BNHA Exchange Hub ✩
A series of SFW, themed gift exchanges for writers and artists under the My Hero Academia fandom.
Welcome! We run regular SFW gift exchanges for MHA with various themes! Check out a comprehensive list of our rules, schedules, and exchanges here. To join our discord server, click here.
Event Rules and FAQ ✩
Rules of our exchange and commonly asked questions. Breaking of the rules may result in being kicked from the event.Additional questions may be directed to our event's email at [email protected] or to the event accounts on tumblr and bluesky @bnhaexchangehub.
All participants should be 13+ as per AO3’s guidelines.
All participants are required to have a discord account and to join the server.
Be courteous. No hate speech or bullying will be tolerated.
All works must be SFW (i.e. rated G or T).
Gift should follow the theme and be tailored to the giftee's likes and Do Not Wants (DNWs) to the best of your abilities. Strictly no generative AI works.
Gifts must be centered around at least one ship requested by your giftee.
This event will not allow: NSFW, rape/non-con, x reader ships, adult/minor ships, and incest.
Gift requirements
Writers: A complete, standalone fic of at least 1k words. Multi-chapter works welcome, but they must be completed before the deadline.
Artists: An art piece with lineart and flat colours.
What is a gift exchange?
↳ A gift exchange is when participants are given an assignment with a list of their giftee's ships, likes, and dislikes, and are tasked to create a gift for them! In return, they will also receive a gift back!Who can participate?
↳ This is a SFW event, so anyone of any skill level is allowed to participate! However, we request that participants be 13+ by the time sign-ups open, as per AO3’s guidelines.Do I need an AO3 account to participate?
↳ Unfortunately, yes. This is because sign-ups and the matching process will all be done on AO3. For more information on AO3-run gift exchanges, check out the fanlore.
↳ We will have comprehensive guides for sign-ups and postings, so if you are new to AO3-run gift exchanges, fret not! We encourage your participation!Will there be a Discord server?
↳ Yes! It is compulsory to join if you are participating in an exchange. The link can be found here.I have a question for my giftee, who can I ask?
↳ Please direct any questions you have for your giftee to the mods, and we will handle communication between you two to preserve anonymity.
↳ Do not try to ask your giftee yourself and risk spoiling the surprise!What do I do if there is someone I do not want to be paired with?
↳ Please contact the mods via discord or email with your Do Not Match (DNM)'s AO3 username, and we will take it into account during the matching process. No explanation is required.
2026 Schedule ✩
Our planned themes for 2026. For a more detailed schedule, please refer to our current round’s information.
| Theme | Date |
|---|---|
| ROUND 1: RAREPAIR GALORE | 11th January to 26th April |
| ROUND 2: SUMMER FEST | 10th May to 23rd August |
| ROUND 3: VILLAINS MAYHEM | 6th September to 20th December |
Past Exchanges ✩
Find the works created for all our past exchanges here!
BNHA Gen Exchange
↳ A gift exchange focused on all gen dynamics in MHA!
↳ Status: Complete | AO3 collection
BNHA Rarepair Galore Exchange ✩
A gift exchange focused on the rarepairs of MHA!
AO3 collection
For this exchange, a rarepair is classified as any ship on AO3 with less than 500 works using the otp:true filter as of 1st January 2026. Find the list of disallowed ships here.Below is the schedule for this exchange. For a more detailed explanation on what the schedule entails, you may refer to the 'Profile' section of our AO3 collection.All timings are in EST.
| Schedule | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| Tag Nominations | 11th January, 10am | 17th January, 11:59pm |
| Sign-ups | 18th January, 10am | 25th January, 11:59pm |
| Assignments released | - | Latest by 1st February |
| Check-in | 8th March | 10th March |
| Gifts due | - | 12th April, 11:59pm |
| Gifts revealed | - | 19th April, 10am |
| Creators revealed | - | 26th April, 10am |
Ships Not Considered As Rarepairs ✩
Below is a list of disallowed ships, along with the approximate number of works they have on AO3 with the otp:true filter as of 1st January 2026.
Any other ship, be it slash (/) or non-romantic (&), will be allowed, following our event's rules!
Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku (31.5k works)
Bakugou Katsuki/Kirishima Eijirou (16.5k)
Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto (8.4k)
Dabi | Todoroki Touya/Takami Keigo | Hawks (8k)
Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yamada Hizashi | Present Mic (6.9k)
Bakugou Katsuki/Uraraka Ochako (4.2k)
Bakugou Katsuki & Midoriya Izuku (2.7k)
Kaminari Denki/Shinsou Hitoshi (2.7k)
Midoriya Izuku/Uraraka Ochako (2.5k)
Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Yagi Toshinori | All Might (2.4k)
Dabi | Todoroki Touya/Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko (2.1k)
Takami Keigo | Hawks/Todoroki Enji | Endeavor (2k)
Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Midoriya Izuku (1.8k)
Midoriya Izuku/Shinsou Hitoshi (1.2k)
Toga Himiko/Uraraka Ochako (1.2k)
Bakugou Katsuki/Shinsou Hitoshi (1.2k)
Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Midoriya Izuku (1.1k)
Todoroki Shouto/Yaoyorozu Momo (1.1k)
Midoriya Izuku & Yagi Toshinori | All Might (1k)
Bakugou Katsuki/Kaminari Denki (0.9k)
Sero Hanta/Todoroki Shouto (0.9k)
Jirou Kyouka/Kaminari Denki (0.9k)
Amajiki Tamaki/Toogata Mirio (0.8k)
Kirishima Eijirou/Midoriya Izuku (0.8k)
Jirou Kyouka/Yaoyorozu Momo (0.8k)
Midoriya Izuku/Shigaraki Tomura | Shimura Tenko (0.7k)
Bakugou Katsuki/Midoriya Izuku/Todoroki Shouto (0.7k)
Midoriya Izuku/Yagi Toshinori | All Might (0.7k)
Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead/Shinsou Hitoshi (0.6k)
Dabi | Todoroki Touya/Todoroki Shouto (0.6k)
Aizawa Shouta | Eraserhead & Shinsou Hitoshi (0.5k)
Midoriya Inko & Midoriya Izuku (0.5k)
Monoma Neito/Shinsou Hitoshi (0.5k)