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RQBB Writer Details

Welcome to the Rusty Quill Big Bang - a large-scale event bringing writers and artists together to create an explosion of fan content for Rusty Quill podcasts!

Please read the following carefully to understand what will be expected of you as a participant. If you’re on browser, you can see a more complete version at our Challenge Guidelines and FAQ pages.

Schedule for 2020 (all times in BST)

Writer Sign-ups: May 11th-17th 23.00

Check-in 1: June 10th by 23.00

Full First Draft & Summary Due: July 12th by 23.00

Artist Sign-ups: July 14th-19th 23.00

Check-in 2: August 17th by 23.00

Final Fic & Art Due: August 26th by 23.00

Posting: August 31st by 23.00

Fandoms: Rusty Quill Gaming, The Magnus Archives, Stellar Firma

Participation Requirements:

Writers will require an AO3 account - if you do not have an AO3 account, please request one via AO3’s login page, or message the mods for an invite.

If you wish to write or create for M or E rated fics you must be aged over 18.

Minimum Final Word Count: 10,000

Maximum Number of Fics per Writer/s: 1

Maximum Number of Writers per Fic (collaboration): 2

Draft Requirements: At the draft deadline (July 12th), we will require a complete draft. “Complete” means that the fic is written from start to finish with no sections missing or left as outlines. Ideally, this will be a full first draft that will undergo editing, but can also be your final draft if you prefer. Drafts will be handed in via a form that will be sent out to you before the deadline is due. Drafts should be available in Google docs, or if need be in PDF format.

Summary Requirements: A form for the summary will be sent out to you before the deadline is due. Summaries should include the general premise, as well as ratings, any ships, warnings or triggers, and any other relevant details. Summaries will be collected in the same google form as we will be using to collect your first drafts.

Eligible Fics:

Fics of any rating and with any warnings are permitted, as long as they meet the minimum word count (10,000) and are centred around at least one Rusty Quill show (The Magnus Archives, Rusty Quill Gaming, Stellar Firma).

Fics must be stand-alone, complete, and previously unposted.

Crossovers are allowed, but the focus should be on the RQ podcast involved. For example: a fusion crossover with the Leverage Team replacing the LOLOMG in the RQG!verse would not be permitted, though the RQG characters in the Leverage!verse would be.

Please be aware though that fics with obscure crossovers/common squicks/higher ratings etc., may be more difficult to match, and thus take a little longer to get snapped up. We will do our best to find you a suitable match!

If you have any questions about the suitability of your fic, please contact the mods.

Matching Process:

The artist sign-up will include a list of the anonymised fic summaries. Each artist will select 3 fics which they would be interested in creating for, with additional preferences (favourite show/shows they do not follow, OTPs and NoTPs, Do Not Wants, etc.) indicated in the comment field. Mods will then match writers to artists, taking preferences into account as much as possible.

If one fic is oversubscribed or if it is otherwise necessary for a work to be matched, it may be removed from the list of eligible fics before the end of artist sign-ups.

If you have an issue with your match, please let the mods know as soon as possible.

Do Not Wants: In this event, you will have an opportunity to Do Not Want (DNW) the types of content that you do not wish to work on. Similarly, if you’ve had conflicts with certain people in the past and do not want to risk matching to them, you can include this in your sign-up or draft submission, and we will avoid matching you with them (details of these will not be shared beyond the mod team).

The mods will take DNWs into account within reason - attempts to manipulate matches by DNWing large lists of people or otherwise acting in bad faith will result in the rejection of your sign-up or draft. We are also not private detectives, and will thus not be fielding any requests such as “do not match me with anyone who has ever drawn/written XYZ”, so please keep that in mind when considering whether this event is right for you.

Expected Conduct:

By signing up for this event, you agree to meet our deadlines. If it becomes apparent that you need a little more time, we require that you email the mods to explain your situation before the deadline passes. (Those who miss deadlines without contacting the mods beforehand may be defaulted from the event without further contact.)

In order to participate in this event, you must be willing to contact the mods directly in the event that you have a question, concern, or issue with your participation (as in the deadline example above). We are happy to help participants with anything that arises, but cannot accept “telephone”-style communiques on behalf of others.

Be kind and courteous towards your match and fellow participants.

Please take care to credit your artist/writer in your own final post.

Be in regular contact with your match - if you’re going to be offline for a significant length of time, let them know. Radio silence from your match in events of this kind can be very concerning.

Our Discord server has its own list of rules, which are listed within the server. If you decide to join the server, we require you to read and abide by those rules.

Harassment of other participants (including but not limited to callout posts, namecalling, etc.), either publicly or in the Piles of Nonsense discord server, over their fanworks or headcanons will result in an instant default.

We, like Rusty Quill, have an “all headcanons are valid” policy. Harassment or mockery of those with different interpretations or other attempts to limit participants’ creative expression will not be tolerated. Please note that this does not mean you cannot discuss, for example, how you see the characters with others or that your artist or writer should not take it into account at their discretion, but insistence that any one interpretation must be adhered to, or that others are “invalid”, will be frowned upon.

Writer sign-up is here.