het_bigbang | Date Claims and Final Check-In (Mandatory)

(Date Claiming will open on Saturday, October 1st at 12PM (Noon) (Pacific Time/UTC-6). This post is up early, to give everyone a chance to read the instructions beforehand. The DreamWidth post is the only one that will be unlocked for comments; the LiveJournal post will be updated with claims for reference only, but it will not be unlocked for comments to avoid confusion.)

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Hello, everyone! This is it, HetBang 2022 is nearing the end! You all have been doing so awesome and we’re really excited to see what everyone has been working on! This post has both the final check-in survey AND the Date Claims. (Check-In is open early.)

Final Check-In Information and Survey
This is the fifth and final check-in for HetBang 2022! This is a mandatory check-in, for both authors and fanworkers! If you do not check-in, you will be considered dropped from HetBang 2022, and there could be consequences if you were paired with an author (both 5k Little Bang and 10k Big Bang) or fanworker through the claiming process! If you need to drop out, please let us know ASAP! The survey will be open through Saturday, October 15th, and will be closed Sunday morning, October 16th.

If you are a Solo Author or a Tandem Author/Fanworker, there are no consequences for dropping out. If you are an author (both 5k Little Bang and 10k Big Bang) or fanworker that has been paired up via claims, we're past the safe drop out point and dropping out can result in a ban from the next round of HetBang. However, if something major happens (sickness, injury, accident, etc.) please just let us know and there will be no consequences for dropping out. Anyone that doesn't contact us will be banned, as we won't know about a situation unless we're told.

The most important thing when filling out the survey is to make sure you use the same email address that was used in your sign-up, so that we can check you off. If you do not remember which email you used to sign-up, a copy of the Google Survey should have been sent to you when you signed up. If you still cannot find it, please contact us and we will check on our end!

Fanworkers, if you claimed more than one story, please follow the instructions in the form to indicate your progress per author, so that we can mark your progress to the correct author!

Check-In #5 Survey Survey open through October 15th.

Date Claiming Instructions:

Dates are claimed first come, first served. Each day can have up to 3 stories (and accompanying fanworks) posted.

Date claiming can be done on this post or through email, thehetbigbang@gmail.com, as long as the required information is included! (See below for required information) Mods will check the timestamps on comments and emails to keep things fair, as this is first come, first served.

Traditional/Tandem groups, discuss which days will work best for your group. Only one member from your author/fanworker group needs to select a date. Please don't have all members comment with the same story/dates, it’ll be very confusing for mods! Discuss with your group (unless you are working Solo) and decide on dates together and who will be claiming your posting dates.

When you comment, please list three dates that you, and/or your group, would be able to post and include the following information. If any of the following information is not included, you will be asked to repost your comment with the missing info added in, and your dates will not be held for you!

Example:
Dates: October 31, November 2, November 8 (List three dates in the order of most preferred to least preferred!)
Author(s): LuciferxDamien (If you have co-author(s), make sure to list all of them!)
Fanworker(s): 2bnallegory (If you are Solo, you can put N/A or Solo here.)
Title of Story: The Smoke in Your Eyes (Title)

If you do not have a title for your story, or your title changes, this is fine, just email mods when you have your final title, so we know which stories to check off!

Here's the form with HTML if you want to use that! If you signed up for two stories, please use the form twice. Mods need this information for all author/artist groups and stories. (The HTML is not necessary, just so long as all the information is included.)

Amnesty Period:
If you miss your posting date, this is okay! Sometimes things slip our minds or life just happens. November 20th-30th will be the Amnesty Period, which is for any author or fanworker to post their work, if they missed their posting date! If you already think you need the Amnesty Period, list “Amnesty” or “Amnesty Period” as your date choice, no need to select a specific date during the Amnesty Period!

Okay, with all of that out of the way, here are the dates!

2022 HetBang Posting Schedule
Sunday, October 16
1) youtomyme | Ashling
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Monday, October 17
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Tuesday, October 18
1) innie | LuciferxDamien
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Wednesday, October 19
1) jesterlady | CaedHarlowe
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Thursday, October 20
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Friday, October 21
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Saturday, October 22
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Sunday, October 23
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Monday, October 24
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Tuesday, October 25
1) shnuffeluv | LuciferxDamien
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Wednesday, October 26
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Thursday, October 27
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Friday, October 28
1) Melime
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Saturday, October 29
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Sunday, October 30
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Monday, October 31
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Tuesday, November 1
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Wednesday, November 2
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Thursday, November 3
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Friday, November 4
1) jedibuttercup | MistressKat
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Saturday, November 5
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Sunday, November 6
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Monday, November 7
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Tuesday, November 8
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Wednesday, November 9
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Thursday, November 10
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Friday, November 11
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Saturday, November 12
1) downjune | huntress79
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Sunday, November 13
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Monday, November 14
1) Naaer | cersxisbitch
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Tuesday, November 15
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Wednesday, November 16
1) blackrose_17 | 2bnallegory
2) apckrfan | Esmalt
3) Melime

Thursday, November 17
1) svgurl | LaLunaUnita
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Friday, November 18
1) lullabymoon | oldestcharm
2) flipflop_diva
3) WaterSoter

Saturday, November 19
1) Killaurey
2) akionna | emmatheslayer
3) blackrose_17 | LuciferxDamien

Amnesty Period
AlexSeanchai | 2bnallegory
tamaraaeknight
almach/stickpenalties
TaleWeaver
badritual/littlestclouds
Melacka
LaLunaUnita | lavendersun
ladyjax

If you have any questions or concerns, here is the Page-A Mod Post. You can also contact the mods via email, thehetbigbang@gmail.com, or by messaging LuciferxDamien or Jesterlady on the HetBang Discord server.