The zine cave is alive with the sound of music. Haha.
ZineWriMo 2026 Day 7: Refill the Well with Music
Music is such a powerful tool when you are creating. I have used music since I was a child writing my novels to help me feel character moods, help me engage with the tone of a piece and much more. This goes for zinemaking, too. I find myself gravitating toward wordless pieces these days with calm tones while I figure out what I want to say on the page.
What do you like to listen to when you’re creating?
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The first ever Jewel City Zine Fest will be held Saturday, November 14, 2026 in Huntington, WV at West Edge Factory. The inaugural Jewel City Zine Fest aims to cultivate a community of zine creators and zine enthusiasts in the Appalachian region, to support independent and DIY ways of publishing, and to highlight creators not typically represented by traditional publishers.
JCZF organizers have banned the use of AI in creating zines and other artwork sold by vendors.
Hello, and happy Friday, zine friends. Beautiful, wonderful Friday. I’m ready for the weekend. How about you?
Today’s prompt is to share zine resources. Zines, zinemakers, zine events, and all sorts of zine-y type things are spread out widely across the planet. So places where you can find a lot of zine goodness are wonderful. The zine community is amazing, and finding each other for collabs, trades, and more is a big part of the magic of it all.
Here are some (but not all!) of my favourites:
*Resources page — Admittedly, it has been a while since I’ve checked all the list and made sure everything is current. Also, if you have a resource that isn’t on the list, please feel free to let me know.
*Zine Goodness YouTube Playlist – This is my own playlist with various zine videos I come across online. I’m always open to suggestions for videos to add to it.
*Brattyxbre https://www.youtube.com/@brattyxbre – As far as being ‘zinetuber famous’ Bre is pretty much at the top of the list. Bre mixes zine-making, zine business, and all kinds of zine fun for a channel chock full of good stuff.
*CatMothCrow https://www.youtube.com/@catmothcrow – This is such a fun and sweet channel featuring the fun make a zine challenge ‘Roll for Zine’, zine mail opening videos, and other zine-related videos.
*ZineWiki – Currently down as I’m posting this. It has had a lot of trouble over the years with being down, etc, but when it’s up, it’s definitely a great resource to check out.
*Zine Map – This is a “A collaborative map of the global zine scene, one year in!” This is such a fun, lovely site, and it’s such a good resource for all sorts of zine events, zine makers, and more.
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Hello, zine friends! Is anyone else ready for the weekend already? I certainly am.
Today’s prompt is to share your zine origin story. How/when did you get started with zines. A lot of people out there were making them long before they’d even heard the word ‘zine’. I was one of them. From a young age, I was making little booklets with stories or sweet messages. As I got older, I was always trying to push my friends into writing letters (especially over summer break) and would often make little newsletters for what was happening.
Discovering zines was like coming home. Like discovering I was a part of this huge, long-running club full of amazing people. It was wonderful. I quickly created Sea Green Zines and, well, I’m still here today, over a decade later. Still celebrating zines, still enjoying mail, still trying to help people to connect.
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How did you get started with zines?
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Oh, I do love a Work In Progress Wednesday. Welcom back for day 4 of ZineWriMo. We’re already to our first Wednesday, which lines up pretty beautifully with the trajectory of this week so far.
Today, I have a basketful of unread zines and an joints flaring up, which means peace and quiet are on the agenda. Let’s see if I can dive back into reviewing.
What are your plans for the day?
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Warm – spring warm in Australia! – greetings on day three of ZineWriMo. Today is all about one of my favourite things about the zineverse: community.
Some people will say there isn’t really a zine community, but there absolutely is. There are people all around the world making zines, trading them, and reading them. People are talking about zines and making collaboration zines. I just submitted a piece to a poetry zine yesterday! The zine community is filled with all types, of course, but there are so many wonderful, kind, supportive people ready to be there for whatever part of your zine journey you’re on.
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Hello, hello, hello. We’re already to day two of ZineWriMo, and today is about focusing that storm and weeding out the thought garden. If you’re like me, you have a rather healthy collection of a lot of zine ideas. It’s time to pick a few out.
I’ve been a bit shy about setting any goals for a while now because a lot of health issues have made my energy very variable. But I’ve decided to try to jump in for the spirit of ZineWriMo. So here’s what I’m hoping to do this month:
*Get started on Chaotically Yours 2. ‘This is Fine, Chaotically Yours 1’ released a lot for me, and I’m eager to dive into my new perzine series. *Make all the zines on the ‘make a zine’ days. *Start reviewing zines again.
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Welcome back to another Happy Mail Monday. Today we’re short and sweet with some marvellous zines that are a bit out of the usual for what arrives in my post box. Check out mail from an old friend and a new friend.
As always, thank you for watching.
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Hello, zine friends! Welcome to the very first day of ZineWriMo 2026.
As per usual at this time of year, I am in denial that it even is November. Or, just a little bit in denial. I am really excited about starting ZineWriMo.
Today’s prompt is the usual day one with brainstorms and thought gardens. While I do like the term brainstorming, let’s just say thought garden has also taken root in my heart.
Yes, I do bad jokes as well.
I am absolutely not lacking for ideas but rather for time, focus, and perhaps tasty snacks. However, I took today’s prompt and decided that my thought garden needed a little organising. So what I am doing is taking all the little sticky notes I have all over my desk, all the ideas I have in Trello, Notion, and other places, and I am putting them all properly in one spot.
How are you brainstorming today? Or taking a gentler approach with a garden? Always feel free to comment here and/or tag me on Instagram @seagreenzines
It’s ZineWriMo time! But… what is ZineWriMo? Check out this video to learn more about the month-long event for zinemakers no matter your experience level.
