It's Yuletide!

[rachelmanija]

Yuletide is open for signups! You have through October 22 to sign up - don't miss it!

Here is the tag set where you can see all the fandoms you can request. There's a huge variety!

Requestable fandoms that might be of particular interest include the Biggles and Worrals series by W. E. Johns, multiple intriguing side characters from Agatha Christie (under "Poirot" and "Miss Marple"), Revelator, Baahubali, multiple Octavia Butler works including "Bloodchild" and "Speech Sounds," the traditional ballads "John Barleycorn" and "Lady Isabel and the Elf Knight," Double Indemnity, Annihilation, Us, Nope, and "Top 5 Rat Movies I Made Up."

Not to mention historical fiction about Hildegard von Bingen (12th Century German Mystics RPF), Crazy Horse | Tȟašúŋke Witkó (The Great Sioux War of 1876-1877 RPF), Rabbi Yochanan ben Nappachah (Rabbinic and Talmudic Judaism RPF), Zelda Fitzgerald (Jazz Age Writer RPF), and Willow | Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom's Dog (British Royalty RPF).

Here's what I'm requesting this year.

Poll #27662 The Yuletide Poll

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 76

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My Yuletide status is...

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I've never done it before, but I'm considering signing up!
6 (7.9%)

I have already signed up and am preemptively delighting in the stories I will receive and write
11 (14.5%)

I need to sign up. And probably write a letter. Help.
16 (21.1%)

I'm doing it but I don't even know what I'm requesting yet.
11 (14.5%)

I usually sign up, but this year I'm not sure.
7 (9.2%)

I'm only going to treat.
8 (10.5%)

What is this Yuletide of which you speak?
1 (1.3%)

Some other status (describe in comments)
16 (21.1%)

Comments

[athenejen]

I did Yuletide every year 2007-2013 (with some treats scattered in there), then defaulted in 2014 and have been slowly working on the same NYR ever since (though I did also write a pinch hit and a treat in 2020). It's grown to over 20k words and I'm finally almost done, but I have to finish it up and post it before I can sign up again. I am hoping I can make it happen over the weekend, and then spend next week working on my actual signup! But we'll see if I can manage it, there are a lot of variables in play. It's been a busy couple of months.

[rachelmanija]

Wow! You know, this might be worth contacting the Yuletide mods about, given how long ago it was that you defaulted and that you've done a pinch hit since then. They might be willing to let you in even if you don't finish your 20K (!) NYR in time.

[athenejen]

Oh! That hadn't occurred to me! If I don't actually manage to finish it over the weekend, perhaps I will try emailing them. Thanks for the suggestion, I think I've just been so focused on finishing it that I hadn't really thought about the whole context of the thing in a while.

[rachelmanija]

It's worth a try! I think you have extenuating circumstances.