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BIDDING IS CLOSED for the 2019 FTH auction.

Thank you all for helping us raise $23,435 this year! Signups for 2020 will be announced in December.

In the meantime, you can enjoy all the fanworks coming out of this year's auction over at [community profile] fth2019fanworks  !



We're excited about this year's Fandom Trumps Hate auction, and we hope you are too! You can find the calendar below.

Sunday, January 6th
: creator signups open.

Friday, February 1st: creator signups close.

Tuesday, February 19th: Browsing week begins.

Tuesday, February 26th,
8pm EST: Bidding opens

Friday, March 1st, 8pm EST: Bidding closes

Friday, March 8th, 8pm EST: proof of donation due from winning bidders


* Browsing week? What's that?
This is a new addition to our calendar! We’ve learned that many participants from the past two years, creators and bidders both, feel that a week is too long for an auction. So instead, we’re giving potential bidders a full week to look over all the offerings and decide what interests them, and then shortening the bidding period itself.


Curious about FTH? Read about us here.

Check out this year's list of supported nonprofits, along with our donation policy.

Still got questions?  Here's our FAQ. (and if your question isn't answered there, check out the comments on this posts and the other three linked above -- we've answered some questions there, too.)

Date: 2018-12-30 06:43 pm (UTC)
amindamazed: bare tree and full moon against the sky (Default)
From: [personal profile] amindamazed
what's the deadline for fulfilling the winning bids? I mean from the creator/offering side of things, not the donating side.

Re: creator deadline

Date: 2019-01-07 04:15 am (UTC)
amproof: (Default)
From: [personal profile] amproof
My creator from the 2017 auction never fulfilled their end. I reached out to them a few times but they didn't respond, after being very responsive in the beginning. I haven't heard from them in over a year.

Re: creator deadline

Date: 2019-01-07 04:21 am (UTC)
amproof: (Default)
From: [personal profile] amproof
I mention this because I don't know if any other bidders are in the same boat, but it made me very reluctant to bid again. I didn't bid in the last auction. I would just donate to a charity without the stress of getting excited about having something created for me and then not receiving it. Do you have a policy in place for creators who don't come through, or a check-in system for creators who are struggling for whatever reason and know they won't make the deadline or need a new prompt or some other type of assistance?

Re: creator deadline

Date: 2019-01-09 04:37 am (UTC)
innie_darling: (lovely in motion)
From: [personal profile] innie_darling
That's good to know, because several of the creators whose ficcing skills I won flaked on me. I'm glad to have made the donations, obviously, but I wish I'd known there was a deadline or a way to note my situation. Thanks!

Re: creator deadline

Date: 2019-01-18 01:40 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] dalnimmoonlight
Sorry to butt in this conversation but I was wondering is there a way that the mods can do a list of people that are willing to be ‘back up fillers’ for these instances that the creator disappears and auction winners are left with nothing?

Re: creator deadline

Date: 2019-01-18 04:19 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] porcupinegirl
Our first year, we looked for pinch hitters when a couple of creators backed out soon after the auctions ended. Unfortunately, it turns out that having pinch hitters doesn't work well for this particular event for a few reasons.

For one thing, we have so many fandoms represented, we can't possibly have pinch hitters lined up for all of them. Plus, people often bid because they want very specific things - certain pairings, certain kinks/tropes, etc. We'd have to find pinch hitters that not only know that fandom, but also are willing to create to those specifications. (This was where our previous search for pinch hitters ran into trouble - we couldn't find anyone else to write for those pairings.) Plus, some of these auctions are for things like 50K+ fics, which is a lot to get from a pinch hitter.

And then there's the fact that, unlike with most fandom gift exchanges etc, bidders here are often bidding because they want that creator in particular. People who are willing to pay $100 for their favorite writer or artist may not want that item from anyone else.

Overall, given that it would be impossible for us to actually find enough/the right combo of pinch hitters to guarantee that everyone whose creator flakes out would have one, it's just not feasible for us to do it as a half-measure.

Re: creator deadline

Date: 2019-01-18 06:02 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] dalnimmoonlight
Okay I see the problem and the difficulty place on both the mods and the person willing to pinch hit.

Re: creator deadline

Date: 2019-01-07 08:45 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] wingmoon
Do we still have an year to finish our bids?
Edited Date: 2019-01-07 08:46 pm (UTC)

Date: 2018-12-31 10:25 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] nachodiablo
This looks amazing! Can't wait to sign up!

Date: 2019-01-06 07:06 pm (UTC)
fabrisse: (Default)
From: [personal profile] fabrisse
Sign-up sheet?

If you hadn't guessed, I'm looking forward to this. :-)

Date: 2019-01-06 07:30 pm (UTC)
anarchycox: (Default)
From: [personal profile] anarchycox
so excited how do we actually sign up?

Date: 2019-02-12 08:19 am (UTC)
green_wing: (Misc - Snarky Ships)
From: [personal profile] green_wing
Any chance of a request post for people looking for something specific? 🐱
Sometimes there might be an obscure fandom I look for but it’s not one that generally gets listed in auctions, it would be cool to ask for it and see if a maker might want to volunteer (then I know who to bid on during the auction 👍)

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