2026 due South/Canadian Six Degrees Big Bang Sign-Ups Open!

[thisaintbc]

Woohoo, it's the Eleventh of March, and it's time for the 18th annual due South/Canadian Six Degrees Big Bang!

 

2026 Schedule

Sign-ups open: March 11th
Chat 1: April 18
Chat 2: May 16
Chat 3: June 13
Chat 4: July 18
Primary works due: August 15
Complementary claims open: August 22
Mandatory checkpoint for complementary creators: mid-September (TBD)
Complementary works due: October 4
Go-live date for all works: Canadian Thanksgiving, October 12
 

Please take the time to check out the Rules and the FAQ, and let us know if you have any questions! For primary sign-ups, you can make 20,000-word fics or podfics or equivalent art/vids/craft of any sort, for due South or any other Canadian Six Degrees fandom. There is no cutoff date for signing up - sign-ups stay open until the August deadline.

 

We'll be having checkpoints and live chats on our discord server, and we also encourage you to use the server outside of officially scheduled chats - for brainstorming, moral support, hilarious tangents, group therapy and everything else you'll need to get through this. Remember, there are no penalties for dropping out of a primary sign-up. If RL intervenes or writer's/artist’s block happens, we'll give you a hug and hope to see you next time.

Please note that while this big bang is 18+, our server does not have technological age restrictions in place. This (plus renaming our NSFW channel to "curling-personnel-only") should mean that you won't have to jump through any sketchy age verification hoops to access it. If you are asked to verify your age in order to access the discord server, please contact a mod.

 

Feel free to reach out to us by commenting on this post, sending us a DM on discord, or emailing us (dsc6dbbmod@gmail.com).

 

To sign up, copy the headers below and paste them into a comment. Then fill it out! 

 

Discord/DW/tumblr name: 

AO3 username: 

Email address or discord: 

Primary or Complementary sign-up: 

Medium (fic, art etc): 

Fandom and characters/pairings (if you have any idea yet!): 

Timezone (optional, for planning the chats):

 If you would prefer not to share your email address or Discord in a public comment, please write "private" in that field and then email your contact info to dsc6dbbmod@gmail.com. We will share this contact only with your primary/complementary creator match. 

Comments

[ride_4ever]

Yays!

And happy Eleventh of March! We happy few!

[thisaintbc]

Happy Eleventh of March! \o/

(Every year I make this post & forget to update the Xth annual part until you comment and I come here to reply to you and see my mistake, lol. I should really go back and double check that it wasn't the 16th annual for like three years in a row or something)

[ride_4ever]

"Due" diligence in checking the annual dates! :-)

[mific]

Discord/DW/tumblr name: mific
AO3 username: mific
Email address or discord: on discord, I think you have it. :)
Primary or Complementary sign-up: Primary
Medium (fic, art etc): not sure yet - fic or podfic
Fandom and characters/pairings (if you have any idea yet!): dS, Fraser/Kowalski. Either a podfic (I have a fic selected), or possibly an AU fic - either a Regency romance, or a Medical AU.
Timezone (optional, for planning the chats): NZ, but don't mind me!

[mific]

Discord/DW/tumblr name: mific
AO3 username: mific
Email address or discord: on discord, I think you have it. :)
Primary or Complementary sign-up: Secondary
Medium (fic, art etc): art
Fandom and characters/pairings (if you have any idea yet!): any is fine, dS F/K preferred.
Timezone (optional, for planning the chats): NZ, but don't mind me!