Hi there, welcome to the Deep Space Halloween Zine information zone Mark II, where I try to give all the pertinent information about the second edition of the zine in one handy post.
Please read this entire post in its entirety before starting to make anything for this zine!
If you have any questions, feel free to send an ask! I will be happy to answer any questions you have. :)
Submission Rules
Fandom
This is a Deep Space Nine zine, so please make sure your submissions focus on Deep Space Nine and its characters. However, characters from other trek shows are welcome as "guest stars" in your works.
Post/Pre-Canon works are welcome so long as they focus primarily on characters from the show (including side characters)
Theme
This zine will be (very loosely) Halloween themed! The works can be about halloween itself, or they can be spooky, or even just fall themed. This is a very, very loose theme, so don't stress out too much about it!
Format and Cost
This zine will be released digitally and be completely free on the Deep Space Halloween Zine itch.io page (where you can also download the first issue of the zine, wink wink)
Acceptable Mediums
Fanfiction (up to 5000 words)
Fan art
Comics (up to 4 pages)
Photo Manips/Collages
Poetry/Original Song Lyrics
(Photos of) sculptures, dioramas, cake art
Basically if it can be put on a piece of paper, it can be eligible!
Zine Cover
If you would like to submit a cover for this zine, please do!
If you submit a cover, it must include the name of the zine (Deep Space Halloween Zine) the issue number (Issue 2) and the year (2026). It should not include signatures or watermarks (credit will of course be listed inside the zine itself).
Covers can be your own art, or can be a photo manipulation.
In the case that multiple covers are submitted, all covers that don't make it to, well, the cover, will be featured as full pages at the end of the zine as "alternate covers," like collected editions of comics do!
Qualifications
You do not need to be an experienced artist/writer/cake decorator/whatever to contribute to this zine!
In fact, beginners are both welcome and encouraged to participate!
Rating
To keep this zine friendly for everyone, we will not be accepting explicit content.
Please keep your works to a rating of Teen+ or lower, or PG-13.
Since this is a Halloween themed zine, blood and gore is allowed, as long as it fits a PG-13 rating (use your favourite search engine to find a list of PG-13 horror movies if you need a reference point).
Ships
You can feature ships in your work, or no ships at all if that's more your style.
Ships between minors and adults should be avoided.
AI Generated Work
AI generated work is strictly not allowed.
Don't do it. I will know. And I will find you.
Exclusivity
All works submitted must not have already been posted elsewhere.
All works submitted should remain unposted until the zine is released on Halloween, after which you are allowed to share your work on Tumblr/AO3/Wherever.
Deadlines
Submissions are due on 30 September 2026!
The zine will be released on 31 October 2026!
Submitting Works
Please email your submissions to [email protected] using the form linked below.
Submissions that do not include a filled out form will not be accepted.
Art/Collages/Photos should be in png or jpeg format. Zine pages will be 2550(W)x3300(H)px. Your image does not need to match these proportions, but please make sure that your image can be scaled to fit within these boundaries.
Written works should be submitted as a PDF.
Submission Form:
💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Deep Space Halloween Zine Issue 2 Submission Form · Please include this form with your submissions and email it to spacedog
Anyone else think the reason ds9 deeply resonates with Queer people is because, at its Heart, its about a third space created but a group of patriotic people fundamentally alienated from their own people. Like obviously garak and quark but consider how were told in the first episode that Kira has been sent there to get her "out of the way" of the civilian government, how the things shes needed to do to both survive and secure their freedom seem deeply uncomfortable to all the civilian leaders. Dax considering both Joran and her eagerness towards reassociation make her basically a non entity on Trill. Bashir takes a while but the augment reveal puts him firmly in this Category. Obriens difficulty with his ptsd and moving passed personal préjudices puts him at odds with a lot of federation ideals. Siskos deep trauma around the loss of his wife and inability to move pass this, makes him very inconvenient to a federation desperate to pass itself off as a Utopia. He then becomes more and more unacceptable as he leans further into his role as in emissary, with the federation seemingly very uncomfortable with this religious expression. Jesus, Worf begins his tenure by getting himself exiled from klingon space.
Like idk, I dont think its all that shocking a Bunch of Queer people most liked the show about having a complicated relationship with your culture and never being allowed to go home.
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