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MAY: A serial mini-zine #3

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MAY: A serial mini-zine #3
Group:Zines, mail art & other cool stuff
Swap Coordinator:TangleCrafts (contact)
Swap categories: Zines 
Number of people in swap:8
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:May 6, 2012
Date items must be sent by:May 28, 2012
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

~ pic above shows some of a series of mini-zines I made in 2009, for the Going Postal mail art project ~

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*from the free dictionary*
se·ri·al
adj.
1. Of, forming, or arranged in a series.
2. a. Published or produced in installments, as a novel or television drama.
b. Relating to such publication or production.

Swap description: A serial mini-zine, #1

For this swap you will write/create a mini-zine that is to be part of an ongoing series. For example, it could be...:

  • ...a chapter from a longer story (to be continued)
  • ...a blog post on a particular theme you plan to return to
  • ...the story behind a piece of artwork
  • ...a craft tutorial
  • ...an ongoing journal (could be craft, personal, shopping-related – whatever is of interest to you)
  • ...a gallery or catalogue of your art/craft/work (assuming that your back-catalogue will fill more than a single mini-zine!)
  • ...a showcase of your ongoing mail art correspondence
  • ...any other theme that you can think of more than one zine's worth of content for!

Depending on interest, I will host future rounds of this swap for subsequent issues of your series to be shared.

Please note: you are welcome to join in whether you have played in a previous round or not!

Swap requirements

  • 1 partner = 1 mini zine sent & 1 mini zine received.
  • Mini-zines must be made from a minimum of one A4/letter-size sheet but may be larger, if you like. A 'traditional' mini-zine is the minimum requirement, but feel free to experiment with additional pages, bindings, formats etc.
  • Zines may be handwritten, typed, word processed, cut-and-pasted – whatever style suits you. For those new to zines, it is usual to create one master-copy then photocopy or print multiples of the original.
  • If you participated in a previous round, please do not send out the same mini-zine - now is the time for the next issue! Alternatively, you may begin an entirely new series, if you prefer.
  • Zines sent do not need to be the first or even the 2nd in a series, just so long as they fall somewhere numerically within a zine series of your creation.
  • Send on time!

The obvious bit
Late swaps & low ratings will all be checked before assigning partners. Contact me if you think there might be a problem.

Discussion

kiddomerriweather 03/17/2012 #

Just wanted you to know that my zine is complete, but I'm moving this to my watchlist right now so I can join some other swaps. I promise I'll be back. :)

TangleCrafts 03/28/2012 #

Plenty of time! :)

TangleCrafts 05/ 7/2012 #

I have just assigned partners and - too late - realised that I had accidentally set number of partners at 1 instead of 3. Unfortunately, it is not possible to alter this after partners have been assigned, so I have amended the swap description to reflect qty of partners assigned to try to avoid unnecessary confusion. Sorry guys!

AmyMarie 05/ 7/2012 #

If others besides my partner would like to swap zines with me from this swap, I am willing! Contact me and we can set up a private swap. I usually make 10 copies of each issue of zine I create.

TangleCrafts 05/ 8/2012 #

Likewise, I'm happy to set up a private swap if anybody is disappointed not to pass on more than one of their mini-zine - just drop me a PM. :)

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