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Nearly everyone who signed up for the zine has joined the server! We're so happy to see everyone getting acquainted and chatting about creatures! If you had filled out the sign up form and have not joined the server yet, please check your spam folders for the invite link and some additional information about the start of the project! See you there! <3

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Emails have been sent out with the invites to the discord server! Do not panic if you do not get it immediately, our little orange friend Cheeto is doing his best to deliver the email to all of you! <3 See you there!

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Hi, I checked my emails including spam, but I don't seem to have gotten one

It seems it was taking a bit for the emails to get to peoples inboxes, if you still haven't gotten yours in 24 hours message us and we'll resend it!

This goes for everyone who hasn't gotten theirs yet!

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ATTENTION APPLICANTS!

Please check your emails for an update to the schedule of the zine! We are very excited to start this journey with you and encounter all the creatures, monsters, and critters you create!

Fun fact: The total amount of sign ups was 127! 72 artists, 52 writers, and 3 misc.

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Announcement!!!

Congratulations prospective disciples! The sign-ups for the zine are now closed and the mods will be working on going through the forms! We will announce the total count of writers and artists sometime this week, and there will be an email sent out hopefully around that time and will contain the more official prediction of the timeline for the zine, as well as the link to the discord server.

Once we can confirm that most everyone has joined the server we will begin the process of disciples declaring their first project and the zine will be underway! Continue to tune in here for the aforementioned updates and check those email boxes for our messenger whistling lantern cat!

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SVSSS Bestiary Zine FAQ

The sign ups have been open for a week now, and here are some of the most common questions we’ve been asked! 

Can I be both a writer and an artist? 

In short, hopefully! As we receive more sign ups this project gets larger and a bit more complicated for us to manage so, going off of the previous post addressing this question- 

Everyone who signs up is committing to making at least one piece for the zine, we ask that you pick a role (writer, artist, or otherwise) based on what you feel most comfortable working with and are certain you will be able to complete. 

Once your main contribution is done you are free to ask a mod about changing your role to start on another piece!

However, please see the following question for more information about multiple pieces. 

Is there a limit to how many pieces we can contribute? 

Tentatively yes, but the exact number we are unsure of. With there being multiple things each role can do, we want to allow for creators to make what they want but ensure that everyone gets their time to shine with their work being shown in the zine. So artists can potentially do a bestiary page, bonus content piece, as well as fic art. Writers can potentially write both journal entries and a fic. 

However, in the start of the creating process you will be clarifying what your main contribution will be, and after that there will most likely be a period (after X check-in) where secondary or following pieces will then be allowed to be started. 

What is the process for picking the creatures for the bestiary? 

There will be a form for submitting ideas after everyone joins the discord server and is accounted for. There, you will determine your role and what your main contribution will be and which part of the zine you want that piece to be for (Main zine or Nsfw). 

For artists, there are two options-

In the next part there will be a section of the form where you will submit short descriptions of your creature idea. (ex. Name: Three winged cerulean tortoise. Details: tortoise based creature with wings that lives in deep water.) 

There will be 6 locations (human realm, demon realm-gen, demon realm-northern desert, demon realm-southern realm, borderlands, the endless abyss) you can submit one idea to each location, but are only required to do a minimum of three. Having a spread of locations helps us make sure that there is a good variety of creatures. 

After this form, the mods will be going through to make sure there isn’t too much overlap with other people’s monsters. Then to start the creation period the mods will be assigning participants one of their submitted ideas to work on. 

If you do not have ideas or would like to be surprised, you will have the option to be randomly paired with a writer that has ideas to prompt you. 

For writers, two options as well-

If you have ideas you will submit them like mentioned above for artists. 

If you do not have ideas or would like to be surprised, you will have the option to be randomly paired with an artist and their idea to write for. 

Because we know that a lot of people have ideas, we want to make sure that those can be shared, but we ask that creators for bestiary pages be open to doing other people’s ideas for pairing purposes.

 

How will artists and writers be paired? 

Pairing will be prioritized between people who have an idea + want to do someone else's idea. After we pair off writers and artists for the bestiary pages this way, we will see who is left over and ask if anyone with similar ideas wants to collaborate. If there are people left after that, then we will ask if the remaining creators would be willing to drop their idea for a secondary piece to be matched for a first piece. (This is also where pinch hitters could come into play.)

Can I create using original monsters from my previous works? 

As long as they are your original creations, yes of course! There will be a section of the form for you to submit the related works for us to double check. 

Can I create in mediums other than digital art? 

Of course! If you are planning to make something for a bestiary page entry you need to ensure you can edit it to be a clean png to be put on a bestiary page, otherwise you can talk with a mod about it being a bonus content piece. 

Can I sign up as a back-up or pinch hit creator? 

Yes! Leave a note at the end of your sign-up that you would like to pinch hit and select the role that matches your skillset (Or add an additional note with the pitch hit note if you would like to do both art or writing) then the mods can give you a pinch hit role in the discord server when it opens. 

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Do your friends call you Shen Yuan when you get excited about monsters? Do you have a passion for spec bio and creatures mentioned in SVSSS fanfiction??? Then...

Sign ups are now open for the 2025 SVSSS Bestiary fanzine!

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Hello! I asked this on my sign-up forum, but I figured it couldn't hurt to send an ask here to since the computer was being very glitchy while attempting to sign up.

Do the beasts we create have to be entirely new for this? I write a silly little svsss zine called An Ding Almanac (that is not anywhere near as fancy as this; it's just me writing it in google docs and doing quick silly chibi drawings) and have churned out 8 creatures this week while writing February's Issue. I thought it would be fun to fully flush one of them out for the bestiary zine, but if you'd prefer an entirely new creature that's not mentioned in another zine, I can just make a new one.

They do not need to be entirely new creatures! We answered this in our FAQ-

As long as they are your original creations they can be used in the zine regardless if you have used them in past works before!

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what’s the timeline for working on the podfics? like what months/weeks?

This is to be determined as the podfic recording process will happen after all the journal entries and fics are written, but most likely sometime in may is when we will divvy up the work for podficcers!

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Do your friends call you Shen Yuan when you get excited about monsters? Do you have a passion for spec bio and creatures mentioned in SVSSS fanfiction??? Then...

Sign ups are now open for the 2025 SVSSS Bestiary fanzine!

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SVSSS Bestiary Zine FAQ

The sign ups have been open for a week now, and here are some of the most common questions we’ve been asked! 

Can I be both a writer and an artist? 

In short, hopefully! As we receive more sign ups this project gets larger and a bit more complicated for us to manage so, going off of the previous post addressing this question- 

Everyone who signs up is committing to making at least one piece for the zine, we ask that you pick a role (writer, artist, or otherwise) based on what you feel most comfortable working with and are certain you will be able to complete. 

Once your main contribution is done you are free to ask a mod about changing your role to start on another piece!

However, please see the following question for more information about multiple pieces. 

Is there a limit to how many pieces we can contribute? 

Tentatively yes, but the exact number we are unsure of. With there being multiple things each role can do, we want to allow for creators to make what they want but ensure that everyone gets their time to shine with their work being shown in the zine. So artists can potentially do a bestiary page, bonus content piece, as well as fic art. Writers can potentially write both journal entries and a fic. 

However, in the start of the creating process you will be clarifying what your main contribution will be, and after that there will most likely be a period (after X check-in) where secondary or following pieces will then be allowed to be started. 

What is the process for picking the creatures for the bestiary? 

There will be a form for submitting ideas after everyone joins the discord server and is accounted for. There, you will determine your role and what your main contribution will be and which part of the zine you want that piece to be for (Main zine or Nsfw). 

For artists, there are two options-

In the next part there will be a section of the form where you will submit short descriptions of your creature idea. (ex. Name: Three winged cerulean tortoise. Details: tortoise based creature with wings that lives in deep water.) 

There will be 6 locations (human realm, demon realm-gen, demon realm-northern desert, demon realm-southern realm, borderlands, the endless abyss) you can submit one idea to each location, but are only required to do a minimum of three. Having a spread of locations helps us make sure that there is a good variety of creatures. 

After this form, the mods will be going through to make sure there isn’t too much overlap with other people’s monsters. Then to start the creation period the mods will be assigning participants one of their submitted ideas to work on. 

If you do not have ideas or would like to be surprised, you will have the option to be randomly paired with a writer that has ideas to prompt you. 

For writers, two options as well-

If you have ideas you will submit them like mentioned above for artists. 

If you do not have ideas or would like to be surprised, you will have the option to be randomly paired with an artist and their idea to write for. 

Because we know that a lot of people have ideas, we want to make sure that those can be shared, but we ask that creators for bestiary pages be open to doing other people’s ideas for pairing purposes.

 

How will artists and writers be paired? 

Pairing will be prioritized between people who have an idea + want to do someone else's idea. After we pair off writers and artists for the bestiary pages this way, we will see who is left over and ask if anyone with similar ideas wants to collaborate. If there are people left after that, then we will ask if the remaining creators would be willing to drop their idea for a secondary piece to be matched for a first piece. (This is also where pinch hitters could come into play.)

Can I create using original monsters from my previous works? 

As long as they are your original creations, yes of course! There will be a section of the form for you to submit the related works for us to double check. 

Can I create in mediums other than digital art? 

Of course! If you are planning to make something for a bestiary page entry you need to ensure you can edit it to be a clean png to be put on a bestiary page, otherwise you can talk with a mod about it being a bonus content piece. 

Can I sign up as a back-up or pinch hit creator? 

Yes! Leave a note at the end of your sign-up that you would like to pinch hit and select the role that matches your skillset (Or add an additional note with the pitch hit note if you would like to do both art or writing) then the mods can give you a pinch hit role in the discord server when it opens. 

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Congratulations Congratulations Congratulations! The SVSSS Bestiary Zine has 100 creators signed up for it! We look forward to bringing all the disciples to Cang Qiong for Shen Qingqiu's project ヾ( ˃ᴗ˂ )◞ • *✰

Sign ups are still open until the 27th~

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SVSSS Bestiary Zine FAQ

The sign ups have been open for a week now, and here are some of the most common questions we’ve been asked! 

Can I be both a writer and an artist? 

In short, hopefully! As we receive more sign ups this project gets larger and a bit more complicated for us to manage so, going off of the previous post addressing this question- 

Everyone who signs up is committing to making at least one piece for the zine, we ask that you pick a role (writer, artist, or otherwise) based on what you feel most comfortable working with and are certain you will be able to complete. 

Once your main contribution is done you are free to ask a mod about changing your role to start on another piece!

However, please see the following question for more information about multiple pieces. 

Is there a limit to how many pieces we can contribute? 

Tentatively yes, but the exact number we are unsure of. With there being multiple things each role can do, we want to allow for creators to make what they want but ensure that everyone gets their time to shine with their work being shown in the zine. So artists can potentially do a bestiary page, bonus content piece, as well as fic art. Writers can potentially write both journal entries and a fic. 

However, in the start of the creating process you will be clarifying what your main contribution will be, and after that there will most likely be a period (after X check-in) where secondary or following pieces will then be allowed to be started. 

What is the process for picking the creatures for the bestiary? 

There will be a form for submitting ideas after everyone joins the discord server and is accounted for. There, you will determine your role and what your main contribution will be and which part of the zine you want that piece to be for (Main zine or Nsfw). 

For artists, there are two options-

In the next part there will be a section of the form where you will submit short descriptions of your creature idea. (ex. Name: Three winged cerulean tortoise. Details: tortoise based creature with wings that lives in deep water.) 

There will be 6 locations (human realm, demon realm-gen, demon realm-northern desert, demon realm-southern realm, borderlands, the endless abyss) you can submit one idea to each location, but are only required to do a minimum of three. Having a spread of locations helps us make sure that there is a good variety of creatures. 

After this form, the mods will be going through to make sure there isn’t too much overlap with other people’s monsters. Then to start the creation period the mods will be assigning participants one of their submitted ideas to work on. 

If you do not have ideas or would like to be surprised, you will have the option to be randomly paired with a writer that has ideas to prompt you. 

For writers, two options as well-

If you have ideas you will submit them like mentioned above for artists. 

If you do not have ideas or would like to be surprised, you will have the option to be randomly paired with an artist and their idea to write for. 

Because we know that a lot of people have ideas, we want to make sure that those can be shared, but we ask that creators for bestiary pages be open to doing other people’s ideas for pairing purposes.

 

How will artists and writers be paired? 

Pairing will be prioritized between people who have an idea + want to do someone else's idea. After we pair off writers and artists for the bestiary pages this way, we will see who is left over and ask if anyone with similar ideas wants to collaborate. If there are people left after that, then we will ask if the remaining creators would be willing to drop their idea for a secondary piece to be matched for a first piece. (This is also where pinch hitters could come into play.)

Can I create using original monsters from my previous works? 

As long as they are your original creations, yes of course! There will be a section of the form for you to submit the related works for us to double check. 

Can I create in mediums other than digital art? 

Of course! If you are planning to make something for a bestiary page entry you need to ensure you can edit it to be a clean png to be put on a bestiary page, otherwise you can talk with a mod about it being a bonus content piece. 

Can I sign up as a back-up or pinch hit creator? 

Yes! Leave a note at the end of your sign-up that you would like to pinch hit and select the role that matches your skillset (Or add an additional note with the pitch hit note if you would like to do both art or writing) then the mods can give you a pinch hit role in the discord server when it opens. 

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Thank you to everyone who has signed up so far! We are very excited to be doing this project! <3

We have compiled a list of FAQs from the sign-up form and will be posting answers to them on monday the 13th, so keep an eye out for that if you had questions!

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can we apply to be both an artist and a writer?

We have gotten this question a few times now from the sign up form as well!

To keep things more organized and easy to manage for both the mods and contributors we ask that you pick which role you are more excited for. We want to ensure that everyone who joins is able to have one page/contribution to the zine, However! Once your main contribution is done you are free to offer to do more roles (ex. Finished a bestiary page with your writer and then turning around to be a journal writer for someone else who wants to do art. Or, Wrote a journal entry/fic, and then wanting to do art.)

This is just to ensure that no one gets overwhelmed commitment wise! You are always free to change your mind on which role you'd like to do first on the form up until it closes!

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Do your friends call you Shen Yuan when you get excited about monsters? Do you have a passion for spec bio and creatures mentioned in SVSSS fanfiction??? Then...

Sign ups are now open for the 2025 SVSSS Bestiary fanzine!

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We have a blog now! <3

Do you like PIDW monsters? Do you share a kinship with Shen Yuan over wanting to see more of those beasties?

Then perhaps I can interest you in a community fanzine dedicated to making a SVSSS/PIDW bestiary?

Interest check open now! 🎉