An upcoming, digital, for-charity fanzine centered around Hinata Shoyo, Miya Atsumu, Bokuto Koutarou & Sakusa Kiyoomi and their time together as players for the MSBY Black Jackals.

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Moderators

ISA - Head & Beta

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Hi I'm Isa! I'm the head and writing mod for On the Prowl, I'm really looking forward to this project! Atsumu is my husband.Relevant Experiences:
• "Hey Let's Go!" Zine (Mod)
• Artist for various zines and other projects

CY - Graphics & Layout

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heyo everyone! My name is Cy :)) I’m super glad to be here celebrating some of my favorite characters! Thank you for having me, I’ll do my best :))Relevant Experiences:
• "Callsigns" Zine (Mod)
• StarWars Colouring Book (Mod)
• "Someone Even Better" Zine (Mod)

CHARLY - SocMed, Finance & Orga

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Hey hey, I'm Charly, a writer who loves worldbuilding and making up trivia so much I keep forgetting to actually write.
(I am also very normal about Hinata's timeskip glow-up, yep >.>)Relevant Experiences:
• "Passing The Torch" Zine (Mod)
• "Set the Stage" Zine (Mod)
• IwaOi BigBang & SummerCamp (Mod)

OMEGAMI - Art

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Howdy, I’m Omeg! Glad to be here with you all and I can’t wait to see what the future has in store!Relevant Experiences:
• "News Coo" Zine (Mod)
• "Fighting Style" Zine (Mod)
• Bell-Mere Zine (Mod)

FAQ

What is a zine?
A zine (short for magazine) is a collaborative production created and distributed by fans for other fans. They usually take the form of small magazines or books containing a themed collection of works, like art, writing, and fan-made merchandise. They can be digital-only or include physical components sold in bundles of various size.What scope will this zine have?
"On the Prowl" will be a curated (with applications), digital/PDF only zine with digital merch options.
The zine will either be offered at a low, fixed price or in a fluid pay-what-you-want model, depending on the final number of contributors and pieces featured.Where will profits go?
All profits made from the zine will be donated to World ParaVolley, the organization administering and advocating for amateur and professional Volleyball for the physically disabled.Does this zine have a theme?
No, this will be a general zine.
The MSBY4 as characters are our theme <3Does that mean every piece has to include all 4 characters/are other characters allowed?
You are always allowed to mention other characters or include them as side characters in your piece, but the focus should be on the MSBY4 members.
Writers should try to include all 4 in their pieces, artists may center their works on select characters.What is the overall rating of the zine?
We are aiming for a "Gen"/"Teen Up" rating.
Applicants must be 15 years or older by the time acceptance mails are sent out.Is there any ship or NSFW content?
We aim to be a general zine and as such want to focus on the platonic relationship between the teammates. Explicitly romantic pairings should not be part of any zine contribution.Therefore, NO sexually explicit content will be accepted!
A possible gore/violence aspect can be considdered as part of specific AUs.Are AUs included?
The focus of the zine will be on canon-compliant pieces, but we will also allow a number of AU/canon-divergent pieces.
Contributors who want to create a canon-compliant piece will only need to submit their pitch for overview purposes—no explicit approval will be necessary. Contributors who want to create an AU/canon-divergent piece will require mod-approval prior to submitting their pitch.My question isn't answered here.
If you have any more questions, feel free to send us an e-mail or an anonymous ask on our Tumblr or Retrospring <3

Application Guidelines

General Requirements
• 15 years or older at the time applications close
• All samples, portfolio pieces and final zine contributions must be SFW
• Must have a Discord account or be willing to make one if accepted
• All works must be new creations for this project—we do not accept any works created with or with the help of AI!Artists
• We are looking to include
Page Art = "Normal" zine art, on an A5 canvas (full- or half-body characters, full setting/scenery background, highest level of rendering you can achieve) — includes other full-page art forms like comics, etc;
Spot Art = "Partial" art piece that directly relates to parts of a writer's fic (objects relevant for the plot, character designs, scenes with incomplete backgrounds, etc.) — find some examples HERE;
Digital Merch = Digitals (Emotes, Icons, Twitter/Tumblr Banners, Phone or Laptop Wallpapers, etc) or Printables (note sheet/to-do-list/planner designs, print-at-home stickers, etc).
You would like to contribute something else? Feel free to reach out to us and tell us about it <3
• Both traditional and digital art are welcome.• Apply with a Portfolio that includes at the minimum 5 art pieces in the kind of style/shape that you want to contribute to this zine—This can be any platform that can be viewed without additional permissions or an account (eg. google drive folder with view permission for everyone with link, Instagram, ArtStation, DeviantArt, Curated Twitter Art Thread, Curated Tumblr Art Tag, etc).
• At least one (1) portfolio piece must feature a MSBY4 character —more/other Haikyuu samples are appreciated but not required.• Artists are expected to create at least 1 A5 page worth of art (eg. 1 page art, 4 quarter-page spot arts, 1 printable merch, set of other merch)—Additional contributions or contributions exceeding 1 page are, of course, more than welcome <3•Writers
• We are looking for both prose/fic writers and poetry/lyric writers.
You would like to contribute something else? Feel free to reach out to us and tell us about it <3• Apply with a sample doc including 2–3 of your best works with a word count between 1–2.5k each—You can find a template to use HERE.
• At least one (1) sample must be Haikyuu—pieces focussed on MSBY4 characters are welcomed but not mandatory.
• At least one (1) sample must be a completed story within the word count, others may be excerpts from longer fics.
• Provide a portfolio that includes at the minimum 3 more written pieces—This can be any platform that can be viewed without additional permissions or an account (eg. google drive folder with view permission for everyone with link, Ao3, Wordpress, FanFiction.net, a Curated Tumblr writing tag)—please do not submit Instagram or Twitter Threads.• Writers are expected to create one work with a word count of 1.5–5k words.
• This can be in one piece or spread across several shorter works.•I still have a question.
If you have any more questions, feel free to send us an e-mail, a DM or an ask on our Tumblr or Retrospring <3

Schedule

Contributor Applications: June 8th–July 13th.
Results: July 22nd latest
Onboarding & Pitch Submission: August 4th latest
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Check-In 1: August 30th–September 1st
Check-In 2: September 27th–29th
Check-In 3: November 1st–3rd
Final Submission: December 14th latest
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Shop Opens: January 4th–February 16th 2025All times are GMT/UTC — Schedule remains subject to change.