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<h1 id="fedizinefest-2026-2027-guidelines">FediZineFest 2026-2027 Guidelines</h1>

<h2 id="what">What</h2>
<p>A zine sharing and distribution project for the fediverse.</p>
<h2 id="who">Who</h2>
<h3 id="artists-cap-of-25">Artists (cap of 25)</h3>
<p>Provide physical and/or digital zines; receive payment and physical and/or digital zines.</p>
<p>We are again testing an artist waitlist. Additional artists will be added to the pool as funds allow and to cover for drop-outs.</p>
<h3 id="backers-cap-of-25-for-physical-zines-no-cap-for-digital">Backers (cap of 25 for physical zines; no cap for digital)</h3>
<p>Provide payment; receive physical and/or digital zines.</p>
<h2 id="when">When</h2>
<p>2026/2027 dates yet to be determined. Deadline structure as follows:</p>
<h3 id="deadline-0">Deadline 0</h3>
<p>Artist sign-up closes.</p>
<h3 id="deadline-1-deadline-0-4-weeks">Deadline 1 (deadline 0 + 4 weeks)</h3>
<p>Physical zine backer sign-up closes. Artists are informed of the number of physical zines needed.</p>
<h3 id="deadline-2-deadline-1-8-weeks">Deadline 2 (deadline 1 + 8 weeks)</h3>
<p>Art submission deadline. Digital zines are submitted to digital drive; physical zines are in the mail.</p>
<h3 id="deadline-3-deadline-2-4-weeks">Deadline 3 (deadline 2 + 4 weeks)</h3>
<p>Physical zines arrive at distributor (Lee).</p>
<h3 id="deadline-4-deadline-3-4-weeks">Deadline 4 (deadline 3 + 4 weeks)</h3>
<p>Physical zines packaged and ready for shipment. Digital zines are organized and ready to share. Digital zine backer signup closes.</p>
<h3 id="deadline-5-deadline-4-4-weeks">Deadline 5 (deadline 4 + 4 weeks)</h3>
<p>Physical zines arrive at recipients. Digital zines shared.</p>
<h2 id="where">Where</h2>
<p>Anywhere that can ship to/from the US.</p>
<h3 id="tariffs-and-duties">Tariffs and duties</h3>
<p>Per <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/travel/us-citizens/know-before-you-go/gifts">US Customs and Border Protection</a>, &quot;gifts worth up to $100 may be sent, free of duty and tax, to friends and relatives in the United States.&quot; In artist's customs declarations, please value zines at the equivalent of USD1/zine or thereabouts and mark the package as a gift.</p>
<h2 id="why">Why</h2>
<p>To bring folks together and share art.</p>
<h2 id="artist-information">Artist information</h2>
<p><strong>Zines do not have to be newly created for this event.</strong> You may absolutely share zines you have previously created. However, please do not share zines that are already freely available in the same format - we want the backers to get a good deal.</p>
<p>Please feel free to share or sell your zine outside of FediZineFest after the event ends.</p>
<p>While you may submit more than one zine, I ask that you limit <strong>physical</strong> zine submissions to only the number of zines requested (this may all be one zine, half one/half another, or some other combination). This is to ensure that shipping doesn’t become too unreasonable (for you <em>or</em> me).</p>
<p>It is gently suggested, but not required, that zines be accessible to an English-speaking audience.</p>
<p>No generative AI content is allowed.</p>
<h3 id="physical-zine-restrictions">Physical zine restrictions</h3>
<p>No larger than one of:</p>
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<li>21x14.9cm (a sheet of A4 paper, folded once)</li>
<li>8.5&quot;x5.5&quot; (a sheet of 8.5&quot;x11&quot; paper, folded once)</li>
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<h3 id="payment">Payment</h3>
<p>As an artist, you can:</p>
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<li><strong>receive pay</strong> by giving me Venmo or PayPal information when you sign up</li>
<li><strong>waive pay</strong> by choosing to opt out of payment when you sign up</li>
<li><strong>pay in</strong> by being a backer in addition to being an artist
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<li>By being a backer, you waive your artist payment regardless of whether you have chosen the payment opt-out or not</li>
<li>If you are a physical zine backer, you will receive <em>one</em> zine bundle regardless of whether you have opted out of your artist zine bundle or not (if you are a digital-only backer, you may still choose to receive a physical bundle as an artist)</li>
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<p><strong>This is not a get-rich-quick scheme for anyone involved.</strong> In <a href="/years/2025#statistics">2025</a>, the artist payout was between USD95 and USD135 per artist.</p>
<p>Last year, I adjusted the payment scheme to more appropriately compensate physical zine artists for the costs of printing and shipping. Artists who opted out of receiving physical zines also received a small bump in pay. I'll do this again this year. Exact payouts won't be determined until zines are collected to account for any artist drop outs.</p>
<p>Payment will be done over Venmo or PayPal. <strong>If you cannot use either of these services, you must talk to Lee before signing up as an artist.</strong></p>
<h2 id="backer-information">Backer information</h2>
<p>Buying physical/digital or digital-only zine bundles will be done via <a href="https://ko-fi.com/inherentlee">Lee's Ko-fi shop</a>. If you've filled out the <a href="/signup#interest-in-2026-2027">interest form</a>, you'll get an email when bundle purchasing goes live. Otherwise, monitor the #fediZineFest and/or #fediZineFest2026 hashtags on the fediverse.</p>


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