The Big Bang Job - Leverage Big Bang Challenge

There are two comment threads to this post. One is for offering up your skills as a beta, the other is for asking for a beta.

The opening comments of each thread show you the basic format to use when requesting or offering.

If you are willing to beta this year, please comment in the appropriate thread (and if you need one, check the offering thread to see if there is anyone who has already said they will beta before posting a request).

Thanks :)

WRITER SIGN UPS ARE NOW CLOSED

Big Bang rules for writers (2011):
1. There is no maximum word count for this, but your final story must be 15,000 words minimum.
2. The story must not be posted/published publicly anywhere else before your assigned posting date.
3. Final drafts must be beta'd.
4. You must have read the FAQ, and be satisfied that your story will meet the requirements.
5. To be a part of this year's big bang you must sign up before the end of the sign up period (12th June).
6. You must comment on the check in post which will appear 15th-18th July, or let us know that you are dropping out. This year's schedule can be found here.

Please use the following form when signing up:
<strong>LJ name:</strong> <strong>Author name:</strong> <strong>Contact information:</strong> (you can pm this) <strong>Confirm you have read and understand the requirements:</strong> <strong>Co-writer:</strong> (if relevant) <strong>Will you be needing a Beta?:</strong> And for our reference: <strong>Will you be writing 'canon', au, crossover or fusion?</strong> <strong>Do you have any pairings in mind?</strong> <strong>Give an outline of your plot, if you have one:</strong>

Example:
LJ name: weaselett
Author name: weasel
Contact information: weaselett at googlemail dot com
Confirm you have read and understand the requirements: Yes
Will you be needing a Beta?: No
Will you be writing 'canon', au, crossover or fusion? Fusion with Dollhouse
Do you have any pairings in mind? Considering a few, nothing certain yet
Give an outline of your plot, if you have one: The team are dolls, other than that I don't know yet

You can use the outline section to tell us about any extra things you think we'll need to know (if you're already thinking of writing NC-17, or character death).

Sign-ups are open until 12th June (this post will close to comments on the 13th June).

And finally, good luck to everyone who signs up :) We hope you all have fun!

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This is the official page-a-mod post for 2011.

If you have any questions, feel free to leave them here and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.

Comments are screened.

The previous polls are now closed, thanks to all of you who filled them out, this time you only have to hit submit the once, I promise :)

Final decisions on word counts and such are as follows:

Both Big Bangs will be run on this community - and at separate times - we'll do our best to make sure it doesn't get confusing.

Normal Big Bang
Word Count: 15,000
Time allowed for writing: 10 weeks (there wasn't a lot in it, and a lot of you picked 'depends on word count' so it's down the middle between 2 and 3 months)
Check in: There will be a check at the half way mark

Reverse Big Bang
Word Count: 10,000
Time allowed to create art: 1 month
Time allowed for writing: 2 months

So, now that all of that has been decided, I give you the all important poll. There are three options for how we're going to run this year, date wise, and this is based on the results of the original poll, and the time allowances that were preferred.

/edit to say that this poll will close next Saturday 30th April


Schedule A
Normal Big Bang: Late May-Early October (May- Signups: June-August: rough draft, August-September: editing and art, September-October:posting)

Reverse Big Bang: Early October-Early March (October: signups, November: art, December-February: Writing, March: posting)

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Schedule B
Normal Big Bang: Early May-September (May: Signups, May-July: rough draft, August: editing art, September:posting)

Reverse Big Bang: September-January (September: signups, October: art, November- Early January: writing, January: posting)

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Schedule C
Normal Big Bang: June-October (June: Signups, June-August: rough draft, September: editing and art, October: Posting)

Reverse Big Bang: November-March (November: signups, December: art, January-Early March: writing, March: posting)

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[Poll #1733183]

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Comments on this post are screened - so you can all say whatever you want and only mod type people will know what you've said :)

Hopefully the schedule we end up using will work for the vast majority of you.

Don't forget, if you have any issues you can poke a mod, either by leaving a comment here or by email.

Thanks for your time

The Big Bang Job Mods

OK, so this is not a poll post - that one will be appearing on monday, so check an eye out (we'll post to a few other leverage comms as well to get the word out).

This post is to let you all know, that there is now a dreamwidth mirror for this community (here) so whatever happens with LJ in the future, you'll still have a way to post/contact/keep up with what's happening. There's nothing on that account thus far, but it exists.

And there is now a Archive of Our Own Collection - here - hopefully it works (I have not really used AO3, so I'm getting used to it ;))

/end news update post :)

I said yesterday that I would be making this post, and while it's not something that you'd expect to see on a Big Bang comm, I hope all of you will understand why this post exists. If not, feel free to skip over this post.
Fandom is an amazing place, we have all made friends and connections thanks to our participation in fandom, and it's times like this when we get a chance to spread the love a bit. Everyone involved in this community has written fic or made art at some point for free, why not offer to do so to raise some money for charity.

This post is here to serve as a reference point, for anyone who wants it, with links to all of the places that are raising money at the moment. help_japan has an amazing post here that goes into detail about what charities there are that you can donate to, and what the situation is at the moment with the donations.

If you've already offered up words/art/anything to be auctioned off, leave a comment and I'll add you to the list at the bottom.


The following communities/people, on LJ and on dreamwidth, are currently running auctions aimed at raising money to help Japan, if you know of any I missed, let me know and I'll add them:


On LJ - donations in USD - also has a delicious account that's keeping an index of the offers- ends March 31st


On dreamwidth - donations in GBP (pounds sterling) - ends 20th March*


On LJ - donations in Australian Dollars - ends 28th March


On LJ - donations in USD - ends 26th March (fill deadline April 10th)



*This community is also raising money Yunnan province in China: details on charities that are taking donations to help those affected there can be found here


The following people are pimping their skills for charity:



Thanks for your time folks,

Weaselett, The Big Bang Job co-mod

This is the back dated, should have been posted a good while ago, Masterlist of works produced for Leverage Big Bang 2010.

Stories

The End of Days Job written by telaryn and hickumu, art by weaselett

The Tin Man written by zortified , art by deannawesson


Art

Art by tjb_waldring3 to accompany a published fic

Art by sian1359 for a mod prompt

Art (x2) made by deannawesson for a mod prompt



A big thank you to everyone who was involved, for both your patience and your enthusaism - you all created some amazing stories and art. We hope we'll see you all again for the 2011 Big Bang.

The Big Bang Job Mods.

Right, not long now *rubs hands together*. So this is the 'posting guidelines' post, which is more complicated than last years, but complicated can be fun ;)

Firstly, Authors Posting Guidelines

Authors, when posting your fics (aka when posting your 'masterpost' to the comm with the links to your fic) your subject line should read as follows:

Title of story: Author/s: Genre+Pairings: Rating

And you should use the following header:

<strong>Title:</strong> <strong>Author:</strong> <strong>Beta(s):</strong> <strong>Artists:</strong> <strong>Characters/Pairings:</strong> <strong>Rating:</strong> <strong>Genre:</strong> <strong>Warnings/spoilers:</strong> (character death, non-con, graphic violence/sex, episode(s) etc.) (delete as applicable) <strong>Word Count:</strong> <strong>Summary:</strong> <strong>Link(s) to fic:</strong> <strong>Link to art:</strong>

Extra notes: if it has multiple parts, much &hearts if you link to the parts separately in the masterpost and link the parts together (so a link to part two at the end of part one etc) - I know a lot of people do that anyway, but not everyone does and it's one of those things that makes it much easier to read a fic.


Artists doing Art for Prompts: Posting Guidelines

When posting your art (or a link to your art, you can do either) your subject line should read as follows:

Prompt: Artist: Type of Art: Rating

And you should use the following header:

<strong>Artists:</strong> <strong>Prompt:</strong> <strong>Characters/Pairings:</strong> <strong>Rating:</strong> <strong>Warnings:</strong> (if required - for example whether the image is work safe or not ;)) <strong>Link to art:</strong> (or a lj cut if posting directly to the comm)


Artists doing Art for an Existing fic

A mix of the two above. Your subject line should read as follows:

Title of Fic: Artist: Genre/Pairing: Rating

And you should use the following header:

Title: <strong>Artist:</strong> <strong>Disclaimer</strong> (aka I got permission from the author of the fic) <strong>Genre:</strong> <strong>Characters/Pairings:</strong> <strong>Rating:</strong> <strong>Warnings/spoilers:</strong> (character death, non-con, graphic violence/sex, episode(s) etc.) (delete as applicable) <strong>Link to art:</strong> <strong>Title:</strong> <strong>Author:</strong> <strong>Link(s) to fic:</strong>


Fill out the header according to your art, but where possible provide warnings that relate to the fic (part of the aim being to get more people to read the fic as a result of your pretty art).


And finally: Artists making art for the big bang fics

There's no posting guidelines for you :p - your art will be linked to by your authors, but where possible please provide a short header on your art post (basic: made for thebigbangjob, for this fic by this author, the fic can be found here - include any warnings and a rating as necessary.)

If all else fails, look how I post my art as I have to go first ;)

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As ever any questions poke us with a stick feel free to comment here or PM one of us moddly types.

Good luck everyone, and well done for sticking with us through everything, you crazy, awesome people ;)

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