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Legend of Monsters Zine
For my next zine project, I'd like to put together a monster-themed zine for Halloween. If I want it to come out on October 15, that means the timeline looks like...
May 1 to July 15 - planning
July 15 to August 20 - submissions open
August 20 to October 1 - formatting
October 1 to October 15 - printing, and contributor copies mailed
October 15 - zine released
"Submissions open" posts would go up on July 15, August 1, and August 15.
I already know who I'm going to ask to create the cover. We've worked together and discussed the possibility before, and I think they'll agree. If I'm lucky, I might be able to convince them to design an original logo as well. My budget for this is about $300 ($200 for the cover, $50 for the logo, and $50 as a tip).
In addition, I'd like to invite two guest artists to create merch, and I'd pay them $50 each. This is mostly an excuse to work with two specific people I enjoy talking to, to be honest.
On top of that, I'd also like to invite two or three guest writers. The payment gets tricky here, but I'm thinking of a flat $35, which is the standard $.05 per word rate for small magazines for a 600-word piece. Although, if one writer says they're not interested, then I don't see why I can't pay the other two more.
So I what I would need to do is:
- Create a set of guidelines that will fit on two 1000x1000 pixel squares
- Create three sets of graphics for the three "Submissions open" posts
- Set up a submissions form on Google Forms
- Set up a site for the zine on Carrd
- Contact the cover artist
- Contact the merch artists
- Contact the guest writers
Also:
- think about a banner image?
- think about work of my own I can submit??
- think about a creative page layout for fiction submissions???
I want to think the Legend of Haiku zine was fairly successful despite a major pandemic-induced delay in the middle of production and my relative lack of a social media platform, and making a monster-themed Zelda zine is something I've been wanting to do for about three years now. Still, the haiku zine was something I already had a bunch of material for and didn't expect to become a zine with a lot of contributors, and this one is going to rely on contributor content. It's always a little scary to think about throwing a party that no one shows up to, but I guess I still have time to consider whether this is a good idea.
May 1 to July 15 - planning
July 15 to August 20 - submissions open
August 20 to October 1 - formatting
October 1 to October 15 - printing, and contributor copies mailed
October 15 - zine released
"Submissions open" posts would go up on July 15, August 1, and August 15.
I already know who I'm going to ask to create the cover. We've worked together and discussed the possibility before, and I think they'll agree. If I'm lucky, I might be able to convince them to design an original logo as well. My budget for this is about $300 ($200 for the cover, $50 for the logo, and $50 as a tip).
In addition, I'd like to invite two guest artists to create merch, and I'd pay them $50 each. This is mostly an excuse to work with two specific people I enjoy talking to, to be honest.
On top of that, I'd also like to invite two or three guest writers. The payment gets tricky here, but I'm thinking of a flat $35, which is the standard $.05 per word rate for small magazines for a 600-word piece. Although, if one writer says they're not interested, then I don't see why I can't pay the other two more.
So I what I would need to do is:
- Create a set of guidelines that will fit on two 1000x1000 pixel squares
- Create three sets of graphics for the three "Submissions open" posts
- Set up a submissions form on Google Forms
- Set up a site for the zine on Carrd
- Contact the cover artist
- Contact the merch artists
- Contact the guest writers
Also:
- think about a banner image?
- think about work of my own I can submit??
- think about a creative page layout for fiction submissions???
I want to think the Legend of Haiku zine was fairly successful despite a major pandemic-induced delay in the middle of production and my relative lack of a social media platform, and making a monster-themed Zelda zine is something I've been wanting to do for about three years now. Still, the haiku zine was something I already had a bunch of material for and didn't expect to become a zine with a lot of contributors, and this one is going to rely on contributor content. It's always a little scary to think about throwing a party that no one shows up to, but I guess I still have time to consider whether this is a good idea.