Iwaoi Big Bang 24/25

A BigBang centered around the platonic and romantic relationship between Aliens and Godzilla Oikawa Toro and Iwaizumi Hajime <3Both SFW & NSFW.SIGN UPS OPEN NOW—CLICK HERE!

Info

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BigBang BasicsA BigBang is a type of fan event where a writer and an artist are matched to work as a team, with the artist drawing a piece for the writer's story.
Tthere are no requirements or experience needed to join this event—artists and writers of all skill levels are welcome to participate <3
A BigBang can be described in 6 stages (look HERE for concrete days):1. (Sign Ups) Everyone interested signs up for the event and joins our Discord server—signing up does not require
any information other than which role you want to participate in (artist, writer or beta-reader).
2. (Summary Submission) Writers submit their ideas (a summary, tags, trigger warnings, rating, etc.) for an IwaOi story to the Mod Team.
Details about your idea must be kept secret and may only be shared with other writers and the Mod Team, as not to spoil the selection process.
3. (Claims) An anonymized list of all writer ideas is presented to the artists & beta readers, who then select all those they find interesting and submit their choices with the Mod Team.
Selection happens solely based on how interesting the ideas are—artists and beta readers will not know who the author of which idea is, to prevent bias based on eg. popularity, writing style, etc.
4. (Pairings) Based on the artist's and beta reader's selections, the Mod Team will assign the teams, so that every writer has an artist who has expressed interest in their idea.5. (Creation Period) Teams will work in tandem to brainstorm together and to create an artwork that relates to the writer's work—the Mod Team will check your progress periodically (see schedule!).6. (Posting Period) The name "BigBang" is a reference to there being a "sudden explosion" of content, when everyone posts their works within a short period of time.
Even if you are finished earlier, you can only post your BigBang piece during this assigned time
period ;)
•••TiersTier 1: Writers should have a complete fic of at least 5k words by the end of the creation period. Artists should complete at least one full art piece based on their assigned writer’s work.Tier 2: Writers should have a complete fic of at least 15k words by the end of the creation period. Artists should complete at least one full and one additional art piece based on their assigned writer's work.Full art piece = characters + full canvas background/scenery with complete shading & lighting -> highest level of rendering you can offer.Additional art piece = this can be a flat piece without shading, a piece with incomplete background/character + props only, other art such as character design sheet for AUs/maps/concept art of other important story elements. It can also be another full art piece.•••General Rules• Canon, canon divergent, and alternate universe fics are allowed.• Writers may include any trope or setting that is not excluded in the restrictions below.• Your story should be a new and independent creation for this BigBang, though you are allowed to continue/expand pre-existing AU's/stories as long as your BigBang piece also works as a solo story.• Artists may participate with digital and traditional art (under the condition that you can provide a good quality scan or picture).• You can sign up with a predetermined partner if you already know who you want to collaborate with.
For organizational purposes, you will still be required to formally submit a summary.
• This event is GenAI free! The use of generative AI is absolutely prohibited, for both artists and writers—all works must be new, your own and original.
Using GenAI for your BB piece will result in immediate exclusion from the event.
• Other ships & characters are allowed, as long as there is a focus on IwaOi.•••Prohibited Content• Romanticization/Glorification of abuse (physical and mental), explicit content (violent and sexual) featuring underage characters, pedophilia, rape/non-con, and incest are generally forbidden throughout the Bang and our server.• Major character death, graphic violence, and content related to suicide, self-harm, mental illness and other dark/heavy topics are generally allowed as long as they are not being glorified, fetishized or romanticized.
They must also be tagged with appropriate trigger warnings both on Social Media and Ao3 to be reblogged and included in the Ao3 collection.
•••Rating InformationOur event will work with 6 rating-steps, following the Ao3 scale:
General (G)
Teen Up (T)
Mature 1 (M1) = for mild/non-graphic gore/violence, frequent strong language or other non-explicit hard topics
Mature 2 (M2) = for any frequent but non-explicit sexual themes
Explicit 1 (E1) = for extreme/graphic gore/violence or other non-sexual but explicit themes
Explicit 2 (E2) = for explicit sexual themes
‼️ To submit or claim a summary that is rated Mature 2 (for sexual content) or Explicit 1/2 (for any reason) you must be 18+ ‼️
Any attempt to enter the adult section of the bang as a minor will lead to immediate removal from the event.
NSFW content must be tagged appropriately both on Social Media and Ao3 and all SFW restrictions apply.
Furthermore, we do not guarantee NSFW writers a match-up with an artist, as there are usually fewer artists willing to draw for explicit stories! Please keep that in mind when drafting your pitch.
(Unmatched NSFW writer are still welcome to contribute solo <3)

Schedule

Sign-Ups:
Writers – close Sep. 21st
Artists & Beta-Readers — close Oct. 17th
⇢ Sign-Ups for all roles HERE
Summary Submissions (Writers): Sept. 28th – Oct. 12th
Claims (Artists & Beta-Readers): Oct. 19th – Nov. 2nd
Match Ups: Nov. 18th latest
Check Ins:
1 -> Dec. 6th–8th (set up check – get in touch with your team(s) and exchange basic information).
2 -> Jan. 17th–19th (progress check – outline & writing plan for writers; sketches for artists = 10-20%.)
3 -> Feb. 21th–23rd (contact check – check in with your team(s) and see where everyone is with their progress; possibly soft progress check)
4 -> April 4th–6th (progress check – 75-90% for writers; details and full colors down on all pieces for artists. Optional previews and posting date selection.)
5 -> April 25th–27th (final contact check – make sure your team is prepared for posting; assignment of posting dates if wanted.)
Posting:
May 1st–15th – posting period for those who want a fixed posting date.
May 15th–31st – free posting period for everyone else.
(All dates and times are in GMT – Schedule subject to change!)

Current Moderators

Hi, I'm Charly, a hobbyist artist and writer who loves worldbuiling so much that I keep forgetting to actually write any of my fics (save me IwaOi, save me)!For this event I am taking care of:
General Organization, SFW & NSFW content, Social Media, Graphics & Discord Supervision

As a lifelong reader and writer, I've always had a special place in my heart for the characters that realize they've fallen in love with their best friend. Can't wait to see what y'all create!For this event I am taking care of:
General Organization, SFW & NSFW content & Discord Supervision

If you open my heart like a locket you’ll find a picture of oikawa tooru to your left, and a picture of my cat to your right. if you open iwaizumi’s heart like a locket, you’ll find a picture of oikawa tooru to your left, and a picture of godzilla to your right, probably.For this event I am taking care of:
General Organization, SFW & NSFW content & Discord Supervision

Any au you can think of for iwaoi, i already have them. Not saying i finished them or even started them, just that i have them. They grabbed me by the throat the very second i met them and they never let go to this day.For this event I am taking care of:
General Organization, SFW content & Discord Supervision

👑 Moderator Hall of Fame: 👑
Stella (Tumblr @thelittlebirdthattoldyou) – initiator
Ava (Tumblr @hairbleachwhore / Twitter @glutenfreeroach) – initiator
Dee (Tumblr @diyeoracha) – General Mod 2021
Kat (Twitter @CMYKenma) – Graphics 2021
Leah (Twitter @asteleahs) – General Mod 2021-22 & Graphics 2022
Suz (Twitter @oizoomis) – General Mod 2022
Cece (Twitter @chaoticsunchild) – General Mod 2022