Just wanted to know if it's the plan to do a 1d big bang round 6, and if so when sign-ups are happening? Also if you know anything about smaller, mini-bangs or anything like that, would you mind letting me know? I've been searching to no avail. Thank you so much!
Hi there! Thanks for the ask – as long as there is interest in the One Direction Big Bang, we will continue to run it :)
As for sign ups for Round Six – in line with your other question (about mini-bangs), our friends at the @1dreversebang are working hard, and their Challenge is underway! A reverse bang is like a big bang, except artists make their works first and then authors claim works of art to write fics for (typically shorter than a traditonal big bang – in the case of the 1DRB, it’s 5000 words minimum)! (We here at the 1DBB are THRILLED about this, fyi). Their art submissions are due tomorrow (so there’s still time to submit something!!!), with fic claims going up over the weekend, and we encourage all of our friends and followers here to join in!
Since fics for the 1DRB are due September 15 and posting begins September 30, we will begin our fic sign ups October 1. This way, overlapping authors won’t be burdened with two Bangs at once :). We’re still fudging with the rest of the schedule and requirements (e.g., we may go back to a max wordcount of 20k), but posting for 1DBB Round Six will likely begin on or around April 1.
Hope this answers your questions!
ETA: Typo! 20k MINIMUM wordcount (as opposed to this year’s 25k minimum) -- thanks for pointing that out, @froggybangbang