Posts in Fanzine Scan Hosting Project
Manacles Press’s Fanzines are Moving to the AO3!
Manacles Press, publisher of various fanzines including Nudge Nudge Wink Wink (Professionals), McPikus Interruptus (Wiseguy), and Consupiscence (multifandom), is importing the zines’ fanworks to the Archive of Our Own (AO3). In this post: A bit of background explanation What this means for creators who had work(s) in Manacles Press’s fanzines And what to do if you still have questions Background explanation Manacles Press was run by Megan Kent and Charlotte C. Hill in the 1990’s, publishing both anthology and novel zines. Megan and Charlotte are happy to archive these works in an effort to preserve fannish history and to keep the fanworks available and free…. Read more
Five Things Julie Bozza Said
Every month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today’s post is with Julie Bozza, who volunteers as a Senior FSHP Volunteer and project manager for the Open Doors AO3 Fanzine Scan Hosting Project (FSHP) for Open Doors. How does what you do as a volunteer fit into what the OTW does? I first did a Five Things in March 2022, for my role as an Open Doors Administrative Volunteer. Back… Read more
Open Doors Announces New Import of Fanzine Works
The AO3 Fanzine Scan Hosting Project (FSHP) is a partnership between the Open Doors committee and fan-run preservation project Zinedom through which fanfiction and fanart originally published in print fanzines is imported to the Archive of Our Own. Fanworks can be imported to AO3 with the consent of either the creators of the works or the publisher of the fanzine in which the fanworks were published. Today, Open Doors is pleased to announce a list of collections that it has created since September 2024 to house fanworks imported through the FSHP. A collection has been created for each fanzine from which one or more fanworks… Read more
Dreaming the Answers is Moving to the AO3!
cj2017 and feroxargentea, publishers of The X-Files fanzine Dreaming the Answers, are importing the zine’s fanworks to the Archive of Our Own (AO3). In this post: A bit of background explanation What this means for creators who had work(s) in Dreaming the Answers And what to do if you still have questions Background explanation Dreaming the Answers (DTA) was a 33-issue The X-Files fanzine published from November 1997 to March 2001. The zine featured primarily Mulder/Scully fic with additional meta, reviews, and news of note. The publishers are still proud of Dreaming the Answers, and they’d like to make it freely available and preserve any… Read more
Homosapien Press’s Fanzines are Moving to the AO3!
Homosapien Press, publisher of multi-fandom fanzines including Samurai Errant, Homosapien, and Pure Maple Syrup, is importing the zines’ fanworks to the Archive of Our Own (AO3). In this post: A bit of background explanation What this means for creators who had work(s) in Homosapien Press’s fanzines And what to do if you still have questions Background explanation Homosapien Press was based in Australia and run by Julie Bozza, publishing various fanzines from 1988 to 2004. Julie is keen to preserve this part of fandom history, with the explicit permission of the creators. Please contact us if you had works in these zines and would like… Read more