Failure to plan is a plan to fail.
What I am suggesting is not a hard and fast rule. It does make the job of editing and producing something possible in the short period of 30 days, even if it is on the scale of a 4-6 page fanzine. On this scale that is two full page articles and 4 half page articles. Six writers a Quarter.
If you have worked on a project then you know how important deadlines are. Usually you have more than the required number of writers and artists as people for any number of reasons don't turn in their work on time.
Telling the writers what you want up front goes a long way toward good relationships. Stops that "He said, He said" finger pointing. Let's face it if you have a writer that turns in good work, but only on their schedule and only when they want to, that just does not work out in the long wrong. If all your writers are like that then your fanzine is not going to be around long.
As for publishing? MS Word will save as a .pdf and can be formatted in two columns like a magazine with pictures embedded.
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