2021 Cap-IM Reverse Bang Guidelines for Artists

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Guidelines for Artists

• Remember to read through our General Event Policies and Guidelines for All Participants, as well as the artists' guidelines outlined below.


• Acceptable artwork submission(s) are traditional and digital art, and fanvids. Other visual media—such as edits, manipulations, fanmixes, or works that rely on or are derivative of existing material—are not eligible for this Reverse Bang.


• Fanvids must be a minimum of 1.5 minutes long by the time of posting.
• An artwork must be complete and on unlined paper by the time of posting


• In addition to this, you are required to create a story banner for your team, 580px wide and 200px tall or a higher resolution image with the same dimensions (e.g. 1160:400). The banner can be a SFW crop of the artwork or a specially made banner for the accompanying fic.


• Fanworks must be created solely for the Reverse Bang and should not have been previously posted anywhere. It will be acting as a prompt, so should be self-contained.


• An entry may consist of a single image, a multipanel work, a series of sequential images, or a fanvid. Sequential or multipanel artworks are permitted as long as they do not have large amounts of text (textless entries work best) and do not have an excessive number of images.


• To fulfill your part in the challenge, you are committing to finish the work(s) you submitted for claims and an additional team banner for the team Masterpost. After claims, you are welcome to create additional collaborative artworks for your team entry.


• Participants can submit works in progress for claims, but all final fanwork(s) need to be complete and ready for posting by your team’s posting date.


• There is no penalty-free dropping out after your summary has been claimed by a writer.


• As you're working on your submission(s), please keep in mind that artworks are posted anonymously during claims. We urge you to be tactful during the pre-claims period.

If you don’t have an idea for an entry yet, you might want to check out our Prompt Post and past Tumblr inspiration posts. Additionally, mods will be posting inspiration posts on the cap-ironman Tumblr throughout the creation period.

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Art Submission Requirements

To officially enter the 2020 Reverse Big Bang, simply submit an art entry that is at minimum:

• one piece of art where all characters are recognisable


• a fanvid that's at least 50% complete with a visible theme

at any time from now until submissions close at the end of Wednesday, February 10th (on the last timezone).

All participating art must be submitted to cap.im.events@gmail.com by the February 10th submission deadline.

Fanworks do not need to be finished when submitted. You can send in works in progress and sketches but each entry must speak for itself. There will be no opportunity to explain their work prior to claims. Please keep in mind that Reverse Bang works serve as prompts and inspiration for writers, so we encourage you to submit something that sets a scene.

To submit your entry, send an email to cap.im.events@gmail.com with "2021 RBB ENTRY" and the username you want to sign up with as the subject line. Don't forget to attach your art file in a .JPG or .PNG format or submit a link for your vid. Please also name your file to include your username.

In the body of your email, include the following information:

Username: Email address you will check regularly for RBB communications: Universe(s) you are happy for the accompanying fic to be set in: Do Not Wants (DNWs) for the fic that will be based on your work (specific story elements that are major triggers or squicks for you): Languages, other than English, that you are happy to accept fic in: Do you want to opt out of second claims? Yes/No

Please note that if you say "any universe", you are saying that you will be happy with an accompanying fic from ANY of the Marvel universes (including but not limited to 1602, 1872, 616, 3490, AA, AvAc, EMH, MCU etc.) and that your artwork is able to match any universe. If your work is set in a specific era of a universe, please make sure to specify this. Similarly, if you do not want your art to be accompanied by a story that is an alternate universe inspired by a canon, please state this.

Anything that you do not mention as a DNW could be fair game for your writer. For example, if you dislike coffee shop AUs but did not put down "coffee shop AU" as a DNW in your submission email, then your claiming writer could write a coffee shop AU to accompany your work, and it will be up to you to negotiate with them.

Because this is a collaborative event, there is no penalty-free dropping out after your artwork(s) is claimed. If you run into trouble let us know as soon as possible so we can work with you! Dropping out after your work has been claimed will be considered defaulting on the challenge and will result in a temporary ban from some Cap-IM events.

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Claiming Process

After you submit your entry and it's been approved by the mods, it will be available for claims on Saturday, February 13th. Claims are done anonymously. Writers will be claiming art based solely on the artwork and additional details you have provided. Out of fairness to all participants, please don't advertise which artwork(s) is yours. We don’t allow pre-formed teams, and we expect all participants to be open to working with new people.

Instructions on how to claim artwork will go up with the preview of art entries on February 11th.

If claims go quickly, a second round of claims may be opened to give more writers a chance to participate. This means that your RBB art will potentially be 'double claimed'—claimed by two writers—and you'll be coordinating with two partners. If you'd like to opt out of having your work double claimed, please let the mods know when you submit your work.

We cannot guarantee that every story will be double claimed.

If you are double claimed, you will collaborate with two writers as a team of three that posts on the same day. The writers can work independently of each other or choose to co-create fic, but that's up to them, and there must be a minimum total of two fics created for your work.

We understand that if you are double claimed, you may enjoy working with one of your partners more than the other. However, if you cannot value both creators, and recognise their works equally in public, we respectfully request that you do not put your work up for double claiming.

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Creation Period and Posting

Once your work has been claimed and you've been teamed up with a writer, all that's left is to finish your RBB work(s)! If you have been double claimed, keep both stories in mind if you decide to make supplementary work. The posting period begins in May, and mods will be in touch before then with instructions on how to claim a posting date and post your entry. Remember to keep in touch with the rest of your team!

Each participating creator is responsible for posting their work on their scheduled posting day by noon Eastern Standard Time. A challenge-fulfilling work must be posted all at once, and it should be complete as a stand-alone. We require you to link to your partner's work when your team has posted.

On your chosen posting day, ONE member from your entire team is required to send through your team's links and posting information by filling out the Masterpost Information Form.

Before inserting an image into your work, please note that AO3 does not host images; this means you cannot upload an image directly to AO3. Instead you must upload it elsewhere and retrieve a direct image link once you do. (A direct image URL ends in .jpg, .png, .gif, etc.) We advise using a free image uploading service such as Imgur, though please keep in mind the T's and C's regarding hotlinking. We strongly encourage you not to host your image on Tumblr or Google Drive, as these links are liable to break. For more information about embedding art into AO3, please see our AO3 Guide for Cap-IM Events.

If none of these options work for you, please contact the mods at cap.im.events@gmail.com and we will work with you to host your art on one of the Cap-IM accounts.

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Check out our REVERSE BANG FAQ POST for more information. Have more questions? Feel free to email us at cap.im.events@gmail.com!

2021 Cap-IM Reverse Bang Guidelines for Podficcers & Writers

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Guidelines for Podficcers & Writers

• Remember to read through our General Event Policies and Guidelines for All Participants, as well as the writers' guidelines outlined below.


• You will be writing a companion fic or creating a companion podfic to accompany your assigned artist's artwork(s), and this must be newly created and based on your own work (i.e. a podfic of someone else's work cannot be read, and a story cannot be a remix of someone else's fic).


• Your work must be a self-contained work created specifically and exclusively for the Reverse Bang based on or inspired by the artwork that you claim.


• You can sign up alone or as part of a team, whether that's two writers collabing, or one person writing and one recording the podfic, or another kind of team-up (the minimum word count remains the same).


• Completed Reverse Bang stories must be a minimum of 5,000 words.


• Completed Reverse Bang stories with accompanying podfics must be a minimum of 2,500 words.


• There is no upper word limit, but your work must be complete at the time of posting.


• By claiming an artwork you are commiting to finishing by your posting date.

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Claiming Process

To participate in the 2021 Cap-Iron Man Reverse Bang as a writer or podficcer, all you need to do is claim an artwork on Saturday, February 13th. There is no prior sign-up available or required.

If you would like to create in a language other than English, you must claim artwork where the artist has stated that they are happy to receive an accompanying work in that language.

• Claims will be done on a first-come, first-serve basis.


• In case you can't make a claim personally on Saturday, February 13th, you are allowed to ask someone to make a claim on your behalf (a proxy claim). There is no need to have a Dreamwidth or OpenID account to make a claim or proxy claim for someone, as anonymous commenting will be enabled.


• Artworks are posted anonymously. You must claim artwork based solely on the submission and details provided.


• Instructions on how to claim artwork will go up with the preview of art entries on February 11th.


• Because this is a collaborative event, there is no penalty free dropping out once you've claimed a work. Dropping out once you've been partnered up will be considered defaulting on the challenge and will result in a temporary ban.

Creation Period and Posting

Once you have claimed a piece of art and you've been teamed up with your artist, all that's left is to create your RBB fanwork! Please remember to keep in touch with your partner(s) and keep track of time as you write. The posting period begins in May, and mods will be in touch before then with instructions on how to claim a posting date and post your work.

Each participating creator is responsible for posting their work on their scheduled posting day by noon Eastern Standard Time. A challenge-fulfilling work must be posted all at once, and it should be complete as a stand-alone. We require you to link to your partner's work when your team has posted.

On your chosen posting day, ONE member from your entire team is required to send through your team's links and posting information by filling out the Masterpost Information Form.

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Check out our REVERSE BANG FAQ POST for more information. Have more questions? Feel free to email us at cap.im.events@gmail.com!

2021 Cap-Iron Man Reverse Bang Posting Instructions

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All Reverse Bang fanworks should be completed, formatted, and ready to post in full by your posting date.

Each participating creator is responsible for posting their work on their scheduled posting day. A challenge-fulfilling work must be posted all at once, and it should be complete as a stand-alone. We require you to link to your partner's work when your team has posted, and it's courteous to acknowledge the hard work they've put into this collaboration!

All works must be posted on your scheduled posting date by noon Eastern Time. If something comes up, contact the mods. Extra works (such as sequels or bonus art) will only be included in the Challenge Masterlist if posted before the end of the Reverse Bang posting period, and a link must be sent to mods.

Posting Day Checklist:

1. Post your completed work to AO3.


2. Add your work to our 2021 Cap-IM RBB collection (alternatively, post directly to the collection by clicking on the link and then the "post new work to collection" button).


3. Add links to your team's work(s) on your RBB post(s) once they too have posted.


4. Designate one team member to fill out our Masterpost Information Form by noon ET so that the mods can create a Team Masterpost, and later the Event Masterlist.

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POSTING YOUR WORK

ARCHIVE OF OUR OWN

All fanworks are required to be posted as unlocked AO3 works for longevity and accessibility reasons. You can crosspost your work to any channels and platforms of your choice on your posting date after you have posted to AO3.

Here are some options commonly used when posting a Reverse Bang collaboration:

• Inspired By — The artist creates an AO3 work, and the writer or podficcer posts their work to AO3 separately, linking the two works. This is a good option if your team prefers not to embed the artwork into the story.


• Co-Authors — Creating a single AO3 work with both creators listed as co-authors, with the artwork embedded into the story.


• Author's Note — The creators post independent works and link to each other's works at the top of their AO3 work, describing the association in their own words without using an AO3 function (or in addition to it).

If you need to make an AO3 account, please request an invite here and keep in mind that it might take a few days for you to get it and be able to create the account. If you run into trouble, contact the mods at cap.im.events@gmail.com ASAP so we can sort out an invite.

When posting your work onto AO3, be sure that it is in our 2021 Captain America/Iron Man Reverse Bang collection. You can do this by either posting the work directly to the collection, or by manually adding "cap_ironman_2020_RBB" in the Post to Collection / Challenges field in the Associations section when posting your draft. Do not worry if the collection does not appear as an option in the AO3 dropdown menu (this is a common glitch); simply add the collection manually and your work will appear.

For help on AO3 posting, please check our AO3 Guide for Cap-Iron Man Events.

ARTISTS:

Do not host your artwork on a site where it can easily be deleted, requires special access, or uses a link that can be broken.

In addition to your entry for the RBB, each team requires a banner, which you will submit to us via the Masterpost Information Form.

Please follow the guidelines below when creating your banner:

• The banner must be Safe For Work (SFW).


• The banner must be 580px wide and 200px tall or a higher resolution image with the same dimensions (e.g. 1160:400) so that when resized it won't be squished. Please note that the mods will crop your image to size if it is sent incorrectly.


• The banner can be a SFW crop of the artwork or a specially made banner for the accompanying fic.


• The banner can include such details as work title(s) and team member usernames


• The person in charge of the filling out the Masterpost Information Form must provide a direct image link of the banner.

FILLING OUT YOUR MASTERPOST INFORMATION FORM

On your chosen posting day, ONE member from your entire team is required to send through your team's links and posting information by filling out the Masterpost Information Form by noon ET so that mods can create your Team Masterpost.

Each team is expected to coordinate internally. Please make sure that you have collected all the information necessary to fill out the Form.

The Masterpost Information Form will ask you for:

• Direct image URL to team banner


• Preferred usernames for all team members


• Work summaries


• Word count of fic, length of podfic and fanvids


• Rating of works


• Warnings for works


• AO3 links to all works


• Tags for your masterpost, including Dreamwidth username tags

You can find all of the community's existing tags here, and the relevant tag options (universe and genre) will also be provided in the Masterpost Information Form for you to choose from.

Important tip: If you have created a draft of your AO3 work, its link will be the same as when you publish it. This means that you can pass on your AO3 link to the person filling out the Masterpost Information Form before you publish your work on the posting day.

Please remember to fill out our Masterpost Information Form by noon ET of your posting day.

Your team's masterpost will then be published on your behalf using the cap-ironman event mod account on our cap_ironman Dreamwidth community and our main Tumblr.

CROSSPOSTS

If you'd like to share your work on other social media platforms, please indicate that it is a work for the Cap-Iron Man Reverse Bang challenge and link to your partner's work(s) in the post.

If posting on Tumblr, be sure to cap_ironman and use #capimrbb or #capimrbb2021 within the first 5 tags so the mods will be able to find it, or email us a rebloggable link to guarantee that it'll be reblogged. Please note that we'll be queueing the posts as we see them, so it may take a couple of days for them to be shared on our blog. If your post features art, we will only reblog SFW (safe for work) posts: we encourage you to post a 'safe for work' crop with a link or cut to the full version.

Remember this is a collaborative event; we will not reblog Reverse Bang posts that do not link to their accompanying work(s).

EXTENSIONS

We strongly urge you to make sure that you are finished and ready to post before your posting date. If you cannot make your posting date for any reason, please let us know! We will work with you; please don't just disappear.

Should you need an extension, email us at least 24 hours before your posting date. You must be confident that you will be able to finish your work with an extension. The extension will apply to your entire team.

We understand that due to unexpected issues, you may need to ask for an extension. If that becomes the case, please include the following in your email to the mods:

• The writer/podficcer's current word count and a percentage of how complete the work is, or the percentage of how complete the artwork/fanvid is.


• An estimation of how much time your team needs to be able to post. Please note that small edits for typos and such can be done after your posting date, but you do need to post a finished product.


• The reason your team is asking for an extension. This helps to contextualise your situation and will also aid mods in planning future events.

Please note that your team cannot ask for an indefinite extension, and only one extension will be granted per team, so make sure you are as clear as possible about how much time you will need to finish.

If you fail to contact us and do not work with your partner(s) to post on time, you will be considered a defaulting participant, and the penalty for this is a year-long ban from all collaborative and exchange events run by the Cap-IM community. This penalty will only apply to the defaulting member of the team, not the team as a whole. For details check our Defaulting Guidelines.

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Check out our REVERSE BANG FAQ POST for more information. Have more questions? Feel free to email us at cap.im.events@gmail.com!

2021 Cap-Iron Man Reverse Bang Event Guidelines

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Welcome to a new round of the cap_ironman Reverse Bang! Running since 2010, the Captain America/Iron Man Reverse Bang invites the community's artists and fanvidders to create new Steve/Tony works and challenges writers to create fanfiction prompted by a creator's work.

( What's involved in this challenge? )

Schedule

Wednesday, January 1st, 2020:Earliest art submission acceptance
Wednesday, February 10th: Art drafts are due and artist sign-ups close at the end of the 10th
Thursday, February 11th: The claims preview post will be made public here on c_im_bigbang
Saturday, February 13th, 18:00 ET (what time is this for me?): Claims begin, and podficcers and writers choose the artwork(s) they would like to write fic for
February-April: Writers write! Podficcers podfic! Artists finish their fanwork(s).
Saturday, April 24th, 18:00 ET (what time is this for me?): Teams select their May posting dates
Saturday, May 1st: Posting begins!

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Guidelines for All Participants

• Please read through the General Event Policies and the following rules below carefully before submitting your work. Works that do not abide by the Event Work Requirements will not be accepted.


• All participants must be 18 or older.


• This challenge is run by the cap_ironman community and it's a Steve/Tony fest, so we're looking for art and fic with a focus on the relationship between Steve Rogers and Tony Stark in any context (platonic or romantic) and in any setting or continuity you can think of.


• A primary non-Steve/Tony relationship or moresome involving other characters is not allowed.


• Each creator may submit a total of two distinct works to the event (in any combination of art and fic).


• We don't allow pre-formed teams or tandem sign-ups. You may, however, sign up as a co-writing team (writers working together) or as a co-creating artist team (artists working together) for the respective claims.


• We expect all participants to be open to working with new people. The claiming process is partially anonymous and first-come, first-serve — when you sign up, be open to work constructively with anyone.


• This is a collaborative fest: you are expected to keep in touch with your team for the duration of the fest. You must coordinate with your partner during the posting period.


• Works need to be complete and ready for posting in full by your team’s posting date.


• Even if you finish early, do not post your work or any portion of it anywhere before the posting date.

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Event Requirements

⭐ Artists commit to posting:

• At least one complete traditional or digital artwork
• A complete fanvid of at least 1.5 minutes

In addition to this, artists are required to create a story banner for their team.

⭐ Writers commit to posting a complete story of at least 5,000 words.
⭐ Podficcers commit to posting an original, complete podfic of at least 2,500 words.

If you're signing up as an artist, please read through the GUIDELINES FOR ARTISTS page for information on draft submissions and more.

If you'd like to claim artwork and join as a writer of podficcer, please read through the GUIDELINES FOR PODFICCERS & WRITERS page for information on the claiming process and more.

Here are our Posting Guidelines.

Check out our REVERSE BANG FAQ POST for more information.

Please note: For long term accessibility reasons, we require all creators to have an AO3 account. You are responsible for posting your finished work(s) to our AO3 collection upon your team's posting date. If you need to make an AO3 account, please request an invite here and keep in mind that it might take a few days for you to get it and be able to create the account.

After all claimed creators have been teamed up, the RBB mods will be sending out additional information and event updates via email, in addition to posting on the c_im_bigbang community. Please make sure that you check your email regularly once you've joined the event.

It's a long creation period from now until May, and the key is to keep motivated and have a great time throughout the challenge! The RBB mods will be running some limited-time chats hosted on Discord. These will be publicised beforehand on our community platforms.

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If you have any questions, they may already be answered in our General Event Policies page. If you still need a hand figuring things out, please contact us by commenting below, at cap.im.events@gmail.com, sending through a Tumblr IM or Ask.