i love talking abt fonts so dont worry. do you mean what font does itch.io use by default? or the bullet points on the 4 FAQ images i made? the two fonts i used on the poster + images were title: Grouch BT and accent: Gill Sans

hey fossil,

• that's a good question, as sometimes when you compare some prose and some poetry they come across as the same kind of writing. in my opinion, i think some poetry tends to feel like "stripped back prose" where a writer who either wants to challenge their approach to prose and bring it down to the fundamental points and concepts of the message by utilizing language in it's strongest ways or who finds the detail of prose overwhelming expresses their story without the constraints and expectation of complete essays, perfect grammar, or coherent sentence structure. that's just one way poetry can be though. stream of consciousness, poetic prose, long form poetry ... those are all equally "poetry" as the point of poetry is that there's no limit. i think what makes prose prose is that the author says "this is prose" and what makes poetry poetry is the author says "this is poetry". does that mean it's good or can only be interpreted that way? no. but ultimately i think the distinction can be found both in the approach and presentation, and what the author says about their own work.
• i think hearing about healthcare from trans healthcare providers instead of just cis ones is great and really important. unless you're going to be writing "i think teaching there are only two immutable sexes is fine and good" (something a trans doctor said to me once?) or generally saying that you think the ways medicine and healthcare both mistreat trans/non-cis/intersex people and miseducate about their needs are good, it shouldn't be an issue. if you tag it [medical] [discussion of medical practice] [trans healthcare] [gender and medicine] and so on, so that a reader can decide for themself if it'll be okay for them or not, that should be all you have to do! i don't think you're gunna be writing the above negative examples though haha, so i don't think there's anything to worry about! i want this 'jam' to make people feel like they can and should participate, not that they shouldn't. i don't think any of our readers will cause any issue, and if they do go after authors for no reason other than engaging with difficult topics or personal experiences (not bigotry), i'll talk it out with said readers and discourage them from doing so if that does end up happening.

let me know if that answers your questions!

Pretty sure this is stated a few times across the writing about the jam, but no. There are no rules saying everything must be new and unique for the jam.

I mean, best way is to get all your friends to be aware of it, keep up with posts about it, to post with the hashtag, and follow usual boost-method growth. Just how you'd normally form a community around any kind of event or common interest you know?

yes you can make a game, and there is no minimum, but i think people find small paragraphs of 40-90 words the most ideal to read with short attention spans, but that longer poems are also good. there are basically no rules!

while a plain .txt file wouldnt usually include images it would definitely be appreciated if you do include image descriptions!

Yep, there's no theme. Please make sure to read the "Guidelines" section, refer to any emails you may have received if you've joined, the resources document, and the FAQ images if you're still unsure what that means!

Yes!

I pretty much just pasted my poems into a google doc, put a little bit of formatting so that the titles of the poems were bold and the title of the chapbook was large and I'll  make it into a .txt and .pdf Here's how to do that: https://ww.9to5google.com/2019/11/09/create-google-docs-pdf-document/#

Please make sure to read through all the links I provided in the OP and the compilation of resources in the resources document i linked at the very beginning of the original jam page as well. if you still have questions after that then ill try and make a more specific resource simply about compilation

absolutely! please feel free

yes

i genuinely have no idea bc of how nuts everything is rn. hopefully next year at least