Atlantis Big Bang

It's preview time!

Previews can be anything you want: quotes from a beta reader, a snippet of your story, movie-style trailers, book blurbs, fan mixes, art -- anything goes, as long as you follow the rules below.

* Story previews may be no longer than 750 words
* Art previews may be no larger than 400 X 400 px (you may post multiple images)
* All previews must be posted behind a cut
* All previews must be posted to the comm as a public entry (I will give posting access to people who need it.)

If you're an author or artist and you'd like to sign up for a preview date, please copy and paste the contents of the box below into a comment (along with your answers!):

<b>Author/Artist DW Username:</b> <b>1st Choice for Posting Date:</b> <b>2nd Choice for Posting Date:</b>

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(Please note -- previews are optional. If you don't want to post a preview, you don't have to!)

All stories have been sent out; please follow the request in the body of the email, and reply *to me only* so I know you've received your stories....

I've had a couple of questions regarding the timeline. I'd rather not alter it too much, but if a majority of the artists feel they need a few extra days, I'll consider extending the deadline for artists. Please comment to this post if you feel you need the extra time.

Art claims are open!

For all interested parties, you can see a list of who turned in a rough draft HERE; I'll have the preview post up for the artists ASAP.

As today is August 13th, that means AUTHORS have two days to complete their rough drafts. If you've already finished, and want to submit early, please send your draft as an attachment, with the headers below the cut, to abb.mod@gmail.com.

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Again, I say, today is August 13th, which means ARTISTS & MIXERS have two days to sign up! I've added everyone who has signed up so far to this post; if you signed up, but don't see your name, please sign up again HERE, and then friend and join the community.

For those who have asked, yes, I will post quick reminders to the Livejournal ABB account, but they will only be reminders; to see locked posts, you will need to be a member on DW, even if it is only with your OpenID account.

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Can the following people please contact me, either by PM or a comment, and tell me why you've asked to join the comm? I can't match you up with either of my spreadsheets....

chibifukurou
kendricks
mimojin

Since I've been swamped at work, and come home only to fall down, I've not managed to close the author sign-ups.

This means if you missed the deadline, and wanted to play, you still have time to head over to the Author Sign-Ups!

For all you artists out there, we'll be opening sign-ups on 01 MAY....

Almost everything goes in the atlantisbigbang, and this challenge is open to any writer who wishes to participate, but you must read and agree to follow the guidelines listed below:

1) This year we will have two tiers of participation: if you complete a story of at least 25,000 words, you will have one artist/mixer. If you're feeling really ambitious and complete a story of 40,000 or more words, you will have two artists/mixers.

1a) You may write with a partner; this does not mean you have to double your word count (although that would be awesome).

2) Stories must be beta read by at least two people. (There will be a post for volunteer beta readers; check back for details.)

3) This challenge is for new stories -- if a story has appeared anywhere on the 'Net in its entirety, you may not use it for this challenge. If you already have a couple thousand of words of it up, that's fine, but you have to remove that part for the duration of the challenge.

3a) Having said that, if you have a story you've already started, it's fine to use that, as long as the bulk of the finished story is written and edited during the challenge.

3b) Sequels are allowed; just be sure to link to the original story in your notes, so people can find and read it.

3c) If you find you need some inspiration, check out the prompts post.

4) CROSSOVERS ARE NOT ALLOWED. The only exception to this rule is crossovers within the Stargate 'verse; as long the majority of the characters are Atlantis characters, you may use any other characters, plot set-ups, etc., from Stargate: SG-1 or Stargate: Universe. Fusions are allowed.

5) You may not post your story anywhere online except for the atlantisbigbang collection at the Archive of Our Own for two weeks after the challenge goes live.

6) Story drafts (by which I mean a story with a beginning, middle and end, that meets one of the minimum word counts) are due August 15th; artists will chose stories from summaries starting August 17th. Completed stories and art are to be loaded into the AO3 collection by October 1st, with the challenge going live on October 6th or 7th.

If you agree to follow these guidelines, and plan to participate, click HERE, and fill out the form. Once you've done that, join *and* friend atlantisbigbang. This part is important, as reminders, announcements and check-ins will be locked to members of the comm.

Please note: I will be adding a list of authors as they sign up. Once you've filled out the form linked above, please give the mods a day or so to add your name; if you've not been added after a couple of days, please PM one of the mods so they can check the status of your sign up.

Sign ups will be open from now until April 15th, but you may start writing as soon as you sign up.

ETA: ( Author List, as of 9:35pm EST, 24 APR 12 )
(A star next to your name on the author list means you still need to join the community; if you're an LJ user, and need help joining with your OpenID, or want a DW code, please let me know.)

Have a question or a comment? Want to heap praise or scorn on a mod? This is the place to do it!