2003 December 24, Erin Blair, “[all-xf] NEW: A View from the Door 1/1 by Erin M. Blair”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[1] (Usenet):
This story is written for the MSRPreservation Society's Santa Gift Fic Challenge, and this is a giftfic for Sam.
2005 December 23, Erin Blair, “[all-xf] NEW: Never Again Aftermath 1/1 by Erin M. Blair”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[2] (Usenet):
This is a MSRPreservationSociety's Secret Santa giftfic for Devin.
2014, Henna Sorvari, "'I Have Another D/G Pottering Around In My Brain': Identity construction on a Harry Potter fanfiction forum", thesis submitted to the University of Jyväskylä, page 5:
Ideas may be toyed around with on a forum, someone may request a gift fic (fanfiction that someone else writes for the requester as a gift) […]
2018, Susanna Kate Coleman, "Professional Women's Fan Fiction As Literacy Practice And Online Community", dissertation submitted to The University of Alabama, page 75:
In the time since the community wrote MissFisherFan's gift fic, composing birthday stories has become what MissFisherFan calls "a tradition," and she has since participated in creating two gift fics for other community members.
2019, Bridget Liang & Catherine Duchastel de Montrouge, "An Editorial of Sorts", Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, Volume 8, Number 2, April 2019, page 8:
These gift fics are often requests by neurodivergent fans for stories about a beloved character going through something they're going through usually with a positive outcome.
2019, Johnathan H. Pope, Shakespeare’s Fans: Adapting the Bard in the Age of Media Fandom, page 87:
Likewise, aTableofGreen's "13th Night: Malvolio's Revenge" is identified as "a Shakespeare Birthday Exchange gift for the wonderful runecestershire based on his title prompt." Fan fiction archives are populated with numerous examples of 'gift fic,' […]
2020, Deanna Almquist, "Comments, Gifts and Kudos: Community and Gift Economy in Harry Potter Fanfiction", thesis submitted to Minnesota State University, page 14:
Often, I have observed gift-fics to be shorter in length, often of a pairing that the gift recipient enjoys.
Noun: "(fandom slang, countable) a fanfic which focuses on the giving of a gift or gifts, such as during Christmas"[edit]
1998 December 14, soco...@mindspring.com, “Speculation and giftfic”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[3] (Usenet):
Of course, I'm halfway through my giftfic, which I think should be this year's version of the obligala, so everyone who's speculating, get writing instead!! C'mon, folks, it's Christmas -- get over all the complaints on the season so far and have a little fun with it! As for what they were ... well, I'm not giving away my story, but Mulder's had to be a video. It was the right size and shape, and when he shook it, that's what it sounded like.
1998 December 18, Houng Te, “Re: Giftfic”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[4] (Usenet):
I'm still waiting for someone to write a giftfic where Scully gets soap on a rope or Mulder get soap on a rope.
Noun: "(fandom slang, uncountable) such fan fiction collectively"[edit]
1998 December 14, Alli, “Re: WHAT WERE THEY??!!”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[5] (Usenet):
OK, this has been a really cool thread that has actually focused on tons of topics I feel obligated to write on. For one: I think if Chris had racked his little brain he would have come up with some presents that most people would have thought ok, but think about all the possibilities now! We have a whole new genre to play around with: giftfic!
1998 December 18, Daydream59, “Giftfic”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[6] (Usenet):
With the slew of giftfic stories, I'm curious -- What gifts did you find to be the most believable and/or most appropriate and fitting for our two [Mulder and Scully] to exchange?
1998 December 20, verb...@hotmail.com, “MSR humor fanfic challenge.”, in alt.tv.x-files.creative[7] (Usenet):
The mailing lists have been slow, and while I've seen quite a bit of Giftfic here, it just isn't enough!