#blmb

Hey everyone! It’s been a minute since our last event. With Borderlands 3 getting announced and even getting released this year, we thought this would be the best way to celebrate. We’ve set up our schedule so all the wonderful creations from this event should be posted the week leading up to the BL3 release! 

The Mini Bang is similar rules-wise to the Big Bang, everything is just a bit shorter. You MUST read the rules before you sign up. You can read the general rules here and the Mini Bang rules here (make sure to read all the way to the bottom). After you’ve checked out the rules, if you decide you want to participate, you can sign up using this form! 

Sign-ups will be open from today, May 27th to Monday, June 3rd. Here’s what the rest of the timeline looks like: 

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August 1st Rough drafts are due

August 2nd - August 4th Claims are up

August 5th Matches are sent out

September 6th Art is due

September 9th-12th Posting begins!

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We’ll be opening a form for pinch-hitters as we get closer to the final deadline. 

The discord server is back up now as well, so if you’d like to join click here! We also have a twitter account that you can follow here!

Hello! Several participants have asked about beta-readers for this event; we want to remind participants that fics must be beta-read before their final submission. Toward that end, we are issuing an open invitation to anyone who would like to beta-read for the 2019 Borderlands Mini-Bang!

Beta readers are expected to work with the author to spell-, grammar-, and format-check the fic in a reasonable timeframe before the final submission date on September 6th. Any additional work will be negotiated between the author and the beta-reader.

Authors are expected to find their own beta reader. The beta reader (OSHA Staff) channel in the Discord server has been set up to connect volunteer beta readers with authors, but authors are free to find a beta reader outside of the server as well.

Both authors and beta readers are expected to communicate with each other in a timely manner through mutually agreed-upon channels.

You do not have to have previously signed up for this event to be a beta-reader - we welcome newcomers! If you would like to be a beta-reader for the 2019 Borderlands Mini-Bang, join the discord server <<here>>.

Hello artists!

We hope you're excited to start making your artist claims! The author drafts are coming in right now, and artist claims will be going up tomorrow evening. We'll be sending you an email with a link, and you can use that link to make your claims. As a reminder, claims will only be open from August 2nd to August 4th, and will close at 11:59pm PST on August 4th, so please get your claims in on time!

Regards,

Hello authors!

This is a final reminder that your drafts are due today, by 11:59 PST! If you've already sent your draft in, great! Thank you for your promptness :)

If you haven't, as a reminder, drafts should include the following:

title / placeholder title

tags and/or warnings

pairing (if any), or label as no pairing

rating

summary (or draft of)

the full rough draft

Additionally, a rough draft is a version of your fic that is complete but not polished. We will NOT accept outlines/anything less than a finished story for the rough draft deadline. If you need to add additional scenes, that is fine, but the draft must be able to stand alone as it is without those scenes added. To submit your draft, please email [email protected] with the above information and either a link to or an attached file of your fic. If you are linking to a google doc, please ensure that your sharing permissions are on. As always, please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or concerns. Looking forward to seeing your drafts!