FediZineFest 2024 Guidelines

Participants

• artist: someone who contributes one or more zines to the Fest
• backer: someone who contributes money to the Fest

All participants (both artists and backers) will receive:

• a package in the mail containing one copy of each physical zine submitted
• a link to a Dropbox or Google Drive (or similar) folder containing all digital zines submitted

Participant caps

Total participants will be capped at 50. Artists will be capped at 30. Physical zine submissions will be capped at 20. This is for the sake of my and the artists’ sanity(s).

For artists

Zine submissions

Zines do not have to be newly created for this event. You may absolutely share zines you have previously created. However, please do not share zines that are already freely available in the same format - we want the backers to get a good deal.

While you may submit more than one zine, I ask that you limit physical zine submissions to one zine. This is to ensure that shipping doesn’t become too unreasonable (for you OR me).

For the submission of a physical zine, you agree that:

• Your zine will be no larger than:
• For folks in the US: 8.5”x5.5” (a standard sheet of 8.5”x11” paper, folded once)
• For folks internationally: 21.0cm x 14.9cm (a standard sheet of A4 paper, folded once)
• You will print copies equal to or greater than the number of recipients
• The number of recipients will be confirmed by Jan 26th, 2024
• You will get these copies into the mail by Mar 29th, 2024

For the submission of a digital zine, you agree that:

• You will provide a print-friendly file (this may be either your only file, or one of two - a digital-only and a print-friendly variant) - print friendly here means printable on the average home printer, so please no requirements for legal paper or other unusual sizes!
• You will provide your zine file(s) by Mar 29th, 2024 via Google Drive or Dropbox or similar

Payment

Please keep in mind that this is mostly an opportunity to share and receive zines. While you will receive payment, it won’t be in significant amounts.

All transactions will use PayPal unless otherwise organized - reach out to me if PayPal is inaccessible to you. If you cannot use PayPal, you must speak to me about it before signing up so as to ensure there is a way to pay you.

For backers

Payment

As a backer, you agree that you will pay:

• A base payment of $50 - this will be split among all artists
• A shipping fee based on your location
• US: $15
• International: $30

Timeline and deadlines

Deadline 0: 12 Jan 2024

• For artist list formation

Deadline 1: 26 Jan 2024

• (Deadline 0 + 2 weeks)
• For backer list formation
• For communication to be sent out to all artists detailing the number of recipients

Deadline 2: 29 Mar 2024

• (Deadline 1 + 8 weeks)
• For art submissions

Deadline 3: 19 Apr 2024

• (Deadline 2 + 3 weeks)
• For physical zines to arrive at distributor

Deadline 4: 10 May 2024

• (Deadline 3 + 3 weeks)
• For physical zines to be packaged for shipment
• For digital zines to be organized and uploaded to shared drive

Deadline 5: 31 May 2024

• (Deadline 4 + 3 weeks)
• For physical zines to arrive at recipients
• For email to be sent out to all recipients regarding where digital zines are located