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deck the halls, jingle the balls, and hark the sign-up call!
It's the 554th of March 2020, and once again it's time to slip into your favourite zoom-friendly pyjama bottoms and grab your stash of Nerds and Kit-Kats because Merlin Holidays is back in town for Round Eleven!
So clear your calendar and get ready to give and receive a wonderful Merlin-flavoured gift these holidays.
The schedule for Merlin Holidays 2021 is as follows:
Sign-ups open: Monday 13th September, 12pm UTC (Convert to your timezone)
Sign-ups close: Friday 24th September, 12pm UTC (Convert to your timezone)
Assignments out: Wednesday 29th September
Fanworks due: Wednesday 1st December
Posting begins: Monday 6th December
Things to consider when planning your sign-up:
Here's a handy sign-up guide we prepared earlier so you can get your ducks in a row!
If you're open to receiving art, please also include some art-friendly prompts in your sign ups for our fabulous artists! See our prompt guide for ideas and tips!
Be generous with prompts! Please give as many prompts as possible to enable easy matching, don't be shy! Remember that your gifter is going to need as much help as possible to give you something you will enjoy! If your requests are very few and very closed to interpretation, it will be very difficult to make sure you're happy with your gift! Give the elves as much to work with as you can, and be as open about them as you can to ensure a match and a happy outcome for all.
Be open minded with requests! Please remember that this is a gift exchange fest, and as such, you are signing up to write or create art for someone else's preferences and likes. There are bound to be elements of the request that do not suit your personal tastes, but we are asking all of you to keep an open mind about your giftee's requests, and to concentrate on the things you can do, rather than those you can't. Please remember that the mods work very hard to ensure that participants are carefully matched up. We don't rely on automation, we do this manually, one participant at a time! Please check your giftee's promps carefully and choose what you can work with and ignore what you can't (except the DNWs - please don't ignore those!).
Reminder about our rules!
Participants who default after receiving their gift will be banned from future participation.
Participants who ghost (do not post on their scheduled day and do not get in touch with the mods) will be banned from future participation.
Participants who defaulted after receiving their gift last year or who ghosted last year are not invited to participate this year. Please contact the mods on merlinholidays at gmail dot com if you're in doubt.
So clear your calendar and get ready to give and receive a wonderful Merlin-flavoured gift these holidays.
The schedule for Merlin Holidays 2021 is as follows:
Sign-ups open: Monday 13th September, 12pm UTC (Convert to your timezone)
Sign-ups close: Friday 24th September, 12pm UTC (Convert to your timezone)
Assignments out: Wednesday 29th September
Fanworks due: Wednesday 1st December
Posting begins: Monday 6th December
Things to consider when planning your sign-up:
Here's a handy sign-up guide we prepared earlier so you can get your ducks in a row!
If you're open to receiving art, please also include some art-friendly prompts in your sign ups for our fabulous artists! See our prompt guide for ideas and tips!
Be generous with prompts! Please give as many prompts as possible to enable easy matching, don't be shy! Remember that your gifter is going to need as much help as possible to give you something you will enjoy! If your requests are very few and very closed to interpretation, it will be very difficult to make sure you're happy with your gift! Give the elves as much to work with as you can, and be as open about them as you can to ensure a match and a happy outcome for all.
Be open minded with requests! Please remember that this is a gift exchange fest, and as such, you are signing up to write or create art for someone else's preferences and likes. There are bound to be elements of the request that do not suit your personal tastes, but we are asking all of you to keep an open mind about your giftee's requests, and to concentrate on the things you can do, rather than those you can't. Please remember that the mods work very hard to ensure that participants are carefully matched up. We don't rely on automation, we do this manually, one participant at a time! Please check your giftee's promps carefully and choose what you can work with and ignore what you can't (except the DNWs - please don't ignore those!).
Reminder about our rules!
Participants who default after receiving their gift will be banned from future participation.
Participants who ghost (do not post on their scheduled day and do not get in touch with the mods) will be banned from future participation.
Participants who defaulted after receiving their gift last year or who ghosted last year are not invited to participate this year. Please contact the mods on merlinholidays at gmail dot com if you're in doubt.