Press Start schedule!

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 Welcome to Press Start, a gift exchange for video games, for fic, art, and vids. For 2022, the AO3 community can be found here and the tagset is here

The schedule for this year is:
Nominations: 11 June  - 29 June.
Tagset Cleanup: 30 June - 1 July
Signups: 2 - 9 July
Assignments go out: About 10 July
No Penalty Default: 28 August
Posting deadline: 3 September
Archive reveal: 10 September
Creator reveal: 17 September

All deadlines are 11:59pm EST except for the archive reveal, which is 6am.

Comments

[we_protect_each_other]

I'm having trouble locating it if you've posted it. I just wanted to make sure that the minimum word count for fics was 1000 words. Just pacing my writing and not sure where or if I saw for sure for this exchange.

[runicmagitek]

Does the deadline apply to treats as well or can we post treats whenever?

[(Anonymous)]

Hello! Will this be running again this year?

[xenoglossy]

I looked everywhere and couldn't find this info, so I'm sorry if I missed something obvious, but what time do noms close tomorrow?

Small Question

[alterimpulse]

Do you have to write all three of the same prompts? I got one matched from a game I'm familiar with (not Xenogears, LMAO) but two from two I know next to nothing about and don't think I could familiarize myself with in time to write something even vaguely in character.

So is it okay to just take one prompt?

[(Anonymous)]

Hi, which is the correct schedule for this year, please? There are different dates here, on the AO3 header and on the AO3 FAQ. Thanks!

[chicago_ruth]

I was reading the rules, and I'm wondering about the six character/ship limit? Depending on the fandom, I could easily go over that. Would it be possible to raise the upper limit to AO3's maximum of twenty?

[anaisonfire]

Are the creator reveals also at 6am EST?

[thisintermezzo]

It would only let me enter the characters as solo (one per line), but I see there are nominations for things like Character A/Character B as a ship. I had intended to enter all of my two-character sets as A & B (platonic), and given the number of solo character names in the nominations, I think it's likely other people had this trouble, too...

Is there a way to fix it?

[thisintermezzo]

I'm a bit confused about what "reveals" are.

It's the evening of the 10th (PST), and I still can't see anything about anyone's fics except that they've been posted. I thought "archive reveal" meant we'd be able to discern something about them? Or are they not actually viewable until the 17th?

[shinon]

Hi, will Press Start be running in 2023?