Contributor applications for all roles will open from April 26 to May 24, 2025! We plan on including 25 page artists, 6 merch artists, and 6 writers including guests and contributing mods! The final number of contributors will depend on our interest check and contributor applications.
General Guidelines
✽ All applicants must be 18+ or will be turning 18 by the time applications end.✽ Only SFW works are permitted to be submitted as samples and in the portfolio. For writers, excerpts from NSFW works are only allowed if they are SFW.✽ Applicants are allowed to apply for more than one position but will only be accepted into one.✽ Links to samples and portfolios must be easily viewable and accessible. If you’re using Google Drive to store your portfolio, make sure the permissions to the folder is set to “Anyone with the link”. The mod team will not reach out to any of the applicants with broken links and their application will be considered voided.✽ At least one (1) Genshin Impact sample is required. Furina samples are encouraged but not mandatory.✽ If the applicants are found to be promoting or supporting ideologies that are harmful to real life individuals (e.g racism, homophobia, transphobia, or any sort of bigotry), their application will be voided. Additionally, applicants who are found to have participated in harassing other people will have their application voided.✽ If the applicants are found to have created their works with the aid of generative AI or have traced/plagiarized other people's works, their application will be voided.✽ In the event that contributors are found to have committed the aforementioned acts, they will be promptly removed and a pinch hitter will be called to fill in.✽ Applicants will not be screened based on their ships or preferences outside of the zine.✽ Failure to follow any of the guidelines can result in a deduction of your overall score or disqualification.
Page Artists
✽ Those applying to be a page artist must provide three (3) completed artworks that best showcase the style you wish to illustrate for the zine.✽ One (1) sample must include a fully illustrated and rendered background—meaning no graphic design elements, flat colors, or vectors.✽ Portfolio must include five (5) or more artworks. The three (3) samples submitted will be counted as part of the portfolio.✽ Applicants will be judged based on the following criteria: anatomy, lighting, composition, color theory, and grasp of personal style.✽ Traditional artworks are accepted and must be scanned at 300 dpi or higher.✽ If applying to be a comic artist, comic samples are encouraged but not required.✽ If accepted, page artists will be required to illustrate one (1) page art, one (1) spread art, or one (1) comic of their own choice. Comic artists can illustrate up to four (4) pages.✽ Artists may also choose to collaborate with a writer and illustrate a spot art based on their story.
Merch Artists
✽ Those applying to be a merch artist must provide three (3) completed artworks that best showcase the style you wish to illustrate for the zine.✽ At least one (1) sample must be a hard merch design, i.e. acrylic charm, buttons, enamel pin, etc. Note that while pictures of real merch are appreciated, they're not mandatory. If the design shared is intended to be produced as hard merch, this will be acceptable for the application.✽ Portfolio must include five (5) or more artworks. The three (3) samples submitted will be counted as part of the portfolio.✽ Applicants will be judged based on the following criteria: anatomy, lighting, composition, color theory, and grasp of personal style.✽ Samples of the merch type you wish to create are encouraged but not required.✽ If accepted, merch artists will be required to make two or three (2-3) merch pieces for the zine which will be assigned based on their top choices.✽ Artists may also choose to collaborate with a writer and illustrate a spot art based on their story.
Writers
✽ Those applying to be a writer must provide three (3) fanfictions in the style that best showcase the style you wish to write for the zine.✽ Each of the three (3) samples must be 2k - 2.5k words.✽ WIPs or unpublished works as well as excerpts of longer works may be submitted as samples but at least one (1) sample should be a completed and standalone work within the required word count.✽ Portfolio must have no more than five (5) pieces in it if you're submitting it as a document or drive link. This excludes works you've submitted as samples. If you're submitting an Ao3 link as your portfolio, this rule does not apply.✽ Samples depicting epistolary writing, journalistic pieces, and more experimental forms of writing are encouraged if you want to write in this style for the zine.✽ Applicants will be judged based on the following criteria: syntax, prose, characterization, and style.✽ If accepted, writers will be asked to create a complete, standalone written piece between 2k and 2.5k words.