Stay in my Memories

Stay in my Memories is a charity zine celebrating the relationship between Cloud Strife and Sephiroth, also known as Sefikura.
==About==
Interest checks for the zine opened on February 7, 2022, and closed on February 21sthttps://twitter.com/SefikuraFanzine/status/1490732576998408202https://twitter.com/SefikuraFanzine/status/1495990176400789507. Contributor applications for writers, artists, and merch artists on February 28, 2022, and closed on March 31sthttps://twitter.com/SefikuraFanzine/status/1498527270771871744https://twitter.com/SefikuraFanzine/status/1509743954647990272. Results were sent out on April 14thhttps://twitter.com/SefikuraFanzine/status/1514772110769475598.
Preorders opened on August 11, 2022, with the following pricing tiershttps://twitter.com/SefikuraFanzine/status/1557577608661012480:
* S-Cells ($15 USD) - Digital Zine, Emotes, Origami Star Paper Printables, Cover Art Wallpaper
* Reunion ($25 USD) - Physical Zine, Stretch Goals
* Defying Destiny ($45 USD) - Button Badge, Sticker, Acrylic Charms, Acrylic Keychains, Acrylic Standee, Stretch Goals
* Gift of Despair ($60 USD) - Physical Zine, Button Badge, Sticker, Acrylic Charms, Acrylic Keychains, Acrylic Standee, Stretch Goals
The digital bundle was available to add onto physical bundles for $9 USD. Stretch goals included a mini print at 50 orders, an enamel pin at 100 orders, and an additional charm at 200 ordershttps://twitter.com/SefikuraFanzine/status/1557720992767623170. A giveaway for a full bundle was hosted from August 18th to September 25th, with the winner declared to be Twitter user poisonhakushakuhttps://twitter.com/SefikuraFanzine/status/1560476725812858881https://twitter.com/SefikuraFanzine/status/1574250486068572161.Preorders closed on October 8, 2022https://twitter.com/SefikuraFanzine/status/1578959426815336448.
Physical orders began shipping on January 21, 2023https://twitter.com/SefikuraFanzine/status/1616863284338069504. All orders were shipped out by January 24th, and digital zines were released on January 31sthttps://twitter.com/SefikuraFanzine/status/1618036920671412224.
Leftover sales began on March 10, 2023 and would run until April 14, 2023https://twitter.com/SefikuraFanzine/status/1634056485801000960. On May 5, 2023, the mods announced that the project was able to donate $1887.94 to International Dark-Sky Associationhttps://twitter.com/SefikuraFanzine/status/1654489658670174211. The zine was announced closed on the same day, its social media account and email no longer to be monitoredhttps://twitter.com/SefikuraFanzine/status/1654490838213304321. Attached to the final tweet was a link to a new zine account for a new SefiKura project called "I Will Never Be a Memory".
 Project Schedule
 	Start 	End
Interest Check 	February 7, 2022 	February 21, 2022
Contributor Applications	February 28, 2022	March 31, 2022
Preorders 	August 11, 2022 	October 8, 2022
Shipping 	January 21, 2023 	January 31, 2023
Leftover Sales 	March 10, 2023 	April 14, 2023
==Contributors==
The following names were taken from the project's social media account.
===Page Artists===
* beccrea
* Ck (eddanis_k)
* Cloud (firstsurugi)
* emzie
* Gabriel Saoghal
* Gwibart
* Iscah (iscah_sama)
* Kanna Productions (kananproductions)
* Katharynmarie
* LENN (echov0id)
* Luna Taylors
* Naphyla
* Nashi / Valentine (getvalentined)
* NightmareDaybreaker (nachtdaybreaker)
* RaunchyBanana (RaunchyBanana69)
* Ree (Sephikura)
* Rimuin (rimuinart)
* Rui (ruiojousama)
* SoTypicallyTori
* Simplydifficultart
* SYAC (sy_a_c)
* Tomo (Tomowowo)
===Merch Artists===
* Simplydifficultart
* Ree (Sephikura)
* Katharynmarie
* NightmareDaybreaker (nachtdaybreaker)
* SYAC (sy_a_c)
* Gwibart
===Writers===
* astral_prince
* jukboxhound
* MistyDeath
* skadren
* skuldchan
* soranokumo
* Sten (Valmangrim)
===Mods===
* fluffy (fluffybabybirds) - Head Mod, Arts/Graphics Mod, Production
* Toasted (ToastedCatBread) - Co-Head Mod, Writing Mod, Production
* Aerys (Aerysoblivion) - Social Mod
* Mookie (speromintpatty) - Finance Mod
* Liv (livlovelaugh7, silver_doe287) - Beta Reader
==Gallery==
File:Sefikura memories zine banner.png|Social Media Banner and Logo
File:Sefikura memories full bundle.png|Full Bundle Listing
File:Sefikura memories zine stretch goals.png|Stretch Goals
* "New Gods" by astral_prince
* "Tektite" by jukeboxhound
* "Phialam" by MistyDeath
* "Polaris" by skadren
* "For the Rest of All Time" by skuldchan
* "Heartstar" by soranokumo
* "Per Ardua, Ad Astra" by Valmangrim
== Fan Reception ==
The following posts are a sample of posts retweeted by the project's social media account about the zine.
fourth edition knitting needle wrote on Twitter
Sir Plazasta wrote on Twitter
Lyn wrote on Twitter
Kanna Productions wrote on Twitter
nashi wrote on Twitter
SY.A.C. wrote on Twitter
yugen wrote on Twitter
Hinata wrote on Twitter
== References ==
Category:Final Fantasy VII Zines
Category:2022 Zines
Category:Charity Zines