knocked for six

the first raffles zine

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Update 31/Oct/2019

Dear Rafflelites, 

We realise that it has been quite some time since our last update and in light of some recent notifications, we wanted to answer some questions.

Q: Will the zine be printed in hard copy?

A: No, the zine will not be printed in a hard copy. 

We had contemplated the idea initially but due to shortages in resources and being busy people, we never got around to finding a printer in each of our respective countries that could carry out an order. As always, the zine is free to download as a PDF on Gumroad.

Q: What happened to the tip money I paid on Gumroad?

A: This money will be donated to the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees, an international charity that provides education, guidance, and food and shelter assistance to LGBT refugees while living in Turkey until they are resettled in a safe country .

Although the zine is free to download, some kind readers have given us money. Us moderators decided to make the zine freely available for accessibility reasons but also because we didn't want to worry about distributing profits amongst all the zine participants. This is the very first zine that any of us have ever helped moderate.

You can read more about the Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees on their official website.

Q: Will there be a Knocked for Six Volume 2?

A: At present, there are no plans for a second volume.

All three moderators have been busy with their various commitments to work and study. We wouldn't want to start a second volume unless we knew we could give it the care and attention it deserved. That said, we encourage everyone in this wonderful fandom to continue  making and sharing their fanworks!

Although all three moderators have been busy, we deeply appreciate the support we've received for this zine -- participators, readers, and sharers alike!

Cheers, 

The Raffles Zine Team (Ernest @6utton, Leah @parchmentscrawling, River @rivergraphee)

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Thanks to everyone for their patience! We are proud to announce that a PDF version of “Knocked For Six: A Raffles Zine” is now available via Gumroad.

“Knocked For Six” is a queer-friendly zine celebrating Raffles and Bunny’s relationship. The title of this project is an expression that means “taken by surprise”; we chose it because, along with having its origins in AJ’s amateur sport of cricket, we think it’s fitting for the relationship between the two amateur cracksmen who constantly surprise one another with their skill, cleverness, loyalty, and pluck.

download a digital copy

Contents & Contributors

Art by @apidologist

The Name of a Ship by @servicerevolver

Spooning Out Justice by @hellmandraws

Art by @graphiteeater

A Rose By Any Other Name by @parchmentscrawling

Sing a Song That Only You Can Hear by @meeerleee

Under the Bridge by @clearinghouse95

Art by @goddamnshinyrock

Censorship Killed the Burglary Star, or, The Rise and Fall of Pop Culture Raffles by @unrealthings

Art by @rockymountaingothic

In Which Bunny Rests by @riff-raffles

Sunt Nobis Mitia Poma by @6utton

The digital version is free to download. Regarding physical copies of the zine, we will be accepting and processing pre-order forms in the new year (January 2018). Please keep an eye on notices from this blog for further details.

We hope you enjoy the zine!

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update! (7 October)

Hi everyone! We realise that we’re a bit behind schedule so here’s an update to let everyone know what’s happening. 

We’re still waiting on the last few submissions before we can get started on compiling everything into zine format but we’d like to say thank you to everyone who has worked so hard to get their submission finished and promptly sent to us -- it makes our jobs a lot easier since we don’t have to chase down your submission. 

Hopefully, we should have the last few submissions in and have started compiling everything by mid-next week. 

Thank you all for your patience!

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update: final due date

Hello! Many of us seem to be late with our submission (September is a busy month!) so we’ve decided to postpone the due date for the final work of one week. Please submit your final work to us on the 22nd of September!

We look forward to seeing everyone’s work!

[goddamnshinyrock]

I can’t show the full version of this WIP because it’s for a zine, but because of print size these clover probably won’t be very obvious in the final image and I wanted them to be appreciated. 

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We're all really excited to see the finished product!!! -Mod Leah

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Special update for artists!

We’re terribly sorry to say this so close to the final submission date, but this is the first zine for all three of us and we’ve only recently talked with an expert who’s suggested different and better measurements/settings for our works (which are also going to result in a cheaper physical copy, once we print the zine). If you can, please do the following:

The files should be sent to us in either a .PSD or .TIFF or .PDF format. If that is not possible, a .JPEG is fine too.

change the measures of your work to an A5 sheet: 14,8×21cm / 1748×2480pixel (300dpi).

If you can, change your drawing’s colors from RGB to CMYK. It’s perfectly fine if you can’t, we can do it for you when we edit the zine. The colors might result a bit different but we’ll keep in contact with you obviously and we can work on it together.

In conclusion: kind reminder that the second draft is due on the 1st of September! Works should be at least 90% done. If you have any problems, don't hesitate to contact us!

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update, re: printing of the zine

Once it’s been uploaded online, we will print the zine by request. We will be able to ship from Europe to European countries, from the US to American States, and from Australia to Oceania. We still don’t know for certain what the costs are going to be, but we’ll write a post about it in due time!

In conclusion: kind reminder that the second draft is due on the 1st of September! Works should be at least 90% done. If you have any problems, don’t hesitate to contact us!

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Announcement: Word Limit Change

To any participants writing fanficion or essays for the zine: after some consideration we mods have decided to increase the word limit for fics from 3,500 to around 4,000.  So now you have a little extra room to work with if you were having trouble squeezing into the word limit!

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Announcement: Successful Applicants!

Dear Rafflelites, 

Thank you to everyone who applied! It was nice to see the variety of talent that exists in the Raffles fandom and even if you didn’t make the list, we hope that you will continue to post your work. By now, everyone who has applied should have received an email from us to inform whether or not your application has been accepted. Please contact us if you have not received this email.

For those who have been accepted, please note that the first draft due date is 25 July, which is when everyone will be expected to email us to let us know how they are going with their draft. 

The second draft due date is 1 September. At this point, everyone’s work should be about 90% done.

The final due date is 15 September. Your work should be submitted in a zine-ready format.  From here, we’ll start to compile everything into a zine. 

Thanks again for everybody’s participation! 

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update

Hi everyone! Just letting you all know that we're in the process of reviewing everyone's submissions. If you've already contacted us about sending a late submission, that's fine -- we'll still review your application. At this point, we're aiming to have everything reviewed by the 10th of July and we'll announce who'll be part of the zine on the 11th of July.

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To Anon

Hello anon who asked a question about submitting!  I tried to answer your ask but it doesn’t seem to be showing up on the blog so just to be safe I thought I would post here for you!

We would be happy to look at your art!  Please submit to the zine email so that we can consider you along with everyone else for the project!  We haven’t made any decisions yet about who will be in the final project, so that would be the best course of action for you.  Then, when we’ve made our decisions, we can let you know if you’ve been selected or not.

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APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSING

Hello everyone!  Today is June 25th, the last day to get your applications in!  You have until the end of the day today (which I guess depends on your timezone so we aren’t going to be strict about the exact hour that constitutes as “the end of the day”) to get your applications in or to ask us for an extension.

If you have already asked for an extension then you know what your personal deadline is.

Thanks everyone who’s submitted so far!

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~Announcement~

As it stands right now, we have 8 applications for the zine and are expecting 2 more in the next few coming days.

The deadline IS June 25!  However if you would like to ask for an extension, please email us asking!  We can likely allow you a couple of days but the sooner you ask the better so we know when to expect your submission.

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Reminder: applications close 25 June

Thank you to everyone who has helped spread word of our Raffles zine “Knocked for Six”! We’ve received a few applications already but it would be great if we could get as many people involved as possible to make this zine a real gem 💎

We’ve got less than a week to go before applications close! So please keep spreading the word and please send in your application if you haven’t done so already

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When you say that we have to submit 3 examples of existing work, does it have to be Raffles-themed work or can it be anything?

At least one Raffles-related example would be ideal! If you don’t have any, you can still apply of course, but please write a more detailed description of your planned work for the zine

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS to the first ever Raffles Zine: KNOCKED FOR SIX !

Dear Raffleites,

Ever wish there was a Raffles-centric zine? Here’s your chance! Introducing “Knocked for Six”! 

We’re creating a submission-based zine that focuses on queer themes in the canon series. If you want to be a part of it, please submit your work!

The finished zine will be made free to download online in PDF format. We also aim to make limited print copies available after the pre-order date. Details for these colour print copies (size, cost, shipping availability etc) will be made available at a later date.

[about the zine]

A queer-friendly zine celebrating Raffles and Bunny’s relationship: friends, partners in crime, lovers etc 

Content including other characters is allowed so long as the focus is still on Raffles and Bunny’s relationship 

Nsfw content is not allowed 

[how the zine will work]

Content will include fan art, fan fic, essays, poems, comics etc. anything that can be printed! 

There’s no particular cap on the number of participants that we will be accepting so please apply and send us your work! 

[what dates applications will be opened-closed]

Applications to be part of the zine will be open for 3 weeks between 1 June 2017 - 25 June 2017.

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[the zine’s contact information]

Zine tumblr: @raffleszine

Zine email address: [email protected]

Submissions are to be sent to the zine email address. Inquiries can be sent to either tumblr or email. If possible, please follow the zine’s tumblr account for updates but we’ll also be sending important notices via email.

[SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS]

All participants must submit:

Their name (whatever that they are comfortable with. Can be a url), 

contact info (e.g. email address), 

3 examples of their existing work; plus: 

a short description of what they plan to create for the final copy of the zine (samples can be links or attachments). Submissions are to be sent to the zine email address. Submissions must be your own work! 

[artist requirements for final submissions]

Finished art work, please! No sketches 

Backgrounds are appreciated but not required 

Dimensions for one-page image: 6×9in at 300 dpi + 1/8in bleed on all sides – this is equivalent to 1875×2775 px (vertical). Double page spreads are 12×9in + 1/8in bleed – or 3674×2775 px 

[writer requirements for final submissions]

The word limit is approximately 3500 words but this is flexible. Please message us if you think you are going to be significantly over the word limit. The word limit does not apply to references for academic pieces 

Can be pretty much any form of written word (poetry, prose [drabble, story, etc], essay) 

At least 100 words for short prose

At least 10 and no more than 50 lines for poetry

Short prose and poems can be submitted in a bunch

e.g. 3 poems of at least 10 lines each or 5 short prose pieces of 100 words each

Titles not necessary but highly appreciated

[expected timeline]

Please note that the following are only estimated times and may be subject to change. Any changes to due dates will be communicated via announcement on the tumblr account and email.

Submission due date: 25 June 

Screening period (this is when we pick what goes through): 26 June - 10 July

Announcement of entries that have been selected: 11 July

1st draft period: 25 July. Participants submit a draft of their planned work to us. Artists can submit sketches, writers can submit their outline/detail on word count

Check in period/2nd draft: 1 September. Participants submit their progress. Should be about 90% done. This is to make sure everyone’s still on track

Final copies are submitted to us. We begin to compile them into a nice zine format: 15 September   

Estimated publication date of pdf: 30 September 

Pre-order of print copies: TBA

[who are the mods]

@maturiin / @rififis (Ernest)

@aceoofhearts (Leah)

@stickerbuccaneer (River)

Even if you don’t plan on submitting to the zine, please reblog this post to pass the word around! Thank you!!