Sketch of the Edinburgh protest against the Supreme Court's transphobic ruling in late April 2025. A crowd of people with protest signs and trans, non-binary and intersex flags walk beside the Scott Monument. The zine title reads "STAND FAST: NOTHING ABOUT US WITHOUT US". Extra text also reads "A ZINE FOR THE TRANS+ COMMUNITY. EDITOR - AVERIE WATSON. COVER IMAGE - AVERIE WATSON".

Front cover? Done 💅

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Trans flag icon (blue, pink and white stripes) on a black background with the text “AS ALWAYS, WATCH THIS SPACE!” written above it.

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WHAT ARE WE NOT LOOKING FOR?: No fanfiction or fanart. Absolutely no AI! Art and writing made by humans only! No works depicting or obviously based on real people without said person’s written consent. No works discriminating against or antagonising other minority groups. No plagiarism or tracing other artists’ work. No content encouraging illegal activities.

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WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?: Non-fiction feature articles (with a focus on trans+ people’s personal experiences – 450 words or less). Flash fiction (450 words or less). Poetry. Photography. Artwork (digital, pencil sketches, paintings, etc.). Short comic strips. Anything else that can be published in a physical zine – surprise us

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WHO DO WE WANT TO PUBLISH?: Transgender writers and artists. Non-binary writers and artists. Intersex writers and artists.

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WHEN WILL WE BE ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS?: We will be posting full submission guidelines and our email address after the Kickstarter campaign has been funded. However, we can give some ideas of what we’re looking for, if anyone is interested in creating submissions ahead of time…

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WHERE WILL WE BE CROWDFUNDING?: We will be launching a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter within the next few months. There are still a few loose ends we need to tie up before we can go live, such as: creating a business bank account; finishing the front cover; creating a campaign video; and many more smaller things behind the scenes.

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HOW MUCH DO WE WANT TO PAY OUR CREATORS?: We are currently aiming to pay each published creator £30 for their work. In an ideal world, they would be paid a lot more. But, as STAND FAST is a brand new publication without much of an online presence, we’re unsure that we’ll be able to raise more money than that for the first issue of the zine. We would like to publish seven creators in the first issue of STAND FAST. This would come to a total of £210.

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“FUNDING THE ZINE: We want to pay the contributing artists and writers for any submissions that get published. A crowdfunder will need to be created in order to raise this money to pay the creators of any published works. There is a terrible standard in the publishing industry where artists and writers (as well as other industry professionals) are expected to work for free. STAND FAST wants to challenge this standard by paying people for their hard work, even if we aren’t able to raise as much money as we would like to at the start of our publishing journey.

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STAND FAST logo (blue, pink and white sketched eye) on a black background with “THE PLAN SO FAR” written in white above it.

Still here and doing stuff behind the scenes ✌🏻 Here's a quick update on our plans so far!

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new zine drawn up. omfg i am addicted to making little books now... #zines #zine #printmaking #coloringbook #christmasgift #zinemaking #publishing #zinepublishing #adultcoloringbook #minibook #stockingstuffer #drawing #drawmore #innerkid #nostalgia #activitybook #sharpie #artist #seattleartist