So, we've heard from a bunch of writers and they are kind of freaking out. So we're doing the only thing possible, pushing the schedule a month to the right. What was due in August is now due in September, and so on. So here is the new schedule:

Sign Ups Open for Authors and Artists: May 1
Author Check In (not mandatory): July 1
Sign-Ups Closed: August September 1
Last Day for Author Drop-Out: August September 1
Author Rough Drafts Due (mandatory): August September 1
Author Summaries Due: August September 10
Summaries Posted for Artist Selection: August September 15
Artist Selection: August September 20, continues for ten days
Authors may claim their own unclaimed stories for art: August September 30
Posting Date Selection: September October 15
Challenge Closes, Finished Fics and Art Due: October November 1
Posting Starts: October November 15
Posting Ends: Depending on the number of stories to be posted, approximately the first week in December

Hopefully this won't mess anyone up. Feel free to yell at me if it does.