Yuletide 2025 Beta Offers

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If you're willing to act as a beta for Yuletide 2025, this form is an UNOFFICIAL way that you can let people know of your availability. The form is in four parts:

(1) your contact info;
(2) your beta offers;
(3) your logistical information and restrictions; and
(4) your category/rating/content restrictions.

If you're looking for lists of the fandoms for inspiration or copy-paste purposes, check:

the tag set (sorted by media type): https://archiveofourown.org/tag_sets/25101
the tag set and letters app: https://tagset2025.web.app/#/
a bookmarklet that will let you check off fandoms on the tag set and generate a comma-separated list of just those fandoms: http://random.fangirling.net/fun/yuletide/taglist_filter.html
an online tool that will quickly turn a comma-separated list into a list separated by line breaks: https://convert.town/comma-separated-list-to-column
and the signup summary (sorted by requests and offers): https://archiveofourown.org/collections/yuletide2025/signups/summary

You can see the resulting spreadsheet here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J0VHD3RF9RjTGVbDDs3PKoKZMjeyss3lfX9eBRvDJ4A/edit?usp=sharing

The contact details of respondents will be removed from this spreadsheet after Yuletide 2025 is over.

Questions or problems? Email yuletideadmin@gmail.com or comment at the DW announcement post (no login required): Link TBD

Email *

AO3 Name *

If you're not participating in Yuletide, you can respond "n/a"; this question is here to avoid asking someone to beta their own gift.

Beta Offers

List the type of beta or expertise you're willing to offer. You'll be able to set restrictions on these offers in the next section. Each question is a separate offer, not a sub-category of prior offers.

Any fandom: SPAG-only checks

Are you willing to check stories for spelling, punctuation, and grammar (SPAG) regardless of fandom?

Yes

Any fandom: non-English languages

List one or more non-English languages that you're willing to consult on, or beta-read the relevant parts of the story regarding. If the answer is "none," please leave this blank. If you're listing more than one, PLEASE HIT "ENTER" AFTER EACH ITEM - ie:

Spanish

te reo Māori

Any fandom: places

Please list the geographical locations for which you're willing to brainstorm, consult, or beta-read the relevant parts of the story. Examples: Cairo (present-day), US Southwest in the 1900s. If the answer is "none," please leave this blank. If you're listing more than one, PLEASE HIT "ENTER" AFTER EACH ITEM, ie:

Greece

Ireland

Any fandom: other expertise

Please list the non-place areas of expertise for which you're willing to brainstorm, consult, or beta-read the relevant parts of the story. (Examples: ballet, math, publishing industry, ADHD, horror genre.) If the answer is "none," please leave this blank. If you're listing more than one, PLEASE HIT "ENTER" AFTER EACH ITEM, ie:

Ballet history

Professional basketball

Specific fandoms

For this question, the default assumption is that you're offering a canon-compliance check for each fandom AND a general beta (for example, comments on pacing, SPAG, or plot holes). If you're only offering canon-compliance checks for some fandoms, put a note after the fandom's name. Please COPY THE FANDOM NAMES from the tag set or the sign-up summary. If the answer is "none," please leave this blank. If you're listing more than one, PLEASE HIT "ENTER" AFTER EACH FANDOM, ie:

Steins;Gate - anime only

Mátyás király | Matthias Rex - Kubinyi András

Shades of Grey - Jasper Fforde - canon compliance check only

Logistics

Maximum length of fic *

Please indicate the longest fic you are generally available to beta. (You can expand on this in a later question if you need to.)

1,000-5,000 words

5,000-10,000 words

10,000 words and up

Contact no later than *

Stories are due 17th December at 9pm UTC. Generally speaking, how far in advance do you need a story in order to beta it? (You can expand on this in a later question if you need to.)

I'm available until the last minute.

A couple of days before the deadline.

About a week before the deadline.

Two weeks or more before the deadline.

Other logistical notes

For instance: you're unavailable during X week; you can only use Word or Google Docs; you'll read a story of any length in your favorite fandom. Please don't discuss triggers, squicks, or other content restrictions here; that goes in the next section.

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