Unsent Letters Post-Deadline Pinch Hits
Apr. 28th, 2026 10:42 amRequirements: 1000 words of fic, of which at least 500 words should be in a requested epistolary format
Due date: May 1st, 11:59PM UTC
Requirements: 1000 words of fic, at least 500 of which must be in a requested epistolary format.
PH 1 - Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's x2, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Metal Fight Beyblade | Beyblade Metal Saga, ベイブレードバースト | Beyblade Burst (Anime), Pocket Monsters | Pokemon (Anime 1997-2023), ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 | JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken | JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
PH 2 - Minecraft: Story Mode (Video Game) x2, The Protomen x2, Bionicle (Generation 1) x2
PH 8 - Dune (Movies - Villeneuve), Stormlight Archive - Brandon Sanderson, The Worst Journey in the World - Apsley Cherry-Garrard
PH 17 - Thoroughbreds (2017), Succession (TV 2018), The Secret History - Donna Tartt
PH 18 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2003), Crossover Fandom, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Cartoon 2018), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TV 2012), TMNT (2007)
For more details, or to claim: https://unsent-letters-exchange.dreamwidth.org/27840.html
Thank you for your consideration!
2026 Sign-Ups Open
Apr. 27th, 2026 10:18 pmHere is the sign-up form. Welcome to this year's challenge! Sign-ups will close at 11:59pm EDT, Saturday 9 May.
You can request 3-10 canons, and offer 3-10 canons. If a canon doesn't appear in the drop-down menu when you go to enter it, you can copy and paste it from the tag set and press enter.
Each of your requests and offers must be tagged with 1-3 of the labels "Fanfiction", "Podfic", and "Fanart".
Your requests have a space for optional details. Go ahead and use them to talk about how you understand the song and what kind of art/fic/podfic you might like. However, your gift creator doesn't have to follow your prompts. They do have to respect clear and specific Do-Not-Wants listed in the sign-up (like "no pregnancy" "no scat" "no rainbows").
If you are requesting Podficcer's Choice of Fandom, it's up to a podfic artist what work they choose to record, though you are welcome to include likes and DNWs to inspire their choice.
Your requests have a space for a letter link, if you want to provide one. This link must be included before sign-ups are closed. If you are writing a letter, please have it complete and unlocked by the end of 13 May.
Opting in to treats: Please state if your AO3 preferences are set to allow you to receive treats or if you have this setting disabled. Include a statement in your optional details like Treats welcome or I have opted in to treats (or Treats disabled if true).
If you are offering podfic in combination with "Podficcer's Choice of Fandom", you are pledging to create a recording of a pre-existing song/MV fanwork, using your recipient's DNWs and general likes as guidance for your choice of fanwork. If this is the only thing you wish to match on, please say so in the Notes to Mods field so we don't accidentally send you a request where you have to write a story as well. Please make sure we can get in contact with you - ie, do you use the email account associated with your AO3 account? If not, please email us directly (jukebox.mod@gmail.com).
In recent years, AO3 has implemented a blocking feature - see AO3 news posts here, here, and here. This does not affect challenge matching, ie, someone you've blocked can still match to you. So if you have another participant blocked or they have blocked you, please use your offers and requests, your notes to mods, or both, to help us help you avoid interactions with them.
You can comment here or contact us at jukebox.mod@gmail.com if you have any questions about signing up.
Again, welcome!!
NB: Normally, we get the reference tables of all songs & music videos & lyrics up just before sign-ups. Unfortunately, I'm a little behind this year, so that will go up during the sign-up period. If you nominated, your links are still very welcome at this post and will help us complete the tables.
You can request 3-10 canons, and offer 3-10 canons. If a canon doesn't appear in the drop-down menu when you go to enter it, you can copy and paste it from the tag set and press enter.
Each of your requests and offers must be tagged with 1-3 of the labels "Fanfiction", "Podfic", and "Fanart".
Your requests have a space for optional details. Go ahead and use them to talk about how you understand the song and what kind of art/fic/podfic you might like. However, your gift creator doesn't have to follow your prompts. They do have to respect clear and specific Do-Not-Wants listed in the sign-up (like "no pregnancy" "no scat" "no rainbows").
If you are requesting Podficcer's Choice of Fandom, it's up to a podfic artist what work they choose to record, though you are welcome to include likes and DNWs to inspire their choice.
Your requests have a space for a letter link, if you want to provide one. This link must be included before sign-ups are closed. If you are writing a letter, please have it complete and unlocked by the end of 13 May.
Opting in to treats: Please state if your AO3 preferences are set to allow you to receive treats or if you have this setting disabled. Include a statement in your optional details like Treats welcome or I have opted in to treats (or Treats disabled if true).
Podfic offering options
If you are offering podfic for a song or music video in the tag set, you are pledging to create both text and recording (500-5000 words). You are welcome to team up with a friend to create a work, whether you're the recording artist or the writer, but if that's what you intend, please contact us at jukebox.mod@gmail.com to let us know of the arrangement and to provide a contact email for your friend.If you are offering podfic in combination with "Podficcer's Choice of Fandom", you are pledging to create a recording of a pre-existing song/MV fanwork, using your recipient's DNWs and general likes as guidance for your choice of fanwork. If this is the only thing you wish to match on, please say so in the Notes to Mods field so we don't accidentally send you a request where you have to write a story as well. Please make sure we can get in contact with you - ie, do you use the email account associated with your AO3 account? If not, please email us directly (jukebox.mod@gmail.com).
Notes to Mod in Offers
These are confidential notes where you can tell the mods (Minutia_R and Morbane) if you want to match in specific ways - for example, if you want to match on one request more than the others, or want to be assigned a recipient who has a letter. If you are a podfic artist who has to offer 3 fandoms but only wants to match on Podficcer's Choice of Fandom, please use Notes to Mods to say so. (Please don't tell us things like "I will not create anything in my DNWs" - if required to closely compare your own preferences and your potential recipients' preferences, we may miss something. Specific names, or anything we can quickly check, are fine.)In recent years, AO3 has implemented a blocking feature - see AO3 news posts here, here, and here. This does not affect challenge matching, ie, someone you've blocked can still match to you. So if you have another participant blocked or they have blocked you, please use your offers and requests, your notes to mods, or both, to help us help you avoid interactions with them.
You can comment here or contact us at jukebox.mod@gmail.com if you have any questions about signing up.
Again, welcome!!
NB: Normally, we get the reference tables of all songs & music videos & lyrics up just before sign-ups. Unfortunately, I'm a little behind this year, so that will go up during the sign-up period. If you nominated, your links are still very welcome at this post and will help us complete the tables.
Signups Open for 2026 Round!
Apr. 26th, 2026 08:16 pm2026 Links
2026 Characters & Relationships Tagset | Eternal Freeform Tagset | Signups | Collection | Dreamwidth Community | Automagic App
Tagset cleanup for the 2026 round of Id Pro Quo has concluded, and signups are now open. (Signup link here.)
Additionally, this year's freshly added freeforms are here, and the signup organizer ticky sheet is here.
Signups will end on May 3rd, at 10pm Eastern. (The countdown to signups closing can be found here.)
2026 Characters & Relationships Tagset | Eternal Freeform Tagset | Signups | Collection | Dreamwidth Community | Automagic App
Tagset cleanup for the 2026 round of Id Pro Quo has concluded, and signups are now open. (Signup link here.)
Additionally, this year's freshly added freeforms are here, and the signup organizer ticky sheet is here.
Signups will end on May 3rd, at 10pm Eastern. (The countdown to signups closing can be found here.)
Two new pinch hits!
Apr. 26th, 2026 08:48 amThank you to all our volunteers! We have two new pinch hits (#29 and #30) as well as some existing ones.
If you can claim one of these, please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you want. All comments are screened.
Like main assignments, these pinch hits are due on 5 June, and they require a check-in during the week of 8-15 May.
You may ask to exchange your assignment for an open pinch hit. If you are given that pinch hit and fulfill it, this won't count as a default. Please tell me in your comment requesting a pinch hit that you are asking to swap.
I'll be making a prompt post for pinch hitter treats soon!
( IPH 1 - Mononoke-hime | Princess Mononoke, Soul Eater (Anime & Manga), ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon, ちはやふる | Chihayafuru (Anime & Manga), 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) )
( IPH 2 - Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon), Star Wars Original Trilogy )
( IPH 10 - 杀破狼 | Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang - priest, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) )
( IPH 11 - The Pitt (TV), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga), Crossover Fandom )
( CLAIMED - IPH 13 - Stranger Things (TV 2016), The West Wing, 9-1-1 (TV) )
( IPH 15 - Sword Art Online (Anime & Manga), 僕だけがいない街 | Boku dake ga Inai Machi | ERASED (Anime & Manga), 炎の蜃気楼[ミラージュ] | Honoo no Mirage | Mirage of Blaze, John Wick (Movies), Sneakers (1992), The Fall of the House of Usher (TV 2023), Father Brown (2013), The Queen's Gambit (TV), Squid Game (TV 2021), Death Note (Movies 2006-2016) )
( IPH 18 - Gran Hotel (TV), 무빙 | Moving (TV), 설강화 | Snowdrop (TV) )
( IPH 19 - The Amazing World of Gumball, Osmosis Jones (2001), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Osmosis Jones (2001), The Amazing World of Gumball, The Amazing World of Gumball )
( IPH 22 - 獅子の踊り子 | Shishi no Odoriko (Manga), Noctilucent: Before Dawn (Video Game), Tekken (Video Games), 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games) )
( PH 25 - World Trigger (Anime & Manga), 京騒戯画 | Kyousougiga, Crossover Fandom, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Horizon (Video Games) )
( PH 26 - Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (2005), Dragon Age (Video Games), Doctor Who (1963) )
( PH 28 - Annihilation (2018 Garland), Crossover Fandom, Moon Knight (TV 2022) )
( PH 29 - 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed, 憂国のモリアーティ | Yuukoku no Moriarty | Moriarty the Patriot (Anime), Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Kuroshitsuji | Black Butler, One Piece (Anime & Manga), Ready or Not (Movies), 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), Doctor Who (2005), Original Work, DCU (Comics) )
( CLAIMED - PH 30 - Warhammer 40.000, Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Vampyr (Video Game), Dragon Age (Video Games), Original Work )
If you can claim one of these, please comment with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you want. All comments are screened.
Like main assignments, these pinch hits are due on 5 June, and they require a check-in during the week of 8-15 May.
You may ask to exchange your assignment for an open pinch hit. If you are given that pinch hit and fulfill it, this won't count as a default. Please tell me in your comment requesting a pinch hit that you are asking to swap.
I'll be making a prompt post for pinch hitter treats soon!
( IPH 1 - Mononoke-hime | Princess Mononoke, Soul Eater (Anime & Manga), ダンジョン飯 | Dungeon Meshi | Delicious in Dungeon, ちはやふる | Chihayafuru (Anime & Manga), 逆転裁判 | Gyakuten Saiban | Ace Attorney, Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021) )
( IPH 2 - Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Bad Batch (Cartoon), Crossover Fandom, Star Wars: Resistance (Cartoon), Star Wars Original Trilogy )
( IPH 10 - 杀破狼 | Stars of Chaos: Sha Po Lang - priest, 僕のヒーローアカデミア | Boku no Hero Academia | My Hero Academia (Anime & Manga), 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018) )
( IPH 11 - The Pitt (TV), 鬼滅の刃 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (Anime & Manga), Crossover Fandom )
( CLAIMED - IPH 13 - Stranger Things (TV 2016), The West Wing, 9-1-1 (TV) )
( IPH 15 - Sword Art Online (Anime & Manga), 僕だけがいない街 | Boku dake ga Inai Machi | ERASED (Anime & Manga), 炎の蜃気楼[ミラージュ] | Honoo no Mirage | Mirage of Blaze, John Wick (Movies), Sneakers (1992), The Fall of the House of Usher (TV 2023), Father Brown (2013), The Queen's Gambit (TV), Squid Game (TV 2021), Death Note (Movies 2006-2016) )
( IPH 18 - Gran Hotel (TV), 무빙 | Moving (TV), 설강화 | Snowdrop (TV) )
( IPH 19 - The Amazing World of Gumball, Osmosis Jones (2001), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Dandy's World (Roblox), Osmosis Jones (2001), The Amazing World of Gumball, The Amazing World of Gumball )
( IPH 22 - 獅子の踊り子 | Shishi no Odoriko (Manga), Noctilucent: Before Dawn (Video Game), Tekken (Video Games), 龍が如く | Ryuu ga Gotoku | Yakuza (Video Games) )
( PH 25 - World Trigger (Anime & Manga), 京騒戯画 | Kyousougiga, Crossover Fandom, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood & Manga, Horizon (Video Games) )
( PH 26 - Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (2005), Dragon Age (Video Games), Doctor Who (1963) )
( PH 28 - Annihilation (2018 Garland), Crossover Fandom, Moon Knight (TV 2022) )
( PH 29 - 名探偵コナン | Detective Conan | Case Closed, 憂国のモリアーティ | Yuukoku no Moriarty | Moriarty the Patriot (Anime), Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle, Kuroshitsuji | Black Butler, One Piece (Anime & Manga), Ready or Not (Movies), 镇魂 | Guardian (TV 2018), Doctor Who (2005), Original Work, DCU (Comics) )
( CLAIMED - PH 30 - Warhammer 40.000, Mass Effect Trilogy, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Vampyr (Video Game), Dragon Age (Video Games), Original Work )
Nominations closed
Apr. 26th, 2026 10:43 pmWe've closed nominations! Thank you for all your submissions!
If you sent in nominations, we can still use links to your songs & music videos, and their lyrics, over on this post, so please add them if you can. (Translations and genre notes are extra bonuses - only include them if you want to.)
If you sent in nominations, we can still use links to your songs & music videos, and their lyrics, over on this post, so please add them if you can. (Translations and genre notes are extra bonuses - only include them if you want to.)
Dear Everything is Femslash Author
Apr. 25th, 2026 03:56 pmGreetings, fellow Everything is Femslash author! That you're familiar with one or more of my requested canons means you have great taste, and I look forward to seeing what you write for me. My AO3 username is rubylily, and feel free to take a look at my previous dear author letters. My likes and dislikes have generally remained the same.
Likes: romance, friends-to-lovers, first dates, fluff, slice of life, action, happy endings, bittersweet endings, mutual pining, travel, exploring abandoned places and ruins, hurt/comfort (especially h/c in which a character is sick or injured and another takes care of them), loyalty kink, physical affection (platonic and/or romantic), celebrations of birthdays and other holidays, strong characters being surprisingly vulnerable, meek & shy characters being surprisingly assertive, dreams & nightmares, worldbuilding, exploration of canon fantasy and supernatural elements. I'm also good with crossovers between any of my requested canons. Finally, gifts are enabled and treats are welcomed.
Smut is fine for all requested pairings except Master/Mel. Smut Likes include breathplay, bondage, shibari, blindfolds, collars, sensation play, touching, biting, breast/nipple-play, breast worship, cunnilingus, fingering, bloodplay, dress-up kink, sexy lingerie, erotic dreams, insecurities about inexperience or physical imperfections, first times, pillow talk, kissing. Simple vanilla smut is also good. In general, I'm quite fond of romantic smut.
Smut DNWs: rape/non-con, dub-con, humiliation, degradation, hard D/s (e.g. lifestyle D/s, the dom issuing commands, those kind of strict roles), watersports, scat, stretching/fisting, rimming, anal, inflation, dirty talk, infantilization, age regression, daddy/mommy-kink, toys, strap-ons, or emphasis on bodily fluids (excluding blood if writing bloodplay).
Some of my requested canons deal a lot with violence and death, so I don't mind if things get dark or violent for the characters and references to canon character death are fine, but I prefer fics that end on a hopeful or happy note.
Do Not Want: rape/noncon, dubcon, abuse, outright downer endings, non-canon character death, infidelity, character/pairing/canon-bashing, AUs/alternate universes, unrequested "fix-it" fics, poetry, fics written entirely in lowercase, second-person POV, crossovers/fusions with unrequested canons, Japanese honorifics in non-Japanese settings, characters referring to themselves in the third-person, daddy/mommy-kink, genderswap, unrequested identity-themed headcanons (e.g. gender headcanons, asexual headcanons, etc.), unrequested ships, or gen/pre-relationship.
The canons I'm requesting are Assault Lily Bouquet, Goshujin-sama to Kemonomimi no Shoujo Mel, The Witches' Marriage, Octopath Traveler, Octopath Traveler II, Octopath Traveler 0, Sheep Princess in Wolf's Clothing, Kiss the Scars of the Girls, Izetta: The Last Witch, and Nights of Azure, so let's take a look at each request!
( Cut for length and spoilers. )
Likes: romance, friends-to-lovers, first dates, fluff, slice of life, action, happy endings, bittersweet endings, mutual pining, travel, exploring abandoned places and ruins, hurt/comfort (especially h/c in which a character is sick or injured and another takes care of them), loyalty kink, physical affection (platonic and/or romantic), celebrations of birthdays and other holidays, strong characters being surprisingly vulnerable, meek & shy characters being surprisingly assertive, dreams & nightmares, worldbuilding, exploration of canon fantasy and supernatural elements. I'm also good with crossovers between any of my requested canons. Finally, gifts are enabled and treats are welcomed.
Smut is fine for all requested pairings except Master/Mel. Smut Likes include breathplay, bondage, shibari, blindfolds, collars, sensation play, touching, biting, breast/nipple-play, breast worship, cunnilingus, fingering, bloodplay, dress-up kink, sexy lingerie, erotic dreams, insecurities about inexperience or physical imperfections, first times, pillow talk, kissing. Simple vanilla smut is also good. In general, I'm quite fond of romantic smut.
Smut DNWs: rape/non-con, dub-con, humiliation, degradation, hard D/s (e.g. lifestyle D/s, the dom issuing commands, those kind of strict roles), watersports, scat, stretching/fisting, rimming, anal, inflation, dirty talk, infantilization, age regression, daddy/mommy-kink, toys, strap-ons, or emphasis on bodily fluids (excluding blood if writing bloodplay).
Some of my requested canons deal a lot with violence and death, so I don't mind if things get dark or violent for the characters and references to canon character death are fine, but I prefer fics that end on a hopeful or happy note.
Do Not Want: rape/noncon, dubcon, abuse, outright downer endings, non-canon character death, infidelity, character/pairing/canon-bashing, AUs/alternate universes, unrequested "fix-it" fics, poetry, fics written entirely in lowercase, second-person POV, crossovers/fusions with unrequested canons, Japanese honorifics in non-Japanese settings, characters referring to themselves in the third-person, daddy/mommy-kink, genderswap, unrequested identity-themed headcanons (e.g. gender headcanons, asexual headcanons, etc.), unrequested ships, or gen/pre-relationship.
The canons I'm requesting are Assault Lily Bouquet, Goshujin-sama to Kemonomimi no Shoujo Mel, The Witches' Marriage, Octopath Traveler, Octopath Traveler II, Octopath Traveler 0, Sheep Princess in Wolf's Clothing, Kiss the Scars of the Girls, Izetta: The Last Witch, and Nights of Azure, so let's take a look at each request!
( Cut for length and spoilers. )
