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MEMENTO is a Persona 3 zine that uses flower themes to follow the cast's journey through their fateful year at Gekkoukan High School.

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FAQ

✽ What is a "zine" or "fanzine"? ✽
A zine is an unofficial, fan-created "magazine" of creative work (often artwork and writing) usually focused around a particular fandom or theme.✽ What is the rating of this Zine? ✽
The zine will be rated 16+ due to the maturity rating of the original game(s). Blood and horror-esque content may be present in the zine, however, we do not allow any explicit sexual content in the zine.✽ Will the Zine be physical or digital? ✽
This will be a physical zine with merchandise and a PDF version available.✽ Are ships allowed? ✽
No explicitly romantic ships will be present in the zine.✽ Are AUs allowed? ✽
No, as the zine theme focuses on the canon school year within the game.✽ What size will this Zine be printed in? ✽
The zine will be A5 size.✽ How old do you have to be to participate? ✽
All applicants must be 16 years by the time of acceptance emails going out.✽ Will content that applicants create outside of the zine affect their acceptance? ✽
So long as your conduct is respectful and you keep your content professionally segregated, we do not care what you enjoy or have created for. Please warn for any triggering content in your application if applicable.✽ Is traditional art allowed? ✽
Yes! As long you have a high quality scan of your work and follow the template sizes provided.✽ Can I apply for multiple roles? ✽
Yes, but contributors will only be accepted for one role.✽ How many contributors are you looking for? ✽
The current contributor spread includes up to 1 cover artist, 24 illustration/spot artists, 4 writers, and 4 merch artists (max 33 contributors).✽ How will the zine contents and contributors be spread out? ✽
The zine format will have the Gekkoukan school year (Apr'09-Mar'10) split into four groups of three months each. Each group will have six artists and one writer assigned. Each artist has to include at least one flora species that is at peak bloom during the three month time period they are assigned to (a reference sheet will be provided). Writers contributions will be decided based on the interest check. Merch artists are expected to create 2 - 3 pieces of merch for the zine.✽ How will contributors be compensated? ✽
All contributors are guaranteed a free book. Profits will go towards funding shipping and upgrading compensation to a full bundle. Any leftover profit will be evenly distributed between all zine members. In the event of being unable to fund everything, contributors will be able to purchase items at production cost.

Application Guidelines

The writing/art that you display in your application should showcase the quality/style of work that you are planning to produce for the zine.This is a 16+ zine. We will not review NSFW samples. If your writing portfolio is Ao3, you may have NSFW on your account as long as it is tagged correctly. Blood and mild horror are okay.*Works featuring Persona 3 characters/universe settings are highly recommended, but not necessary.Page Artist
・Anatomy, composition, coherency: does the character look correct, is the composition of the piece interesting, and is the content of the piece understandable or visually clear?
・Backgrounds and environmental storytelling: an ability to draw full scenes that can tell a story through the setup of characters and their interactions with the environment.
・Character personality: are the characters positioned dynamically/interactively or is it a still image of a front facing character? We hope that character personality can shine through their body language and facial expression.
・For those wishing to contribute spot illustrations, character personality will be our main focus of judging alongside technical skill.Merch Artist
Similar to page artists, but with additional notes:
・Style will also be evaluated per individual merch type. For example, an artist who is good at making enamel pins must be able to communicate an idea using a limited palette of colors, but doesn’t need to draw backgrounds. Meanwhile, an artist who applies for prints must be able to draw backgrounds, and may not need to be good at using limited color palettes.
・We will evaluate merch artists for all merch positions the applicant selects when applying.Writer
・English grammar & spelling: we will use primarily American English in the zine, but any type of English for applications is ok!
・Worldbuilding, characterization: does the characterization feel realistic and do they interact in ways that make sense? How does the dialogue flow, in relation to the personality of the character?
・Story Flow: since zines have a limited number of pages, it’s important to be able to tell a fulfilling story within a set number of words (1-2k words).
・For diary/journal entry and character PoV written notes (scrapbook-esque), characterization and voice will be heavily regarded.