A fan-created, fan-run, nonprofit, noncommercial archive for transformative fanworks, like fanfiction, fanart, fan videos, and podfic
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The Archive of Our Own is a project of the Organization for Transformative Works.
With an AO3 account, you can:
- Share your own fanworks
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- Participate in challenges
- Keep track of works you've visited and works you want to check out later
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This large batch of updates includes a rewrite that killed several tag saving bugs, new tools and fixes to prevent abuse and customize your Archive experience, and a generous helping of behind-the-scenes improvements.
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At this time, all members of the OTW who are eligible to vote should have received an email linking to the voting instructions for 2021. The subject line was "Voting Instructions for Organization for Transformative Works (OTW) Board Election". Please note that anyone who didn’t receive this email is not on the voter rolls this year and will not receive a ballot.
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Every month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer's personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today's post is with Fiona M, who volunteers as an AO3 Documentation staffer.