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Last updated: 21 April 2007

About DargonZine

DargonZine is a strictly noncommercial electronic magazine (ISSN 1080-9910) that prints original amateur fantasy fiction by Internet writers. It is the publication vehicle of the Dargon Project, described below. It only prints Dargon-related stories. DargonZine is the successor of FSFnet, which was the Dargon Project's original emag. Between FSFnet and DargonZine, it is the longest running electronic magazine on the Internet.

The Dargon Project is a "shared world" project, where many authors write in a common milieu, sharing settings and characters. The setting is a fantasy world that is predominantly human, at a late medieval technology level, and where magic is relatively rare. The project was founded in 1985 as a way for amateur fantasy writers on the Internet to meet and become better writers through mutual contact and collaboration. See below for details if you are interested in joining the project as a contributing writer.

This page contains information and links which are designed to give you an idea about what DargonZine (the magazine) and the Dargon Project (our writing project) are all about. For background information about the setting and characters that constitute our milieu, you may want to check out the About Dargon page.

Please note that we're currently in the process of updating the information we can provide about the magazine. In the near future, we will have additional information online, including story lists with synopses, a complete list of Dargon writers past and present, and more statistics than you want. This should be available online around the end of the year.

Despite that, the following resources should give you all the information you need, but if you still have questions, please feel free to drop us a line!

the DargonZine Readers' FAQ (HTML | ASCII)
contains the answers to all the questions a new or prospective reader might have about the magazine and the project, such as how to subscribe, how often issues come out, how to obtain back issues, and so forth.

the DargonZine Writers' FAQ (HTML | ASCII)
is targetted at aspiring writers who may be interested in writing for DargonZine. In addition to answering questions about what is expected of contributors and the submission procedure, this document also contains a style/formatting guide and some of the Dargon Project's philosophy about fantasy fiction.

the DargonZine Graphic Artists' FAQ (HTML | ASCII)
is a reference document for the people who contribute graphics for our Web page. If you are interested in potentially contributing illustrations for our stories, this page should answer some of your questions.

Publication Schedule
Click here to find out what future issues will contain, and when we plan to distribute them.

Back Issues
Our back issues are available in both HTML as well as flat text format here on the DargonZine site.

A Brief History of DargonZine
is currently a very brief record of how DargonZine was founded, and a list of the milestones and major events along the way.

Writer Bios
Our Writers section contains a list and short biographies and photographs of our recent writers.

Ornoth Speaks (MP3 | Windows WMA | RealAudio)
About what he sees as mission of the Dargon Project: to support aspiring writers and address fantasy's "juvenile" image. (24 seconds)

 

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