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We revealed author names at the Once Upon 2025 Collection last week. Feel free to promote what you wrote in any space you like! We hope you enjoyed contributing to and also reading this year's stories. We did!

We wanted to bring up an issue for feedback while we're all still thinking about the exchange.

Once Upon a Fic is a "fairy-tale" focused exchange. We welcome a lot of texts - myths, lore, etc - that overlap with fairy tales in some way: they deal with archetypal figures, life lessons, fantastical creatures and/or the supernatural, they are often more closely associated with a culture and era than a specific author, and of course, as a goal of this event specifically, these texts are in the public domain.

Every year we get nominations that seek to expand that pool of text types in ways we hadn't thought of. Because more things enter the public domain every year, we've seen more and more longer texts, from closer in time, than the fairy tales the exchange started out with. These nominations are in good faith and we've enjoyed the stories that come from them, but we worry about scope creep and we aren't always sure where to draw the line. In order to keep the exchange focus narrower than "any kind of fantastical text in the public domain", we wanted to revisit what kinds of texts are in scope, with the hope that our rules are clearer before next round.

Some possible options:
  • We give examples of the types of texts that we consider core to the exchange. All other texts are evaluated on a case-by-case basis. This is the status quo - but we haven't always decided consistently, from year to year. For example, sometimes we've included stories made freely available by their creators for more modern tales. But that makes it difficult for us to define a modern fairy tale vs any fantastical story.
  • We give examples of the types of texts that we consider core to the exchange. We encourage you to make a case for anything that doesn't match the examples. The case could be based on factors such as similarity to types of canons we've previously approved; length; whether it was marketed as a fairy tale, etc.
  • We set specific requirements for anything published after a specific date eg 1900 or 1925 (which may include a max length requirement).
  • We set a strict date cut-off for certain types of nominations.
  • Something else?


We welcome suggestions and would be interested to know what feels in scope to you, for a fairy tale exchange, and what doesn't. Approving a nomination into this exchange isn't a value judgment on that piece of media.

Thanks for your thoughts! Feedback on other parts of the exchange is welcome!
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[personal profile] morbane
We're delighted to reveal works for you! You can find them here!



Congratulations to all contributors! If you received a gift, please let your creator know you appreciate their gift to you.

The creators' anonymous period will end at 4:59pm CDT, Friday 23 May. Please don't repost your works to other platforms or identify yourself as an author until then, but please comment on others' works, and you can reply to comments too.

Here is a cheat sheet of the sources for the canons that had works this year:


Further treats are welcome! Again, we hope you enjoy the works!

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[personal profile] morbane


Author names are now revealed at the collection. Thanks to all prompters, writers, betas, and commenters for joining in in this event.

Please continue to read, enjoy, and comment, and let us know how this year's round went for you. The collection remains open for treats.

We look forward to seeing you next year!


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[personal profile] morbane
Behold: the works of Once Upon a Fic Exchange 2024 are available to read!



Please let your gift creator(s) know you appreciate your gift(s). Comments and kudos across the collection are also welcome and encouraged!

See this year's sources spreadsheet to fill in the background for tales you are unfamiliar with.

Works are anonymous for a week, until the end of this year's event at 4:59pm CDT, Friday 24 May.

The collection remains open for treats.

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morbane: Picture of girl riding bear with text "Co-Mod" (onceuponfic)
[personal profile] morbane


Author names are now revealed at the collection. Thanks to all prompters, writers, betas, and commenters for joining in in this event.

Please continue to read, enjoy, and comment, and let us know how this year's round went for you. The collection remains open for treats.

We look forward to seeing you next year!

If you're interested in our other exchanges, Rosencrantz is currently running [community profile] 90s_channel_tv_exchange. Morbane is running [community profile] jukebox_fest and looking forward to an upcoming round of [community profile] crossworks.

For other similar events, keep an eye on [community profile] fandomcalendar.

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[personal profile] morbane
Behold: the works of Once Upon a Fic Exchange 2023 are available to read!



Please let your gift creator(s) know you appreciate your gift(s). Comments and kudos across the collection are also welcome and encouraged!

See this year's sources spreadsheet to fill in the background for tales you are unfamiliar with. Writers, we recommend tagging with the story you were assigned, but that isn't a rule.

Works are anonymous for a week, until the end of this year's event at 4:59pm CDT, Friday 19 May.

The collection remains open for treats.

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email: onceupon@fandom.exchange
morbane: Picture of girl riding bear with text "Co-Mod" (onceuponfic)
[personal profile] morbane


Author names are now revealed at the collection. Thanks to all prompters, writers, betas, and commenters for joining in in this event.

Please continue to read, enjoy, and comment, and let us know how this year's round went for you. The collection remains open for treats this year.

For other exchanges, keep an eye on [community profile] fandomcalendar.

Important Links
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email: onceupon@fandom.exchange
morbane: Picture of girl riding bear with text "Co-Mod" (onceuponfic)
[personal profile] morbane
Behold: the works of Once Upon a Fic Exchange 2022 are available to read!



Please let your gift creator(s) know you appreciate your gift(s). Other comments and kudos are also welcome and encouraged!

See this year's sources spreadsheet to fill in the background for tales you are unfamiliar with. Writers, we recommend tagging with the story you were assigned, but that isn't a rule.

The collection remains open for treats this year.

Important Links
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email: onceupon@fandom.exchange
morbane: Picture of girl riding bear with text "Co-Mod" (onceuponfic)
[personal profile] morbane


Author names are now revealed at the collection. Thanks to everyone who prompted, beta'd, read, and of course wrote - including pinch hitters and treaters!

Please continue to read, enjoy, and comment, and let us know how this year's round went for you.

Once Upon a Fic will run again in 2022 - check back in January!

If you'd like to try other exchanges, keep an eye on [community profile] fandomcalendar. Rosencrantz's Disney Animated Movie Exchange [community profile] dam_exchange will run later this year. Morbane's song-and-music video exchange [community profile] jukebox_fest is in assignment stage, and the crossover exchange [community profile] crossworks will open for nominations soon.

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[personal profile] crantz
Archive open!



Read! Kudos! Comment! There's so much great stuff! Especially, please let your gift creator(s) know you appreciate your gift(s).

Once Upon a Fic Exchange: 2021!

See this year's sources spreadsheet if you'd like to catch up on the tale a work is based on.

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morbane: Picture of girl riding bear with text "Co-Mod" (onceuponfic)
[personal profile] morbane


Author names are now revealed at the collection - a little earlier than the schedule to ensure subscription emails go out (see this AO3 news post).

Please continue to read, enjoy, and comment, and let us know how this year's round went for you.

Once Upon a Fic will run again in 2021 - check back in January!

(For other fun exchanges, including ones that Morbane and Rosencrantz are running, keep an eye on [community profile] fandomcalendar. Morbane's song-and-music video exchange [community profile] jukebox_fest is in creation stage, and her crossover exchange [community profile] crossworks will open for nominations soon.)


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morbane: Picture of girl riding bear with text "Co-Mod" (onceuponfic)
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Hey, everyone!

Great news: Works are live! Thank you so much to everyone who participated! We'll be revealing the authors in a week.

Head on over to the archive to check out what everyone's made!

There are 37 gifts in at least 29 fandoms this year!

Please thank your author(s) for your gift(s), and please let other authors know if you enjoyed their work.

If there's any problems, please contact the mods at: onceupon@fandom.exchange

PS: If you're curious about the source any story is based on, the 2020 source spreadsheet is here.


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That's right! Works are revealed! The masks are off!

There's a bunch of great stories in the collection this year so if you haven't checked it out yet, now's the time!

COLLECTION for your reading and commenting pleasure! I'm looking forward, myself, to spending some time with a pot of tea and some good stories this weekend.

And we'll be back next year! Keep tuned!

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morbane: Picture of girl riding bear with text "Co-Mod" (onceuponfic)
[personal profile] morbane


Stories can be found here!

We hope you enjoy all the works, especially your gift! Please comment on any gifts you receive. Also please let us know if there is a problem with your gift.

Anon Period Ends: May 24th, 4:59 PM Friday

After the anon period, the exchange will be over, but we hope you continue to enjoy the works and come back next year!

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