Summer of Stargate
| Challenge | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Summer of Stargate |
| Date(s): | 2008 - 2017 |
| Moderator(s): | |
| Founder: | helsmeta and synecdochic |
| Type: | Big Bang |
| Fandom: | Stargate SG-1 |
| Associated Community: | LiveJournal; Dreamwidth |
| URL: | |
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Summer of Stargate is a Big Bang challenge for Stargate SG-1. It first ran in 2008-2009 and is still active as of 2012.
- "Authors write a minimum 20,000-word novella or novel in the SG-1 universe. There are no restrictions on genre or pairing. Stories must be primarily focused on SG-1 characters, settings, plot bits, etc. (AUs and crossovers with other shows, including SGA and SGU, are permissible.) Stories with excessive warnings are often difficult to match, so proceed at your own risk.
2009
The word count required for the 2009 challenge was 50,000 words. Fanmixes were a late addition.[2]
- "The objective: write a fifty thousand word (or more!) novella or novel in the SG-1 universe. Any plot. Any (or no) pairing. Gen, het, slash, OT3, OT4, it doesn't matter. Then, you'll be matched with an artist or vidder who will take your story and produce art for it. End result: a whole summer of long, plotty Stargate fic and gorgeous art and vids to wallow in!" [3]
Schedule
December 15, 2008: Writer signups begin and continue throughout the writing period.
January 15, 2009: Artist signups begin and continue throughout the writing period.
March 15, 2009: Midpoint of writing period; to be completely on-schedule, you should have 25,000 words by then.
May 15, 2009: Rough draft of stories due to artists and assigned beta (if any). Authors and artists will be assigned a posting date for their final submissions to be due.
May 29, 2009: Beta editors should have returned the beta'd version of the story to the authors by now.
June 14, 2009: Earliest possible due date for staggered posting. Authors and artists will be assigned a posting date for their final submissions to be due.
June 15, 2009: First story goes live, one per week until we run out of Stargatey goodness.[4]
Works
30 signups? 8 finished projects?
2010
theemdash and melayneseahawk took over as moderators.
Schedule
Works
15 projects. Masterpost of Works
2011
Schedule
January 3: Sign-ups for authors and cheerleaders open.
March 1: Sign-ups for artists, vidders, and fanmixers open.
March 31: Rough draft of stories and story summaries due to moderators.
May 15: Final stories/art/vids/fanmixes for posting are due to moderators.
May 22: First story goes live.
We hope to have all stories posted by early August.
Works
16 projects. Masterpost of Works
2012
In 2012 the minimum word count was lowered to 20,000. Previously it had been 25,000.
Schedule
January 4: Sign-ups for authors open.
March 15: Sign-ups for artists, vidders, and fanmixers open.
March 31: Rough draft of stories and story summaries due to moderators. Sign-ups for authors close.
April 9: Summaries are posted for artist/vid/fanmix claiming. Claiming continues until all stories are claimed. Sign-ups for artists, vidders, and famixers close when claiming ends.
April 15: Rough drafts are sent to artists/vidders/fanmixers.
May 30: Final stories/art/vids/fanmixes for early June posting are due.
June 1: First story goes live.
June 20: Final stories/art/vids/fanmixes for late June/early July posting are due.
July 11: Final stories/art/vids/fanmixes for July posting are due.[5]
Works
References
- ^ Profile page of LJ community (accessed 14 February 2012).
- ^ Summer of Stargate signups: Fanmixers! "Fanmixes are a late addition to the game; we'd love to offer people a chance to create fanmixes for our SoS stories, but we're not completely sure how many we can put out there." 18 January 2010 (accessed 14 February 2012).
- ^ 2009 Rules post, 6 December 2008 (accessed 14 February 2012).
- ^ 2009 Rules post, 6 December 2008 (accessed 14 February 2012).
- ^ Rules for 2012 post 4 January 2012 (accessed 14 February 2012).