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Nagamas is a fanfiction and fanart exchange for all games in the Fire Emblem franchise.

This exchange requires participants to be 18 or older in order to sign up.

An Archive of Our Own (AO3) account is required to participate. (Please contact the mods if you need an invite.)

SCHEDULE

Nominations open: Thursday October 16th, 2025, 11:59pm EST
Nominations close: Saturday October 25th, 2025, 11:59pm EST
Signups open: no later than Monday October 27th, 2025, 11:59pm EST
Signups close: Wednesday November 5th, 2025 11:59pm EST
Assignments out: no later than Friday November 7th, 2025 11:59pm EST
Assignments due: Wednesday January 7th, 2026, 11:59pm EST (countdown)
Pinch hit deadline: Wednesday January 14th, 2026, 11:59pm EST
Collection and creators revealed: no later than Thursday January 15th, 2026, 11:59pm EST

LINKS

AO3 collection
Tagset
Sign-up form
Automagic App for viewing requests
Last year's exchange (if you'd like to browse what kinds of gifts folks received last year!)


CONTACT

If you need to contact the mods please reach out via one of those methods:

(1) a a private message to the nagamas Dreamwidth account

(2) a comment on the mod contact post

(3) an email to the address merry.nagamas@gmail.com

SOCIAL MEDIA

Note that the following social media accounts are only for the purposes of (1) mirroring announcements about the exchange, and (2) reblogging/retweeting/etc gifts once the collection is open. This Dreamwidth page is the "canonical" source for communication about the exchange. DMs/messages to these accounts may not be answered promptly or at all.

nagamas @ Tumblr
fe_nagamas @ Twitter
nagamas @ Bluesky

HOW-TO

For those who are new to AO3-based fan exchanges, here's a high-level overview of how this works:

(1) During the nominations period, you will nominate the characters and/or relationships you want to request during the exchange.

(2) During the signup period, you will request what gifts you'd like, using the tags that were nominated during the nominations period, and optionally you'll write prompts to further specify what kind of gift you'd like to see from your gifter. You will also offer what game/characters/ships you're willing to make a gift for.

(3) Once sign-ups close, after the matching algorithm has run, you will receive an email with your assignment.

(4) Once the deadline has passed and everyone has a gift (the deadline will be extended if not everyone has a gift yet), all gifts will be simultaneously revealed, and you'll receive an email with a link to your gift.

More details for all these steps are below.

NOMINATIONS )

SIGNUPS )

ASSIGNMENTS )

FULFILLING )

TREATS )

REVEALS )
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These pinch hits are due Wednesday January 14th, 2026, 11:59pm EST. (Note that this is one week later than the deadline for regular assignments.)

To claim a pinch hit: either

(1) send us an email at merry.nagamas@gmail.com , OR
(2) send a DM to the [personal profile] nagamas account, OR
(3) reply to this post (all comments will be screened).

In your message, please include your AO3 username and the number of the pinch hit you want to take.

This post will be updated as soon as each pinch hit is claimed.



Pinch Hit #1: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (art or fic) )



Pinch Hit #7: Fire Emblem Crossovers, Fire Emblem Shadows, Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 (Fic) )



Pinch Hit #8: Fire Emblem: Fates, Fire Emblem: Awakening (fic) )
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Happy new year, everyone!

We have one new pinch hit in addition to two previously-announced pinch hits that have not yet been claimed.

Remember that we won't open the collection until everyone has a gift, so if you're able to fill a pinch hit (or if you know someone who can), you'll be doing a huge part in helping us open on time.

These pinch hits are due Wednesday January 14th, 2026, 11:59pm EST. (Note that this is one week later than the deadline for regular assignments.)

To claim a pinch hit: either

(1) send us an email at merry.nagamas@gmail.com , OR
(2) send a DM to the [personal profile] nagamas account, OR
(3) reply to this post (all comments will be screened).

In your message, please include your AO3 username and the number of the pinch hit you want to take.

This post will be updated as soon as each pinch hit is claimed.



Pinch Hit #1: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (art or fic) )



Pinch Hit #3: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (art) )



Pinch Hit #6: Fire Emblem: Three Houses; Fire Emblem: Three Hopes (art or fic) )
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Reminder that gifts are due Wednesday January 7th, 2026, 11:59pm EST (countdown).

If you don’t think you’ll be able to complete your gift, you can default penalty-free anytime before the deadline. (If you default or no-show after the deadline, you won’t be able to participate in Nagamas the following year.)

Also: we now have one new pinch hit in addition to two previously-announced pinch hits that have not yet been claimed.

Remember that we won't open the collection until everyone has a gift, so if you're able to fill a pinch hit (or if you know someone who can), you'll be doing a huge part helping us open on time.

These pinch hits are due Wednesday January 7th, 2026, 11:59pm EST (countdown).

To claim a pinch hit: either

(1) send us a mail at merry.nagamas@gmail.com , OR
(2) send a DM to the [personal profile] nagamas account, OR
(3) reply to this post (all comments will be screened).

In your message, please include your AO3 username and the number of the pinch hit you want to take.

This post will be updated as soon as each pinch hit is claimed.



Pinch Hit #1: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (art or fic) )



Pinch Hit #3: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (art) )



Pinch Hit #5: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn (fic) )
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We hope you’re having fun making your gifts!

This is a reminder that gifts are due Wednesday January 7th, 2026, 11:59pm EST (countdown).

If you don’t think you’ll be able to complete your gift, you can default penalty-free anytime before the deadline. (If you default or no-show after the deadline, you won’t be able to participate in Nagamas the following year.)

Also: we current have one new pinch hit plus two previously-announced pinch hits that have not yet been claimed.

To claim a pinch hit: either

(1) send us a mail at merry.nagamas@gmail.com , OR
(2) send a DM to the [personal profile] nagamas account, OR
(3) reply to this post (all comments will be screened).

In your message, please include your AO3 username and the number of the pinch hit you want to take.

This post will be updated as soon as each pinch hit is claimed.



Pinch Hit #1: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (art or fic) )



Pinch Hit #3: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (art) )



Pinch Hit #4: Fire Emblem Crossovers (Fates, PoR/RD, Three Houses), Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn (art or fic) )
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These pinch hits are due on Wednesday January 7th, 2026, 11:59pm EST.

Reminder that the minimum work requirements for this exchange are:
* it includes one of the recipient's tags (that is, a character or relationship they requested)
* it is in the medium they requested (fic and/or art)
* if fic: minimum 500 words
* if art: one finished piece of original art, digital or traditional, on clean, unlined paper
* does not include any of their listed DNWs (Do-Not-Wants)

To claim a pinch hit: either

(1) send us a mail at merry.nagamas@gmail.com , OR
(2) send a DM to the [personal profile] nagamas account, OR
(3) reply to this post (all comments will be screened).

In your message, please include your AO3 username and the number of the pinch hit you want to take.

This post will be updated as soon as this pinch hit is claimed.



Pinch Hit #1: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (art or fic) )



Pinch Hit #2: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (art or fic) )



Pinch Hit #3: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (art) )
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This pinch hit is due on Wednesday January 7th, 2026, 11:59pm EST.

Reminder that the minimum work requirements for this exchange are:
* it includes one of the recipient's tags (that is, a character or relationship they requested)
* it is in the medium they requested (fic and/or art)
* if fic: minimum 500 words
* if art: one finished piece of original art, digital or traditional, on clean, unlined paper
* does not include any of their listed DNWs (Do-Not-Wants)

To claim a pinch hit: either

(1) send us a mail at merry.nagamas@gmail.com , OR
(2) send a DM to the [personal profile] nagamas account, OR
(3) reply to this post (all comments will be screened).

In your message, please include your AO3 username and the number of the pinch hit you want to take.

This post will be updated as soon as this pinch hit is claimed.



Pinch Hit #1: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (art or fic) )
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You can find your assignment:

* at your assignments page: https://archiveofourown.org/users/YOUR_USERNAME_HERE/assignments ,

* at the sidebar of the Nagamas collection when you are logged in, and

* in your email.

If there's any problem with your assignment (doesn't match any of your offers, did not receive it, etc) let us know ASAP! Otherwise, see you at the deadline.

The deadline for turning in assignments is Wednesday January 7th, 2026, 11:59pm EST (what time is that for me?), (countdown). Remember that the requirements for a Nagamas gift are:

* includes one of your recipient's tags (that is, a character or relationship they requested)
* is in the medium they requested (fic and/or art)
* if fic: minimum 500 words
* if art: one finished piece of original art, digital or traditional, on clean, unlined paper

But I want to make even MORE stuff

That's great! You're welcome to create treats for folks, if anyone's prompts/requests look particularly fun. (The Automagic app makes it easy to look at all the requests. Remember, you can only treat folks who've indicated that they're open to treats on their requests.)

And, if anyone drops out of the exchange before the deadline, pinch hits will be posted here (and cross-posted to our other social media accounts). So keep an eye on this space if you'd like to grab any extra prompts to fill!

If you have any questions about fulfilling your assignment or creating treats, please read our instructions here, and if you still have any questions, you're always welcome to reach out to us via a Dreamwidth private message, by a comment on the mod contact post, or an email to merry.nagamas@gmail.com.
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Thanks to everyone who signed up!

What happens next?

The mods will run the matching algorithm & perform any "tweaks" that need to occur (honoring do-not-match requests, etc).

Once we've carefully checked that all matches are satisfactory, we'll send assignments out.

We anticipate sending assignments out no later than Friday November 7th, 2025 11:59pm EST (countdown). (We don't anticipate any delays past that, but if there are, they would be announced here.)

If there are any initial pinch hits, those will also be posted at the time assignments go out.

In the meantime, hang tight—we're excited to get your assignments to you!
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Signups are open and will be until Wednesday November 5th, 2025 11:59pm EST (countdown).

The tagset is here and the automagic app to look at requests is here.

A few quick notes:

* Be sure to specify whether you're open to treats! Treats are extra gifts made for you by someone who is NOT your assigned creator. If someone sees your requests & likes them, they may make you an extra gift... but only if you specify that you're open to that kind of surprise.

* There are lots of nominations in the "Crossovers" fandom this year—so if you're familiar with more than one Fire Emblem game, be sure to check out the options there! You may find something you'd love to request or create. (You can always view all nominated tags at the tagset.)

* Finally, if you do not which to be matched with a specific person, please read the sign-up guide for instructions for how to reach out to the mods with your request.

If you have any other questions after reading the signup guide, feel free to reach out to us. We'd like to make participating as easy as possible, even if you're new to AO3.
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Thanks to everyone for getting their nominations in.

The mods will now be spend some time cleaning up the tagset & double-checking that everything is ready for signups.

If you notice any issues with the tags you nominated, please contact us ASAP to let us know.

Signups will open no later than Monday October 27th, 11:59pm EST (countdown). (If we're extra-speedy cleaning up tags, we might open signups a bit earlier than that.)

We'll announce here and on Tumblr/Twitter/Bluesky when signups are ready!
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As of the time of this posting, all currently-pending nominations have been reviewed. You can see the full list of all characters/relationships that have been approved at the tagset here.

If a tag you nominated appears to be missing from the tagset, please double-check: it's possible your tag was simply moved to a different category, or was renamed slightly (e.g. "Byleth/Claude" instead of "Claude/Byleth"), but is still present.

If you still can't find the tag you're looking for, please check that your nomination fit the guidelines. In particular: only Fire Emblem fandoms are allowed, and you must individually name each character in a ship (so "The Golden Deer" is too general, but individually naming "Ignatz & Hilda & Lorenz" would be fine).

You can continue to nominate here through the end of the day on October 25th and you can always contact the mods if you have any questions.
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It's been almost 48 hours since nominations opened!

All currently-pending nominations have been reviewed. You can list the full list of all characters/relationships that have been approved at the tagset here.

A reminder that we won't approve nominations that involve group names. For instance, "Dimitri & Blue Lions" won't be approved for Three Houses, nor would "The Shepherds" be approved for Awakening. This is to avoid ambiguity/misunderstandings. You are welcome to nominate a small group by spelling out the specific individual characters you're interested in. For instance, "Claude & Hilda & Lorenz" for Three Houses would be fine.

Nominations will remain open through the end of the day on October 25th and you can always contact the mods if you have any questions.

Edited to add: Note that "Fire Emblem Series" is too general; you should submit tags for a specific Fire Emblem game/universe. If you submit tags for "Fire Emblem Series" and they are rejected, that's probably why—but don't fret; we have just moved that tag to the appropriate subcategory. (If you look at the tagset and don't see your tags in the appropriate subcategory, reach out to us and we'll see what went wrong.)
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Nominations are now open! You can nominate here on AO3!

Remember: if you want to request a particular ship or character during the sign-up period, make sure you nominate that character or ship before nominations close!

Nominations will close on October 25th, 2025 at 11:59pm EST (countdown).

The guidelines on how to nominate can be found here.

If the mod team has any questions about the nominations we receive, they will be posted to this Dreamwidth community.

And as always, if you have any questions for us, you can contact the mods via a Dreamwidth private message, by a comment on the mod contact post, or an email to merry.nagamas@gmail.com.
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This year, nominations begin on October 16th, sign-ups will begin on October 27th, and gifts will be due on January 7th. (You can view all the details here.)

Once again, we are running the exchange on AO3, so now is a great time to make an AO3 account if you don't already have one! (Please contact the mods if you don't have any way to make an account and we'll help.)

We'll make another post promoting the event closer to when nominations open, but we wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to get those dates on the calendar as early as possible, since we know other exchanges are happening around the same time.

In the meantime, put those dates on your calendar & get excited!
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The pinch hit deadline has passed! One last pinch hit requested a brief extension & will be turned in very shortly. All other works are in!

Therefore we're planning to reveal the collection on Saturday January 18th at 3:00pm EST (countdown).

Keep your eyes peeled; all the gifts are looking fantastic so far. See you Saturday.
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The collection is now open! Go enjoy all the lovely gifts!

If your gift contains something that was listed in your Do Not Wants or there are other problems, please contact us ASAP either via DM to the [personal profile] nagamas account or via email at merry.nagamas@gmail.com.

Also: if you would like to cross-post your gift to any other platforms, you are now free to do so. If you tag the official Nagamas account(s) when you do so, we will reblog/retweet/etc your work. The official Nagamas accounts are:

Tumblr: nagamas
Twitter: fe_nagamas
Bluesky: nagamas

Commentings on gifts isn't mandatory, but it's very much encouraged!



This was Nagamas's first year with a new moderation team and first year on AO3. Below, please find:

(1) how we feel the changes to this year's exchange went,
(2) the changes we're planning to make for next year's exchange, and finally
(3) a request for any feedback you all have about how the exchange could be better.

CHANGES WE MADE THIS YEAR )

THINGS WE KEPT THE SAME )

CHANGES WE'RE PLANNING TO MAKE FOR NEXT YEAR )

CHANGES WE'D LIKE FEEDBACK ABOUT )

CHANGES WE'RE OPEN TO FEEDBACK ABOUT )

You can leave any feedback on this post (all comments here are public), or in private (via an email to merry.nagamas@gmail.com, a DM to [personal profile] nagamas, or this anonymous Google form, which will be kept open to responses for a few weeks after the exchange's end).

Thanks again, everyone <3
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These pinch hits are due on January 17th, 2025, 12:01am EST.

Reminder that minimum work requirements for this exchange are: one complete fanfic of at least 500 words, or one finished piece of original art, digital or traditional, on clean, unlined paper.

To claim a pinch hit: either

(1) send us a mail at merry.nagamas@gmail.com , OR
(2) send a DM to the [personal profile] nagamas account, OR
(3) reply to this post (all comments will be screened).

In your message, please include your AO3 username and the number of the pinch hit you want to take.

This post will be updated as these pinch hits are claimed.


Pinch Hit #4: Fire Emblem Engage (fic), Fire Emblem: Three Houses (fic), Fire Emblem: Awakening (fic), Fire Emblem: Fates (fic) )

Pinch Hit #5: Fire Emblem: Awakening (art), Fire Emblem: Fates (art), Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (art) )

Pinch Hit #6: Fire Emblem: Heroes (art or fic), Fire Emblem crossovers (art or fic) )

Pinch Hit #7: Fire Emblem: Fates (art or fic), Fire Emblem: Three Houses (art or fic), Fire Emblem: Awakening (art or fic), Fire Emblem: Engage (art) )

Pinch Hit #8: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (art or fic), Fire Emblem: Fates (art or fic), Fire Emblem: New Mystery of the Emblem (art or fic) )

Pinch Hit #9: Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (art or fic), Fire Emblem: Three Houses (art or fic), Fire Emblem Engage (art or fic) )
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Thanks to everyone who already uploaded their gift, and to those who already reached out asking for extensions!

Post-deadline pinch hits will be posted shortly.
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This pinch hit is due on January 10th, 2025, 12:01am EST.

To claim a pinch hit: either

(1) send us a mail at merry.nagamas@gmail.com , OR
(2) send a DM to the [personal profile] nagamas account, OR
(3) reply to this post (all comments will be screened).

In your message, please include your AO3 username and the number of the pinch hit you want to take.

This post will be updated once the pinch hit is claimed.

Pinch Hit #3: Fire Emblem: Fates (art or fic), Fire Emblem: Three Houses (art or fic), Fire Emblem: Blazing Sword (art or fic), or Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (art or fic) )
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