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thisaintbcSign ups for the 17th annual due South/Canadian Six Degrees Big Bang are coming soon! The Big Bang celebrates fic in the 20k range, or equivalent art, podfic, poetry, vids or craft of any type.
Here's the rough 2025 schedule:
Sign-ups open: March 11
Primary works due: August 16
Complementary claims open: August 23
Complementary works due: October 6
Go-live date for all works: Canadian Thanksgiving, October 13
There will be optional monthly chats for primary creators April-July, and a mandatory checkpoint for complementary creators sometime in September. If you are aware of a fannish event or challenge that could significantly conflict with one of these chats/checkpoints for multiple big bang participants and think it may not be on our radar, please comment below. We make no guarantees, but knowing when things are happening can help us try to avoid them when possible.
To find out more about the Big Bang and how it all works, see the Rules and FAQ. Check back here on March 11th for the sign up post!
ETA: we will be making some adjustments to the rules and FAQ soon to reflect some minor changes that have been made over recent years (eg, we now know what the requirements are for poetry primary work entries, and figure you might want to know that too) and to spell out an official AI policy. The updated rules and FAQ will be posted before sign ups.
Here's the rough 2025 schedule:
Sign-ups open: March 11
Primary works due: August 16
Complementary claims open: August 23
Complementary works due: October 6
Go-live date for all works: Canadian Thanksgiving, October 13
There will be optional monthly chats for primary creators April-July, and a mandatory checkpoint for complementary creators sometime in September. If you are aware of a fannish event or challenge that could significantly conflict with one of these chats/checkpoints for multiple big bang participants and think it may not be on our radar, please comment below. We make no guarantees, but knowing when things are happening can help us try to avoid them when possible.
To find out more about the Big Bang and how it all works, see the Rules and FAQ. Check back here on March 11th for the sign up post!
ETA: we will be making some adjustments to the rules and FAQ soon to reflect some minor changes that have been made over recent years (eg, we now know what the requirements are for poetry primary work entries, and figure you might want to know that too) and to spell out an official AI policy. The updated rules and FAQ will be posted before sign ups.
