Upcoming free-release digital zine to celebrate the 25th anniversary of The Mummy (1999)!

Creation period in progress!

Mod Team

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Shrapnel

Head Mod & Writing Mod

Hiya! I’m Shrapnel, fic writer and ever-tired grad student. I write stories about jocks in love 🌸 I've loved The Mummy as long as I can remember — it inspired a lifelong Egypt & mummy interest, and Evie encouraged me to pursue librarianship as a career!

Experience:
- Writing Mod for Homemade in Hyrule volumes 1 & 2
- Writing Mod for Fulminate
- Guest Writer for You're Not Alone
- Guest Writer for Of Fantasy & Monster
- & more on their carrd!

Miniyuna

Art Mod

Hey there I'm miniyuna! I hate scary movies, bugs, disturbing imagery, and gross faces but i LOOOOVe the Mummy!

Experience:
- Head Mod & Art Mod for You're Not Alone
- Head Mod & Art Mod for Turtles Together
- Head Mod for Fairy Dust & Iron Rust

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Mayari

Graphics & Formatting Mod

Hey everyone! My name is Mayari and I'm so excited to celebrate one of my favorite movie franchises! Rick O'Connell still makes me squeal like a high school girl to this day. Can't wait to work with you!

Experience:
- Graphics & Formatting Mod for Lucida Sidera
- Graphics & Formatting Mod for Soaring Heart
- Graphics & Formatting Mod for Style Bomb
- Graphics Mod for Azure Drops
- Graphics & Formatting Mod for Entangled

Alyssa Pan

Social Media Mod

Hi, I'm Alyssa! I love all things spooky but for some reason took my time when it came to watching The Mummy.
Which I will forever regret because it deserved to be one of my favorites a long time ago!

Experience:
- Mod Intern for 棒冰 (Popsicle)
- Mod Intern for Solstice | 景星凤凰

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Zine?
A zine, short for fanzine or fan-magazine, is a fan-published and unofficial collection of artwork and writing with optional additional merchandise.

What rating will this zine be?
This zine is rated PG-13.

Will this zine be for sale?
Nope! This is a free digital zine, so it will be produced entirely digitally and released for free at the end of the creation and formatting periods.

Will this zine have digital merch available?
No, in the interest of keeping this project low-stress for the mod team, we will be focusing our efforts on page art, written stories, and featuring alternative creators such as cosplayers, chefs, crafters, and more!

What Mummy media will be featured?
Anything from The Mummy series will be featured in the zine! This includes The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001), The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008), The Scorpion King (2002), and The Mummy: The Animated Series (2001-2003)

Will this zine feature shipping content?
We will be keeping everything to canon-compliant relationships! Ships such as Rick/Evie and Imhotep/Anck-Su-Namun will be allowed.

How will contributors be compensated for their time/work?
As this is a free digital zine, all contributors will receive a copy of all material produced when it is released to the public!

How old do I have to be to apply?
Applicants must be 16 years or older by the application deadline to be considered. This means anyone younger than 16 must have a birthday before January 7, 2024.

How many contributors will you be accepting?
We will be discussing this as a complete mod team after we have found our graphics, formatting, and socials mods! The answer will be posted here by the time contributor apps begin.

You didn't answer my question!
Please feel free to contact us through our Tumblr Askbox, our Instagram DMs, or email us at [email protected]

Schedule

Contributor Application Guidelines

General
- Applicants must be at least 16 years of age by the time applications end (on January 7, 2023).
- Each applicant must submit 3 samples of their best work and a portfolio.
- Portfolios may be a link to a website (Twitter, Tumblr, carrd, deviantART, etc) or a Google Drive folder.
- Samples should demonstrate the style you want to create for the zine.
- Accepted applicants are expected to create a new piece for this project. Previously created work will not be accepted.
- While we understand that life happens and will try to be flexible with allowing extensions, our final submission deadline of April 24, 2024 is a hard deadline. If we do not have your piece in by midnight PST on that date, we will be unable to include it in the zine.Artists
- Artist applicants will submit links to three samples of their best work and a portfolio.
- Artists will be expected to create one piece. That piece will be in portrait A4 size as a single page, or in landscape A3 size as a 2-page spread
- Pieces should feature characters and/or places from The Mummy series
- Each piece should have a background and be in full color.
- Visual art will be given feedback upon request by Mod Miniyuna after check-ins.Writers
- Writer applicants will submit links to three samples of their best work and a portfolio. Samples must be no longer than 3000 words.
- Writers will be expected to create one written piece. Stories, articles, essays, and discussions may be a maximum of 4500 words. Poetry is allowed and will be capped at 3 pages.
- Written pieces may be a fictional story in the writers’ genre of choice, or a meta piece discussing The Mummy franchise.
- Written pieces will be given feedback by Mod Shrapnel at each check-in to discuss developmental editing, line editing, and copy editing. Writers will have the option to participate in deep-dive discussions of their pieces with Mod Shrapnel and with one another throughout creation period.Alt Creators
- Alt Creator applicants will submit links to three samples of their best work and a portfolio.
- Alt Creators will be expected to create 1-2 pieces in their preferred medium.
- Accepted alt creation types include, but are not limited to: cosplay, yarncrafts, music, recipes, and papercrafts
- Alt creations will be given feedback upon request by the moderator team after check-ins.
- Specifics for layout for each alt piece will be based upon the creation type. Photographs of works will be laid out in A5, so final submissions should be in A5.