General rules

Please notice that the rules was edited 22nd july to include minimum wordcounts and art requirements. The requirements are the first point under general rules.

By signing up you agree to follow all of our rules and guidelines to the best of your ability. Failure to do so may result in disqualification. Please make sure to contact one of the mods if you have any questions or doubts about a rule.

## General Rules

The mods may have to change, remove, or add a rule as the challenge takes place. A change to the rules will be announced on discord and via email.

* Minimum requirement for authors is **20,000 words**, and for artists, **2 pieces of art + a banner** (see artist rules for more clarification on this). Partners can choose to work either in the category medi (**20-50K words and 2 pieces of art + banner**) and mega (**50K or more and 3 pieces of art and banner**). You and your partner can always choose to upgrade or downgrade until the last check in. There will be no penalty for up-or downgrading as long as you and your partner is in agreement. Mega partners will be placed later in the posting period, allowing longer editing time after the last check in or to add additional art.

* This is a collaborative bang. If you do not want the option to collaborate with someone on this project, please do not sign up. You will be partnered up with an artist or author for this bang.
* You need to have or get a discord account to participate in this challenge
* You have to be 18 or older by 14th septemper 2020
* To participate in this challenge, you have to sign up. Sign up periods are open from 1st august to 14th septemper.
* Because we value good collaboration over everyone getting a partner, you are not guaranteed a partner.
* You cannot share anything about the collaboration (fic or art) in places other than the server until your posting date unless a mod explicitly gives you permission to do so.
* You need to meet all the check ins and their requirements to complete this challenge. Failure to do so could result in a ban from participating in the next round..
* If in doubt, please reach out to a mod. If you do not understand a rule, ask us for clarification rather than breaking it because you think you understand it.
* You are required to communicate with the mods about concerns, delays, and so forth. Failure to do so could result in a warning or a ban.
	+ The mods are here to help. If you feel like you need: extra help to get through check ins, someone beside your partner to cheer you on, or something else, please reach out.
* Your English should be understandable and you should be able to communicate clearly in English.
* Your fic or art should be available for everyone to enjoy at least a year after your posting date.
* You may sign up as aither an artist or an author but can additionally sign up as a pinch hitter, beta reader and beta artist. You can also just sign up as a pinch hitter or beta if you wish to do so.
* This is a multiship friendly bang. Every supernatural ship is allowed. We cannot guarantee there is a partner for rare-pairs though, so keep other options in mind when signing up.
	+ This also means that there is no bashing allowed towards any type of ship.
* We do not permit explicit underage fiction. Underage means below 16, and explicit also includes kissing. If mentioning things like rape, incest or likewise that may have occurred at an earlier age, please do so in a very-non explicit manner. If in doubt reach out to a mod.
* Be mindful if you wish to write or do art that includes real life events or catastrophes. Ask yourself: Why am I writing / arting this? If it is to process something yourself and work through it, it is fine. If it is as a plot point, please reconsider.

## Partnership Rules

* You are expected to communicate with your partner at least once a month. Failure to do so could result in a warning. If the problem with lack of communication continues, you will be banned for the next round.
	+ If you ghost your partner you will be banned.
* Treat your partner how you would like to be treated. Talk to them about differences or disagreements. If things go wrong, the mods are there to help you.
* You cannot drop out without good reason after being paired up. If you need to drop, talk to your partner and the mods about it. Failure to do so will result in a ban.
* As partners, you are allowed to drop out together and there will be no penalty for doing so. You are not allowed to bully your partner into dropping out and doing so will result in a lifetime ban.
* If you drop out or are banned, your partner is allowed to keep using the general ideas that you hashed out together and continue the project with a new partner should they wish to do so.

## Author Requirements

* Authors are strongly encouraged to work with an alpha or beta reader to improve their fic as much as possible. This can be someone outside the challenge that the artist knows and trusts. The work cannot be shared in public (or semipublic like a private server) though. You are allowed to show off your work in the WPB channels for that purpose.
* Any fic should be beta read prior to posting. We provide a list of beta’s who has signed up, but otherwise you are welcome to ask a friend or ask in other channels as long as you keep the public announcement vague and the fic unrecognizable.
	+ A beta reader should not replace your partner in terms of running ideas by your beta rather than your partner.
* The fic should be in English. You are welcome to translate it to other languages after the bang is over if you wish to do so.
* The work should be brand new and created in collaboration with your partner. You are allowed to bring in an idea or concept, but please respect that your partner may not wish to work with that.
	+ You can not rebrand an old story and pass it off as new work.
* The entire fic should be posted on your posting date. If you wish to add timestamps or something equal to that, you are welcome to do so a month after the last team posts.
* You are not allowed to commission someone to do art for your fic. All art should be done by your partner.

## Artist Requirements

* Artists are strongly encouraged to work with an art beta, or art critic, to improve their art as much as possible. This can be someone outside the challenge that the artist knows and trusts. The art cannot be shared in public (or semipublic) though. You are allowed to show off your work in the WPB channels for that purpose.

* The work should be brand new and created in collaboration with your partner. You are allowed to bring in an idea or concept, but please respect that your partner may not wish to work with that.
* Art can be:
	+ Digital work of art
	+ Traditional work of art (you should be able to take a photo of high quality or scan your piece)
	+ Paperclip or collage
	+ Mixed media pieces
	+ 3D art
	+ Original pieces of music
	+ Fanvideos (such as trailers, music videos of scenes from the show)
		- Fan videos artists are not required to do two pieces and a banner as their minimum. Instead they will be requred either one longer fanvideo (3-4 minutes give or take, we do understand that song choice plays a big factor here) or two smaller teasers (something like 30 sec clips). An additional teaser video to the long video will be required for mega fics (50K or more), 15-30 seconds depending on the artists choice.
		- The artist should still provide a banner but will not be asked to do more than a simple photo with text on it unless they decide to do so.
	+ Advanced photo-manipulations
	+ GIF-sets
	+ You are not permitted to use other artists' works for either videos or photo manipulations without explicit permission from the artist and the mods.
	+ Is your form of art not on the list? Please reach out to us at *whcollabang@gmail.com* and explain it to us!
* The artist should make a banner / poster for the fic as part of the art requirements. The banner / poster is to be used for the masterpost and can be a full drawing, a simple manip or anything in between that represents the fic.

## Rules around pinch hitting

* It is up to you to decide if you want a pinch hitter. If not, you are welcome to work solo and post solo, this way you would still get into the collection and have your own masterpost.
* There is no guarantee that we can find you a pinch hitter if your partner drops out, but the mod team will do its very best to find you a new partner.
* If your partner drops, you can do so too without penalty, but you can also ask for a pinch hitter.
	+ Bullying or coersing your partner into dropping is not allowed and will have consequences for the offending party.
* Depending on where in the process you are, you and your pinch hitter might continue with the concept you already have or you can, as a new team, decide to start over with a new idea. Entirely up to you and your pinch hit partner.
* If your partner has dropped and you know someone who’d like to pinch hit but is not yet signed up, you are permitted to bring them in *after* contacting the mods and explaining the situation.
* Pinch hitter minimum requirements:
	+ Pinchers taking on a project between 1st and 2nd check in has the full requirements of a 20.000 word fic for writers or 2 pieces of art + a banner for artists.
	+ Pinch hitters taking on a project between 2nd and 3rd check in is required to do a 10.000 word fic for writers or 1 piece of art + banner for artists.
	+ Pinch hitters taking on a project after 3rd check in has the minimum requirement of 5.000 words and 1 piece of art.
* Pinch hit works will always be postponed to the latest possible posting dates to ensure most possible time to work on pinch hit projects.
* Pinch hitters and their partners may also get other check in requirements or dates to accomodate the pair as much as possible. The mods will talk to the pairs to plan out if necessary.

### Pinch hitters

* A pinch hitter is either an artist or author who are willing to help out if someone's original partner should drop out. A pinch hitter might get on board on a project barely started, or something where their partner is half or wholy finished.
	+ You and your partner decide if you want to go along with the project already started or would rather start a new one.
* You can sign up as a pinch hitter alone or along with signing up as an author, artist, beta reader or beta artist.
* As a pinch hitter you get access to our discord channel and all the fun!

## Beta readers / beta artists

* As a beta reader or beta artist you get access to our discord channel and all the fun!

* A beta reader is typically a person who helps the author with all or some of the following: SPAG (spelling, punctuation and grammar), characterization, plot holes, pacing, inconsistency and more.
* If you want to sign up as a beta reader, you are welcome to do so. This does not mean you are obligated to take on a story you may not be interested in working on.

* A beta artist is either an artist or someone with a good eye for art. The beta artist can offer advice on keeping the style consistent, perspective, colour choice and more.
* Signing up as a beta artist does not obligate you to help with stuff you are not interested in or don’t feel comfortable with.

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Page last edited 31st july 2020

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