Dead Bat Zine: A Dead Dove Vampires SMP Zine

A zine for all Vampires SMP fanwork content, regardless of how explicit. Not associated with the all-ages Vampires SMP Zine. Current status: Contributor applications open!

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Contributor applications are now open!

If you're interested in being both a writer and an artist for the zine, you may apply through both forms. If you are accepted as both, you will be expected to work on both pieces simultaneously during the creation period. Please indicate in the comments of at least one of your application forms if you only wish to be accepted as one type of contributor, as well as if you have a preference towards being an artist or writer.

You must be 18+ to participate in this zine.

Applications will close on June 21st, 11:59 PM EST.

If you have questions you'd like answered before applying, please send us an ask!

[Artist Application]

[Writer Application]

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Contributor applications are now open!

If you're interested in being both a writer and an artist for the zine, you may apply through both forms. If you are accepted as both, you will be expected to work on both pieces simultaneously during the creation period. Please indicate in the comments of at least one of your application forms if you only wish to be accepted as one type of contributor, as well as if you have a preference towards being an artist or writer.

You must be 18+ to participate in this zine.

Applications will close on June 21st, 11:59 PM EST.

If you have questions you'd like answered before applying, please send us an ask!

[Artist Application]

[Writer Application]

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Contributor applications are now open!

If you're interested in being both a writer and an artist for the zine, you may apply through both forms. If you are accepted as both, you will be expected to work on both pieces simultaneously during the creation period. Please indicate in the comments of at least one of your application forms if you only wish to be accepted as one type of contributor, as well as if you have a preference towards being an artist or writer.

You must be 18+ to participate in this zine.

Applications will close on June 21st, 11:59 PM EST.

If you have questions you'd like answered before applying, please send us an ask!

[Artist Application]

[Writer Application]

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Would it hurt my chances if I don’t have full nsfw art pieces and just sketches instead? I sketch nsfw occasionally but i rarely actually render it (i have plenty of sfw rendered pieces to submit)

Not at all! As long as you have proof that you can draw nsfw and you're comfortable with it, we'll take that in your portfolio and won't count it being unfinished against you. Just make sure you're confident you can finish and render a nsfw piece.

If you've already submitted a portfolio without nsfw art because you didn't have any finished, feel free to update it and send us an ask to re-review your portfolio ^-^

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Contributor applications are now open!

If you're interested in being both a writer and an artist for the zine, you may apply through both forms. If you are accepted as both, you will be expected to work on both pieces simultaneously during the creation period. Please indicate in the comments of at least one of your application forms if you only wish to be accepted as one type of contributor, as well as if you have a preference towards being an artist or writer.

You must be 18+ to participate in this zine.

Applications will close on June 21st, 11:59 PM EST.

If you have questions you'd like answered before applying, please send us an ask!

[Artist Application]

[Writer Application]

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@mcytblrsource !!

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Zine Schedule

June 1st: Contributor applications open June 21st: Contributor applications close June 28th: Application result emails get sent out July 5th: Contributors pitch 2-3 ideas for their piece(s) July 12th: Contributors are assigned their prompts; the creation period begins August 2nd: Check-in 1 August 30th: Check-in 2 September 20th: Check-in 3 October 11th: Final pieces due

The mod team will then assemble the zine, with the goal of releasing the zine by October 31st.

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Contributor applications will open on June 1st! They will be open for 3 weeks, so keep an eye out! We'll also be posting the full zine schedule with applications ^-^

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Moderator applications are now closed!

Thank you to everyone who applied! Result emails are being sent out shortly.

Keep an eye out for contributor applications, as we're hoping to have those open as soon as possible!

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I saw you answered the question about who is behind the project in a general sense, but I'm not comfortable committing to a fan project unless I can see who the team running it are. I know many others are similar. Could you say who you are, specifically, please?

Hi! We were initially hesitant to publicly put our names on this project because of the harassment around adult works in the VSMP fandom, but considering we've gotten multiple requests to state who we are, we're okay with sharing!

The lead mod/organizer of this project is mossfeathers, and my fellow head mod is asheville03. If you have any questions for or about us regarding this zine, please direct them to this blog's inbox. Thank you!

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There are only FOUR more days to apply as a moderator!

If you like mature-to-explicit VSMP content, heavy gore, body horror, or anything dead-dove, and would be interested in moderating and helping to organize this zine, please consider applying! We're looking for more visual-art moderators in particular right now.

More information is on our pinned, and feel free to send us any asks with questions!

APPLY NOW!

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Heyooo!! I'm considering applying for moderator on this project but the thing holding me back is not knowing much abt the admin/s. Have you ran a zine project before? Participated in one as a mod, in any as a participant? What are your expectations for how zine formatting will occur? And, like, who are ya in general? Who are your vampires faves? Would really appreciate, if you're willing to give it, just a little info to be more comfortable committing to the zine. Feel free to answer privately if needed :) !!

We've currently got two moderators/admins, so we both wrote out a little response. Thank you for your interest!

Admin (me 👋)

Hi!! Thank you for the questions and interest! I'm the head moderator and creator of this zine, and I've moderated 3 zines, participated in 8, and run another non-zine mcyt fanproject, with experience formatting the final zine. I've also participated in 3 non-zine art/writing events. I haven't run a zine before, but I've got enough experience to know what I'm doing. I'm planning on doing all the formatting through Canva! I may decide to switch to another program after making mock-ups (which I'm going to make after I get some art mods on board), though, since I anticipate formatting a likely writing-heavy zine is going to work pretty differently to art-heavy zines I've modded in the past. As for vampires faves, I really like Avid, Cleo, Pyro, and Apo! Team Townies forever, though!

Co-Admin

I have not run a zine before but I have run and participated in a few other events, and I'm pretty experienced with moderating in general. I don't have much experience participating in zines, but I do have experience with other events and servers and such. My favorite characters are Abolish, Pyro, and Pearl. If we're counting background characters, Morcant as well!

I hope these answers are sufficient! Thanks again for the support and interest for this project, it means a lot that a more niche zine is getting people interested, even if you don't choose to apply for mod!

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Dead Bat Zine Moderator Applications Are Open!!

A play on "dead dove: do not eat", Dead Bat Zine would be a mature/explicit rated Vampires SMP fanzine. While "dead dove: do not eat" often refers to taking the tags and trigger warnings on a fic (or in this case, any fanwork) seriously, we use it to refer to any explicit tags or content warnings. This means heavy gore, sexual content, and controversial tropes such as incest and non-con.

The intent of this zine is to give people a space to collaborate on and produce NSFW VSMP fancontent in an organized project.

Moderators MUST be adults (18+) and willing to engage with any level of explicit content produced in this zine. More information is in the form.

If you have any questions you want the answer to before submitting your application, please send us an ask!

Moderator applications will be open until May 25th, and acceptances/rejections will be sent out over the following week.

Apply now!

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Thank you for all the support for the interest check! As a good number of people seem to be interested in contributing or viewing this zine, we're excited to begin to make it!

Moderator applications will be opening on Monday, May 11th! More information will be posted with the application form.

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Question: Can I contribute anonymously?

In short, yes. If you do not want your name or online username associated with this zine, you have the ability to opt out of being credited in the zine and contributor announcements. We understand that there is some hostility towards adult-centered Vampires content, and want to make sure all our contributors feel comfortable and safe.

In order to apply for the Dead Bat Zine, however, you must state your Tumblr URL and, if accepted, you must join the official server with the rest of the contributors. You cannot send in an anonymous work to be published in this zine.

Feel free to send any more questions to our inbox!

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Dead Bat Zine Interest Check

A play on "dead dove: do not eat", Dead Bat Zine would be a mature/explicit rated Vampires SMP fanzine. While "dead dove: do not eat" often refers to taking the tags and trigger warnings on a fic (or in this case, any fanwork) seriously, we use it to refer to any explicit tags or content warnings. This means heavy gore, sexual content, and controversial tropes such as incest and non-con.

The intent of this zine is to give people a space to collaborate on and produce NSFW VSMP fancontent in an organized project.

It would be run through Discord and released as free-to-download through Tumblr.

Depending on the interest expressed for this project, moderator applications will start in late May or early June and run for 2 weeks.

This form is 100% anonymous, and closes on May 16th! Thank you!

Interest Check Link

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To the anonymous asker, the form has been updated!

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Dead Bat Zine Interest Check

A play on "dead dove: do not eat", Dead Bat Zine would be a mature/explicit rated Vampires SMP fanzine. While "dead dove: do not eat" often refers to taking the tags and trigger warnings on a fic (or in this case, any fanwork) seriously, we use it to refer to any explicit tags or content warnings. This means heavy gore, sexual content, and controversial tropes such as incest and non-con.

The intent of this zine is to give people a space to collaborate on and produce NSFW VSMP fancontent in an organized project.

It would be run through Discord and released as free-to-download through Tumblr.

Depending on the interest expressed for this project, moderator applications will start in late May or early June and run for 2 weeks.

This form is 100% anonymous, and closes on May 9th! Thank you!

We had the wrong date for the form closing up, sorry for the confusion!

Interest Check Link