Writer Application
Application form open at noon (Pacific time) 8 September 2026, and closes at midnight (Pacific time) on 9 October 2026.
Future Buff collective is looking for YOUR stories for Volume 1! If you meant to use the artist application, go
HERE.
You can apply for both, but you will only be accepted for 1 role.Do email us if you have any questions about the application itself.
Do not email us to ask if we received your form. For your records, feel free to screenshot the confirmation page you are redirected to after completion. If you are REALLY unsure, feel free to submit a second time- we will only review the later application since we are a team of 2. All applicants will receive an email with results either way at the end of our review period.
This will be a zine for original art, fiction and comics featuring masc x masc
sapphic relationships.
If accepted, there will be a creation period from roughly November 2026 to March 2027- with staggered due dates depending on length. We are not looking for already started, finished or published works.
Contributors will retain complete rights to their work. We ask for an exclusivity period of creation time until 1 month after all zines have shipped. Contributors will also be asked to post some WIP-style post on their social media for promotion- more info upon acceptance.
We will host a discord for ease-of-access to us, the mods, and to encourage discussion and sharing previews to fellow contributors. We will not require the discord to participate, however, failure to communicate at scheduled check-in times may result in removal from the zine.
We encourage both SFW and NSFW contributions. Due to the nature of the content to be featured in this zine, we are only able to work with and sell to adults over the age of 18.
We're looking for romance stories that are charming, funny, heart-wrenching, and may or may not feature the silly taken seriously. If it's the kind of concept you'd find scrolling the depths of your favorite fanfiction archive or while reading the title of the newest isekai light novel to gain popularity, that's what we want. We are open to any genre from historical to futuristic, set on our world or anywhere in the galaxy, or on a secondary world entirely.
We are especially interested in:
• unusual rivalry circumstances (ex. fashion designers, forum mod/poster who keeps skirting rules)
• genre mash-ups (space opera but they're spies)
• trope subversions (ex. rivalry ignited by misunderstanding, one person doesn't know they're in a rivalry)
• stories featuring non-US American/non-western characters and settings
Hard sells :
• sports rivalry
• cozy scifi, fantasy, mystery or horror (the non-cozy equivalent of each of these are not hard sells for us)
• omegaverse
Not interested in:
• nonfiction
• depictions of sexual assault, depictions of sex involving characters under 18, bestiality, or incest
• generative ai (in any aspect of creation)
• works that promote racism, misogyny, transphobia, and homophobia
Your name (just what we should call you- pen name is fine!)
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We're looking for 1-2 samples from interested writers. 1 MUST be a sapphic work, and 1 MUST be an original work- they can be the same sample if you'd like. The optional 2nd sample can be fanfiction and/or non-sapphic. 1000-1500 words.
NSFW and fandom works are perfectly fine to include as long as the first 2 conditions are met.
We are looking for work exemplary of the general type of contribution you'd like to make but it does NOT have to comply with the theme (Rivals to Lovers). It does not have to be published work.
You can use a drive link(s)- but you must ensure that we can view it (you can use a private browser window to test this). We will not contact you to gain permissions.
If you'd prefer to upload them directly:
Social media (Optional. No twitter/x profiles, sorry)
Your website, if applicable
Tell us what you'd like to make for the zine. You may include up to two pitches, though you only need to include one.
Each pitch can be up to 500 words. Though you may be as detailed or broad strokes as you would like within that limit, we are not looking for complete outlines at this time--just an overview of the concepts and flavor of mascxmasc romance you would like to explore. If you are chosen, we will accept one of your pitches for inclusion. Though we will anticipate a work along the lines of the pitch provided, we will be flexible with contributors should the need arise.
Pitch 1 word-count range
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Are you interested in potentially participating as a pinch-hitter if we're unable to offer a slot in the initial contributors lineup? This is completely optional and will not affect your application in any way.
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By pressing this checkbox you affirm that you are, as of this moment, over 18 years old and consent to being part of a NSFW zine, even if you yourself do not create a NSFW piece.
By pressing this checkbox you affirm that you understand and agree to the terms that no generative AI was used in any part of your writing, and that no generative AI will be used in any part of the creation process should you be invited. Failure to comply with this at any stage will result in being removed from the zine and a permanent ban from any future projects.
Selected contributors will be compensated in the form of 1 copy of the zine and 1 copy of each item of merch, regardless of sales. Should sales also cover shipping or a portion of shipping for these items, we will provide that as well- but anything beyond that will be donated to the cause we decide on as a group. Contributors will also be able to purchase additional copies at cost for commercial or personal purposes.
