Category: Calls for Submissions

CALLING ALL LGBT+ FOLKS! Zine call-out for poetry.

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN for Coin-Operated Press’s We’re Here zine!

Send us your words!

We want to create a zine that spreads awareness of invisible illness, chronic pain, and disability within the queer community. It has been reported that around one-third of people who identify as LGBTQ+ also state that they are disabled. What does that look like for you?

Share your confusion, your anxiety, your anger, and your activism. Share your passions, your goals, your achievements.

Here are some prompts if you need them: Lock-down, Accessibility at Pride, Diagnosis and management, Mental health, Family, friends, work, Embracing your mobility aids, Medication, etc.

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

*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.
*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 Wednesday 23rd September 2020.

Please send submissions to coinoperatedpress@gmail.com

Please visit our FAQs for more information https://coinoperatedpress.com/call-for-submissions/

CALLING ALL LGBT+ FOLKS! Zine call-out for poetry.

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW OPEN for Coin-Operated Press’s We’re Here zine!

Send us your words!

We want to create a zine that spreads awareness of invisible illness, chronic pain, and disability within the queer community. It has been reported that around one-third of people who identify as LGBTQ+ also state that they are disabled. What does that look like for you?

Share your confusion, your anxiety, your anger, and your activism. Share your passions, your goals, your achievements.

Here are some prompts if you need them: Lock-down, Accessibility at Pride, Diagnosis and management, Mental health, Family, friends, work, Embracing your mobility aids, Medication, etc.

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

*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.
*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 Wednesday 23rd September 2020.

Please send submissions to coinoperatedpress@gmail.com

Please visit our FAQs for more information https://coinoperatedpress.com/call-for-submissions/

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/

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/

Applications are now open for Coin-Operated Press’s LGBT BLACK LIVES MATTER Zine!

We are a white-owned and operated company. We are here to listen and hold space for Black voices. We need to speak out while not silencing black voices.

This month’s theme is for our Black LGBTQ+ community.

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!

100% OF THE PROFITS GENERATED FROM THIS ZINE WILL GO TO BLACK VISIONS COLLECTIVE.

Black Visions Collective is a Black, trans, and queer-led organisation that is committed to dismantling systems of oppression & violence and shifting the public narrative to create transformative, long-term change. 

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

As we want to hold space for minority voices, this call out is for Black LGBTQ+ folks only – please do not submit if you fall outside of this community.

Please only submit work that will fit on 1-2 A4 pages. If you have work that is longer 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:

• 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 30th June 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/

Applications are now open for Coin-Operated Press’s LGBT BLACK LIVES MATTER Zine!

We are a white-owned and operated company. We are here to listen and hold space for Black voices. We need to speak out while not silencing black voices.

This month’s theme is for our Black LGBTQ+ community.

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!

100% OF THE PROFITS GENERATED FROM THIS ZINE WILL GO TO BLACK VISIONS COLLECTIVE.

Black Visions Collective is a Black, trans, and queer-led organisation that is committed to dismantling systems of oppression & violence and shifting the public narrative to create transformative, long-term change. 

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

As we want to hold space for minority voices, this call out is for Black LGBTQ+ folks only – please do not submit if you fall outside of this community.

Please only submit work that will fit on 1-2 A4 pages. If you have work that is longer 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:

• 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 30th June 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/