From our FAQ: Our guidelines for a medium sized fandom is a) a fandom that isn't listed on the current Yuletide nominations list and b) isn't a fandom with over 20,000 fics available. Anything else is a judgement call between the moderators.
RPF is allowed within Not Prime Time and is an exception to the requirement of “a fandom that isn’t listed on the current Yuletide nominations list” though we ask that participants keep to the spirit of the exchange and do not nominate/request very rare RPF. It is still held to the megafandoms requirement, however.
Generally, if a fandom has over 1000 stories that are complete, written in English, and over 1000 words on fanfiction.net or over 200 stories that are complete, written in English, and over 1000 words on AO3 or has its own fandom-specific archive of more than 500 stories, it is eligible for Not Prime Time.
Remember that even if a fandom has, potentially, 5000 fics on fanfiction.net at first glance, check off on "completed," "English," and "over 1000 words" to see the results. The numbers may drop below 1000 and the fandom may be Yuletide eligible.
A new ruling for 2013 is that movie fandoms with over 1000 stories on fanfiction.net and/or over 100 stories on AO3 will be considered medium sized fandoms, as long as they are not considered megafandoms. The reason for this is movie fandoms tend to have a shorter lifespan than other fandoms because of its smaller canon so we're adjusting for that. Many movie fandoms will overlap in eligibility with Yuletide and we are aware of that.
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Date: 2013-04-06 03:14 am (UTC)Our guidelines for a medium sized fandom is a) a fandom that isn't listed on the current Yuletide nominations list and b) isn't a fandom with over 20,000 fics available. Anything else is a judgement call between the moderators.
RPF is allowed within Not Prime Time and is an exception to the requirement of “a fandom that isn’t listed on the current Yuletide nominations list” though we ask that participants keep to the spirit of the exchange and do not nominate/request very rare RPF. It is still held to the megafandoms requirement, however.
Generally, if a fandom has over 1000 stories that are complete, written in English, and over 1000 words on fanfiction.net or over 200 stories that are complete, written in English, and over 1000 words on AO3 or has its own fandom-specific archive of more than 500 stories, it is eligible for Not Prime Time.
Remember that even if a fandom has, potentially, 5000 fics on fanfiction.net at first glance, check off on "completed," "English," and "over 1000 words" to see the results. The numbers may drop below 1000 and the fandom may be Yuletide eligible.
A new ruling for 2013 is that movie fandoms with over 1000 stories on fanfiction.net and/or over 100 stories on AO3 will be considered medium sized fandoms, as long as they are not considered megafandoms. The reason for this is movie fandoms tend to have a shorter lifespan than other fandoms because of its smaller canon so we're adjusting for that. Many movie fandoms will overlap in eligibility with Yuletide and we are aware of that.