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Macro Zine Update: name, deadlines, and guidelines
12 years ago
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Hey guys. Things have been moving pretty fast with the zine and have changed quite a bit.
The title of the zine as of now is LOOM!: all things big and small . Since I'm trying to have a good representation of both macro and micro themed art, this title seems to be vague enough to cover all bases.
So here are the stats of the first issue thus far:
Featured artist:
crateis a great artist new to the macrofur community
Other confirmed artists:
At this time I'm looking to get at least four more confirmed artists, so drop me a PM if you're interested.
Featured Writer:
rwolf5
Other confirmed writers:
& 
Don't be discouraged if your stuff didn't make it in, I'm always looking for work to put in future issues :)
I'd also like to give thanks to
bennie 
wolfkidd and Mr. Terry Wessler (not sure if he's on FA) for using their experience to give indispensable advice and encouragement.
Oh, and who could forget?
The one...
The only...
(There, I hope he likes that :3)
For helping with artist connections and being a wealth of different ideas.
Anyways, back to business.
Revised Submission Guidelines:
Visual art:
-Will be printed in grey-scale, 8.5x5.5" in portrait format
-Can range anywhere from G to XXX
-Must be submitted in .GIF, .PNG, or compressed .TIFF format
Written art:
-Must be between 1000 and 2500 words
-Can range anywhere from G to XXX
-Must be submitted in .TXT or .RTF format
Please send submissions to:
atticuspamer[at]gmail.com
or PM me if you use dropbox, things like that.
More refinements will be added in the future~
Deadlines:
The deadline for the first issue is August 15th
If that seems too soon then say so, but that's where it is right now.
I'm thinking of September 15th as the deadline for the second issue, which would come out in October as a fall issue.
Does this seem too soon? Would a November issue work better? Should I wait until January and skip to a winter issue?
I'd like to hear people's thoughts on the matter.
As always, I'm looking for submissions and suggestions/fun ideas, so don't hesitate to PM me :)
More to come.
-freder
The title of the zine as of now is LOOM!: all things big and small . Since I'm trying to have a good representation of both macro and micro themed art, this title seems to be vague enough to cover all bases.
So here are the stats of the first issue thus far:
Featured artist:
crateis a great artist new to the macrofur community Other confirmed artists:
At this time I'm looking to get at least four more confirmed artists, so drop me a PM if you're interested.
Featured Writer:
rwolf5Other confirmed writers:
& 
Don't be discouraged if your stuff didn't make it in, I'm always looking for work to put in future issues :)
I'd also like to give thanks to
bennie 
wolfkidd and Mr. Terry Wessler (not sure if he's on FA) for using their experience to give indispensable advice and encouragement. Oh, and who could forget?
The one...
The only...
~~~~:| 
|:~~~~
Dragonien(There, I hope he likes that :3)
For helping with artist connections and being a wealth of different ideas.
Anyways, back to business.
Revised Submission Guidelines:
Visual art:
-Will be printed in grey-scale, 8.5x5.5" in portrait format
-Can range anywhere from G to XXX
-Must be submitted in .GIF, .PNG, or compressed .TIFF format
Written art:
-Must be between 1000 and 2500 words
-Can range anywhere from G to XXX
-Must be submitted in .TXT or .RTF format
Please send submissions to:
atticuspamer[at]gmail.com
or PM me if you use dropbox, things like that.
More refinements will be added in the future~
Deadlines:
The deadline for the first issue is August 15th
If that seems too soon then say so, but that's where it is right now.
I'm thinking of September 15th as the deadline for the second issue, which would come out in October as a fall issue.
Does this seem too soon? Would a November issue work better? Should I wait until January and skip to a winter issue?
I'd like to hear people's thoughts on the matter.
As always, I'm looking for submissions and suggestions/fun ideas, so don't hesitate to PM me :)
More to come.
-freder
Also, really happy with the LOOM! Name! <3
For the rest: Best of luck. ;3
I think if it comes down to it I'll make the next deadline October 15th and release the fall issue in November.
Oh btw. was just thinking about this the other night: What about stories and comics? =3
I know they're allowed but I was wondering of how many pages they should (or can) consist.
I imagine since 'many' people contribute that the page-count of the entire magazine would be around 20-29 and I know that stories as well as comics can take up a lot of pages. (like the ones 5-D draws for example)
So I was thinking: How about make a 'max' page list for stories and comics, like say: 5 pages max, so that you're not printing 100-pieces of paper because 'some idiot' thought it'd be a 'wonderful' idea to post his enitre Graphic novel in your comic. =P
Unless of course it's on a 'one-page-per-person' basis, then it won't be neccessary... just thinking out loud here. ^_^
As for comics, I suppose they could be anywhere from 1 to 4 pages. Anything beyond that and I would probably opt to publish them in sections across more than one issue. The same would apply for stories, but I would give them a bit more creative control over breaks between sections to retain a proper narrative flow.
This being a quarterly, I would eventually like to expand LOOM! to about 80 to 90 pages (2x that of the current issue) to keep people interested between releases.
If it gets to the point where the zine is large enough to publish 3000 to 5000 word stories, I may try splitting the stories into sections within the same issue or seeing if I can get illustrations made so it's not just endless pages of text with some art in between.