Nameless · 1y
Why does it say writers are required to pitch but artists are suggested? That doesn't seem fair that writers are being judged harder than artists on their app since they WILL be judged on their pitch, since artists don't have to and don't get judged on it. Seems like you're being unfair to writers, since they have to pitch upfront while artists can not and still get accepted without a pitch. It kind of ruins wanting to apply knowing my app is going to be grader harder than an artist app.
Hi, and thank you for your query! While we understand that this seems unfair, there are certain considerations that went into this decision. For writers, we believed it would be necessary to grade pitches as it would allow us not to not only gauge what our accepted writers are interested in creating, but also to see if they would be writing within their strengths. For example, a writer who is strong at introspection wanting to write fluff might not be a suitable fit for this zine. We will be accepting much fewer writers than page artists due to spacial limitations, so it is important for us to know which pool of characters our writers are interested in creating for, as well as the type of content. Do note that pitches are not a priority as compared to the actual samples themselves and may even just be used for tie-breaking. However, it would be unfair to even use them as tie-breakers without declaring it to applicants. That said, we will be keeping your feedback in mind and will reconsider our approach toward this. Thank you!
