Thanks to everyone who's posted so far, and good luck to everyone creating - and to everyone considering pinch hits and treats!

Works are due in just over a week from now - see link showing the time in your time zone for 11:59pm EDT Sunday 29 June.

Minimum requirements: A work about one requested song or music video (or crossovers if specifically encouraged by your recipient), complete and polished, no generation of content via "AI" assistive tools. 1,000+ words for fic; a complete piece for art; 1,000+ words of podfic of an existing fic OR 500+ words of podfic of a work both written and recorded for this exchange.

Song/video/lyrics links for all requested canons can be found here.

Please reply with your AO3 name if you can fulfil either of these pinch hits this week!

( Pinch hit #2 - The Questions Still Entertain Me - Hussalonia (Song), Passerby - Dave Smallen (Song), St. Elmo's Fire - Brian Eno (Song) - fic )

( Pinch hit #7 - My Therapy - Kamelot (Music Video), So Handsome Hello - Woodkid (Song), Until Eternity - Blackbriar (Music Video), Moonflower - Blackbriar (Music Video) - fic )

Thanks for considering these assignments! Please reply (comments are screened) or email jukebox.mod@gmail.com in order to claim a pinch hit.

Due: 11:59pm EDT Sunday 29 June

Minimum requirements: A work about one requested song or music video (or crossovers if specifically encouraged by your recipient), complete and polished, no generation of content via "AI" assistive tools. 1,000+ words for fic; a complete piece for art; 1,000+ words of podfic of an existing fic OR 500+ words of podfic of a work both written and recorded for this exchange.

Song/video/lyrics links for all requested canons can be found here.

( CLAIMED - Pinch hit #1 - Lock-Keeper - Stan Rogers (Song), Glitter of Gold - Ted Wesley (Song), That Man - Caro Emerald (Song) - art, fic [varies] )

( Pinch hit #2 - The Questions Still Entertain Me - Hussalonia (Song), Passerby - Dave Smallen (Song), St. Elmo's Fire - Brian Eno (Song) - fic )

( CLAIMED - Pinch hit #3 - Born Under Punches - Angélique Kidjo (Song), Vesoul - Jacques Brel (Song), Bigger Sky - The Altogether (Song), Lake of Silver Bells - Carbon Leaf (Song) - fic, podfic [varies] )

( Pinch hit #4 - Deutschland - Rammstein (Music Video), Le Jardin Des Larmes - ZAZ ft. Till Lindemann (Music Video), Blacksnake - Charming Disaster (Song) - art, fic )

( CLAIMED - Pinch hit #5 - After the Disco - Broken Bells (Album Short Film), Graduation - Benny Blanco & Juice WRLD (Music Video), Nothing to Find - The War on Drugs (Music Video) - art, fic [varies] )

( Pinch hit #6 - Let Him Roll - Guy Clark (Song), David Watts - The Jam (Song), America 2 - The Midnight (Song) - fic )

( Pinch hit #7 - My Therapy - Kamelot (Music Video), So Handsome Hello - Woodkid (Song), Until Eternity - Blackbriar (Music Video), Moonflower - Blackbriar (Music Video) - fic )

Thanks to everyone who signed up! One person's offers don't match up with anyone's requests, and we've contacted them at their AO3 email. Assignments should go out on 13 May as per the schedule.

These tables are subject to correction! Please let us know what isn't right.

( Songs by title )

( Songs by artist )

Warnings (not comprehensive):
Brutus - blood and violence
Only you - flashing lights

All pinch hits are in! Thank you, everyone! Works are on track to go live at 8am EDT, Sunday 16 June - and here's a countdown!

There's still time for treats! The list of all requests on the app and the tables of lyrics and links may help. Treats can also be submitted after the collection opens.

Here is a YouTube playlist of all the songs & music videos for works submitted so far. We'll add to it if any other works come in.

New comment default settings
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Main assignments and initial pinch hits are due at 11:59pm EDT, Sunday 9 June. Congratulations to everyone who's posted already, and good luck to those working!

We have two pinch hits. They are due at 11:59pm EDT on Friday 14 June. If you can create a gift for either person's requests, please reply with your AO3 name & the number of the pinch hit you would like to claim, and thank you!

( Pinch hit #4 - art, fic, podfic - Abandoned Town - The Smooth Maria (Song), The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine - Spoon (Song), Trojan Horse - Luv' (Song), Change My Ways - Burn the Ballroom (Song), Start to Fall - Get Scared (Song), Lichtgestalt - Lacrimosa (Song), Achilles Come Down - Gang of Youths (Song) )

( CLAIMED - Pinch hit #5 - art, fic, podfic - The Tithing Man - The Blasting Company (Song), You Made Me the Thief of Your Heart - Sinéad O'Connor (Song), Sex Magick - Twin Temple (Song), The Seer Returns - Swans (Song), Tethered to the Dark - Anya Marina (Song), Magpie - The Mountain Goats (Song), Andrew in Drag - The Magnetic Fields (Song), Tollund Man - The Mountain Goats (Song) )

We hope you enjoy your assignment! Please get in touch by emailing jukebox.mod@gmail.com if there is a problem with it, or you have a question.

Assignments and the following pinch hits are due at 11:59pm EDT, Sunday 9 June.

Please reply with your AO3 name if you can claim one of these pinch hits!

( CLAIMED - Pinch hit #1 - fic, podfic - Did I Mention - Jeff Lewis (Song), The Heart Wants What It Wants - Selena Gomez (Song), Kings and Queens - Ava Max (Song), The Ride - David Allan Coe (Song), star-crossed - Kacey Musgraves (Song), Strip It Down - Luke Bryan (Song), Stranded - Plumb (Song) )

( CLAIMED - Pinch hit #2 - art, fic [varies by request] - Independence Day - Martina McBride (Song), Gnijący Świat - T.Love (Music Video), Family Portrait - P!nk (Music Video), EUNOIA - Billlie (Music Video), Zatańczę z Aniołami - Doda (Music Video), Rabbit in Your Headlights - UNKLE (Music Video), Conversations with My 13 Year Old Self - P!nk (Song), Derealization - Bambi Baker (Music Video), Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran (Music Video), Trouble - Pink (Music Video) )

( CLAIMED - Pinch hit #3 - art, fic, podfic - Abandoned Town - The Smooth Maria (Song), The Two Sides of Monsieur Valentine - Spoon (Song), Trojan Horse - Luv' (Song), Change My Ways - Burn the Ballroom (Song), Start to Fall - Get Scared (Song), Lichtgestalt - Lacrimosa (Song), Achilles Come Down - Gang of Youths (Song) )

Here is the sign-up form. Welcome to this year's challenge! Sign-ups will close at 11:59pm EDT, Friday 19 April.

You can request 3-10 canons, and offer 3-10 canons. If a canon doesn't appear in the drop-down menu when you go to enter it, you can copy and paste it from the tag set and press enter.

Each of your requests and offers must be tagged with 1-3 of the labels "Fanfiction", "Podfic", and "Fanart".

Your requests have a space for optional details. Go ahead and use them to talk about how you understand the song and what kind of art/fic/podfic you might like. However, your gift creator doesn't have to follow your prompts. They do have to respect clear and specific Do-Not-Wants listed in the sign-up (like "no pregnancy" "no scat" "no rainbows").

If you are requesting Podficcer's Choice of Fandom, it's up to a podfic artist what work they choose to record, though you are welcome to include likes and DNWs to inspire their choice.

Your requests have a space for a letter link, if you want to provide one. This link must be included before sign-ups are closed. If you are writing a letter, please have it complete and unlocked by the end of 30 April.

Opting in to treats: Please state if your AO3 preferences are set to allow you to receive treats or if you have this setting disabled. Include a statement in your optional details like Treats welcome or I have opted in to treats (or Treats disabled if true).

Podfic offering options

If you are offering podfic for a song or music video in the tag set, you are pledging to create both text and recording (500-5000 words). You are welcome to team up with a friend to create a work, whether you're the recording artist or the writer, but if that's what you intend, please contact us at jukebox.mod@gmail.com to let us know of the arrangement and to provide a contact email for your friend.

If you are offering podfic in combination with "Podficcer's Choice of Fandom", you are pledging to create a recording of a pre-existing song/MV fanwork, using your recipient's DNWs and general likes as guidance for your story choice. If this is the only thing you wish to match on, please say so in the Notes to Mods field so we don't accidentally send you a request where you have to write a story as well. Please make sure we can get in contact with you.

Notes to Mod in Offers

These are confidential notes where you can tell the mods (Minutia_R and Morbane) if you have any preferences about what you match on - for example, if you want to match on one request more than the others, or want to be assigned a particular style of prompts, etc. If you are a podfic artist who has to offer 3 fandoms but only wants to match on Podficcer's Choice of Fandom, please use Notes to Mods to say so. (Please don't tell us things like "I will not create anything in my DNWs" - if required to closely compare your own preferences and your potential recipients' preferences, we may miss something. Specific names/songs or very general preferences are great.)

In recent years, AO3 has implemented a blocking feature - see AO3 news posts here, here, and here. This does not affect challenge matching, ie, someone you've blocked can still match to you. So if you have another participant blocked or they have blocked you, please use your offers and requests, your notes to mods, or both, to help us help you avoid interactions with them.


Corrections are still welcome to the tables of sources for all canons (at this post) - and we're still seeking information about two songs, but we'd be happy to add them to the tag set if we get further information.

You can comment here or contact us at jukebox.mod@gmail.com if you have any questions about signing up.