This is a signup for the August 29 issue; the text deadline for the issue is Tuesday, August 16 and the art deadline is Saturday, August 27.
Please reply to this post if you plan to submit a story or artwork for this issue, indicating whether you are interested in contributing to the issue as an author and/or artist, and whether or not you are looking for a collaborative partner. Artists offering to illustrate should provide links to past works as examples of style. Contributors wishing to collaborate with others should respond directly to comments here or through other indicated channels. As always, you don’t have to sign up to participate, and you’re not creating an unbreakable contract by signing up, but it’s always a good idea!
This issue’s theme is The Way We (Never) Were: Bring your best period pieces to this (alternate) historical issue, where the past isn’t always what it used to be.
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- Submission Guidelines for Art: Whether you’re illustrating or submitting a standalone piece, here’s what you need to know.
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I’ve got art in the pipeline for this!
Hoping to have a piece in this one!
I have an idea I want to do for this issue, but let’s see if I can keep it from ballooning into something too big to finish in a month >_>
I just had the best and most inspiring conversation for a theme like this, so I’ll see if I can give it a go.
rubs my dirty Historian hands all over this theme – signing up to write again!
Hi hi hi I’m Riso, you can find me in the ssbb discord or on twitter @glassesblu !
I’d love to illustrate something for your story if you contact me! You can see my stuff here https://www.behance.net/glassesblu and you can just DM on twitter or discord, or email me at risovalroy@gmail.com!
happy to illustrate for a writer
https://www.shousetsubangbang.com/mirror/tag/melanofly/ or click name for website. Can be reached on discord or email melanofly[at]pm.me ⚡️
I swear I’ll make an art
Crawling on the ground you can pry the rekijo out of my cold dead hands
Sign me up as a stand-alone artist
I have 2/3 of something written for this, so, god willin and the crik don’t rise, as my mother used to say, I will get it done!
I’ve got a story in the works for this one!
I’ve got just the painting idea for this theme