Small Fandoms Bang

Hello, everyone! I can't believe that we're nearing September 1st already (just four days away – I don’t know if time got away from you like it did me!) and that we'll be starting our TWELFTH round of Small Fandoms Bang! I wanted to let everyone know for sure that we're a go this year, and reiterate the most important dates for the next couple of months:

Sept 1: Author Sign-Ups Open
Nov 1: Artist Sign-Ups Open (And First Author Check-In)

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Participation on DW: A reminder that, even though we’re running this challenge exclusively on DW now, you don’t need to have a DW account to participate here. We currently encourage people to participate from many different platforms using OpenID and that will continue. If you don't have a DW account you may still comment to the sign-up post(s), check-in posts, etc and also post your fic/art announcements to the community with OpenID. So whether you participate from LJ or Tumblr or someplace else, you are still welcome and able to play in this small fandom sandbox, and I sincerely and wholeheartedly hope that you will continue to do so.

Something I learned in a previous round is that, while you can ‘participate’ in a community with OpenID (ie, comment to entries), you CANNOT post to the community. You are still welcome to participate, just know that you will need to have someone else post your fic/art submission on your behalf when that time comes. I am happy to do so, but you may also ask your author/artist counterpart to do so. I’m very sorry for this hiccup.

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The 10,000-word big bang for small fandoms is coming soon!
Author Sign-Ups Open Sept 1 | Artist Sign-Ups Open Nov 1

<center><a href="http://imgur.com/yz5gYwY"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/yz5gYwY.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <font size=+1 color="teal"><i>The 10,000-word big bang for small fandoms is coming soon!</I></font> <font color="teal">Author Sign-Ups Open Sept 1 | Artist Sign-Ups Open Nov 1</font></center>

Thank you!

Hey, folks! Sorry for my silence.

1. Artist sign-ups will open next Sunday, November 1.

1b. Ooops! Forgot to mention that the first author check-in will also go up on November 1.

2. Author sign-ups will remain open through November 30 due to me being an absentee mod.

3. I'm looking for assistance coming up with new/fresh topics for the Hump!Day posts at our support comm, smallfandomcafe.

4. I'm also looking for anyone who would like to help out with the support commm.

You may comment here (comments will be screened) with ideas or to ask for more information, or e-mail me at sfbbmod@gmail.com. (Please do not PM the mod account.)

Thank you!

1. Due to a recent incident at the FAQ I’ve turned off anon commenting at this community. From here forward you must have a DW account (or be using OpenID) in order to comment here. (Basically, if you’re going to come here and make personal attacks, you’ll need to put your name to it.) I'm sorry that one individual has ruined things for the rest of the anon commenters, who have normally been nothing but considerate, and I apologize for any inconvenience this causes anyone else.


2. I’m making an addition to the FAQ and I’m hoping to get your help on the wording. Back story: I was asked if I’d allow an author to decline certain types of art. My original answer was a straight ‘no’, for various reasons, but upon further discussion, I’ve realized that there might be instances when a person could not enjoy certain types of art. For example, a person who has a hearing impairment receiving a fanmix.

As a generally able-bodied person myself, I wanted input so the language I use isn’t insulting or improper, which is why I’m asking for your input. Here is a draft of the additional language:

May an author decline certain types of art?
Generally speaking, no. Because this is a multi-fandom/small fandom challenge we have enough of a struggle to make sure we have enough artists to claim all the fic without allowing authors to decline certain types of art ‘just because’. That said, I will allow an exception for certain cases with good reason, such a person who has a hearing impairment declining to receive a fanmix. There will be no requirement that you must explain to me why you need to decline a certain type of fanwork, but if I discover that anyone has misused this allowance, they will be banned from participating in any future rounds.

(Also, please let me know if you think there should be any other changes. I'd rather find out now that it's too vague, or whatever, than when it becomes an issue later on. *g*)


Thank you all for your assistance and understanding.

Hello, everyone! I can't believe that we're nearing September 1st already (just over one week away!) and that we'll be starting our EIGHTH round of Small Fandoms Bang! I wanted to let everyone know for sure that we're a go this year, and reiterate the most important dates for the next couple of months:

Sept 1: Author Sign-Ups Open
Nov 1: Artist Sign-Ups Open (And First Author Check-In)

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The 10,000-word big bang for small fandoms is coming soon!
Author Sign-Ups Open Sept 1 | Artist Sign-Ups Open Nov 1

<center><a href="http://imgur.com/yz5gYwY"><img src="http://i.imgur.com/yz5gYwY.jpg" title="source: imgur.com" /></a> <font size=+1 color="teal"><i>The 10,000-word big bang for small fandoms is coming soon!</I></font> <font color="teal">Author Sign-Ups Open Sept 1 | Artist Sign-Ups Open Nov 1</font></center>

Thank you!

Whew! There are a lot of things are happening simultaneously today! If you missed a post on your f-list, here’s the round-up:

1. Author Sign-Ups are closed and it is time for our first check in. Author Check-In no. 1 can be found here: on LJ | on DW. [If you can’t see the post you’ll need to join the community.]

2. Artist Sign-Ups are now open here: on LJ | on DW!

3. November 1st falls on a Wednesday this year, so our first Hump Day! Post is up at the support comm. Head on over to meet your fellow authors at the Author Meet & Greet!


Additional Items:

4. Invitations to the support comm, smallfandomcafe have been sent out to all authors who have signed up. The invitations will only remain open for 30 days, so please accept your invite before it expires. (Please note that you will not receive an e-mail notification of the invite unless you have adjusted your LJ settings to request one. If you have not received an e-mail notification, you should check your My Invites page under the Communities menu to accept the invitation.)

5. There has been an issue with joining the support comm using OpenID. I don’t know if LJ is having a brain fart right now, or if it’s something else. If there is anyone who routinely uses OpenID who might be able to help us out, I’d appreciate it. Thank you!

6. Lastly, a reminder to please e-mail the mod account if you need to contact me for any reason. Please do not PM the mod account on LJ or DW, especially if you want me to see your comment right away. I need to sign out of my personal account and sign into the mod account in order to view the PM, which is a bit of a hassle on my phone so I generally wait until I get home and can do so on my computer. Plus it’s easier to keep a ‘paper’ trail of our conversation when it takes place via e-mail. So please, e-mail me at sfbbmod @ gmail.com if you have any questions or comments. Thank you!

This community was created as a mirror community to smallfandombang on LiveJournal. As of Round 9 (opening September 1, 2019) the Small Fandoms Bang challenge will be run out of this DW community solely.

The schedule for the current/next round can be found on the community profile and the FAQ.

If you don't have a DW account you may comment to the sign-up post(s), check-in posts, etc and also post your fic/art announcements to the comm (we'll work with you on that!) with OpenID. So whether you participate from LJ or Tumblr or someplace else, you are still welcome and able to play in this small fandom sandbox, and I sincerely and wholeheartedly hope that those of you who have played in the past will continue to do so, and those of you who are just finding us will come on over and join in the fun.

If you have any questions you may ask them here or contact me at the mod account, sfbbmod @ gmail.com.

If you moderate a small fandom community, or a multi-fandom community that includes small fandoms, and would like to affiliate, please comment HERE.


The master lists for each round can be found HERE and our support comm is located at smallfandomcafe. All other important links can be found in the links section.

Dear Everyone,

Today’s challenge at Fandom Snowflake is to send feedback to someone, with an emphasis this year on “the people who run challenges and exchanges, moderate communities, give us spaces to chat and bring us together.” While doing that I realized that this community would not still be here today without all of you. The fact that a multi-fandom, small fandom big bang has continued for six rounds when so many others fold after one or two, is a testament to everyone who signs up here as an author, or an artist, or a cheerleader/beta. So, thank you. I hope you all know how much I appreciate you, and the fact that you choose to participate here. *hugs*

Arrgh! I've received a Jury Summons for the week of March 28th. Of freaking course! Which means I may have very limited availability during the week that final drafts are due and the posting date claims post goes up. *head desk* Best case scenario, I don't have to go in at all. Worst case, I'm there all week. In any case, I will do my very best to keep things running smoothly here, but I wanted you all to know just in case I'm unable to get back to you immediately during that week. I'll update you once I know if I have to go in at all. Keep your fingers crossed!

Before the next round begins, I wanted to let everyone know that we will be instituting a new disqualification rule with regard to authors/artists who drop out of Small Fandoms Bang without letting anyone know.

We’ve had an issue with both authors and artists signing up to participate and then disappearing without a word since the beginning of time this challenge. It’s the kind of thing that happens with these sorts of comms, but it’s also kind of a pain, to be honest, and it sucks when it leaves me scrambling for a pinch hit artist or an author doesn’t get artwork at all because their artist bailed without letting them or the mod know they needed to withdraw from the challenge.

Let me emphasize that there is NO PENALTY for WITHDRAWING so long as you contact me to let me know that you have to withdraw. Real life happens. We all get that.

However, for those authors/artists who henceforth disappear without a word¹, there will be a penalty imposed:

~Your first infraction means that you will not be eligible for the next round.
~Your second infraction means that you will not be eligible for any further rounds (ie, you’ll be banned from participating altogether).

From here on out, that’s it; you get two chances.

¹ There will be an exception for those authors/artists who do have a very good reason for not being in contact. That means it very well might take a note from your doctor or parents.

Thank you.

Author sign-ups for Round 4 will open on September 1 as promised!

Artist sign-ups will open on November 1.

(As you may recall, artist sign-ups opened on the same day as author sign-ups during rounds one and two, but we had a lot of artist attrition those rounds. After getting some feedback from you all, I tried a different tack last round by opening artist sign-ups on January 1 (concurrent with the final author check-in before rough drafts were due) so that artists had an idea what fandoms were being written. As the handful of authors who didn’t receive art last round can attest, that method was a pretty big failure.

This round I’m trying something different yet again, based on the same feedback. Hopefully this will address both concerns mentioned most frequently. By opening artist sign-ups on November 1 we shorten the time period between sign-up and claims by 2 months (yet still give artists plenty of time to sign up). Also, artists will have some idea of what fandoms are being written in because the sign-up post will be concurrent with the first author check-in. Let’s all cross our fingers that this method is more successful than the last. *g*)

If you have any comments or questions about this round, please reply to this post with them. Thank you!