Venom Big Bang information

[cupidsbow]

Hi all,

Here is the low-down on our upcoming Venom Big Bang. Thanks to everyone who took the poll. It was super useful! 

I have created the AO3 collection for our Big Bang, and written up the first draft of the rules. You can find it here: https://archiveofourown.org/collections/venom_big_bang_2020/profile

Feedback is very much appreciated! This is my first time running a big bang, so I'd like the rules to be as clear as possible.

VBB Schedule

• March 1 - Sign ups for Primary Creators, Secondary Creators, and Beta Readers are open.

• May 1 - Primary Creator check-in (mandatory).

• June 1 - Rough drafts and claims information are due. They must be 80% complete, with remaining sections outlined, in order to be accepted. Final day for Primary Creators to drop out without penalty.

• June 8 - Claims summaries will be emailed to Secondary Creators to preview.

• June 13 - Claims Day 1 - Claims open to registered Secondary Creators at 10am Perth time. Team introduction emails will be sent out as people are assigned and teams are confirmed.

• June 14 - Claims Day 2 - Public claims open to anyone interested at 10am Perth time and continue until all summaries have been claimed. Successful claimants need to sign-up on the Ao3 once their claim is official.

• July 31 - Team check-in (mandatory). Teams must have communicated by this point and alerted the mod as to any problems. Failure to check-in may disqualify you from the challenge. Pinch-hitters will be assigned as needed.

• September 6 - Final check-in (mandatory). Secondary Creators, you must upload your rough drafts at this point. Primary Creators, your final draft is due today. You may continue to edit your work between now and your scheduled posting date, but what you submit must be a complete draft and meet the required minimum length in your chosen medium with no remaining outlines.  

• September 13 - Posting Schedule released.

• October 1 - VBB posting begins on Ao3!

• October 15 - Final day of posting. Open posting day for teams who missed their scheduled date & solo posts.

• October 18 - Masterlist is posted, plus treats and remixes inspired by the Big Bangs can now be added to the Ao3 collection.

At the moment, there are sign-up options for:

• Primary creators
• Secondary creators
• Volunteer beta readers (not considered creators, but super valuable!)

I considered adding Pinch-hitters, but I think we'll have a small enough number of participants that's probably not needed. Let me know if you're a potential pinch-hitter and would like to be able to sign up.

Fanworks options currently include:

• Art
• Fanfiction
• Fanvids
• Freeform
• Meta
• Podfic
• Translation
• (and beta reader)

Let me know if I've forgotten something!

I'm really open to feedback at this stage, so if you have thoughts, advice, suggestions, or just high-fives, please leave them in comments, or email me at cupidsbower at gmail dot com.