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Good evening, everyone! Applications are now open! Reblogs are appreciated, so please share this around and tell all your friends!! If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to DM us. You can apply HERE.

LOOKING FOR ARTISTS AND WRITERS!

UNITED! is a for-profit original zine (digital and physical!) targeted to men and women of all ages for empowerment and going against the norm. This could be showing love towards their bodies (for example, boys who are not that muscular as others/girls who are not 'curvy' or do not fit the 'hourglass figure' standard, etc.), love towards their occupation (a man being a makeup artist or a woman begin a wrestler), love towards their sexuality (gay pride, trans pride, polyamorous couples, non-binary, etc.), love towards their family (a jock who adores their 'nerd' family), love towards their personality (narcissist looking at themselves in the mirror, 'emo' rocking out to music) , and much, much more. Overall, just pride in themselves! We were initially planning to accept 20 artists, 5 writers and merchandise artists! (25 in total) but it depends on how many sign up!

UNITED! Applications:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUHn7-KkG2sBjA9IoWAQDuP_86RgNWOUNg3q5db6kiOtI5xA/viewform

Guidelines:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QXb2nTTCarB_1DKuM_o4DL6QZX6QQ-ecseLVD8B0USI/edit

Make sure to show samples and portfolios suitable for the position you pick! 

Applications end on the 23rd of May and the contributors will be announced a week after! We will keep you all updated on the schedule later on (: <3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/unitedzine For any questions, contact us on Curiouscat! Curiouscat: https://curiouscat.qa/unitedzine

~~ARTIST APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!!~~

Hello Starlight! I’m happy to announce a new zine dedicated to Steven Universe, Beach City: Gemcation. Over the past week, the other Diamonds (our mods) and I were working on finalizing the information. We thought it would be a fun idea to put our favorite characters and new characters (gemsonas) in different types of seasons! (Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.)

We are looking for 25 artists (traditional and digital artist) as well as 5 merch-only artists. We are not judging you on your skill, but how well your art style goes with everyone else’s.

This zine is a non-profit zine, but we will be trying to fund it through Kickstarter. Any extra money will be donated to charity. Our charity of choice is the Ali Forney Center. (I will link their info below.) We will be shooting for a March pre-order because the holidays are busy and I will be in another Kickstarter in Feb. If the Kickstarter is not fully funded, all artists will vote to order a bulk of zines to sell in their stores AND will receive a PDF of the zine.

Schedule: - Sep 2 // Zine apps open - Sep 16 // Zine apps close - Sep 23 // Sending out acceptance/rejection emails - Sep 30 // Creation period begins - Oct 3 // More information about the zine/artists/mods is announced - Oct 14 // First WIP check-in - Oct 21 // Last day to drop out of the zine/back up artists will be recruited into the zine - Jan 6 // Zine merchandise submission deadline - Jan 13 // Final WIP check-in - Jan 27 // Final zine submissions - Mar 1 // Pre-orders open - Mar 31 // Pre-orders close

RULES: - ABSOLUTELY NO GORE, GENDERBENDING, or NSFW! - Comic creators will receive ONE page unless we have accepted them for two pages. - For your Portfolio, you MUST HAVE AT LEAST THREE COMPLETED WORKS! One of those three MUST HAVE some sort of background, detailed or just a simple background. If you are creating a new gemsona, you MUST HAVE AT LEAST TWO WIPs OF YOUR GEMSONA! - If you are submitting traditional art, you must submit a high res scan, clean copy ready to be printed. - If you are submitting digital art, you must submit a high res .jpg ready to be printed. - All artwork submitted must be submitted in a standard zine size (6.625" x 10.25"), a minimum of 300 DPI, and in CMYK.

Our charity of choice: https://www.aliforneycenter.org/about-us/

Artist Application: https://goo.gl/forms/CwH2ponQBm5M4xNI3

Thank you so much for 20+ applications in just around 9 hours! This is insane! Though we are still looking for more and more artists and writers! so if anyone else wants to apply, the applications are open until the 23rd of May!

Hello, Starlight! Welcome to a Steven Universe fan zine, "Beach City: Gemcation." This zine will contain illustrations of your favourite characters as well as some new gemsonas in the different seasons/holidays!

This zine will be a non-profit zine. If there happens to be money left over from the zine after funding, all of it will go to charity. The charity we have chosen is the Ali Forney Center. Please click on the link below to read more about this charity! https://www.aliforneycenter.org/about-us/

Rules: - ABSOLUTELY NO GORE, GENDERBENDING, or NSFW! - Comic creators will receive ONE page unless we have accepted them for two pages. - For your Portfolio, you MUST HAVE AT LEAST THREE COMPLETED WORKS! One of those three MUST HAVE some sort of background, detailed or just a simple background. If you are creating a new gemsona, you MUST HAVE AT LEAST TWO WIPs OF YOUR GEMSONA! - If you are submitting traditional art, you must submit a high res scan, clean copy ready to be printed. - If you are submitting digital art, you must submit a high res .jpg ready to be printed. - All artwork submitted must be submitted in a standard zine size (6.625" x 10.25"), a minimum of 300 DPI, and in CMYK. If you do not follow these rules, we will deny your application or remove you from the zine. If removed from the zine, we will ask you once to change your design.

Schedule: - Sep 2 // Zine apps open - Sep 16 // Zine apps close - Sep 23 // Sending out acceptance/rejection emails - Sep 30 // Creation period begins - Oct 3 // More information about the zine/artists/mods is announced - Oct 14 // First WIP check in - Oct 21 // Last day to drop out of the zine/back up artists will be recruited into the zine - Jan 6 // Zine merchandise submission deadline - Jan 13 // Final WIP check in - Jan 27 // Final zine submissions - Mar 1 // Pre-orders open - Mar 31 // Pre-orders close

Application: https://goo.gl/forms/tBCpb4wlkexM2eFg1

Thank you for almost 100 applications!But that does NOT mean that the zine applications are closed! We have 12 more days left! So make sure to mark your spots and apply for this self-empowering zine! 

APPLICATIONS: (Deadline: 23rd May)

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScUHn7-KkG2sBjA9IoWAQDuP_86RgNWOUNg3q5db6kiOtI5xA/viewform

Want more information about this zine? Check out this post!

https://united0zine.tumblr.com/post/617348208019030016/united-a-self-love-zine

We also now have a rough schedule! Though dates may change slightly later-

https://united0zine.tumblr.com/post/617404086904586240/united-a-self-love-zine-rough-schedule

Have any questions? Contact us on CuriousCat!