(Story claiming via comments will only be available for the DreamWidth version of this summary post. The LiveJournal summary post will not be unlocked. It is purely for reference. There are instructions for claiming on DreamWidth or by email further down. Please read everything!)All stories are claimed for the first round!Hello everyone! There are some really great stories up for claiming this year! =D The deadline has passed and no more rough drafts will be accepted, so I will be posting the summary preview a little bit early.
The actual story claiming will begin on Saturday, August 25th around 12 Noon MDT. A second post and email will go out when claims are opened, and this post will be unlocked for comments at that time. Right now, this post is for previewing the summaries and double checking that information is correct.
Authors, please look this post over to make sure your summary and information is correct! If anything is missing or wrong, please PM or email me ASAP, so I can get it fixed right away!!! If you are on the DCU Bang Discord server, that is also an excellent way to get in contact with me quickly.
You will notice that all usernames have been removed. That is because this is a
blind claiming. Please do not tell your artist friends who are participating which story number is yours; the idea of a blind claim is to create a collaborative atmosphere. If your artist friends know the premise of your story and claim it, that's fine! I don't want hurt feelings due to a story being claimed by someone else, however, as stories are claimed on a first come, first served basis. (If there is a particular artist you want to work with, consider switching to Tandem with them before claims open to avoid being disappointed. Contact me ASAP so I can get that taken care of for you! There is also Tandem sign-up that is available at the beginning of the Bang, should you join again next year!)
Every story listed here is guaranteed at least one piece of art. In the event of a pinch hit artist being needed, I and
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2bnallegory will take care of it. However, if you are an artist that would be willing to take a last minute pinch and can create art fairly quickly (you would most likely only have a few days to finish the art piece, please keep this in mind), send me an email and I will keep you in mind!
Art and fanworks come in many different forms! Traditional art, digital art, manips, vids, and fanmixes (with cover art) are all great. After matching is done, talk with your artist and see what their skills are!
Artists, you must create
at least one piece of art per story you claim. You are free and welcome to do more than one piece of art per story you claim, of course! Just make sure that you can finish art for all of the stories you claim, in the event you claim more than one story.
There are two different ways to claim a story. The first way is to leave a comment on this post, after claims open, and there are a few ways to do this: comment with a DreamWidth account, login with OpenID to comment, or have a friend with a DW account or use anonymous commenting and leave your username you signed up with and the story numbers and titles you are claiming. (If your username differs on your DW or OpenID account from the username you used to sign-up, please leave the username that was used to sign-up so I can get matching emails out quickly!)
The second way to claim a story is by emailing me at dcubang@gmail.com, and giving me the story numbers and titles you are claiming. I will do my best to match timestamps so that the first artist to claim a story gets it. If you are going to claim via email, do not send your claim choices until after the claiming period has been announced. Email claims that do not follow this rule and come before claiming begins will be disregarded.
(I will be away from a computer for most of the day on Saturday. This means that claiming confirmation might be slow, but I will do my best and have my phone on me to try and keep on top of things.)
During this preview period, artists have the chance to thoroughly look over all the summaries and decide which ones they would be able to create art for.
Claiming is done on a first come, first served basis, so it's a good idea to take advantage of this preview window and take note of which stories you want to claim. This way, you won't need to scramble to read summaries and get your claims in, you'll already have an idea of what you want to work on! Try to determine at least 3 fics you can work on, so you can list your top 3 choices. If there are only 2 stories you would like to work on, this is fine as well, but do try to decide on more than one story to work on. If you are an artist that can claim multiple stories, you can make note of more than 3 stories to claim, once second claims open up.
For first claims, only one story may be claimed per artist. When second claims open up on Sunday at around 3PM MDT, the amount of stories an artist can claim is unlimited, however, do not claim more than you are sure you can finish!
How to Claim a Story: Stories are claimed on a first come, first served basis. If you can, look over the comments to see if the story you want has already been claimed and then make different choices. (This is why it's handy to take a careful look during the preview period and choose several stories you'd be comfortable to work on!)
Comment here or email me with your top 3 choices, in the order that you want them, stating the number of the summary and the title.
Example:
6 The Smoke in Your Eyes - 9 To Lie and Wait - 13 Untitled
If you are claiming using OpenID, anonymous commenting, or using a friend to comment for you, please list the username that was used in the artist sign-up, so I can quickly get matching emails out to both the authors and artists quickly!
Example:
Username: LuciferxDamien
Story claims: 6 The Smoke in Your Eyes - 9 To Lie and Wait - 13 Untitled
In the event your first choice is already claimed, I will go down your list and assign you your second or third choice. Please do not choose stories you're not sure you can create art for. It's not fair to the authors!
After you make a story claim, I will let you know which story number and title you were successful on, via either the comment you left on this post, or by replying to the email you sent. This could take a few hours, so please be patient!
If you are an artist that successfully claims a story and has not yet signed up, here is the post to do that! I need for all artists to sign up, so that I can get their email addresses to use for author/artist matching.
A matching email will go out to both the artist and the author containing each other’s contact information after a claim is successful. I plan to start sending these emails out Sunday morning. You should receive this email no later than 48 hours after I have confirmed the claim. If you don't get this match up email, please get in contact with me ASAP so that artists and authors can get to work quickly!
Second claims will open Sunday, August 26th at about 3PM MDT. If all stories have been claimed by this time, I'll be eternally grateful to all you awesome people and open up all stories for second claiming. If there are still a few stories that need to be claimed, they must be claimed before stories will open up for a second artist claim.
Every story is listed here is guaranteed one artist only. If stories go up for second claims, they are not guaranteed for a second artist.
( And now for the summaries! )
If you have any other questions or concerns, please get in contact with me at either the DCU Discord server, emailing me at dcubang@gmail.com, sending me a PM, or using the Page-A-Mod post!
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