Soop: A BTS Zine

Soop: A BTS Zine is a charity zine featuring the members of BTS in domestic and slice of life situations, inspired by the band's variety program BTS in the Soop.
==About==
The project was announced on its initial Twitter account, soopzine, on August 1, 2021https://twitter.com/soopzine/status/1421893494402998274. Interest checks ran from August 11 to September 1, 2021https://twitter.com/soopzine/status/1425522856499232770. The project reported a total of 723 responseshttps://twitter.com/soopzine/status/1434947445474144257. The project ran applications for Spanish/English translation interns for one week starting on August 13, 2021https://twitter.com/soopzine/status/1426242145892114436.
Contributor applications opened on September 17, 2021 and closed on October 15, 2021https://twitter.com/soopzine/status/1438835135105966080. During this time, the project team was locked out of their account due to supposed unusual activityhttps://twitter.com/pichirobi/status/1447975243079983108/photo/1. The team was unable to regain access to their account, and so continued posting updates on their backup account, named soupzinehttps://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1447995496660967430. Because of the confusion caused by the change in accounts, applications were open for one more dayhttps://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1449489989499121667.
Preorders opened on February 25, 2022 with the following pricing tiershttps://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1497286060665184259:
* Leaf Bundle ($10 USD) - Bandana
* Seedling Bundle ($10 USD) - Digital Zine, Emojis, Lockscreen
* Sapling Bundle ($25 USD) - Physical Zine, Notepad Stretch Goal
* Sprout Bundle ($30 USD) - Emojis, Lockscreen, Postcards, Sticker Sheets, Wooden Pin, Wooden Charm, Stretch Goals
* Blossom Bundle ($35 USD) - Physical Book, Postcards, Sticker Sheets, Notepad Stretch Goal
* Forest Bundle ($50 USD) - Physical Zine, Digital Zine, Sticker Sheets, Postcards, Wooden Pin, Wooden Charm, Emojis, Lockscreen Wallpaper, Stretch Goals
Any physical orders made in the first 24 hours would receive a free stickerhttps://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1496922887642664983. Digital bundles could be added onto lower tier physical orders for $7 USD. In support of Native American creatives, the project offered the Leaf Bundle featuring a bandanna designed by Twitter artist c_rberushttps://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1497285286736314379. Stretch Goals included a sticky note pad at 100 orders and washi tape at 200 ordershttps://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1497285344395288578. A third stretch goal was revealed on February 28, 2020, for a free print of the zine's cover and a new sticker by plumadot if preorders reached 400 ordershttps://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1498342588021100552.
Preorders ended on April 8, 2022 with a reported total of 530 ordershttps://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1512583109593780238. However due to great demand, the project reopened their shop until April 16, 2022https://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1513532631098527754. The project officially closed preorders at 610 total ordershttps://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1515483266182094848.
During the project's production period, its social media accoutn promoted Native Nonprofit Dayhttps://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1528198708197609472. The project also advertised that all physical orders were packaged in recycled paper from local stores in an effort to reduce wastehttps://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1549097894862393344.
Digital orders were sent out on May 18, 2022https://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1527016549269262340. Physical orders began shipping on July 13, 2020https://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1547278678744186880. Leftover sales began on November 1, 2022, while feaaturing leftover items from the Gateway to You zine projecthttps://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1587565203419500545. A giveaway for three zines ran from December 12 to December 19, 2022https://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1602403648109248515. The winners were announced to be Twitter users d2soop, namgisdoomboy, and yokshidahttps://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1605987609833967616. Leftovers closed on December 31, 2022https://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1609078505362567168.
On April 22, 2023, the project was declared complete with a reported donation of $9,664.41 USD to the Navajo Water Projecthttps://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1649830371314286594. The organizers hinted a potential second project would come to follow.
 Project Schedule
 	Start 	End
Interest Check 	August 11, 2021 	September 1, 2021
Mod Intern Applications 	August 13, 2021 	August 20, 2021
Contributor Applications	September 17, 2021	October 17, 2021
Preorders 	February 25, 2022 	April 8, 2022
Shipping 	May 18, 2022 	-
Leftover Sales 	November 1, 2022 	December 31, 2022
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from the project's social media accounthttps://twitter.com/soupzine/status/1457061199707840517.
===Page Artists===
* ada (greenmoonie) - Guest
* pebble (thisiskeets) - Guest
* ulsi (ulsiart) - Guest, Cover Artist
* ally (allycatmmo)
* andi (torakiro)
* aris (astroxnot)
* birdiee (pichirobi)
* ekendra (strayuu)
* fi (imffii)
* ike (namhaijin200524)
* indigo (nyanjinnie)
* katie (kayyy_tae)
* kaye (kayedaily_)
* kwee (offkwee)
* lovie (squishieyoogie)
* madhu (namseokgay)
* mai (maithism)
* narwë (narwedraws)
* noemi (niebonomi)
* plante (mielplante)
* rei (gresiteisland)
* severin (severinleel)
* siru (sirukki_art)
* v (oeonmono)
* vero (dontworrymochi)
* xav (shmeemin)
* zel (zebracelery)
* agaricals
* aj (moonbearries)
* albin g.
* circa
* claudine (kurocavi)
* eme (emecce)
* fanny (pan_ninie)
* gaj (gaii_june)
* haili (isashikis)
* hotari
* huunter (bunnojooni)
* kata (katamism)
* mint (lumintsu)
* nico (ebielune)
* nusrat (toorumlk)
* paper (paintedpapert)
* pixi (pixe7ed)
* reshi (re_shille)
* spring (springroove)
* syndromofart (syndromofart)
* yinyin (ayinvui)
* zheva (zheva_nall)
===Merch Artists===
* ann (ayilings)
* ash (trashburrito)
* kai (yoonyoongalaxy)
* madcheexy
* nizzy (nizzyno)
===Writers===
* allways (allways__always)
* char (seokjinhie)
* clem (vminrisings)
* dianna (polyjoon)
* halo (honaemenu)
* jenn (neverminnie)
* Leo (glosskore)
* minnie (minniedothings)
* nama (kloudmori)
* peachpuffrm (peachpuffrm)
* shay (tennieglasses)
* tuna (syubtraction)
===Mods===
* birdie (pichirobi) - Co-Head, Social Media, Art Mod, Translator
* theo (punimsarple) - Co-Head, Organization, Writing Mod
* cara (carajay1317) - Production
* daria (a2dartshop) - General Mod, Translator
* nani (crowaus) - Writing Mod, Translator
* plume (pixelplume) - Graphics
* ohn/ike (namhaijin200524, spacecadetbear) - Art Mod, Social Media
* ara (blueenabi) - Translator Intern
* bee (solounaabeja) - Translator Intern
* cam (mintaekosmos) - Translator Intern
* miel (meerkatkoo, tannienoses) - Translator Intern
==Gallery==
File:Bts soop zine cover.png|Cover by ulsiart
File:Bts soop zine forest bundle.png|Forest Bundle Listing
File:Bts soop zine stretch goals.png|Initial Stretch Goals
File:Bts soop zine stretch goal 3.png|Bonus Stretch Goal Graphic
== Fan Reception ==
The following posts are a sample of posts retweeted by the project's social media account about the zine.
CJ wrote on Twitter
pastelsinmysky wrote on Twitter
Phi wrote on Twitter
Aleisha wrote on Twitter
tes wrote on Twitter
Tiny Blob wrote on Twitter
Karo wrote on Twitter
pangrinkyu wrote on Twitter
blvr. wrote on Twitter
Zaffy wrote on Twitter
kris wrote on Twitter
Issa wrote on Twitter
Ash wrote on Twitter
peachpuffrm wrote on Twitter
amisha wrote on Twitter
== References ==
Category:BTS
Category:2022 Zines
Category:Charity Zines