Who retains what rights to stories printed in DargonZine?
DargonZine retains the right to reproduce its own issues and reprint stories for special collections such as “Best Of” issues. The names “Dargon” and “DargonZine” are copyrighted by the editor. The author retains all other rights. A copyright notice to that effect appears in every issue. Be aware that most publishing houses and magazines consider publication in DargonZine to constitute surrender of “first publication rights”. This has implications for writers who wish to print their Dargon stories elsewhere. Also note that your use of other writers’ characters is with their permission — they retain the rights to those characters. Unauthorized use of characters and things that are not yours, in stories that are printed elsewhere, constitutes a violation of copyright laws. Because of these issues and the essentially collaborative nature of stories which take place within the shared milieu, DargonZine stories cannot be published outside DargonZine itself unless reworked so that they no l
