The Freedom APA
Freedom APA is an alternative press association with one expectation: participate where, when and how you are able.
Annual Membership: Participation by sending items for the mailing a minimum of once per membership year PLUS $15 for US membership; $25 for rest of world. Items for the mailing bundle may include mail art, printed journals, chapbooks, zines, cds, dvds, cassettes, envelopes, postcards, bookmarks, recipes, stamps, letters, or whatever you choose to create.
Four bundles are mailed per year. The next mailing is scheduled for June 2017. If you send materials for the June bundle, 22 items are needed.
Membership dues may be sent via Paypal: singinggrove@conknet.com
Checks may be made payable to: Frederick Moe 36 West Main Street Warner NH 03278.
$6 postpaid for a sample bundle if you’re curious to check it out before jumping in.
Freedom APA is intended to be fun & embrace the spirit of personal journalism, zine making, letter writing, graphic arts, mail art, DIY printing, poetry, homemade music, creative projects, podcasting & more. Freedom APA is not an organization nor will Freedom APA have officers or by-laws. We have however add volunteer “staff” as Freedom APA grows.
With your support, this will be an enjoyable mailing circle project full of creativity. Freedom APA is a postal activity.
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Call for Submissions: Cat & Dog Zine
Looking for:
*stories (up to 500 words)
*poems (page in length)
*artwork
*love letters
Topics may include:
-how they came to be in your life
-their therapeutic presence
– how they help ease your anxiety, depression and provide comfort
-the special bond you share
-their unconditional love
-the playful/weird/cute things they do
-if they are a service dog/cat
-if they have a physical disability, mental illness and/or health issues
-do you refer to them as your: pet, baby/child/family, companion, friend/best friend, room mate, healer, etc.
-if you have more than one cat or dog
-anything else you wish to share about them
Contributors will receive a free issue of the zine upon completion.
If interested, email Xyendrarocks44@hotmail.com
Call for Submissions: Star Wars Essay Zine
We’re looking to compile a zine containing essays about Star Wars! If you have anything sitting around in your drafts folder, like a 10-page saved rant over the internet about why Attack of the Clones IS good, or why Ahsoka Tano should have her own spin-off movie, please send them to us! Essays can be about anything, could be written informally, funny, or seriously, as long as it is Star Wars. Write about the movies or the expanded universe (both legends and reboot timeline)!
We accept any length, but we would like it around 2,000 words. We accept any topic too, including how race/gender/sexuality and other social/political ideals tie with the SW universe.
Once your essay is accepted, you get a physical copy of the zine!
Email your submissions to notyourleo@outlook.com (could be an attached file or in the body of the email)(accepting .doc/.docx/.pdf/.rtf)
New Deadline: 10 April 2017
Please spread the word! Thank you!
Calling Zine Makers, Libraries, Distros, And the Like
I’m at the very beginning stages of working on a new zine project. As part of this, I would like to include A5/A6 spaces (maybe even A7, if that works for you) that feature things like:
*Zines that have a rolling call for submissions (even if your zine changes theme/topic from issue to issue, an overarching ‘flier’ for the whole series would be awesome)
*Zine distros – whether you want to say ‘check out my distro’, are looking for zines to sell in your distro, or both!
*Zine libraries – again, whether it’s a ‘check us out’, ‘looking for zine donations’, or both, I’d love to see it
*Zine people who want to be included in an ‘open to trades’ section. I’m thinking name, preferred contact (or your mailing addy, if that’s the way you roll), and a few likes/dislikes.
The key thing here is that things be ‘undated’ (hence sharing a zine series rather than one specific call for submissions) so things aren’t out of date before I get the chance to create the thing.
Ideally, I’d like things to be images with text on them because of the limited space involved (with the exception of the trades section, which will be text only). But I want to be flexible, too. This project is really in its early days, so I’m still figuring a lot out.
If you want to get involved straight away (please do!) then you can shoot me an email (theauthor at inkyblots.com)
Do You Like Zines? Do You Like Writing About Them?
Ziiiiiiines. To know them is to love them. (At least, I think so.) If you love zines, then I have an opportunity for you.
Zine Nation is a site dedicated to ziiiiines. They post up an assortment of reviews most months as well as conduct interviews with various people in the zine community (even with me!).
Zine Nation is currently looking for an editor to take over the blog and smm for a few months. Does this sound like you? Well then get in contact!
They are @zinenation on Twitter and Zine Nation on Facebook.
Call for Submissions: Star Wars Essay Zine
We’re looking to compile a zine containing essays about Star Wars! If you have anything sitting around in your drafts folder, like a 10-page saved rant over the internet about why Attack of the Clones IS good, or why Ahsoka Tano should have her own spin-off movie, please send them to us! Essays can be about anything, could be written informally, funny, or seriously, as long as it is Star Wars. Write about the movies or the expanded universe (both legends and reboot timeline)!
We accept any length, but we would like it around 2,000 words. We accept any topic too, including how race/gender/sexuality and other social/political ideals tie with the SW universe.
Once your essay is accepted, you get a physical copy of the zine!
Email your submissions to notyourleo@outlook.com (could be an attached file or in the body of the email)(accepting .doc/.docx/.pdf/.rtf)
New Deadline: 10 April 2017
Please spread the word! Thank you!
Introducing: The Mail Art Club!
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Call for Submissions: Cat & Dog Zine
Looking for:
*stories (up to 500 words)
*poems (page in length)
*artwork
*love letters
Topics may include:
-how they came to be in your life
-their therapeutic presence
– how they help ease your anxiety, depression and provide comfort
-the special bond you share
-their unconditional love
-the playful/weird/cute things they do
-if they are a service dog/cat
-if they have a physical disability, mental illness and/or health issues
-do you refer to them as your: pet, baby/child/family, companion, friend/best friend, room mate, healer, etc.
-if you have more than one cat or dog
-anything else you wish to share about them
Contributors will receive a free issue of the zine upon completion.
If interested, email Xyendrarocks44@hotmail.com
Call for Submissions: True Trans Bike Rebel (Taking the Lane #15)
Taking the Lane #15 is called True Trans Bike Rebel, and we are looking for nonfiction writing about the experience of being transgender and bicycling. Submissions can be essays or reporting about bicycling, or other topics or stories in which bicycles play a part (or other human-powered transportation).
Submissions can be any length; word count between 500 and 2500 words is ideal for this format. Single-color illustrations and photos are also sought. Please submit your work as an attachment or link in an email to elly at taking the lane dot com. The deadline is July 1, 2017.
All contributors will be paid a share of the net profits from the Kickstarter project used to fund the zine.
Taking the Lane is a feminist bicycle zine published since 2010.