Rules & FAQ 2011

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

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Overview | Schedule | For Artists | For Authors | For Betas | Submission Guidelines | Claiming Process | Crossovers and Misc. | Questions and Comments

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Overview:

This is a reverse of the usual Big Bang challenge. Each artist wishing to participate creates one piece of art that will be posted anonymously to be claimed by an author.

Authors are then expected to write a short fic (minimum of 3,000 words) based on the art they chose.

We expect authors and artists to leave their spn_reversebang stories and artwork accessible and unlocked for at least nine months after posting. We also strongly encourage that if you plan to delete or lock your journal after that point you consider archiving your work at an additional site such as AO3 or imugr.

You must have a Livejournal account to participate in this challenge.

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Schedule:

Artist and Author sign-ups open Monday, August 1. Artists should submit a completed draft by Monday, September 19. (Early Bird Art will be due Friday, September 2. For more information, see below). This may feature any pairing (or no pairing) so long as it includes at least one Supernatural character or actor/actress who has appeared on the show. The art will be posted anonymously, at which point authors can claim a piece. Authors will write a short fic (minimum of 3,000 words) based on the art they chose.

Artist and author matches will be revealed on Tuesday, October 4, and the posting schedule will be revealed on Friday, October 21.

Posting of the final products will be on a staggered schedule, and will begin on Monday, November 7.

Important Dates:

Monday, August 1: Sign-Ups Open
Friday, August 26: Artist Sign-Ups Close

Friday, September 2: Early Bird Art Submissions Due/First Artist Check-in
Monday, September 19: Art Submissions Due

Thursday, September 29: Claims Open

Tuesday, October 4: The Big Reveal
Friday, October 21: Posting Schedule Announced

Tuesday, October 18: Second Artist Check-In/First Writer Check-in
Tuesday, November 1: Writer Rough Drafts Due

Monday, November 7: Posting Begins

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Rules for Artists:

• You should create one new piece of art: a drawing, painting, digital manip, or fanvid. Art must be at least 400 by 600 pixels in size, videos must be at least 30 seconds in length. You must submit this piece by Monday, September 19, (or Friday, September 2 for Early Bird Art) and it should be a completed draft. (You may continue making changes after this date, but a writer should be able to work with the prompt as-is, if necessary).


• Early Bird Exception: Artists who wish to submit two prompts must complete and submit one prompt by Friday, September 2. Otherwise, only one prompt will be allowed per artist.


• You may not submit art for this challenge that has already been posted elsewhere.


• This challenge is open to all pairings and genres, so long as it includes at least one character or actor from Supernatural. Artists may choose to specify what pairings (if any) they envision in the story, as well as submit a short text description of their piece (optional).


• We have a post for Art Beta volunteers for artists to contact directly, but having your artwork looked over by a Beta is not required.


• Please sign up to participate as an artist here.

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Rules for the Authors:

• Authors must write a fic with a minimum of 3,000 words, based on the art you choose in the Art Claims post. Claims will be first come, first serve. Your fic must be related to the art for which it is written, and it cannot have been already posted elsewhere.


• Rough drafts meeting the minimum required word count will be due Tuesday, November 1.


• There will be required check-ins, draft deadlines, and a certain level of communication with your artist is expected. If you do not meet your deadlines or fail to communicate with your artist, you may receive one or more warnings, after which a pinch-hitter will be assigned.


• The fics must be beta read, and we have a post for Fic Beta volunteers available for authors to contact directly. There is also a non-affiliated LJ community at spn_betas where you can seek a beta reader.


• Please sign up to participate as an author here.

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Betas:

Volunteers to be Fic and Art Betas may sign up here.

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Art Submission Guidelines:

Art submissions should be sent to the community mod email account by Monday, September 19, (or Friday, September 2 for Early Bird Art) and it should be a completed draft. Artists may submit only two pieces of art for claiming in this challenge if they make the Early Bird deadline with one of them. Otherwise, only one piece of art will be allowed per artist. There is no maximum size or dimensions for art, though each art prompt must be at least 400 by 600 pixels in size. If it is a vid it must be at least 30 seconds in length. Art submissions should be completed drafts. This challenge is open to all pairings and genres, so long as it includes at least one character or actor from Supernatural. Artists may choose to specify what pairings (if any) they would prefer to accompany their story, as well as clarify whether the art is SPN or RPS. More details on the art submission process will be posted to the community, so please be sure to join and watch the community for updates.

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The Claims Process:

Art claims will officially begin on Thursday, September 29, though the post will be up a couple of days beforehand so that writers may take a look at all the art before actual claiming starts. The art posts will contain thumbnail previews of all the art (that link to the full size version of the art) accompanied by an optional text description of the subject. All art will be posted anonymously, and claims will be first come, first serve.

The Art Post(s) will be members-locked, so please be sure to join and watch the community in order to participate.

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What about crossovers?

We strongly discourage them, but they will be allowed so long as the focus of the prompt remains on the SPN characters or actors. Additionally, it will be the artist's responsibility to provide explanations of, or information about, characters from other fandoms included in the artwork to the author.

Everyone who wishes to participate should join and watch the community, to make sure they do not miss important deadlines or updates to the challenge.

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Contact:

If you have any questions, please comment here, send an email to spnreversemod@gmail.com or send a PM to spnreversemod. The mods for this round are inalasahl, retrophysics, jimmyssock and tringic. We ask that you not contact them directly with questions.

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Comments

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

We realize this is a little complicated, but we expect artists to turn in a submission that looks like a finished piece of art. You are allowed to make changes to it after consulting with your author, but what you send to us as a draft must be a piece that can stand on it's own, and that an author could work from as-is. Does that clarify things?

[chaosraven.livejournal.com]

Er, no? I mean, last year I turned in some line art for my draft and colored it before the posting deadline but I was hoping to do a manip this time. There isn't really an "in between" stage for manips, at least not for me. But it seems like kind of a drag to have two whole months of dead time instead of being able work on it up until the due date.

I mean, I guess I'm just kind of whining, because you guys have your rules, and I respect that you get to chose how they play out. I'm just looking for ways to maximize the amount of time I can spend on my art between now and November, instead of really only getting a month and a half to work on it.

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

I get what you're saying, but submissions have to be completed pieces of art because we don't want people to turn in something that is clearly in an in-between stage. This is partly for the benefit of the authors, to make sure that they have something solid to work with, but also to limit the amount of drop outs. And because you only turn in one piece as a submission, we encourage artists to use the time between claiming and their posting date to create more art.

[ficnerd198.livejournal.com]

I was curious about the same thing but from a writer's pov? I hope this isn't a dumb question, but I know that for the rough draft, the minimum word count is due, but I was wondering how far that extends? I mean, I know for the mpregbigbang, the rough draft requirements are to have the fic at an 80% mark, enough to know that the fic will be finished. I was wondering if I could have a few more specifics about the rough draft requirements here?

[ficnerd198.livejournal.com]

sorry for the HTML mess up -.- I didn't even notice it until it was posted

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

Sorry, it took so long to get back to you. We're not going to be that hard-lined about it, but your fic should have a beginning, middle and end, and a descriptive paragraph where there are any missing scenes.