This is a signup for the April 29 issue; the text deadline for the issue is Tuesday, April 16 and the art deadline is Saturday, April 27.

Please reply to this post if you plan to submit a story or artwork for this issue, indicating whether you are interested in contributing to the issue as an author and/or artist, and whether or not you are looking for a collaborative partner. Artists offering to illustrate should provide links to past works as examples of style. Please leave alternative contact information, as comment notifications aren’t working.  Contributors wishing to collaborate with others should respond through indicated channels. As always, you don’t have to sign up to participate, and you’re not creating an unbreakable contract by signing up, but it’s always a good idea!

This issue’s theme is Another Round: Ever had something so nice you wanted it twice? Our April issue is the place for bringing back the good stuff.

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SPECIAL NOTE FOR THIS ISSUE: Shousetsu Bang*Bang usually insists that every story stand alone, so that new readers can always jump right in. For this issue, however, we’re welcoming direct sequels, prequels, rewrites, and tales otherwise connected to other stories that have run in past issues. We’ll even link directly to each piece’s predecessor(s) so everyone can get the full story!

A couple more specific rules: You may of course continue your own piece; you may continue someone else’s piece only with their permission. This has to follow something that ran in SSBB, even if it has other installments elsewhere. The connection to the original can be as loose or as tight as you like. All other standards about queer smut and happy endings still apply.

And of course, you don’t have to do a sequel at all! Feel free to interpret the theme in other ways. It’s all good.

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• Quick Answers: Interested in participating but don’t know where to start? Bring your quick questions here!
• Submission Guidelines for Fiction: All the specifics for text submissions. READ BEFORE SUBMITTING.
• Submission Guidelines for Art: Whether you’re illustrating or submitting a standalone piece, here’s what you need to know.

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