April 14, 2023 - Sign-ups open via Google form
May 30, 2023 - Art due, sign-ups close
June 2, 2023 - Art goes up for viewing
June 17, 2023 - 7 pm UTC - Claims round 1
June 18, 2023 - 7 pm UTC - Claims round 2, if necessary and until all art has been claimed.
June 26, 2023 - Check-in 1: Teams must confirm that they have made contact and are good to collaborate.
July 17, 2023 - Informal intra-team update: Writers submit an outline of 200-500 words to their artist for comment.
September 10, 2023 - Check-in 2: Teams must confirm that they are on schedule to post. Writers will receive a link to a Google form for submitting their drafts. Drafts should be 80 % done with any parts/scenes that are not yet complete outlined.
October 1, 2023 - All collaborations posted to the challenge collection on AO3.
October 6, 2023 - Moderated posting starts and runs until all collaborations have been posted.
Rules and Expectations for all Participants
Sign-ups open April 14th via Google Form. By signing up to participate you acknowledge that you have read and agree to the rules.
While the mods will send out reminders, it is your responsibility to meet the Sterek Reverse Bang deadlines. If you have a true emergency regarding the deadlines (failure to plan is not an emergency), please contact the mods.
Communicate with your partner within 48 hours of your claim being confirmed. Mandatory partner check-ins should be met. This is meant to be collaborative and fun.
Participants must be 18 years or older.
A Discord account is necessary to join.
Participants need an email address that they check on a regular basis.
Any questions, issues, or disagreements should be taken to the mods.
In the regular reverse bang round the following types of art are accepted:
painting/drawing (traditional, digital, mixed)
original gif sets (min 6 gifs)
>> All art will be uploaded through a Google Form. Please keep in mind that Discord has a limit for file sizes. If the piece cannot be uploaded to Discord directly, it has to be hosted in a way that doesn’t reveal the identity of the artist.
>> In the spirit of anonymous claims, no watermarks, signatures etc. are permitted! If you are worried about art theft, you can add “Sterek Reverse Bang” as a watermark. Signatures may naturally be added for the final posting with the fics.
>> Artists are limited to submitting one or two pieces.
>> Art must not have been published before, been a commission, or be associated with a fic at the time of claims.
>> When you submit your art, it should be finished. You may of course keep working on it until posting.
>> You may choose to create more art for longer fics, but this is not a requirement.
>> Minimum word count for fics in this challenge is 5k. Artists have the option to offer more art for longer fics.
>> Artists’ prompts need to be followed unless writer and artist agree to do something else.
>> Squicks and triggers have to be followed without discussion.
>> Authors may not demand or request changes to the art. Artists may offer to do this, but that is up to the discretion of the artist.
>> Fics must be in English.
>> Submitted drafts must be typed and be in a standard document form (.docx or Google Drive). iOS extensions or photos will not be accepted.
>> Writers must follow the check-in dates including sharing a 80% completed draft with the mods (check-in 2).
>> All fics must be posted in their entirety on the submission date.
>> You must tag for any of AO3’s major warnings and use appropriate tags, including the Sterek Reverse Bang tag.
>> All fics need to be beta read. If you need help finding a beta reader, you can ask on Discord. Mods for the bang will not assign beta readers.
>> Depending on the preferences of the artist, on AO3 the fic must list the artist as a co-creator, be gifted to the artist on AO3, or list the artist’s work as inspiration using the official AO3 feature for ‘inspired by’. Art should be embedded in the fic. Any additional links to the art (e.g. on Tumblr) should be added in the notes.
Like a regular Bang, a Reverse Bang is meant to be a collaboration between artist and writer. Think of your artist like a partner in your creative process and follow the sharing guidelines that we have laid out in terms of sharing outlines and drafts. Everyone has their own creative style, but do be willing to listen to the input from your artist as you write. One of the joys as a writer is having a collaborative partner to bounce ideas off of and talk through your WIP. Your artist will probably love to be part of this process.
Please be gracious about all pieces and remember to keep all discussion about the art and what you want to claim in #strb-writers-chat. Flailing and praising is permitted in #strb-general, but please refrain from mentioning any specifics. Artists are very anxious about their art getting claimed and we don’t want to add to any fears about any piece of art not receiving the attention it is due.
>> All art will be submitted using a Google Form. Links will be sent out via the challenge Discord server.
>> Be ready to give the following information when submitting art:
title of art: e.g. The Moon Shines High
rating of art: e.g. mature
highest rating the fic can have: e.g. explicit
any warnings (you must warn for archive warnings!): e.g. no archive warnings apply
main pairing (obviously Sterek for this bang, but e.g. if you’d be ok with a second main pairing or changing your main pairing if your art permits): e.g. Stiles/Derek
acceptable background pairings: e.g. Scott/Allison
short description of art/ prompt: e.g. A full moon in the dark sky, bathing the forest beneath it in silver light. Red eyes gleam in the darkness, watching a boy in a red hoodie huddling close to a tiny fire.
likes: e.g. fluff, hurt/comfort, BAMF!Stiles, …
dislikes: e.g. Steter, blood, hurt no comfort, rape, …
eligible for multiple claiming: yes/no
willing to make more art: yes/no/maybe
willing to make more art for longer fics: yes/no/maybe
Keep in mind that the more detailed the prompt, the fewer the people who might feel up to fill it. Also, be aware that cross-overs can be difficult as well.
>> Art prompts will become available for viewing in the challenge Discord server in the channel #strb-prompts-and-teams.
>> Prompts will be numbered - this number will be needed for claims.
>> Claims will take place on the date specified in the timeline at 7 pm UTC (Universal Time Coordinated - takes care of time zones as well as winter/summer times).
>> Claims will take place in a Google form that will be posted in Discord #strb-claims as soon as claims open. Only registered writers can make a claim.
>> Claims will be assigned on a first come first serve basis.
>> All claims have to be kept confidential until claims are over. Please be respectful to artists and conscious of their feelings - nobody likes to hear that their piece is bad, unpopular, or left over.
>> Authors will submit between 3-10 choices in order of preference.
>> If there is any art left after the first round, there will be further rounds on the following days at 7 pm UTC until everything has been claimed.
On the date specified in the timeline, all collaborations will be posted to the challenge collection on AO3.
Once moderated posting starts, it will run until all collaborations have been posted.
>> Every team posts their collaboration to the challenge collection on AO3. The collection is set up so that works cannot be seen yet by the public.
>> Once posting starts, the mods will reveal one or more collaborations, depending on the number of teams, every day until the end of the week. Once a collaboration has gone live, teams can update the posting date of their work if they wish to do so.
>> Depending on the preferences of the artist, on AO3 the fic must list the artist as a co-creator, be gifted to the artist on AO3, or list the artist’s work as inspiration using the official AO3 feature for ‘inspired by’. Art should be embedded in the fic. Any additional links to the art (e.g. on Tumblr) should be added in the notes.
>> In order to ensure that the art is only publicly visible once the AO3 post has been revealed to the public, art should be hosted accordingly, i.e. invisibly to the public until the date of posting, as well. Apart from using certain photo hosting pages or personal website space, this can be done e.g. via a private Discord server or in a Tumblr or Pillowfort post set to private.
make a master post on Discord in #strq-gallery, using the pinned format template
add the fic with the art or a link to the art to the AO3 collection
voluntary: submit a post to the challenge tumblr at sterekreversechallenges.tumblr.com using the same format as for the master post in #strq-gallery
Teams are of course welcome to also make posts on any platform of their choice to promote their work and the bang once their work has been revealed on AO3.
Talk to your mods! There is usually a solution, both for the person dropping and the person remaining in the bang (e.g. finding a pinch hitter).
>> Should any participants drop before claims (Sterek Reverse Quickie, Sterek Reverse Bang) or matching (Sterek Artist Seduction Screw), no harm done, no worries.
>> Should any participants drop out after claims without a very good reason and extenuating circumstances, participants will not be allowed to take part in the next round of reverse challenges hosted by Sterek Reverse Challenges.
>> Check-ins and deadlines have to be met. Missing a check-in or a deadline without a very good reason will result in the participant being disqualified from the current challenge as well as the next round of Sterek Reverse Challenges. Failing to plan ahead, e.g. for holidays, data loss, etc., does not constitute a good reason!
>> Dropping and ghosting will receive a lifetime ban with the participant in question also being removed from the Discord Server.
>> Should a team wish to drop out by mutual consent, they may do so, but may not post their work as part of the Sterek Reverse Bang Collection.
The STRB is meant to be a collaborative effort between artist and writer. Part of the fun of the process is working with another creative person to make something new in the Sterek fandom. With that in mind, we have a set of things you should be talking about with your partner.
Artists and writers are free to decide mutually on how much contact they wish to have and in how much detail they wish to collaborate. However, as this is a bang based on art prompts, artists and writers should collaborate on the plot, unless the artist choses differently. Minimum Requirements:
>> By Check-in 1: Talk to your artist/author partner and exchange:
Account names (AO3, Tumblr, Discord)
How much do you want to communicate/ how much interaction are you looking for?
Are there any times/dates when you won’t be available?
Any general ideas you have
>> The Informal intra-team update: Writers submit an outline of 200-500 words to their artist for comment.
>> By Check-in 2: Fic rough drafts due. Rough drafts need to be 80 % complete of the projected final word count. Any scenes that aren’t finished need to be outlined. Writers will share their rough drafts with their artists and submit them to the mods via a Google form that will be sent out closer to that time.
Apart from sign-ups, the bang will be run via Discord, i.e. a Discord account is necessary to join.
By submitting this form you acknowledge that you have read and understood the terms and conditions and consent/agree to the challenge rules listed above.
Sign-ups for the 2023 round of the Sterek Reverse Bang will be open from April 16th to May 30th.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScTAhF7lLCB5T58SFz2GqHzbmnPJ0VlXz5rfO44Ycd_FtQ0GA/viewform?usp=sf_link
