Happily Ever After MYSME FAMILY ZINE FAQ
What is the Happily Ever After Family Mystic Messenger Zine? It is a fanmade Zine that features our loveable Mystic Messenger crew in a happy family setting. Complete with marriage and babies! What is this project? This project intends to bring family fluff to the lives of our favorite characters from the fandom. Every character in Mystic Messenger deserves their Happily Ever After! This Zine will be completely SFW and planning for it to be about 60-70 pages long. We will also have merchandise add ons, and pdf options available.
Do we have any Guests participating in this project? We have 3 confirmed and 1 pending at this time. We will announce them along with the opening of applications, so please follow our blog to keep up to date on all the latest zine news. What do I have to do? For now, follow the blog and keep an eye out for more details. More information will be posted in the coming months. If you have any questions, we ask that you please contact the zine’s email or Tumblr. Our mods will answer your queries as soon as possible. What do I need in my portfolio? Do I need Mystic Messenger in my portfolio? We will be looking for examples of your completed illustrations and/or writings for the Mystic Messenger Fandom. We always encourage all styles for submissions -Writers please note that we are looking for one shot submissions from 1k-3k words. You may submit NSFW content in your application, but please note that this zine is completely SFW. What if I’m not selected for this project? If you’re not chosen, don’t worry. It isn’t that you hadn’t meet our criteria or that we didn’t enjoy your submissions. We have limited spots available. Please be assured every submission will debated in full before our final selection. If you were not selected, we sincerely hope that you will continue in creating amazing content for the fandom. Our current mod team is comprised of Writers: @somethinglacking - Nari @mysterious-prologue-guy - Light Artist: @sakurakimura-art - Sakura @when-stars-go-dim - Cerby
Who is going to be a part of the book/project? We are looking for about 30 artist, Merch artist (stickers, pins, ect.), and 7 writers. The estimated date for open applications is October 22nd 2018, be sure to have your work ready for submission. We all look forward to see everyone’s amazing works..
Who will be judging who gets into the book? The writer mods will be in charge of finding the best suited writers to make our vision come to life, and the artist mods will be handling the art submissions.
When is this zine going to release to the public? The books have been generally coming out 4-5 months after the submissions are complete for those that ordered physical copies and/or digital copies. Physical copies have a much wider range of completion time depending on what printer is used to make the copies. We hope to start shipping the physical book and merchandise around the end of March/beginning of April.
When will I know if I’ve been accepted? Judging starts immediately after the application deadline is over and will take place over the course of the following several days. We will post a date and time as to when the results will come out. All artists and writers who have applied will receive an email from us - acceptance or rejection - at this time as well.
When can I post my piece for the zine on social media? It’s a physical/ digital paid zine, we ask that you don’t post during and after pre-orders/fundraising campaigns. We ask that all applicants that have been chosen a part of our team, provide us with an original work. This is for charity benefit and we would like to ensure the content remains exclusive to our fans that helped support our cause.
Will I get paid? No. This is a fanmade Zine with the goal of raising funds to donate to the selected charity. All the proceeds made from this Zine will be donated to: https://www.savethechildren.net/
Where can I get the zine? We will open pre-orders for the physical book, merchandise, and pdf once we get everything in order and are well into productions. Please follow the Blog for further information about how to order the Happily Ever After Family Zine.



















