We're just waiting on the one emergency pinch hit, but we do have several people working on it! I still can't guarantee a 6 pm EST opening time, but we'll likely open tonight at some point.

 We're still waiting on a few pinch hits, so the opening of the collection will more than likely be delayed. We'll keep you updated when we have a better idea of the timeline.

 We have an emergency pinch hit, which is due whenever you can get it in. Claim by replying here, emailing femslashexmod@gmail.com, or at the Google Group. We'll leave it open until there's a finished gift in the collection, but please do tell us if you're working on something.

Emergency Pinch Hit

These pinch hits were originally due October 10 by 6 pm EDT, we're now open to discussing later deadlines if someone is interested in claiming them. You can claim by commenting here (comments are screened), emailing femslashexmod@gmail.com, or commenting at the Google Group. Please include your AO3 username!

Pinch Hit #28
Fandoms: The Simpsons, Stargate - All Series, Star Trek - Alternate Original Series (Movies), Star Trek: Classic Timeline (All Series)
Media: Fanfiction Claimed!

Pinch Hit #38
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Emma - A Victorian Romance, Fate/stay night - All Media Types, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Live Action TV), orange - 高野苺 | Takano Ichigo, Cygnet - Patricia A. McKillip, 全职高手 | The King's Avatar (Cartoon), Shin Sekai Yori | From the New World, NieR: Automata (Video Game)
Media: Fanart Fanfiction Fanvid. Claimed!

 We have one new pinch hit. It will be due October 10 at 6 pm EDT. Claim by commenting here (comments are screened), emailing femslashexmod@gmail.com, or commenting at the Google Group (linked below). 

Pinch Hit #39 Claimed!
Fandoms: Iconoclasts (Video Game), Original Work, 食戟のソーマ | Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma  , Imperial Radch Series - Ann Leckie 

These pinch hits will be due October 10 by 6 pm EDT. You can claim by commenting here (comments are screened), emailing femslashexmod@gmail.com, or commenting at the Google Group. Please include your AO3 username! We still have anonymous commenting turned off due to spam, so head over to the group or email us to claim if you don't have a Dreamwidth account.

Pinch Hit #38
Fandoms: Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Main Video Game Series), Emma - A Victorian Romance, Fate/stay night - All Media Types, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Live Action TV), orange - 高野苺 | Takano Ichigo, Cygnet - Patricia A. McKillip, 全职高手 | The King's Avatar (Cartoon), Shin Sekai Yori | From the New World, NieR: Automata (Video Game)
Media: Fanart Fanfiction Fanvid

Pinch Hit #39
Fandoms: Harlots (TV), Original Work, Simoun (Anime), Versailles no Bara | Rose of Versailles, Discworld - Terry Pratchett
Media: Fanfiction Claimed!

Pinch Hits 23, 28, and 32 are still available.

Thank you to all of our wonderful pinch hitters! We only have three pinch hits remaining. I'd like to remind everyone of the Treats for Pinch Hitters post, anyone who has claimed a pinch hit without already signing up as a participant is welcome to drop prompts and requests in the comments of that post. If you don't have a Dreamwidth account, feel free to email us and we can comment for you.

If anyone has submitted their assignment on time but does not have a gift yet, and has not seen themselves go out to pinch hit, your creator may have an extension. If you'd like to double check that with us, feel free to comment or email us from the same address linked to your AO3 account.

These pinch hits will be due October 10 by 6 pm EDT. You can claim by commenting here (comments are screened), emailing femslashexmod@gmail.com, or commenting at the Google Group. Please include your AO3 username! We still have anonymous commenting turned off due to spam, so head over to the group or email us to claim if you don't have a Dreamwidth account.

Pinch Hit #23
Fandoms: Actor RPF, Dynasty 2017, Killjoys (TV), Marvel 616, Marvel Netflix Claimed!

Pinch Hit #28
Fandoms: The Simpsons, Stargate - All Series, Star Trek - Alternate Original Series (Movies), Star Trek: Classic Timeline (All Series)

Pinch Hit #32
Fandoms: Castle, Doctor Who, Wentworth (TV), Lucifer (TV), The Young and the Restless Claimed!

 These pinch hits will be due October 10 by 6 pm EDT. You can claim by commenting here (comments are screened), emailing femslashexmod@gmail.com, or commenting at the Google Group. Please include your AO3 username! 

Due to some anonymous spam, we have had to turn off anon commenting. If you don't have a Dreamwidth account, you can still claim by email or the Google Group. We apologize for the inconvenience!

Pinch Hit #22
Fandoms: Brooklyn Nine-Nine, The Good Place, Jeeves & Wooster, Black Sails, Cheri - Colette

Pinch Hit #23
Fandoms: Actor RPF, Dynasty 2017, Killjoys (TV), Marvel 616, Marvel Netflix

Pinch Hit #24
Fandoms: Love Live! Sunshine!!, Runaways (TV 2017), Fire Emblem: Kakusei | Fire Emblem: Awakening, Persona 5

Pinch Hit #25
Fandoms: Chronicles of Narnia, Emma - Jane Austen, Harriet the Spy - Louise Fitzhugh, Jack and Jill - Louisa May Alcott, Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen, Perilous Gard - Elizabeth Marie Pope, Villette - Charlotte Bronte

Pinch Hit #26
Harry Potter - J.K. Rowling, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Twelfth Night - Shakespeare, Xena: Warrior Princess

Pinch Hit #28
Fandoms: The Simpsons, Stargate - All Series, Star Trek - Alternate Original Series (Movies), Star Trek: Classic Timeline (All Series)

Pinch Hit #31
Fandoms: Persona 4, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Dragon Age - All Media Types, ユリ熊嵐 | Yuri Kuma Arashi 

Pinch Hit #32
Fandoms: Castle, Doctor Who, Wentworth (TV), Lucifer (TV), The Young and the Restless

Pinch Hit #33
Fandoms: League of Legends, Outlast (Video Games)

Pinch Hit #34
Fandoms: Final Girls - Riley Sager, The Grisha Trilogy - Leigh Bardugo, Crossovers, Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier, Heavenly Creatures (1994), Summer Sisters - Judy Blume, Elementary (TV), Pitch (TV 2016),  Riverdale (TV 2017), Star Wars - All Media Types

 We've reached the deadline! Unless you asked for an extension, anyone who hasn't submitted a gift has been defaulted. Pinch hits will be out shortly.

You can continue editing your assignment until reveals on October 12 at 6 pm EDT. You are welcome to submit treats/extra gifts to the collection at any time

The posting deadline for the 2018 round is fast approaching! You can find a countdown here. You have a little under twelve hours to complete your assignments or default before the deadline. There won't be another Pinch Hit post until after the deadline has passed.

These will be due October 10 at 6 pm EDT. You can claim one by commenting at the Google Group, emailing femslashexmod@gmail.com, or commenting on this post (comments are screened). Please include your AO3 username! We're continuing to have issues with anonymous spam comments, so we have turned off anonymous commenting temporarily. If you do not have a Dreamwidth account, head over to the Google Group or send us an email to claim.

Pinch Hit #17
Fandoms: Little Witch Academia, Lost Girl (TV), RWBY, The Strange Case of Starship Iris (Podcast)
Media: Fanfic Claimed!

Pinch Hit #20
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Trek: Classic Timeline (All Series), Person of Interest (TV), Ocean's 8 (2018), NCIS: New Orleans, Scandal (TV), Glee, Stargate - All Series, Original Work
Media: Fanfiction Claimed!

Pinch Hit #21
Fandom: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, The Traitor Baru Cormorant - Seth Dickinson, Dredd (2012), Dark Matter (TV), Killing Eve (TV 2018),
Media: Fanfiction Claimed!

The posting deadline for the 2018 round is fast approaching! You can find a countdown here.

These will be due October 10 at 6 pm EDT. You can claim one by commenting at the Google Group, emailing femslashexmod@gmail.com, or commenting on this post (comments are screened). Please include your AO3 username! We're continuing to have issues with anonymous spam comments, so we have turned off anonymous commenting temporarily. If you do not have a Dreamwidth account, head over to the Google Group or send us an email to claim.

Pinch Hit #17
Fandoms: Little Witch Academia, Lost Girl (TV), RWBY, The Strange Case of Starship Iris (Podcast)
Media: Fanfic

Pinch Hit #18
Fandoms: We Know the Devil (Visual Novel), Heaven Will Be Mine (Visual Novel), Animorphs - Katherine A. Applegate
Media: Fanart, Fanfiction, Fanvid Claimed!

Pinch Hit #19
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Mass Effect - All Media Types, 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, Shoujo Kakumei Utena | Revolutionary Girl Utena
Media: Fanart, Fanfiction, Fanvid Claimed!

 All previous pinch hits are claimed! We have one new pinch hit, which will be due a little after deadline on October 9 at 6 pm EDT.  Claim by commenting here (comments are screened) or on the Google Group, or by emailing femslashexmod@gmail.com.

Pinch Hit #17
Fandoms: Little Witch Academia, Lost Girl (TV), RWBY, The Strange Case of Starship Iris (Podcast)
Media: Fanfic

ETA: Comments on this post are off, as we've been hit by a spambot. Sorry for the inconvenience! Pinch hit is still up for grabs, but you'll have to email or comment on the Google Group to claim it.

There's only four more days until the posting deadline for the 2018 round! You can find a countdown here.

These will be due October 6 at 6 pm EDT. You can claim one by commenting at the Google Group, emailing femslashexmod@gmail.com, or commenting on this post (comments are screened). Please include your AO3 username!

Pinch Hit #13
Fandoms: Arrowverse (CW TV), UnREAL (TV), Person of Interest (TV), Doctor Who, Ocean's 8 (2018), Elementary (TV) Claimed!

Pinch Hit #14
Fandoms: Original Work, Harukana Receive, Happy Sugar Life (Anime & Manga), Bakemonogatari, Shoujo Kakumei Utena | Revolutionary Girl Utena Claimed!

Pinch Hit #15
Fandoms: The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Le Comte de Monte-Cristo | Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Ocean's 8 (2018), Emma - Jane Austen Claimed!

We have one more new pinch hit, and one initial pinch hit still unclaimed. These will be due October 6 at 6 pm EDT. You can claim one by commenting at the Google Group, emailing femslashexmod@gmail.com, or commenting on the post (comments are screened). Please include your AO3 username!

Pinch Hit #2
Fandoms: 恐怖女子高校: 暴行リンチ教室 | Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (1973), Food Fantasy (Video Game), Alfie (Webcomic), Blade Under Mask (Webcomic), Trials in Tainted Space (Video Game), T-REXな彼女 | My Girlfriend is a T-Rex (Manga)
Media: Fanart, Fanfiction Claimed!

Pinch Hit #12
Fandoms: Dangan Rompa, Fire Emblem: Kakusei | Fire Emblem: Awakening, Persona 5 Claimed!

 We have four new pinch hits, and one initial pinch hit still unclaimed. These will be due October 6 at 6 pm EDT. You can claim one by commenting at the Google Group , emailing femslashexmod@gmail.com, or commenting on the post (comments are screened). Please include your AO3 username!

Pinch Hit #2
Fandoms: 恐怖女子高校: 暴行リンチ教室 | Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (1973), Food Fantasy (Video Game), Alfie (Webcomic), Blade Under Mask (Webcomic), Trials in Tainted Space (Video Game), T-REXな彼女 | My Girlfriend is a T-Rex (Manga)
Media: Fanart, Fanfiction

Pinch Hit #8
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Original Work, Atomic Blonde (2017)
Media: Fanfiction Claimed!

Pinch Hit #9
Fandoms: Penny Dreadful (TV), Killing Eve (TV 2018), Westworld (TV), Maleficent (2014)
Media: Fanfiction Claimed! 

Pinch Hit #10
Fandoms: Harlots (TV), River (TV 2015), Crossovers, The Worst Witch (TV 2017), Original Work, Teachers (UK TV)
Media: Fanfiction Claimed!

Pinch Hit #11
Fandoms: Brooklyn 99 (TV), Game of Thrones (TV), Leverage, Gilmore Girls
Media: Fanfiction, Fanvid Claimed!

We're lucky to have some wonderful pinch hitters each year, and not all of them are always signed up as participants. So this is a post for pinch hitters who aren't already signed up to the exchange. We are very grateful to everyone who volunteers to help out with pinch hits, and we'd like to give everyone the opportunity to receive treats!

If you've been assigned a pinch hit and you're not already signed up to the exchange, please feel free to drop some requests in a comment below. If you want to write a letter and link to it, you're very welcome to, but you can also simply write some prompts in your comment if you wish.

Remember to include your AO3 username, the fandoms and relationships you'd like, and whether you're interested in fic or art or vids. You're welcome to request from the 2018 tagset, or if you missed nominations you can also request other eligible (ie. relationships allowed by the 2018 rules) ships and fandoms. Prompts and letters are optional, though make sure to mention Do Not Wants/DNWs if you have anyway.

There are seven initial pinch hits, which can be claimed at the Google Group for the exchange or by e-mailing femslashexmod@gmail.com. Remember to include your AO3 username!

Pinch Hit #1
Fandoms: Mission: Impossible (Movies), Ocean's 8 (2018), GLOW (TV 2017), Harlots (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Crossovers, Doctor Who, Person of Interest (TV) Claimed!

Pinch Hit #2
Fandoms: 恐怖女子高校: 暴行リンチ教室 | Terrifying Girls' High School: Lynch Law Classroom (1973), Food Fantasy (Video Game), Alfie (Webcomic), Blade Under Mask (Webcomic), Trials in Tainted Space (Video Game), T-REXな彼女 | My Girlfriend is a T-Rex (Manga)

Pinch Hit #3
Fandoms: Deadlands (Roleplaying Game), Canterwood Crest - Jessica Burkhart, Exalted (Roleplaying Game), Thunderbirds are go! Claimed!

Pinch Hit #4
Fandoms: Arrowverse (CW TV), Doctor Who, The Good Place (TV), Ocean's 8 (2018) Claimed!

Pinch Hit #5
Fandoms: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV), Ghostbusters (2016), Marvel Cinematic Universe Claimed!

Pinch Hit #6
Fandoms: World Wrestling Entertainment, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Miss Sherlock (TV), GLOW (TV 2017), Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018), Hustle Cat (Visual Novel), Hilary Tamar Mysteries - Sarah Caudwell, Monster Prom (Visual Novel) Claimed!

Pinch Hit #7
Fandoms: Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy X & Final Fantasy X-2, Final Fantasy VII, Tales of Berseria, BanG Dream! Girl's Band Party! (Video Game), Naruto, Person of Interest (TV) Claimed!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to make sure they were matchable. Everybody had a potential match, so we were able to send assignments a little early.

Initial Pinch Hits will be posted both here and to the Google Group over the next few hours, so keep an eye out for those.

If you haven't received your assignment yet, wait a little while for AO3 to do its thing and double check your spam folder before contacting us. If you've received an assignment for something you didn't offer to create, please shoot us an email at femslashexmod@gmail.com as soon as possible as something may have gone wrong with matching.

Because assignments have gone out a little early, if your recipient has a placeholder letter please don't panic. Wait until August 26, after sign-ups were scheduled to go out at the latest, and then free free to email us if the letter still hasn't been unlocked or updated. If you're still working on your letter, please try to have it updated by the 25th. Happy creating everyone!

Sign-ups are now closed, and matching will be run tomorrow. We'll keep you posted on when you can expect assignments to go out.

Sign-ups close in a bit over 2 hours, at 6 pm EDT. Check the countdown to see what time that is for you, and make sure to sign up soon if you'd like to join this year's round!