You Are Stronger:
A Persona 5 Strikers Zine
You Are Stronger: is a SFW, free digital zine focused on the game Persona 5 Strikers. The zine will contain spoilers and is focused on canon events from the game.
FAQ
What is a zine? -
A zine can describe any collection of artistic media, but in this specific case, is a collaborative book of fanart and fanfiction that is celebratory of its original media!Will this be a digital or paid physical zine? -
You Are Stronger is a free digital .pdf zine that will be available for anyone to download.Does the zine have any NSFW content? -
You Are Stronger is a strictly SFW zine.How old do I have to be to contribute? -
Anyone 16 years or older may apply as a contributor.Do I need a Discord account to apply? -
We use Discord to communicate with and update our contributors and moderators, so yes. Contributors will get a link to the Discord in their acceptance e-mail.Do I need zine experience to apply? -
You do not need any zine experience, just a portfolio of your own art/writing!Do contributors get compensated? -
Because this is a non-profit fan-made zine that will not be using finances in any way, there will not be compensation.Will non-Strikers Persona characters be allowed in the zine? -
You Are Stronger will focus solely on characters that Persona 5 Strikers develops, presents, or brings to the table in any way, and is aiming to be celebratory and respectful of the source material; therefore, any characters not present in the game will only be taken on through extreme evaluation and will be sparse/very rare among contributions, if there at all. In short, it is very unlikely, but rare exceptions may be allowed.Will ships be allowed in the zine? -
For now, the zine will be open to ships so long as they are not the focus of a piece and there is more attention on character/story work than romance. They will be rare if allowed. This may potentially change in the future, depending on density of ships in contributor pitches.Will there be Persona 5 Strikers spoilers in the zine? -
Yes, there will be spoilers allowed for Persona 5 Strikers in You Are Stronger.Are AUs allowed in the zine? -
For similar reasons to the question about outside characters, there will be no AUs allowed. Meaning, content of the contributions must be viable within the canon story.Where do I ask a question? -
Please send an e-mail to our zine e-mail, [email protected] for any other questions!Rules for Contributors• AI, plagiarism, or tracing/heavily replicating someone else’s work, and this does include official/canon art or writing, is strictly prohibited in contributions and if provided in a portfolio is grounds to remove a contributor from the project down the line.• Communication via Discord is necessary for the project and frequent communication about updates or changes are expected. For example, we expect contributors to let us the mods know if they need an extension on a deadline as soon as possible.
This also means that contributors in the Discord are expected to follow the rules in the Discord at all times.• Zine work must be confidential until previews are posted (limited sharing of your own piece) and one week after the zine is released (unlimited sharing of zine work, with credit to the zine and contributor at their discretion). We expect contributors to keep their acceptance to the zine private until the contributor list is posted publicly.• Contributors must remain SFW in all aspects related to the work in the zine, such as in their portfolios and examples, what they send in the server, and what they create for the project. Outside of the zine, anything you’d like to do is OK; we do not discriminate contributors based on mere relatedness to NSFW content in general.• Art contributions must be fully colored complete pieces with varying complexity depending on them being comics, merch, page illustrations, spread illustrations, the cover, or spot art in collaboration with writers. They will be in an A5 format (a template for these will be provided!). One page, merch item, spread, or fic per contributor is the limit for now, but may change depending on the amount of contributor applications we receive.• Writer contributions must meet a minimum of 1,000 words and a maximum of 2,500 words. Writers will be expected to adhere to, at the very least, feedback on mechanical/grammar/spelling errors in their work.
Writer and artist pairs for fics and their respective spot art are expected to communicate and collaborate with each other. It is important that the writer approves of their vision of the scene, and the artist is able to get any questions they may have answered.
Mods
Nebula - Graphics ModThey/themGraphics Mod for:- Deathbound: A Shinjiro Aragaki Zine
- Full Bloom: A Sakura Fam Zine
- Avant Garde: A Yusuke Kitagawa Zine
- 2024 Ryuji Reverse Bonk
Bee - Helper ModThey/them- UA Dear Writer’s Project - Moderator
- Saddle Up: a bkdkbk cowboy zine - Beta Mod
- School’s in Session - Head Mod
Rachel - Writing ModShe/herMod - Kiss Ryuji Week 2024
Contributor - La Fleur: A Persona 5 Flower & Tarot Zine
Contributor - Every Universe, Every Lifetime: An Akeshuake AU Zine
Contributor - Ryuji Sakamoto Reverse Big Bonk 2024
Schedule
Projected Timeline (TENTATIVE)Mod Apps: July 12-July 26
Mod Acceptance Period: July 26-Aug 1
Contributor Apps: Aug 3-Aug 31
Contributor Acceptance Period: Aug 31-Sept 7
Contributor Pitches: Sept 8-Sept 28
Pitches Chosen: Sept 29
Check-In 1 Due: Oct 27
Holiday Season Break: Late Oct-Early Jan
Check-In 2 Due: Jan 10
Check-In 3 Due: Feb 14
Final Pieces Due: March 28
Estimated Zine Release: May-June 2026