2024 Author Sign-ups
This sign-up is for everyone interested in writing a fic for the 2024 Marvel Bang. No matter if you are planning to be a solo participant, already have a partner in mind to work in tandem with, or want to be paired with an artist later, you sign up here. As the challenge progresses you'll have the opportunity to let us know the path you've picked.
We're open to any and all pairings here, and pretty much any idea sounds like a good one to us. These are the basic guidelines that you'll have to follow while writing, but pretty much anything else is a go:
-10,000 words is the minimum length for each story. There is no upper limit. Stories can be written with a partner or by a group; the minimum word count is still 10,000 words, no matter how many people are involved.
-Stories must have at least one beta reader. If you don't have a beta reader, check out our Discord channels to see if anyone there fits your needs.
-This challenge is for new stories. If your story has appeared online in its entirety, it's not eligible for Marvel Bang. You can complete a story you’ve already started posting as long as no more than 2,000 words have already been posted, and you don’t post any more until your posting date.
-Sequels are great! If you write a sequel to something you've written in the past, include a link to the original story in your author's notes, so people can read from the beginning if they haven't already.
-If you need some inspiration, check out the prompt post, which will be hosted on our Discord this year. Take the prompts as literally or as figuratively as you want - use part of one, use three or four, use half of one and half of another. It's entirely up to you. Discord invite if you need it.
-In order for your story to qualify for this challenge, you cannot post it anywhere online until the due date. On that day, you must post it to AO3, with a link to the 2024 Marvel BB Collection. Just don't put it up before the reveal. (Posting details will be given closer to that time.)
-Rough drafts are due on 15 September. A rough draft is a document with a beginning, middle, and end; it must be at least 80% complete (with the unfinished parts at least sketched out). It does not have to be beta read at this point. Stories must be completed and beta-read before posting starts on 10 November.
-You can sign up to write two stories for this challenge. These can be individual or group sign-ups. (To clarify, you can sign up twice by yourself, or once by yourself and once as part of a group, or twice as part of a group.) Just make sure to complete a separate sign-up for each story.
If you'd like to sign up as an author or an author group, fill out the signup form at Google Docs. We'll send a confirmation as soon as possible, but please be patient. Your mods are very busy so it may take us a few days. To make it easier we often send them out in batches
Since we are doing sign-ups via Google Forms, we have turned off the comments on this post. If you have any questions please contact us at our
Comment on our Page-a-Mod post or at our help channel on Discord and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
Sign-ups close 15-September-2024.
We're open to any and all pairings here, and pretty much any idea sounds like a good one to us. These are the basic guidelines that you'll have to follow while writing, but pretty much anything else is a go:
-10,000 words is the minimum length for each story. There is no upper limit. Stories can be written with a partner or by a group; the minimum word count is still 10,000 words, no matter how many people are involved.
-Stories must have at least one beta reader. If you don't have a beta reader, check out our Discord channels to see if anyone there fits your needs.
-This challenge is for new stories. If your story has appeared online in its entirety, it's not eligible for Marvel Bang. You can complete a story you’ve already started posting as long as no more than 2,000 words have already been posted, and you don’t post any more until your posting date.
-Sequels are great! If you write a sequel to something you've written in the past, include a link to the original story in your author's notes, so people can read from the beginning if they haven't already.
-If you need some inspiration, check out the prompt post, which will be hosted on our Discord this year. Take the prompts as literally or as figuratively as you want - use part of one, use three or four, use half of one and half of another. It's entirely up to you. Discord invite if you need it.
-In order for your story to qualify for this challenge, you cannot post it anywhere online until the due date. On that day, you must post it to AO3, with a link to the 2024 Marvel BB Collection. Just don't put it up before the reveal. (Posting details will be given closer to that time.)
-Rough drafts are due on 15 September. A rough draft is a document with a beginning, middle, and end; it must be at least 80% complete (with the unfinished parts at least sketched out). It does not have to be beta read at this point. Stories must be completed and beta-read before posting starts on 10 November.
-You can sign up to write two stories for this challenge. These can be individual or group sign-ups. (To clarify, you can sign up twice by yourself, or once by yourself and once as part of a group, or twice as part of a group.) Just make sure to complete a separate sign-up for each story.
If you'd like to sign up as an author or an author group, fill out the signup form at Google Docs. We'll send a confirmation as soon as possible, but please be patient. Your mods are very busy so it may take us a few days. To make it easier we often send them out in batches
Since we are doing sign-ups via Google Forms, we have turned off the comments on this post. If you have any questions please contact us at our
Comment on our Page-a-Mod post or at our help channel on Discord and we'll get back to you as soon as we can.
Sign-ups close 15-September-2024.