Renault Exchange

Challenge
Name:	Renault Exchange
Date(s):	2014-16
Moderator(s):	Naraht, Makioka
Founder:	Naraht, Makioka
Type:	gift exchange
Fandom:	Mary Renault
Associated Community:	http://renaultx.dreamwidth.org/
URL:	Archive on AO3
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A fanfic exchange for Mary Renault's novels, run on the Mary Renault fic exchange Dreamwidth community. It was founded on 8 March 2014 by Naraht and Makioka.

Since only a limited number novels are eligible, there is no nomination period; and the exchange starts with sign-ups. Participants are required to offer a minimum of two novels unless offering The Charioteer, and required to request a minimum of two novels unless requesting The Charioteer. (The Charioteer can be offered or requested on its own.) A minimum of two and a maximum of eight characters have to be requested/offered.

The first Renault Exchange was held in 2014, and limited to the author's modern novels. In 2015, the exchange was expanded to include the historical novels, and participants were limited to asking for a maximum of six novels. The Exchange was last run in 2016.

2014

Sign-ups ran from 16 to 23 March 2014, and assignments went out on 27 March. The deadline for submitting stories was 4 May (9 May for pinch hits); and stories were revealed on 11 May.

There were seven participants: Naraht, Makioka, zeen, dirtybinary, Lilliburlero, AJHall, and amoama. They produced a total of 16 works:

• Based on Return to Night:
  • How pleased along thy willowed edge by Naraht for Makioka
  • Not a career any longer by Naraht for AJHall
  • In that dark womb by Naraht for Lilliburlero
  • I find you're here by Naraht for Makioka
• Based on The Charioteer (excluding crossovers):
  • Souvenirs by Lilliburlero for amoama
  • in empty streets by Makioka for dirtybinary
  • knock, breathe, shine, and seek to mend by zeen for amoama
  • A permanent air by Lilliburlero for zeen
  • "Alternate Ending, With Zombies" by dirtybinary for Makioka
  • The Stars Threw Down Their Spears by dirtybinary for zeen
  • Staverton, Hollywood by amoama for Makioka
• Crossover between Return to Night, The Charioteer, and Purposes of Love:
  • Rare Accidents by Lilliburlero for Naraht
• Crossovers between The Charioteer and Antonia Forest's Marlows series:
  • To Strive, To Seek by AJHall for Lilliburlero
  • Worldly Duty by Lilliburlero for Naraht
  • A backward and dilapidated province by Lilliburlero for AJHall
• Crossover between The Charioteer and Captain America:
  • Captain Britain by Makioka for dirtybinary

2015

Sign-ups ran from 1 to 8 February, and assignments went out on the 10th. The deadline for dropping out was 5 April, with 8 April as the pinch-hit deadline. Initially, the exchange was supposed to go live on the 11th. However, on 9 April, it was announced that the release was being put back for a week, Stories were actually released on 19 April, at about 9 PM British time.

There were ten participants: Naraht, disenchanted, zopyrus, greerwatson, AJHall, fawatson, makioka, zeen, Lilliburlero, and toujours_nigel (the last of whom had to drop out). They produced a total of twenty works.

• Based on Mary Renault's historical novels (excluding crossovers):
  • The Golden Bond by AJHall for fawatson (The Mask of Apollo, The Alexander Trilogy)
  • Valuing One's Winnings by fawatson for zopyrus (The Last of the Wine)
  • Differences of Opinion by Makioka for fawatson (The Alexander Trilogy)
• Based on Purposes of Love (excluding crossovers):
  • Hygienic Necessities by fawatson for Lilliburlero
• Based on Return to Night (excluding crossovers):
  • When first we practice by Naraht for Lilliburlero
  • through the death of some of her by Naraht for Makioka
  • A Certain Lack of Decorum by Makioka for Naraht
  • A reasonable doubt by Naraht for AJHall
• Based on The Charioteer (excluding crossovers):
  • Last evening down on Lover's Lane by Lilliburlero for disenchanted
  • Une Journée de Juillet by Lilliburlero for Naraht (NOTE: poem)
  • Dear Reg by greerwatson for zeen
  • Something Between by disenchanted for greerwatson
  • In the Gutter, Looking Up by zeen for disenchanted
  • Tears in a Tumbler by greerwatson for toujours_nigel
  • Words to confirm and delight by Lilliburlero for Naraht
  • Ghost Made Flesh by greerwatson for zeen
• Crossovers involving one or more of Renault's novels and other sources:
  • Rumpole and the Constricted Pupil by AJHall for toujours_nigel
    Crossover between The Charioteer, Antonia Forest's Marlows series, and Rumpole of the Bailey
  • Sympathy and sulphur by Lilliburlero for Makioka
    Crossover between Return to Night and E. F. Benson's David Blaize
  • You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby? by oonaseckar for toujours_nigel
    Crossover between The Charioteer and Star Trek
  • Most still, most secret and most grave by Lilliburlero for AJHall
    Crossover between The Mask of Apollo (modern AU), The Charioteer, Return to Night, Purposes of Love, and Antonia Forest's Marlows series

2016

Sign-ups ran from 14 to 20 March, and assignments went out on the 27th. The deadline for dropping out was 1 May, with 14 May as the deadline.