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Hello everyone! Here are the HetBang 2022 posting guidelines!

Remember to be in contact with your author/fanworker partners and discuss when the best date to post will be for everyone! Date Claiming is first come, first served, so please reach out to your group and start discussing when would be the best time for everyone to post.

Posting Date Claims will open October 1st and run through October 15th. 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!

( General Posting Information for Authors & Fanworkers )

( Chaptered Posting Guidelines )

( Author Posting Guidelines )

( Fanworker Posting Guidelines )

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.

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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.

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These summaries are what will help a fanworker determine if they want to work with your story! Please read through these do's and don'ts, to help sell your fic! It’s important to know that this is a summary written for a fanworker, not for a reader. You’ll want to include more visual information that will attract a fanworker, versus what you would write to attract a reader. Some of these “don’ts” are fine for attracting a reader, but aren’t as helpful for a fanworker!

Please take your time when writing your summary and ask for help if you need it!

( Summary Tips Behind the Cut! )

hetbang_mod

Welcome to the Het Big Bang!!
The HetBB is an opportunity for authors and fanworkers to create stories and fanworks, from any fandom, for any het pairing!

( General Information )

( General Guidelines )

( Author Info/Story Requirements and Guidelines )

( Fanworker and Fanwork Requirements )

( Het Bang FAQs )

luciferxdamien

Hello everyone! Here is the posting guide for this year!

If you have not done the final check-in please do so now!
Final HetBang May Mandatory Check-In

Works are not due just yet, we just wanted to get the posting guidelines up a little early so that everyone can check them out and ask questions if they need to!

The Ao3 Collection will open on May 10th and works will be accepted through May 27th. There will be an announcement once the Ao3 Collection is open. Anyone that has not posted by May 25th, and has not already contacted us to let us know what their status is, will be emailed, just so mods can stay on top of any issues.

Please make sure to read everything and contact us if you have questions, we’re here to help!

( General Posting Information )
( Story Posting Instructions )
( Fanwork Posting Instructions )

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.

luciferxdamien

Hello everyone! Rough draft submission is open from now until March 5th! Rough drafts for both Little Bang and Big Bang stories that wish to be paired with a fanworker must be submitted by March 5th, even though the Little Bang summaries will be posted after all Big Bang stories have been claimed. We encourage everyone to keep writing during this process!

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, the Page-A Mod Post, or the HetBang March Check-in form!

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 10k Little Bang must submit at least 8,000 words, and a 20k Big Bang author must submit at least 16,000 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 claiming process.

A note on beta-reading: You can choose the level of beta-reading you want, from hardcore story critiquing, to just a second pair of eyes for catching spelling and grammar errors. If you do not want to have your story heavily beta-read, this is fine! But please do get a second person to read through and help catch the spelling and grammar errors.

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 June 16th, the Amnesty Posting Date, 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.