Hello All!

It's almost that time of year again: Sign-ups for the Holiday Exchange will shortly open!

For those of you who don't know, the Holiday Exchange is a secret Santa with stories and art being gifted to participants. We have been running this exchange since 2008!

This, year, Dokuga Holiday Exchange has both a LiveJournal and a tumblr url! I[/b] encourage everyone who wants to participate in the Exchange, and has a tumblr, to follow the Exchange's tumblr url to keep up to date.

[/color][b]This year Exchange participants will be asked to choose a prompt from one of these three prompt lists:
1. 25 Days Christmas Romance Challenge
2. OTP Christmas Scenarios


Sign ups for the exchange will begin on August 20! So, stay tuned because as soon as that date arrives, I will post the guidelines for the Exchange here and on tumblr.

Before then, if you have any questions, feel free to send them to me via:
Private message here on Dokuga
My tumblr page
The SessKag Discord Servers (both of them)

Kaoruhana

**UPDATE: It looks like the link I had suggested for the 3rd Prompts List is unavailable if you don't have a tumblr. I'm removing it from the suggestions. We should still have enough prompts from the 2 other lists.

It may just be me, but the third link for the 'tis the season prompts, isn't working.

I just checked and they all work for me. Can you try again? If you stillcan't get it, I can dm you the links.

Huh, I just had the same problem. Clicked on the 'Tis the Season link and got "Bad Request."

You might want to 'Edit' the post, kaoruhana, and see the addy the last link is showing, cuz from where I'm looking at it, it looks off compared to the others.

~~me~~

**UPDATE: It looks like the link I had suggested for the 3rd Prompts List is unavailable if you don't have a tumblr. I'm removing it from the suggestions. We should still have enough prompts from the 2 other lists.

You can now sign up for the Dokuga Holiday Exchange! It's been running since 2008, so this will be the 14th year for the Exchange!!!:partying_face:

You don't have to have a Dokuga Account to sign up, just need to be willing to let me share whatever you create for your exchange giftee!

AUTHORS AND ARTISTS CAN BOTH APPLY!!!!

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to send them my way (you can DM me).

For those who have a tumblr and want to follow the Holiday Exchange's tumblr for information, you can find the link here.

HALLLLOOOOOOOO, Dokuga!!!!!!!!!

This is me, the ubiquitous Admin person/thing, weighing in to urge our authors & artists to consider signing up for this event.

You see, ever since it started, although I have absolutely no talent in either area, I have hugged all submissions close as vicarious Christmas gifts. Since our family doesn't indulge in any gift exchange, most years what I get are the Holiday Exchange fics & pics to drool over on Christmas Day.

So, yeah. Do Wiccan a HUGE favor and sign up!

Pretty please?

~~Wiccan~~
PS - Yes, I'm begging, primarily cuz I so look forward to seeing what everyone came up with!
<3

You have no idea how happy it makes me to see that this is still going <3

I've been so busy with work, that I wasn't able to update here about the.Exchange.

REMINDER TIME THOUGH: sign-ups for the Exchange close on September 30 at Midnight USEST!!!!

If you have any questions, please DM me!

A Little Over 24 hours left to sign up for this year's Exchange!

Reminder: applications due by tomorrow at Midnight USEST!!!

I can't wait!

Signups for this year's Exchange are officially closed! To those who are participating, please expect to see an e-mail with information about your giftee sometime in the next few days!

And we're off to posting all of the lovely artwork and stories that have been created for this year's Exchange! As a reminder, I'll be posting all of the artwork and stories on both the

LJ Page

and the

Tumblr Page

Huge thank you to Cakeiton for creating this year's amazing banner, found on the tumblr page linked to above!!!

As a reminder, artists and authors who participated, will not be able to post their stories/art themselves until ALL gifts are posted on the 29th!

Happy Holidays all!

Happy Holidays Monomyth!

Here is your gift, a fic from the amazing Sereia based on the prompt: Character A and Character B try to save Christmas!

You can find it here on Tumblr

and here on LJ

Happy Holidays Sereia!

Here is your gift, artwork from the amazing Goldie-fawn based on the prompt: Character A is stuck working in coffee shop on Christmas Day and Character B is the lonely soul spending their whole day there.

You can find it here on Tumblr here
and on LJ here.

Happy Holidays elevenharbor! Here's your gift fic for the Exchange based on the prompt: Flying overseas for Christmas, but having their baggage lost/delayed, meant they had to walk around their hotel room naked for a few days. That was their excuse anyway.

This story IS RATED MA!!! So, the story can only be found on LJ here!

Happy Holidays Shortfry!

Here is the gift you have received for the Exchange based on the prompt: "Character A and Character B, sworn enemies, are chosen to prepare the company Christmas Party."

The story can be found on tumblr here!

AND it can be found on LJ here and here!

Happy Holidays Walter205!

Here is the gift you have received for the Exchange based on the prompt: " SLIPPING ON ICE, SPENDING CHRISTMAS IN HOSPITAL AND GUESS WHO THEIR DOCTOR IS??? *cue us pterodactyl screeching and them ensuing sexy shenanigans***."

The story can be found on LJ here! Please note this story is RATED MA!

Happy Holidays TO ALL EXCHANGE PARTICIPANTS!

Here is the gift created by Ash414 (stardust414) based on the prompt: Character A returns to their birth-town for the holidays. Character B is their estranged childhood best friend.

The artwork can be found on tumblr here

and

be found on LJ here

Bit late today because I almost forgot to post -__-

Here are the reveals!

Happy Holidays Goldie-Fawn from Yumani-chan!


And Happy Holidays Yumani-chan from Shortfry!

Because it is so late, I will post the links on the LJ page later!

Happy Holidays Stardust414! Here is your gift by elevenharbor based on the prompt: burning christmas dinner and trying to order take-out

on tumblr here!

Happy Holidays AshMish111! Here is your story by Sereia based on the prompt: Avoiding the mistletoe at all costs, however, everyone is trying their best to get the otp there. and MAKING OUT IN THE CLOAKROOM OF SOME POSH CHRISTMAS PARTY.

Found on LJ Here (6 parts, be sure to read all of them!)

RATED MA!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS to EVERYONE!!!

What a beautiful holiday exchange, and so very well done! This Wiccan is so very happy & delighted with ALL the offerings, and sends great THANKS and HUGS out to all participants!!!!!!!

I sincerely hope everyone's holidays have been merry and bright so far, and that the New Year brings all the very BEST that life has to offer!


~~Wiccan~~