2020 Posting Guidelines
Hello everyone! Here is the posting guide for this year!
If you still haven’t claimed a date, please make sure to do so right here: Reveals Date Claiming Form
If you need to change your reveal date, please contact me ASAP! For example, if you selected November 5th and want to be moved to a later date, such November10th, please send me an email, dcubang@gmail.com, or a message on Discord and I can get that changed for you, no problem!
If you do not have an Ao3 already, please contact me ASAP!!! I have some invites, so if you need an account, please let me know so you can get one right away! Send a DM to LuciferxDamien on Discord, or an email to dcubang@gmail.com.
Artists/fanworkers do not need to post to Ao3 this year, but all stories must be posted to Ao3. Artist/fanworkers can post on Ao3, LiveJournal, DreamWidth, Tumblr, Twitter, etc. so long as the fanwork is publicly viewable and is linked in the story somewhere, either via embedding, or a simple link in the Author Notes!
Here is this year’s Ao3 Collection:
DCU Bang 2020 Ao3 Collection.
Ao3 Bugs/Glitches: Chances are, some of you might come across an AO3 bug or glitch while posting. There are some known issues with revealing works in a collection marked as unrevealed. Gift email notifications may not go out, as well as emails to subscribers that you’ve posted a new work. There’s nothing I can do about this, it’s an Ao3 bug. At the end of the DCU Bang, the collection will be set to “Revealed” which might trigger all of the emails to go out then.
Author Posting Guide
If you're an author that has never used Ao3 before, here is Ao3's guide to posting on the Archive!
The due date for all works is October 25th through October 31st, when the DCU Bang 2020 Ao3 Collection will open. Works posted during this timeframe will be hidden and revealed on the date that was selected from this form: Reveals Date Claiming Form
To post, go to DCU Bang 2020 Ao3 Collection and click on “Post to Collection”. From there, fill out the form with your work, and make sure the “Post to Collections / Challenges” has “dcu_bang_2020” filled out. If your work isn’t in the collection, I can’t approve it! You can also post regularly, from the top of the screen and input “dcu_bang_2020” (without quotes) into “Post to Collections / Challenges” and it will appear in the collection. Once you have everything filled out the way you want, select “Preview”. In the preview window, make sure everything is formatted how you want, and then select “Post” at the bottom!
If you have a large story to post, you can save it as a draft until you have it all uploaded and ready to go. Please make sure to post it once you do have it all up! If it is in draft form, I cannot see the work to approve it! Make sure to post all chapters as well, if you miss posting a chapter, it will not show up in the work and might make your story show as incomplete, such as Chapters: 4/5 posted. I will do my best to catch these sorts of errors and let authors know via email!
After posting, there should be two banners at the top of your work. The first one is: “Work was successfully posted. It should appear in work listings within the next few minutes. You have submitted your work to the moderated collection 'DCU Big Bang 2020'. It will not become a part of the collection until it has been approved by a moderator.” The second banner is: “This work is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon! You can find details here: DCU Big Bang 2020”.
This means your work has entered into the moderation queue and is awaiting my approval. I will be going through the queue throughout each day to approve works. I will be checking each work for length and completion, and to make sure it isn’t filler text, such as lorem ipsum. (Your hit count may go up!) Only the poster and I will be able to view the work, to everyone else, it will say “Mystery Work”.
Your unrevealed work will not show up on your Dashboard or in “My Works”. If you need to edit it, go to either your Profile page and select “Edit My Works”, or to your Statistics page and select “Edit Works”. You are free to edit until your reveal date, but your work must be complete by the time the posting period ends, which is October 31st! Once your work is revealed, you are free to post it anywhere else you choose.
If you need to post during the amnesty period, please let me know ASAP! The amnesty period is November 22-30.
Tandem/Traditional Authors: If you are working with an artist/fanworker, make sure to either link to their work or embed the work in your story and properly credit/link back to the artist/fanwork. Either one works! If your artist/fanworker is posting to Ao3, you can get the link from them after they have their unrevealed work in the collection, though the work will not be viewable by anyone but the poster and myself.
If you have never embedded an image before, here is Ao3's Image Posting Guidelines. Make sure the url has a file extension, such as .jpg, .png, .gif, etc! Without that, the image will not display.
If your artist/fanworker is not posting to Ao3, make sure to get a link from them when they do post, and add it to your author notes, with credit to them! You can also gift the work to them, but this is optional. You can also gift your work to anyone else you wish!
Artist/Fanworker Posting Guide
To Post to Ao3:
If you're an artist and you've never posted to Ao3 before, here's a quick guide to follow! I recommend using the HTML editor, not the Rich Text editor, as it has a tendency to mess things up. If you need help with HTML, please reach out to me and I will do my best to assist you!
Ao3's Image Posting Guidelines. Make sure the url has a file extension, such as .jpg, .png, .gif, etc! Without that, the image will not display.
Podfic, vids, and fanmixes can also be posted to Ao3! For more information on how to do that, and what sites are whitelisted to embed from on Ao3, visit this link on Ao3.
The due date for all works is October 25th through October 31st, when the DCU Bang 2020 Ao3 Collection will open. Works posted during this timeframe will be hidden and revealed on the date that was selected from this form: Reveals Date Claiming Form
To post, go to DCU Bang 2020 Ao3 Collection and click on “Post to Collection”. From there, fill out the form with your work, and make sure the “Post to Collections / Challenges” has “dcu_bang_2020” filled out. If your work isn’t in the collection, I can’t approve it! You can also post regularly, from the top of the screen and in put “dcu_bang_2020” (without quotes) into “Post to Collections / Challenges” and it will appear in the collection. Once you have everything filled out the way you want, select “Preview”. In the preview window, make sure everything is formatted how you want, and then select “Post” at the bottom!
After posting, there should be two banners at the top of your work. The first one is: “Work was successfully posted. It should appear in work listings within the next few minutes. You have submitted your work to the moderated collection 'DCU Big Bang 2020'. It will not become a part of the collection until it has been approved by a moderator.” The second banner is: “This work is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon! You can find details here: DCU Big Bang 2020”.
This means your work has entered into the moderation queue and is awaiting my approval. I will be going through the queue throughout each day to approve works. I will be checking each work for length and completion, and to make sure it isn’t filler text, such as lorem ipsum. (Your hit count maygo up!) Only the poster and I will be able to view works, to everyone else, it will say “Mystery Work”.
After posting, you can give the link to your author. They will not be able to view the work until the reveal date, but they can at least add it to their author notes, so that they do not need to go back and add that in after the reveal.
Your unrevealed work will not show up on your dashboard or in your works. If you need to edit it, go to either your Profile page and select “Edit My Works”, or to your Statistics page and select “Edit Works”. You are free to edit until your reveal date, but your work must be complete by the time the posting period ends, which is October 5th! Once your work is revealed, you are free to post it anywhere else you choose.
If you need to post during the amnesty period, please let me know ASAP! The amnesty period is November 22-30.
You can gift your work to your author, but this is optional. You can also gift your work to anyone else you wish!
If you are not posting to Ao3: If you are choosing to not post to Ao3, on the reveal date of your author’s story, you will post and then provide your author the link to the work!
If you have any questions, concerns, here is the Page-A-Mod Post You can also contact the mods via, dcubang@gmail.com, or by sending a PM on DreamWidth/LiveJournal to luciferxdamien, or sending a DM on Discord to LuciferxDamien.
Twitter and Tumblr are NOT the quickest way to get in touch with me, as those accounts are not checked as frequently. If your matter is urgent, Discord or email are the quickest way to receive a response!
If you still haven’t claimed a date, please make sure to do so right here: Reveals Date Claiming Form
If you need to change your reveal date, please contact me ASAP! For example, if you selected November 5th and want to be moved to a later date, such November10th, please send me an email, dcubang@gmail.com, or a message on Discord and I can get that changed for you, no problem!
If you do not have an Ao3 already, please contact me ASAP!!! I have some invites, so if you need an account, please let me know so you can get one right away! Send a DM to LuciferxDamien on Discord, or an email to dcubang@gmail.com.
Artists/fanworkers do not need to post to Ao3 this year, but all stories must be posted to Ao3. Artist/fanworkers can post on Ao3, LiveJournal, DreamWidth, Tumblr, Twitter, etc. so long as the fanwork is publicly viewable and is linked in the story somewhere, either via embedding, or a simple link in the Author Notes!
Here is this year’s Ao3 Collection:
DCU Bang 2020 Ao3 Collection.
Ao3 Bugs/Glitches: Chances are, some of you might come across an AO3 bug or glitch while posting. There are some known issues with revealing works in a collection marked as unrevealed. Gift email notifications may not go out, as well as emails to subscribers that you’ve posted a new work. There’s nothing I can do about this, it’s an Ao3 bug. At the end of the DCU Bang, the collection will be set to “Revealed” which might trigger all of the emails to go out then.
Author Posting Guide
If you're an author that has never used Ao3 before, here is Ao3's guide to posting on the Archive!
The due date for all works is October 25th through October 31st, when the DCU Bang 2020 Ao3 Collection will open. Works posted during this timeframe will be hidden and revealed on the date that was selected from this form: Reveals Date Claiming Form
To post, go to DCU Bang 2020 Ao3 Collection and click on “Post to Collection”. From there, fill out the form with your work, and make sure the “Post to Collections / Challenges” has “dcu_bang_2020” filled out. If your work isn’t in the collection, I can’t approve it! You can also post regularly, from the top of the screen and input “dcu_bang_2020” (without quotes) into “Post to Collections / Challenges” and it will appear in the collection. Once you have everything filled out the way you want, select “Preview”. In the preview window, make sure everything is formatted how you want, and then select “Post” at the bottom!
If you have a large story to post, you can save it as a draft until you have it all uploaded and ready to go. Please make sure to post it once you do have it all up! If it is in draft form, I cannot see the work to approve it! Make sure to post all chapters as well, if you miss posting a chapter, it will not show up in the work and might make your story show as incomplete, such as Chapters: 4/5 posted. I will do my best to catch these sorts of errors and let authors know via email!
After posting, there should be two banners at the top of your work. The first one is: “Work was successfully posted. It should appear in work listings within the next few minutes. You have submitted your work to the moderated collection 'DCU Big Bang 2020'. It will not become a part of the collection until it has been approved by a moderator.” The second banner is: “This work is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon! You can find details here: DCU Big Bang 2020”.
This means your work has entered into the moderation queue and is awaiting my approval. I will be going through the queue throughout each day to approve works. I will be checking each work for length and completion, and to make sure it isn’t filler text, such as lorem ipsum. (Your hit count may go up!) Only the poster and I will be able to view the work, to everyone else, it will say “Mystery Work”.
Your unrevealed work will not show up on your Dashboard or in “My Works”. If you need to edit it, go to either your Profile page and select “Edit My Works”, or to your Statistics page and select “Edit Works”. You are free to edit until your reveal date, but your work must be complete by the time the posting period ends, which is October 31st! Once your work is revealed, you are free to post it anywhere else you choose.
If you need to post during the amnesty period, please let me know ASAP! The amnesty period is November 22-30.
Tandem/Traditional Authors: If you are working with an artist/fanworker, make sure to either link to their work or embed the work in your story and properly credit/link back to the artist/fanwork. Either one works! If your artist/fanworker is posting to Ao3, you can get the link from them after they have their unrevealed work in the collection, though the work will not be viewable by anyone but the poster and myself.
If you have never embedded an image before, here is Ao3's Image Posting Guidelines. Make sure the url has a file extension, such as .jpg, .png, .gif, etc! Without that, the image will not display.
If your artist/fanworker is not posting to Ao3, make sure to get a link from them when they do post, and add it to your author notes, with credit to them! You can also gift the work to them, but this is optional. You can also gift your work to anyone else you wish!
Artist/Fanworker Posting Guide
To Post to Ao3:
If you're an artist and you've never posted to Ao3 before, here's a quick guide to follow! I recommend using the HTML editor, not the Rich Text editor, as it has a tendency to mess things up. If you need help with HTML, please reach out to me and I will do my best to assist you!
Ao3's Image Posting Guidelines. Make sure the url has a file extension, such as .jpg, .png, .gif, etc! Without that, the image will not display.
Podfic, vids, and fanmixes can also be posted to Ao3! For more information on how to do that, and what sites are whitelisted to embed from on Ao3, visit this link on Ao3.
The due date for all works is October 25th through October 31st, when the DCU Bang 2020 Ao3 Collection will open. Works posted during this timeframe will be hidden and revealed on the date that was selected from this form: Reveals Date Claiming Form
To post, go to DCU Bang 2020 Ao3 Collection and click on “Post to Collection”. From there, fill out the form with your work, and make sure the “Post to Collections / Challenges” has “dcu_bang_2020” filled out. If your work isn’t in the collection, I can’t approve it! You can also post regularly, from the top of the screen and in put “dcu_bang_2020” (without quotes) into “Post to Collections / Challenges” and it will appear in the collection. Once you have everything filled out the way you want, select “Preview”. In the preview window, make sure everything is formatted how you want, and then select “Post” at the bottom!
After posting, there should be two banners at the top of your work. The first one is: “Work was successfully posted. It should appear in work listings within the next few minutes. You have submitted your work to the moderated collection 'DCU Big Bang 2020'. It will not become a part of the collection until it has been approved by a moderator.” The second banner is: “This work is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon! You can find details here: DCU Big Bang 2020”.
This means your work has entered into the moderation queue and is awaiting my approval. I will be going through the queue throughout each day to approve works. I will be checking each work for length and completion, and to make sure it isn’t filler text, such as lorem ipsum. (Your hit count maygo up!) Only the poster and I will be able to view works, to everyone else, it will say “Mystery Work”.
After posting, you can give the link to your author. They will not be able to view the work until the reveal date, but they can at least add it to their author notes, so that they do not need to go back and add that in after the reveal.
Your unrevealed work will not show up on your dashboard or in your works. If you need to edit it, go to either your Profile page and select “Edit My Works”, or to your Statistics page and select “Edit Works”. You are free to edit until your reveal date, but your work must be complete by the time the posting period ends, which is October 5th! Once your work is revealed, you are free to post it anywhere else you choose.
If you need to post during the amnesty period, please let me know ASAP! The amnesty period is November 22-30.
You can gift your work to your author, but this is optional. You can also gift your work to anyone else you wish!
If you are not posting to Ao3: If you are choosing to not post to Ao3, on the reveal date of your author’s story, you will post and then provide your author the link to the work!
If you have any questions, concerns, here is the Page-A-Mod Post You can also contact the mods via, dcubang@gmail.com, or by sending a PM on DreamWidth/LiveJournal to luciferxdamien, or sending a DM on Discord to LuciferxDamien.
Twitter and Tumblr are NOT the quickest way to get in touch with me, as those accounts are not checked as frequently. If your matter is urgent, Discord or email are the quickest way to receive a response!