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LAZF applications close tomorrow, January 19, at 11:59 p.m. PST, so if you haven’t applied yet, you’ve still got time—but not too much! Whether you apply this year or not, we hope to see you in May for the Fest!
Hear ye, hear ye! As of right now, applications to table at L.A. Zine Fest 2018 are open. We will be accepting applications until January 19 at 11:59 p.m. PST.
If this is your first time applying, or you’re looking to strenthen your application, we put together a post with some tips for you.
We’re so excited to have this year’s official art by Paradise Khanmalek! Her work on this poster is keeping us chill as we all slowly realize that LAZF is less than a month away. 😬
Looking for more information about this year’s Fest? We’ve got a list of exhibitors on our site and date/time/place info on the LAZF 2017 FB event.
Thrilled to announce that the 13th annual Twin Cities Zine Fest will be held Saturday September 30th at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts!
And we’re so delighted to reveal our 2017 artwork, created by Twin Cities artist and zinester @aluhnim! Check out more of their fabulous art at: http://cargocollective.com/chanc
Registration for tablers will open in May, so keep your eye on our social media for announcements!
Mark your calendars! I’m excited to be organizing this for the second year!!
Hey everyone, we’ve decided to extend the LAZF application deadline to Friday, February 10 at 11pm (PST)!!
As we write in this post on our website, we’re also making a push to remind potential tablers that sharing a table with a friend or friends is totally encouraged, especially for people who are worried they don’t have enough zines to fill out a space, who are trying to keep their tabling costs low, and/or who want to have an automatic table-watcher so they can go to the bathroom during festival hours.
Applications to the 2017 L.A. Zine Fest are now open. The applications will be open until February 7 at 11:59 pm (PST). Applying to the L.A. Zine Fest is FREEEEEEE.
We’re trying out a new system this year in order to curate a well-rounded representation of returning and first time tablers at the 2017 Fest. – If you’ve tabled at every L.A. Zine Fest or four out of the five years, read on here!
We get TONS of questions via email, social media, and IRL about applying to our zine fest, so we put together a post full of helpful tips. Let us know if we left anything out!
So excited to hit up the maiden voyage of the San Fernando Valley Art Book Fair. Check out the solid lineup and event info HERE. See you in Van Nuys!
We are pleased to announce that 2017′s official artwork will be by Paradise Khanmalek, an artist/zinemaker/all-around badass. Check out Paradise’s work at www.pardislili.com. We’re already so excited to see her ideas for this year’s zine fest!
*DO U WANNA HELP SPONSOR BRZD??* Donation options @ bottom of this post 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
It’s an important goal to have BRZD be present at events that center marginalized experiences. I am hoping to table at NAH FAIR at the end of Feburary, but cannot afford it, so i am reaching out for help! LA ONDA presents NAH FAIR, they are an LA-based crew that actively works against capital and it’s outcomes; a screamingly obvious and immediately pressing outcome of capitalism in LA is harmful af rapid gentrification. It’s vital to be critical of how creatives–artists,&writers are complacent of and contribute to gentrification and displacement, and how white artists co-opt and straight up steal from black and brown artists.
So here’s a call out for ~FUNDRAISING HELP TO SPONSOR Brown Recluse Zine Distro can be able to attend NAH FAIR in LA, February 24&25th. Fund$ are to support airfare & the cost of a full table, as well as reordering from artists and printing materials.
Just like Brown Recluse, NAH Fair doesn’t do any work for profit, we do this for our communities. all $ gets funneled back into our projects. SUPPORT QTPOC REPRESENTATION ! ! !
((ALL of the distro’s sales goes directly to support artists directly and reprinting material by hand, with any left over profit being donated–so this is a specific sponsorship fundraising callout ! ))
*BRZD -to- NAH SPONSORSHIP GOAL IS $300 *
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Applications to table at the sixth annual L.A. Zine Fest will go up on Monday, January 30, at 8 a.m. (PST) and close on Tuesday, February 7, at 11:59 p.m (PST). Mark ya calendars!
This year’s Fest will be taking place on Sunday, May 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall of the California Market Center (110 E. 9th St, Los Angeles, CA 90079).
Some great things have been in the works up at zine fest HQ and we are very excited to be able to finally announce a big chunk of information about L.A. Zine Fest 2017! Due to venue availability and other factors, this year’s Fest will take place a bit later in the year than it usually does. L.A. Zine Fest 2017 will occur on Sunday, May 28, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall of the California Market Center, located at 110 E. 9th St, Los Angeles, CA 90079.
As always, this year’s Fest will be open to the public, all ages, and free to attend.
The venue sits above several levels of parking (a $9 fee). It’s a few blocks away from the Pershing Square Purple/Red Line station, and close to multiple bus lines and a Metro bike share hub.
We are also happy to have some hard dates for applications to share. LAZF 2017 applications will go live on Monday, January 30, at 8 a.m. (PST) and close on Tuesday, February 7, at 11:59 p.m. (PST). All applicants will be notified of application status by February 28, 2017. More details about discussions, panels, and event exhibitors will follow as the date of the Fest draws closer. We are looking forward to seeing all of you in May!
To everyone who’s written and messaged us about info for LAZF 2017, thank you, and relief is on the way.
We’re planning on having some solid information to tell you within the week—not just about the LAZF 2017 date/location/time, but also application deadlines, too. This year, it feels extra vital to provide and nurture safe spaces for our voices. <3
We got pencils, t-shirts, totes, stickers—a whole BUNCH of stuff!—and it’s waiting for you to make it your own. Head over to our Storenvy and see all the LAZF merch!
Come on down to the @lastbookstorela this Sunday at noon for our zine librarian panel discussion at @lazinefest! #LBPLZineLibrary #LBZF #LAZF #LBPL #zinester #zine #zinelibrary #zinelibrarian #archive #paneldiscussion #panelist #🎙#📚 (at The Last Bookstore)
This awesome archiving panel is just one of LAZF’s programs on the day of the Fest. Here’s the full list with times and titles.
How about this for Getting to Know Your Zinester? LAZF we teamed up with Stumble on Tapes for an interview with Alice Bag and Allison Wolfe at the incredibly magical Rubel Castle to talk about how LAZF introduced them to each other in person and how zines & self publishing have been an important part of their creative existence.
**Stay tuned for part 2: a live acoustic version of one of Alice's songs!!!**
