I've been accepted. Now what?

The very first thing that needs to happen is that we need a signed age statement from you, because NAF is rated "mature readers". All this needs to be is a piece of paper stating "I am over 18 years of age" followed by your legal signature, mailed to the address on the contact page.

Once we have your age statement, the next thing that happens is that you are added to the NAF member mailing lists. There are two:

Everyone is on the announcement mailing list, NAF-L at jarlidium.com. The only time it sees traffic is when a deadline is coming up (reminders) or just past (status of the printing process).

Any member can post to the discussion mailing list, NAF-disc at jarlidium.com. It generally sees traffic about conventions, who's going to be there, and any NAF events that may be planned. If you don't want to see these messages, just let us know and we'll take you off the discussion list.

Please add these addresses to your spam filter if necessary.

Also, we will send you a member copy so you can see what they're like. We generally try to send the most recent issue, but if we don't have any left then we'll send the most recent issue we still have a member copy of.

Finally, sometime before the next issue is published, we need to know your preferences for the display of your personal information.

Member copies versus public copies

Member copies are only sent to members. Member copies have member comment pages in them, and also contain a member contact list to allow members to communicate directly with each other. These members-only pages used to be printed on blue paper and are still sometimes called "blue pages" today. Our current arrangement doesn't allow us to use different-colored papers, so the members-only pages are printed with a heavy black border on the outside edge. Public copies, which are the ones which are sold, do not have these members-only pages.

As a member, you receive a free copy of every issue you contribute to. If you don't contribute to an issue, you can still get a copy by sending in half the cover price, to help cover printing and postage costs.

Your options for your personal information

Your name appears in three places: the roster, a list of members at the front of every copy of NAF, and the member contact list which appears at the front of member copies. Normally we list your legal name in all three places, but we can list just your fan name or both your legal and fan names if you wish.

Your general location appears in the list of members at the front of every copy. Normally we list your state/province/region and country, but we can list just your country if you wish.

Your mailing address and email address normally appear in the member contact list at the front of member copies. We can replace your mailing address with your general location or just country, and we can also remove your email address, if you wish.

Member Comments

As part of the APA nature of NAF, members are encouraged to write comments on the works of other members in the current issue and to send in those comments as part of their contribution for the next issue. Normally your comments will be printed as members-only pages, but they can be printed as general pages (which appear in public issues) at your request.

In member copies, there will always be one members-only page at the start of your section to mark the beginning of it. If you don't send in any comments, or anything else which you indicate should be on members-only pages, we start looking for other things to put there, like envelope doodles. If we don't have anything of yours which we can use, you will end up with "blank page" art by someone else.

What is "blank page" art?

It's a long tradition in furry APAs and is in the same spirit as IBM's famous "this page intentionally left blank": it tells the reader that the blank page isn't a printing error. Anyone can contribute "blank page" art — please! We rarely have enough to go around for any given issue. It doesn't have to be fancy but it should include the words "blank page" somewhere. This lets readers know that it's a blank page and lets us know that it's intended as blank-page art instead of as part of your trib.

When is NAF published?

NAF is published twice a year, with contribution deadlines of May first and November first.

Can I send my contribution electronically?

Yes! See DPI, File Formats, and Electronic Submissions. We prefer electronic tribs where possible.

Can I send my contribution via mail?

Yes! Please send clean copies (not originals) to the address on the Contact page. If you're about to print out a scan to mail it in, please consider contributing electronically — send us the file you were going to print! The process of printing it out and then scanning it back in just loses quality and causes more work for both you and us, and costs you postage too.

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