No pornography

No excessive gore - think somewhere around a soft M rating in a video game (additional details in the section below)

Shuake-fied recreation of an existing horror movie poster

Monsters/cryptids

Psychological horror - (for example, exploring the implications of semester 3/Mementos, or the Jail Scene ;) )

Body horror (within limitation - see below)

Paranormal

Slasher horror (within limitation - see below)

If it appears in the game, it’s good to go (think: bullet wounds, knife wounds)

Symbolic viscera (like an anatomical heart) is okay, but disembowelment and amputation will require mod approval (the level of realism plays a role)

Participants will be asked upon acceptance to provide 3 pitches for what you'd like to draw or write. Moderators will select one pitch for the participant to move forward with. This is to make sure there is balance in content across the zine, and that resulting works fall within the rating we've designated.

During check-ins, ALL content shared will be required to be tagged with appropriate content warnings. Any images shared will be required to be spoilered. This allows each participant to moderate their own comfortability with horror elements.

Gore-related content being submitted during check-ins will be submitted in its own channel. Roles will be used for participants to opt-in to having visibility into the gore related channels.

When the zine becomes available for purchase, all potential content warnings will be listed so you can decide for yourself if this zine is something for you

We will be selecting people blind. This means we will only look at the art and writing samples that are given to us without additional digging into the person’s social media presence or identity. We do not condone harassment or censorship of anyone who applies or is selected to participate.

Everyone who participates must be at least 18 years of age

Everyone who participates must have access to discord and be able to join the zine server for the sake of keeping everyone organized and informed in one place.

The applications will be open for about 1 month before participants will be selected. Please see the schedule on the main carrd page for details.

This zine will include art and writing

A5 size

This zine will be sold digitally, and we plan on a physical copy of the zine as well.

Additional TBD merch will also be available for purchase

It can absolutely be any of what you listed. As long as it is them, a representation of them, or an aspect of them.

To put it simply, it means that we don't want any fandom discourse or headcanon judgement on any participant that is selected. Just a fancy way of saying be nice and respectful to the people you'll be working alongside for the zine :)

There is no prior experience or length of time creating requirements to apply.

You're welcome to submit any existing fic you've written, and there is no requirement to write something for the application. We will be asking for 3 samples in total.

Word count is 300-3,000 (you are also welcome to provide a well-rounded snippet as opposed to an entire fic)

We will require that applicant samples have at least one example of horror or shuake!

We ask that at least one of your examples is either shuake OR horror. This and the following rubric will be provided at the time of application as a reminder:

Overall Composition: Do all of the elements of their samples make sense together?

Color/Highlight/Shading: Does the artist understand basic color theory and have a good grasp on sources of light and shadow in their pieces?

Do they show horror quality: Does it seem like the artist will be able to perform within the theme of the zine?

Overall Quality: Did the artist clearly put effort and time into their pieces?

You may use NSFW sample pieces for your application. We ask that you also include SFW as well :)

When filling out the applicant form, please add any proper content warnings for links to NSFW sample pieces.

No, artists and writers will be working and submitting independently of each other.

If someone were to drop out, we wouldn't mind hearing of a possible willing replacement to fill the gap. However, there is no guarantee we would move forward with that replacement.

We ask that every applicant review the schedule (which is posted on our carrd) and only apply if they genuinely believe that they can meet the check ins and deadline. Of course, things happen outside of our control, but we want to limit number of potential drop outs as much as possible.

Absolutely!

Unfortunately, we will not be allowing more than 3 pieces per writer as any more over that limit will be hard for us to read, score, and review in the short window of the application period. We appreciate your enthusiasm to share, though!

Regarding titles, it is okay to include those on your application if you so choose.

Finally, when it comes to handles do NOT include it on your writing sample. You will be asked to provide your handle elsewhere in your application that will be blocked from our view while reviewing samples.

Good luck to you when applying!

When contributor applications open, you will definitely be able to submit google doc links of your work.

We are going to be reviewing all applicants works removed of personal identifying information and encourage our applicants to use google docs or something similar instead of published links to share their writing with us.

Please be sure that whatever link you share with us will have open access - we will not be requesting access upon review if it is not already granted.

Yes! We will have a limited number of guest contributors.

Yes, our merch and designer mods do have experience with this and will be keeping an eye out at each check-in period to be sure everything will print as true to color as possible.

Keep in mind we will be using a CMYK color format for the files to make printing and adjustments easier on everyone.

In the event that you are using Clip Studio Paint to create your art, you will be asked to use/save PSD files to have accurate CMYK preservation.

PSD Templates will be provided with proper bleed and formatting for everyone to use.

When applying as an artist, you will have the option to select whether you are interested in doing spot art or not.

Choosing yes does not remove you from qualifying as a regular page artist, nor does it guarantee you will get a spot art position.

If you are ONLY interested in being a spot artist, please mention this on the application - there will be a freeform answer for any additional comments.

In the event that you would like to apply as both a merch and page artist, you can select both on a single application. Please keep in mind that if you are selected, you will only be selected for one role.

It would be best to put all your art uploaded to a google folder and share so anyone can view the link with us through the application form. However, individual links are also okay.

Either original or media based is ok! That's entirely up to our contributors when they decide what they want to pitch.

We are looking to see ship art or the two of them together in the same piece in some way.

As for how may pieces we are currently looking for, the plan is just 1 submission from each contributor.

As long as it's scribbled our or censored in some way, it's totally fine!

Unfortunately, no. It would be very difficult to keep track of any contributors who are a part of the project and have consistent check-ins with them if they are not in the discord. The discord will also be a one stop shop for any important announcements.

The moderators of this project. Our carrd links who the mods are and where to find them.

We are viewing them as they come in, but we will be doing a final check to make sure no updates have been made before a final decision. The last day to edit anything would be Jan 2nd, before 12PST.

If you take a look at our how to prepare to apply threads on bluesky twitter or tumblr it has a linked art rubric to show what we’re grading on. We are only asking for once piece of shuake or horror art as we know not everyone has just one or the other already drawn. Please don’t stress about what constitutes horror potential, we’re grading on technical skills first and foremost.

Per sample !

As long as you have the appropriate listed warnings attached about what we will be seeing you are more than welcome to submit it

If applying for both you can only be accepted for one spot as to allow as many different contributors as possible. If you have a preference for one over the other in your submission please say so in the area where you can pitch possible ideas for the zine. Just leave us a small note with your preference! Please also be sure to use the same email for both applications 😊

Guest artist have already been reached out to! We will be announcing them in the coming weeks

Absolutely! We’d love to see whatever our applicants have in mind 😊

We’re looking to have around 22 regular artist, 5-8 merchandise artist and 12 writers. This is not including any invited guests or mods.