A digital fanzine highlighting the OSRS LGBTQIA+ community through commentary and creative fanworks.
Find us on bsky: @osrszine.bsky.social Join the Discord: OSRS Zine Project
Website: osrs-zine.neocities.org
We are creating a a digital fanzine highlighting the OldSchool Runescape LGBTQIA+ community through creative fanworks and commentary. We invite submissions of art, fanfiction, non-fiction and more!
ZINE SCHEDULE
Sign-ups open: Sunday June 15th
Project Check-Ins: Sunday July 6th, Sunday July 27th
Showcase creators from the OSRS LGBTQIA+ community
Express support for LGBTQIA+ OSRS players and staff members
Create a record of thoughts, feelings and actions on the topic of LGBTQIA+ representation and inclusion in the game
If this pilot issue is successful, we might look to develop the zine into a regular release with each issue on a different theme. LGBTQIA+ creators and queer theming would remain a cornerstone.
COMMUNITY COMMENT
As a centrepiece to this zine, we would like to collect comments from the community on the subject of Pride in OldSchool RuneScape.
What does Pride in OSRS mean to you? (Max 250 Words)
To read more and submit a comment: https://forms.gle/f5D9V2rVXRMj2tgh7
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
As a digital zine this project isn't limited by page count, and we'd like to take as many contributions as possible. The suggestions in the guidelines below are by no means exhaustive.
ART - Pride themed OSRS art, featuring NPCS and Player Characters alike.
Digital art and traditional art with good digitisation welcome.
Illustrations should be a maximum of one A4 page.
Comics may be longer, but please let us know in advance.
FICTION - Short fiction works about queer life in Gielinor. 500-2500 words.
This could be conventional narrative fanfiction, letters or books in the style of in-game texts, or any other format you'd like to write!
Stories should have an overall hopeful focus, and be the equivalent of a G or T AO3 rating.
NON-FICTION - Articles about any aspect of OSRS and queerness, 500-2500 words.
This might be an analytical piece on the game's lore or mechanics, a journalistic piece on the history or community, or maybe an extended reflection on the community comment prompt.
AND MORE - Poetry? Interviews? Sculpture? Just ask if you have a great idea that falls outside these guidelines!
IMAGE SPECS: maximum canvas size A4, 300 DPI, RBG colour, file type .png
WRITTEN DOCUMENT SPECS: file type .odt, .docx, .rtf, .txt. AVOID .PDF.
Any images accompanying a written submission should be attached separately and follow the image specs.
PROJECT CHECK-INS
Everyone works at their own pace. The project check-ins are intended as mile markers to support you, rather than audits to be scared of. For example, for written pieces you'll probably want to have finished a full draft by the second check-in date and be into the editing phase.
NO AI
No AI tools should be used in the making of your submission. This zine is a community showcase and we want to see your earnest contribution, even if it's messy and imperfect. If you need a hand expressing yourself, feel welcome to ask the organisers or other members of the Discord server for help!
FINAL SUBMISSIONS
Email to [osrszineproject (at) gmail (dot) com] along with a bio (max 75 words).
Final Pieces Due: Sunday August 17th.
PROJECT RELEASE
The zine will be presented in digital format. It will be available hosted on our website and as a free pdf on itch.io for download.
There are no current plans for a printed release.
This zine's place of publication is in the United Kingdom. Digital copies of this zine will be deposited in the British Library and the National Library of Scotland for preservation within 1 month of publication.
This 44-page zine contains original art and writing (both fiction and non-fiction), as well as dozens of comments we collected from LGBTQIA+ players about what pride in Old School RuneScape means to them.
Download for free: https://osrszine.itch.io/osrs-pride-zine
Runescape was one of the very first communities where I began to discover myself as a kid, through adventures in a new world, fantastic stories that showed me I could be and do anything, and amazing friends and fellow adventurers I've met along the way.
I take pride in calling Gielinor a forever home-away-from-home, just as I take pride in the person I've grown into after traveling through this world over so many years. This community shaped my queer journey in more ways than I can count, and I know I'm not alone in that experience. It's something we should all get to celebrate together as a community.
Pride in OSRS shows that Jagex takes pride in us too. Deliberately throwing that celebration away washes us away right with it
- Strixxline
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Tell us your own story here (250 words max): https://forms.gle/f5D9V2rVXRMj2tgh7
or if you're interested in contributing something more to the zine; sign ups for the OSRS Pride Zine are still open: https://forms.gle/fkJ5En1qjDekNut99
Regardless of whether you are wanting to contribute to the zine or just curious about it, all are welcome and encouraged to stop by the discord: https://discord.gg/fSVdSZzHFr
For more information about the OSRS Pride Zine, please visit osrs-zine.neocities.org
Sign-Ups are now OPEN for our OldSchool RuneScape Zine celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community. We're looking for contributors- anyone is welcome to join! 🌈❤️💐
As the centrepiece to our Pride zine, we would like to collect as many comments as possible from the OSRS LGBTQIA+ community, to present as protest against Jagex management's decision to cancel already developed in-game Pride events.
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