Shelf rules

1. What you can share

Zines you made in the studio: spreads you choose, the cover, a title, your name and a few words and links. Every entry is reviewed before it appears on the Shelf.

2. Your rights and ours

You keep all rights in your work. By sharing, you give Zine House permission to show the preview images and details on the Shelf, and in small previews that link to it. The permission ends when you remove the entry. We’ll ask you separately before using your work anywhere else, such as on Instagram.

3. What isn’t allowed

• Work that isn’t yours, or that you don’t have permission to share.
• Anything unlawful, including content that sexualises children, encourages violence or terrorism, or harasses someone.
• Hateful content aimed at people because of who they are.
• Advertising, spam, or links to anything harmful.
• Private information about someone, such as their home address.

4. People in your photographs

Much documentary and street photography shows people who didn’t pose for it. Please think about the people in your pictures, especially children and people in vulnerable situations. If someone asks for a photograph of them to be removed from the Shelf, we’ll remove it, and we’ll let you know.

5. Removing an entry

You can remove your entry at any time from Your zines. We may remove an entry, or refuse one, if it breaks these rules. We’ll tell you why.

6. Reporting

If you see something on the Shelf that breaks these rules, or a photograph of you that you want removed, email [email address] with a link to the zine. We’ll look at it within [5 working days].

[Solicitor to check whether the Shelf counts as a user-to-user service under the Online Safety Act 2023. If it does, it needs an illegal content risk assessment and a reporting and complaints process. Reviewing every entry before it appears keeps the risk low but may not take the Shelf out of scope.]