I had the feeling I was going to hear from them today, and I did hear back from the folks in charge of the Mugen-uke-only anthology doujin project
MugenLoop and they are delighted to get a contribution interest from overseas. Judging from the letter, they're definitely not just politely saying no, but like me, making sure there will be no loose ends to mess with closer to the deadline.
There are a few things all parties involved would have to agree to. So I have nothing definite to say aside from the fact that they're open to foreign contributors if some conditions can be met. I guess that's understandable.
So, I'll be in talks with
laurabryannan as a bilingual gopher and see how far this will get from here. I'm excited at the prospect, but a bit nervous as a lot depends now on my ability to translate. (Since they admitted to me that they're no good at English.)