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Thanks for all your nominations so far! There have been 2902 fandoms nominated at last count.

• Nominations close at 9pm UTC on Thursday 24 September (and see countdown)


• Submit nominations here! The same link will allow you to check your nominations after they've been submitted - please check they went through correctly.


• The Evidence Post also closes at 9pm UTC on Thursday 24 September. If you need to make an argument for a canon, please tell us about your canon by then. We are continuing to review evidence, so the sooner you get yours in, the more likely you are to get an answer before nominations close.


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We don't have full visibility of all nominated fandoms, but we have noticed some nominations that will be rejected. Please review the following list in case one of them is yours - we don't want you to waste your slots!

The following fandoms are too large:
Andor (TV)
Black Sails (TV)
DCU (Comics)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV)
Pocket Monsters SPECIAL | Pokemon Adventures
The Queen's Thief - Megan Whalen Turner
Squid Game (TV 2021)
Thai Actor RPF
Trigun Stampede & Trigun Stargaze (Anime 2023-2026)
ウマ娘 プリティーダービー | Uma Musume: Pretty Derby (Video Game)
Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS

There are also some RPF characters who are too popular to be nominated under any fandom, such as
Yu Jimin | Karina
Son Seungwan | Wendy
Bae Joohyun | Irene
Kang Seulgi
Pond Naravit Lertratkosum
Phuwin Tangsakyuen

And we will not approve All Media Types fandoms without evidence - so the following will be merged or rejected
Midsomer Murders (All Media Types)
History Boys (All Media Types)

(Nominators of MIdsomer Murders (TV) and History Boys - Bennett, you're all good!)

Keep them coming! We're excited to see what the pool of canons will be this year.

Why should I nominate?
To create the pool of fandoms available for this year’s Yuletide. More at AO3.

What can I nominate?
Up to 5 rare fandoms and up to 4 characters in each fandom that you want to request or offer. See what’s eligible here. When you sign up, you will request between 3 and 10 fandoms, and offer between 4 and 10+ fandoms.

When can I nominate?
From now until 24 September, at 9pm UTC (and see countdown). Please check the date and time in your own timezone! Until then, you can also edit your nominations.

Where can I nominate?
Tag set.

Who can nominate?
People with AO3 accounts who intend to take part in Yuletide. You may use only one account for nominations. If you don’t have an AO3 account, add yourself immediately to the invite queue or email the mods.

How do I nominate?
First, check what's eligible. Then go to the tag set on AO3, and make sure you're logged in. Click "Nominate" at top right, enter your fandom and character choices, and click Submit at the bottom. Check the results on the page to make sure you entered them correctly. You don't have to submit all your choices at once - you can change your mind and add or edit your nominations until nominations close.

If you need to explain or argue for your fandom, please make a case for it on the Evidence Post as well as nominating on AO3.

Do I have to use fandom tags that exist on AO3?
Please do, unless:

• There is no tag for your fandom (it's totally okay to nominate something with no fic!). Make one up, following this guide.


• The tag that exists on the Archive describes a larger fandom with many parts and your fandom is one distinct part or subset. In this case, instead of using the tag that exists already, please use a tag that describes your specific subfandom.


• The tag that exists on the Archive has the words 'All Media Types' or '& Related Fandoms' in it. Please don't use a label that includes those words without arguing for it on the Evidence Post
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Please label fandoms according to the Archive's wrangling style. If you’re not sure how to label your fandom, please ask.

When will I see what was nominated?
Not for a while, sorry! You can share what you've nominated and coordinate with other participants at yuletide. Moderators will approve tags starting approximately 26 September, and will release the tagset in early October. We will post questions about nominations between now and sign-ups, so please keep an eye on this community.

The Additional Tags at the bottom of the tag set are a feature we added in 2023. Here is a post explaining how they work and some background (1, 2).

Disambiguation
When a character name could appear in more than one fandom, or is common, or short, please put information in brackets after the name to show where it belongs. For example:
-Bonnie Parker (Bonnie and Clyde 1967)
-Robin Hood (Prince of Thieves)
-Tulku (The Shadow 1994)
-Leonardo da Vinci (Da Vinci's Demons)

Disambiguation will also solve your problems if you receive the error message: “This character was rejected because it was nominated in another fandom.” If that happens, add more information to the name and resubmit.

Worldbuilding "character"
In most fandoms, you may nominate worldbulding as a character tag, in the format Worldbuilding (Your Fandom Name). However, mods will not accept "worldbuilding" nominations for RPF fandoms or where it is nominated without explanation for a purely mundane canon - there should be a clear fictional element to worldbuild around. See 2021's discussion post about worldbuilding; you may also find recent requests helpful to see how people have used this option.

Other character tips
If you submit a character that is new or rarely used on AO3, a suggestion from AO3 may appear in bold and in brackets next to your nomination after it has been submitted. This is okay, and does not mean that your nomination will be automatically changed. However, if you don't have any disambiguation information in brackets after the name, you may want to add it, because there may be another character with that name. Even if your character has two names, such as “Harrison Chase” or “Elizabeth Burke”, that name may appear in multiple unrelated fandoms.

RPF and Anthropomorphic fandoms must be nominated with characters. Other fandoms will be approved without characters if none are nominated.

Superhero and similar names may belong to more than one character. For example, Batman’s Robin could mean Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, or Stephanie Brown, among others. Please make sure it’s clear which one you mean - in cases where it’s ambiguous, please use their “wallet” name.

We don’t accept group nominations if the group contains named, distinct characters (for example, under Chalion Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold, we wouldn’t accept The Five Gods as a character). However, we will allow distinct groups that do not contain individual, named characters. If it may be difficult for us to determine whether this applies to your nomination, please comment in the Evidence post.

Check your nominations!
After submitting, check that your nominations have gone through: click away from the tag set, click back, and, if still logged into the same account, you should be able to see "My Nominations" at top right. Check the spelling and formatting! You can edit your nominations until the nominations period ends.

Enjoy!

PS: as pre-approved nominations can only be seen by mods, consider discussing your nominations with other participants on yuletide or at the Discord. In particular, please see this year's RPF discussion post.


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Yuletide is an annual fic (1000+ words) exchange for rare and obscure fandoms run through this community and through the Archive of Our Own.

Current phase: Nominations are open and will end 9pm UTC September 24!

• See what's eligible here
• See how to nominate here
• Post evidence here
• Coordinate your RPF nominations with other RPF fans here

Works for past prompts can be posted to the New Year's Resolutions 2026 collection.

2026 Schedule

Nominations: Sunday 13 to Thursday 24 September (9pm UTC )
Sign-ups: Tuesday 13 to Friday 23 October (9pm UTC)
Assignments out: Sunday 25 October (may be earlier)
Default deadline: Thursday 10 December (9pm UTC)
Assignment deadline: Thursday 17 December (9pm UTC)
Main collection works reveals: Thursday 24 December (9pm UTC)
Madness collection works reveals: Saturday 26 December (9pm UTC)
Author reveals, end of event Friday 1 January (9pm UTC)

LINKS
Schedule, Rules, & Collection | Contact Mods | Tag Set | Community DW | Discord | Pinch hits on Dreamwidth

Yuletide is a fanfic exchange for rare and tiny fandoms. When you nominate, please follow these guidelines to help us approve and organise fandoms.

We have not made any changes to eligibility this year. However, we are requiring comments on the evidence post in some cases (music videos and SMP canons) where we didn't previously require evidence. Additionally, in recent years we loosened our requirements around the scope of individual nominations for anthologies and RPF. Those changes were:

• You’re welcome to nominate anthology canons (where multiple short installments of canon are different stories) by their overarching title, but if one person nominates an anthology canon, and another nominates individual installments of that canon (episodes, or skits, or stories) we will bring this up for discussion when clarifying nominations, and will approve one or the other, not both.


• Similarly, you can nominate an RPF tag that covers a large profession or long period of history if you want, provided that the number of qualifying works under that tag on AO3 is under 1,000. However, if two people submit RPF fandoms where one fandom is a subset of the other, we will bring this up for discussion when clarifying nominations, and approve one or the other, not both. We strongly encourage you to coordinate your nominations on this community with fellow RPF fans.

See below for more information on what we need from you - including new points about music videos and SMP fandoms.

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( Here is what can be nominated for Yuletide 2026! )

( The Evidence Post )

Schedule, Rules, & Collection [still being tweaked for this year] | Contact Mods | Tag Set | Community DW | Discord | Pinch hits on Dreamwidth
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