# FediZineFest 2025

## Overview

Read the FediZineFest 2025 guidelines.

See the FediZineFest 2025 zines.

## Statistics

19 artists contributed 13 physical and 16 digital zines. 23 backers contributed over USD1500.

This year, our payouts vary slightly according to two factors:

- whether the artist contributed physical zines
- whether the artist received physical zines

This was to help offset cost of printing. Final payouts will be calculated on June 6 (deadline 4), but at current, artists will receive anywhere from USD95 to USD135 (if this math sounds wrong: there are artists who opted out of being paid).

5 artists were unable to complete work or dropped out.

## Things we learned

- Using Airtable. Make sure all coordinators are using the same information platform. In 2025, I allowed coordinators to opt out of learning a new platform. Next year, I'll put extra effort into making the platform accessible.
- Shared email. A shared email account for coordinators would make responding to artist questions easier and more seamless for artists.
- Fedi handles. This year, I aimed to get artist's websites for general publicity, rather than fedi handles. Collect both - fedi handles are useful for publicity as well as communication.
- Digital cleanliness. It would be nice to have uploaded digital zines follow a clear format like Author_Title or similar.
- Deadlines.The 4 week delays between some of the later steps? Those have already been necessary. One set of zines didn't arrive until 21 May despite being posted on time.

## Team

Physical Zine Coordinator
  Lee Cattarin — leecat.art
Digital Zine Coordinator
  Oona Leganovic — @playinprogress on fedi
Timeline Coordinator
  Jack — @sodamnqueer on fedi
Website/Database Management
  Lee Cattarin — leecat.art

## Extra thanks

- Lisa (color palette)