Authors, artists, and betas - welcome to the Shadowhunters Big Bang 2019!
Authors sign up to write a fic and once they’ve got an idea of what they want to do, they share a summary to help betas artists claim the fic they want to work on/create art for. From there, the author works to finish their fic with their beta’s help and the artist works on creating an accompanying art piece before the due date!
Authors, you have two options when signing up: the big bang or the mini bang. The big bang has a minimum word count of 20k and the mini bang has a minimum word count of 10k. They both have the same deadlines, so you can choose whichever challenge you think you’re going to be able to do in the time!
Artists, you can get as creative as you want - every kind of art is welcomed here, whether that’s traditional or digital art, graphics, gifsets, fanmixes, fanvids or something else. You’ll need to make a minimum of one finished piece per fic you claim (though you can do more than that if you feel inspired, of course!).
Betas, you’re the cheerleaders and support system our writers need. Like the writers, you can choose whether you want to beta for a big bang fic or a mini bang fic, depending on how much time you can devote to critiquing and developing your writer’s fic.
Pinch hitters, you’re the saviours of the bang. If one of the artists or betas has to drop out, pinch hitters volunteer to step in.
May 17: sign ups open for writers, betas, artists and pinch hitters
May 23: sign ups close for writers, betas and artists
May 30: summaries due for writers (including rating and trigger warnings)
May 31: fic claims open for betas and artists
June 3: fic assignments given (depending on whether more rounds of claims are needed)
June 9: sign ups close for pinch hitters
July 29: final deadline for writers
July 30: final deadline for artists
This is a fandom event open to everyone, but anyone 18 or over must clearly indicate they are an adult when they sign up, whether they are a writer, artist or beta. When claims open, if you are 18 or over it is up to you to make sure you don’t expose any minors to explicit content - this applies equally if your fic is explicit or if your art is explicit.
We’re looking forward to seeing everything you create - AUs, canon!verse, future fic - unleash your creativity!
However, this big bang will not support or endorse any works with the following main, endgame ships: Sebastian | Jonathan Christopher)/anyone, Camille/anyone, Jace/Alec, Alec/any woman, Maia/Jordan, nor will we support works with underage characters/pedophillia.
We also ask that you take care to avoid racist portrayals of characters of colour and homophobic or transphobic portrayals of LGBT characters (which includes mlm fetishisation).
This is the Shadowhunters Big Bang, so works are expected to primarily relate to the TV show rather than book!verse.
If you have any questions, you can always drop us an ask! We also have an FAQ page on the SHBB19 blog.
Remember to track #shbb19Â for all important announcements!
