We're pleased to announce that all the Round 3 stories are now available for download at the TBB website! OK, it took a little while....

This year there are several formats available:

• PDF with one column, for your on- (or off-) line reading pleasure
• PDF with two columns, for better printing, in both 8.5x11 and A4 page sizes
• .mobi
• .epub

As for ( Read more... )

It's 10pm Tuesday in Chicago, and the TBB website appears to be having issues. I'm looking into it. Meanwhile, we apologize for any problems you're running into.

(Rotten timing, website.)

[ETA: OK, right now it looks like it's working again. Hopefully that was just a brief glitch. Any problems, please do let us know.]

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Just so you know, we're planning on the website's going live on Monday. Yay! Exact time to be determined; we're still getting our schedules coordinated. It's looking like midday in the US / evening in the UK / early Tuesday morning in Australia, but that might change a bit ( Read more... )

It's just occurred to me that some of the artwork should probably be taken off the story index pages if it contains spoilers for the story. So, artists: If any of your art contains spoilers, could you point me to those pieces? I'll leave them up on the art page, but I'll make it easier for readers to avoid them before they get to the appropriate ( Read more... )

Artists, if you're feeling up to another story, please let us know. We're in really good shape, but we thought we'd do a bonus round while we're working on the website. You'll have about a week to finish. Any volunteers?

Yes, today is the deadline, and things are looking good. We've already got half the stories in and 70% of the art, which is fantastic ( Read more... )

Just FYI, I'm behind in replying to the submissions that we've got in so far, so if you sent something but haven't heard back, don't panic. I'll try to get back to everyone tomorrow.

Two more days! Don't forget to check the submission guidelines for writers and for artists. And if you're running into trouble, please get in touch and let us know ( Read more... )

Sorry for all the confusion! I thought we'd posted the schedule, but I think it slipped by us. Your mods apologize for their flakiness.

Final drafts and art are due next Sunday, 18 July. Don't panic! Yet!

The web site will go live in early August--exact date to be determined when we see how things come in.

Submission guidelines for writers ( Read more... )

All art assignments have now been sent out ( Read more... )