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[elfwreck]

Let's Try for a Spice! Hugo Award!

Title: Spice: The MXTX Food Zine

Creators: Stiltonbasket, Czeriah, NinjaKK

URL: https://mxtxfoodzine.carrd.co/ 

2025 was its 4th issue. 

The Hugo Awards are one of the most prestigious awards in science fiction, and one of them is for "Best Fanzine." The rules are (emphasis added):

Best Fanzine. Any generally available non-professional periodical publication devoted to science fiction, fantasy, or related subjects that by the close of the previous calendar year has published four (4) or more issues (or the equivalent in other media), at least one (1) of which appeared in the previous calendar year, that does not qualify as a semiprozine or a fancast, and that in the previous calendar year met neither of the following criteria: (1) paid its contributors or staff monetarily in other than copies of the publication, (2) was generally available only for paid purchase.

(Note that "previous calendar year" means 2025, because this is referring to the 2026 Hugo Awards.)

Normally, Best Fanzine goes to a newsletter or blog, something that does reviews or fandom news articles. A fanfic zine has never been a finalist. This is because (among other reasons):

Very few fanfic-and-fanart zines have multiple issues anymore, and

There is a very strong anti-fanfic contingent among Hugo nominators and voters.

I want Spice! The MXTX Food Zine to get on the ballot this year. (I don't think we have a chance of winning, because there is a lot of anti-fanfic hostility.)

Spice, The MXTX Food Zine

Carrd for the free MXTX Food Zine, Spice

But we're eligible and I'd love to see us get on the ballot. https://www.wsfs.org/rules-of-the-world-science-fiction-society/ has the relevant rules; anyone who had a membership for LACon as of December 31 of last year, or who had a WSFS or attending membership at Seattle last year, can nominate for this year's Hugo Awards. If you had a membership last year and weren't planning on nominating for the Hugos - please consider doing so! Nominations will close on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 9:00am Pacific Time / 12:00pm Eastern Time / 4:00pm GMT.

[elfwreck]

Let's Try for a Spice! Hugo Award!

Title: Spice: The MXTX Food Zine

Creators: Stiltonbasket, Czeriah, NinjaKK

URL: https://mxtxfoodzine.carrd.co/ 

2025 was its 4th issue. 

The Hugo Awards are one of the most prestigious awards in science fiction, and one of them is for "Best Fanzine." The rules are (emphasis added):

Best Fanzine. Any generally available non-professional periodical publication devoted to science fiction, fantasy, or related subjects that by the close of the previous calendar year has published four (4) or more issues (or the equivalent in other media), at least one (1) of which appeared in the previous calendar year, that does not qualify as a semiprozine or a fancast, and that in the previous calendar year met neither of the following criteria: (1) paid its contributors or staff monetarily in other than copies of the publication, (2) was generally available only for paid purchase.

(Note that "previous calendar year" means 2025, because this is referring to the 2026 Hugo Awards.)

Normally, Best Fanzine goes to a newsletter or blog, something that does reviews or fandom news articles. A fanfic zine has never been a finalist. This is because (among other reasons):

Very few fanfic-and-fanart zines have multiple issues anymore, and

There is a very strong anti-fanfic contingent among Hugo nominators and voters.

I want Spice! The MXTX Food Zine to get on the ballot this year. (I don't think we have a chance of winning, because there is a lot of anti-fanfic hostility.)

Spice, The MXTX Food Zine

Carrd for the free MXTX Food Zine, Spice

But we're eligible and I'd love to see us get on the ballot. https://www.wsfs.org/rules-of-the-world-science-fiction-society/ has the relevant rules; anyone who had a membership for LACon as of December 31 of last year, or who had a WSFS or attending membership at Seattle last year, can nominate for this year's Hugo Awards. If you had a membership last year and weren't planning on nominating for the Hugos - please consider doing so! Nominations will close on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at 9:00am Pacific Time / 12:00pm Eastern Time / 4:00pm GMT.

[mxtxfoodzine]

MXTX Food Zine Creator Sign-ups: LAST CALL!

Sign-ups for the 2026 edition of the MXTX Food Zine close today! If you'd like to know more about the project timeline and fanwork requirements, refer to this post.

You can find the sign-up form here.

[mxtxfoodzine]

MXTX Food Zine 2026: Creator Sign-ups Open!

Hi everyone! Creator sign-ups for the fifth edition of the MXTX food zine are now live at this link, so please make sure to fill out the form and join the zine discord (linked in the sign-up form) by January 15 if you want to join. Recipe sign-ups will open on January 16.

Event info and FAQs can be found here. For future updates, follow this account!

The tentative production schedule is as follows:

January 16: Recipe claims open.

February 4: Recipe claims close. Everyone needs to have picked a dish by this date, but the recipe itself does not need to be finalized until May 5. If you need to change your dish/recipe later, you can do this by editing your row on the claims spreadsheet.

March 10: First check-in.

May 5: Second check-in. Recipes must be tested and submitted by this date.

June 10: Last day for recipe confirmations.

July 5: Final check-in

August 5: All final works due.

August to September: Editing phase. All participants are required to have their work beta read as many times as necessary.

September: Design stage. Anyone with emergency extensions may keep working during this time. Participants can also edit their completed works.

September to October: Design team completes zine. Be ready to check your entries for typos at any point during this time.

October 31: RELEASE DATE

[bye-bye-bye-binary]

I hope everyone who said transmascs, transneutrals, and trans men are protected from direct legal attacks understand how the FDA warnings aren't surprising. Like at all.

(Here's two of them: TomboyX and Untag)

Binders have been under scrutiny forever. One day they cause breast cancer; the next they collapse both lungs if you wear it for more than three hours. They hide the body gave you even though at the same time, they *should* be hidden. Just not like a boy.

According to TERFSs, binders are part of the tranny agenda to indoctrinate young girls into mutilating themselves. Trying to cement binders as medical devices rather than gender-affirming apparal is literally nothing but ROGD rhetoric treating transmasculinity as a plague ruining future housewives.

By their logic, *all* shapewear, including those made for women, should need FDA approval. TomboyX doesn't even sell binders. They're sold as compression bras and the site mentions trans and gnc ppl. You don't see sports bras marketed towards cis people qualified as medical devices.

The obvious loop holes would be to either go the Underworks direction, which requires time and many FDA approvals, or to wipe any mention of trans ppl from the sites designed to help us. It's just another attempt to make the US forget transmascs exist.

And for anyone who needs a reason to care other than this, many tgirls I know have used high compressions bras, trans tape, and even binders to boymode for their safety. Treating them like medical treatments enforces that transness is a mental illness for the entire community.

[bye-bye-bye-binary]

Quick addition that I should have included: this also affects a lot of intersex ppl, which is equally important whether trans or cis. Would love people to RB with this!

[noah-wyles]

'i don't like pairing'

'i hate this fandom'

'i don't want to read noncon/dubcon'

'i don't like 'x/y/z' and i shouldn't have to read it'

'i hate this character'

'i don't want to read explicit stories'

a resolution for you:

[red-pearl-white-flower]

Commissions are open!! DM to secure a slot :3

[mxtxfoodzine]

MXTX Food Zine 2026: Creator Sign-ups Open!

Hi everyone! Creator sign-ups for the fifth edition of the MXTX food zine are now live at this link, so please make sure to fill out the form and join the zine discord (linked in the sign-up form) by January 15 if you want to join. Recipe sign-ups will open on January 16.

Event info and FAQs can be found here. For future updates, follow this account!

The tentative production schedule is as follows:

January 16: Recipe claims open.

February 4: Recipe claims close. Everyone needs to have picked a dish by this date, but the recipe itself does not need to be finalized until May 5. If you need to change your dish/recipe later, you can do this by editing your row on the claims spreadsheet.

March 10: First check-in.

May 5: Second check-in. Recipes must be tested and submitted by this date.

June 10: Last day for recipe confirmations.

July 5: Final check-in

August 5: All final works due.

August to September: Editing phase. All participants are required to have their work beta read as many times as necessary.

September: Design stage. Anyone with emergency extensions may keep working during this time. Participants can also edit their completed works.

September to October: Design team completes zine. Be ready to check your entries for typos at any point during this time.

October 31: RELEASE DATE

[mxtxfoodzine]

MXTX Food Zine: Round Five!

Greetings, MXTX fans! It’s December again, which means that the interest check for the fifth edition of the MXTX Food Zine is now live!

Please fill it out by December 19 if you intend to join, so we can get an idea of how many people will be participating this year. Sign-ups will open on December 20, 2025 and close on January 15, 2026.

Some specs for newcomers: the MXTX Food Zine is free, SFW, and 100% digital, with at least one dish/recipe per entry. After creator sign-ups, creators can reserve their chosen recipes on a first-come first-serve basis.

For more information, check out the FAQ below. You can read the previous releases here: 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025

1. What’s a food zine?

Entries to the zine consist of recipes paired with one or more fanworks. For example, you can contribute a recipe and accompanying fic or fanart that involves the recipe or dish in some way. Artists can contribute illustrated recipe cards (check our previous issues for examples) instead of traditional fanart.

Contributors can also collaborate to create a single entry.

Please note that dishes featured in previous editions cannot appear again in the 2026 release.

2. Who can join? What’s the application process?

There is no application process. This is not a charity zine, so it will be 100% digital and free for downloading after it’s completed. Anyone in the MXTX fandoms is welcome to sign up.

3. What kind of recipes are allowed?

Any and all recipes are allowed. They don’t need to be traditional Chinese recipes or recipes related to the dishes mentioned in MXTX’s novels.

4. When will the zine be released?

The release date is tentatively set for October 31, 2026.

5. What are the rules about content?

The only hard and fast rule is that entries must be SFW and fall safely within a T rating according to AO3 standards. Other than that, it’s up to you: you can include your favorite rarepairs, draw crossover art, write all kinds of AUs, etc.  

6. Do I have to fill out the interest check to join the zine?

No, but please fill it out anyway if you can! :)

[mxtxfoodzine]

MXTX Food Zine: Round Five!

Greetings, MXTX fans! It’s December again, which means that the interest check for the fifth edition of the MXTX Food Zine is now live!

Please fill it out by December 19 if you intend to join, so we can get an idea of how many people will be participating this year. Sign-ups will open on December 20, 2025 and close on January 15, 2026.

Some specs for newcomers: the MXTX Food Zine is free, SFW, and 100% digital, with at least one dish/recipe per entry. After creator sign-ups, creators can reserve their chosen recipes on a first-come first-serve basis.

For more information, check out the FAQ below. You can read the previous releases here: 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025

1. What’s a food zine?

Entries to the zine consist of recipes paired with one or more fanworks. For example, you can contribute a recipe and accompanying fic or fanart that involves the recipe or dish in some way. Artists can contribute illustrated recipe cards (check our previous issues for examples) instead of traditional fanart.

Contributors can also collaborate to create a single entry.

Please note that dishes featured in previous editions cannot appear again in the 2026 release.

2. Who can join? What’s the application process?

There is no application process. This is not a charity zine, so it will be 100% digital and free for downloading after it’s completed. Anyone in the MXTX fandoms is welcome to sign up.

3. What kind of recipes are allowed?

Any and all recipes are allowed. They don’t need to be traditional Chinese recipes or recipes related to the dishes mentioned in MXTX’s novels.

4. When will the zine be released?

The release date is tentatively set for October 31, 2026.

5. What are the rules about content?

The only hard and fast rule is that entries must be SFW and fall safely within a T rating according to AO3 standards. Other than that, it’s up to you: you can include your favorite rarepairs, draw crossover art, write all kinds of AUs, etc.  

6. Do I have to fill out the interest check to join the zine?

No, but please fill it out anyway if you can! :)

[hopesbarnes]

im curious. put in the tags if you have siblings, how many and if you’re an only child, oldest, middle, or youngest. i feel like this tells a ton about you

[red-pearl-white-flower]

My Hualian piece for the @mxtxfoodzine ! If you haven't yet, please check it out! It's free! And tasty!

[theargylegargoyle]

Reblog if you think it’s okay to platonically say “I Love You” to your friends

[pixie-mage]

Slams the reblog button so damn fast

[ezrasarm]

[king-of-oreo]

UM OBVIOUSLY

I do that all the time

[hanguangjunn]

MDZS JP AUDIO DRAMA x MIMI (mdzs cafe) 「鳥獣遊戯」 🪽 series 💙❤️💛💜🤍💚🖤

[habunnn]

MXTX Spice Zine is finally out!!! Here is one of the contributions I made in collaboration with @horsegirlwarcrimes! I very much enjoyed reading their fic and creating this art 💜 (and pushing the bingliushen agenda)

pls look into the rest of the collection and check out @mxtxfoodzine for tasty recipes!!

[czeriah]

New fic !

Summary :

Mo Xuanyu just moved into a new foster family in the City of Yiling. He has a plan : being invisible. And at first, it works. But soon, he start realizing that strange things are happening in this place. There is also this weird shop he keep ending up in that's always empty....

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[czeriah]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

New chapter uploaded today !

[czeriah]

New chapter !

https://archiveofourown.org/works/73499851/chapters/193699846

[czeriah]

New fic !

Summary :

Mo Xuanyu just moved into a new foster family in the City of Yiling. He has a plan : being invisible. And at first, it works. But soon, he start realizing that strange things are happening in this place. There is also this weird shop he keep ending up in that's always empty....

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[czeriah]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

New chapter uploaded today !