Reverie

A Penacony Fashion Zine

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ABOUT

Reverie is an unofficial project centered around characters from Honkai Star Rail's Penacony storyline presented in a fashion magazine/tabloid-style zine! This project will feature a physical zine and merchandise by various creators.✧This project is unaffiliated with Hoyoverse.

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F.A.Q

What is a zine?
A zine is a small magazine-like self-published project centered around a specific topic or theme. They can be distributed digitally or in physical magazine- or book-like formats. Fanzines often have merchandise accompanying them, such as charms, stickers, prints, and more.✧Is there an age requirement to apply?
You must be 18 or older at time of application.✧Do I need experience with zines to apply?
No experience with zines necessary!✧Will this zine be digital or physical?
We will have a physical zine and merchandise, as well as a digital version of the zine.✧Can I apply for more than one position?
Yes, but as of now you will only be accepted for one position, with the exception of main zine page art and pin-up/burlesque page art. If you indicate interest in creating for both the main zine and the pin-up/burlesque zine, you may be accepted to create for both zines.✧How many contributors will you be accepting for each role?
Numbers are TBD pending interest check and final merch line-up, but tentative ranges are: 25-30 main zine artists, 6 spot ('ad') artists, 6-8 writers, and 6-10 merch artists. We aim for 15-20 pin-up/burlesque zine slots, counting those creating for both the main zine and pin-up/burlesque zine.✧Will this zine be SFW or NSFW?
The main zine and merchandise will be SFW. We will also produce a digital pin-up/burlesque art-only side zine, which will be available as an add-on or purchaseable alone. The pin-up/burlesque zine will not be NSFW and will be suggestive at most. We may offer the pin-up/burlesque zine as a physical add-on, pending interest (will be determined with an interest check).✧Will this zine feature shipping?
This zine will not feature shipping.✧My question isn't answered here. What should I do?
Send an email to [email protected] or ask us on Tellonym!

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• MODS
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Schedule

Dates are subject to change~

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Guidelines

General Requirements and Expectations
- Be 18+ and have a method of receiving payment, as this is a for-profit zine.
- Have a Discord or be willing to make one (zine communication will take place over Discord).
- Create your own original work for the zine - no AI, reposts/previously-made work, tracing, plagiarism, etc. Contributors found to be engaging in this will be removed.
- For the above point: referencing existing works (such as an iconic photoshoot, advertisment, or designer's style) is allowed.
- Refrain from posting their full work anywhere until after the zine has finished production and all orders have shipped out - to post snippets to socials outside of official zine previews during preorders, contributors must first get mod approval.
- All submitted samples MUST be accessible by the mod team - you can check this by opening your link on an incognito tab!
- No NSFW in your samples - if there is NSFW in your portfolio, please separately label it. NSFW on your socials is fine, so long as your account clearly indicates interaction with NSFW content.
- Lightly suggestive content and artistic nudity is fine.✧Page Artist Roles Requirements (Main, 'Ad', Pin-Up, Cover)
- 3 highlighted samples of your work that you feel best represents your style/the style you'd illustrate for the zine.
- HSR art is not required, but highly encouraged.
- Original design work is not required, but highly encouraged.
- A general portfolio is required - if linking a social media page, please make sure the mod team can easily view your body of work (if your X media page is cluttered, for example, we do not recommend linking your X account as your portfolio).
- We will ask what characters and styles you are interested in illustrating - this is only for mods to get an idea of character and style distribution, and your answers will NOT affect your chances of acceptance.
- Even if you are applying for the pin-up art role, please make sure your samples are at most suggestive, as the pin-up/burlesque zine will not feature explicitly NSFW content and at most will be suggestive.✧Writer Requirements
- 3 highlighted samples of your work that you feel best represents your style/the style you'd write in for the zine.
- At least 1 fic featuring an HSR character is required; characters appearing in the Penacony storyline/on Penacony preferred.
- Samples should be 1.5k-3k words in length, with at least one being a complete fic with a maximum of 2-2.2k words. This is to get a grasp of your ability to tell a complete, self-contained story around the word count limit of final zine pieces.
- Other samples may be excerpts, just indicate it is one.
- A general portfolio is required - we recommend a portfolio with ~6 fics. Your portfolio may include up to all of your sample fics. Fics in your portfolio may be longer than your samples.
- Clearly label any content warnings (if applicable) on your samples/on your application. No NSFW/smut should appear in your samples, and if there is any in your portfolio, please clearly label it.
- We will ask what characters and types of stories you are interested in writing (story or article or equal interest in either, ideas if you have any, etc.) - this is only for mods to get an idea of fic-type and character distribution, and your answers will NOT affect your chances of acceptance.✧Merch Artist Requirements
- 3 highlighted samples of your work that you feel best represents your style/the style you'd illustrate for the zine.
- HSR art is not required, but highly encouraged.
- Original design work is not required, but highly encouraged.
- We recommend using your samples to highlight your design work with merch types you'd most like to create for - for example, if you'd most like to design a print, a charm, or a sticker, we recommend using one sample for a print design, one sample for a charm design, and one sample for a sticker design.
- Experience producing merch is NOT required - the mod team will handle all aspects of production.
- A general portfolio is required - if linking a social media page, please make sure the mod team can easily view your body of work (if your X media page is cluttered, for example, we do not recommend linking your X account as your portfolio).
- We will ask what characters and styles you are interested in illustrating, as well as which merch types you are most interested in - this is only for mods to get an idea of character and style distribution, and how merch assignments will work. Your answers will NOT affect your chances of acceptance.✧Expectations✧Artists - Page
- Page artists are expected to create one page or spread illustration (based on mod approval/assignment).
- Artists who indicate interest in designing merch may be asked to design stretch goal merch, which will be done in addition to their main assignment.✧Artists - 'Ad'/Spot
- 'Ad'/Spot artists are expected to create 2 illustrations emulating ads found in fashion magazines; these should take up half a page or less and will be formatted with writers' fics to emulate fashion magazine layouts.
- Artists who indicate interest in designing merch may be asked to design stretch goal merch, which will be done in addition to their main assignments.✧Artists - Pin-Up/Burlesque
- Pin-Up/Burlesque artists are expected to create one page or spread (based on mod approval/assignment).
- While Pin-Up/Burlesque in nature, this piece will not contain NSFW - no total nudity, no graphic scenarios. At most, pieces may be suggestive. Mods will help make sure pieces fit this guideline if needed!
- A further note: only characters that are clearly adults physically and in characterization will be featured in this zine, given the pin-up/burlesque nature of it.✧Artists - Cover (Main or Pin-Up/Burlesque)
- Cover artists are expected to create either 2 separate pieces or a wraparound cover spread for their assigned zine.
- For the Pin-Up/Burlesque zine: this cover piece will not contain NSFW - no total nudity, no graphic scenarios. At most, the cover may be suggestive. Mods will help make sure it fits this guideline if needed!✧
Writers
- Writers are expected to create either a short story-style fic or an article/interview-style fic, which will be assigned by mods upon acceptance based on interest. Word count maximum for story-style fics is 2k, 1.5k for article-style fics, with 200-300 words of leeway if the writer goes over that count.✧Merch Artists
- Merch artists are expected to create 2 pieces of merch assigned based on indicated interest in application. Merch artists will be asked to create a 3rd piece of merch as a stretch goal, but may opt out if they want.

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Applications

• Page Art Roles - Apply Here (Main Zine, 'Ad'/Spot, Pin-Up Zine)

• Writer Role - Apply Here

• Merch Artist Role - Apply Here

• ABOUT
• F.A.Q
• MODS
• SCHEDULE
• GUIDELINES
• APPLICATIONS

Contributors

Page Artists

Writers

'Ad' Artists

Merch Artists

Pin-Up/Burlesque Artists