2022 Cap-Iron Man Big Bang Posting Instructions

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All Big 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. Should your team be unable to make your posting date, please contact us at cap.im.events@gmail.com and then you can post at any time from December 1 to 8th during the Amnesty period. As long as you have posted your work by the end of the Amnesty period you're fine!

Posting Day Checklist:

1. Post your completed work to AO3.


2. Add your work to our 2022 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 ET so that the mods can create a Team Masterpost, and later the Event Masterlist.

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( Detailed Posting Information )

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

2022 Cap-IM Big Bang Guidelines for Writers

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Guidelines for Writers

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


• Completed stories must be a minimum of 25,000 words. There is no upper limit, but stories must be complete at the time of posting.


• Your story must be a 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 a co-writing team of writers (the minimum word count remains the same).


• You can submit a draft for claims if it's at least 20K or over, but story drafts must be complete if you want to opt into being claimed by a podficcer.


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


• As you're working on your story, please keep in mind that summaries are posted anonymously during claims. We urge you to be tactful and try not to promote which summary is yours during the pre-claim period.

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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. You can also brainstorm with other writers in our discord. Don't forget to ask for the Big Bang role by indicating that you're planning to work on a draft. Join our Discord here.

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( Detailed Information about Draft Requirements, Submission, Claims and Creation Period and Posting )

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Have a look at our Big Bang FAQ post for more information. Have more questions? Please email the BB mods at cap.im.events@gmail.com or check our other contact methods here.

2022 Cap-IM Big Bang Guidelines for Accompanying Fanworkers

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Guidelines for Claiming Creators

• Remember to read through the Big Bang Guidelines for All Participants, as well as the claiming creators' guidelines outlined below and take note of our General Event Policies before making a claim.
  
  
  
  • With your claim of BB story you agree to create at least
    • one accompanying fanwork and
    
    
    • 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 commiting to finishing all fanwork(s) by your team's posting date.


• There is no penalty-free dropping out after you claimed a summary.

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( Everything you need to know from Claiming Process to Art Hosting )

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

2022 Captain America/Iron Man Big Bang Event Guidelines

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This is where everything begins for the cap_ironman 2022 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, podficcers and fanvidders to create accompanying fanworks!

( What's involved in this challenge? )

Schedule

• Now - September 14: Writers work on their fic for draft submissions
• Wednesday, September 14th: Drafts and summaries are due and writer sign-ups close
• Thursday, September 15th: Summaries are publicly posted
• Saturday, September 17th: Accompanying fanworkers claim stories by summaries
• October: Creators work on their piece of accompanying fanwork, writers finish their fics
• Saturday, October 22nd: Teams select November posting dates
• November: Posting begins!

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Guidelines for All Participants

• Please read through the following rules below carefully before submitting your draft or making a claim.


• 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 works 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.


• Fics focused on a primary non-Steve/Tony relationship or moresome involving other characters shouldn't be send in


• Each creator may participate a maximum of two times. See our FAQ for more on what this means.


• We don't allow pre-formed teams or tandem sign-ups between someone who submits a draft and someone planning to claim, and 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.


• After all creators have been teamed up, the BB mods will be sending out additional information and event updates primarily via email. Please make sure that you check your email regularly once you've joined the event.

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Event Requirements

⭐ Writers commit to posting a complete story of at least 25,000 words.

• Writers must produce at least 20,000 words and confident they can finish their draft in time before draft submissions
• The fic must be complete by draft submissions if writers are opting in to be paired with a podficcer

⭐ Artists commit to posting:

• At least one complete traditional or digital artwork OR
• A complete fanvid of at least 1 minute
• At least one fanmix with cover art OR
• At least 2 manips or gifs

In addition to one of the above, artists are required to create a story banner for their team.

⭐ Podficcers commit to posting an accompanying podfic of at least one complete scene in the story. In addition, they are required to create a story banner for their team.

If you're signing up as a writer, please before submitting your draft before September 14th read through the GUIDELINES FOR WRITERS page for information on draft submissions and more.

If you'd like to claim a story and join as an artist, fanvidder or podficcer, please before making a claim on September 17th read through the GUIDELINES FOR ACCOMPANYING FANWORKERS page for information on the claiming process and more.

Here are our Posting Instructions with everything you need to know on your posting day in November

Check out our BIG BANG FAQ POST for more information.

AO3 Account Required for Participation

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.

Discord Chats for Writers

It's a long creation 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 be running some limited-time chats hosted on Discord.when we'll also be there to answer questions. The dates will be published beforehand on our community platforms.

Writers can also hang out in the Big Bang channel of our discord to word war or ask other writers for advice or brainstorm throughout the writing period. Don't forget to ask for the Big Bang role by indicating that you're planning to work on a draft. Join our Discord here.

Accompanying creators, beta readers and cheerleaders can ask for the Big Bang role after clams are over and all teams have been matched up

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If you have any questions, please contact us by commenting below, emailing cap.im.events@gmail.com, or getting in touch.

2022 Captain America/Iron Man Big Bang Announcement

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The Captain America/Iron Man Big Bang is back for another year!

Now that creator teams of the 2022 Cap-IM Reverse Bang are starting to post the wonderful Steve/Tony works, it's time for writers to start bouncing ideas for the 2022 Big Bang!



EVENT INFORMATION | WRITERS' GUIDELINES | GUIDELINES FOR ACCOMPANYING FANWORKERS (Artists, Podficcers, Vidders and …) | FAQ POST

The moment's here! It's time for the 2022 Captain America/Iron Man Big Bang!

SCHEDULE:

• Now - September 14: Writers work on their fic for draft submissions
• Wednesday, September 14th: Drafts and summaries are due and writer sign-ups close
• Thursday, September 15th: Summaries are publicly posted
• Saturday, September 17th: Accompanying fanworkers claim stories by summaries
• October: Creators work on their piece of accompanying fanwork, writers finish their fics
• Saturday, October 22nd: Teams select November posting dates
• November: Posting begins!

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What's a Big Bang?

A big bang is a collaborative event between writers and artists, meant to encourage the finishing of longer stories (in our event, 25,000 words or more). Writers will create a story, artists and other fanworkers will claim a story based on the summary and create an accompanying work for it.

All stories are welcome!

Whether you're a seasoned writer who has participated in the Cap-IM Big Bang in the past, or an aspiring author hoping to get started on the longfic of their dreams, we want to see your Steve/Tony story! You have plenty of time to start writing, and we and the rest of the community will be here cheering you on.

No need to sign up or pre-commit

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As long as you submit a draft of your story before the end of September 14th, then congratulations—you're part of this year's Big Bang!

If by the time the submission deadline comes around you realize you don't have enough of a word count to send in or that the story won't be as long after all—no need to give up on it. At least you have started and even if it's not going into the 2022 Captain America/Iron Man Big Bang you still have started a draft that you can finish now, whether for the 2023 round, for yourself—or this year's marvel_bang, which has a 10 000 word requirement and needs your draft by September 20th.

You can't lose, so try for that story! We'll be excited wherever you send it in.

For more information on how to join this Big Bang, please read through the 2022 Captain America/Iron Man Big Bang Event Guidelines.

Questions? Feel free to email us at cap.im.events@gmail.com!