Author: Nyx

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Call for Submissions: Festivals Zine

Applications are now open for Coin-Operated Press’s Festivals Zine!

We were so gutted to learn that the Edinburgh Festivals were cancelled this year – and so many other wonderful festivals throughout the world – due to Covid-19! This is a massive blow to the art community, so we wanted to celebrate our love for festivals, music, and the performing arts by spreading the festival love with this zine!

Send us your show posters! Tell us all about the shows you were looking forward to! Regale us with stories about past events you have visited! Share with us your cancelled show! Let us know if there are any virtual festival events that you are a part of that we can broadcast in this zine! Write tips and tricks for festival-goers for the future!

We are looking for: articles, illustrations, short stories, photography, poetry, artwork of any medium, adverts, posters, flyers, short essays, recipes, comic-strips, reviews, collage, and anything else you can put your imagination to.

Please only submit work that will fit on 1-2 A4 pages. If you have work that is longer/larger than this, please send us an inquiry email, as we would like to be open to including longer formats.

Be sure to send us the following details along with your submission please:

*The name/credit you would like printed in the zine.
*Your pronouns.
*The city and/or country that you live in.
*Any contact details that you would like printed in the zine.
*A short one-sentence bio.
*A profile photo or image for your bio.
*Title of your work.
*A short description of your work and how it fits with the theme.

If you wish to remain anonymous, that is absolutely fine – just be sure to let us know when you submit your piece.

The deadline is midnight BST on Tuesday 15th August 2020.

Please send submissions to coinoperatedpress@gmail.com

For more information on the submission process, please visit our FAQs at https://coinoperatedpress.com/call-for-submissions/

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The State of Things

Hello, zine friends!

With all of the things that have been happening recently, I thought it was well past time that I make a ‘taking stock’ post about what’s happening with the various aspects of Sea Green Zines.

The Blog

My goal is to get back to my usual posting schedule at a minimum. I’ll be looking for calls for submissions for the weekends and getting back to regular Thursday and Friday reviews starting next week (bar anything popping up or happening – 2020 has a habit of poking plans, to say the least.

I would like to do more other regular posts as well, but that’s on the back burner for now as I find my feet and try to get back to a place of normalcy.

Reviews

Speaking of reviews, I am definitely behind. I can only apologise to all the wonderful people who have sent me zines for review. As I mentioned above, knock on wood that everything works out so I can get back to my regular Thursday and Friday schedule. I will do my absolute best to do this, I promise.

After all, reviewing zines is how Sea Green Zines got started so many years ago.

Distro

PSA: Always back up your stuff!

This is a message from your fluffy zine enthusiast who only found out afterwards that she could have saved her distro from disappearing into the abyss if only she’d done the right backups in the right places.

Unfortunately, I did not do this, and the distro needs to be rebuilt from the virtual ground up. I have even more awesome distro goodness to share with you, so this is an item high up on the to-do list.

YouTube

The ideal is to bring more to the YT channel than Happy Mail Monday videos. I’m grateful to have had the mail and the energy to at least mostly keep up with HMM, but the podcast, vlogs, and some other secret ideas are definitely on my mind. For the time being HMM will definitely be the most consistent of any video series on the channel.

The Podcast

First of all, thank you to everyone who has been patiently waiting for the next episodes of the podcast and have also been very gentle in letting me know that they’d love to see a new one when I’m able. With everything else I’d like to accomplish, I’m afraid the podcast is lower down on the list. I still have a list of topics I’d like to chat about, but you can always feel free to suggest topics, too.

Zines

*Phenomena 2 & Workaholic 2 – These zines are still happening! The cover art is in the works, and I have some great pieces for both. If you’d like to sneak in with a piece to one or both, please feel free to do so. These definitely won’t be done before the end of the month, so there is still time.

*Dear Anonymous 9 & 10 – I would like to wrap up the DA series by putting out both issues 9 and 10 at the same time, so there is still plenty of room if you would like to submit your work. Love letters, odes to your cat, hatred for oatmeal raisin cookies… Express yourself in DA.

*Missives From Murray Bridge – For the first time in a long time, I am once again working on a Missive. I don’t want to think about how long it’s been since the last one. Please know that if you used to be on the mailing list, you certainly still are. You can always contact me if you’d like to get on the list or if you’ve had a change of address.

*The 24 Hour Zine Thing 3 – I didn’t get to do this during International Zine Month like I would have liked to. However, I love this so much and have had so much encouragement from True Zine Marin that I definitely need to make another one happen this year. Check out my Instagram @seagreenzines because that’s where I put out my calls for page ideas.

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Happy Mail Monday – Birthday Edition

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztTShjwXVGM&w=560&h=315]

Hello, zine friends! I am back with some fabulous mail from around the world as well as many words of thanks for you all. It’s pyjama birthday day for HMM…

Thank you so much for watching.

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Awesome People/Places/Spaces Mentioned:

*Erica Durante –

*Zappix Art – https://linktr.ee/zappixart

*Localamity – https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/localamity

*Ed Richter – https://animatedmeat.com/

*Izalixe Straightheart – https://www.youtube.com/user/izalixe

*Reflective Zines – https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/ReflectiveZines

*True Zine Marin – https://www.instagram.com/truezinemarin/

*Monstark – https://www.monstark.com/

*Crapandemic – https://crapandemic.storenvy.com/

*Knotty Boy Crochet – https://www.instagram.com/knottyboycrochet/

*Andrew Goldfarb & Mark Thompson –

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My PO Box:

Nyx
PO Box 378
Murray Bridge, SA 5253
Australia

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You Can Find Me At:

seagreenzines@gmail.com

Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/seagreenzines

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Hoppy Burfday!

I’m sure I’m probably breaking the internet in some way by putting up a birthday meme for myself, but what can I say? I actually like birthdays!

I have recorded the Happy Mail Monday video, but friends have convinced me that I shouldn’t be working too hard on my birthday, so the editing will wait until tomorrow.

As always, thank you all for your kindness and understanding. I’m feeling truly positive for the first time in a long time, and it’s due in such a large part to all of you.

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Call for Submissions: Festivals Zine

Applications are now open for Coin-Operated Press’s Festivals Zine!

We were so gutted to learn that the Edinburgh Festivals were cancelled this year – and so many other wonderful festivals throughout the world – due to Covid-19! This is a massive blow to the art community, so we wanted to celebrate our love for festivals, music, and the performing arts by spreading the festival love with this zine!

Send us your show posters! Tell us all about the shows you were looking forward to! Regale us with stories about past events you have visited! Share with us your cancelled show! Let us know if there are any virtual festival events that you are a part of that we can broadcast in this zine! Write tips and tricks for festival-goers for the future!

We are looking for: articles, illustrations, short stories, photography, poetry, artwork of any medium, adverts, posters, flyers, short essays, recipes, comic-strips, reviews, collage, and anything else you can put your imagination to.

Please only submit work that will fit on 1-2 A4 pages. If you have work that is longer/larger than this, please send us an inquiry email, as we would like to be open to including longer formats.

Be sure to send us the following details along with your submission please:

*The name/credit you would like printed in the zine.
*Your pronouns.
*The city and/or country that you live in.
*Any contact details that you would like printed in the zine.
*A short one-sentence bio.
*A profile photo or image for your bio.
*Title of your work.
*A short description of your work and how it fits with the theme.

If you wish to remain anonymous, that is absolutely fine – just be sure to let us know when you submit your piece.

The deadline is midnight BST on Tuesday 15th August 2020.

Please send submissions to coinoperatedpress@gmail.com

For more information on the submission process, please visit our FAQs at https://coinoperatedpress.com/call-for-submissions/

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A Quick Mental Health Update

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gr5EJPvFA4Q&w=560&h=315]

Hello, friends! After the last video, I wanted to give you all a short update on how things are going since letting you know about my mental health difficulties. Thank you all for being amazing.

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Checking In

Checking in. 💜

I wasn’t sure about making the video, let alone posting it to YouTube. What’s too much information? What’s going too far? Is this what radical vulnerability is? What am I leaving myself open to by talking about my mental health issues?

But I’ve always been one who says you are not alone. I’ve always been about being open about my own issues because if it helped even just one person talk and reach out when they are struggling, then it’s always worth it.

So yesterday I posted the video about what’s been happening. Why I’ve been falling behind. Why I get teary pretty easily and have been trying to thank you all so much in previous videos but keep feeling like it’s not enough.

I reached out.

And you have been reaching back. 💜

I still don’t have the words to express everything… but perhaps ‘thank you’ will be enough for now.

I got out of bed. I made myself a cup of tea.

Upward and onward.

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What Has Been Happening

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyjTdngtHHE&w=560&h=315]

Hello, zine friends. This was a hard video to make, but… it’s one I’ve been saying I’d make for a long time.

I debated making this video, then debated posting it. What’s too much information, what do people want or need to know… In the end, I decided to go ahead and post because I feel as strongly as I ever have that we should be able to express ourselves about our mental health. Reach out when we need to. Talk about what we feel comfortable talking about.

This is a chat about what’s been happening, what I’m dealing with, and why I’ve fallen so far behind in pretty much everything.

Please note the warning at the start of the video.

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Happy Mail Monday – Many Zines, Many Places Edition

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8Xw7NPHQc4&w=425&h=315]

Hello, zine friends! We ended up with a pretty big video, so it only uploaded today instead of yesterday. All the zine goodness is hard to handle sometimes. Hahaha. Check out some lovely goodness from all around the world.

Thank you so much for watching.

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Awesome People/Places/Spaces Mentioned:

*Izalixe Straightheart – https://www.youtube.com/user/izalixe

*Billy – https://www.patreon.com/iknowbilly

*Anna Gecko –

*Alternative Incite – https://butter-lamb.com/

*Fire as a Metaphor –

*True Zine Marin – https://www.instagram.com/truezinemarin/

*Stoner Zines – https://www.jacksonstoner.org/

*Brushfire Press – https://www.instagram.com/brushfirepress/

*Sugar Skull – https://www.instagram.com/overmydeadcopy/

*Word Tonic – https://www.instagram.com/word.tonic.press/

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My PO Box:

Nyx
PO Box 378
Murray Bridge, SA 5253
Australia

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You Can Find Me At:

seagreenzines@gmail.com

Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/seagreenzines

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Zine Review: goodbye 2019, hello 2020

goodbye 2019, hello 2020
Bree
https://www.instagram.com/starlyart/
https://dczinefest.wordpress.com/2020/07/06/starly-arts-zine-table/

goodbye 2019, hello 2020 is an A5 black-on-lilac zine about saying goodbye to 2019 and what Bree is (/was at the time of making) looking forward to in 2020.

Amongst hand-drawn swirls, shapes, and other fun art goodbye 2019, hello 2020 launches right into things on the front inside cover with an introduction to the zine. Bree writes about reflecting and focusing on the important reflections rather than comparisons on the achievements of others (that can often lead to feeling bad). From there, Bree launches to a 2019 year in review that includes fun/cool things they did in 2019, favourite songs, and more. The second half is about 2020: what Bree was/is looking forward to for the year as well as goals for the year.

Each page has text in an easy-to-read font accompanied by art that adds that adds to the fun feel given by the font. The aesthetic mixes a zine feel with a scrapbook/diary feel that makes me wish I’d thought to make a zine like this at the start of the year.

I really like that Bree kept to the thoughts they expressed in the introduction, filling the 2019 reflections with great experiences and memories. I was so excited to see that Bree made their first zine in 2019. (A belated welcome to the zineverse!) And favourite songs! Music is a great way to express yourself, of course, but it’s also like a YouTube music hunt when I see a play list in a zine. Bree also lists out projects they worked on (mostly zines) so that is also a fun way to get to know their interests and creations.

Given we’re already more than halfway through 2020 and the way this year has gone, I was very curious about how it would feel. Would Bree’s goals and things they were/are looking forward to have changed dramatically because of what’s happened in the world? There are things that must have changed, certainly, but there were a lot of things I’m sure Bree was able to still do. One fun note is that Bree was looking forward to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and it turned out to be such an incredible hit.

I enjoyed this zine for the aesthetic as well as the feelings of optimism that came from it. I’d really love to see a ‘goodbye 2020, hello 2021’ zine from Bree next year about how they adjusted things and accomplished things given the unique challenges of the year.

Plus, I really like lists.

I think this is a nice, pleasant zine that you’ll enjoy if the things I’ve mentioned appeal to you. I’m also very curious about Bree’s other zines now, so even better!