Matching update: check your email!
Apr. 13th, 2026 01:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
littlefics posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
seasonsofdrabblesWe've finished initial matching and have one unmatchable participant (i.e., a participant without a potential recipient). Please check the email associated with your AO3 account if your AO3 username starts with R, as we've reached out about your unmatchability. We will give 24 hours for a response before we proceed with the rest of matching.
Signups Closed: Grace Period and Matching
Apr. 12th, 2026 11:46 pmlittlefics posting in seasonsofdrabblesWe have now closed signups! Below is the expected timeline for the next couple days:
As you wait for assignments to go out, please feel free to check out the app to browse requests and start writing!
- Like always, for the next 12 hours, people can contact us to add to their signups. This is intended for people who may have run into a bug when signing up close to the deadline, or whose nominations were approved late. However, anyone may ask to have characters/fandoms added to their requests or offers. If you would like us to add to your signup, please post on the screened mod contact post or email us at seasonsofdrabbles AT gmail.com. Please make sure to include your AO3 username.
- After that window has closed, we will check the matching and send out emails to anyone who is unmatchable on offers. They will be given 24 hours to respond.
- Barring unexpected delays, assignments will go out before the end of Wednesday, April 15.
As you wait for assignments to go out, please feel free to check out the app to browse requests and start writing!
The case of the missing notifications
Apr. 11th, 2026 11:58 pm![[staff profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user_staff.png){kind=small}
denise posting in ![[site community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/comm_staff.png){kind=small}
dw_maintenanceI keep forgetting to post about this: we've been troubleshooting the "missing notifications" problem for the past few days. (Well, I say "we", really I mean Mark and Robby; I'm just the amanuensis.) It's been one of those annoying loops of "find a logical explanation for what could be causing the problem, fix that thing, observe that the problem gets better for some people but doesn't go away completely, go back to step one and start again", sigh.
Mark is hauling out the heavy debugging ordinance to try to find the root cause. Once he's done building all the extra logging tools he needs, he'll comment to this entry. After he does, if you find a comment that should have gone to your inbox and sent an email notification but didn't, leave him a link to the comment that should have sent the notification, as long as the comment itself was made after Mark says he's collecting them. (I'd wait and post this after he gets the debug code in but I need to go to sleep and he's not sure how long it will take!)
We're sorry about the hassle! Irregular/sporadic issues like this are really hard to troubleshoot because it's impossible to know if they're fixed or if they're just not happening while you're looking. With luck, this will give us enough information to figure out the root cause for real this time.
Signups closing in 1 day!
Apr. 11th, 2026 11:37 pmlittlefics posting in seasonsofdrabblesYou have 24 hours, as of this post, before both signups and nominations close on Sunday, April 12 @ 11:59pm Eastern Daylight time (Countdown).
As usual, there will be a 12-hour grace period after signups close during which you can ask us to add tags to your requests/offers.
As usual, there will be a 12-hour grace period after signups close during which you can ask us to add tags to your requests/offers.
Three Signups-Related Reminders
Apr. 7th, 2026 05:36 pmlittlefics posting in seasonsofdrabblesHope you're as excited as we are about the signups rolling in so far! You still have the rest of the week to submit and/or edit your signup.
We wanted to share three reminders related to signups:
If you have further questions that aren't answered in the Guidelines or the Signups Post, get in touch.
We wanted to share three reminders related to signups:
- Recall that you cannot exclude single drabbles from your offers or requests. You are still welcome to request or offer the other drabble types, you just can't leave 100-word drabbles out entirely from your signup.
- If you don't include single drabbles in your signup, we will reach out to you via the email associated with your AO3 account. Should we fail to hear from you by the end of the grace period (12 hours after signups close), we will unfortunately have to remove your signup.
- In this exchange, matching is OR matching. That means you will match on at minimum one character. While it's certainly possible your assigned writer will write about multiple requested characters, or even a particular ship, it's not guaranteed. Keep this in mind as you prep your signup and prompts!
- Due to modly error, you cannot select "Any" for Drabble Types. Instead, you'll have to manually select all of them. This won't impact matching at all, but apologies for the extra clicking required!
If you have further questions that aren't answered in the Guidelines or the Signups Post, get in touch.