Epic Podfic Big Bang 2015 Rules & Sign-Ups

[eosrose]

In 2015, Podfic Big Bang presents the Epic Edition, henceforth known as Epic Podfic Big Bang or EPBB! This edition of the challenge will run for eight months, from January through August, with posting scheduled for the first week in September. With a 75,000-word minimum requirement, podficcers will be expected to record and edit approximately 10,000 words per month.

Never fear! The usual Podfic Big Bang with the 10,000-word minimum requirement will begin immediately after the epic round ends and span four months, with posting scheduled for the end of December. Anyone who doesn't finish their 75,000 words in time for EPBB will, of course, be welcome to post it during the regular PBB.

Requirements
Podficcers	Artists	Cheerleaders & Betas
Record at least 75,000 words of podfic in a single fandom.	Contribute at least one artistic addition inspired by the podfic.	Help encourage the podficcer/artist and assist in polishing the final product.

2015 Schedule

Sign-up Period:	January 1st-August 15th
First Check-In:	March 1st
Second Check-In:	April 1st
Third Check-In:	May 1st
Halfway Point:	May 2nd
Fourth Check-In:	June 1st
Art Requests Due*:	June 5th
Artist Claims Begin:	June 6th
Fifth Check-In:	July 1st
Final Check-In:	August 1st
Posting Week:	September 1st-7th
Podfic Big Bang Begins:	September 8th

* Podficcers will be required to submit an art request by this date ONLY if they want their project to be considered for claiming by an artist on the official claims post. There will be opportunities for less formally requesting the talents of an artist later. Podficcers also have the option of seeking an artist in their own space.

Podficcers

• Your mission is to record at least 75,000 words in a single fandom.
• Individual podficcers may record one podfic or many to meet the minimum word requirement, so long as all podfics are within the same fandom.
• Multiple podficcers may collaborate to record one multivoice podfic to meet the minimum word requirement. Contact eosrose to propose a possible exception, if you wish to organize some variety of multivoice podfic anthology around this challenge. You have a laid back mod, so don't be afraid!
• All requests for art should be submitted to podparty by June 5th in order to be added to the official match-up post. Your request will be held in the queue until the match-up post goes live on June 6th.
• You have the option of collaborating with other podficcers.
• You have the option of collaborating with an artist from the start—you might try seeking an artist with similar interests and choosing a fic (or multiple fics) for the challenge together.
• You may chose to submit as many 75,000-word projects as you choose, for an added challenge. I know there are overachievers out there...

Artists

• Your mission is to make an artistic contribution to the podfic. This contribution may come in the form of designing podfic covers, providing sound effects, incorporating musical selections, composing an original score, creating a podfic trailer or vid, or some other creative endeavor.
• All offers for art will be held in the moderation queue until official match-ups/claiming begins on June 6th.
• You have the option of collaborating with other artists.
• You have the option of collaborating with a podficcer from the start—you might try seeking a podficcer with similar interests and choosing a fic for the challenge together.

Betas/Cheerleaders

• Your mission is to support podficcers and artists by: listening to rants; offering advice; listening to podfic or previewing art drafts and providing reviews, comments, and general squeeing.

Sign-up Template

For collaborative sign-ups, each member of the group should be listed and provide the relevant contact details.

<b>Username:</b> <b>Email:</b> (Please PM eosrose your email if you wish for it to remain private) <b>In what role(s) do you plan to participate:</b> (podficcer/artist/beta/cheerleader) <b>Anything else?:</b>

The Participant Community

Once you have signed up, please proceed to podparty and join the community to submit requests and offers or simply to discuss your plans. All check-ins and match-ups will take place on the participant community. If you only have a LiveJournal account, you must first sign in with OpenID.

Sign-ups are now open!

Comments

[eosrose]

Username: eosrose | eosrose | eosrose | eosrose
Email: eosrose(at)gmail(dot)com
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: Podficcer & Artist
Anything else?: You have no idea how hard it will be to pick just one fandom to record. I have at least four top contenders: Supernatural, Supernatural RPF, Harry Potter, American Idol RPF. FML! We'll see what happens. XD

[analise010]

Username: Readbyanalise010 || analise010 || analise010
Email: (Please PM eosrose your email if you wish for it to remain private) analise010 at gmail dot com
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: (podficcer/artist/beta/cheerleader) Beta/cheerleader
Anything else?: I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!! This is gonna be great. :D

[eosrose]

Welcome! Heaven knows all betas will have a lot of work ahead of them!

[opalsong]

Username: opalsong (on AO3, Twitter, LJ, and DW)
Email: opalsong @ hotmail
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: Podficcer!
Anything else?: SO EXCITED!!! I have picked, like, 5 different fics for this already :D :D :D oh wait. I just realized... okay question, if each fic that I post is over the word minimum can I pick fics in different fandoms? Like a 400k Harry Potter fic and a 100k Gundam Wing fic? And then could I also add 2 50k Naruto fics (which together are over the minimum)? I haven't actually word counted anything but the Harry Potter fic but is this possible? I realized I hadn't asked until now. (even if I can only pick one fandom I'm still super excited!!!)

[eosrose]

You can mix it up as long as each project you take on meets the 75k word requirement. No worries!

[ailis_fictive]

Username: Ailis_fictive
Email: (Please PM eosrose your email if you wish for it to remain private) ailis . fictive at gmail
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: Podficcer and beta/cheerleader
Anything else?: Wheeeeee!

[eosrose]

Greetings, brave soldier! We have a lot of work cut out for us this year. :-D

[rscreighton]

Username: : rscreighton | rjcreighton | rosecreighton | rscreighton
Email: (Please PM eosrose your email if you wish for it to remain private) rscreighton@live.com
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: (podficcer/artist/beta/cheerleader) Podficcer, Cheerleader I can cheerlead!
Anything else?: Ohhh an excuse to focus on these big stories on my list! <3 Win!

[eosrose]

You and me both! Sometimes you just need a little incentive. :-)

[mistressjinx]

Username: Jinxy | jinxyreads | jinxyreads | mistressjinx
Email: missdeidra@gmail.com
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: Podficcer
Anything else?: I've picked out my project and will be recording I'll Be Seeing You by thepsychicclam!

[eosrose]

You are so far ahead of me, already having chosen something to record! Go you! *\o/*

[greeniron]

Username: Greeniron
Email: greeniron@me.com
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: podficcer
Anything else?: Probably Person of Interest -- or SGA or ---

[eosrose]

*\o/* I'm always glad to see familiar names return.

[malnpudl]

Username: malnpudl (everywhere)
Email: (Please PM eosrose your email if you wish for it to remain private) gmail is lcbergstrom (at)
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: Podficcer
Anything else?: WOOHOO! Don't know what fandom I'll be going for yet -- could be due South or C6D microfandom(s) or possibly Gateverse or HP or NCIS -- but regardless, I'm psyched!

Thank you so much for doing this! It's so awesome to be doing this in an environment that specifically, explicitly supports and celebrates podfic. You are entirely made of awesome. <3

[eosrose]

Your enthusiasm delights me! <3

[akamine_chan]

*ahem* Not like other challenges we won't name.

[nubianamy]

Username: nubianamy (LJ, dreamwidth, AO3, Twitter, tumblr)
Email: nubianamy@gmail.com
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: podficcer
Anything else?: I'll be recording for the Glee fandom.

[eosrose]

Welcome! It sounds like you already have a plan. <3

[nubianamy]

I totally do! =) The hard part will be choosing which stories to record!

[yue_ix]

Username: yue_ix
Email: yue.ykx (at) gmail
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: artist, beta/cheerleader
Anything else?: I'd love early collabs if anyone's up for one!

[originally_dw]

Username: originally_dw / originally / originally / originally / originally
Email: ally at originally.nu
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: podficcer
Anything else?: *bites lip* I've never recorded something this long, so this might be a disaster. But I'm going to give it a go! I have a fic in mind and have already contacted the author about permission.

[eosrose]

Yay! Welcome to the party!

[aerlatro]

Username: Dentalfloss (aka aerlatro)
Email: dentalflosscanine@yahoo.ca
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: podficcer
Anything else?: This sounds like a fun challenge, and a really neat way to try out a long podfic!! Good luck everyone!

[eosrose]

I'm glad you decided to join us!

[resonance_and_d]

Username: DW/AO3/Tumblr/twitter/everywhere I can think of: resonance_and_d
Email: resonance.and.d @ gmail.com
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: Podficcer
Anything else?: So excited! This is going to be fun!

[eosrose]

A belated welcome to you! <3

[vorvayne]

Username: Vorvayne (on DW, tumblr, twitter and AO3)
Email: silas . damianf at gmail dot com
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: Podficcer and beta/cheerleader
Anything else?: I'm...a little nervous. I'm still a relatively new podficcer, but I've got pretty handy at the editing now and I feel ready to tackle some longer work.

Er. Is it bad form/frowned upon/terribly egotistical to podfic your own fanfics?

I'm probably going to podfic for Bleach, MCU, or maybe Dragon Age.

[eosrose]

Welcome! It's perfectly acceptable to podfic your own fics. A lot of podficcers do so--actually, that's probably how most podficcers begin. Heaven knows I only really podficced my own fics until I felt comfortable enough to branch out. A few of my favorite podfics were ones where the podficcers were recording their own fics (The Student Prince!).

[michellel23]

Username:Michellel23
Email: courtneymichelle86@live.com
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: I would like to write and try the podficer part. (podficcer/artist/beta/cheerleader)
Anything else?: I would really like to do a Fast and Furious Brian and Dom Fic. I'm really new to this and I want to add to dthe fandom. I want to dedicate to Paul Walker. I would really love to collaborate with person. I wouldn't mind doing a Roswell or Arrow one.

[lattice_frames]

Username: lattice_frames everywhere
Email: aiirobara @ gmail
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: PODFIC! I can probably be persuaded to be a beta if I'm familiar with the fandom.
Anything else?: Um, are you ready for 8 hours of baby fic? Because I am. :D

[lesson_in_love]

Username: ofjustimagine (Twitter, tumblr, AO3)
Email: ofjustimagine@gmail.com
In what role(s) do you plan to participate: Podficcer!
Anything else?: I waffled on participating because I wasn't sure what fic to pick, but then I found one! Now time to catch up!