A Modern Danmei Exploration Zine
Forever Young or 纸短情长 (zhǐ duǎn qíng cháng) is a SFW discovery zine that aims to introduce readers to the modern danmei genre. The zine's concept seeks to capture that butterfly feeling of liking someone: shy glances, red ears, heart beating fast, endless fantasies, a soft peck on the lips, the words "I like you."
The blooming of love came in many different forms in the books we like. That's why as avid danmei readers, we want to spread the joy of reading modern danmei, making this zine a bit different from the ones you have seen so far.
Building off of this idea, our zine will feature novel reviews ranging from 500 to 750 words instead of the typical fics you’d find. Each review will be a short summary of the novel and will be accompanied by some corresponding art.
If this first edition is successful, future editions will be made with different themes in mind.
All dates are tentative and subject to change
June 4, 2022
June 11, 2022 - July 8, 2022
July 22, 2022
July 24, 2022 - August 20, 2022
September 2, 2022
September 10, 2022
September 17, 2022
September 20, 2022
October 20, 2022 - October 25, 2022
November 15, 2022 - November 20, 2022
December 10, 2022 - December 15, 2022
January 2023
A team of six modern danmei-enthusiasts excited to get the zine's journey started.
Frequently asked questions concerning the zine and contributors
Our definition of modern danmei includes not only the typical high school danmei that you’d find (like SaYe, Mou Mou) but also novels with transmigration, futuristic, entertainment, survival game, and (half) fantasy elements in them. Basically anything where the primary setting is in the modern era.
The focus of this zine will be introducing readers to the world of modern danmei, thus the main theme of the zine will be modern.
The zine will be not-for-profit. After much consideration, the mods thought that it would only be fair for the contributors to get a copy of the zine that they’ve worked on. Consumers will be only paying for the cost of production, packing supplies, shipping fees, and contributors’ zine copies. Any leftover funds will be used to cover contributors’ shipping and any additional merch they wish to have.
This is to be determined after interest check.
ZDCQ will have a physical zine accompanied by various merch options. A PDF version of the zine will also be released once all physical orders have been delivered.
Yes, the zine can be shipped internationally, as long as you are willing to pay the shipping fees. Our shipping mod is located in the US so shipping to places outside of the USA is estimated to be around $15-20USD. We highly encourage you to join a group order in order to save on shipping.
AUs won't be featured in this zine as the purpose of the zine is to get you interested in the modern novels we are recommending.
A CP is the official couple(s) recognized by the author in their novels. Non-CP ships are not allowed in the zine since we want to make sure we're introducing the novels as accurately as possible.
This has not been determined yet due to the nature of this zine but we will have an answer once we send out an interest check. Please stay tuned while we fine tune this zine and will update this accordingly once the mods make a decision.
As the topics in some of the modern novels are mature, we will be requesting that all applicants be 18 by the time the zine reaches its creation period, i.e. 8th May 2022. In addition, we will request that all contributors join the discord server during the server.
All contributors are guaranteed a physical and digital copy of the zine. However, a physical merch bundle is not guaranteed. A donation pool will be opened during the pre-order period to fund contributor bundles and shipping.
Yes, contributors will be allowed to apply for multiple positions, but will have to submit an application for each role. Contributors will also be able to indicate if they’d like to be accepted to contribute to more than one position if they feel like they have the time and energy (completely optional!!!).
This is to be determined after interest check.
No experience will be needed in order to apply! The only requirement to applying for the zine will be knowing the basic gist of the novel you’re contributing for (artists) and knowing the entire novel you are reviewing for (reviewer).
A portfolio is a collection of the pieces you are most proud of. Contributors may choose to submit a portfolio if they feel like the sample pieces aren’t able to portray their entire skill range.