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If new time commitments have arisen since sign-ups or you are uninterested in joining the Big Bang at this time, that is a-okay. Just let us know!
If you signed up and still have not heard from us by Monday, either by email or DMs, you are welcome to reach out to us through the ask box or our DMs as well.
Sign-ups are now closed! Thank you to each and every applicant, you have exceeded expectations. The Scarian Big Bang is going to be a very special event.✨🌵
ℹ️ Emails will be sent out June 5th.
➡️ Beta Reader + Pinch Hitter Apps. will open July 5th.
Everything the Light Touches is a collaborative Big Bang fandom event committed to connecting Scarian creatives to like-minded people. We aim to bring together a community and cultivate an explosion of Scarian content—a big bang, if you will.
Writers will pitch a fic concept and in turn, artists will choose which idea they would like to contribute to. For the following 4 months, teams will work together to create content they are proud of—some of which may be pseudo book covers, chaptered stories, screenplays, ficbindings, and animations.
🌻 All who apply will be accepted.
SIGN UP NOW!
Below the cut is a thorough guideline on what to expect from Everything the Light Touches! There is a shorter, more concise explanation on our Carrd.
May 1 to May 31 - Sign-ups
June 16 + 17 - Blurb Auction
June 24 - Teams Assigned
June 24 to October 30 - Official Creation Period
November 3 - Posting Period Begins
★ A more in-depth schedule can be found on our Carrd
Signing up-
Sign-ups will run from the beginning of May to the end of May. That is 30 days to contemplate participation.
Creatives will choose a tier at their time of sign-up. Everyone must reach their tier minimum but are welcome to surpass their goals to create as much content as they would like. Tiers will look like this:
Tier 1 - a minimum of 10,000 words or a minimum of 1 fully rendered piece of art
Tier 2 - a minimum of 25,000 words or a minimum of 2 fully rendered pieces of art
Tier 3 - a minimum of 50,000 words or a minimum of 3 fully rendered pieces of art
As soon as you complete the form, writers are welcome to begin drafting, although they will not be able to join the Discord server until the first week of June when invitations are sent out.
Upon arrival to the Discord server, participants will have a week to settle, select their roles, and complete polls for server-wide activities. Writers should have a blurb completed and submitted by June 13.
Blurb Auction-
The auction will be held a week or so after everyone has joined the Discord and when writers have submitted 1 to 2 fic concepts in the form of a blurb. Blurbs will be displayed anonymously in a spreadsheet that all creatives will have access to.
Blurbs are expected to come with an Ao3-like rating for general audiences, teen and up audiences, and mature audiences; as well as two to three relevant genre tags and any relevant content warnings. Works containing sexual encounters and heavy graphic violence will not be allowed in the main event.
Artists will then consider the blurbs and their respected tags and rank the up to 5 pitches they would like to work with in a google form. Depending on the ratio of artists to writers, artists who volunteer may be placed in more than one team.
Team Assignments-
Teams are created based heavily on the auction results and loosely on a writer’s tier.
There will be 1 writer to a team and the potential of up to 2 artists. This, of course, will fully depend on sign-ups and is not written in stone. Results from the interest check forecast a larger number of artists than writers, and the size of teams will only be determined after sign-ups close. If two writers would like to work together, please reach out to a moderator.
Beta Readers and Pinch Hitters will be welcomed later on in the creation period. When needed, the addition of a pinch hitter can be requested for a team. Beta readers will not be designated to a team and will work on a volunteer basis.
Writers - this event is not a free commission for artwork. You are expected to work side-by-side with your artist teammates and create a story you are all proud of. This is not just an event to create scarian content, but to meet other creators with similar interests.
The Creation Period-
When teams are formed and everyone has settled into their private channels or threads, the creation period will begin. The first team check-in will be July 22 and will only require proof of a written draft, a layout of scenes, or sketches. Check-ins two, three, and four will ask for different information from different tiers.
Finalized pieces will be posted in an Ao3 Collection. Everyone is encouraged to post their creations on their social medias, including tags for the big bang and who they collaborated with. Authors who stay anonymous on Ao3 are welcome to post to the collection anonymously as well.
All writers will claim a posting date near the end of October. This date will coincide with your last chapter update. If you have a one-shot then the claim will be the date of your posting. All fics must be fully posted by your claimed posting date and artworks are expected to follow these times as well. When the time comes, please discuss your preferred claims with your team. Different tiers will have different claim restrictions.
All works must be posted by the end of 2026!
Everything the Light Touches welcomes you! Thank you for your consideration. 💫
Previously answered questions can be found in the sandbox >
Everything the Light Touches is a collaborative Big Bang fandom event committed to connecting Scarian creatives to like-minded people. We aim to bring together a community and cultivate an explosion of Scarian content—a big bang, if you will.
Writers will pitch a fic concept and in turn, artists will choose which idea they would like to contribute to. For the following 4 months, teams will work together to create content they are proud of—some of which may be pseudo book covers, chaptered stories, screenplays, ficbindings, and animations.
🌻 All who apply will be accepted.
SIGN UP NOW!
Below the cut is a thorough guideline on what to expect from Everything the Light Touches! There is a shorter, more concise explanation on our Carrd.
May 1 to May 31 - Sign-ups
June 16 + 17 - Blurb Auction
June 24 - Teams Assigned
June 24 to October 30 - Official Creation Period
November 3 - Posting Period Begins
★ A more in-depth schedule can be found on our Carrd
Signing up-
Sign-ups will run from the beginning of May to the end of May. That is 30 days to contemplate participation.
Creatives will choose a tier at their time of sign-up. Everyone must reach their tier minimum but are welcome to surpass their goals to create as much content as they would like. Tiers will look like this:
Tier 1 - a minimum of 10,000 words or a minimum of 1 fully rendered piece of art
Tier 2 - a minimum of 25,000 words or a minimum of 2 fully rendered pieces of art
Tier 3 - a minimum of 50,000 words or a minimum of 3 fully rendered pieces of art
As soon as you complete the form, writers are welcome to begin drafting, although they will not be able to join the Discord server until the first week of June when invitations are sent out.
Upon arrival to the Discord server, participants will have a week to settle, select their roles, and complete polls for server-wide activities. Writers should have a blurb completed and submitted by June 13.
Blurb Auction-
The auction will be held a week or so after everyone has joined the Discord and when writers have submitted 1 to 2 fic concepts in the form of a blurb. Blurbs will be displayed anonymously in a spreadsheet that all creatives will have access to.
Blurbs are expected to come with an Ao3-like rating for general audiences, teen and up audiences, and mature audiences; as well as two to three relevant genre tags and any relevant content warnings. Works containing sexual encounters and heavy graphic violence will not be allowed in the main event.
Artists will then consider the blurbs and their respected tags and rank the up to 5 pitches they would like to work with in a google form. Depending on the ratio of artists to writers, artists who volunteer may be placed in more than one team.
Team Assignments-
Teams are created based heavily on the auction results and loosely on a writer’s tier.
There will be 1 writer to a team and the potential of up to 2 artists. This, of course, will fully depend on sign-ups and is not written in stone. Results from the interest check forecast a larger number of artists than writers, and the size of teams will only be determined after sign-ups close. If two writers would like to work together, please reach out to a moderator.
Beta Readers and Pinch Hitters will be welcomed later on in the creation period. When needed, the addition of a pinch hitter can be requested for a team. Beta readers will not be designated to a team and will work on a volunteer basis.
Writers - this event is not a free commission for artwork. You are expected to work side-by-side with your artist teammates and create a story you are all proud of. This is not just an event to create scarian content, but to meet other creators with similar interests.
The Creation Period-
When teams are formed and everyone has settled into their private channels or threads, the creation period will begin. The first team check-in will be July 22 and will only require proof of a written draft, a layout of scenes, or sketches. Check-ins two, three, and four will ask for different information from different tiers.
Finalized pieces will be posted in an Ao3 Collection. Everyone is encouraged to post their creations on their social medias, including tags for the big bang and who they collaborated with. Authors who stay anonymous on Ao3 are welcome to post to the collection anonymously as well.
All writers will claim a posting date near the end of October. This date will coincide with your last chapter update. If you have a one-shot then the claim will be the date of your posting. All fics must be fully posted by your claimed posting date and artworks are expected to follow these times as well. When the time comes, please discuss your preferred claims with your team. Different tiers will have different claim restrictions.
All works must be posted by the end of 2026!
Everything the Light Touches welcomes you! Thank you for your consideration. 💫
Previously answered questions can be found in the sandbox >
What happens if no artist is interested in my blurb idea?
Everyone will have a team no matter what!
Writers will have the choice to submit two separate blurbs and artists are given five optional slots. It will be very unlikely for a writer to not receive any bids at all. If this does occur, the moderators will come together and discuss. Still, everyone will have a team.
First time doing one of these events, what is a blurb like? Is it a summary of the fic idea with the relevant tags and warnings mentioned? Is it like a small written piece to be contiued and revlavent tags and warnings are also mentioned? Like what would an example be?
Welcome! We are excited for your interest!!
There can be a couple ways to do a blurb. You can do bullet points of potential plot points and conversations. You can write a short ao3-like summary. You can do a hybrid of both. We do ask that blurbs stay under 100 words.
Content tags will be required, as well as a rating.
Once you’re in the Discord there will be further directions and moderators can help with as much as you need!
It could look like this, though we don’t expect blurbs to be quite as fine-tuned:
question. after the event is over and we finish our projects, if we decide later to expand upon the ideas, write or draw more for it, is that fine? i'm assuming the original fic would have to remain untouched for simplicities' sake, since you specifically stated you wanted them finished by the deadline, but are expansions fine?
idk if that's a stupid question with an obvious answer, but i figured it'd be better to ask and know for sure than to guess and be wrong.
and also:
if someone decides that they want to write something nsfw related to their idea, but they post it as a separate fic and attach it as a part of a series separate from the big bang collection, is that fine?
like not signing up for the nsfw specific event, but like coming back after everything is finished.
Hi! Not a silly question at all!
The Big Bang exists to inspire creation and offer a chance to make new friends. Past the regulations of this being a challenge event with guidelines, we would never want to control what you feel the need to create!
The fanfiction made for the Big Bang will need to be complete by the end of the event or it will not be accepted into the Ao3 Collection. Adding your work to a series and expanding after the event is wrapped up is welcome! The new work won’t be recognized as part of the Big Bang, and you will be free to make whatever you please. As long as everything is tagged correctly, there shouldn’t be a problem with potential nsfw content.
The same applies for drawings. If you’re feeling inspired, keep going!
If you sign up as both artist and writer, will you be on two teams, or will you be expected to make art for your own writing?
Signing up as both an artist and a writer will look like this:
June 13: Submit your fic blurb for the fic auction as a writer
June 16: Choose the top 3-5 fic blurbs you find interesting as an artist
You will be on two teams. One for your fic idea and another for a different writer’s fic idea. You will not be creating art for your own writing. During the creation period, every month you will be expected to fill out two check-in forms. One for each team you are on.
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