be vewwy vewwy quiet - it's big bang season!

[tielan]

At the height of winter, the big bang challenges roll into town, their wagons all nice and shiny, promising long and lengthy stories, possibly with action-adventure and drama, romance! Firefights! Conflict! And 10,000 word stories! With art!

jossverse_bb: This is a big bang challenge for all the works by Joss Whedon. That includes Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dollhouse, Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog, and Firefly.
Word Count: 10,000
Sign-up date/deadlines: 1st March
Due Date - Draft: 19th April (must have 8,000 words)
Due Date - Finished: 27th May
Posting Date: 6th June
If I was going to participate: I'd finish "Somewhere To Lay Your Heart" - Part 2 of a 7-story Angel S5 AU featuring Faith in LA at Wolfram and Hart. It would be the sequel to "A Swiftly Falling Darkness."

casestory: Stories should be focused on a case/crime investigation/crime/etc. All fandoms are welcome as well as original stories.
Word Count: 15,000
Sign-up date/deadlines: 1st Feb for authors, 1st May for artists
Due Date - Draft: 1st May for authors, 3rd June for artists
Due Date - Finished: 10th June
Posting Date: 10th June
If I was going to participate: It would be a procedural crossover - at least one procedural with one sci-fi/fantasy. Kind of 'Trio in the Temple'.
My sign up

atlantisbigbang: Stargate Atlantis novels, of course!
Word Count: TBA - previously was 40,000
Sign-up date/deadlines: April?
Due Date - Draft: June-July?
Due Date - Finished: August?
Posting Date: September-October?
If I was going to participate: I'd finish The Survivors - first chapter here - John&Teyla (possibly John/Teyla) fic where John is injured while they're caught offworld on a planet and end up having to survive when they're taken prisoner by locals fighting their own version of the Civil War.

stargate_summer
Word Count: 25,000
Sign-up date/deadlines: no apparent deadline for sign-ups?
Due Date - Draft: 31st March
Due Date - Finished: 15th May for May posting, 19th June for June posting, 17th July for July posting.
Posting Date: Sometime between May and July?
If I was going to participate: I'd write the third installment of the Honour Bound trilogy.

scifibigbang: for any sci-fi-esque fandom, from Blake 7, to Defying Gravity.
Word Count: 25,000
Sign-up date/deadlines: 1st-28th February
Due Date - Draft: 1st July
Due Date - Finished: 1st August
Posting Date: 1st August
If I was going to participate: I'm not sure I would participate in this one. Maybe for Sanctuary if there wasn't already a specific Sanctuary BB. (And if there isn't, I'm not about to run it!)