Mikasa Volleyball · 1y
Hello! I noticed some discrepancies between your contributor app and your guidelines, so I just wanted to clarify. Your google form says that you'll read a max of 3.5k per individual piece, but your guidelines say you'll read a max of 5k per piece. Which is it?
Also, are the three complete pieces required only for the portfolio? You say excerpts are allowed, but you also say you want complete pieces, and it's not always clear whether you're referring to the individual submissions or the portfolio. Thanks!
Hello, thank you for catching this discrepancy in the form—it's been fixed! Our guidelines, which have been available for weeks, are what we expect during applications and what we'll be following when grading. No mod will read more than 15k combined on the three submitted samples.
As for your submissions themselves, in our guidelines and our applications advice walkthrough, we say it's recommended to have at minimum one and a preferred three complete works in order to showcase your ability to write a completed fic that stays on the short side, as the zine's word count requirement will only be 1.5k-3.5k. You do not need to submit these completed works for your specific samples (which are what we look at first, since they should be the works you think are your best); including them in your portfolio is enough. We apologize for any confusion. Thank you for checking!
