The 2011 Alternate Universe Big Bang has been a wonderful success, and we owe it to every single one of you who have joined us this year. Thank you so much-we couldn't have done it without you ( Read more... )

We're on our second day of posting, and there's some awesome writing and artwork coming through!!

As a reminder: Include links to both the story AND the art in the posts to the community if you have been working with an artist. Beginning tomorrow, posts from author/artist pairs will not be approved if links to both the story and the art have not ( Read more... )

First of all, our apologies for what seems to be rather epic confusion in regard to how and when final drafts should be sent. Particularly for those of you who were with us during last year's round, we're sorry for not clarifying that the changes we made back then were meant to be round-specific ( Read more... )

Posting begins tomorrow!

Again, we ask that authors and artists post solely on the date they've selected with a cohesive post to the community linking to both the story and the art (which are preferably posted outside of the community itself ( Read more... )

A reminder that final drafts of stories and artwork are due today!!

(My apologies for the lateness of this post; a family emergency had me unable to reach a computer last night.) Please email your drafts to us as attachments --headers are optional as long as the basic story information hasn't changed since you sent us your rough drafts.

A few reminders:

++In case you missed it, posting date claims are open. Even if you don't have an artist (whether your summary is unclaimed or you're doing your own or something else entirely), please choose a date, following the instructions at the top of the post.

++Regarding artists, we still have seven four unclaimed summaries. If you or ( Read more... )

Posting date selection begins for Round 2 of AU Big Bang. As we did last year, we ask that authors and artists work together to choose their posting dates. Posting will be spread out across five weeks, beginning 8 August and running through 9 September. A maximum of three artist/author pairs may select the same date ( Read more... )

Welcome to the second author check-in for au_bigbang

Again, this is mostly to make sure you're still with us and writing. We're aiming for 10K, but no worries if you haven't reached it yet. Everyone has their own method and pace of writing. (Though if you've blown it away we're probably going to be jealous.)

This poll will close on Monday, June 6th.

Poll 2nd Check-in ( Read more... )

Welcome to the first author check-in for au_bigbang!

This is mostly to make sure that you're still with us and writing. No worries if you don't have 5K, and no worries if you've already blown that number away. Everyone has their own method and pace of writing.

The poll will close on Friday, May 6th.

Poll First Check-inComments to this post are screened. Feel free to add any ( Read more... )

Welcome to the Second Round of the Alternate Universe Big Bang. Sign-ups for Authors, Artists, Betas, and Cheerleaders have been posted. Please remember to put your name and what you're signing up for in the subject line of your comments (Ex: zeldaophelia - author sign-up), this helps us organize the comments coming in via email ( Read more... )