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What it is, why it exists, and how it works before the first issue launches.
WHAT IT IS
Global culture zine
Print + digital / quarterly / submission-led / multimedia / community-driven.
WHY IT EXISTS
Make room for work that is overlooked or difficult to place.
Culture can feel overly polished, rushed and gatekept. R! creates room for meaningful work that does not have to be perfect, expensive, institutional or easy to categorize.R! is interested in underrepresented, niche, experimental, personal, strange, unfinished and hard-to-categorize work.
CREATOR OWNERSHIP
Contributors retain ownership of their work.
COLLABORATIVE EDITING
Major edits are developed with contributors.
NO GEN-AI CREATIVE WORK
Creative/editorial submissions cannot be generative AI.
MULTILINGUAL WELCOME
English primary; multilingual work + optional translation welcome.
REAL GUEST EDITING
Guest editors help shape relevant editorial areas.
OPEN + COMMISSIONED
Most content can come through submissions alongside commissions.
CREATOR OWNERSHIP
COLLABORATIVE EDITING
NO GEN-AI CREATIVE WORK
MULTILINGUAL WELCOME
REAL GUEST EDITING
OPEN + COMMISSIONED