giftstuck | On the due date confusion

The due date for this exchange was, and always has been listed as, December 21 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. This was stated very clearly on our Tumblr, on our Dreamwidth, and on our Ao3 profile, and repeated numerous times in updates on both Tumblr and Dreamwidth.

It has come to our attention that when assignments were sent out, Ao3 automatically and mistakenly included a statement that the due date was December 28, which is actually the date that works are meant to be revealed. We apologize for this confusion. However, in the message that we included in that very same email, it was reiterated that the due date was actually December 21. We were unaware of the confusion until now. However, it is very disappointing that rather than contacting us to clarify, some participants simply decided on their own to go with the later date and not question why two different dates were included in the same message.

Earlier today we automatically defaulted all participants who had not uploaded a work, and who had neither defaulted on their own nor asked for an extension. We did this because the deadline had passed, and because we needed to do so in order to effectively seek out pinch hitters so that everyone would receive a gift. If you were mistakenly defaulted, we apologize and hope that you will contact us to clear things up. (Everyone affected by this should have received an email).

To those who have requested extensions: Don’t worry, this post isn’t directed at you. You have until your extension runs out to post your work.

To all participants: We greatly appreciate your participation in Giftstuck. Thank you all for working so hard!