Veritas et Fortuna

About & FAQ

Veritas et Fortuna is a for-profit fanzine featuring the Honkai Star Rail ship of Dr. Veritas Ratio and Aventurine, known as ratiorine.WHAT'S A ZINE?
A zine, or fanzine, is short for 'fan magazine'. It's a collection of fan-created content about a particular topic, eventually printed and sold as a physical book. There may be merch items for sale with the book(s)! In this case, the zine's topic is ratiorine, and we will have a variety of merch items with it.HOW DOES IT WORK?
Step one is gathering creators via an application process. While we'd love to take every passionate ratiorine creator, the limitations of a physical book mean that this isn't feasible, so we'll have to do an application. You'll get more info about this nearer the time.
Then we enter a creation phase, where artists and writers create their works.
Copies of the zine are then sold on a preorder basis. We wait to see how many we have sold before producing the items, so there is a delay between production and delivery.
After a few months, you'll get your items!

Moderators

Berry

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Katraa

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Fox

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Schedule

Applications

ARTISTS
All submissions must be completed, fully rendered works to be considered.
At least one sample should include what you consider to be a detailed background. All other samples should include simple backgrounds (fully rendered, no flats or gradients).
All works should include characters/humans
If applying as an NSFW artist at least one sample needs to be NSFW.MERCH ARTISTS
All submissions must be completed, fully rendered works to be considered.
Samples provided should be designs of previously created merch items or works that could be made into merch (eg. charms/stickers/pins/etc.). These samples aren’t required to have a background
If you are interested in contributing a print, 1 sample must be a fully rendered piece with a detailed background.
Both Artist and Merch Artist applications should include a portfolio that contains a minimum of 5 samples or 5 samples linked individuallyWRITERS
Writing applicants for the SFW zine only must submit three sample pieces that best represent the style they would like to use for the zine if accepted.Each sample must:
* Be at most 3000 words in length.
* Be linked as a Google doc, Ao3 link or similar.Within your three samples, you must be able to demonstrate at least one example of both:
* A complete narrative within 3000 words (i.e. at least one of your samples must be a complete, self-contained story. The others can be samples if you prefer)
* A story which features Dr. Ratio and Aventurine written as a ship/coupleNote: NSFW samples are permitted for SFW-only applications.For writers applying to the NSFW zine only, the guidelines are largely the same. The differences are:
Your maximum sample length is 4000, not 3000
You must provide at least one E-rated fic in your three samples (but extras are appreciated)If you are applying to the SFW and NSFW zine, you will have one additional sample slot. This is to allow you to showcase both SFW and NSFW content and ensure we can benchmark your application against other applicants fairly.Please note if you apply for both SFW and NSFW zines, we will only be able to offer you one slot.TO ALL APPLICANTSAll applicants will also have the opportunity to provide a wider portfolio of work. This is not mandatory, and will only be used in the event of needing a tiebreaker; it will not be taken into account otherwise. If you wish to send one, this portfolio should contain up to 3 additional pieces of work that you think represent you as a creator. This must be presented in the form of a google drive folder or ao3 profile.Please do not be put off if any of this is confusing—the form has clear instructions to ensure you put the right things in the right places in the application.Please note that the mods will not be chasing up any missing or invalid Google documents/other links; the responsibility is on you to ensure that you have turned the correct permissions on to allow other people to view your files.