Rules & FAQ 2012

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

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Overview | Schedule | For Artists | For Authors | For Betas | Claiming Process | Crossovers and Misc. | Contact

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Challenge 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 six months after posting. We also strongly encourage that if you plan to delete or lock your journal after posting, that 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, and all participants should join the community to assure that they don't miss important deadlines or updates to the challenge. Some posts (like the art previews) will be members-locked.

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Schedule:

Sunday, August 12: Sign-Ups Open
Sunday, September 2: Artist Sign-Ups Close

Monday, September 3: Early Bird Art Submissions Due
Monday, September 17: Art Submissions Due

Thursday, September 20: Art posts go up
Friday, September 21: Writer sign-ups close
Saturday, September 22: Claims Open

Monday, September 24: The Big Reveal
Monday, October 8: Tentative Posting Schedule Announced

Thursday, October 11: General Check-in
Sunday, October 28: Writer Rough Drafts Due

Thursday, November 8: Posting Begins

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Rules for Artists:

By the rules of this challenge, each submission should be one (1) piece of new art, and it should be completed. Completed meaning, that it is fit to be a stand-alone piece. (You may still add to-, and make changes to your work after claims, but an author should be able to use it as a prompt as-is).

Your art may NOT have been posted anywhere else previous to this challenge.

Minimum requirements: 400x600 px for 2-dimensional art, or 30 seconds for a vid. There is no maximum.

Artists may submit two pieces of art for this challenge only if they make the Early Bird deadline with one of them. After that date only one submission will be allowed per artist.
The Early Bird deadline this year will be Monday, September 3rd. All art will be due Monday, September 17.

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). A complete submissions guide will be provided in due time, so please be sure to join and watch the community for updates.

Artists are not allowed to also sign-up as writers, and vice versa. The only exception to this are pinch-hitters, for which everyone can sign up, provided that they are on schedule with their initial prompt(s)

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 they choose during the Art Claims. 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 Sunday, October 28th.

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.

Authors are not allowed to also sign-up as artists, and vice versa. The only exception to this are pinch-hitters, for which everyone can sign up, provided that they are on schedule with their initial prompt(s).

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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The Claims Process:

Art claims will officially begin on Saturday, September 22, though the post will be up a couple of days beforehand so that writers may take a look at all the art before the actual claiming starts. The art posts will contain thumbnail previews of all the art (the thumbnails will 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.

During the first round of claims every writer is allowed to make just one claim, and claiming of a prompt by multiple writers will NOT be allowed.

Claiming via proxy will be allowed again this year. The details on how to do that will be provided when the art posts go up for previewing.

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.

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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, angelicfoodcake, jimmyssock and tringic. (We do ask that you not contact them directly with questions about the challenge).

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Comments

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

A query about the one piece of art - can that be more than one picture in a single submission? I have an idea I'd like to do which might be one pic of Sam, one of Dean and another one of a scene - but they'd all be linked and part of the same idea. Would that be ok?

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

As long as it's one file, then yes that would be ok. We can not link to several separate pics for one prompt, but one pic with multiple panels would be fine.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Ok thanks - I have no idea if I'll get them all done in time anyway but in case I do... 3 panels it is! Cheers :D

[petite-madame.livejournal.com]

Hi Mods

Last year when we had to send you our submissions by email, there was rules/guidelines like changing the name of the image to, for instance, "Petite-madame_submission1" and also a template:

Livejournal Name:
Email:
Rating of Art:
Highest Rating Fic Can Be:
Fandom:
Pairing or Gen:
Characters:
Warnings:
Working Title:
Short description of art/prompt:

Is it the same template and rules this year?
Thank you very much ^^

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

We're discussing this now and shall update accordingly.

-jimmy

[smallworld-inc.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much for your answer about the template :)

Petite-Madame

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

This years form is now live.

[smallworld-inc.livejournal.com]

Thanks a lot for letting me know! ^^
I will send you my early bird submission soon then!

[jonjokeat.livejournal.com]

What are your rules about writers also offering their services as betas?
Thanks

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

A writer may help with betaing. Feel free to sign up to the post.

-jimmy

[jonjokeat.livejournal.com]

Thanks, looks like I'm in

[blackrabbit42.livejournal.com]

Do you know what time the claims will be? I remember setting my alarm clock in the middle of the night last year!

:)

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

We haven't decided that yet. We'll make a post to this comm when we do.

[geckoholic]

Okay, not sure if this is the right place to do that, but I'd be willing to throw my name in the hat for pinch-hitting? I can't do everything (no RPF or AU/AR, for one), but I do write a fair amount of pairings, and with all the gorgeousness shown here... Yeah. I snatched up a prompt I'm shiny-happy with, but if there's need for someone to help out at a later date, feel free to approach me. ;)

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

We'll be posting pinch hitter sign ups sometime after reveals (and before the posting schedule goes up) If you want to sign up then, it would be MUCH appreciates - Pinch hitters are our favorite people <3

[geckoholic]

Okay, that explains why I didn't find a post yet. XD I'll be on the lookout for it!

[labluekatt1721.livejournal.com]

hi i was wondering is non-con and nc-17 + rated R ok as long as its Cas/Dean/ Misha/Jensen in the end?
and i was also wondering how much say dose the artist/drawer have in the process / plot of the fic

and do i sign up and then start drawing or draw the pic and then sign up/

also i was wanting to know like can i tell my story the pic belongs to in the little note below the pic or do i have to have the note matching
the seen in my pic?
do the authors start writing without the drawer or do they have to get the story from the drawer first

.....i am sorry this is my first time doing reverse bigbang i usually do j2 bigbang
also i would like to do sort of a striper jensen so how much is to much to show in a pic?

the reason i am asking about the authors is because i am new and the striper jensen is NOT totally the kind of pole dancer most think of
i just don't want the author to go too wild with the idea i already have a basic plot for the pic and i would like to voice it

[labluekatt1721.livejournal.com]

hi i am sorry to keep bothering you but
my labluekatt1721@yahoo adderss is not working right now
so could you reply to green_eyes1721@yahoo.com instead please thank you

[spnreversemod.livejournal.com]

Hi!

Sorry for the late response (as it is our "down season" so to speak we haven't been checking incoming message for a while). Now, to answer your questions one by one:

Non-con, nc-17, nudity, or anything of the sort is allowed, as long as you add the proper warnings.

There is space on the submission form where you can voice any ideas you have about the story, and where you can add any do's and don'ts for the author. This will be posed along with your artwork for an author to claim. You do not get to completely dictate what the author writes (just as the author can't tell you what to do), but you should collaborate. Talk it over with your author what you'd like to see in the story, ask them what they are planning to write... just talk and work things out that way!

Authors could essentially start writing as soon as they have claimed a piece of art - every author is different, some will want to write right away, others will want to talk it over with the artist first. If YOU want to talk it over before they start to write, the smartest thing to do is to keep an eye on the claims and contact your author as soon as you have been claimed (send them a pm along the lines of "Hi, you claimed my art! I have some ideas, want to talk?").

Like I said, nothing is too much to show, as long as you use the proper warnings!

I hope this has helped. If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to ask!

[moonbeamdancer.livejournal.com]

Hey!

I was just wondering if we were going to be having a reverse bang this year or if we weren't.