Reach For The Stars !! ✮⋆˙

Please make sure that all application contents are easily accessible and that there are no boundaries that may prevent the mod team from viewing your portfolio and samples.

Please make sure your samples are not restricted—i.e. on a private account, behind a paywall, etc.—double check all privacy settings before submitting your application!

For Google Drive: Please ensure the anyone on the internet with the link can view setting is enabled.

Do not use Discord to host image links. These links only have a temporary domain and will only be viewable for a short period of time before becoming inaccessible.

Please double check that all submitted links are correct and active prior to submitting your application.

Any NSFW or gory content must be kept in a separate section within your portfolio and specifically warned for appropriately in your application.

Applicants are welcome to apply for as many positions as they'd like!

Please keep your workload in mind, especially if you take on additional roles. Your primary assignment, which will be given to you by the mods, will be your priority before moving onto other pieces.

Applicants should apply to ALL positions they are interested in via the designated forms—applicants will not be considered primarily for positions they did not apply to.

Applicants found to have AI content or stolen work in their application will be immediately disqualified.

Google Drive links are preferred, but other portfolio sites—such as Carrd—are acceptable.

If you choose to use a social media platform in place of your portfolio, please ensure that your finished pieces are easy to find, such as through a dedicated blog or tag.

Sonic-related samples are highly encouraged, but not required.

Similarily, space-themed samples are highly encouraged, but not required.

Samples must reflect the quality and style you intend to deliver in the zine.

If you are applying as a Page Artist, at least one sample must contain an engaging background. This means a background that is not a single flat color or gradients.

Samples may only reach up to 2.5K words each. (With around 100 words as wiggle room)

Samples must reflect the type of writing you intend to deliver in the zine.

Ex. If you plan on writing poetry, you should submit poetry samples. On the other hand, if you plan on writing a short story for the zine, then you should have short stories in your samples.

Submitted short stories must contain a complete story (that works as a standalone) with a beginning, middle, and end.

Samples must include clips that are 8-20 seconds long each.

Samples can come from the same animated video (I.e. taking three smaller parts from a 4-minute video) as long as each clip are of different scenes.

At least one animation clip must be synced to audio.

All contributors are required to have a Discord account.

Contributors cannot share their piece outside of the Discord server until the mods permit it after the zine release.

Contributors are expected to communicate regularly with mods.

Participants that miss two check-ins without any active communication with the mods will be removed from the project.

Contributors may be removed from the project at any time for breaking the guidelines outlined above or for engaging in harmful behavior.

This includes, but is not limited to: plagiarism, harassment, racism, sexism, xenophobia, homophobia, transphobia, name-calling, slurs, or other hateful rhetoric.

Contributors engaging in harmful behavior outside of the project or found to be using AI in their pieces will also be removed.

Contributors will retain full rights to their work and are free to edit, resell, or redistribute their pieces after the project's conclusion.