Nominations are open!
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sufficiently_advanced_exNominations
You may nominate up to ten fandoms, with ten relationships per fandom. Please use canonical tags for fandoms where possible. A list of fandoms with known exceptions (e.g., large meta-series such as Tamora Pierce's Tortall and C.J. Cherryh's Alliance-Union) is posted below.
Relationships
You may nominate either platonic (&) or romantic (/) relationships. You may also nominate single characters; use the format "Solo: Character". Crossovers are permitted under the "Crossover" fandom.
For crossovers, both canons must be individually eligible for this exchange. You must include the original fandom in parentheses after each character's name. The fandom name may be shortened or abbreviated, provided it is still clear which fandom you are referencing.
Sample acceptable nominations:
- Dracula/Jonathan Harker
- Solo: Temeraire
- ART (Murderbot) & Deep Thought (Hitchhikers' Guide)
- Temeraire - "Solo: Any Male Dragon" or "Any Dragon & Their Captain"
- Provost's Dog - "Beka Cooper/Any Provost's Guard Member"
Please note that "any" nominations will only cover named canon characters.
You may also nominate original characters, provided that the description for the original character is clearly understood within the context of the canon. For example:
- Temeraire - "Original Dragon & Their Female Captain"
- Provost's Dog - "Solo: Original Nonbinary Provost's Guard Member"
Nominations that are simply "Original Female Character" or similar will be rejected as being too broad. However, these characters will be accepted as part of a relationship with a specific canon character(s).
Additionally, you may nominate Worldbuilding as a relationship nomination for your preferred canon. You can leave it as “WB: Any” for a broad focus, or give a specific in-universe aspect that you would like to see expanded on.
Examples [Canon]:
- WB: Spider Courtship [Children of Time]
- WB: Dragons in China [Temeraire]
- WB: The Black Tower [Wheel of Time]
Canons approved to be subdivided
This list will be updated as nominations are approved.
- Alliance-Union - C.J. Cherryh
- Discworld - Terry Pratchett
- Kushiel's Legacy - Jacqueline Carey
- Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard
- Tortall - Tamora Pierce
- Valdemar Series - Mercedes Lackey
This list will be updated as nominations are approved.
2026 Schedule
Feb. 14th, 2026 12:29 pmfirebatvillain posting in sufficiently_advanced_ex
Greetings!
We are pleased to announce that Sufficiently Advanced will return for 2026. Because of the nature of this exchange -- focusing on print canons -- we are kicking off with a promo period before nominations begin, to give everyone time to pick up something new or reread something old. The canon promo post for this year can be found here.
As a reminder, here are the freely available canons and promo post for all years.
The Ao3 collection can be found here.
The Ao3 tagset can be found here.
2026 Schedule
Nominations: February 21-March 7
Signups: March 8-21
Assignments: No later than March 25
Creation Period: March 22-May 3
Works Due: May 3 at 10 PM EDT (UTC-4)
Work Reveals: May 10 at 10 PM EDT (UTC-4)
Creator Reveals: May 17 at 10 PM EDT (UTC-4)
Mod email: sufficiently.advanced.ex@gmail.com
2026 Canon Promo Post
Feb. 14th, 2026 03:20 pmkeita52 posting in sufficiently_advanced_exIf it is freely available online, consider adding it to the Freely Available Canons spreadsheet.
Name:
Author:
Length (pages or words, whichever is more relevant):
Sub-genre:
Why it's awesome:
Any other important information to know about:
Announcing: Retro Writing May!
Feb. 11th, 2026 04:08 pmnotfreyja posting in fandomcalendar
A month long writing challenge focused on tropes, tags, and formats that have (for better or worse) fallen out of style.
From May 1st to 31st, creators will post their takes on each of the days' prompts, in any medium. Fan fiction, original stories, poetry, meta-analysis, and (even though writing is in our name!) yes, visual art as well! Currently all event documentation is on Tumblr, so the links below will redirect to the appropriate Tumblr posts.
Quick Links:
