theydraggedmein asked:

I'm gonna ask you a question that stems from the fact that I've never participated in a Bang before, and English isn't my first language: Is it the artist that choose a fic to 'art' (I'd have written 'draw', but then I realized art wasn't limited to that, it's not meant as disrespectful towards the artists) for or is it the author who choose an artist?

Your first bang! Congratulations. We are honored that your first one is with us and the Dean/Cas/Jimmy ship. 

As far as the artist claims go. The authors will submit there info to us on February 21, 2017 (does not have to be a complete draft for more info please see the schedule), and once we have received them all we will make a post that is available to the artists. 
They have a day to look them over and decided which story they would like to create art for. The next day the artists are the ones who submit a form to us to let us know their top five choices. Once fics have been claimed we will inform the author and artist who they are paired with and they can contact one another and go from there!

We have the artist pic the story (without knowing the author) so that they will be able to pick a story that won’t have any squicks or triggers for them. That is the reason that we ask the authors to provide as much information as possible when submitting summaries for artist claims. 

We hope that this answers your question. If you need any further clarification don’t hesitate to ask! Communication is key!