Our aims:

- We are a student-led, creative publication featuring prose, poetry, artwork and photography.

- We aim to produce an issue every semester (more is a possibility depending on availability).

- Before we begin accepting submissions, we will announce a THEME (previous themes included: 'Beginnings'), this theme acts to inspire your creations as well as create a flowing, consistent publication.

- We want to provide students with the chance to publish their work as well as develop their portfolios!

Activities:

- Throughout the year we will host various socials including:

• • Creative workshops (zine making, painting, poetry writing etc...)
  • Launch parties for each issue
  • Speakers and talks by professionals to expand your experience and knowledge
  • Alongside smaller events such as: boardgames, coffee socials, walks and bonfires

Membership perks:

- When you buy membership, you not only unlock the ability to submit to the zine, you also get:

• • A free copy of the zines we release that year
  • Access to our book release events and socials
  • Access to our workshops and talks
  • Merchandise including: stickers, badges, postcards, prints and tote bags
  • Finally, the chance to have your work displayed throughout Aberystwyth!!!

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The basics:

- To submit your work to the zine, you have to purchase the membership.

- Once we announce our theme for that semester, we will post up our submission link.

- We will then be accepting links for up to a MONTH after the theme announcement (e.g the theme is announced at the beginning of October and submissions will be collected at the beginning of November).

- Once all submissions are in we go into our Editing Phase...

The Editing Phase:

- We have two teams that work on the production of the zine: the Editors and the Designers.

- The Editors filter through all of the written submissions; Their jobs include:

• • Eligibility (meeting the theme)
  • Proofreading
  • Spell-checking, grammar and puntuation
  • Formatting (correct fonts, line-spacing, length etc...)
  • Checking for offensive subject matter (and possible inclusions of trigger warnings)
  • Finally, flagging the use of Ai (as a society we do not use Ai and do not accept pieces that include it).

- The Designers work on the overall visual of the zine itself; Their jobs include:

• • The front cover
  • Internal details
  • Supplementary pieces: when we receive written pieces, our designers will work together to illustrate small art pieces to accompany the writing
  • We have multiple artists with different styles on board, our artists work together to evenly distribute and include their styles throughout the zines
  • Our designers will never use Ai , everything is handmade and designed by real people.

[If you submit a piece made with Generative Ai it will not be included in the zine and you will be banned from any further submissions.] 

[As a creative society we do not agree with or accept the use of Generative Ai]

Our Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hwyl.zine 

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