For personal reasons, I'm not going to be running Oxventure Big Bang this year. The fact that it took me several months to make this announcement should demonstrate some of it.
However! If someone is interested (I recommend two someones) in running the challenge this year, I would be happy to hand it over. You will have to make your own discord, but the AO3 collection and the tumblr are yours.
If you're up for the challenge, you can email me at sabinelagrande at gmail, or message me on discord at mcangmar.
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Yep, you sure did read that right. Preparations are being made, and signups will be open in the new year. Right now, we're planning to stick with the reverse bang model, but the list of series allowed, the required length, and other logistical stuff is subject to change.
I enjoyed the Oxventure Big Bang so much. I am such a fan of everyone's art and writing and it was such an incredible week to get to read through everything. The biggest thanks of course goes to @stickthisbig for harnessing the power of this Fandom for an incredible event. Below are SPOLIERS for some of the works as I made art based on the fics (and one that was made pre fic writen- I made that one the one day it snowed this year). Anyways be sure to read all the works and take in the art! It improved my week ten fold.
After some technical difficulties, here is our last set of works!
Wish there was some way to make it all okay
Art by Sierra_Dee
Story by Pinkcowqueen
Teen, past Dob/Katie
It had been long enough since the wedding, Katie was back to living in the court again, so she should be happy. When she was asked about it, she would’ve even said as much.
But she was a good liar.
Time Sensitive
Art by Sierra_Dee
Story by Ctrl_alt_em
Teen, Delacy-centric
Along the bottom of the clock face was a spot for the date. The strange thing was that the date was ten years ago, “July 23 1879”.
“Huh,” said Delacy, taking stock of his surroundings. “Well, fuck.”
If I Loved You (I'd Let You Know)
Art by Sierra_Dee
Story by aisydays
Explicit, Dob/Prudence, OT5
Prudence doesn't have feelings for Dob. She doesn't.
So why then does she keep staring at his powerful orcish arms? Why does she think about him so much? And what in Cthulu's name is she supposed to do about all this?
And that's a wrap on the challenge! Make sure to go check out these excellent works and give the authors and artists plenty of props!
Katie Pearlhead is not going to die beside the altar where Dob left her. Dragging herself up off the floor, not for the first time in her life, she makes her way toward the only woman who can help her achieve her greatest desire: the destruction of the Oxventurers Guild. That is her greatest desire, isn't it?
A Brand New Start
Art by sabinelagrande
Story by my_fvcking_romance
Gen, Edvard & Kasimir & Zillah
After having his knee injured during a heist, Kasimir decides it's time to do something new. Something different.
Meanwhile, Zillah has just arrived in Volisport and is struggling to find her place in this new city.
Edvard, on the other hand, is working with popular innoventor Amadeus Astor - but there's a problem with his own inventions...
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Today, we have two works with a decidedly femslashy thing going on.
oh ye of little faith
Art by HyperMeee
Story by sabinelagrande
Explicit, Garnet/Prudence, past Corazon/Prudence and Cthulhu/Prudence
A huckster comes looking for power. Nobody is expecting it to derive from an unstuck, potentially deified warlock who's just trying to get by.
i wanna ruin our furrendship (we should bear lovers instead)
Art by channeltheflannel
Story by travvymybeloved
Teen, Merilwen/Prudence
Prudence invites Merilwen out for a camping trip, seeking some company for her time of the month (being a bear due to the full moon). Merilwen does her best to not seem like she's completely in love with her best friend.
Please enjoy these fine works, and don't forget to tell the creators you liked them!
Posting for Oxventure Big Bang starts tomorrow, February 20 and continues until the 23rd. We have 9 10k+ stories based on excellent art, and also the excellent art they're based on. It is a veritable buffet of fanworks!
Two works per day will be released on the AO3 and announced here, so keep it locked to one or both of those places. Get excited! Or perhaps build some sort of Tremendous Tumblring Man to get excited for you. I don't judge.
Hi all! If you're signed up for the big bang as an author, and you're NOT in the discord server, please contact me immediately. Claims are starting soon, and you don't want to miss out!
We are in search of two (2) more pieces of art for our challenge! We have people standing by just in case, but we wanted to give a shot to anybody who might have missed the deadline.
You would need to be mostly done by November 14th. Because you'd be doing us a solid and the turnaround is very tight, you don't have to be completely finished by claims. If you think you might be interested, please contact me on discord at mcangmar, or by Tumblr messages, by November 10.
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First, our author sign-up deadline is November 7! Please proceed to this form to sign up.
Second, our art deadline is November 6! You must submit your final piece by midnight CST to participate. This post has the guidelines, but the shortish version is duplicated under the cut for your pleasure!
The most important rules:
No dialogue. Sound effects and other text are fine, but characters speaking is not.
You must create a preview/teaser image/crop of your piece of no less than 200x200px and no more than 300x300px for claims. If your art is sexually explicit or graphically violent, your preview must be SFW.
No sexual or sexualized depictions of minors.
Do not post the work publicly before the story is posted.
When your art is done, send it and your preview to [email protected], with the subject "Oxventure Reverse Bang". Please include the following:
Tumblr and/or AO3 username
Series (D&D, Blades in the Dark, Deadlands)
Do you want to opt out of explicit fic?
Are you under 18?
Minors will only be matched with writers willing to write G or T rated work. If you do not want NSFW fic about your piece, you must tell the mod at submission. If you don't notify the mod before claims, your author is not required to create a SFW fic. Note to Deadlands participants: all sexual art and fic about Delacy is barred, so saying you're okay with explicit fic will mean "except Delacy".
At claims, authors will be presented with all the work produced for the challenge on a ranked choice ballot, and the mod will make selections based on it. You will not be told who voted for you or how they ranked you, only the author who received your art. Authors will only see your preview at claims, without your name attached.
All artists will be claimed before any duplication happens. If you submit more than one piece of art and art outnumbers the authors, you may be asked to choose one.
And I ran into this myself because I had to quarantine this week, so I'm extending it to everyone else: If your art is finished except for digitizing or processing issues, it is complete. If you can provide a clear picture or screengrab and thumbnail for claims, you can submit the final version after the deadline, so long as it's finished before the story is turned in.
Still a little time! Just sayin, I can't stay up for the artist deadline because I have a very early plane to catch, so one might suspect a grace period was in the cards...
First, our author sign-up deadline is November 7! Please proceed to this form to sign up.
Second, our art deadline is November 6! You must submit your final piece by midnight CST to participate. This post has the guidelines, but the shortish version is duplicated under the cut for your pleasure!
The most important rules:
No dialogue. Sound effects and other text are fine, but characters speaking is not.
You must create a preview/teaser image/crop of your piece of no less than 200x200px and no more than 300x300px for claims. If your art is sexually explicit or graphically violent, your preview must be SFW.
No sexual or sexualized depictions of minors.
Do not post the work publicly before the story is posted.
When your art is done, send it and your preview to [email protected], with the subject "Oxventure Reverse Bang". Please include the following:
Tumblr and/or AO3 username
Series (D&D, Blades in the Dark, Deadlands)
Do you want to opt out of explicit fic?
Are you under 18?
Minors will only be matched with writers willing to write G or T rated work. If you do not want NSFW fic about your piece, you must tell the mod at submission. If you don't notify the mod before claims, your author is not required to create a SFW fic. Note to Deadlands participants: all sexual art and fic about Delacy is barred, so saying you're okay with explicit fic will mean "except Delacy".
At claims, authors will be presented with all the work produced for the challenge on a ranked choice ballot, and the mod will make selections based on it. You will not be told who voted for you or how they ranked you, only the author who received your art. Authors will only see your preview at claims, without your name attached.
All artists will be claimed before any duplication happens. If you submit more than one piece of art and art outnumbers the authors, you may be asked to choose one.
And I ran into this myself because I had to quarantine this week, so I'm extending it to everyone else: If your art is finished except for digitizing or processing issues, it is complete. If you can provide a clear picture or screengrab and thumbnail for claims, you can submit the final version after the deadline, so long as it's finished before the story is turned in.
Good news everyone! Author signups are open for the Oxventure Big Bang! They will run through November 7, 2023, and claims will be shortly after (see the full timeline here).
Our discord is still a thing; you can message me for the invite. Everybody get excited!
Hello! Your friendly mod with a check in. We are still accepting submissions from artists until November 6. There's no artist signup, just come with your work in hand.
Author signups will begin October 21. There's still plenty of time to come and play!
This challenge doesn't have traditional signups for artists. Instead, anyone wanting to participate as an artist must submit a finished piece by November 6, 2023. All finished pieces will be put up for claims about a week later.
Art can be digital or traditional, but it should be complete and polished. You can use your best judgment as to what that means, because different kinds of art demand different things. A beautiful, detailed sketch may be finished as is, or sketch lines could indicate a piece still needs cleanup. If there is a problem, you'll be notified as soon as possible.
The most important rules:
No dialogue. Sound effects and other text are fine, but characters speaking is not.
You must create a preview/teaser image/crop of your piece of no less than 200x200px and no more than 300x300px for claims. If your art is sexually explicit or graphically violent, your preview must be SFW.
No sexual or sexualized depictions of minors.
Do not post the work publicly before the story is posted.
When your art is done, send it and your preview to [email protected], with the subject "Oxventure Reverse Bang". Please include the following:
Tumblr and/or AO3 username
Series or one-shot (D&D, Blades in the Dark, Deadlands)
Do you want to opt out of explicit fic?
Are you under 18?
At claims, authors will be presented with all the work produced for the challenge on a ranked choice ballot, and the mod will make selections based on it. You will not be told who voted for you or how they ranked you, only the artist who received your art. Authors will only see your preview at claims, without your name attached.
Minors will only be matched with writers willing to write G or T rated work. If you do not want NSFW fic about your piece, you must tell the mod at submission. If you don't notify the mod before claims, your author is not required to create a SFW fic.
All artists will be claimed before any duplication happens. If you submit more than one piece of art and art outnumbers the authors, you may be asked to choose one.
Your author may want to talk to you about your piece and your ideas, or they may not! Remember that the author has the final approval on the words and does not have to make something you like.
You may excerpt relevant passages from the story about your art, but you cannot repost the story without the author's permission.
These are guidelines, not rules, but they can be useful as a place to start:
Avoid drawing canon events as is. This can box the writer in and give them fewer possibilities.
Get weird if you want to be weird. Go AU. Crossovers should stay between Oxventure series, but feel free to drop them in a blender.
Don't restrict yourself to creating one traditional image of a full scene. You might instead illustrate a detail, like a tattoo, a hand, a wanted poster, etc. On the other hand, you can also draw multiple vignettes or a wordless comic.
The right writer will be into your piece. Someone is desperate to write Deadlands in space. Someone dearly wants to construct a whole story around a picture of someone holding a letter. Do what you want and the writer will come.
Other than that, have a good time! If you read this far, here's the discord invite.
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Artist submissions open: October 3, 2023
Artist submissions close: November 6, 2023
Authors
Author signups open: on or before October 21, 2023
Author signups close: November 7, 2023
Claims: TBD (around November 15)
Check in 1: December 17, 2023
Check in 2: January 14, 2023
Early submission deadline: February 1, 2024
Final deadline: February 11, 2024
What is a reverse bang?
In a reverse challenge, a number of artists create artwork for a given fandom. Those pieces are offered as prompts to authors, who write a story based on the art. A big bang is a writing challenge that takes place over a number of months and is intended to produce longfic. Therefore, a reverse bang is both of those things.
What are the requirements?
An artist must submit at least one fully completed piece of artwork. More details are available on the artist rules post. The minimum wordcount for authors is 10,000 words (the author rules post is forthcoming). For this round, in order to ensure match ups, art and stories must primarily feature Oxventure D&D, Oxventure Deadlands, and/or Oxventure Blades in the Dark, but AUs and crossovers with other Oxventure games are acceptable.
Where does the challenge take place? Where can I reach the mod/the other participants?
Here, at @oxventurebigbang on Tumblr. Participants will be encouraged but not required to post their finished product on the AO3; a collection will be available. You can reach me @stickthisbig, by email at sabinelagrande [at] gmail, or on Discord at @mcangmar. We have a dedicated discord server; you can ping me at any of these places for the invite.
Hello! Preliminary information about scheduling and artist submissions is going up tonight (US time), so keep it locked here or to @stickthisbig for more.
