Summer of Stargate

The sign-up process for the SG-1 Reverse Big Bang is now closed and invites to both the Livejounal and Dreamwidth Lounges have been sent out.  If you have not already accepted your invite/s then you should do so ASAP as all further challenge correspondence will be posted there. 

Please comment to this post if you did not receive your invite/s.

Information post for all participating artists will be going up in the next few days.  This will serve as a reminder to the image size and content rating required, as well as any other pertinent challenge information. 

A huge thank you to the 21 authors and 10 artists who are participating.  Your contribution to our amazing fandom is so very much appreciated.

eilidh17  and magnavox_23 
 

This is the thread to sign up for the Stargate SG-1 Reverse Big Bang as an author and/or artist. Please remember, you are not committed to the SG-1 Reverse Big Bang until you select a visual prompt during the claiming period, starting 15th of January 2017. Signs-ups close when claiming ends.

Artist and author sign-ups open: 5th of December 2016
Sign-ups close: 18th of December 2016
Deadline for art submissions: 8th of January 2017
Claiming post goes live: 15th of January 2017
Claiming ends: 22nd January 2017
Deadline for stories: 30th April 2017
Posting begins: 7th May 2017

The rules for the Reverse Big Bang are quite simple:

Artists:

1. Artists submit artwork of a topic/theme of their choosing from within the SG-1 universe.

2. The artwork can be any genre but must be of a G/PG nature only.

3. Image size: 1024 x 768 Format: Jpeg or PNG

4. Images for the challenge are not to be shared anywhere else until the story your image was chosen for has been posted.

5. Manips will be accepted as part of a wallpaper but must be in keeping with the rating of G/PG.


Authors:

1. During the claiming period, all challenge artwork will be posted to the Big Bang Lounge and authors will be able to claim via comment. All comments will be screened and the artwork will be handed out on a first come basis.

2. Minimum word count is 5,000.

3. All stories must be beta'd. A beta reader will be provided if you do not have one.

4. Posting commences on the 7th of May 2017. A date preference post will be issued closer to the deadline.

5. Posting of your story must include the image you selected, giving credit to the artist.

6. Authors who do not have a Livejournal or Dreamwidth account must be able to post their work to an archive that supports image upload.

Posting instructions will be uploaded to the Lounge closer to the story deadline date.

When you sign up, please comment with the following information.
LJ:
DW:
AO3:
Other Archive:
Your email address:

Please answer the following with a YES or NO. Signing up as:

Artist:
Author:

Once you've signed up, you'll get an invitation for membership in this community and sos_lounge ; this will serve as confirmation that you've signed up.
Any questions, please do not hesitate to contact eilidh17  or magnavox_23 .

Summer of Stargate Signup: Authors!

This is the thread to sign up for the SG-1 Big Bang Challenge as an author. Please remember, you are not committed to the SG-1 Big Bang until you submit your detailed story outline on August 15,2015—the same day sign-ups close.

Author Timeline
June 13: Author sign-ups open
August 15: Detailed story outline and summary due by email to moderators
September 6: Story outline is sent out to artists/vidders.
October 18/November 21: Final story of at least 15,000 words due in the queue for moderated posting. The month your story goes in the queue will depend on whether your posting date is in November or December*

*Due dates for posting will be assigned in Sept/October.

Before signing up, please review the rules.


( Sign Up Template )


Beta: If you do not have a regular beta, one will be provided for you.

Once you've signed up, you'll get an invitation for membership to the sos_lounge ; this will serve as confirmation that you're part of the Big Bang.