Signing up for a big bang is a commitment. To protect us and you, we have an detailed breakdown of how we handle penalties.

—Withdrawing

If you need to withdraw from the bang, email [email protected].

On Discord, ask to speak privately with the mods. We'd rather you not use the public contact channel to announce drops, especially if we are past matchups.

—Penalties

We hope this section doesn’t apply to you, but for the protection of all participants and mods, we have the following penalties:

Withdrawing BEFORE claims: no penalty

• For AUTHORS, this means you don’t submit a rough draft for claims
• For ARTISTS, this means you don’t submit a list of fics you want to claim

If you withdraw from the challenge prior to the start of the claims process, there is no penalty.

Withdrawing DURING claims: one-round penalty

• For AUTHORS, this means any of the following:
  • You submit a draft for claims, but pull it prior to claims weekend OR while claims weekend is ongoing
  • You submit a draft for claims that is deemed ineligible because it doesn’t follow the guidelines and is not approved for claims. (Extremely rare and unlikely to happen to anyone.)
• For ARTISTS, this means submitting a list of fics to claim, but withdrawing the list before you are matched OR withdrawing it before official pairings are released.

If you enter into the claims process but withdraw before you are matched with a partner, you lose eligibility to participate in the next round of any challenge run by a member of this team.

Withdrawing AFTER claims: one-round penalty to permanent ban