I’m convinced there’s no such thing as a fest season anymore, there are fests all the time everywhere and we love it. Check out the applications coming up for late summer/early fall shows.
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.
SPICE (Savannah, GA, September 26-27) apps open now til full?
SLICE Expo (St. Louis, MO, October 31) apps run June 1-July 15
San Diego Zine Fest (San Diego, CA, October 17 + 18)apps due July 20
Boston Art Book Fair (Boston, MA, November 14-15) apps due July 20
Chicago Art Book Fair (Chicago, IL, Nov 13-15) apps due July 23
Forest City Print & Zine Fair (London, Ontario, August 8)apps due July 24
Richmond Zine Fest (Richmond, VA, October 3) apps due July 31
Johnson City Zine Fest (Johnson City, TN, October 17) apps due July 31
LA Zine Fest (Los Angeles, CA, November 6) apps due July 31
Short Run Seattle (Seattle, WA, November 7) apps run June 1 - July 31
Dublin Comic Arts Festival (Dublin, Ireland, April, July, October, and November) apps rolling depending on event date
Salt Creek Zine Fest (Lincoln, NE, August 15), apps due August 1
Muchos Art & Comic Expo (San Francisco, CA, November 8) apps due August 2
Watertown Zine Fest (Watertown, MA, October 17) apps due August 9
Pikes Peak Zine Fest (Colorado Springs, CO, October 17) apps due August 15
Genghis Con (Cleveland, OH, November 29) apps due August 31
Applications Coming Soon
Pittsburgh Zine Fair (Pittsburgh, PA, October 18) apps open July 18 - August 15
DC Zine Fest (Washington D.C., November 14) apps open July 14-August 13
KC Zine Con (Kansas City, MO, November 7) apps open end of July
SAVage Fest (Savannah, GA, October 18) apps open this summer
Denton Zine Fest (Denton, TX, October 4) apps open August
Zine Dump (Toronto, Canada, November 8)apps open in August
Houston Zine Fest (Houston, TX, November 21) apps open August
ANC Zine Fest (Anchorage, AK, November) apps open July-August
Shows to Attend
July through December (from what we know so far)
Greensboro Zine Fest (Greensboro, NC, July 25 + 26)
Grand Rapids Zine Fest (Grand Rapids, MI, August 8)
South Side Zine Fest (Chicago, IL, August 15)
OC Zine Fest (Orange County, CA, August 15)
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)
Hamilton Comic Con (Ontario, CA September 19 + 20)
MILK Fest (Milwaukee, WI, September 26)
Phoenix Zine Fest (Phoenix, AZ, September 26 & 27)
Bay Area Queer Zine Fest (Oakland, CA, September 27)
Hoffman Estates Zine Fest (Hoffman, Estates, IL, October 3)
Nashville Comic Arts Festival (Nashville, TN, October 3)
A2CAF Small + Indie Press (Ann Arbor, MI, October 3)
Lone Star Zine Fest (Austin, TX, October 10 + 11)
Zinecinnati (Cincinnati, OH, October 17)
Portland Zine Symposium (Portland, OR, October 17 + 18)
Pretty Good Fest (Chicago, IL, October 24)
Zine Machine Printed Matter Festival (Durham, NC, October 25)
Thought Bubble Comic Convention (Yorkshire, UK November 9-15)
Anyone Can Cook Zine Fest (Glendale, CA, November 9)
BAMF (Bloomington, IN, November 14)
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
Zine Machine submissions open through July 31
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