MORE APPS, MORE FESTS
If you know a fest organizer or someone working in DIY small press stuff, please connect them to this newsletter and have them share resources! This is purely singularly sourced by me (one person) and the things I see on social media, that I then pull off of social media into one location so that we all, collectively, don’t have to look at social media to find out when a zine fest is happening.
Applications Open Now
The current and upcoming applications we could find! But, you can find more on The Show List using the season predictor columns.
ABQ Zine Fest (Albuquerque, NM, October 3) apps due August 19
Hoffman Estates Zine Fest (Hoffman, Estates, IL, October 3) apps open ‘til full?
Comics Arts Festival of Eugene (Eugene, OR, ) apps due August 7
Denton Zine Fest (Denton, TX, October 4) apps due September 1
Fort Collins Small Press Fest (Fort Collins, CO) apps due August 25
New Haven Zine Fair (New Haven, CT, October 4) apps due August 19
Zine Harvest (Vancouver, Canada, October 17) apps due August 25
Watertown Zine Fest (Watertown, MA, October 17) apps due August 9
ANC Zine Fest (Anchorage, AK, November 8) apps open July-August
Houston Zine Fest (Houston, TX, November 21) apps open August 9
DC Zine Fest (Washington D.C., November 14) apps due August 13
Boise Zine Fest (Boise, ID, November 14) apps due October 19
Richmond Indie Comic Expo (Richmond, VA, November 15) apps open August 14
Pittsburgh Zine Fair (Pittsburgh, PA, October 18) apps due August 15
SAVage Fest (Savannah, GA, October 18) apps due August 15
Pikes Peak Zine Fest (Colorado Springs, CO, October 17) apps due August 15
Genghis Con (Cleveland, OH, November 29) apps due August 31
Madison Alternative Comics Fest (Madison, WI, December 13) apps extended to August 7
Dublin Comic Arts Festival (Dublin, Ireland, April, July, October, and November) apps rolling depending on event date
Shows to Attend
August through December (from what we know so far)
Grand Rapids Zine Fest (Grand Rapids, MI, August 8)
Forest City Print & Zine Fair (London, Ontario, August 8)
South Side Zine Fest (Chicago, IL, August 15)
Salt Creek Zine Fest (Lincoln, NE, August 15)
OC Zine Fest (Orange County, CA, August 15)
Tacoma Zine Fest (Tacoma, WA, August 15-16)
WRFG Zine Fest (Atlanta, GA, August 29)
Cincinnati Art Book Fair (Covington, KY, August 29, 30)
Insert Name Zine Fest (Minneapolis, MN, August 30)
SF Zine Fest (San Francisco, CA, September 6)
Paper Plaines Zine Fest (Lawrence, KS September 6)
Prairie Comics Festival (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Sept 5-6)
Small Press Expo (Bethesda, MD, September 12, 13)
Denver Zine Fest (Denver, CO, September 13)
Zine Dream Small Press Art Fair (West Toronto, CA, September 15)
PictoBeach Bazaar (Rockaway Beach, Queens, September 19)
San Antonio Zine Fest (San Antonio, TX, September 19)
Hamilton Comic Con (Ontario, CA September 19 + 20)
MILK Fest (Milwaukee, WI, September 26)
Zine D’Arc (Acworth, GA, September 26)
SPICE (Savannah, GA, September 26 + 27)
Phoenix Zine Fest (Phoenix, AZ, September 26 + 27)
Bay Area Queer Zine Fest (Oakland, CA, September 27)
Richmond Zine Fest (Richmond, VA, October 3)
Nashville Comic Arts Festival (Nashville, TN, October 3)
A2CAF Small + Indie Press (Ann Arbor, MI, October 3)
Charleston Zine Fest (Charleston, SC, October 3)
Lone Star Zine Fest (Austin, TX, October 10 + 11)
Zinecinnati (Cincinnati, OH, October 17)
Johnson City Zine Fest (Johnson City, TN, October 17)
Portland Zine Symposium (Portland, OR, October 17 + 18)
San Diego Zine Fest (San Diego, CA, October 17 + 18)
Comic Arts Festival of Eugene aka CAFE (Eugene, OR, October 18)
Pretty Good Fest (Chicago, IL, October 24)
OKC Zine Fest (Oklahoma City, OK, October 24)
Zine Machine Printed Matter Festival (Durham, NC, October 25)
SLICE Expo (St. Louis, MO, October 31)
LA Zine Fest (Los Angeles, CA, November 6)
KC Zine Con (Kansas City, MO, November 7)
Short Run Seattle (Seattle, WA, November 7)
Muchos Art & Comic Expo (San Francisco, CA, November 8)
Zine Dump (Toronto, Canada, November 8)
Thought Bubble Comic Convention (Yorkshire, UK November 9-15)
Anyone Can Cook Zine Fest (Glendale, CA, November 9)
Chicago Art Book Fair (Chicago, IL, Nov 13-15)
BAMF (Bloomington, IN, November 14)
Boston Art Book Fair (Boston, MA, November 14 + 15)
MICE (Boston, MA, December 5 + 6)
Comic Arts LA (Los Angeles, CA, December 13)
Other Opportunities
Zine Fest Houston Compilation Zine submissions are open through August 2
Printed Matter Publisher Work Grant offers funding to independent presses application open through October 4
Paper Plains Zine Fest Open Call for comics about: zines, jammy, or being a zinester for their newspaper. Submissions close August 3rd
Athenaeum Gives $1500 Comics Grant due August 15
Silly Goose Press submissions open through August 15
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