The Cure for the Common Disability AU

The posting period (August 17th-31st) is drawing near. Authors, please get in contact with your artists to choose two options for posting dates that work for both of you.

After that, comment with your choices using the following form:
1st choice: 2nd choice:

This phase of claims is open to everyone! Meaning, you can submit a claim even if you haven't signed up as an artist or if you've already submitted a claim in the previous phase.

Once all the stories have been claimed once (as denoted by a strikethrough line through their summary), stories will be open for secondary claims. All stories are open for secondary claims!

Artists, read through the summaries and make a comment with your choice, using the following format:

<b>ARTIST:</b> <b>Story Choice:</b>

( Fic Summaries )

Hey, everyone! The rough draft deadline (June 15) is a just a few days away. If your rough draft is complete, please follow the instructions below to submit your draft.

Remember that rough drafts need to be at least 10,000 words long with a beginning, a middle, and an end. Your drafts don't have to be beta'd, and you can certainly add, remove, and revise things in the rough draft before posting.

• Please save your story as .doc(x), .txt, or .rtf file.
• Title the file with your author name.
• Send the file as an attachment in an email addressed to cripbigbang[at]gmail[dot]com.
• The subject line of that email should read “[your author name] – Rough Draft.”

In the body of the email, include the following header.

Title: (choose carefully; this might end up on your art) Author: (use whatever name you signed up with) Fandom: Characters/Pairings: Warnings: (character death, non-con, any other triggers, etc.) Rating: (G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17) Current Word Count: Summary: (Be descriptive enough to give prospective artists a good idea of what your story is about.) Percentage complete: Claims open for: (write which art media are accessible to you out of visual art, fanvids, written meta, meta videos, and fanmixes)

If you have any questions or concerns, comment below or shoot me an email.

1. Read our FAQ for the schedule and rules.
2. Fill out the sign-up form on Google Drive.
3. Follow the challenge here, or at the LiveJournal mirror, or on Tumblr for announcements.
4. Relax until claims go up.

(Optional) 5. Follow the support comm cbb_support for optional funtimes and support activities.

Note: due to LiveJournal's commitment to inaccessibility, Crip Big Bang will now be hosted at Dreamwidth with mirrors on LJ and Tumblr.

Schedule
January 1st – Author and Artist sign-ups open
June 15th – Author rough drafts due + sign-ups close
June 18th – Claims open
August 10th – Artist rough drafts due
August 17th – Posting begins
August 31st – Posting ends


General
What is a big bang challenge?
A big bang challenge is a type of fic challenge where writers long fic (in this case, at least 10k words) that is then claimed by artists who create art, fanmixes, fanvids, and meta based on that fic.

What types of stories are allowed in this challenge?
Stories that feature prominently characters with canonical (or arguably canonical) disabilities and the experience of being disabled. That second part can mean any number of things. For example, falling in love while disabled, fighting crime while disabled, leading a carnival during the Great Depression while disabled... What's it like to do that kinda stuff when society isn't built for people with disabilities?

What types of art are allowed for this challenge?
Artists can create visual art (drawings, paintings, graphic art, etc.), fanmixes, fanvids, and meta.

( Find out more... )

Hey, artists! The rough draft deadline for art is tomorrow, July 24th at 12 pm PDT. Please follow the instructions below to submit your draft.

For meta writers:
Send your rough draft to cripbigbang [at] gmail [dot] com as an email attachment. Suggested file formats: .rtf, .txt, .doc(x).

For visual artists and fanvidders:
Send an email to cripbigbang [at] gmail [dot] com with either an attachment of your rough draft or a link to your rough draft.

For fanmixers:
Send an email to cripbigbang [at] gmail [dot] com with your planned file hosting site, a track listing, and rough drafts of cover art, if you've chosen to make any.

For all artists:
Title the email you send your rough draft in with the subject line, "[your artist name] - Rough Draft"

In the body of that email, include the following header.

Story Title: Author: Artist: (use the name you signed up with) Fandom: Art type: (fanmix, fanvid, visual art, meta video, written meta) Percentage complete:

If you have any questions or concerns, comment below or shoot me an email.

1. As stated in the FAQ, I'm hoping to get every piece made for this challenge mirrored over at Archive of Our Own (AO3) for accessibility's sake.

So, if you don't have an account at AO3 and need an invite code, please let me know in the comments.

If you are a member at AO3 and are willing and able to share invite codes with challenge participants, please let me know in the comments.

2. With the start of posting rapidly approaching, each author should consult with their artist(s) to determine what posting dates would work best for them as a team and what dates would absolutely not work for them. As a reminder, the posting period for this challenge is the entire month of August. Since we have four stories and four full weeks in August, I intend to break up posting by week. Week 1 spans 8/4-8/10, week 2 spans 8/11-8/17, week 3 spans 8/18-8/24, and week 4 spans 8/25-8/31. So, figure out with your artist(s) your top two choices of which weeks you would like to post in.

On Wednesday, I will make a post where authors can submit their choices for posting weeks. Assignments will be given out on a first-come first-serve basis. After I approve your posting week, determine with your artist(s) what day you will be posting on that week and let me know.

3. How is everyone doing? How is editing going? How's art-ing going?

1. Emails have been sent out to participants with the contact information of the author or artist they will be working with. If your story was up for claims or you claimed a story, and you haven't received an email, comment on this entry.

2. Now that each story has been claimed once, secondary claims are open. Anyone can head on down to the claims post and claim any of the stories written for this challenge.

Reminder that rough drafts are due May 29th. Follow the instructions found here to submit your draft.