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A Faerghus Four
Charity Fanthology & Community Zine

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About

Long Story Short is celebrating five incredible years of Fire Emblem: Three Houses fandom by hosting a charity fanthology and community zine—we're wearing our Faerghus Four loving heart on our creative sleeves and we're rolling them up for a cool and excellent time!The fanthology and zine will celebrate and explore the relationship between the Faerghus childhood friends—Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd, Felix Hugo Fraldarius, Ingrid Brandl Galatea, and Sylvain Jose Gautier, from childhood to adulthood, following the different paths that their futures might take from both Houses to Hopes, and more!This is a charity-first project; fundraising for Yemen Aid is our north star. Yemen Aid is an on-the-ground org providing relief to a nation on the brink—as Palestine's ally, Yemen has faced violent retaliation from the West and has had its aid revoked. We raised $8k+ last time and with you, we're hoping to rally once more.Pre-orders are now open until July 25, 2024!


Schedule: Charity Fanthology

Interest Check: February 12 - February 25
Sign-ups Open: February 26 - March 17
Participants/Pitches Finalized: March 24
First Check-In: March 31
Second Check-In: May 12
Writers - Final Check in: June 9
Final Piece Due: June 16
Pre-Orders: July 1 - July 21
Charity Fanthology Release: July 26


Schedule: Community Zine

Interest Check: February 12 - February 25
Sign-ups Open: February 26 - May 1
Optional First Check-In for people requesting feedback: March 31
Optional Second Check-In for people requesting feedback: May 12
Final Piece Due: June 16
Community Zine Release: July 26


Mods

Crop of Felix

Devin
Mod Felix — Art
@punchyfakegamer
AO3 imalright

Past Projects:

  • Lover: A Sylvain Charity Zine

  • Futures Reforged: A Fire Emblem Awakening Anniversary Charity Zine

  • Long Live: A Faerghus Four Charity Zine

  • Flower of Nohr: An Elise Community Zine

  • Store management (Maya Kern)


Crop of Dimitri

lin
Mod Dimitri — Design

Past Projects:

  • Long Live: A Faerghus Four Charity Zine

  • dtf: a dimilix zine

  • for years: a dimilix diy community zine


Crop of Sylvain

Lan
Mod Sylvain — Organization
@gautired
AO3 Ethereally

Past Projects:

  • Almost, Always: A Sylvix AU Anthology

  • Cavalier: A Sylvain/Ingrid Charity Zine

  • Long Live: A Faerghus Four Charity Zine

  • Year One: A 13 Sentinels Post-Canon Anthology

  • Kunigiri Exchange 2023/2024


Crop of Felix, but with sunglasses emoji and Rodrigue's moustache badly edited in

Boyte
"Modrigue" — Writing/Beta-Reading
@b0yte
AO3 boyte

Past Projects:

  • dtf: a dimilix zine

  • for years: a dimilix diy community zine


Crop of Shez

Kay
Mod Shez — Writing/Beta-Reading
@kayisdreaming
AO3 kayisdreaming

Past Projects:

  • This is Hell, I Guess - Sylvain Horror Exchange (co-head mod)

  • Dimivain Week 2023

  • Long-time beta reader


Crop of Ingrid

Lily
Mod Ingrid— Writing/Beta-Reading
@pegasusknight_

Past Projects:

  • Long Live: A Faerghus Four Charity Zine

  • Sports Anime Summer Olympics

  • Inter-High Exchange

  • Bulbagarden forums moderator

  • Long-time beta reader!


FAQ

How can I participate?
The community zine accepts sign-ups all the way until May 1, 2024! It's already a raring time in there, so read up and hop right in—let's make a Faerghus Four thing together!
What's the difference between the charity fanthology and the community zine?
The charity fanthology will be a digital book that will be used to help support our fundraising efforts, with all proceeds going toward Yemen Aid. It has a structured focus and open sign-ups for a limited number of assignments.
The community zine is open to all and encourages creative freedom and has fewer work limits. It will accompany the charity anthology as a fun digital and DIY celebration of our community.Will these contain ships?
Yes! The charity fanthology will feature works for every ship permutation of the Faerghus Four, including all polyships! What ends up being included in the community zine will depend on the sign-ups that we receive. (Be the change that you want to see in the world and create for your rarepair!)


Have questions or comments? Can't find what you need from our rich and plentiful Info Doc? Then please DM us on Twitter for a mod response!


Community Zine

To celebrate five years of fandom, we're Faerghus Four doing it ourselves! Intended in the spirit of our classic zine ancestors, we aim to be a chill and excellent time that encourages the simple sheer joy of creation.We’re looking for what you want to create from your Faerghus Four loving heart—whether that’s sketching a little something, writing 20 pages of fic, writing a drabble, recreating some traditional Faerghan cuisine and reviewing it as Ingrid, walking us through how to make our very own Sylvain Gautier (dubious), or editing screenshots into a Mary Oliver punk collage of Dimitri and Felix feelings—as long as what you create brings you joy, the sky’s the limit!Also in the spirit of our classic zine ancestors, we’re embracing a communal maker space vibe that we will be hosting in our Discord server. Along with putting our heads together to fundraise for Yemen Aid, we will also be there to workshop, brainspark, inspire, hang out, and run community server games to get that creative spirit going!


Doing It (Mostly) Ourselves

Here's the Deal

One sheet of standard printer paper (letter size) will give you a total of four pages; one side of that sheet is a 2-page spread; one side of that sheet folded in half is a single page. You will be creating to these page sizes and also assembling your own zine by stacking sheets, folding them, and binding them together. And then you print out and assemble all everybody else's sections to yours and now you are holding a big beautiful Faerghus Four DIY zine in your proud hands! (Don't worry, we're here to help.)


Basic Specs

  • 5.5" x 8.5" final dimensions

  • can be printed on standard letter printer paper

  • black&white, with optional colour

  • will be available in sections that can be folded and assembled by long stapler, saddle stitching, hole puncher and string, or other less or more cursed zine binding methods


Zine Templates


Submission Format: Art, Mixed Media, Visual based

  • PDF or PSD (flattened)

  • CMYK

  • resolution: 300 DPI

  • dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5"


Submission Format: Fic, Poetry, Prose based

  • PDF

  • include AO3-style header

  • font size: at least 9pt, depending on font

  • resolution: 300 DPI

  • dimensions: 5.5" x 8.5", with printing margins


For fic and all text-based works, please submit a PDF. You can generate one from Google Docs using the Basic Fic Template that was provided. If you used something other than the Basic Fic Template or Google Docs, please ensure that the dimensions are correct for the PDF.For fic, we also recommend that you include your work title, creator name, ships, and any content tags/warnings in an AO3-style header in the fic itself.For art, mixed media, and other visual-based works, ideally you would be submitting a PDF or PSD.However, we accept a wide variety of formats! If you have a work that does not quite fit within any easy parameters, please reach out to a mod and we will be happy to assist you!


Charity Fanthology

Dimitri. Felix. Ingrid. Sylvain.It's been five years and we're still here, so let's get celebrating! Sign-ups for the charity fanthology are now closed—thank you again so much for joining us! We're so excited to make a Faerghus Four thing with you!


Charity Fanthology: Artists

Cover Artist
Fox
twitter foxkunkun
artstation foxkunkun
Agre_Sora
twitter Agre_Sora
facebook Agre Sora
Arylaë
twitter arylaeee
instagram arylaee
Buns
twitter sid3buns
tumblr sid3buns
Devin
twitter punchyfakegamer
tumblr punchyemblem
jen
twitter hekxate
tumblr hekxate
Kaiqi
twitter kaizmos
instagram kaizmos
Lilly
twitter saccharinesylph
lillyhiggs.com
lin
twitter qiliin
tumblr priintaniere
Line
instagram linecmon_nom
Lucky
twitter degeneratepeach
lydia
twitter plaemon

Midnight
twitter MidnightOMoon
mikan
twitter yadntve
N. Lightning Bugs
twitter enlightningbugs
instagram enlightningbugs
Pekoe
twitter pekoe_ji
tumblr pekoe-ji
R/Rasie
twitter r26yz
tumblr r26yz
Raziel
twitter bluestarRaziel
tumblr lieutenantraziel
Reptiliton
twitter Claudvain
instagram Reptiliton
riotbones
twitter riotbones
Robin
twitter arcthunderrz
tumblr arcthunderrz
Tod
twitter soundooover
yanyan
twitter yanyan46e20
tumblr yanyan46e20
Ysab/Potchysab
twitter potchysab
instagram potchysab


Charity Fanthology: Writers

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