Rules and FAQ for 2014
Overview | Schedule | For Artists | For Authors | For Betas | Claiming Process | Crossovers and Misc. | Contact
Challenge Overview:
This is a reverse of the usual Bang challenge. Each artist wishing to participate creates at least one piece of art featuring characters from Supernatural or SPN RPF (excluding the real-life children of the actors) that will be posted anonymously to be claimed by an author.
Authors are then expected to write a short fic (minimum of 3,000 words) based on the art they chose.
We expect authors and artists to leave their spn_reversebang stories and artwork accessible and unlocked for at least six months after posting. We also strongly encourage that if you plan to delete or lock your journal after posting, that you consider archiving your work at an additional site such as AO3 or imgur.
You must have a Livejournal account to participate in this challenge, and all participants should join the community to assure that they don't miss important deadlines or updates to the challenge. Some posts (like the art previews) will be members-locked.
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Schedule:
Monday, September 1: Sign-Ups Open
Sunday, October 19: Artist Sign-Ups Close
Monday, October 20: Early Bird Art Submissions Due
Monday, October 27: Art Submissions Due
Thursday, October 30: Art posts go up
Friday, October 31: Writer sign-ups close
Sunday, November 2: Claims Open 10 am EST
Tuesday, November 4: The Big Reveal
Friday, November 7: Posting Schedule Announced
Thursday, November 20-27: Author Check-in (MANDATORY)
Sunday, December 7: Writer Rough Drafts Due
Monday, January 5: Posting Begins
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Rules for Artists:
By the rules of this challenge, each submission should be one (1) piece of new art, and it should be completed. Completed meaning, that it is fit to be a stand-alone piece. (You may still add and make changes to your work after claims, but an author should be able to use it as a prompt as-is).
Your art may NOT have been posted anywhere else previous to this challenge.
Minimum requirements: 400x600 px for 2-dimensional art, or 30 seconds for a vid. There is no maximum, but keep in mind your file sizes so uploading isn't difficult.
Artists may submit up to two (2) separate pieces of art for this challenge, only if they make the Early Bird deadline with the first of them. They may submit only one (1) piece if they miss the Early Bird deadline.
The Early Bird deadline this year will be Tuesday, October 20th. All other art will be due Tuesday, October 27th.
This challenge is open to all pairings and genres, so long as it includes at least one character or actor from Supernatural. Artists may choose to specify what pairings (if any) they envision in the story, maximum rating, squicks, and a short text description of their piece (optional). Please note: the description is not meant to be a story prompt or request!
A complete submissions guide can be found here.
Because of the wonderful wealth of writers we have in the SPN fandom, artists are not allowed to also sign-up as authors. The only exception to this is pinch-hitting, for which everyone can sign up--please visit spnrbb_pinchhit for details--as long as they are on-schedule with their initial prompt(s).
Also, please don't repost the art to tumblr, DeviantArt, etc. until after it has been united with its fic and officially posted to the comm as a finished product. After that, post all over the place!
Artist signups here
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Rules for the Authors:
Authors must write a fic with a minimum of 3,000 words, based on the art they chose during the Art Claims. Claims will be first come, first serve. Your fic must be related to the art for which it is written, and it cannot have been already posted elsewhere.
Rough drafts will be due Monday, December 7th. They are expected to be at least 2,000 words long, and should include an outline of uncompleted sections. We will be checking, so no fudging.
Also, a certain level of communication with your artist is expected. If you do not meet your deadlines or fail to communicate with your artist, you may receive one or more warnings, after which a pinch-hitter will be assigned.
The fics must be beta read, and we have a post for Fic Beta volunteers available for authors to contact directly. There is also a non-affiliated LJ community at spn_betas where you can seek a beta reader.
Currently, authors are not allowed to also sign-up as artists, and vice versa. The only exception to this is pinch-hitting, for which everyone can sign up (please visit spnrbb_pinchhit for details), provided that they are on schedule with their initial prompt(s).
And lastly, authors may NOT alter the art prompt without the artist's permission and approval.
Author signups here.
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Betas:
Beta signups here.
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The Claims Process:
Art claims will officially begin on Monday, November 2nd, although the post will be up a couple of days beforehand so that writers may take a look at all the art before the actual claiming starts. The art posts will contain thumbnail previews of all the art (the thumbnails will link to the full size version of the art), accompanied by an optional text description of the subject, maximum rating, etc.. All art will be posted anonymously, and claims will be first come, first serve.
During the first round of claims every writer is allowed to make just one claim, and claiming of a prompt by multiple writers will NOT be allowed.
The specific time of claims will be announced at least a week in advance so everyone will be able to make plans to be there.
Claiming via proxy will be allowed again this year. The details on how to do that will be provided when the art preview post goes up.
The Art Post(s) will be members-locked, so please be sure to join and watch the community in order to participate.
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What about crossovers?
This year, crossovers are not allowed. In the past, there has been considerable difficulty finding authors and pinch-hitters for those pieces. This is a SPN and SPN-RPF focused event, so art should focus on the characters or actors from Supernatural.
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Contact:
If you have any questions, please comment here, send an email to spnreversemod@gmail.com or send a PM to spnreversemod.
The mods for this round are amber1960, lightthesparks, quickreaver and sophiap (We do ask that you not contact them directly with questions about the challenge).
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