Posts in Open Doors Committee
The OTW is Recruiting for Communications, Internal Complaint and Conflict Resolution, and Open Doors Volunteers
Are you passionate about fostering a safer and more supportive volunteering environment within the OTW? Do you like planning events? Do you like communicating with fans about the OTW and fandom in general? Are you interested in the rescue and preservation of fanworks? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting! We’re excited to announce the opening of applications for: Internal Complaint and Conflict Resolution Volunteer – closing 09 September 2026 at 23:59 UTC Communications Event Coordinator – closing 09 September 2026 at 23:59 UTC or after 60 applications Communications Posting Volunteer – closing 09 September 2026 at 23:59 UTC or after 60 applications Open Doors… Read more
The OTW is Recruiting for Open Doors Technical Volunteers, Tag Wrangling Volunteers, and Translation Translators
Do you know SQL and Python or other programming languages and want to rescue at-risk fan archives? Would you like to wrangle AO3 tags? Can you read and translate from Chinese to English? Would you like to translate AO3 tags from another language to English? Are you fluent in a language other than English? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting! We’re excited to announce the opening of applications for: Open Doors Technical Volunteer – closing 22 July 2026 at 23:59 UTC or after 30 applications Tag Wrangling Volunteer – closing 22 July 2026 at 23:59 UTC or after 110 applications Tag Wrangling Volunteer (Chinese)… Read more
The Mass Effect Kink Meme is Moving to AO3
The Mass Effect Kink Meme a prompt meme for the Mass Effect games, is being imported to the Archive of Our Own (AO3). In this post: A bit of background explanation What this means for creators who have works on The Mass Effect Kink Meme And what to do if you still have questions Background explanation The archive is being imported to AO3 to preserve the works and make them available to a wider audience. The purpose of the Open Doors Committee’s Online Archive Rescue Project is to assist moderators of archives to incorporate the fanworks from those archives into the Archive of Our Own…. Read more
Kraith Collected is Being Copied to AO3!
Kraith Collected, a collection of Star Trek zines set in the Kraith universe, is importing a copy of the zines’ fanworks to the Archive of Our Own (AO3). In this post: A bit of background explanation What this means for creators who had work(s) in Kraith Collected And what to do if you still have questions Background explanation Kraith Collected is a series of works in the Kraith universe, a series of Star Trek: The Original Series fanfictions, many originally published in other zines. Each volume contains works by Jacqueline Lichtenberg and other writers whose works went through several rounds of edits to be given… Read more
Manacles Press’s Fanzines are Moving to the AO3!
Manacles Press, publisher of various fanzines including Nudge Nudge Wink Wink (Professionals), McPikus Interruptus (Wiseguy), and Consupiscence (multifandom), is importing the zines’ fanworks to the Archive of Our Own (AO3). In this post: A bit of background explanation What this means for creators who had work(s) in Manacles Press’s fanzines And what to do if you still have questions Background explanation Manacles Press was run by Megan Kent and Charlotte C. Hill in the 1990’s, publishing both anthology and novel zines. Megan and Charlotte are happy to archive these works in an effort to preserve fannish history and to keep the fanworks available and free…. Read more