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caseficexchange is returning early this year, with nominations opening either mid-January or the first week of February (date TBD shortly). Full disclosure: I'm busy with study in July, August and September, so I'm trying to avoid having a lot of mod work during this period. Last year's schedule had a lot of mod work fall at this time.
I asked in the wrap-up 2025 feedback post about adding broad prompt freeforms to the sign-up so people could click the types of casefic they're interested in. I'm still deciding if I want to add these (it will be a non-matching element).
Whichever way we go, I wanted to refine the existing list of casefic ideas that I came up with for last year's round. You can see these here. For anyone interested in helping me create a refined list, what are some casefic ideas I could list in the sign-up guidelines for 2026? Is there anything I missed? Is there anything I didn't miss but you want to flag so I don't exclude it?
I'm looking for simple things like:
The less detailed, the better.
I'm taking suggestions until Friday 9 January 2026 @ 11:59pm EST. Please drop them in this post, as it'll be easier for me to reference them. :)
This is also a notice to those who defaulted on their extension for last round that you're required to submit a make-up work before 2026's sign-ups open. Please make sure this gift meets the exchange's minimum requirements and fulfils a request. You can gift it to a 2025 participant or the collection.
If you have not commented on your gift(s) for whatever reason, please do so before sign-ups open.
And I wanted to say thank you to everyone who left feedback on the feedback post. My apologies for not responding—I moved onto my other exchange and, afterwards, proceeded to crash. 🫠I'll be referring to the feedback when I sit down to edit the rules/guidelines and finalise the schedule.
Please reach out at gumshoeagency@gmail.com if you have any questions that should be asked in private correspondence! See you soon. :)
Reporting for duty,
- Commissioner Clawseau
caseficexchange is returning early this year, with nominations opening either mid-January or the first week of February (date TBD shortly). Full disclosure: I'm busy with study in July, August and September, so I'm trying to avoid having a lot of mod work during this period. Last year's schedule had a lot of mod work fall at this time.Casefic prompt ideas
I asked in the wrap-up 2025 feedback post about adding broad prompt freeforms to the sign-up so people could click the types of casefic they're interested in. I'm still deciding if I want to add these (it will be a non-matching element).
Whichever way we go, I wanted to refine the existing list of casefic ideas that I came up with for last year's round. You can see these here. For anyone interested in helping me create a refined list, what are some casefic ideas I could list in the sign-up guidelines for 2026? Is there anything I missed? Is there anything I didn't miss but you want to flag so I don't exclude it?
I'm looking for simple things like:
- Cosy anything
- Murder mystery
- Heist
- Solving a theft
- Medical cases
- Police procedural
- Spies and espionage
- Monster of the week
- Evil mastermind POV
The less detailed, the better.
I'm taking suggestions until Friday 9 January 2026 @ 11:59pm EST. Please drop them in this post, as it'll be easier for me to reference them. :)
Reminders and thanks
This is also a notice to those who defaulted on their extension for last round that you're required to submit a make-up work before 2026's sign-ups open. Please make sure this gift meets the exchange's minimum requirements and fulfils a request. You can gift it to a 2025 participant or the collection.
If you have not commented on your gift(s) for whatever reason, please do so before sign-ups open.
And I wanted to say thank you to everyone who left feedback on the feedback post. My apologies for not responding—I moved onto my other exchange and, afterwards, proceeded to crash. 🫠I'll be referring to the feedback when I sit down to edit the rules/guidelines and finalise the schedule.
Contact
Please reach out at gumshoeagency@gmail.com if you have any questions that should be asked in private correspondence! See you soon. :)
Reporting for duty,
- Commissioner Clawseau
