banned from participating in future runs of this exchange.

Posting

All works must be posted and revealed by the posting deadline. Works will be anonymous for 1 week, then authors/artists will be revealed after this. If you want your piece to remain anonymous after reveals, add it to the anonymous collection. ANONYMOUS WORKS MUST ALSO BE PART OF THE 10 ITEMS OR LESS COLLECTION! DO NOT SUBSTITUTE THE ANON COLLECTION FOR THIS EXCHANGE! You can de-anon at any time by removing your work from the anonymous collection.

Works must be complete by the posting deadline. If a work is not posted by the deadline, it will be assumed that you've dropped out without warning. Extensions are not granted for this exchange.

Please thank your gifter for their work after your receive it! This is not an enforced rule, but it's super rude to not verbally acknowledge someone that created something for you.

Comments

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No worries!