Podfic Big Bang 2026

[kitsuneheart]

Well, it's been 2026 in Kiribati for quite a few hours, so let's get this thing started!

Welcome to the 2026 Podfic Big Bang. You mission, should you choose to accept it, is to record, edit, and post an epic-length podfic, from between this moment and the very last second of March 31st, AoE (anywhere on Earth, or UTC-12). While finishing your WIPs is a laudable goal, the PBB should be completed with all brand-new recordings. Of course, this is on the honor system and still pretty casual, this year. I'm not your mom.

Schedule

Sign-ups begin: January 1st, 2026
Check-in #1: January 22, 2026
Check-in #2: February 12th, 2026
Check-in #3: March 5th, 2026
Collection opens: March 15th, 2026, AoE
Collection closed and revealed: April 1st, 2026

Sign-ups
As with last year, just comment below! There's no deadline to sign up. You want to say you're doing this at 11:59pm UTC-12, nobody is gonna stop you.

Community
PBB doesn't have its own community, so I highly recommend you join the PodfiChat Discord group! It's a pretty large and active community, and chatty year-round.


Rules

• Minimum length: 10,000 words
  • A multi-part series that adds up to 10,000 or more words is acceptable. Continuing a series-in-progress is allowed, but each part posted for PBB must not have been posted before.
  • Repods are okay, so long as all recording is fresh.
• You may submit as many qualifying works as you wish.
• Collaboration is great! Co-narrators, editors, whatever!
• Podfics are to be posted in the AO3 collection

Check-ins
We'll have check-ins every 3 weeks. These aren't strictly mandatory, but are recommended, especially for those who aren't active in the PodfiChat Discord.

Posting guidelines
An AO3 collection for the 2025 Podfic Big Bang will be opened on March 15th, 2026. This will be an open, unrevealed collection, until closing when March 31st, 2026 is all over. (If it’s still the 31st somewhere, you’re good!) On April 1st, the collection will be revealed with a BANG!

Let's GO!

Comments

[dontstophernow]

I'm excited to actually manage to participate this year! No moving in the middle of the bang interfering with recording!

Sign-Up

[(Anonymous)]

I'll join! My Ao3 is LeanMeanSaltineMachine.

[(Anonymous)]

I'd love to join this year!

-PopcornFairy28

[42donotpanic]

I'll join again this year c:

[swirlingflight]

I'd like to join in! I can think of a series I've been meaning to take a stab at, and 3 months is long enough to get started >:)


Questions:

Are there any channels in particular being used for PBB chatting?

And will fics submitted to the unrevealed collection be hidden until March 31st? I'd like to submit some of this to 2-3 challenges at once, so being hidden wouldn't work well for my plans.

[kitsuneheart]

1) No particular channels, no.

2) Yes, the fics will be hidden, so it sounds like you can't pair up these challenges. :/

[lenalawlipop]

I'll participate this year! Looking forward to it :)

[carcrash429]

planning to record one (or both!) of two old guard crossovers by BazinMousequeton that I've had my eye on for a while now! they're both multichapter, so it might (will) be easier than last year's 16k oneshot XD

[(Anonymous)]

I'd love to join this year!

- Cafae_planet (and Podfic_planet)

[lordsmeldingtonthethird]

excited to join in again this year!

[(Anonymous)]

I plan on signing up again! I have a fic on my to be pod list that I'd really like to finally pod.

- hullomoon

[(Anonymous)]

i will sign up again! there's definitely a podfic i want to make that would be awesome to submit!! (be_brave13)

[kbirb]

You already know I'm iiiiiiiiin!! Can't wait. Just have to pick between all the big fics I've bookmarked as maybes over the past year 😅

I WILL finish something this year!

[(Anonymous)]

I'll be participating again! With the intention to complete something this time... :) I'm fullofhope137 on AO3.

[(Anonymous)]

I'd like to join again! Maybe this time I'll actually manage to get something done haha

Gilraina