Zine Specs:

⨳ Brat: Bottom Bakugou Zine is a physical, for-profit, 18+ NSFW Zine dedicated to bottom Bakugou Katsuki content.⨳ This project consists of a Main Zine and a Supplemental Zine.⨳ The Main Zine will be available as a physical zine with merch and as a PDF download. The Supplemental Zine will only be available as a PDF.⨳ The Main Zine will include Boudoir/Suggestive, Solo/Masturbation, and NSFW Ship content.⨳ The Supplemental Zine will include heavier, kinkier content featuring both Solo Bakugou and and Ship content.⨳ We will be accepting 23 Artists and 7 Writers in the Main Zine.⨳ We will be accepting 10-15 Artists and 8 Writers in the Kinkier Supplemental Zine.⨳ More information about application guidelines, please read our guidelines page.

Accepted Content:

⨳ Enthusiastic Yes
Mainstream NSFW content where all participants are portrayed as 18+, including boudoir, solo, and ship content is expected in the Main Zine.
This includes intimacy, suggestive/implied sexuality, and explicitly sexual content.⨳ Supplemental Only
Harder Kink/Squicky content where all participants are portrayed as 18+.
This includes content such as A/B/O, teratophilia/monsterfucking, weapon play, CNC, dubcon, heavy substance use, watersports/omo, somnophilia, and age-gap content.⨳ Hard No
Content that will not be allowed in any section of the zine includes:
Shota/Loli, scat, necro, explicit noncon, & excessive gore (e.g. gore leading to character death)

Zine Schedule:

TimelineDates
Interest Check OpensDecember 15th
**Moderator Apps Open **January 12th
Moderator Apps CloseJanuary 26th
Contributor Apps OpenFebruary 9th
Contributor Apps CloseMarch 9th
Contributor Emails SentMarch 16th
Pitch ConfirmationMarch 26th
Check In 1April 20th
Check In 2May 18th
Check In 3June 25th
Final SubmissionJuly 23th
Preorder Period BeginsJuly 26th
Preorder Period EndsSeptember 4th
Production PeriodOctober - November
Shipping Period BeginsJanuary 12th
Leftover Sales OpenMarch 19th
Leftover Sales CloseApril 17th

Mod Team:

Mod Boot

**Head || Organization || Beta **
she/her
⨳ Zine Experience: Writing/Beta Mod for Phoenix: From the Ashes/Hellfire, Writing/Beta/Communications Mod for Moeru: Rengoku Grief Zine, Beta Mod for Hanako Hanafuda Zine. Writer for VLD Serendipity, Allura Lives, Sheith Cookbook, Phoenix: Hellfire, Bakugou Rare Pair, Moeru: Rengoku Grief Zine Supplemental, and The Pretty Reckless Zine. Guest for Ace of Spades: Mafia AU Zine.⨳ Outside Experience: Organized and multiple fandom events and exchanges, both physical as well as digital. 4+ Years Discord Moderator experience. 14+ Years experience writing. 5+ Years experience editing. Organization Mod for the KiriKami Bang '20, Head/Solo Mod for Ace Pilot Digital Exchange, Head/Solo Mod for Ace Pilot Physical Exchange, Organization Mod for Cutie Pie Hunk Bang.⨳ Favourite Bakugou Ships: TodoBaku, DekuBaku, MomoBaku⨳ Social Media: Twitter AO3 Carrd

Mod Alex

Writing || Beta || Social Media
he/him
⨳ Zine Experience: writer mod for Intimacy: Prekerb Sheith zine; 1000 Lights: MDZS zine; writer for: All Good Things (Sheith cookbook), KakaIru zine, Body Heat (Sheith nsfw), Bloom vol 2 (trans Sheith), Lionhearted (superhero Sheith), XueXiao Banquet (XueXiao food-themed zine), Dry Heat zine (ShigaDabi), Fódlan Frontier (Western-themed FE3H)⨳ Outside Experience: writer mod, KakaIru big bang; 3 years' beta experience⨳ Favourite Bakugou Ships: TodoBaku, KamiBaku, DabiBaku⨳ Social Media: Twitter Tumblr Carrd

Mod Mercury

Social Media || Art
she/her; they/them
⨳ Zine Experience: Headmod for Reflections and Gen Mod for Traitors Among Us. Artist for Supernova: NSFW Kacchako Zine, Pretty in Pink: Ochamina Zine, Summer Explosion: KiriKacchako Zine, White Glove Treatment: NSFW Overhaul Zine, and Bad Ritual.⨳ Outside Experience: Headmod for Ochabowl Week 2019, Headmod for Kacchako Week 19, Transition Mod for Kacchako Week '20, and Gen Mod for KiriKami Bang. Server Moderator of Camp Kacchako (2019), Admin of Ochabowl Server (2019), Admin of Ineffable Temptations: 18+ GO Server (2019) and Admin of The Black Prince: 18+ Snirius Server (current)⨳ Favourite Bakugou Ships: Kacchako, KiriBaku, KamiBaku, KiriKamiKacchako, TodoBaku, and ShinBaku.⨳ Social Media: Twitter AO3

Mod Calamansi

** Graphics || Formatting**
she/they
⨳ Zine Experience: Graphics/Formatting Mod for Dry Heat: Shigadabi Zine, Layout Mod for Phantom: NSFW Monoma Zine, Graphics/Layout/Production Mod for A Formal Affair: BNHA Formalwear Zine; Writer for Antigravity, Inksmith, Featherlight, Reflections, Ongaku no Kokoro, Eccentricities, Boundless, Sun & Moon, Gravity Between Us, and Lilies in Bloom.⨳ Outside Experience: Co-Head Mod for NSFW Kacchako Week and Co-Communications Mod for Subzero: Todobaku Big Bang; 11+ years of industry experience in communication design, 14+ years of community organizing and event planning, and been writing since I was a kid⨳ Favourite Bakugou Ships: Kacchako, Todobaku⨳ Social Media: Twitter AO3 Carrd

Mod Cara

** Finance || Shipping**
she/her
⨳ Zine Experience: Lead Mod (All roles, including Finance, Production, and Shipping) for several zines including Boku No Hero Academia, Shokugeki No Soma, Free!, and Dear Evan Hansen, Writing/Beta Mod, Organization Mod, and Discord Mod for 3 BTS zines, and Co-Mod for 2 Studio Ghibli zines. Creator in 4 Haikyuu!! zines and 1 multifandom zine. Some finished projects include PLUS ULTRA! SWITCH: A Boku No Hero Academia Fanzine, Spirit: A Studio Ghibli Art Book (vol 1&2), and Spice! A Shokugeki No Soma Food Zine. Brat is my first NSFW zine!⨳ Outside Experience: Author for Haikyuu!! and Voltron remix, secret santa, and exchange events. Previous Organization Mod for Penship and Voltron Beta Readers. 4+ Years experience editing for fandoms, 7+ Years experience editing for school publications, nonprofit magazines, and internships.⨳ Favourite Bakugou Ships: Kiribaku, Occhako, Baku Harem⨳ Social Media: Twitter [NSFW Account] Carrd with Specific Zine Information

Mod Kaley

** Finance **
she/her
⨳ Zine Experience: This is my debut Zine!⨳ Outside Experience: I work as a manager and public relations representative for a small convention-based company, and I'm an artist/writer myself⨳ Favourite Bakugou Ships: KiriBaku and Kacchako⨳ Social Media: Twitter

Frequently Asked Questions:

⨳ I bought the PDF when Pre-Orders opened. When will they be sent out? ⨳
Digital orders have been delivered! If you haven't received your copy yet, please reach out to us through our e-mail and include your order number so we can look into the issue and get back to you in a timely manner.
All production updates can be found on our Twitter.⨳ Is Brat: Bottom Bakugou Zine a physical zine or PDF? ⨳
The Main Zine is available as both a physical booklet and as a digital download. Our Kinky Supplemental is a PDF file.
We also have physical merch options.
⨳ Is this a charity project or for profit? ⨳
Brat is a for-profit project.
⨳ Can anyone contribute? ⨳
As both the Main and Supplemental zines contain explicit sexual material, all contributors are 18 years of age or older.
⨳ Who are the mods? What experience do they have? ⨳
Our current mod team consists of:
Mod Boot (Head|Organization|Beta)
Mod Alex (Writing|Beta|Social Media)
Mod Mercury (Art|Social Media)
Mod Calamansi (Graphics|Formatting)
Mod Cara (Finance|Shipping)
Mod Kaley (Co-Finance)
Please take a look at our Mod Information Page for a breakdown of the mod team's considerable zine experience, relevant work experience, and links to socials. If you have further questions about our experience or qualifications, we invite you to contact us via CuriousCat or DM and ask.⨳ I ship Bakugou with female characters. Will there be content of that in the zine?⨳
Absolutely. Portraying Bakugou in a position to receive/bottom does not mean that all ship content must be M/M. Fem!Dom, Pegging, and Poly situations are portrayed in our zine.
⨳ Does Bottom Bakugou mean Bakugou has to take a submissive role? ⨳
Nope! While BDSM-style submission and bottoming are often seen together in fandom, they are not the same. Our zines also have content depicting Bakugou as a Dominant Bottom/bottoming-from-the-top.
⨳ Is there any AU content? ⨳
Most of our content exists in the main universe of BnHA, but we do have a moderate number of AU pieces.
⨳ Was there a cap on ship content? ⨳
In the interest of having a variety of content, we limited the number of times certain ships appear in the zine. We had a slightly larger content cap limit for the most popular Bakugou ships, as reflected by the Interest Check, but the zine is a mixture of Solo Bakugou content and many different ships.
⨳ I have a question that was not answered here. Where can I ask? ⨳
Our Twitter DMs are open, or you can email us at [email protected].
You can also check out our Interest Check Q&A where we answer questions pulled directly from the Interest Check!

Application Guidelines:

⨳ Artist Application Guidelines ⨳💥 Mods strongly encourage applicants to provide a portfolio of their work
💥 If a portfolio is not provided, we require at least TWO (2) full illustrations in your application
💥 Artists should include at least ONE complete artwork of Bakugou Katsuki
💥 Artists should include at least ONE NSFW illustration
💥 A strong preference will be shown to complete, polished works with backgrounds.
💥 Art submissions will be evaluated on:
Style and Composition (flow)
Expression (character posing and dynamics)
Backgrounds
Note: Twitter and Tumblr links will not be accepted.💣⨳ Writer Application Guidelines ⨳💥 Writers will submit a minimum of 2 samples.
💥 Each submission MUST be between 1.5-3k words in length, with an overflow of 500 words.
💥 Submissions that exceed 3.5k words WILL NOT be evaluated.
💥 AT LEAST one fic must strongly feature Bakugou Katsuki
💥 Mods strongly recommend including ONE OR MORE pieces with NSFW content.
💥 Complete, polished works or excerpts that can stand on their own are preferred.
💥 Art submissions will be evaluated on:
Spelling and Grammar
Effective Description and Dialogue
Characterization and Emotional Impact
Note: Twitter and Tumblr links will not be accepted. Twitter threadfic will not be accepted unless it has been converted to full fic form.💣⨳ Merch Artist Application Guidelines ⨳💥 Mods strongly encourage applicants to provide a portfolio of their work
💥 If a portfolio is not provided, we require at least TWO (2) full illustrations in your application
💥 Artists should include at least ONE complete artwork of Bakugou Katsuki
💥 A strong preference will be shown to complete, polished merch examples
💥 Merch submissions will be evaluated on:
Style and Composition (flow)
Expression (character posing and dynamics)
Appeal
Note: Twitter and Tumblr links will not be accepted.