✹ Contributors must be 16 years or older by the end of contributor applications.✹ All final pieces must be original and created specifically for this project. Previously created or published works will not be allowed.✹ As communications will mainly be done through our Discord server, as well as Discord DMs should mods need to contact a specific contributor, we request that all contributors have a Discord account.✹ If you fail to communicate with the mod team during check-ins, you may be removed from the project. We will do our best to accommodate our contributors who stay in contact; however, if mods are not able to reach you after communicated deadlines, you may forfeit your position in the zine so the project may be completed in a timely manner.✹ If you need an extension for a check-in, please request one at your earliest possible convenience.
If you have to drop out of the project, please contact a mod as soon as possible!✹ Mods retain the right to dismiss a contributor at any time for breaking server or zine guidelines. Contributors agree to these terms upon entry to the zine Discord server.✹ Contributors will retain the rights to their pieces but we request that contributors not share, sell, or post full and final iterations of their pieces until 2 weeks after our Leftovers Period or given the signal of the moderators. Sharing of previews during our preorders period (after final submissions) will be allowed. More information pertaining to sharing previews will be made, with a provided template.
✹ All applicants must be 16+ or will be turning 16 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.✹ 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 during the application process.
Check the application guidelines for each role!
✹ 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.✹ ALIEN STAGE or Mizisua samples are encouraged, but not required.✹ If accepted, page artists will be asked to contribute complete one (1) page, one (1) spread, or a one to four (1-4) paged comic centered on Mizisua.✹Artists may also choose to collaborate with a writer and illustrate a spot art based on their story.
✹ 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.✹ 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.✹ ALIEN STAGE or Mizisua samples 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 choices from their application form.✹ Artists may also choose to collaborate with a writer and illustrate a spot art based on their story.
✹ 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.✹ WIPs or unpublished works may be submitted as samples but one (1) sample should be a completed and standalone work within the required word count.✹ Each of the three (3) samples must be 1.5k - 2.5k words.✹ 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.✹ ALIEN STAGE or Mizisua samples are strongly encouraged, but not required.✹ If accepted, writers will be asked to contribute one completed fictional piece that is focused on Mizisua. Writing formats outside of the traditional fanfiction prose are allowed. Written works must be 2k to 2.5k words in length.