Het Big Bang

Hello everyone! Now that we’re getting closer to posting, we’ve updated the het_banghelp activity list. Our weekly posts will now include fanworkers and the editing process!

Updated Support Comm Activities

As a reminder, our next check-in will be September 1st, and it will be mandatory for both authors and fanworkers. After that will be our final check-in on October 1st, which will also be when date claims open! Posting will begin October 16th and run through November 19th. 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!

After the September check-in is closed, mods will make a determination on the maximum number of stories that can be posted per day, starting with at least 2 per day. This is to help spread stories out!

Starting this year, chaptered posting is allowed. Authors can start posting their works on October 16th, and they have until their chosen posting date to have their work posted in its entirety. Posting before Sunday, October 16th is not allowed. Authors choosing to post chapters separately do not need to claim additional dates, just a final posting date when they intend to post their last chapter. Authors do not need to inform mods of their intended posting schedule, mods will only be checking for completed works based on the date claims.

Example:
Author A has 4 chapters to post and wants to update their fic twice a week. Author A will need to select a final posting date about 2 weeks after posting begins. Author A wants to post chapter updates Sundays and Wednesdays, and starts posting their story October 16th, followed by the 19th and 23rd. October 26th is the date they need to claim and is the date that mods will be checking their work for completion.

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.

Hello everyone! Today is the last day for story claims! We’ve got three 5k Little Bang stories that have not been claimed. While we cannot guarantee a match for the 5k Little Bang stories, we’d really like to have all stories claimed by tomorrow! Claiming will close no sooner than 10AM PDT, Sunday July 17th to give everyone ample time to claim!

Just as a reminder, 5k stories that are claimed are required to be completed by the end of the HetBang 2022, the last day of which is November 30th. If you are a 5k author that currently has an unclaimed summary and you’re worried about completing your work, email us and we can take your summary down, no problem!

And if you are a fanworker that would like to claim multiple of the remaining stories, just let us know how many of your choices you want.
Example:
First choice: #1 Title, Second choice: #2 Title, Third choice: #3 Title. Can take 2 stories.
This means we will give you 2 stories, out of whichever stories are remaining. Please reach out if you have any questions, we’re here to help!

If you want to create some kind of fanwork for one of these awesome stories, the LiveJournal post is right here: Story Claiming Post. The DreamWidth version of this post will not be unlocked for comments. We understand that LiveJournal may not be allowing anonymous comments, if you run into this problem, please email your claims to thehetbigbang@gmail.com.

Claiming Instructions | 5k Little Bang Summaries

Remember, the Dreamwidth post will not be unlocked! If you are wanting to make a claim through comments, you must visit the LiveJournal post! This is so we can keep things more organized and prevent confusion if stories are being claimed at the same time. Emailing us your claims is also an option, just send an email to thehetbigbang@gmail.com with your top three picks and we will let you know which story you are successful on!

If you're a fanworker that needs to drop out, for any reason, please let us know right away and we will get that taken care of for you! There are no consequences for dropping out before a story is claimed!

Also, just as a reminder, it can take a few hours for mods to respond, so claim verification might be slow. We will do our best to stay on top of things and let people know if they were successful or not!

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.

Hello everyone! 5k Little Bang story claims are now open!!!

If you want to create some kind of fanwork for one of these awesome stories, the LiveJournal post is right here: Story Claiming Post. The DreamWidth version of this post will not be unlocked for comments. We understand that LiveJournal may not be allowing anonymous comments, if you run into this problem, please email your claims to thehetbigbang@gmail.com.

Claiming Instructions | 5k Little Bang Summaries

For the first round of claiming, fanworkers can claim only one story! Once second claims open, fanworkers can claim as many stories as they want, however, please do not take on more than you are reasonably certain you can finish to avoid leaving any authors or stories hanging! The first round of claiming for the 5k Little Bang stories will last 24 hours, and if there are any stories that have not been claimed after 24 hours, fanworkers that have already made a claim may come back and make additional claims.

If all 10k and 5k stories are claimed before July 16th, a second round of claiming will open, where all stories will be available to be claimed by a second fanworker. 10k Big Bang stories are only guaranteed onefanworker, and 5k Little Bang stories are not guaranteed a fanworker, but we will do our best to get every story a fanworker!

Remember, the Dreamwidth post will not be unlocked! If you are wanting to make a claim through comments, you must visit the LiveJournal post! This is so we can keep things more organized and prevent confusion if stories are being claimed at the same time. Emailing us your claims is also an option, just send an email to thehetbigbang@gmail.com with your top three picks and we will let you know which story you are successful on!

If you're a fanworker that needs to drop out, for any reason, please let us know right away and we will get that taken care of for you! There are no consequences for dropping out before a story is claimed!

Also, just as a reminder, it can take a few hours for mods to respond, so claim verification might be slow. We will do our best to stay on top of things and let people know if they were successful or not!

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.

Hello everyone! 10k Big Bang story claims are now open!!!

If you want to create some kind of fanwork for one of these awesome stories, the LiveJournal post is right here: Story Claiming Post. The DreamWidth version of this post will not be unlocked for comments. We understand that LiveJournal may not be allowing anonymous comments, if you run into this problem, please email your claims to thehetbigbang@gmail.com.

Claiming Instructions | 10k Big Bang Summaries

For the first round of claiming, fanworkers can claim only one story! Once second claims open, fanworkers can claim as many stories as they want, however, please do not take on more than you are reasonably certain you can finish to avoid leaving any authors or stories hanging!

If there are any remaining 10k stories that need to be claimed on Monday, July 11th at 12PM PDT, fanworkers that have already claimed a story will be able to claim a second story. This is so we can get 5k Little Bang stories opened up for claims ASAP! If all 10k and 5k stories are claimed before July 16th, a second round of claiming will open, where all stories will be available to be claimed by a second fanworker. 10k Big Bang stories are only guaranteed onefanworker, and 5k Little Bang stories are not guaranteed a fanworker, but we will do our best to get every story a fanworker!

Remember, the Dreamwidth post will not be unlocked! If you are wanting to make a claim through comments, you must visit the LiveJournal post! This is so we can keep things more organized and prevent confusion if stories are being claimed at the same time. Emailing us your claims is also an option, just send an email to thehetbigbang@gmail.com with your top three picks and we will let you know which story you are successful on!

If you're a fanworker that needs to drop out, for any reason, please let us know right away and we will get that taken care of for you! There are no consequences for dropping out before a story is claimed!

Also, just as a reminder, it can take a few hours for mods to respond, so claim verification might be slow. We will do our best to stay on top of things and let people know if they were successful or not!

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.

(Story claiming via comments will only be available for the LiveJournal version of this summary post. The DreamWidth summary post will not be unlocked. It is purely for reference. There are instructions for claiming on LiveJournal or by email further down. Please read everything!)

Hello everyone! There are some really great stories up for claiming this year! The deadline has passed and no more rough drafts will be accepted, so here are the summary previews! 10k Big Bang story claiming will begin on Saturday, July 9th at 12 Noon PDT. 5k Little Bang story claiming will begin after all 10k Big Bang stories have been claimed.

We will be posting both the 5k Little Bang summaries and the 10k Big Bang summaries at the same time, on separate posts, for fanworkers to peruse. The 5k Little Bang post will only be unlocked after all of the 10k Big Bang stories have been claimed.

( Author Information )
( Fanworker Information )

( Claiming Instructions )
( 5k Little Bang Summaries )

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.

Hello again everyone! Rough draft submissions are now closed and summaries will be posted within the next few minutes. We ask that authors check over their summaries once they are posted, to make sure everything is correct. If something does not look right, get in touch with us ASAP, so that we can fix it for you!

Authors that have not submitted a rough draft, and have not already gotten in contact with us, will be automatically switched to the Solo Author path. An email will go out to authors that have been automatically switched to the Solo Author path.

Story claiming will open Saturday, July 9th at 12 Noon PDT.

Countdown Timer to Claims Opening | Timezone Converter

We will be posting both the 5k Little Bang summaries and the 10k Big Bang summaries at the same time, on separate posts, for fanworkers to peruse. The 5k Little Bang post will only be unlocked after all of the 10k Big Bang stories have been claimed. It is also important to note that only the LiveJournal versions of the summary posts will be unlocked for comments. The DreamWidth versions are for reference only.

And if you haven’t checked in yet, you can do so right here:
Check-in #3 - Non-Mandatory

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.

Hi everyone! Today is technically the last day to submit rough drafts, however, since we’re caught up, we will be giving authors an extra day! Authors have until summaries are posted for preview on Friday morning Pacific Timezone, July 8th to turn in their rough drafts. Once summaries are live for preview, it will be too late to turn in a rough draft, so please get your rough draft and summary header in as soon as possible!

If you are not at 4k words or 8k words yet, but you are close to one of those numbers, email us or send us a Discord message to discuss if we can accept your summary! If you are not close to 4k/8k words, but want to continue with HetBang, you can opt-out of receiving an accompanying fanwork (or arrange your own) and continue as a Solo Author. Authors that do not turn in a rough draft will automatically be switched to being a Solo Author.

If you are wanting to opt-out of working with a fanworker, or need to drop out, please let us know ASAP so we can mark things down on our end!

Rough Draft Submission Guidelines Please read these thoroughly, as they have been updated on how to properly format your summary header. If your summary header is not done correctly, we will ask you to redo it!
Summary Writing Tips

And if you haven’t checked in yet, you can do so right here:
Check-in #3 - Non-Mandatory

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.

Hello everyone, this is the third check-in for HetBang 2022! This is our last non-mandatory check-in, so it's a good idea to take a look at the check-in survey, to see how the rest of the mandatory check-ins will be handled. The survey will be open Friday, July 1st through Saturday, July 9th, and be closed Sunday morning, July 10th.

This check-in is for authors only, so fanworkers, sit tight. The survey is to track story progress, but don’t stress out! Even if you haven’t started yet, please still fill out the survey, it really helps us know where everyone is at.

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!

Check-In #3 Survey Survey open July 1st-9th.

Fanworker sign-ups are still open until July 16th! We’re always in need of more Fanworkers, so if you can, promote HetBang anywhere you see fit!

Rough Draft Submissions are now open! The last day to submit a rough draft is July 6th. Summaries will be posted July 8th, for fanworkers to peruse. We encourage everyone to keep writing during this process! If you’re wanting to opt-out of receiving an accompanying fanwork, feel free to use the check-in survey to let us know that!

Please make sure to read the Rough Draft Submission Guidelines, to ensure your submission is formatted correctly. We’ve also got Summary Writing Tips, to help you write a summary to entice a fanworker!
Rough Draft Submission Guidelines
Summary Writing Tips

Please feel free to use this post to talk about your projects, if you wish! We hope everyone is as excited as we are to see what you create!

And don’t forget to check out our help comm, het_banghelp! We’ve got a post for requesting and offering Beta and Cheerleading services! Here is our Activity Schedule, if you want to take part in our weekly motivation activities. The comm is members only, to allow everyone the freedom to share their ideas and frustration in private. Mods typically approve membership requests in 12-24 hours, if not faster.

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.

Hello everyone! Here are the 2022 Rough Draft Submission Guidelines! Rough draft submissions will open June 26th and close July 6th. We encourage everyone to keep writing during this process! Summaries will be posted July 8th, for fanworkers to peruse.

Rough draft submission is only for the authors seeking to be paired with a fanworker. If you do not wish to be paired with a fanworker, or have already found a fanworker to work with on your own, you do not need to submit a rough draft! Please contact us to let us know if you’re opting out of receiving a fanwork, or have already found your own fanworker, so we can mark things down on our end!

You can let us know you’re opting out of the submission process via email (thehetbigbang@gmail.com), the HetBigBang Discord Server, or the Page-A Mod Post.

It’s okay if your story is still very rough at this point. We’re just checking for length, which means your story does not need to be completely finished or polished, but around 80% of it needs to be done. This means that an author signed up for the 5k Little Bang must submit at least 4k words, and a 10k Big Bang author must submit at least 8k words. However, we’re willing to be flexible with this! Just contact us to discuss! The most important thing is being able to finish your story on time.

The file that you send to us mods will not be sent to your fanworker. We figure that authors will continue to work on their stories during the submission and claiming process, so authors will be responsible for sending a copy of their work to their fanworker.


Please read this carefully, as this is about the consequences of not being able to finish your story on time.

Any author who is paired with a fanworker through the claiming process that does not post their story by November 30th, the last day to post, will be banned from participation for the next round of HetBang. This is so that fanworkers are not left hanging! There is no penalty for dropping out before rough draft submissions, nor is there a penalty for opting out of receiving a fanwork and being unable to finish. Please make sure you can finish your story if you choose to submit a rough draft and be paired with a fanworker, as it is unfair to the fanworker if you cannot finish. (This works the other way too! It's not fair to an author if the fanworker cannot finish!)

Fanworks are not 100% guaranteed for the Little Bang stories. Fanworks are guaranteed for Big Bang stories! Little Bang summaries will be posted after Big Bang stories have all been claimed.

( How to Submit Your Rough Draft )

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.

Hey everyone! Our 2nd Check-In is now closed! If you missed it, no worries, it wasn’t mandatory!

Coming up next is the Rough Draft Submissions, which open June 26th and close July 6th. We’ll get Rough Draft Submission Guidelines and Summary Writing Tips out a few days before submissions open, so you’ll know what is expected for formatting and how to submit. Until then, keep writing! If you need some help and inspiration, check out our help comm, het_banghelp! Here is our Activity Schedule, if you want to take part in our weekly motivation activities. The comm is members only, to allow everyone the freedom to share their ideas and frustration in private. Mods typically approve membership requests in 12-24 hours, if not faster. And we welcome members to make their own posts, too, you’re not just limited to our activity schedule!

If you need help with a beta or cheerleader, or want to offer those services, here’s the post for requesting and offering Beta and Cheerleading services! We can’t do it alone, so please help out, if you can!

Fanworker sign-ups are still open until July 16th! We’re always in need of more Fanworkers, so if you can, promote HetBang anywhere you see fit!

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.