Zutara Big Bang

A gathering of like-minded Zutara shippers, working together to create an experience for the whole fandom to enjoy! 2021 AO3 collection | 2022 AO3 collection | 2024 AO3 Collection banner & pfp by sooz-art

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I'm so excited!!! Our team of mods is going through all the submissions right now and hope to have everything sent out by the end of the day! We'll post here again once all of the discord invites have been sent. Can't wait to see everyone in the server!

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Server invites have been sent! If you signed up but haven't gotten one, please check your spam folder!

Thank you to everyone so far for being fabulous, even when I accidentally fundamentally broke the server. 🤦‍♀️ As far as I can tell it is fixed, so looking forward to hanging out with everyone and getting this event started!

[zkbigbang]

😱

I'm so excited!!! Our team of mods is going through all the submissions right now and hope to have everything sent out by the end of the day! We'll post here again once all of the discord invites have been sent. Can't wait to see everyone in the server!

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Zutara Reverse Bang 2026 SIGN - UPS

Okay, zutara friends, sign-ups for this year's Reverse Bang are HERE and they are LIVE until MAY 2ND. Invites will be send MAY 3RD.

Sign-up Form Rules and Guidelines Event Calendar

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Zutara Reverse Bang 2026 SIGN - UPS

Okay, zutara friends, sign-ups for this year's Reverse Bang are HERE and they are LIVE until MAY 2ND. Invites will be send MAY 3RD.

Sign-up Form Rules and Guidelines Event Calendar

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Zutara Reverse Bang 2026 SIGN - UPS

Okay, zutara friends, sign-ups for this year's Reverse Bang are HERE and they are LIVE until MAY 2ND. Invites will be send MAY 3RD.

Sign-up Form Rules and Guidelines Event Calendar

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ONE WEEK ONE WEEK

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Zutara Reverse Bang 2026 SIGN - UPS

Okay, zutara friends, sign-ups for this year's Reverse Bang are HERE and they are LIVE until MAY 2ND. Invites will be send MAY 3RD.

Sign-up Form Rules and Guidelines Event Calendar

[zkbigbang]

Zutara Reverse Bang 2026 SIGN - UPS

Okay, zutara friends, sign-ups for this year's Reverse Bang are HERE and they are LIVE until MAY 2ND. Invites will be send MAY 3RD.

Sign-up Form Rules and Guidelines Event Calendar

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Hi, I'm trying to sign up as an artist for the reverse big bang, but it's not letting me progress past the 'writers' section because there's a required question asking about the number of writer projects that I have to answer, even tho I'm only signing up as an artist. Should I just say '1' and just make a note under the text box asking for the ao3 link saying that I'm just signing on to be an artist but I had to answer an above question to progress past this page'?

Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention, and I apologize! It should be fixed now, but that would have been a perfectly fine way to handle it.

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Zutara Reverse Bang 2026 SIGN - UPS

Okay, zutara friends, sign-ups for this year's Reverse Bang are HERE and they are LIVE until MAY 2ND. Invites will be send MAY 3RD.

Sign-up Form Rules and Guidelines Event Calendar

[zkbigbang]

Zutara Reverse Bang 2026 SIGN - UPS

Okay, zutara friends, sign-ups for this year's Reverse Bang are HERE and they are LIVE until MAY 2ND. Invites will be send MAY 3RD.

Sign-up Form Rules and Guidelines Event Calendar

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Super excited for this event! When artists sign up do they need to include a sketch or drawing idea(s) or is it more of an actual signup to get access to the discord? Just want to come prepared! :)

It's just a sign up to get access to the discord! There will be an artist check-in during the first few weeks of the event where we'll need a progress report but for now it's just signing up. :)

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Are writers an betas sign ups this Sunday too?

Yep! Everyone signs up and joins the server, and literally as I (Mystic) am typing this I'm realizing I don't think I ever shared the calendar which is super cute of me, so here's a link to the Rules and Guidelines and a link to the Event Calendar.

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Did i miss the artist sign ups?

You have not! Sign-ups start this Sunday, April 19th!

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Let's Talk Betas

Traditionally, each team was required to have at least one beta reader due to the writing-heavy nature of the event. As the Reverse Bang is more art-heavy, Betas are optional. Betas in this event can work with an author of their choice if they choose, or can join teams based on work summaries provided later in the event. If you have any questions, please send us an ask.

Betas

Betas will be expected to work closely with their team and provide advice and feedback as the work is completed. All beta readers should be able to provide SPaG feedback, and may be asked to provide additional support with plot and other creative decisions.

Beta readers can choose to work with a particular author, or be available for any author.

If a writer desires a beta reader from the Discord server, they will post in the appropriate channel with a short summary of their fic, timeline, word count, and any relevant content warnings. A beta reader may choose which fics they are comfortable betaing based upon work content warnings and summaries and reach out to the writer and mod team to be added to the project.

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Less than a week until sign-ups begin! Does everyone have their ideas churning??

[zkbigbang]

Let's Talk Betas

Traditionally, each team was required to have at least one beta reader due to the writing-heavy nature of the event. As the Reverse Bang is more art-heavy, Betas are optional. Betas in this event can work with an author of their choice if they choose, or can join teams based on work summaries provided later in the event. If you have any questions, please send us an ask.

Betas

Betas will be expected to work closely with their team and provide advice and feedback as the work is completed. All beta readers should be able to provide SPaG feedback, and may be asked to provide additional support with plot and other creative decisions.

Beta readers can choose to work with a particular author, or be available for any author.

If a writer desires a beta reader from the Discord server, they will post in the appropriate channel with a short summary of their fic, timeline, word count, and any relevant content warnings. A beta reader may choose which fics they are comfortable betaing based upon work content warnings and summaries and reach out to the writer and mod team to be added to the project.

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Reverse Bang Writer Guidelines

Writers

Completed fics should have a word count of at least 5000.

Stories must be rated G or T on Ao3. All content must be appropriately tagged. If you need help with tagging, please ask for it from either your team or the mods.

Fics must be written exclusively for this event, and relate to their artist’s piece. Sharing details about your work publicly before the posting date is not allowed.

Writers will be expected to collaborate with their artist, respond to check-ins throughout the event, share their progress with their team, and communicate with their team and the mods as needed.

All authors must have an Ao3 account, and post their final work to the collection on Ao3.

Plagiarism of another author’s writing and/or use of AI in any form is not allowed.

All fics should be complete by the end of the event, or, for multi-chapters, the sum of the chapters posted must be at least 5k. Your work should be free of basic spelling and grammar errors.

There is no maximum word count, but writers should consider the event timeline when making a claim. Please be conscious of the available writing period and do not claim something you cannot do justice to within that window.

Authors must strictly adhere to restrictions set forth by the artists (Their “Do Not Wants”). Please do not claim art with restrictions that you cannot uphold. Fics should be related to the artwork and discussed with the artist.

Writers may not deviate drastically from the artwork or agreed upon plot without artist input/permission. Please work with your artists when changes are needed.

While an artist may want to change aspects of their art to fit your fic or create additional artwork, they are not obligated to do so.

Fics for the event must be written in English as the primary language. If you wish, you are welcome to translate your fic to another language in addition to English.

Bidding

Writers will have several days to review projects before bidding.

Bidding will work on a rating scale. Writers will be asked to rate at least 5 projects based on their desire to work on them, and the mod team will assign writers to a project based on this rating. We do our best but cannot guarantee your getting to work on your #1 choice.

DO NOT BID ON ART YOU DO NOT WISH TO WRITE FOR.

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Reverse Bang Writer Guidelines

Writers

Completed fics should have a word count of at least 5000.

Stories must be rated G or T on Ao3. All content must be appropriately tagged. If you need help with tagging, please ask for it from either your team or the mods.

Fics must be written exclusively for this event, and relate to their artist’s piece. Sharing details about your work publicly before the posting date is not allowed.

Writers will be expected to collaborate with their artist, respond to check-ins throughout the event, share their progress with their team, and communicate with their team and the mods as needed.

All authors must have an Ao3 account, and post their final work to the collection on Ao3.

Plagiarism of another author’s writing and/or use of AI in any form is not allowed.

All fics should be complete by the end of the event, or, for multi-chapters, the sum of the chapters posted must be at least 5k. Your work should be free of basic spelling and grammar errors.

There is no maximum word count, but writers should consider the event timeline when making a claim. Please be conscious of the available writing period and do not claim something you cannot do justice to within that window.

Authors must strictly adhere to restrictions set forth by the artists (Their “Do Not Wants”). Please do not claim art with restrictions that you cannot uphold. Fics should be related to the artwork and discussed with the artist.

Writers may not deviate drastically from the artwork or agreed upon plot without artist input/permission. Please work with your artists when changes are needed.

While an artist may want to change aspects of their art to fit your fic or create additional artwork, they are not obligated to do so.

Fics for the event must be written in English as the primary language. If you wish, you are welcome to translate your fic to another language in addition to English.

Bidding

Writers will have several days to review projects before bidding.

Bidding will work on a rating scale. Writers will be asked to rate at least 5 projects based on their desire to work on them, and the mod team will assign writers to a project based on this rating. We do our best but cannot guarantee your getting to work on your #1 choice.

DO NOT BID ON ART YOU DO NOT WISH TO WRITE FOR.