Round Two: Cheerleader Sign-up

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Welcome to the Second Round of the au_bigbang!

If you're interested in participating as a cheerleader for this round, please leave a comment to this post with your name/LJ username and email address. To make things even simpler, there's a handy two-line form for you. Please put your lj username and cheerleader sign-up in the subject.

<b>1. Name/LJ username</b>: <b>2. Email Address</b>:

Please ask to join the venting comm (au_bigbang_vent) once you've commented here, and authors will seek you out if they find themselves needing a little more encouragement or someone willing to be a sounding board. If you have any additional questions, I direct you to the FAQ post.

Round Two: Beta Sign-up

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Welcome to the Second Round of au_bigbang.

If you're interested in participating as part of the beta pool, please fill out the form below. Authors in need of a beta will contact you as they progress. You're welcome to work as a content beta, mechanics beta, or both, depending on your comfort level, but we do ask that content betas be up-to-date on their specified fandoms. If you have any additional questions, I direct you to the FAQ post.

Just copy & paste this form into a comment and reply to this post with your LJ username and beta sign-up in the subject. There is a sample submission in the comments if you need a guide.

<b>1. Name/LJ username</b>: <b>2. Email Address</b>: <b>3. Experience</b>: <b>4. Strengths</b>: <b>5. Weaknesses</b>: <b>6. Genres</b>: <b>7. Fandoms</b>: <b>8. Preferences</b>: <b>9. Would Rather Not</b>:

Round Two: Artist Sign-up

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Welcome to the first round of au_bigbang and to the artist sign-up post.

Just a quick reminder, we're using the term artist as a very general term to refer to someone creating fanart (icons, drawing, banner, header, wallpaper, etc), a fanmix, or a fanvid for a story written during this challenge. Artists and authors will be working together to select a date at the end of the challenge to post their art and story to the community. More information is available in the FAQ, and feel free to let us know if you have any questions.

Please copy the form below and fill it out with your lj username and artist sign-up in the subject. I've filled out a sample submission in the first comment that you can use as a guide.

<b>1. Name/LJ username:</b> <b>2. Email Address:</b> <b>3. Fandoms:</b> <b>4. Format (e.g. fanart, fanmix, fanvid):</b> <b>5. Are you willing to work with more than one story?</b> Y/N

Again, let us know if you have any questions. And, most importantly, have fun!

CLOSED: Round Two: Author Sign-up

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Welcome top the Second Round of au_bigbang! To participate as an author, please comment using the form below and with your LJ username and author sign-up in the subject of the comment. I have an example in the first comment.

<b>1. Name/LJ username:</b> <b>2.Email Address:</b> <b>3. Fandom:</b> <b>4. Extras (if applicable):</b> <b>5. Co-author's name and email (if applicable):</b> <b>6. Word Count (if using a WIP):</b> <b>Briefly (in one or two sentences) explain why your idea/story is an "Alternate Universe" portrayal. (See FAQ for definition)</b>

FAQ can be found here.

The Extras is for anything you think we need to know right off the bat about your AU, like whether there will be slash/incest/MPREG/etc., NC-17 ratings, or if you're using elements of another fandom that isn't your main one for the AU. If you feel there's nothing else to tell us, just put "None" as an answer.

As the FAQ states, we will only allow WIPs that are 3K or less.

Remember, sign-ups continue until April 1st, so if you're not sure at this very moment, you have a little time to join in.

Good luck to the authors! We hope you have a great time!

Round Two Begins!

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Welcome to the Second Round of the Alternate Universe Big Bang. Sign-ups for Authors, Artists, Betas, and Cheerleaders have been posted. Please remember to put your name and what you're signing up for in the subject line of your comments (Ex: zeldaophelia - author sign-up), this helps us organize the comments coming in via email.

Members of the venting community (au_bigbang_vent) have been removed so we can start fresh this round. Please request to join the community after you sign-up. If you wish to join with an alternate lj account than you signed up with (a personal account instead of a writing account), please let us know.

If you have any questions feel free to consult the FAQs or email the mod team at aubigbang@gmail.com.

Sign-up posts:
Authors CLOSED
Artists
Betas
Cheerleaders

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Timeline:
March 1, 2011 - On your mark, get set, GO! - Sign-ups and writing begins
April 1, 2011 - Writer sign-ups end
May 1, 2011 - Writer check in #1 (suggested word count 5K)
June 1, 2011 - Writer check in #2 (suggested word count 10K)
July 1, 2011 - Rough drafts and fic summaries due
July 5, 2011 - Artists/Mixers/Vidders claim fic summaries
July 25, 2011 - Claim posting date
August 5, 2011 - Final fic and art/mix/vids due
August 8, 2011 - Posting begins