About

-Volume II-Sugar, spice, and everything nice...about Holiday Food! Honey glazed ham, frosted sugar cookies, and your grandmother's secret mulled cider recipe, we all have our favorite foods we associate to the holidays. Whether traditional or unique to you, we'd love to showcase it! With, of course, your favorite Pokémon in tow!This volume of Winter Wonderland will be focused on art, stories, and recipes that are apart of the way people celebrate this time of year, and celebrating the love, connection, and joy that food brings to the holiday season. From making cookies for Santa, noodles that symbolize health and longevity, special meals created to honor God or Gods above, to the nostalgia of going through tattered and well loved recipe cards, everyone has something unique to them and their friends and family that they can bring to the zine. This love will be shared with Pokémon, the characters we seen, and the ones we've created, and we hope you and your favorite mons will join us for the fun!This will be our second year with Winter Wonderland, and we would love to see it go on for many more years to come! We hope you'll join us for Vol II~!


-Volume I-A Pokémon Zine for the magical and glittering Holiday and Winter season. Sweet silver bells, lit manorahs, wreaths adorn and yule logs ablaze, anything and everything you and your Pokémon love about this time of year!This is a zine focused on celebration, no matter what it is you celebrate, if anything at all! From Christmas to Kwanza, Yule to Hanukkah, or just the joy of sitting by the fire and watching the snow fall, this will be a collaboration of all the joys that these artists and writers find within themselves, their families, and of course, their Pokémon! And, everything goes in this zine! OCs, ships, any characters from any region!This is also, hopefully, going to be a non-traditional style of zine, in that I would love to see this go beyond the single years that zines typically run. I would love to see artists, new and old, add their joys and celebrations to many volumes of Winter Wonderland to come. And, in that, I would love to expand what we can offer! And get charity sales involved later as well!

Schedule

EventStart DateEnd Date
Interest CheckJune 23rd, 2024July 14th, 2024
Mod ApplicationsJune 23rd, 2024July 14th, 2024
Contributor ApplicationsJuly 18th, 2024August 13th, 2024
Acceptance Emails-August 19, 2024
Pitch SubmissionsAugust 25th 2024September 1st, 2024
Check in 1-September 21th, 2024
Check in 2-October 21th, 2024
Check in 3-November 20th, 2024
Finals Due-December 20th, 2024
Hard Deadline-December 30th, 2024
Free Release-January 2025

Moderators

CoolCoolSkies

⋆꙳•❅‧͙ Head Mod ‧͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆

Hello hi! I'm Skies! Blue enthusiast, cat lover, and OCxCanon enjoyer. I absolutely adore the Christmas/Holiday season, so much so that I made a zine for it in one of my favorite universes! I'm so excited to have you all back for Vol II, and I hope you have so much fun![A returning mod from Volume 1] Zine experience includes:

  • Krosmoz Kuisine, Head Mod

  • Winter Wonderland Vol I-II, Head Mod

  • Dofus 2 Tofus, Head Mod

ShrapnelChan

⋆꙳•❅‧͙ Organization & Maintenance Mod‧͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆

Hiya! I'm Shrapnel, fic writer and ever-tired grad student! I've been in Pokemon zines since 2020, and I've been modding zines since 2021! You'll see me in a lot of fandoms these days, so if you check out my socials you'll currently find a lot of FFVII. I'm super excited to be back for volume two of this zine, and to keep everything super neat and organized and flowing smoothly![A returning mod from Volume 1] Zine experience includes:

  • Fairy Stories: A Pokemon Fairy Tale Zine, Head Mod & Writing Lead

  • Death Is Only The Beginning: A 25th Anniversary Zine for The Mummy (1997), Head Mod & Writing Mod

  • And more!

Ellory

⋆꙳•❅‧͙ Writing & Recipe Mod ‧͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆

My name is Ellory. I'm a freelance writer and recipe creator. I have crafted multiple recipes for projects along with prose. I actually was a contributor last year and had so much fun I decided to come back as a mod.Zine experience HERE

Taruchinator

⋆꙳•❅‧͙ Writing & Beta Mod ‧͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆

Hi there! I'm Alice! Just your average fanfic lover who's here to judge you on your grammar and punctuation 😂 I got into Pokémon thanks to the latest Scarlet/Violet game, so I'm pretty biased towards it being my fave (with Kieran as my adorable wet cat child). I look forward to working on this project again this year, and hopefully we all have tons of fun![A returning mod from Volume 1] Zine experience includes:

  • Luminescence: A Lumity Zine, Writer Mod

  • Hearts For The Holidays: A KH Holiday Zine, Writer & Beta Mod

  • And more!

Daddy_Jiro

⋆꙳•❅‧͙ Art Mod ‧͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆

Hello hello all! I'm so happy and grateful to be here, finally working on a Pokemon zine for the first time! Not only have I been a massive Pokemon nerd for over 20+ years, my favorite season is Winter and my fave drink during said season is eggnog, so this is a match made in Pokeheaven! I look forward to helping all of our artists bring out their full potential and make some amazing pieces. ❤️Zine experience includes:

  • Runway Naha: A Fashion-Focused Sk8 Zine, Head Mod

  • Get Rekt: A Reki Kyan Zine, Art Mod

  • Garden Of Eden: An Eden Zine, Art Mod

HoshiDensha

⋆꙳•❅‧͙ Art Mod ‧͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆

Hello, I'm Hoshi! I'm a longtime Pokémon fan (started with the OG Sapphire on GBA, Mudkip my beloved 💙), general lover of all things Nintendo, and of course artist and zine enthusiast! I had an amazing time participating in last year's edition of Winter Wonderland and I'm so honoured to be helping out with Vol. II! Looking forwards to working with you all~Zine experience includes:

  • Fame, Music, and Magic, Art Mod

  • femme☆phenomenon: One Of Those HetaGirls, Art Mod

  • And more!

AKnightOfAGoodKing

⋆꙳•❅‧͙ Social Media Mod‧͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆

Please be nice to me because I will cry. QwQ[A returning mod from Volume 1] Zine experience includes writing contributions for 30 completed zines—and modding 15 of them!

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a fanzine?
A fanzine is a collaborative effort between fans of a certain franchise, series, or fandom, to compile artwork, writing, and more into either a physical or digital booklet.
Is there a cost for the zine?
This will be a free release zine! Should we decide later down the line that we are willing, or able, to have it be purchased, we will have the funds go towards a charity of choice, TBD.
What is the rating of this zine?
This will be a family friendly, SFW zine!
Who will be allowed to participate?
Contributors must be 18+ to apply, but artists and writers of any skill level are free to apply! Artists of non-digital media are also allowed to apply, so long as they can have their pieces fit within specifications. You can find more on that in the Guidelines.
How will artists and writers be compensated?
All artists and writers will receive their own digital copy of the zine. Should any sales be made for the zine, all proceeds will go to a charity, TBD.
Will this be focused on just one Holiday/Christmas?
Not at all! This will be focused on whatever Holiday the artists hold dear, if any! With this volume focusing on food and treats, there are a great deal of traditions, recipes, and foods to highlight!
What kind of Pokémon and characters will be allowed? What about ships?
With the exception of Fakémon, all characters, OCs, and Pokémon will be allowed, so long as they are in scenes that fit with the zine. Ships are also free game! We just ask that all characters be 18+!
Will contributors need social media to participate?
They will only be required to have a discord, as that will be the main point of contact. If they have nothing else beyond that, that's okay!
How many pieces can I submit for the zine? Are artists allowed to collaborate?
We will accept two pieces from contributors, either art or writing. The pace of this zine might be a little fast, so we want to make sure contributors don't overwhelm themselves, and everyone gets a fair spread in the zine.
As for collaborations, we would love to see artists and writers come together to create something magical! We will work out more of those details as we go along.
How many contributors will be accepted?
Since this is the first run of this zine, we will be accepting as many as we can!
Can contributors apply for more than one role?
They may, but they may not be accepted to each role applied for.
Will Mods be allowed to contribute?
Absolutely! And I'd love for my mods to participate!
What happens when the zine project ends?
All contributors will retain full ownership of their pieces, and are free to post their own pieces wherever they wish AFTER the mods conclude the end of the zine.

Guidelines

•This zine will be SFW and family friendly. If you wouldn't do it in front of family, even your favorite Wine Aunt, it won't be allowed in the zine. Light romance, kissing, drinking, etc will be accepted. If you are worried at all about the content of your piece, please consult the mods.•The standard zine will be in portrait, 3300 x 2550 px , 300 DPI, and will be in PNG or PDF. The cookbook portion of the zine will also be the same specs, but we will ask that it be in RGB.•This will be a no-chase zine. If you do not meet the timeframe for joining the discord, submitting pitches, or meeting your deadlines without letting the mods know, we will consider that as a resignation from the zine.•Artists and writers hold full rights to their piece once the zine concludes. We ask that zine pieces past the sketch phase/draft phase not be shared outside the zine's Discord. Breach of this rule will result in your exclusion from the zine.•While we are accepting of all skill levels for all art and writing, we do ask that your final pieces fit the standard set by the zine. That means having your artwork match the size required, and your end writing piece be properly edited and proofread.•Accepted contributors must join the zine's Discord server. If you can not or will not join, you can not participate.•Plagiarism will not be tolerated in any shape or form. We will also not allow old pieces or previous zine pieces to be submitted to the final zine. If you are caught doing this, you will be removed from the zine and barred from future entries.•We prefer if the pieces you submit for contribution are SFW and Pokémon related. However, we will require that any social media you share for your piece in the zine is SFW.•We ask that you submit at least two full colored illustrations to the zine, and/or one finished writing piece, so we can best assess your potential entries.•Please ensure that any pieces you submit are accessible for the mods to view. If we can not see them, we will have to consider your application incomplete.•Mods will only be judging on the skill the artists show and the relevency of their pieces. Followers, mod association, or anything of that sort will not be considered in the acceptance of your contributor application.