Discussion Post

[settiai]

Hello, everyone! I'm working on the timeline for the exchange as well as some of the most major changes to its set-up, and I wanted to start asking a few questions to get an idea of what works best for people.

First of all, in the past Holly Poly has accepted a variety of different works, including meta and remixes. Looking at past archives, though, it doesn't seem like those two fanwork types have been used much. For streamlining purposes, I was considering narrowing down the types of allowed fanworks to the following: fanart, fanfiction, fanvids, and podfic. Thoughts?

Timing-wise, would people prefer that we keep the same general timeline (nominations in September, sign-ups in October, works due in early January) or would you be interested in pushing the deadline back a bit so that works are due in either late January or early February? Originally, Holly Poly was a replacement for I Saw Three Ships, which traditionally had stories released on January 6 (Epiphany), and while the deadlines were pushed back a little over the last few years, they still stayed in that same general timeframe of early(ish) January.

I'm perfectly fine with either option. I just wanted to get some feedback in regards to what the majority prefers. There are several large exchanges in December/January for fic writers, fanartists, vidders, and podficcers (Yuletide, Festivids, ITPE, etc.), and I've seen comments being made over the years about wishing the creating period didn't overlap quite as much with them. Since I'm changing several other things about the exchange, I wanted to at least offer that up as a possibility.

Comments

[samuraiter]

Old pinch hitter here. I'm all right with whatever you decide, but I like the time line where it is (... because I don't do any of those large holiday exchanges, probably).

[settiai]

Thanks for the feedback!

[flipflop_diva]

For purely selfish reasons, I'd love if it was moved back a few weeks. I'm having a baby in November, so if it's the same timeline, I'll probably have to skip it this year. If it was later, though, I think I could manage. But that's a totally selfish reason, so whatever works best for other people!

[settiai]

Thanks for the feedback!

[lynndyre]

I'd rather not see it pushed further towards February as it would run up against Chocolate Box and My Slashy Valentine.

[settiai]

Thanks for the feedback!

[ladyjax]

I previously participated in I Saw Three Ships but hadn't participated in this particular iteration but would like to.

If the schedule could roughly stay as is, that would work for me personally but I also recognize that bigger exchanges can cause a problem. So if the creating period to a little later into January, maybe by a week or so, I would be fine with it.

[settiai]

Thanks for the feedback!

[dariaw]

For me, I'll probably only be able to do it this year if it's moved to be due in mid or late January (or later), but that could be just me.

Thank you for running it!

[settiai]

Thanks for the feedback!

[bring_me_sugar]

I personally like the original schedule, because it works best for me (I'm rather unavailable on a regular basis in mid-late January).

[settiai]

Thanks for the feedback!

[zvi]

I'm glad to see this is still going and I was thinking about participating. Have you settled on a timeline yet?

[settiai]

Based on feedback that I've gotten both in this post and via private message, I'm thinking the timeline will be similar to past years with the deadline perhaps pushed back by a week in January. I'll be posting exact dates either this weekend or next.

[fhionnuisce]

Hi! I'm wondering if Holly Polly is going to run this year coming up? And want to thank you again for running it last year even if it won't run this year.

[settiai]

I'm actually going to be making posts with the schedule, changes for this year, and such sometime over the next few days. I'm just finishing up tweaking a few things.

[fhionnuisce]

Awesome! :D