Hello! Thank you for your question and your interest in STYLISH!

There are a lot of factors that are going behind our decided number of contributors. Our number one priority is being able to reimburse all contributors with a full bundle to the best of our ability. With every contributor we accept, we have to add more pages to the zine and cover another a full bundle— which includes the zine, all merchandise items, packaging, and shipping. As excited and overjoyed we were to receive so many contributor applications, we cannot guarantee that the contributor interest will reflect the actual buyer interest— and this is why we maintained our firm stance on the number of contributors accepted.

We would have absolutely loved to add more contributors! We genuinely can't express enough how painful the contributor selection process was between all of the mods, because we were able to picture every contributor who applied as a part of the zine. But we want to make sure that we remain financially cautious and stay well above water, and focus on our priority of being able to give back to our contributors who are working so hard to make the zine happen!

All remaining funds not used for manufacturing or shipping will be donated to a charity of the contributor's choice.

We thank you for your understanding on this matter!!