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Mini Zines for Beginners

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Swap Coordinator:spirals (contact)
Swap categories: Zines  Newbie  Paper Crafts 
Number of people in swap:21
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Rating requirement:4.80 (unrated swappers allowed)
Last day to signup/drop:October 16, 2011
Date items must be sent by:November 21, 2011
Number of swap partners:5
Description:

A zine is a "magazine" that you make and publish yourself (usually photocopied but can be printed in other ways- such as screen printing). They can contain anything you like for example: Poetry, opinions, recipes, a comic, photographs, stories, reviews, sketches, personal experience, journal style. They can be completely written, completely art or anywhere in between.

For this swap we will be making a paper zine smaller than 5" x 8" , minimum 8 pages including front and back covers.

This is a good size, and guide to use if you are making a mini zine for the first time:

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/mini_zine

Your zine can be about anything you like, if you prefer art- you can do a booklet of your art perhaps or if you feel strongly about something/s you could do an opinion zine.

Its senders choice (so do not sign up if easily offended!).

Make it, copy it, put it together and mail one copy each to your 5 partners.

More experienced zinesters (people who make zines) are of course welcome to join- just remember your in a swap for beginners so expect beginner quality.

Newbies are welcome (with well filled out profiles), minimum rating of 4.8, no-one with unexplained 1's or 3's, and you have to have been on swap-bot at least 1 week before swap starts.

Any questions or issues please message me.

More info on zines:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine - Wikipedia - Zines

http://wemakezines.ning.com/ - We Make Zines

Discussion

spirals 09/18/2011 #

CHANGE - was 16 pages minimum.. NOW 8 PAGES MINIMUM. I made a mistake calculating pages.

snout 10/15/2011 #

This is perfect! One of my goals this year was to make a zine, glad to have the opportunity here :)

Cirsium 10/17/2011 #

For folks who use Open Office for their word processing, here are a couple of templates that might be helpful.

This template is for the format described in the cutoutandkeep link in this swap's comments: http://templates.services.openoffice.org/en/node/4789

This template uses regular formatting but provides instructions for printing out as a booklet (settings depend on the type of printer): http://templates.services.openoffice.org/en/node/5091

kgeslab 10/23/2011 #

To my partners: I want you to know it can take up to 3 weeks to get a letter from the UAE. If you do not receive, please email me and I will resend. Thanks!

trongtrang 07/29/2022 #

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