Hi everyone,

Spike called, and he wants his Big Bad status back... talk about possessive. And so, like the Sunnydale Hellmouth itself, the Elysian Fields Big Bads Challenge is officially closed. 

Myself and the rest of the mods would like to thank and congratulate all who contributed in some way, making it yet another successful site event. Without the authors, artists, betas, commenters and lurkers, our site wouldn't be the place of awesomeness we know it to be. So thank you. 

 The Big Bads Challenge has delivered unto the site 30 brand new fic! If you haven't had a chance to check them out yet, and I highly recommend you do, you can FIND THEM ALL HERE. 

Big Bads Challenge stats:
(For challenge fic only, and accurate at the time of this news item being posted)

• New fic – 30
• Chapters added – 110
• Words added – 370,812
• Banners created – 28
• Comments received – 1,653
• Likes received – 2403

If you participated in the challenge as an author, commenter, artist, or beta, check out the awards section on your member profiles – you should see some graphics waiting for you. If we missed you by mistake, please shoot a PM to one of the mods. Thank you again to everyone who participated in in the Big Bads Challenge, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

And as always, happy reading!