FANE MASTER POST
[Status December 1st 2023. Issue 1 now available in digital and print-on-demand formats! www.FANEmag.com | Currently accepting submissions of all kinds for Issue 2.]
{Contributors/contributions per category for next issue: Art (0), Photography (0), Interviews (0), Music Reviews (0), Print (0), Articles (0), Random (0), Letters (0)}
FANE is a digital & print zine with the intent to lift up artists of all kinds and expose them to new audiences. In every issue I hope to feature Musicians, Photographers, Illustrators, Poets, Painters, etc., along with life testimonials from marginalized peoples (are you a gender non conforming POC in the Crust Punk scene? I wanna know what thatās like. Are you transitioning in a rural area and want to share your experience? I want to help you do that. Do you love transgressive writing and like picking it apart? I wanna read those book reviews.). I am actively seeking out creatives in the LGBTQIA+ community who make the kinds of works that donāt get the attention or respect of mainstream queer culture. That said, FANE is all encompassing and we welcome submissions from peoples of all different walks of life (from CisHet to TransQueer, and everything before, in between, and after).
FANE is 100% volunteer. Everyone involved is donating their time and content. The digital version of the zine is available completely free. The print version will full color A4 Print-on-Demand by Lulu.com Any kind of profits made or donations received will go towards building an online presence, securing future hosting/domain related fees, etc.
Examples of what weāre looking for:
Music Reviews, Live Show Reports, Photography, Painting, interviews (both interviewers and those willing to be interviewed), indie film makers, queer activists/artists, anything that defies convention, short stories, poetry, anyone willing to share honestly their struggles with mental health or other health issues, anyone into body modification, anyone with an unconventional body structure comfortable showing their body and discussing it, anyone willing to share terrifying personal experiences theyāve overcome, comedic works as prose or illustration, sex workers willing to share what their lives are like. Anything & anyone who deserves their ā15 minutesā currently denied by surface culture. Contributions donāt have to be small, and you donāt have to do any page layout/framing (we can set up the pages from your content/files). āŖAesthetic: glitchy, dark, dusty, ash, noise, industrial, goth, experimental electronics, metal, punk, esotericaā¦ā¬
Examples of what weāre NOT looking for:
Pornography, edgelord shit for the sake of edgelord shit, right wing/conservative bullshit, Racists, animal cruelty, white nationalist propaganda, Nazi sympathizers, homophobes, transphobes, sexists, and other generally shitty human garbage. This doesnāt mean journalistic articles about such things canāt find inclusion, just that I donāt want to print the actual things themselves. āŖFor legal reasons, weāre also not accepting fandom art, fan fiction, etc. We respect those of you who create such things, itās just theyāre not a good fit for us.ā¬
All submissions to FANE must be your original work or works you have the legal right to use. When submitting, you give FANE the right to reproduce your material in perpetuity within the context of magazine print runs, website/blog postings, publishing collected editions of the zine, etc. (weāre not going to sell your works as prints or shirts or mugs or any kind of similar shenanigans). You are NOT giving us exclusive rights to anything, and your works will always be yours to do with as you wish outside of the zine.
No matter what youāre submitting, we ask everyone for a photo of themselves in the portrait orientation. If you are uncomfortable sharing a photo of yourself, we can go with an artistic interpretation or simply a āNo Photo Availableā generic pic. Thereās also a short questionnaire. Any question you donāt want to answer, you can put āNo Commentā or something sassy, etc. The Bio bit should only be about a paragraph (2-5 sentences).
Name:
Age:
Pronouns:
Gender:
Location:
Primary Medium:
Other Mediums:
Bio:
Links:
For each visual artist that has contributed so far, Iāve created a Bio page for the issue. I donāt know how that will translate to written works (would make sense for poetry submissions, or long journalistic works, but probably not for short reviews, know what I mean?), but better to have the info/pic and not need it than the other way around.
Please make sure to include a direct link, or links, to your work. You can also send files via email, but keep in mind weāre not touching anything that looks shady (Archives, Executables, etc). Also be sure to tell us what it is we should be looking at, and what your contribution idea is (Example: Photographer who provides links to their photos and states they want to share new works for the zine.)
Questions? Suggestions? Contributions? You can contact me here on tumblr or use FANEmag at gmail. Iām working on other communication methods as well, but Iām an Elder Millennial so please be patient with me :)
Feel free to reblog/spread far & wide.
Here are some visuals from Issue 1 to give you an idea of what the overall āvibeā of the zine is. The full issue can be downloaded for free from FANEmag.com
Asked & Answered:
* Hey! What does the name FANE mean/stand for?
Itās a noun. It means a church or temple. Iām not a religious person, but the most spiritual I feel is when Iām submersed in the arts, hence the name choice. Major world religions arenāt exactly friendly to the LGBTQIA+ community, so the zine, in my head at least, is an alternate experience where people can find community, inspiration, and acceptance.
Iām a self deprecating sarcastic asshat too, so the fact it rhymes with āfeignā as in āto feign interest in this boring zineā is absolutely intentional. As is the fact that itās a four letter āFā word :)
* Who are you?
Hi, my nameās Rob, and Iām an alcoholic (recovering). Iām a married cisgendered gay white male who uses he/him pronouns living on the East Coast USA. Iām medicated for anxiety and depression, and I believe I may have undiagnosed ADHD and/or ASD. Iām an amateur creative thatās been doing the best I can for the last 30 or so years with zero professional training. Iāve put out a good chunk of experimental music, some of which is still available online (āVermilion Skyā is my best if you go looking). Iāve also collaborated with other musicians, labels, etc. Iām currently working on histological and minimal photography, as well as graphic design and illustration (digital).
