Seattle Conlang Club

SCC Zine Submission Guidelines

If you're submitting to the SCC Zine, please make sure to follow these guidelines so your submission can be included!

• Guidelines
• Setting page settings
  • Libreoffice Writer

Guidelines

• When you submit an article, please submit it in #club-zine in the Discord and ping @Zine submission.
  • If you don’t, your submission may be missed.
• All members may submit one or more zine articles.
• Your submission must be a PDF file and any source files (e.g. OTF, DOC(X), TEX files), where the page layout is 5.5 x 8.5 in.
• Your outer page margins should be half inch (1/2 in), unless you have a good reason otherwise, in which case it must be at least a quarter inch (1/4 in).
  • See §Setting Page Settings for info on how to set your page settings
• The following fonts and sizes are strongly recommended, unless you have a good reason to use different ones:
  • Article title: Bebas Neue 20pt
  • Subheadings: Bebas Neue 14pt
  • Body content/prose: Noto Sans 10pt
  • Article summary: Noto Sans 10pt bold
• There is no page limit or requirement, but we anticipate most people will submit 0.5 ~ 3 pages per article.
• Color is allowed, but be mindful of people who want to print this at home. Don’t waste ink!
  • You can check for color contrast with Colbis
• You can submit anything conlang related including:
  • Art and drawings using conlangs
  • Writing and translations using conlangs
  • Descriptions of conlangs or features
  • Surveys of conlangs or features
  • Reviews of conlangs
  • Other conlang stuff

Setting page settings

Libreoffice Writer

1. In the top menu bar, click Format > Page Style (Shift-Alt-P)
2. Go to the Page tab
3. Set Width to 5.50"
4. Set Height to 8.50"
5. Set Left, Right, Top, and Bottom to 0.50"
6. Leave Gutter at 0.00" (zero)