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The Cap-IM Big Bang Date Claims are coming—it's time for you to decide on a posting date! The Date Claims Form will open on Saturday, October 24th at 14:00 EDT (what time is this for me?).

Remember that if no one on your team is available to claim a date, you can ask someone else to proxy-claim for you!


IMPORTANT INFORMATION


  • By claiming a posting date, you are committing to having your work complete and ready for posting by the date you have picked; this counts as your check in for the BB. If your team does not claim a date by October 26th 14:00 EDT, the mods will assign your team a posting date.

  • If you have any special requests, such as pre-arranging a set posting date due to personal circumstances, please email cap.im.events@gmail.com as soon as possible so we can try to accommodate you (please note that we cannot guarantee anything, and will consider requests on a first-come, first-serve basis).

  • If no team member is able to be present when posting date claims open, please consider using a proxy to submit a claim on your behalf. Proxies simply need to enter your team CODENAME when they claim for you. If you are unable to find a proxy, please email the mods at cap.im.events@gmail.com and we will try to organise a proxy for you.

  • If you believe you won't be able to finish your work by your posting date, please communicate your concerns with your partner(s) and the mods as soon as possible. You can find all extension information in our Posting Instructions post.

  • We strongly encourage all participants to meet their posting deadline, and only ask for an extension as a final resort. If you believe you won't be able to finish your work by next month, please communicate your concerns with your partner(s) and the mods as soon as possible.

  • Incomplete works, failure to meet the deadline, or a complete lack of communication on and after your posting date will result in a temporary ban from some [community profile] cap_ironman events.

  • Bans are done individually and not as a team; participants who have completed their event work will not be held responsible for the actions of their partner(s).

  • For further details on bans, read through the Defaulting and Participation Eligibility policies.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR DATE


30 posting dates are available from November 1 to November 30. Only one team will be posting on any given day so that your Stevetony content is staggered for people to enjoy!

Before choosing the posting dates you will list, please make sure it will work for everyone on the team. You are required to have all works posted on the same date by midnight EST so that you can send the mods the masterpost information on time. This means that if a writer is working with two artists (was double claimed), they will all post their fanworks on the same day.

Posting date claims will be run via a Google Form on a first come, first-served basis.
  • The Date Claims Form is linked here, as is the live claims spreadsheet that will show the claims happening real-time. The form will open when date claims start, but you can access the link beforehand.

  • The person claiming on behalf of a team needs to know their CODENAME and 3-5 posting dates to list in order of preference.

  • Your posting team is determined by the writer's CODENAME as given to you in the BB matching email.

  • Posting dates will be allocated in the order that forms are received.

  • Teams that submit forms where all dates listed have already been picked will be asked to resubmit.

  • If your team has special requirements to due participant schedules, you must contact the event mods via email at cap.im.events@gmail.com before October 24th.

Remember, only one person claims on behalf of their team.

Please find the Posting Date Claims Form here. It will open on Saturday October 24th, 14:00 EDT (what time is this for me?) and close on Monday October 26th, 14:00 EDT.
Please find the spreadsheet for viewing live claims here.



On October 26th, teams will receive an email with their finalised posting date and additional information regarding their deadline.
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CLAIMS ARE CLOSED.



To those unfamiliar with the concept, second claims are when all the fics in the Big Bang are made available to be claimed again by a second artist, resulting in teams of one writer and two artists. Unlike the first round of claims, however, second claims are completely optional and not all stories are guaranteed to be claimed again.

We encourage all artists who missed the first round of claims to join in and participate in the second round! Artists who have already claimed a story in round one are also invited to claim a second story.




This is the SECOND CLAIMS phase of the Big Bang, and where the artists come in! 12 fantastic drafts have been submitted and are awaiting artists to claim them.

By claiming a story, you assert that you will collaborate with your writer(s) to produce custom artwork to accompany their story when posting begins in November. There is no penalty-free dropping out after this point.

You do not need to be a member of the [community profile] cap_ironman community or have a Dreamwidth account to make your claim. Anonymous comments on this post are enabled. (Commenting will open when the claiming phase begins).

Your schedule:
  • October: Artists work on their piece, writers finish their fics

  • Saturday, October 24th: Teams select posting dates for November

  • November: Big Bang fic and art begin posting!


A recap on some of the main rules:
  • Please remember to read through our General Event Policies and the Big Bang Event Guidelines for all participants, as well as the Artists’ Guidelines for this year’s challenge before going on to claim any fics.

  • Traditional and digital art are the eligible work types for this Big Bang.

  • You are required to make, at minimum, one piece of accompanying fanwork for the fic you claim. The artwork(s) must be new and made solely for the story in question.

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

  • All participants must be 18 or older.


To claim a summary on Saturday, September 27th, you will need to leave a comment with the following information (just copy and paste in your own details):




Two or three options are recommended as we cannot guarantee that you will get your first choice. However, you may include more if you wish or list just one choice if there is only one summary you are interested in. Remember that you are signing up for a collaborative event—please do not list summaries that you would not be genuinely happy to work with.

  • Claims will be made on a first-come, first-served basis and you will be assigned the first option that is still available on your list.

  • Initially, you may only claim once, and you will be assigned a single fic. We will announce when double claims begin.

  • If the claim time is inconvenient for you, we encourage you to find someone who will put in a claim for you by proxy. All your proxy has to do is comment on the claims post instead of you when the time comes, providing your username, email and claims as set out above in this post.

  • You can email the mod team (cap.im.events@gmail.com) for assistance in finding a proxy.


Writers, remember that artists have different schedules and timezones, and that though we try to accommodate everyone, your fic may not be claimed in the first few hours. Please be patient, and don’t look at claims as a competition This challenge is about pairing like-minded creators who will work together to produce exciting new Steve/Tony content; sometimes it takes a while for the right person to come along!

When matching is complete, we will send out emails to connect artists with their writers, along with further instructions.

NOTE: After you receive the email, PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY CONFIRMING you have received the information. Please wait until you have replied to this email before contacting your partner. After confirming the assignment email has been received, it is the artists’ and writers’ responsibilities to open communications with team members and keep in touch for the duration of the collaboration.

A word about warnings: If you have a specific concern and would like the mods to vet a story draft before you make your choices, please let us know at cap.im.events@gmail.com.

Please send any questions to cap.im.events@gmail.com, especially if we've made a mistake with your summary.


On to the Summaries! )
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All entries have been claimed for in the first round of claims. Second Claims will open on Sunday 27th September 12:00 (midday) EDT (what time is that for me?). Please head to the Second Claims Post here.





This is the CLAIMS phase of the Big Bang, and where the artists come in! 12 fantastic drafts have been submitted and are awaiting artists to claim them.

By claiming a story, you assert that you will collaborate with your writer(s) to produce custom artwork to accompany their story when posting begins in November. There is no penalty-free dropping out after this point.

You do not need to be a member of the [community profile] cap_ironman community or have a Dreamwidth account to make your claim. Anonymous comments on this post are enabled. (Commenting will open when the claiming phase begins).

Your schedule:
  • October: Artists work on their piece, writers finish their fics

  • Saturday, October 24th: Teams select posting dates for November

  • November: Big Bang fic and art begin posting!


A recap on some of the main rules:
  • Please remember to read through our General Event Policies and the Big Bang Event Guidelines for all participants, as well as the Artists’ Guidelines for this year’s challenge before going on to claim any fics.

  • Traditional and digital art are the eligible work types for this Big Bang.

  • You are required to make, at minimum, one piece of accompanying fanwork for the fic you claim. The artwork(s) must be new and made solely for the story in question.

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

  • All participants must be 18 or older.


To claim a summary on Saturday, September 26th, you will need to leave a comment with the following information (just copy and paste in your own details):




Two or three options are recommended as we cannot guarantee that you will get your first choice. However, you may include more if you wish or list just one choice if there is only one summary you are interested in. Remember that you are signing up for a collaborative event—please do not list summaries that you would not be genuinely happy to work with.

  • Claims will be made on a first-come, first-served basis and you will be assigned the first option that is still available on your list.

  • Initially, you may only claim once, and you will be assigned a single fic. We will announce when double claims begin.

  • If the claim time is inconvenient for you, we encourage you to find someone who will put in a claim for you by proxy. All your proxy has to do is comment on the claims post instead of you when the time comes, providing your username, email and claims as set out above in this post.

  • You can email the mod team (cap.im.events@gmail.com) for assistance in finding a proxy.


Writers, remember that artists have different schedules and timezones, and that though we try to accommodate everyone, your fic may not be claimed in the first few hours. Please be patient, and don’t look at claims as a competition This challenge is about pairing like-minded creators who will work together to produce exciting new Steve/Tony content; sometimes it takes a while for the right person to come along!

When matching is complete, we will send out emails to connect artists with their writers, along with further instructions.

NOTE: After you receive the email, PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY CONFIRMING you have received the information. Please wait until you have replied to this email before contacting your partner. After confirming the assignment email has been received, it is the artists’ and writers’ responsibilities to open communications with team members and keep in touch for the duration of the collaboration.

A word about warnings: If you have a specific concern and would like the mods to vet a story draft before you make your choices, please let us know at cap.im.events@gmail.com.

Please send any questions to cap.im.events@gmail.com, especially if we've made a mistake with your summary.


On to the Summaries! )
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All entries have been claimed for in the first round of claims. Second Claims will open on Sunday 27th September 12:00 (midday) EDT (what time is that for me?). Please head to the Second Claims Post here.





This is the CLAIMS phase of the Big Bang, and where the artists come in! 12 fantastic drafts have been submitted and are awaiting artists to claim them.

By claiming a story, you assert that you will collaborate with your writer(s) to produce custom artwork to accompany their story when posting begins in November. There is no penalty-free dropping out after this point.

You do not need to be a member of the [community profile] cap_ironman community or have a Dreamwidth account to make your claim. Anonymous comments on this post are enabled. (Commenting will open when the claiming phase begins).

Your schedule:
  • October: Artists work on their piece, writers finish their fics

  • Saturday, October 24th: Teams select posting dates for November

  • November: Big Bang fic and art begin posting!


A recap on some of the main rules:
  • Please remember to read through our General Event Policies and the Big Bang Event Guidelines for all participants, as well as the Artists’ Guidelines for this year’s challenge before going on to claim any fics.

  • Traditional and digital art are the eligible work types for this Big Bang.

  • You are required to make, at minimum, one piece of accompanying fanwork for the fic you claim. The artwork(s) must be new and made solely for the story in question.

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

  • All participants must be 18 or older.


To claim a summary on Saturday, September 26th, you will need to leave a comment with the following information (just copy and paste in your own details):




Two or three options are recommended as we cannot guarantee that you will get your first choice. However, you may include more if you wish or list just one choice if there is only one summary you are interested in. Remember that you are signing up for a collaborative event—please do not list summaries that you would not be genuinely happy to work with.

  • Claims will be made on a first-come, first-served basis and you will be assigned the first option that is still available on your list.

  • Initially, you may only claim once, and you will be assigned a single fic. We will announce when double claims begin.

  • If the claim time is inconvenient for you, we encourage you to find someone who will put in a claim for you by proxy. All your proxy has to do is comment on the claims post instead of you when the time comes, providing your username, email and claims as set out above in this post.

  • You can email the mod team (cap.im.events@gmail.com) for assistance in finding a proxy.


Writers, remember that artists have different schedules and timezones, and that though we try to accommodate everyone, your fic may not be claimed in the first few hours. Please be patient, and don’t look at claims as a competition This challenge is about pairing like-minded creators who will work together to produce exciting new Steve/Tony content; sometimes it takes a while for the right person to come along!

When matching is complete, we will send out emails to connect artists with their writers, along with further instructions.

NOTE: After you receive the email, PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY CONFIRMING you have received the information. Please wait until you have replied to this email before contacting your partner. After confirming the assignment email has been received, it is the artists’ and writers’ responsibilities to open communications with team members and keep in touch for the duration of the collaboration.

A word about warnings: If you have a specific concern and would like the mods to vet a story draft before you make your choices, please let us know at cap.im.events@gmail.com.

Please send any questions to cap.im.events@gmail.com, especially if we've made a mistake with your summary.


On to the Summaries! )
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All entries have been claimed for in the first round of claims. Second Claims will open on Sunday 27th September 12:00 (midday) EDT (what time is that for me?). Please head to the Second Claims Post here.





This is the CLAIMS phase of the Big Bang, and where the artists come in! 12 fantastic drafts have been submitted and are awaiting artists to claim them.

By claiming a story, you assert that you will collaborate with your writer(s) to produce custom artwork to accompany their story when posting begins in November. There is no penalty-free dropping out after this point.

You do not need to be a member of the [community profile] cap_ironman community or have a Dreamwidth account to make your claim. Anonymous comments on this post are enabled. (Commenting will open when the claiming phase begins).

Your schedule:
  • October: Artists work on their piece, writers finish their fics

  • Saturday, October 24th: Teams select posting dates for November

  • November: Big Bang fic and art begin posting!


A recap on some of the main rules:
  • Please remember to read through our General Event Policies and the Big Bang Event Guidelines for all participants, as well as the Artists’ Guidelines for this year’s challenge before going on to claim any fics.

  • Traditional and digital art are the eligible work types for this Big Bang.

  • You are required to make, at minimum, one piece of accompanying fanwork for the fic you claim. The artwork(s) must be new and made solely for the story in question.

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

  • All participants must be 18 or older.


To claim a summary on Saturday, September 26th, you will need to leave a comment with the following information (just copy and paste in your own details):




Two or three options are recommended as we cannot guarantee that you will get your first choice. However, you may include more if you wish or list just one choice if there is only one summary you are interested in. Remember that you are signing up for a collaborative event—please do not list summaries that you would not be genuinely happy to work with.

  • Claims will be made on a first-come, first-served basis and you will be assigned the first option that is still available on your list.

  • Initially, you may only claim once, and you will be assigned a single fic. We will announce when double claims begin.

  • If the claim time is inconvenient for you, we encourage you to find someone who will put in a claim for you by proxy. All your proxy has to do is comment on the claims post instead of you when the time comes, providing your username, email and claims as set out above in this post.

  • You can email the mod team (cap.im.events@gmail.com) for assistance in finding a proxy.


Writers, remember that artists have different schedules and timezones, and that though we try to accommodate everyone, your fic may not be claimed in the first few hours. Please be patient, and don’t look at claims as a competition This challenge is about pairing like-minded creators who will work together to produce exciting new Steve/Tony content; sometimes it takes a while for the right person to come along!

When matching is complete, we will send out emails to connect artists with their writers, along with further instructions.

NOTE: After you receive the email, PLEASE RESPOND DIRECTLY CONFIRMING you have received the information. Please wait until you have replied to this email before contacting your partner. After confirming the assignment email has been received, it is the artists’ and writers’ responsibilities to open communications with team members and keep in touch for the duration of the collaboration.

A word about warnings: If you have a specific concern and would like the mods to vet a story draft before you make your choices, please let us know at cap.im.events@gmail.com.

Please send any questions to cap.im.events@gmail.com, especially if we've made a mistake with your summary.


On to the Summaries! )
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Big Bang stories and accompanying artworks should be completed, formatted, and ready to post by your posting date.

Each participating writer and artist will upload their own fic or art individually. 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 Standard Time. If something comes up, contact the mods. A challenge-fulfilling fic must be posted all at once, and it should be complete as a stand-alone. A challenge-fulfilling artwork must be complete by the posting day. Extra works (such as sequels or bonus art) will only be included in the Challenge Masterlist if posted before the end of the Big Bang posting period, and a link must be sent to mods.

Posting Day Checklist:
  1. Post your completed work to AO3 (both art and fic!).

  2. Add your work to our 2020 Cap-IM BB 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 BB post(s) once they too have posted.

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



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 Big Bang collaboration:
  • Inspired By — The writer creates an AO3 work for their fic, and the artist posts their art to AO3 separately as a work inspired by the fic. 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 the artist and writer listed as co-authors, with the artwork embedded into the story.

  • Author's Note — The writer and artist(s) link to each other's works at the top of their AO3 work and describe 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 to AO3, be sure that it is in our 2020 Captain America/Iron Man Big Bang collection. You can do this by either posting the work directly to the collection, or by manually adding "2020_Cap_Ironman_Big_Bang" in the Post to Collection / Challenges field in the Associations section and pressing Enter. Do not worry if the collection does not appear as an option in the AO3 dropdown menu (this is a common glitch); if you add the collection manually your work will appear there.

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

WRITERS


Please be aware that your word count may be different from AO3's when posting. Mods will be going by AO3 for the 25,000 word minimum, so make sure your fic meets that requirement.

Important tip: If you have created a draft of your fic, change the date before you click post, otherwise your AO3 posting date will be the date you created your draft and readers looking at the feed by date might not see it.

ARTISTS:


For art, 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 art entry for the BB, 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 fic title(s) and team writer(s) and artist(s)

  • 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 EST 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

  • Fic summary

  • Word count of fic

  • Rating of works

  • Warnings for works

  • AO3 links to all works

  • Optional additional links to crossposts

  • 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 EST of your posting day


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

OPTIONAL CROSSPOSTS


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

If posting on Tumblr, be sure to @ cap-ironman and use #capimbb or #capimbb2020 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 Big Bang works that do not link to the accompanying fic or art.

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's current word count and a percentage for how much of the fic is still incomplete, or the percentage of how complete the artwork 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.




If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know by emailing cap.im.events@gmail.com.
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This is where everything begins for the [community profile] cap_ironman 2020 Captain America/Iron Man Big Bang! Running since 2011, the Cap-Iron Man Big Bang challenges writers to create new Steve/Tony fics and then invites artists to create accompanying art!

⭐ What is a Big Bang?
A big bang is a collaborative event between writers and artists, meant to encourage the finishing of longer fic. Writers draft a story which then goes to claims, where artists choose a story to create an accompanying artwork for, and they post the finished works together as part of the event.

⭐ How does it work?
Writers create Steve/Tony-focused stories with a minimum of 25,000 words. During the writing phase, writers will work on a draft of their story and then submit it along with a summary. Drafts must be a minimum of 20,000 words, and should be 80% of your planned word count at the time of submission to ensure your ability to finish by the posting date. There is no formal sign up period. All a writer needs to do to be signed up is to submit a draft by the deadline. All an artist needs to do to sign up is claim a story during claims period.

During the claims phase, all the summaries will be assigned a code name and posted anonymously. Artists will then claim a fic for which they want to create an accompanying art work.

During the collaborative phase, writers and artists can work together as much or a little as they want to brainstorm ideas and cheer each other on. We'd like to remind you that the Big Bang is not about artwork being "commissioned" to the exact specifications of the writer, but inspired by the fic that is claimed and based on the collaboration itself.

During the posting phase, teams will post their completed fanworks together on the same day. At the end of the challenge, we will prepare a Masterlist of all created works.

⭐ What does the collaboration involve?
Every collaboration will be different — that's part of the beauty of signing up as a writer or claiming a fic as an artist! The Big Bang is a fun new opportunity to create wonderful Steve/Tony fanfic and accompanying artworks, and have a fantastic time working together to various degrees. The level of communication and collaboration between team members is to be negotiated amongst themselves, but at minimum all participants must communicate clearly with their partners during the important stages of the challenge such as after claims and before date claims and posting, and let partners know if there will be times when they are uncontactable. It's crucial to be able to compromise and take each other's feelings into account.

When it comes to posting, your entire team will do so on the same day following the posting instructions sent to you. As part of the challenge, team members will acknowledge their partner(s)' hard work and creations. Some people choose to do this with an AO3 function (inspired by or gift), others use a hyperlink in the Author's Note. It is a requirement that all embedded work is credited, and that all team members are recognised equally.

⭐ But 25,000 words is intimidating!
Not to worry! There is still a lot of time in the writing phase and a lot of resources available. We will be holding creator workshops where creators can discuss their works, brainstorm ideas, work through tricky plot points and get the support they need. There is also a whole community of enthusiastic Steve/Tony fans out there ready to support and cheer. Maybe you’ve had that one fic idea you’ve always wanted to write but you never have. This is the chance to take that on and make it happen! Sometimes the deadline and collaboration are exactly the kind of motivation you need to see a project through to the end — even if this is longer than any work you’ve written so far!

⭐ I’ve never written Steve/Tony. / I have never written any fic ever!
Then now is a good time to start! Remember, at one point, every single creator was someone who had never made their own work before. If you feel inspired and want to create, then we want your work. Any idea, any Steve/Tony canon, any AU — as long as it’s Steve/Tony focused, we want it. And just think, after this, you won’t be saying “I have never written a fic before” and instead you’ll be saying “I wrote this fic and it was an accomplishment!”

⭐ What if I don’t manage that many words after all?
From now till the draft submission deadline in late September, you can work on your draft and see where it goes, get cheerleaders, plus talk to other creators privately to get tips and figure out where your draft is going. Until you submit a draft to us, you’re not committed to anything. So have a go! If by the draft submission deadline you’re confident you can finish your fic, send in your draft! If you feel the draft didn’t come far enough to be submitted, you will still have more words in a draft document than you had before you started out, and are that many words closer to finishing your awesome Steve/Tony work! You can post in your own time, or if you like, you can always keep working on your draft for next year's Big Bang challenge.

⭐ I want to write but I don't know what to write about.
Never fear, the community is here! Check out our Prompt Post. You can also drop off your own prompts if you want.

So, now that you’re convinced that participating is a fantastic idea, read on for some very important logistical information…



Schedule


  • Now - September 23rd: Writers work on their fic and submit their draft submissions
  • Wednesday, September 23rd: Drafts and summaries are due and writer sign-ups close at the end of the 23rd
  • Thursday, September 24th: Summaries are publicly posted
  • Saturday, September 26th: Artists claim stories by summaries. Claims begin 08:00 EDT ("What time is that for me?")
  • October: Artists work on their piece(s), writers finish their fics
  • Saturday, October 24th: Teams select their November posting dates
  • November: Posting begins!




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.

  • You must read all of the guidelines carefully. You are responsible for reading and understanding all of the guidelines listed below.

  • 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.

  • 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, and we expect all participants to be open to working with new people. We also can’t guarantee that a particular author and artist will be paired together as the claiming process is partially anonymous and first-come, first-serve. When you sign-up, be open to constructively work 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 date claims and posting periods.


If you're signing up as a writer, please read through the GUIDELINES FOR WRITERS page for information on draft submissions and more.


If you'd like to join as an artist, please read through the GUIDELINES FOR ARTISTS page for information on the claiming process and more.


Here are our Posting Guidelines.


Check out our BIG BANG FAQ POST for more information.


If you read through those and have a question that still hasn't been answered, please get in touch with the mods at cap.im.events@gmail.com!

Please note: For long term accessibility reasons, we require both writers and artists 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 the claiming period and all creators are teamed up, the BB mods will be sending out additional information and event updates through email, in addition to posting on the [community profile] c_im_bigbang community, DW, LJ and Tumblr. Please make sure that you check your email regularly once you've joined the event.

If you need a space to talk about your progress, ask questions, look for resources, or more, check out the Creator Workshop posts! It's a long writing period from now until November, and the key is to keep motivated and have a great time throughout the challenge. The Big Bang mods will also be running some limited-time chats hosted on Discord. These will be publicised beforehand on our community platforms.




We also want to take the time to remind everyone of our affiliate Big Bang challenge, [community profile] marvel_bang!


[community profile] marvel_bang


Marvel Bang has been running successfully for a number of years. It is open to all stories set in a canon of the greater Marvel universe or focused on Marvel characters and pairings. The minimum word count is 10K.

So if you have an idea for a story that doesn't quite fit our Big Bang requirements, but still want to sign up for a BB challenge, here's your chance! There's a place for stories of all shapes and sizes in fandom, so do not give up on any idea you want to run with!

Writer signups remain open until July 1st, and you can have a look at this year's event guidelines here.




If you have any questions, you can reach the BB mods by emailing cap.im.events@gmail.com or sending through a Tumblr IM or Ask.
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Guidelines for Artists


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

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

  • You are required to create, at minimum, one piece of accompanying fanwork for the fic you claim and can create as many pieces as you'd like.

  • You will be creating artwork to accompany your assigned writer's story, and this artwork must be newly created. Your art must be created specifically and exclusively for the Big Bang, based on or inspired by the story that you claim.

  • In addition to this, you are required to create a story banner for the fic you claim, 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.

  • By claiming a story you are committing to finishing all artwork(s) by your team's posting date.




Claiming Process


To participate in the 2020 Cap-Iron Man Big Bang as an artist, all you need to do is claim a summary on September 26th. There is no prior sign-up available or required.

Please note that if you claim a fic that is in a language other than English, you must be able to read this language so that you can read the fic and communicate with your partner.

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

  • In case you can't make a claim personally on Saturday, September 26th, 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.

  • Stories are posted anonymously. You must claim a story based solely on the summary and details provided. Writers are instructed to be as transparent as they can when providing details on warnings, other featured characters/relationships, etc.

  • Instructions on how to claim artwork will go up with the preview of summaries on September 24th.

  • 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've claimed a work and you've been teamed up with a writer, all you have to do is make accompanying artwork(s) for your partner's story, and remember to keep in touch with them throughout the event! The posting period begins in November, and mods will be in touch before then with instructions on how to claim a posting date and post your entry.

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, 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.




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


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

  • Completed stories must be a minimum of 25,000 words. There is no upper limit, but stories can’t be a work-in-progress at the time of posting.

  • Your story must be an self-contained story written specifically and exclusively for the Cap-Iron Man Big Bang and therefore can't be a sequel to an existing story or a part of an existing WiP that has been posted online. If you have an unposted WiP that has not been shared (in full or in part) anywhere, then it's eligible as a Big Bang entry if it fits all the other requirements.

  • You can sign up alone or as part of an writer team (minimum word count remains the same).

  • Participants can submit stories still in progress for claims, but all final stories 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 an artist.

  • Even if you finish early, do not post your story or any portion of it anywhere before the posting date. Doing so will disqualify you from the Big Bang.

  • As you're working on your story, please keep in mind that summaries are posted anonymously during claims (see the Claiming Process section) and we urge you to be tactful during the pre-claim period.


If you don’t have an idea for an entry yet, you might want to check out our Prompt Post and browse the ideas that people are interested in seeing. We also invite you to make use of our Creator's Workshop posts, and be on the lookout for the Discord chats we will be hosting. Additionally, mods will be posting inspiration posts on the [tumblr.com profile] cap-ironman Tumblr throughout the creation period.



Draft Requirements and Submissions


To officially enter the 2020 Big Bang, you need only submit a draft tocap.im.events@gmail.com at any time from now until submissions close at the end of Wednesday, September 23rd (what time is this for me?)

Submitted drafts must be at least mostly complete when you sign up. The draft must include an outlined ending so that after claiming, your artist has a clear idea of where you’re taking the story. By sending us a draft, you are committing to being ready to post a completed story on a November posting date.

As a rough guideline you should have about 80% of your drafted story written by September 23rd, but the important thing is that you feel confident you can finish the story in time.. Drafts need to be at least 20K of the required 25K word count. Drafts of less than 20K will not be accepted. It is fine if you have skeleton scenes, parts that still exist in outline form, or scenes that are not more than a sentence in your outline as a placeholder, but the majority of your draft needs to be prose. Remember, your artist will read and work from your draft, and needs something to go on.

We are expecting a rough draft that you are still working on; it doesn't have to be perfect. However, we do encourage that writers have their stories beta read before posting, so it might be a good time to check out our list of active Steve/Tony beta readers after you submit your draft to us.

Because this is a collaborative event, there is no penalty-free dropping out after your story is claimed. If you run into trouble let us know as soon as possible; we'll see what we can do. If you need to drop out, you must do so before Saturday, September 26th (the claiming date); 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.

You do not need a title at this time. Titles won't be used in the claiming process.

To submit your draft, email us at cap.im.events@gmail.com and write "BB 2020 ROUGH DRAFT" and the username you want to sign up with as the subject line. Don't forget to attach your draft file. We prefer .ODT, .DOC, .DOCX, or .GDOC formats, but we can handle just about anything. Please name your draft file to include your username.

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



Please keep the length of your summary to a maximum of 200 words. It can be as detailed or spoilery as you like. Be honest and straightforward; artist claims will be based entirely on summaries. If you're unsure how to write a good summary for the matching, we have a How to Write A Big Bang Summary Guide.

Be clear and thorough about trigger and content warnings so that artists know what they are signing up for. You must put any and all warnings in this version of your summary, even if you choose to use an "author chooses not to warn" label later. We don't want anyone to be unhappy with the match, so please warn for common triggers like noncon, dubcon, excessive or graphic violence, underage sex, incest, character death, or anything else that might be potentially problematic for a reader.



Claiming Process


After you submit your draft and it's been approved by the mods, it will be available for claims on September 26th. Claims are done anonymously. Artists will be claiming stories based solely on the summary and details you provide for your story. Out of fairness to all participants and stories, please don't advertise which story is yours. We don’t allow pre-formed teams, and we expect all participants to be open to working with new people.

If claims go quickly, a second round of claims will be opened to give more artists a chance to participate. This means that your BB story 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 draft.

We cannot guarantee that every story will be double claimed.

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

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 them both and recognise their works equally in public, we respectfully request that you do not put your work up for double claiming.



Creation Period and Posting


Once your work has been claimed and you've been teamed up with an artist, all that's left is to finish your BB story and keep in touch with your partner(s)! The posting period begins in November, and mods will be in touch before then with instructions on how to claim a posting date and post your entry.



Writer FAQ


What kind of stories qualify?


This challenge is run by the [community profile] cap_ironman community and this is a Steve/Tony fest, so we’re looking for stories with a focus on the relationship between Steve Rogers and Tony Stark in any context and in any setting or continuity you can think of.

In pre-slash stories, secondary pairings should be kept to the background and the focus should be clearly on Steve and Tony and their interactions, relationship, friendship, etc.

If there is romance, then the focus should be clearly on the Steve/Tony relationship. Relationships that feature a character who is neither Steve or Tony are not allowed to be the main focus of your work. For example, Steve/Tony/Tony is allowed to be the main dynamic in your work, but secondary pairings, a relationship that features Steve or Tony, or Steve/Tony/other character are not allowed. If other pairings are included, they should also be in the background.

Other Steve- and/or Tony-pairings can all feature in the background or during the set-up of the story, but should not be the focus of the story’s main plot. The Steve/Tony content and the Steve/Tony pairing/pre-slash/gen relationship should be the main point of your story and the “endgame” relationship.

What does "endgame" mean?


Does it mean they have to be together at the end? Not exactly. If Steve and Tony's relationship is the only dynamic explored in your Big Bang story, then they do not have to be "together" at the end of your work. However, if your story features multiple relationships, then the endgame or "goal" of your story should be exclusively Steve/Tony.

For example, the following type of story would not be allowed in the Cap-Iron Man Big Bang:
  • A story where the first 90% is Steve/Tony and their breaking up, only for them to end up with other characters as their true loves.
  • A story where the main relationship at the end is Steve/Tony/other character.


The following types of story would be allowed in the Cap-Iron Man Big Bang:
  • A story where 100% of the story concerns Steve/Tony and their breaking up and subsequent unhappy ending.
  • A story that ends with Steve or Tony dying, and the other is left to pine and grieve for his one true love and regret missed chances.
  • A love triangle or break-up story where Steve and Tony finally realize they are the only ones for each other and the romantic trouble gets resolved as Steve/Tony, with Steve and Tony's relationship at the forefront of the story.





If you have any questions, they may already be answered in our Big Bang FAQ post or the Cap-IM General Event Policies page. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact the BB mods at cap.im.events@gmail.com!

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