due South Seekrit Santa gift exchange

Hello Seekrit Santas

This is a reminder that all prompts in the exchange are open for Treats. You do not have to have signed up to the exchange to contribute a treat and you can post treats right up until the collection closes on 1st January 2025.

We had a couple of pinch hitters this time around, so you might want to treat them a little something something 😉 I for one appreciate them stepping in, in a crunch mific and thisaintbc

Santa letters for each pinch hitter can be found below. They have waived the right to be anonymous for the purpose of treats. 😃

mific 
mific.dreamwidth.org/266811.html

thisaintbc 

thisaintbc.dreamwidth.org/16728.html






(My insert link isn't working bear with me 😅) Fixed it! 

Treat away! 

 Hello Duesers,

 DSSS 2024 First Post!

Disclaimer for any new guys to the fandom - and I know there's a few, I run this by myself in between 2 teaching jobs and researching for a doctorate so please bear with me! ^__^;;;

Here is this year's schedule! 

Signups Open	Sunday 7th October 2024
Signups Close	Friday October 27th, 2024 at 11:59pm (UTC)
Assignments sent out to participants	Monday October 28th 2024
Collection open for posting	November 1st, 2024
Assignments Due	Friday 20th December 2024 at 11:59pm (UTC)
Reveal Anonymous Works	Tuesday December 24th, 2024 11:59pm (UTC)
Reveal Authors	Jan 1st, 2024

Welcome back to another year of DSSS. This year everything will run like last year. (Except a little late and with a shorter sign up (what's new!?).

The AO3 tagset will run like a standard exchange with 3 requests to 1 match up carried out using AO3 algorithms. 

Requests will be visible from the start of sign ups. This allows for more transparency and longer time to start thinking about treats whether or not you decide to sign up to the main event.

There will be no beta check in. We recommend you get your work beta'd before submitting it to continue DSSS high standards. It is a gift after all. The mod (me) will be checking for any glaring mistakes when you submit and will get in touch if anything needs amending. 

That being said there will be a beta volunteer post at a later date so please ask if you are struggling to get a beta. 

We are scrapping the rule that if you default on your main match you can't treat. We understand why this was done previously but we decided that life happens sometimes, and inspiration comes and goes when it feels like it. Nobody wants to default. But if you do, and later on you get inspiration for something else, there's nothing wrong with throwing more cake into the mix. Who doesn't love more cake at Christmas? I will still ensure that everybody who signs up gets a gift regardless.

The collection will be open at the same time this year giving more time for contributions. 

If you have any questions please comment on this post. 

Sign ups are open (give or take an hour from now). Get ready! 

archiveofourown.org/collections/DSSS2024/signups/new