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Prize art for May’s winner, A Walk in the Park by choirboycas!
Beautiful art by dustyjournal. Thanks so much guys!
are you guys gonna change ur url?
Yes. Once we get art and everything ready we will be changing to “SPN Writing Challenge” or something similar if we can come up with a wittier idea. :)
Update: I’m sorry for the lack of communication, guys. I started a new job last Monday and to be honest - wasn’t quite sure how to word all of this.
We are not getting rid of the challenge. Instead, we’re revamping it. We’ve had a few suggestions about how the challenge could better include artists, so that’s what we’re focusing on for the first round.
The new version will be a series of different miniature ‘big bangs’ starting with a smaller version of a ReverseBang. If you’re an artist, or if you know any artists, send them our way. Instead of creating *new* art for the challenge, they can submit *OLD* art, that they’ve always wanted to see a story written for.
Authors will then sign up in a similar fashion as before, only this time they’ll include which piece of art is inspiring their stories. There will be no voting on favorites or prizes. For the first round, the prize will be artists getting a fic.
My main goal would be to do something different each challenge. (I.E.: a reversebang one time, a more traditional all-ships-included bang the next time, a kinky bang).
The new timeline will also be different: instead of one month, each challenge will encompass two months. (Two week for set up, four weeks for writing, two week for wrap-up.) As we go along, this might need to be adjusted, but we’ll cross that bridge when it gets here.
The fics will still be smaller. Instead of the daunting idea of a 10k big bang, you’d only be required to write a minimum of 2k words. (Max 10k.)
So... that’s where I’m at. Unfortunately I can’t start the first round until I get some artists sending in pictures. So please if you know a fandom artist, have them email us ([email protected]) with past art (up to 2 pictures per artist!). Any ship. Any level of sfw to nsfw. Any setting. Just as long as it’s inspiring.
May Winner!
With sixty percent of the vote, our May winner was A Walk In The Park by choirboycas. (Regrettably, I’m a bit behind on all this jazz because hufflebutt is a busy bee and I’m realizing just how much I depend on her - so I will have an announcement with your artist in the next couple of days.)
Amazingly, the judges vote was a draw. I’m still astonished by it. In case you were curious, here are the fics and their authors:
Baby, Be a Simple Man by jessica-doom
Iron Man by hufflecas
What Hurts the Most by archofimagine
Please stay tuned to a very important post in the near future about how the challenge will be transitioning into something bigger, better, and more fun for everyone. (Especially artists!)
Hey guys,
It’s June 1st, but before I release the new theme and the winner for May, I wanted to get everyone’s opinion on a few things:
We really stand behind this idea. I personally think the base concept is a great one - allowing not-so-popular fic writers to win art for their fic. We’ve had some amazing fics and amazing art come from it.
At the same time - we’ve seen a serious decrease in activity over the last two months. (We’ve only had 12 voters this month. In comparison to 27 last month, and 53 our first month.)
So I’m hoping you guys might have some ideas on how we can improve. We’ve worked tirelessly to get promoted by larger blogs, but still can’t seem to get anywhere.
Feel free to send your suggestions under anon if you’re worried about reaction.
May Stories + Poll!
Hey guys, ArchofImagine here, I wanted to thank everyone for bearing with us this month. My dad broke his ankle on Monday and had to have surgery, so I had to be up here and my availability has been sporadic.
Anywho, we have something a bit different this month: I sent out a challenge to our judges to participate! Three of them gave us stories.
So we have two categories this month, our regular submissions (labeled M001, M002, M003, M004) and then our judge submissions (labeled J001, J002, J003). The regular winner will still get art. Our judges just get bragging rights and maybe something extra.
Read the stories HERE and vote for your favorites HERE.
We’ve got a couple ships this month that we haven’t had before at the Monthly Challenge, including Sam/Jody and Cockles!
June Theme!
So as boundsammy so poignantly brought up - we’re going to need a June theme very soon.
Well, to be honest, I’m running low on ideas for June so YOU GUYS GET TO PICK.
Send us an ask with what theme you would like to see used for the month of June! Depending on how many idea submissions we get - we’ll either put it to a public vote, or let our judges/mods decide.
The winner gets to also choose ten prompts for June!
Keep ‘em coming!
Thanks to boundsammy, bendoverandbiteyourgag, theholeinyourpocket, and angrysouffle for already sending in ideas!
Today’s the last day we’ll accept June Theme ideas!
And hey — don’t forget to vote for May!
May Stories + Poll!
Hey guys, ArchofImagine here, I wanted to thank everyone for bearing with us this month. My dad broke his ankle on Monday and had to have surgery, so I had to be up here and my availability has been sporadic.
Anywho, we have something a bit different this month: I sent out a challenge to our judges to participate! Three of them gave us stories.
So we have two categories this month, our regular submissions (labeled M001, M002, M003, M004) and then our judge submissions (labeled J001, J002, J003). The regular winner will still get art. Our judges just get bragging rights and maybe something extra.
Read the stories HERE and vote for your favorites HERE.
June Theme!
So as boundsammy so poignantly brought up - we’re going to need a June theme very soon.
Well, to be honest, I’m running low on ideas for June so YOU GUYS GET TO PICK.
Send us an ask with what theme you would like to see used for the month of June! Depending on how many idea submissions we get - we’ll either put it to a public vote, or let our judges/mods decide.
The winner gets to also choose ten prompts for June!
Keep ‘em coming!
May Stories + Poll!
Hey guys, ArchofImagine here, I wanted to thank everyone for bearing with us this month. My dad broke his ankle on Monday and had to have surgery, so I had to be up here and my availability has been sporadic.
Anywho, we have something a bit different this month: I sent out a challenge to our judges to participate! Three of them gave us stories.
So we have two categories this month, our regular submissions (labeled M001, M002, M003, M004) and then our judge submissions (labeled J001, J002, J003). The regular winner will still get art. Our judges just get bragging rights and maybe something extra.
Read the stories HERE and vote for your favorites HERE.
Keep those votes coming in, folks! Poll will be up till next Thursday.
May Stories + Poll!
Hey guys, ArchofImagine here, I wanted to thank everyone for bearing with us this month. My dad broke his ankle on Monday and had to have surgery, so I had to be up here and my availability has been sporadic.
Anywho, we have something a bit different this month: I sent out a challenge to our judges to participate! Three of them gave us stories.
So we have two categories this month, our regular submissions (labeled M001, M002, M003, M004) and then our judge submissions (labeled J001, J002, J003). The regular winner will still get art. Our judges just get bragging rights and maybe something extra.
Read the stories HERE and vote for your favorites HERE.
May Stories + Poll!
Hey guys, ArchofImagine here, I wanted to thank everyone for bearing with us this month. My dad broke his ankle on Monday and had to have surgery, so I had to be up here and my availability has been sporadic.
Anywho, we have something a bit different this month: I sent out a challenge to our judges to participate! Three of them gave us stories.
So we have two categories this month, our regular submissions (labeled M001, M002, M003, M004) and then our judge submissions (labeled J001, J002, J003). The regular winner will still get art. Our judges just get bragging rights and maybe something extra.
Read the stories HERE and vote for your favorites HERE.
Sorry for the delay folks! archofimagine had a family emergency this week, and it’s understandably put things on hold. Everything’s fine, and poll should be up by the end of the month!
Getting May stories and poll up soon, and -- stay tuned for something a wee different. ;)
June Theme!
So as boundsammy so poignantly brought up - we’re going to need a June theme very soon.
Well, to be honest, I’m running low on ideas for June so YOU GUYS GET TO PICK.
Send us an ask with what theme you would like to see used for the month of June! Depending on how many idea submissions we get - we’ll either put it to a public vote, or let our judges/mods decide.
The winner gets to also choose ten prompts for June!
Lookie lookie, prize art by purpleandorangesheep for April’s winner, Blind Date by reallyscj!
Thank you everyone for your fabulous work!
ARE YOU GISHTASTIC? LOOKING FOR A GISHWHES TEAM NAMED BY THE OVERLORD HIMSELF? LOOK NO FURTHER!
Team Cockadoodledoo (you really don’t want to know what Misha *originally* named us) is looking for six more members!
We’re an international team of weirdos (including hufflecas, purpleandorangesheep, jessica-doom, ancgangstathefallenangel, and kevstielkisses) representing FIVE different countries already! We’re looking for members with video editing skills, access to a storm trooper costume, obnoxious desires to make fools of themselves, and an undying love for Misha Collins.
Priority will be given to people on the east coast of the United States and in countries like Russia or Australia. (But seriously - we’ll accept just about any lunatic that is devoted to the cause.)
Fill out the application!
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