Round Four of the White Collar Big Bang is now closed.

Thank you to all the authors and artists that made this possible - we wouldn't be the same community without you. These are listed by posting date.

Round 5 will start April 1st, 2014.

Many, many thanks to crescent_gaia and sirwynai for all their hard work and dedication to this community over the past four years.

( Round Four Master Post )

I just wanted to thank everyone that participaed in the challenge: authors, artistis, betas, and the people who just came to read. It has been an honor to run this big bang with sirwynai and we want it to succeed. Therefore, we are leaving it in the wise hands of elrhiarhodan and theatregirl7299.

Just so everyone knows, there will be a round 5 next April. elrhiarhodan will be posting the master list when she has a chance. Again, thank you everyone as you have made this challenge the wonderful place it has come to be. We started out shaky, but we came around. So I thank you for that.

Well, see you on the flip side. :)

Title: Conspiracies
Author’s Name: sheeniannisheenianni
Fandom: White Collar
Spoilers: Minor from all seasons
Characters/Pairings: Mozzie, Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke, Elizabeth Burke, FBI Team, Sally, Hale, June Ellington; mostly gen
Rating: PG-13
Content Notice: None
Word Count: ~ 23,900 in total
Summary: His childhood nickname is Mozzie, but his colleagues and neighbors know him under a different name. He is a respectable member of society, until one day his whole world is turned upside down. After Mozzie contacts him with a plea for help, Neal knows that he will have to use all his skills as a con man to protect his friend. However, what he doesn’t realize is that the man on their trail is Peter Burke, the agent who had already captured him once. AU.

Author's Note: This story probably never would have been written if not for all the people who had helped me on the way:
- First of all, there’s the amazing theatregirl7299 theatregirl7299 who beta-read the story and had patience with me while I was writing this.
- Then there are all the folks from the nightly chats who listened to my whining, provided support and advice and helped me whenever I got stuck. You’re all completely undeniably awesome!
- Finally, there is my absolutely wonderful artist treonbtreonb, who made me the most awesome vid I could have asked for and cheered on me the whole time.

Disclaimer: I don’t own White Collar or any of the characters. White Collar is the property of Fox Television Studios and USA Networks.

theatregirl7299treonb

Title: And the ghosts in the attic they never quite leave
Characters/Pairings: Diana/Christie, Neal, Peter
Rating: PG
Word Count: 14,300
Spoilers: Spoilers through 2.10 Burke’s Seven
Warnings: None
Summary: On the limitations of geometry as a guide to moral decision-making, or, the one where Neal and Diana cook dinner together and light things on fire.
Author's Note: Huge thanks to LC, my amazing beta, who is awesome and wonderful and who made this much better than it would have been otherwise. Also thanks to frith_in_thorns and neontiger55 for cheerleading and encouragement! I do not own any of these characters. The title is from Vienna Teng's "Eric's Song".

Art: The gorgeous cover art is by the amazing and talented love_82 - thank you SO MUCH! :)



Part 1 on LJ | Part 2 on LJ
On DW

Title: The Dream Becomes the Man - Master Post
Author: theatregirl7299
Art: elrhiarhodan Art Post
Fandom: White Collar
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, Diana Berrigan, Clinton Jones, Mozzie, June Ellington, Philip Kramer, Garrett Fowler, Curtis Hagen, Blake, Peter/Neal/Elizabeth
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 45,182
Spoilers: None
Beta Credit: miri_thompson, elrhiarhodan
Warnings: Violence, slight torture
Summary: In the year 2033, the Militia, under the command of Imperator Peter Burke, keeps the peace and order in the city of New York. He believes his life is complete with his beautiful wife, Elizabeth, despite the marriage laws that require them to take a third spouse. When a con man with a special Talent and a dark secret appears, will more than Peter's heart be at risk?

Author's Note: This story has been in the works since January, 2013 when I re-read elrhiarhodan’s ( Vampire World: The Blood of Helios ). I told myself I wanted to write a story like that, and this is the result.

I have lots of thank yous: First and foremost to to my wonderful artist, elrhiarhodan for the cover and icons and playlist (I’ve got a playlist!). Not only is she a fantastic author but a fantastic artist and beta reader as well.

miri_thompson’s critiques and comments made this a better piece. She made me think outside my outline and for that I am immensely grateful.

embroiderama and angelita26 get special thanks for listening to me whine about deadlines and plot devices and generally holding my hand throughout this whole thing. Ladies – I could not have done it without you.

And finally to everyone who hangs out in wcwu chat. Thank you - our Word Wars made this story happen.

Legal statement - I don’t own White Collar or the characters portrayed therein. White Collar is the property of Fox Television Studios and USA Networks.

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Part One - On LJ
Part Two - On LJ
Part Three - On LJ
Part Four - On LJ
Part Five - On LJ
Part Six - On LJ

Title: Red Velvet - Master Post
Author: elrhiarhodan
Art: kanarek13 - Art Post
Fandom: White Collar
Characters/Pairings: Peter Burke, Neal Caffrey, Diana Berrigan, Elizabeth Mitchell, Reese Hughes, Clinton Jones, Mozzie, June Ellington, OFC, OMC, Peter/Neal, Neal/Elizabeth, past Neal/Sara, past Neal/Keller, past Neal/Kate, past Neal/Gordon, Mozzie/Elizabeth, Reese/Elizabeth, Mozzie/Gina (off camera), Mozzie/Sallie (off camera), implied Mozzie/Gina/Sallie (off camera)
Rating: R
Word Count: ~70,000
Spoilers: None
Beta Credit: miri_thompson
Warnings: Situational depression, grief, mention of HIV/AIDS, other STDs
Summary: Elizabeth Mitchell’s company, "Desserts After Dark," delivers fine cupcakes and pastries to the eclectic elite of Kings County (Brooklyn). Peter Burke, former FBI agent and one of the senior partners in the accounting firm of Hughes, Burke, is the bakery’s most loyal customer. But it’s not all fluff and cream cheese icing when he falls for Neal Caffrey, the Chief Baking Officer of Desserts After Dark. Peter has some serious issues from his past to deal with, and their road to happiness isn’t guaranteed.

Author's Note: My deepest thanks to angelita26, who made an innocuous comment in the wcwu chat one evening about the custom painted dessert delivery van she had just seen in her neighborhood. One thing lead to another and the next thing I knew, I had the start of my White Collar Big Bang story.

theatregirl7299 and miri_thompson also deserve extra-special recognition. Not only were they heroic alpha and beta readers, they gave me flawless story advice, held my hand, wipe my brow and listened to me whine about this for half the summer. I can’t thank them enough.

A special shout out to rabidchild for her help with cake. Many more thanks to all of the ladies of the nightly chats who’ve cheered me on and helped me over the bumps. You’re the best!

And very special thanks to my wonderful artist, kanarek13 for the cover and all of the incredible banners and icons. Her creative talent is without peer. Please remember to go here and tell her how awesome she is.

Of course, I don’t own White Collar or the characters portrayed therein. White Collar is the property of Fox Television Studios and USA Networks

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Part One - On LJ | On DW
Part Two - On LJ | On DW
Part Three - On LJ | On DW
Part Four - On LJ | On DW
Part Five - On LJ | On DW
Part Six - On LJ | On DW
Part Seven - On LJ | On DW
Part Eight - On LJ | On DW
Part Nine - On LJ | On DW


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Title: The Exception to the Rule
Author: Gaby
Pairing: mostly gen with hints of Peter/El/Neal
Characters: Peter, El, Neal, Diana, Jones, June, Mozzie
Warning: This is a slave AU fic, which brings the usual warnings for, well, slave fics just to be on the safe side, even though Neal is treated lovingly throughout the fic.
Spoilers: The Dutchman case is mentioned, so spoilers for the pilot. There are a couple of other teensy tidbits mentioned that aren’t spoilery but are hopefully a respectful nod at the wonderful details Jeff Eastin et al add to the characters.
Rating: R
Genre: slave AU
Author's Notes: Written for the whitecollar_bb 2013!
Beta and Artist Extraordinaire: kaylashay, who is made of Awesomecake with ZOMG-Icing. Not only did she beta this monster with, like, 24 hours to spare, she also created beautiful art! And all of that with her posting date being right before mine! You’re my hero, Kayla, thank you so very much!!! I tweaked and added bits here and there, so any remaining mistakes are mine and mine alone.
Word Count: 40,000 exactly! Yes, I tweaked until I managed to hit that number! LOL!
Disclaimer: Not mine, never were, never will be, gosh darn it!
Summary: In a world where the latest fad is owning a show slave, Peter is trying to decide if this would be the perfect birthday present for his wife. Unfortunately, show slaves are bred to look pretty, not to have brains, which is something neither he nor El would be able to enjoy. But then he comes across Neal, a show slave with the raw talent of a real artist, and Peter realizes that there’s obviously an exception to every rule.

Title: Everything to Lose
Author: kaylashay
Rating: FR21
Disclaimer: I'm not USA / Jeff Eastin / etc., so I don't claim to own them.
Characters/Pairings: Peter/El/Neal; Neal/OMCs; Vincent Adler; James Bennett; Other Minor Characters
Genre: Threesome; AU
Warnings: Slavery; Rape/Non-Con; Torture
Word Count: 16,000
Beta: azraelz_angel
Written For: 2013 whitecollar_bb; hc_bingo prompt "Loss of Possessions" by sinfulslasher
Artwork By: sirbojangles (pending as I was slow in finishing this fic)

Summary: As Peter and El start their new life together, the last thing they expect to get is a slave. But Neal works his way into their hearts and, ten years later, Peter is working on a way to show the two loves of his life just how much he cares. However, events set in motion years before threaten to tear their family apart.

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Title: The Manhattan Story
Author: rabidchild
Rating: PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Ensemble. Pairings: Peter/Neal and Peter/Sara, with some Hughes/June and Elizabeth/Jones around the edges.
Spoilers: None
Content Notice: Movie AU/fusion, romantic comedy
Word Count: ~22,000
Beta: miri_thompson
Artist: kanarek13
Summary: The White Collar/Philadelphia Story fusion nobody wanted. Peter Burke is the scion of American “royalty,” about to marry Hollywood starlet Sara Ellis. Unfortunately, his ex Neal has brought a pair of tabloid journalists, Elizabeth Mitchell and Clinton Jones, along to the wedding to do an inside story. Nothing could possibly go wrong, right?

Story on LJ
Kanarek13’s art

Title: Best Laid Plans
Characters/Pairings: Neal/Sara, Sara/OMC
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~23k
Spoilers: Through season 4
Warnings: None
Summary: When Sara found out she was pregnant with Neal's child, their conflicting desires for the future closed the door on their relationship. Now, almost five years later, Neal is trying to establish himself as a legitimate businessman and a dedicated but long-distance father. When Sara moves back to New York, he sees an opportunity for a closer relationship with his son. But in order to do that, he needs to confront long-buried resentments between him and Sara.
Author's Note: Thank you so much to slytheringurrl for the banners she made. She made two great banners for the fic, and you can also see them at her post here.

Art: slytheringurrl



On LJ: Link to Part 1
On DW: Link to Part 1

Title: The Lost Boys
Characters/Pairings: Gen – Neal, Peter, Mozzie, Sara, Diana, June, Byron, Hughes
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 10,298
Warnings: Off-screen assault and discussion thereof. Teenage AU.
Summary: Neal sneaks out one night and is assaulted by bullies from school. While he recuperates in the hospital, Peter and Mozzie take matters into their own hands.
Author's Note: 1) White Collar and the recognizable characters do not belong to me. 2) Beta credit goes to the amazing embroiderama, and a special thanks to theatregirl7299 for giving it an early read and cheerleading. 3) This story takes place in the same universe as Stand By Me but it is not necessary to read that ficlet first. All you need to know is that Neal, Peter, Mozzie, Diana and Sara are all foster children living with June and Byron in upstate NY.


Art: and userpic by the very, very talented aragarna, who took on this very difficult project and made such amazing artwork. Click here to see the full size awesomeness.




Read the story on LJ | Read the story on AO3

ETA: Please tell aragarna how amazing her art is. I'm so grateful she created this cover for me. :D

Title: Hold With All You Have
Author: frith_in_thorns
Characters/Pairings:Neal, Peter, Diana, others. Gen with mild Peter/Elizabeth, Diana/Christie, and Diana/OFC.
Rating: FRT
Word Count: 32,500
Spoilers: Plot points from early season 4.
Warnings: This is an apocafic, dealing with a pandemic. Quite a few warnings are included in that, including disturbing descriptions, violence, a lot of general background death, and death/implied death of canon characters. (Specifically: Christie's death is described; Satchmo dies off-screen; other characters including June, Jones and Hughes have unresolved fates.)
Author's Note: This is a work of derivative fiction — I don't own anything from White Collar.
This fills the "apocalypse" square on my hc_bingo card. It is also very much the longest story I have ever sat down and written. I very much hope you enjoy it!
Beta: sholio, florastuart and helle_d, who were all wonderful and extremely patient with me. Thank you so much!
Art: The amazing art is by sholio. Please let her know how awesome she is!

Summary: A lethal epidemic rips through New York. In the aftermath, Neal, Peter and Diana must work together to survive, and to search for those who left the city before lock-down. And then they have to keep on surviving.



On LJ: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 | On DW | On AO3

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Title:Somewhwere Under The Trees

Crossover Fandom:N
Characters/Pairings:Neal C./Peter B./other team members

Rating:T
Word Count: 10 910
Spoilers:from all past seasons
Warnings:mentions of blood and injury, might be slightly graphic. nothing too much
Summary:He's all alone now. Nothing but trees surrounding.
Neal happens to get into trouble. This time there's no Peter to come and save him.
But eventually he will. And that's not all... there's upcoming storm.
What they don't know for sure is whether Neal's ran.
Author's Note: So this my very first Big Bang project I've taken part and pulled it off to this point.
I gotta say thanks to my dream I had a long time ago that was basically what encouraged me to try to write it down and post it. Originally it's for another fandom and was much longer and I've put it down on paper to finish one day...
For this particular story I took only the part with which it started and converted the original idea to this fandom.
I have to say thanks to all who wished me luck with this and I hope y'all like my story..
On a side note, I typed this all up on my phone and completely by myself. It's unbetaed so if there really are any glaringly evil mistakes either bear witn me or point out. I technically was pretty bleary eyed from 4am to 8am on saturday when I got my friend's pc all to myself and did major organization on this.
And pardon if language has slipped, I'm from non-english country so don't mind...
Enjoy! :)
Disclaimer: I don't own White Collar, Jeff does. So I just borrow to play and put back later.

Art: marissaangell http://imgur.com/a/3Tgv8#0

POSTED ON MY LJ:
PART 1: http://marissaangell.livejournal.com/9899.html
PART 2: http://marissaangell.livejournal.com/10069.html

Title: Open and Shut
Characters/Pairings: Gen (with a little bit of Het).  Neal/OFC, Peter, Mozzie, El, Diana, Jones, Callaway
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: ~35K
Spoilers: Through S4 finale
Warnings: None
Summary: When Neal falls in love he's sure he's in Heaven. But soon he finds himself on a collision course with both Peter and Mozzie.  Set post S4.

Author's Note:   Thanks to china_shop for the idea which sparked this fic.  Big, big thanks to swanpride for beta'ing - without her help, ideas and support this story would have never gotten off the ground, much less gotten to this stage.  I'm really grateful for all the effort you invested in this!  Thanks to pikasafire, for her wonderful works, for giving Neal's True Love a face, and for providing a soundtrack for this fic.  And thanks to the whitecollar_bb mods: for their help and for running the challenge, I'd have never aimed this high without it.

Disclaimer: White Collar and its characters belong to Jeff Eastin and co., to whom I dedicate all the plotholes in this fic.

Art: pikasafire





Story on my LJ, Chapters: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9

Title: I Can’t Go Back to Yesterday (I Was a Different Person Then)
Author: rabidchild
Rating: R for language
Characters/Pairings: Tim DeKay, Neal Caffrey, Elizabeth Burke, OFC; Gen
Spoilers: Mentions canon events up to and including Season 4
Content Notice: NOT RPF, I swear; crack; h/c; casefic; friendship; humor. Also, this probably qualifies as parody. Also-also, this does nothing to dispel certain national stereotypes. Sorry, Canada.
Word Count: 20,500
Disclaimer: Don’t own, don’t profit.
Beta: miri_thompson and my Canadian Connection, ivorysilk
Artist: aragarna
Summary: What happens when TDK gets whomped over the head and wakes up in White Collar Land? A self-love story.

A/N: Follow-up to Stranger in a Strange Land, but it is not at all necessary to have read that. This is set in some amorphous early-Season 4 timeframe.

Story on LJ | Story on AO3
Link to aragarna's art

Please remember to post on your date. if something happens and you cannot post on your date for whatever reason, you will have to wait until the end of the challenge to post.

Either myself or my co-mod will be adding tags for you on your posts. So don't worry if you can't tag, we will be taking care of it. :)

Happy posting!

So, we're starting posting on the 7th, which is tomorrow. Eep! So, I thought it would be a good idea to remind everyone of when they are posting and get the header up. Here's our posting schedule:

Sept 7th: rabidchild
Sept 8th: elledeegee
Sept 9th: treonb
Sept 10th: marissaangell
Sept 11th: frith_in_thorns
Sept 12th: angelita26
Sept 13th:
Sept 14th:
Sept 15th:
Sept 16th: citrinesunset
Sept 17th:
Sept 18th: rabidchild
Sept 19th:
Sept 20th: kaylashay
Sept 21st: sinfulslasher
Sept 22nd: elrhiarhodan
Sept 23rd: theatregirl7299
Sept 24th: backrose_17
Sept 25th: florastuart
Sept 26th: veleda_k
Sept 27th: sheenianni


Now, here's the header:
<b>Title:</b> <b>Crossover Fandom:</b> <b>Characters/Pairings:</b> <b>Rating:</b> <b>Word Count:</b> <b>Spoilers:</b> <b>Warnings:</b> <b>Summary:</b> <b>Author's Note:</b> <b>Art:</b>

Now, let's go through it.

Title: Self explanatory.
Crossover Fandom: Only if you have one. :) If you do not, just erase it from the header.
Characters/Pairings: Your primary characters and/or pairing, secondary pairing - feel free to put characters here if you have a gen fic.
Rating: Use the rating system you are most comfortable with.
Word Count: Again, self explanatory. :D
Spoilers: Due to having people from all over and being in all different places in the fandom, please just say "Spoilers for current season" or "Spoilers for season 3" or something of the like.
Warnings: Please please please use this. if you think you need to put in a warning, please do so. Better to have one than not have one. Do Note - Slash is not a warning and should not be used. If you have a slash warning, I will comment for you to take it down and you will have 48 hours to do so before I take down your fic. You will then repost it at the end of the round - no exceptions.
Summary: Quick sentence or three about your fic.
Author's Note: Please put the following sentence or some variation of it - I do not own White Collar or its characters. If you have a crossover fandom, put that in as well. This is just so we don't get anybody legal on our butt. Thank your betas and anybody else you need or want to.

Art: Either below or above your fic but it needs to be in the same post with a link to the art post if there is one. If your artist has not gotten your art to you by the time you post, please put TBP (to be posted).


Do not worry about tagging - the mods will take care of that as the stories go up.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I will open up for posting around midnight CDT. Happy posting everyone!

Hello authors!

Your final drafts are due into whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com as soon as possible. They do not have to be beta-ed. They don't even have to be completely finished. They do need to be over 10K and attached to the email instead of in the body of the email. Your subject should look like this: username - final draft - title of fic.

You will get an email saying we've got your draft in. It might not be five minutes after you've sent it or...well, give me at least a day and then poke me if you don't get a reply.

This would have been up sooner but there was Whovian going ons. Apologies for that.

MOST IMPORTANT: You have until September 4th at midnight to get your final drafts in. I'm giving more time because I was late getting this up. Around the 5th, I'll post the header and coding and how you should post everything.

Good luck everyone! And congrats to everyone - you are all amazing!

Hi everyone!

So, it is the 15th of August. Some house cleaning first.

Artists: While today is scheduled as the last day to drop out, either though a comment on this post or through email / PM, you can still drop out at any time if you need to. If you need to drop out after today, you need to contact us ASAP. Either through email at whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com or by PMing either myself or sirwynai. Nobody is going to get in trouble. We'd just like to know so we could sound the horn for a pinch artist.

Authors: You have 17 days to get in your final draft (September 1st). We ask that, when sending in your final draft, to put in the subject line: User name - Final Draft - Title of Draft. So, my subject, for example, would read: crescent_gaia - Final Draft - Notes and Murder. You don't have to send in any sort of header for it. We just want to make sure that everyone is ready for posting their story. Also, it doesn't have to be finished finished - if you still need to beta it, that's fine. It really is more so we can make sure that everyone is on track.

Alright, let's get to the dates. It is first come, first serve. We want to have only one person a day posting. If you cannot post on any of the dates, give us a poke and we'll see what we can do.

( List of Dates )

We've still got unclaimed fics! Please, if you can take on a second claim or knows someone who wants to do some art, please pass this on.

Thank you!


A few notes before we start:
1. This is first come, first serve. If all fics are claimed, I'll consider opening up claims again or just putting everything in with the art selection post that is coming up on August 1st.

2. Please be kind to your mods and the author that you are paired up with.

3. You have until September 1st to create art. If at any time you need to drop out, you need to contact us at whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com. Or your author needs to know and then your author needs to tell us. This is just so we can get a pinch hitter in the works. You won't send any ninjas after you, because RL is a bitch and your mods know that first hand, but we need to know.

Alright, that's it. Any questions, reply here.

( Summaries )

Hello artists and welcome to round four of White Collar Big Bang! It's time for you to select the fic you would like to create art for.

A few notes before we start:
1. This is first come, first serve. If all fics are claimed, I'll consider opening up claims again or just putting everything in with the art selection post that is coming up on August 1st.

2. Please be kind to your mods and the author that you are paired up with.

3. You have until September 1st to create art. If at any time you need to drop out, you need to contact us at whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com. Or your author needs to know and then your author needs to tell us. This is just so we can get a pinch hitter in the works. You won't send any ninjas after you, because RL is a bitch and your mods know that first hand, but we need to know.

Alright, that's it. Any questions, reply here.

( Summaries )

Yep, that's right. Today by 8 pm Central US Time, you need to have your rough drafts into us. The artist claiming post is going up at 9 pm Central unless Livejournal decides to be a bitch. So writers do have that narrow window over the deadline, but don't leave it for too long.

Guidelines on how to submit your draft are here! Also, please make sure that your drafts are in some sort of word document. I'm not going to be opening anything other than a word document, open word document, or notepad file.


Do remember - if you cannot get your rough draft in by 8 pm tonight, you then have until August 1st to submit a rough draft. While we will be putting up an artist claim post for that, I cannot say that you will get an artist if you submit on August 1st.

Happy writing everyone!

1. Rough Drafts Due by July 16th at 8 pm Central Daylight Time. Here is a time zone converter in case you're not sure about what time that is in your part of the world.

The guidelines on how to submit your draft are over here. Please comment either here or there if you have any questions. You need to have around 7K and you do not need to outline the rest. That is between you and your artist.

2. If you cannot get your rough draft in by the deadline, you do have another chance to turn in a rough draft on August 1st. We cannot say that you will get an artist or not.

3. If you know any artists who love White Collar, please send them our way! They can sign up over here or just show up on claiming day and grab a fic.

4. We have a beta post! Feel free to spread it around too.

Hi all!

We're looking for betas (no, not that kind, we're not Supernatural) who are willing to help out an author. Here's the form to sign up:

<b>Your username:</b> <b>What You're Willing to Beta:</b> <b>What You're Not Willing to Beta:</b> <b>How Many Pieces You are Willing to Beta:</b>

The last one is to make sure that our betas don't get overwhelmed. :) Have fun!

Hi everyone!

I hope everyone has been having fun writing. We've been quiet, dealing with real life issues, a puppy (me), and writing our own things. I'm glad to see that nobody really needed us and hoped that nobody minded that we were quiet. We feel, here at whitecollar_bb, that everyone feels better with just writing on their own and not being poked every month. :)

However, rough draft time is upon us! You have until whenever the art claims post goes up - should be the 15th but might be the 16th around 8 pm Central Time - to get your drafts in. If we do not have a rough draft with a header from you, I cannot say that you will get an artist. You can still do the challenge, but there's a good chance you're not getting art unless you do the art yourself or get a friend to do it. So, until the art post goes up on the 15th/16th, all drafts will be put into the art claims post for artists. After that, you have until August 1st to get a rough draft in and still be considered in the challenge. You just will not receive art. This way, we get as many stories as possible. If you still need an extension beyond that, please contact us at whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com and we'll see what we can do.

Another thing about rough drafts - you must have at least 7K of written work with an outline your artist can work with until you get them a complete draft. If you have a full and complete draft of work, that's awesome. But if you're struggling and below the 7K, email us and we'll see if we can work something out. Again, it's more about getting as many stories as we can in and having a giant party in September about the awesome work everyone has done.

Now - how to send the rough draft in. You will send it in to whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com. You will get a confirmation email back that your draft was received. Your draft must be attached to the email or the draft needs to be sent from Google Docs so we can check word counts and that you're ready to have an artist go at your work (okay, more for word count checking than anything else). Please make sure it is the complete draft and not the individual chapters. That just makes our lives easier. :)

In the subject of the email, you must have the following: Rough Draft - User Name - Title of Fic So, for example, the subject of my email would be "Rough Draft - crescent_gaia - Notes and Murder".

In the body of the email, this is what you need to have:
Title (Please note working or final):
Crossover (Y/N and Fandom):
Characters/Pairings:
Rating:
Any Warnings (this includes anything someone would be squicked by and spoilers):
Short Summary:

So, for mine, it would be:
Title (Final): Notes and Murder
Crossover: Castle
Characters/Pairings: Peter/El, Neal/Sara, Neal/Alex, Beckett/Castle
Rating: PG-13
Any Warnings: Spoilers for all of shown White Collar, save for season 4 finale, and all of Castle, save for season 4 finale.
Short Summary: When someone turns up dead with Peter's card in their pocket, two amazing forces come together to find the murderer.


Simple, to the point, and that will make it a lot easier on us when we put up the art claims post. So, if you have any questions, please leave a comment or poke us at the email address that has been shown at least twice in the post.

Happy writing!

Sign up to be an artist in the White Collar big bang here! Check the FAQs for the rules and comment here with your artsy likes and dislikes and so on as well as contact info. :)


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And we're back! It is the first of April and this is no joke - we're opening the sign ups for authors who want to write 10,000 words of a fanfiction centered around the greatness that is White Collar. A few points of business before getting to the sign ups. If this sounds similar to last year, that's because it is. :)

Here is the schedule:
Author Sign Ups Begin: April 1st - Sorry we're a few days late.
Artist Sign Ups Begin: May 1st
Author Drop Out Date: July 10th
Author Sign Ups End: July 15th
Fic Rough Draft Due Date: July 15th
Artists Pick Fic: July 16th
Artists Sign Ups End: August 15th
Final Fic/Art Due: September 1st
Posting Starts: September 7th


Rules for Authors:
1. Fics must be at least 10,000 words or longer of gen, het, or slash fanfiction. At this time, we are not considering RPF or RPS. If you feel we should, please contact us at whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com
2. The story must be centered around White Collar characters but don't feel like you have to use all of them. So this means Peter, Neal, Elizabeth, Mozzie, Kate, June, Agent Jones, Agent Cruz, Special Agent in Charge Reese Hughes (Peter's boss), Fowler, and Alex or anybody else who is central to the White Collar cast. Have fun with these characters. Crossovers are allowed but please make sure it centers around White Collar. For example per the season finale of season 1, you could crossover White Collar and In Plain Sight (show about Witness Protection on USA), but the focus should be on Neal.
3. There will be check in posts. Please try to remember to post to them, but if you miss them, don't sweat it. We're just check in to see what everyone needs within reason. I am not getting everyone their own Neal. You're on your own for that. -- These may or may not happen, depending on if we remember to post them. :)
4. Your Rough Draft is due on July 15th. This is when we are closing sign ups. There will be an official author drop out post on July 10th. If you need to drop out at any time, email us at whitecollar.bb.mods@gmail.com or leave a comment somewhere.
5. Fics as part of a series are allowed as long as they are stand alone fics. That means they can stand on their own merit and the reader doesn't have to read a previous fic in order to understand what you're writing.
6. You are not allowed to post your fic publicly either in whole or part before your posting date. Posting starts on the 7th of September - please wait until then.

We do ask that you join our sister vent community, wcbbvent to talk about the challenge, get help, vent or whatever else that you need.

If there are any other questions, please look to the Frequently Asked Questions. If your question is still not answered, please drop us a line either at the FAQ post or feel free to PM/email us.

Ready - Set - GO!

<b>Your username:</b> <b>Author's name if you want to go by that:</b> <b>Email:</b> <b>An idea of what you might write</b> <b>Type of Fic - Gen, Het, Slash:</b> <b>Possible Pairings:</b> <b>Your favorite moment of White Collar from this season:</b>