NCIS Bang Challenge community information

The ncis_bang community will host two challenges which will run separately:
1) The NCIS Big Bang Challenge: 2017 Big Bang Master List
Watch for the 2018 NCIS Big Bang sign-ups in April 2018.
2) The NCIS Reverse Challenge: 2017 Reverse Bang Master List
Watch for 2018 sign-ups in November 2017.

Feel free to spread the word around to those who may be interested.
Our goal is to have a few new NCIS stories and artwork to share at the end of each challenge.

Note to participants:
Gibbs' Rule # 3, "Never be unreachable"
*All participants are responsible to stay in contact with their partner and the challenge moderator as needed.
*All participants are responsible to watch this community for updates and announcements, and to adhere to the posted challenge schedule.
*All participants are responsible to verify that they have posting access prior to their scheduled posting date.
*Participants should verify that they have joined the community and are listed as members, rather than just watching the community.
*Only members can be given posting access. This is a manual process. Access will be given to members who are on the schedule for the current challenge.

NCIS Reverse Bang 2018:

What's new for the 2018 Reverse Bang?
*The term "Genres" has been changed to "Categories". This refers to Gen, Het, Slash and Multi. The change was made to align with AO3's terminology.
*If you are leaving LJ forever and ever, there is a sister journal at DW. I am open to people signing up there. The art claims will continue to run here at LJ. I do encourage those who want to participate to keep an active LJ if only to monitor and participate in the challenge (art claims) here at LJ, but I understand that some people have chosen to move on. I respect everyone's decisions.
*DW Authors and Artists may participate in the LJ art claims using a Facebook, Google, LJ, Twitter, or OpenID account, or may use a proxy.
ncis_bigbang, ncis_reversebang and ncis_bang (a collection of challenge master lists) are set up at DW.

Reverse Bang Authors signed up: 21
Reverse Artists signed up: 8

Artist Sign-ups Open - Wednesday, 1 November 2018 NCIS Reverse Bang Artist Sign-ups **CLOSED**
Author Sign-ups Open - Wednesday, 1 November 2018 NCIS Reverse Bang Author Sign-ups **CLOSED**

Artist sign-ups Close - Monday, 1 January

Artwork Due: Wednesday, 10 January
Art Preview: Thursday, 11 January (probably late evening)
Author sign-ups close - Friday, 12 January
Art Claims Open: Saturday, 13 January

Rough Drafts Due to Artists: Saturday, 14 April
Completed Stories and Artwork Due: Sunday, 29 April
Availability post: Mid-April
Posting Schedule available: Mid-Late April
Posting Starts: TBA in May
(Artwork and stories should be ready to post by 1 May)

Progress check-ins are not mandatory, but we do appreciate hearing from our participants.
Check-In # 1: 28 Jan
Check-In # 2: 18 Feb
Check-In # 3: 11 Mar
Check-In # 4: 1 Apr

UPDATED 2017: Big Bang/Multi-Bang FAQs
UPDATED 2017: Reverse Bang FAQs
Original (2014-2016) FAQs for both challenges
If you have any other questions, please let us know.
Discussions and Support Community

How to contact your Mod: jacieleigh (at) gmail (dot) com