Love Words!

An all Vocaloids Zine


Love Words! is an all vocaloid zine inspired by Love Words by Deco*27. This zine will be focusing on appreciating our virtual singers, the person who made/wrote the song and our community in general! Only good vibes and nostalgia~

ZINE RELEASED

http://lovewordszine.itch.io/

Schedule

Interest Check ー 23 February until 7 March
Result ー 9 March
Mod Application ー 11 March until 17 March
Result ー 19 March
Last Accept ー 23 March
Contributor Application ー 27 March until 17 April
Result ー 23 April
Last accept ー 30 April
Pitches Due ー 7 May
First Check-In ー 4 June
Second Check-In ー 2 July
Third Check-In ー 30 July
Final Submission ー 27 August
Release ー 31 October

Guidelines

Spot Artist Guidelines
• 1-3 spots per writing piece
• 1500x1500px minimum
• 300 DPI minimum
• Save as High Quality PNG
Merch Artist Guidelines
• 300 DPI minimum
• Save as High Quality PNG
• physical will be CMYK
• digital will be RGB
Page Artist Guidelines
• 300 DPI minimum
• Save as High Quality PNG
• RGB
Writer Guidelines
• Fanfiction: 2.5k word count maximum
• Poetry: 64 line maximum

Mods

Mod Xei || Head and Graphic Mod

Remind me that Tatsuya Kitani is a vocaloid producer too.

Mod Amishy || Organization Mod

I love Eleanor Forte.

Mod nmlopez || Layout Mod

Japanese rhythm game enthusiast, anime and video game nerd

Mod Polly || Art Mod

I'm a 2010s vocaloid boomer. ask me about obscure 2010s vocaloid trivia

Mod Ro || Writing Mod

hobbies include singing really high and fast vocaloid songs for no reason other than my own self-fulfillment

Mod Melly || Merch Mod

Im a college art student who enjoys voclaoid

Intern Hikari || Art Intern

Catch me always drawing, reading, playing games, or scrolling through instagram for an unbearably long time

Intern Aster || General Intern

currently back to my harumaki gohan and easypop brainrot

faq

Q : What is a zine?
A : Zine is a magazine-like book, basically like a collaboration between artists and writers, but a big collaboration that was put together to create a zine.
Q: Will this zine be fully free or for profit?
A : This zine will be fully free! Merch and PDF zine are fully free!
Q :How many contributors are you accepting?
A : We’ll be accepting 40 artists, 20 writers, 10 spot artists and 10 merch artists. To be specific on artists amount, 30-page artists and 10 comic artists.
Q : What is the specs/theme for the zine?
A : The spec of this zine is safe for work (SFW) and the theme is rainbow-like colour. Contributors are free to choose what type of genre as long as it doesn’t go against our guidelines.
Q : Will ships be featured?
A : Unfortunately, we do not allow any romantic relationship (ships) as we would like to avoid any ships discourse and any unnecessary argument.
Q : Who can apply? Do I need any experience in the zine to contribute?
A : Everyone! (Those who are above 16 ofc) And no, you do not need any experience to contribute to this zine.

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