Welcome to the Stucky Big Bang Challenge!



FAQ

What is a Big Bang?

A Big Bang is a fan challenge which asks artists and writers join forces to create beautiful transformative works for their fandom. Writers pitch an idea for a fanfiction and artists claim fics that they are interested in. Then the writer and artist work together to post a completed fanfiction that is accompanied by custom artwork by a set deadline. Everybody benefits, especially the fandom.

What are the bare bones expectations?

We will require an email you check reliably often to send information through. We will require you to check this blog regularly for updates The word count minimum for this years big bang is 20K words. Authors are expected to meet this requirement and publish their work by the deadline. Each fanfiction must have at least one art piece accompanying it. Artists are expected to finish and publish each artwork by the deadline.

Is my idea eligible?

Does your idea include Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes as a main pairing? Then your fic is eligible! We allow poly, provided Steve and Bucky are part of the relationship. Crossovers are permitted as long as Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes are still in there. It’s fine if your idea isn’t overtly romantic, as long as Steve and Bucky’s relationship is a part of the fic we’re happy. However, works with Steve/Bucky as a side pairing will not be accepted. No kinkshaming is permitted; however, all kinks must be tagged when published, as well as any major content warnings. Basically anything within the context of stucky is good to go as long as it’s tagged appropriately.

2017 Schedule

March 20: Sign ups open April 25: Author Sign Ups close 11PM MST May 20: Author’s Summaries and 5000 word draft due 12:00 Midnight MST May 28: Summaries available to view June 7: Artist Sign ups Close 12:00 Midnight MST June 8: Claims Open 11:00pm MST What time is that for me? July 15: Mandatory Check in for Everyone August 12: Due Date (tweaks and editing can still be done) August 18: Posting Begins Weekend August 18-21: Everything is Posted (hard deadline. Both Fics and Art MUST be complete and posted by 12 Midnight MST August 21) The times are what they are. They’re what we could make work for everyone involved in running the bang as we’re scattered in different time zones. They are non negotiable.

Rules for Authors

Authors write a fanfic and pitch the summary to artists who will make art for the fic. The minimum word count expected is 20 000 words. We’ll require a 5000 word draft by 12 Midnight MST May 20, This is ¼ of the expected minimum word count. Authors may either: start writing after you sign up or continue working on something they are already writing provided it isn’t published. After the sign up close, Authors will have three and a half months to complete their fic. We’ll also require each over 20 000 word fic submitted to us by 12 Midnight MST August 12. Authors can do some minor editing if needed between then and the posting date, but the fic must be ready to publish on August 18. You can write more than one fic if you wish, but do not submit more than one summary unless you are certain you can complete all works by the due date. Communication with your artist is not only recommended, but required. You at least need to make your current draft available by the July 15 check in so the artist can begin working on their piece. Works cannot be published until August 18 arrives and must be fully published by end of day August 21. When published, any major archive warnings must be added if applicable.Tags must include any and all common triggers and squicks that may occur in your fic. There will also be a AO3 collection open for the Big Bang. You can submit more than one fic if you really want to and you know both will be finished. Your fic must be submitted to us by 12 Midnight MST August 12 or it will not be included in the masterlist or AO3 collection.

Summary and Draft Submission

Summaries and drafts will both be submitted through email to stuckybigbangsubmissions@gmail.com. Drafts should either be through a link to a google dog or an attached word file. Summary information will follow this format: Username: Profile URL: Email: Title: Rating: (G/ PG/ M/ E) Archive Warnings: (None, Graphic Violence, Rape/Noncon, Major Character Death, Underage) Important Tags: (any additional warnings/type of au/important things to know. please limit yourself to 8 tags max) Summary: (keep it to a 8 sentence max, one paragraph) You may submit each as soon as you are certain of what you’re writing. Summaries and Drafts must be submitted by May 20 at 12 Midnight MST. Final submission on August 12 will also be done through email.

Rules for Artists

You will need a minimum of one finished piece per fic you claim. Art can be a drawing, painting (either traditional or digital), gifsets, graphics, fanvids, fanmixes, manips, songwriting provided it can be recorded and posted, 3D art including fibre, sculpture, bookmaking, craft, provided it can be photographed. Fanvids must be at least 1 minute and 30 seconds. Fanmixes must be at least 10 tracks and have a front and back cover. Gifsets must include at least eight gifs. Consult the author on any squicks/triggers they may have before making your piece. Art pieces are not to be posted until August 18 and must be complete aside from small edits by August 12. Your art must be submitted to us by 12 Midnight MST August 12 or it will not be included in the masterlist or AO3 collection . EDIT JULY 24: Artists will NOT be required tosubmit their works for the 12th. Works cannot be published before August 18 and must be published by the end of August 21st.

Sign Ups

Sign ups will be available through a google from at 9:00 AM MST on March 20. We will post the links at that time. Sign ups are now open!

Claims

Claims will be through a timestamped google form. Artists will need to submit their url, email as well as the number and title of the summary/ies they wish to claim. Each artist will be allowed to claim a total of up to 4 fics total. In the first round, which will last for 6 hours, each artist will be allowed to claim one fic. In the second round, each artist will be able to claim more. This round will last until each fic has at one claim on it. After that, when the third round is announced each artist will be able to claim more fics if they so wish. each fic will be allowed a total of 3 artists working on it. All notifications of the results of claims will be done through email. More detailed information will be given in an upcoming claims info post.

Check Ins

Check ins will be done through google forms, one for authors and one for artists. We will send out an email reminder in addition to posting on this blog about check ins, but it your responsibility to check in with us. There will be separate check in forms for authors and artists.

Posting

Each team will need to make a post containing links to all the fanworks produced by them. A link post to the fic with links to the art added in is basically what we’re looking for. Each post will be reblogged here as to provide as much exposure as possible. In addition, a masterpost of all the fics will be posted here and reblogged to thestuckylibrary. There will also be a tag on tumblr for all content posted here (#sbb2017) We will post examples to make posting clear closer to the posting date.

Accommodations

If you require an accommodation in any way, for example if you are d/Deaf/HOH and need visual only art or are blind and need audio only art, if you cannot view flashing gifs, if you have a trigger that does not fall under archive warnings and so on, please let us know and we will ensure your needs are met.

Other Misc. Rules

We will not allow underage sex in any big bang submissions. This means no sex scenes if the characters are under 16. We also request that participants do not bring bang related questions to thestuckylibrary as not all the mods there are mods for the bang. It will also keep everything much more organized if conversations about the bang remain on this url. We trust all participants to be responsible for the content they create and engage with.

At this time, any questions can be directed to our askbox or stuckybigbangsubmissions@gmail.com, although we will likely get back to you faster from the askbox.