2025 Rules and Guidelines.

[casemod]

Detectives, investigators, citizen detectives, and nosy busybodies (and to anyone we left out)—please ensure you familiarise yourself with the rules and guidelines for participation.

Please feel free to leave any and all questions in the comments (anonymous commenting is on) or email gumshoeagency@gmail.com. (If you email us, please allow two business days for a response before following up.) We will not be responding to Discord messages.

( House Rules )

( What Counts? )

( Nominations )

( Sign-Ups )

( Assignments )

( Assignments: About Mediums )

( Posting )

( Extensions )

( Defaulting )

( Pinch Hits )

( Treats )

( Commenting )

2025 Schedule and Important Links.

[casemod]

caseficexchange is a fanwork exchange focusing on investigations. These can be solving murders, retrieving stolen items, finding missing people, missions, and mysteries. As long as it has an investigation as its core theme, it fits with the exchange.

We have a minimum of 3,000 words (or work equivalent) and allow fic, comics, and podfic. You must have an AO3 account and be 18+ to participate.

2025 Schedule

✓ Nominations: Monday 7 April Friday 4 April to Sunday 13 April [ In your timezone. | Countdown. ]
✓ Sign-ups: Monday 14 April to Sunday 27 April [ In your timezone. + Countdown. ]
Assignments out: Thursday 1 May at the latest Tuesday 29 April
Default deadline: Friday 27 June [ In your timezone. ]
Works due: Friday 11 July [ In your timezone + Countdown ]
Collection reveals: Friday 8 August
Creator reveals: Friday 22 August

The exchange runs on EDT/EST time. All deadlines are 11.59pm EDT/EST.

Important links

Rules and Guidelines | AO3 Collection | Tagset | AO3 app | Tips on creating a case-centric work | Promote your canon | Find a beta | Treat a pinch hitter

Email: gumshoeagency@gmail.com

Current Phase

Who has time for a social life when assignments have been sent out? For the sleuths who are peeping around corners, through grates from the sewer systems, and around the trunks of trees, keep an eye out for our perfectly enticing pinch hits!