Casefic Exchange 🔎

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 ]
✓ Post-default deadline pinch hits and first extensions due: Friday 18 July [ In your timezone ]
✓ Post-deadline pinch hits and second extensions due: Friday 25 July [ In your timezone + Countdown ]
✓ First extension for post-deadline pinch hits due: Tuesday 5 August at 11:59pm EDT [ In your timezone ]
✓ Second post-deadline pinch hits due: Friday 8 August at 11:59pm EDT [ In your timezone + Countdown ]
✓ Third post-deadline pinch hits due: Friday 22 August at 11:59pm EDT [ In your timezone + Countdown ]
✓ Collection reveals: Friday 8 August Friday 29 August [ In your timezone + Countdown ]
✓ Creator reveals: Friday 22 August Friday 12 September [ In your timezone + Countdown. ]

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

Creators are revealed and the round is closed! Thanks for coming along for our first ever round of Casefic Exchange. :)