Twin Cities Zine Fest

We’re so grateful for everyone’s support at TCZF 2018!! Thank you to all the donors, volunteers, tablers, invited guests, and everyone who made this year our biggest yet. 💓💓💓 And many thanks to Hennepin County Library for hosting us in their beautiful space!

We’d love to hear from you: please fill out our post-fest survey to help us plan for next year! https://tinyurl.com/TCZF2018survey

This year’s workshops will be a great opportunity for people of all ages to get hands on with zines! All workshops are free and will be held at Hennepin County Library – Minneapolis Central (300 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis MN).

noon-1 pm: Making tiny zines with Fiona Avocado
1:30-2:30 pm: Community as a form of Resistance with Kaitlyn Lafferty of the Denver Zine Library
3:00-4:00 pm: Mini zines with Dawn Wing

Please bring your thinking caps and creative magic to help create the DIY spirit at TCZF 2018!

Check out the list of exhibitors and invited guests who will be a part of our biggest & best TCZF yet! Please get in touch with any questions.

We recently recently received word that someone has been spamming zine-related email lists with offers to share lists of the email addresses of TCZF exhibitors or attendees. You should know that we don’t share emails with anyone so this is just typical spam nonsense—just delete that email if it’s sent to you. We’ll see you at the zine fest festivities next weekend!!

This year’s TCZF kick-off reading will be held Friday September 14 at the beautiful Minnesota Center for Book Arts (1011 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis MN). Please plan on joining us to hear zinesters from this year’s fest share their work. The reading starts at 7 pm, please RSVP at the Facebook event and invite your friends!

Our zinester readers will be:

• Leda Zawacki (cupofstars.com)
• Sean Knickerbocker (seanknickerbocker.com)
• Emily Mehr (emehrblog.blogspot.com)
• Karl Noyes (roosterhouse.org)
• Yonathan Moya (yonathanmoya.com/borderperspective)
• Dawn Wing (wingart.wixsite.com/wingart)
• Sam Schmitt (GlitterWurst.etsy.com)
• Jessica Checkeroski (jessicacheckeroski.com/art)
• Harry Gao (sunshine-gao.com)

A huge thanks to everyone who was able to attend TCZF bingo last night, we had so much fun! We’re incredibly grateful to Lacey Prpić Hedtke for hosting with such enthusiasm, for Moon Palace Books & Geek Love Cafe for being a wonderful venue, to all the generous donors who allowed us to have such great prizes, and to everyone who joined us to support TCZF 2018!! 💓

Our donors for TCZF Bingo Night included these fabulous local businesses and individuals:

• Angie Toner
• Big Mouth Tarot
• Boiler Room Coffee
• Boneshaker Books
• Carolyn Swiszcz
• Electric Fetus
• Elizabeth Bastyr
• Equal Exchange
• Fox Den Salon
• The Future
• Moon Palace Books
• Old Abe Coffee
• Peace Coffee
• Pizza Luce
• Red Balloon Bookshop
• Repair Lair
• Seward Community Co-op
• Sixth Chamber Used Books
• Smitten Kitten
• Tailorbird Tattoo
• Trylon Cinema
• Urban Tails Pet Supply
• Wedge Community Co-op

TCZF Bingo is back and better than ever! Please plan on joining us Friday August 10th from 7-10 pm.

This year we’re excited to be making our bingo debut at the fabulous Moon Palace Books, home to the Geek Love Cafe! You’ll be able to order delicious food and beverage at the event; there are plenty of vegetarian and gluten-free options.

The details: $1 rounds, $5 blackout rounds. Every year people tell us how amazing our prizes are, all thanks to the fabulous local business that have generously donated them so we can raise funds for TCZF! You won’t want to miss out!! Please RSVP at the Facebook event and invite your friends.

Exhibitor registration for TCZF 2018 is now closed. Thanks to all who applied; we’ll be letting all applicants know their status by June 20th.

Registration information:

Applications for exhibitors will open at Saturday May 12 (noon Central) and close Saturday June 2 (midnight Central).

There will be a very limited number of full-size tables (6 feet) available for distros. We ask that you only request a full-size table if you have a large amount of material to sell. Most exhibitors will receive a space at a half table (3 feet).

The TCZF organizers will be reviewing applications and selecting participants (as opposed to a first-come, first-served registration). Applicants will be selected on a variety of factors including type of zine and identification as LGBTQIA, race/ethnicity, age (encouraging participation by those 21 or under), and newness to zine-making (encouraging new zinesters to participate). This process will ensure that we have a diverse range of zines and zinesters exhibiting.

Those who are not initially selected will be added to a wait list. Everyone who completes the registration form will receive an email by Wednesday June 20 letting you know whether you have a spot or if you’ve been placed on the wait list.

Questions? Email us!

We’re incredibly grateful that TCZF 2018 will be free for exhibitors as well as visitors! We can make this happen through the generosity of our venue, Hennepin County Library, who is providing the space for this year’s fest for free.

That said, we still have some costs, including:

• website domain & hosting
• print costs for postcards, posters, and other promotional material
• ad costs for promoting via selected local newspapers
• upfront costs for creating TCZF merchandise
• stipends for our poster artist as well as speakers & workshop leaders at the fest

So please consider making a voluntary donation to support TCZF. We are suggesting $10-20, but we’re grateful for any support you can provide! Donations can be made via Paypal at paypal.me/TCZF or feel free to get in touch for other ways to donate.