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International Zine Month Day 3 – Updated Virtual Zine Events List

Hello zine friends! Day three of International Zine Month touched on virtual zine events happening around the world – and in our own living rooms! I didn’t really know of many happening. But thanks to help from Instagram friends, I have a slightly longer list. I wanted to post it and spread the word!

*Street Cat Zine Fest is an in-person zine fest. However, while it isn’t virtual as such, there is a mail in option that helps you participate without having yourself in front of a table. Check out all the details on Instagram or Street Cat Zine Fest

*The Brooklyn Art Book Fair is going virtual! You can check it them out on Instagram or the Brooklyn Art Fair website

*Queer Zest Zine Fest (love the name!) is getting ready for an amazing virtual event August 7th and 8th! Be sure to check out the website for all the zesty details.

*Applications are now open for the Sick and Disabled Fair happening in September. Be sure to get your applications in by the end of the month.

*The Virtual Swansea Zine Fest happened in May, but you can still take a look at the facebook page which has videos from the event.

*Festival of the Photocopier online opened early this year, but the beauty of virtual zine fests is that they can keep going! Check out the site.

*Virtual Portland Zine Symposium is happening this month! Mark the 24th and 25th on your calendar!

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And there we have the updated list! If you have more to add, please feel free to let me know!

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Help Save Wasted Ink Zine Distro

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXQ0-Ewr9uU&w=560&h=315]
Read more on the Go Fund Me page

Detailed Information on Closure by Charissa:

“It’s with a heavy heart that I announce this news. I’m closing the storefront of Wasted Ink Zine Distro at The Hive.

I was given less than 24-hour notice that construction would be taking place in my store. I informed the owner I was disabled and needed more time to get help moving items. She assured me I would have a week to move my items but the construction took place the next day which resulted in paint splatter on my furniture, broken furniture items and decor items, and a thick film of dirt and grime on many of my zines. I’m still assessing the damage of my property and merchandise and will be contacting creators.

Additionally, I was told my rent would increase 25% and after nine months of financial difficulty due to the pandemic, that rent increase isn’t feasible for me.

I want to thank the community for providing such support in the last 5 years and please know this isn’t the end, just a change of plans for Wasted Ink. May we celebrate the wonderful art events, poetry readings, and conversations that took place inside our space at The Hive. Our online store will remain live and we will be looking for a new location when COVID-19 has eased next year.”

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Call for Contributors – Virtual Swansea Zine Fest

Zinesters, zine makers, small press writers and poets, indie comic, DIYers – pitch us your ideas for contributions to Swansea Zine Fest 2021, taking place online on Saturday 8th May!

We are looking for pitches for videos about anything to do with zines and self-publishing as part of the programme. This could include:

– reviews of your favourite zines or zines you have read recently
– zine history
– why you like zines
– celebrating particular kinds of zines like fanzines and perzines, or
a how-to video or pre-recorded workshop demonstrating a particular element of zine making
– zine readings of up to five minutes long
– anything else!

We are also looking for contributions to a digital zine grab bag, which will be made available for free on the day.

If you have an idea about how you want to get involved in the virtual zine fest that we haven’t thought about just let us know and we’ll see if it can work!

The deadline to pitch an idea is 28th February 2021, and the deadline for submitted content is 18th April 2021.

Send us your pitch or idea here: https://swanseazinefest.wixsite.com/2019/apply

[Image Description: white background covered in pink dots and blue stars. Heading reads: Virtual Swansea Zine Fest 2021. Text in bubble below reads: Saturday 8th May, Call for contributors! Prompts and further info at http:/bit.ly/swanseazinefest2021 , deadline for expressions of interest: 28th February. Twitter: @SwanseaZineFest Instagram: @SwanseaZineFest Facebook: Facebook.com/swanseazinefest]

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Virtual Litchfield County Zine Fest Interest Form

From the Nirtual Litchfield County Zine Fest page…

The Litchfield County Zine Fest is a rural zine fest based in Connecticut, USA. It’s Connecticut’s only zine fest, and ran in 2018 and 2019 in Kent, CT, a town in Litchfield County. Due to the pandemic, there was no in-person Litchfield County Zine Fest in 2020. There probably won’t be an in-person Litchfield County Zine Fest in 2021 either… but! I, as the organizer of the Litchfield County Zine Fest, am planning to run a virtual version of the LCZF online sometime in the upcoming months, using a combination of a platform called Gather (http://gather.town/) and potentially Zoom for workshops.

Gather is a video platform with a spatial element. It allows you to create 2D maps that visitors can move around using the arrow keys on their keyboards. When your avatar moves closer to another person’s avatar, your video feeds fade in and you can talk to each other! There are also interactive objects, private and public text-based messaging, and private spaces where only those in the space can hear each other.

FOR POTENTIAL TABLERS

The way tabling at the fest would work is that each tabler would have an assigned spot on the map at a “table”. These “seats” are in private spaces that are inclusive of the seats behind a table and the spots in front of the table. That way, you can only hear and speak to the people at your table or in front of your table while your avatar is in that space, to avoid overwhelm.

While you are at your spot, attendees would come up to your table and talk to you, and you could show your zines to them over video and talk about them, then use private messages to send links to where they can buy the zines or arrange trades. Tablers could leave their assigned spots at any time, like at an in-person zine fest.

Nirtual Litchfield County Zine Fest page

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Help Save Wasted Ink Zine Distro

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXQ0-Ewr9uU&w=560&h=315]
Read more on the Go Fund Me page

Detailed Information on Closure by Charissa:

“It’s with a heavy heart that I announce this news. I’m closing the storefront of Wasted Ink Zine Distro at The Hive.

I was given less than 24-hour notice that construction would be taking place in my store. I informed the owner I was disabled and needed more time to get help moving items. She assured me I would have a week to move my items but the construction took place the next day which resulted in paint splatter on my furniture, broken furniture items and decor items, and a thick film of dirt and grime on many of my zines. I’m still assessing the damage of my property and merchandise and will be contacting creators.

Additionally, I was told my rent would increase 25% and after nine months of financial difficulty due to the pandemic, that rent increase isn’t feasible for me.

I want to thank the community for providing such support in the last 5 years and please know this isn’t the end, just a change of plans for Wasted Ink. May we celebrate the wonderful art events, poetry readings, and conversations that took place inside our space at The Hive. Our online store will remain live and we will be looking for a new location when COVID-19 has eased next year.”

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Call for Contributors – Virtual Swansea Zine Fest

Zinesters, zine makers, small press writers and poets, indie comic, DIYers – pitch us your ideas for contributions to Swansea Zine Fest 2021, taking place online on Saturday 8th May!

We are looking for pitches for videos about anything to do with zines and self-publishing as part of the programme. This could include:

– reviews of your favourite zines or zines you have read recently
– zine history
– why you like zines
– celebrating particular kinds of zines like fanzines and perzines, or
a how-to video or pre-recorded workshop demonstrating a particular element of zine making
– zine readings of up to five minutes long
– anything else!

We are also looking for contributions to a digital zine grab bag, which will be made available for free on the day.

If you have an idea about how you want to get involved in the virtual zine fest that we haven’t thought about just let us know and we’ll see if it can work!

The deadline to pitch an idea is 28th February 2021, and the deadline for submitted content is 18th April 2021.

Send us your pitch or idea here: https://swanseazinefest.wixsite.com/2019/apply

[Image Description: white background covered in pink dots and blue stars. Heading reads: Virtual Swansea Zine Fest 2021. Text in bubble below reads: Saturday 8th May, Call for contributors! Prompts and further info at http:/bit.ly/swanseazinefest2021 , deadline for expressions of interest: 28th February. Twitter: @SwanseaZineFest Instagram: @SwanseaZineFest Facebook: Facebook.com/swanseazinefest]

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Help Save Wasted Ink Zine Distro

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXQ0-Ewr9uU&w=560&h=315]
Read more on the Go Fund Me page

Detailed Information on Closure by Charissa:

“It’s with a heavy heart that I announce this news. I’m closing the storefront of Wasted Ink Zine Distro at The Hive.

I was given less than 24-hour notice that construction would be taking place in my store. I informed the owner I was disabled and needed more time to get help moving items. She assured me I would have a week to move my items but the construction took place the next day which resulted in paint splatter on my furniture, broken furniture items and decor items, and a thick film of dirt and grime on many of my zines. I’m still assessing the damage of my property and merchandise and will be contacting creators.

Additionally, I was told my rent would increase 25% and after nine months of financial difficulty due to the pandemic, that rent increase isn’t feasible for me.

I want to thank the community for providing such support in the last 5 years and please know this isn’t the end, just a change of plans for Wasted Ink. May we celebrate the wonderful art events, poetry readings, and conversations that took place inside our space at The Hive. Our online store will remain live and we will be looking for a new location when COVID-19 has eased next year.”

Posted on

Call for Contributors – Virtual Swansea Zine Fest

Zinesters, zine makers, small press writers and poets, indie comic, DIYers – pitch us your ideas for contributions to Swansea Zine Fest 2021, taking place online on Saturday 8th May!

We are looking for pitches for videos about anything to do with zines and self-publishing as part of the programme. This could include:

– reviews of your favourite zines or zines you have read recently
– zine history
– why you like zines
– celebrating particular kinds of zines like fanzines and perzines, or
a how-to video or pre-recorded workshop demonstrating a particular element of zine making
– zine readings of up to five minutes long
– anything else!

We are also looking for contributions to a digital zine grab bag, which will be made available for free on the day.

If you have an idea about how you want to get involved in the virtual zine fest that we haven’t thought about just let us know and we’ll see if it can work!

The deadline to pitch an idea is 28th February 2021, and the deadline for submitted content is 18th April 2021.

Send us your pitch or idea here: https://swanseazinefest.wixsite.com/2019/apply

[Image Description: white background covered in pink dots and blue stars. Heading reads: Virtual Swansea Zine Fest 2021. Text in bubble below reads: Saturday 8th May, Call for contributors! Prompts and further info at http:/bit.ly/swanseazinefest2021 , deadline for expressions of interest: 28th February. Twitter: @SwanseaZineFest Instagram: @SwanseaZineFest Facebook: Facebook.com/swanseazinefest]

Posted on

Call for Contributors – Virtual Swansea Zine Fest

Zinesters, zine makers, small press writers and poets, indie comic, DIYers – pitch us your ideas for contributions to Swansea Zine Fest 2021, taking place online on Saturday 8th May!

We are looking for pitches for videos about anything to do with zines and self-publishing as part of the programme. This could include:

– reviews of your favourite zines or zines you have read recently
– zine history
– why you like zines
– celebrating particular kinds of zines like fanzines and perzines, or
a how-to video or pre-recorded workshop demonstrating a particular element of zine making
– zine readings of up to five minutes long
– anything else!

We are also looking for contributions to a digital zine grab bag, which will be made available for free on the day.

If you have an idea about how you want to get involved in the virtual zine fest that we haven’t thought about just let us know and we’ll see if it can work!

The deadline to pitch an idea is 28th February 2021, and the deadline for submitted content is 18th April 2021.

Send us your pitch or idea here: https://swanseazinefest.wixsite.com/2019/apply

[Image Description: white background covered in pink dots and blue stars. Heading reads: Virtual Swansea Zine Fest 2021. Text in bubble below reads: Saturday 8th May, Call for contributors! Prompts and further info at http:/bit.ly/swanseazinefest2021 , deadline for expressions of interest: 28th February. Twitter: @SwanseaZineFest Instagram: @SwanseaZineFest Facebook: Facebook.com/swanseazinefest]