March 26, 2012: Sign-ups for both authors and artists officially open! April 30, 2012: First check-in for authors. May 28, 2012: Second check-in for authors. Sign-ups for authors close! ~ If you want to switch to a big bang, this is your deadline. June 25, 2012: Third check-in for authors. ~ If you need to switch to a mini-bang, this is your deadline. ~ If you need to drop out of the challenge, this is your deadline. July 30, 2012: Rough summaries are due! ~ Please make sure that you will definitely be submitting a story. August 11, 2012: Claiming post for artists open! August 25, 2012: Claiming post for artists close! Sign-ups for artists close! September 22, 2012: Final submissions due for both authors and artists! October 13, 2012: Posting in the comm begins! October 27, 2012: Posting in the comm ends!
WELCOME! Crack Ship Big Bang is a multi-fandom writing challenge centered on crack or odd pairings. As a participant, your objective will be to take a crack pairing and write a story with a minimum of 10,000 words about it. (You also have the option of creating a mini-bang of 5,000 words.) An artist will then create a fanart, fanmix, or fanvid to go with your story.