SFBB04: Update for Round 4
Author sign-ups for Round 4 will open on September 1 as promised!
Artist sign-ups will open on November 1.
(As you may recall, artist sign-ups opened on the same day as author sign-ups during rounds one and two, but we had a lot of artist attrition those rounds. After getting some feedback from you all, I tried a different tack last round by opening artist sign-ups on January 1 (concurrent with the final author check-in before rough drafts were due) so that artists had an idea what fandoms were being written. As the handful of authors who didn’t receive art last round can attest, that method was a pretty big failure.
This round I’m trying something different yet again, based on the same feedback. Hopefully this will address both concerns mentioned most frequently. By opening artist sign-ups on November 1 we shorten the time period between sign-up and claims by 2 months (yet still give artists plenty of time to sign up). Also, artists will have some idea of what fandoms are being written in because the sign-up post will be concurrent with the first author check-in. Let’s all cross our fingers that this method is more successful than the last. *g*)
If you have any comments or questions about this round, please reply to this post with them. Thank you!
Artist sign-ups will open on November 1.
(As you may recall, artist sign-ups opened on the same day as author sign-ups during rounds one and two, but we had a lot of artist attrition those rounds. After getting some feedback from you all, I tried a different tack last round by opening artist sign-ups on January 1 (concurrent with the final author check-in before rough drafts were due) so that artists had an idea what fandoms were being written. As the handful of authors who didn’t receive art last round can attest, that method was a pretty big failure.
This round I’m trying something different yet again, based on the same feedback. Hopefully this will address both concerns mentioned most frequently. By opening artist sign-ups on November 1 we shorten the time period between sign-up and claims by 2 months (yet still give artists plenty of time to sign up). Also, artists will have some idea of what fandoms are being written in because the sign-up post will be concurrent with the first author check-in. Let’s all cross our fingers that this method is more successful than the last. *g*)
If you have any comments or questions about this round, please reply to this post with them. Thank you!