Call for Submissions: Orgasm Zine!

Our understanding of women’s orgasms from pop culture and porn is very narrow. In talking with other women we realized that our experiences of orgasms are extremely diverse, and this allowed us to embrace our own unique experiences of pleasure without feeling pressure to conform to a norm. We all have different bodies, so it makes sense that we would have different orgasms. We are compiling a collection of personal stories about women’s orgasms into a zine to hopefully help other women better understand that their pleasure is theirs alone and not what society says it should be. Please send us a submission of 500 words or less to the address below. You are welcome to start with one or more of the following questions, but they are only meant to get your juices flowing! The deadline for submissions is Feb. 29, 2012. All submissions will be anonymous unless otherwise stated. We recognize that gender is fluid and performative, and that “woman” is an unstable category. We welcome submissions from anyone who has ever identified as a woman. Happy writing!

-Do you have orgasms?

-How would you describe your orgasms?

-Do you have different kinds of orgasms?

-Have your orgasms changed over time?

-Do you think your orgasms are normal or typical?

-How do you communicate with a partner about your orgasms?

-Have you ever faked an orgasm? Why?

-Tell the story of your first or best orgasm

-Do you have difficulty reaching orgasm or did you in the past? What did you do about it?

-Are orgasms important to you?

-Do you experience orgasms differently while masturbating vs. with a partner?

-Do you have multiple orgasms, and if so, under what circumstances?

Send submissions to: orgzines@gmail.com

Tags: call for zine submissions, women's orgasms, orgasm, multiple orgasms, masturbating

C.L.A.P. call for contributions

From the C.L.A.P. ladies:

With our spring issue due out March 22nd, the next deadline for C.L.A.P. contributions will be March 1st. In celebration of our year anniversary, we will be having the theme of “community” for this issue. If you find this to be inspirational for a piece, by all means go for it, though you can also create a piece unrelated to the theme as well.

Again, spring contributors will receive a FREE issue!

Contact CLAP at creativeladiesarepowerful@gmail.com

Tags: zine, C.L.A.P., Creative Ladies Are Powerful, call for zine entries, community, CLAP, call for contributions

Call for Submissions: Doykeit Zine

Yes, this is short notice, but it’s worth hustling for. If you email sassyfrasscircus@gmail.com and say a submission is coming, they can give you a week or so!
From the Sassyfrass Circus blog:

After receiving some submissions and speaking with some invested folks, I realized that this project is bigger than Sassyfrass (see previous call) and deserves more time and space. Now it is its own zine, and you get more time to submit!

We are seeking submissions with a central theme of the cross sections of Jewish and queer identity, and how those identities might inform an anti-Zionist or Palestinian solidarity politic. Some organizing frames include the concept of “doykeit” or “hereness,” diaspora, assimilation, the rhetoric of “self-hate,” decolonization of Judaism, and experiences of queer identity as a Jew or in a Jewish context. Submissions should take the form of personal narrative, whatever mediums you want to use to express that. Any JPEGs should be black and white, high contrast and at least 300 dpi. The issue will be 1/2 size and black and white. Send submissions to sassyfrasscircus@gmail.com. The deadline is February 20th!

Tags: anti-Zionist, assimilation, call for zine submissions, decolonization of Judaism, diaspora, doykeit, hereness, Jewish identity, Palestinian solidarity, queer, queer identity, Sassyfrass Circus, self-hate

Bike-Sexuality — a call for submissions

Post from Taking the Lane:

The seed of this idea started while the submissions for Our Bodies, Our Bikes were rolling in. The first several entries were also the most frankly sexual, and their writers, even the ones who chose to remain anonymous, ended up being some of the most enthusiastic disseminators of the final product.

 

When an image of the entire design popped into my head, I knew it had to happen.

So: please consider this an open call for submissions for the zine Bike-sexuality: True tales of bicycling and desire.

Please send short, true tales involving bicycling and sex, sexuality, love, lust, gender, etc — whatever inspires you — to elly[at]takingthelane[dawt]com. Word count: anything from 200 word anecdotes to 1,000 word sagas. Along with your submission, please also include your preferences as to your byline (anonymity and pseudonyms are fine, just let me know). I will assume that names have been changed. Deadline: March 1, 2012. The goal is to publish it by summer.

Submissions may be as graphic or demure as they need to be. I’m most likely to publish stories that ring true, are extremely candid and/or honest, and have an empowering slant. This is a queer-positive publication.

Illustrations also sought!

Feel free to contact me with questions, ideas, or to talk over what you’d like to write in advance.

Tags: bicycling, bicycling and desire, gender, love, lust, Our Bodies Our Bikes, sex, sexuality, Taking the Lane, zine submissions

2012 Portland Zine Symposium wants your your artwork!

Hey zinesters!

The Portland Zine Symposium is looking for art submissions for the 2012 poster for the 12th annual Portland Zine Symposium. This year’s theme is “Sea of Zines.” Your art submission should be your creative interpretation of that theme.

They encourage artists to use any medium or style. They strongly prefer that the chosen artist is able to assist us in the process of transferring (resizing / cropping / etc) the image multiple mediums.

The formatting guidelines are simple:

- They are looking for a 11″ wide x 17″ tall poster that will also be used in other formats (the website, post cards, buttons, stickers, etc), so your design needs to be visible and striking at multiple sizes and resolutions (or have smaller, breakaway pieces).

- Only 3 colors! The design will eventually be silk screened / screen printed onto t-shirts, so limit your colors to black, white and one other color.

Your design should include (or be able to include once all details are finalized) the following:

- the theme –  Sea of Zines

- the dates – TBA (for now)

- the place –  Refuge 116 SE Yamhill

- the website  - www.pdxzines.com

- “12th Annual Portland Zine Symposium” and the year “2012″

- “A conference and zine social exploring facets of independent publishing and DIY culture.”

Submission deadline is February 25th.

Submissions can be emailed to pdxzines@gmail.com (most strongly preferred), mailed (to PO Box 5901 Portland, OR 97228-5901), or dropped off at the IPRC.

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The Portland Zine Symposium is free conference and zine social exploring facets of independent publishing and DIY culture. The Portland Zine Symposium is a two day event held in Portland, Oregon every summer since 2001. It consists of two days of of workshops, panels, discussions, games and tabling of zines and independent media.

The Portland Zine Symposium aims to promote greater community between diverse creators of independent publications and art. This fun and free event helps people share their work while exchanging their skills and information related to zine culture. Through workshops, panels and discussions, Portland Zine Symposium explores the role and effect of all types of zines.

Tags: call for artwork, IPRC, Portland Zine Symposium, Sea of Zines, zine

Call for texts: Mash Tun, A Craft Beer Journal

Introducing…..

Mash Tun
A Journal about Craft Beer

The Mash Tun is a paean to craft beer. It follows the pleasures and aesthetics of craft beer and how it intersects with food, culture, and society.

The Mash Tun will feature interviews and profiles with brewery owners, beer lovers, brewmasters, beer distributors, scientists, industry impresarios, coopers, bottle makers, bar owners, home brewers and anyone who loves and is part of the process of making beer. There will features about figures in the industry as well as historical narratives. Short and long form entries will be interspersed with recipes, comics and photography featuring participating breweries, bars and restaurants.

The Mash Tun will be a four-color, 120-160 + page, perfect bound publication that takes the from of a journal and it will be published by Public Media Institute (PMI), producer of Lumpen, Proximity, Materiel and other periodicals. PMI is a non profit arts organization that produces publications, festivals and host cultural events in Chicago and sometimes elsewhere. Its home is in Bridgeport.

Volume 1 Issue 1 will launch during Craft Beer Week.

If you like writing about beer then you should participate. Send them a one paragraph pitch, a writing sample or two, and email edmarlumpen (at) gmail.com There is room for a few more pieces.

The deadline for texts on Issue 1 is March 1, 2012.

Tags: bar owners, beer distributors, beer writing, bottle makers, brewery owners, brewmasters, Call for text, coopers, craft beer, Craft Beer Week, home brewers, industry impresarios, Lumpen, making beer, Mash Tun, Materiel, Proximity, Public Media Institute, scientists

Drift Station Call for Zines

Drift Station Open Call for Artist Books, Zines, and Other Publications

Curated by Angeles Cossio and Jeff Thompson
Exhibition: March 2nd – April 26th
Opening Reception: Friday, March 2nd

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Drift Station, an artist-run gallery and performance space in Lincoln, Nebraska, is calling for artist books, zines, comics, small presses, and other non-traditional publications. For the duration of the exhibition, Drift Station will become a bookstore/reading library where the public can look through, peruse, and purchase artworks.

You may send us as many copies of as many works as you want. Any and all publications will be included – our goal is to fill the gallery! Works will be displayed on tables and shelves and must be able to be handled by the public for the duration of the exhibition without gloves. Because of this work has the potential to get damaged, please do not send us elaborate or delicate books that are not meant for handling by the general public.

All work must either be free or for sale for under $30. In cases where work is sold, Drift Station will take a 40% commission and deposit the remainder into the artist’s PayPal account. Unsold works may either be left at Drift Station for later purchase/given away or will be sent back to the artists (SASE required).

WORKS MUST ARRIVE BY: February 18th, 2012

SUBMISSIONS MUST INCLUDE:

+ Submission form filled out, printed, and signed
www.driftstation.org/downloads/BookstoreApplicationForm.pdf
+ Works to be included in the show
+ Self addressed, stamped envelope for return of works (optional)

SEND SUBMISSIONS TO:
Drift Station
Attn: Angeles Cossio
726 South 31st Street
Lincoln, Nebraska 68510
USA

Please direct any inquiries to: mail@driftstation.org

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Started by Angeles Cossio and Jeff Thompson in 2010, Drift Station acts as a non-traditional
curatorial platform for innovative exhibitions, art, music, and performance based in Lincoln,
Nebraska, USA.

www.driftstation.org

Tags: Angeles Cossio, artist books, call for artist books, Call for zines, Drift Station, Jeff Thompson, Lincoln, Nebraska, zine reading library, zines

WBAR ZINE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

From their Facebook:

WBAR Barnard College Radio and the Barnard Zine Club are collaborating to make a music-related zine to be published this spring. This will be WBAR’s first zine in almost a decade! Get excited and get involved!

We’re asking for submissions (poetry, prose, comics, artwork, concert/album reviews, haikus, etc.) from YOU–WBAR DJ’s, members of the CU community, WBAR alumni, musicians, zinesters, Barnard-zinesters & assorted randos not necessarily affiliated with WBAR or CU and interested in contributing to a zine.

Send in your music-related submissions (or cover designs) to wbarzine@gmail.com before JANUARY 17th with the subject line “submission” or “cover.” Please limit your submission to one 8 1/2 x 11 in. page.

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More information will be made available next semester about our joint zine release party/student showcase.

Write/draw/craft/whatever your zine submission over winter break and submit it to wbarzine@gmail.com.

Download past editions of WBAR’s Static Zine (Vol’s 1 and 4) for inspiration here:

Vol 1: http://mediafire.com/?zoda3f9y3aswyva

And here:

Vol 4: http://mediafire.com/?vf2dlpqzp4mm8z4

Tags: artwork, Barnard College Radio, Barnard Zine Club, comics, concert/album reviews, CU, haikus, music, poetry, prose, WBAR, zine call for entries

Good Sex/Bad Sex #2 Call for Zine Submissions

CALL FOR ZINE SUBMISSIONS- GOOD SEX/BAD SEX #2 IT’S ACTUALLY HAPPENING. Issue 2 will be finished and available for the Chicago Zine Fest in March. sooo…. i want yr sex stories! the steamy, the saucy, the raunchy, the nasty. i also want the sad, the messy, the ones to laugh off, the ones you want to forget… basically, i want it all. any gender, combination, solo, couples, orgies- there is no discrimination to the stories in this zine.

issue two is aiming to be twice as big as the first! feel free to submit multiple stories! DEADLINE- FEBRUARY 1ST. send submissions to: nico@missnico.com

Tags: call for zine entries, Chicago Zine Fest, Good Sex/Bad Sex, orgies, sex stories, zine submissions

W O M A N H O U S E Zine Call for Submissions

 

▲▼▲▼ W O M A N H O U S E zine wants your submissions for #5! feminist critiques of pop culture and creative writing and visual art relating to experiencing gender, class, or race are examples of past submissions, but are not limited to that criteria. if you are unsure of whether or not we would be interested in your work…just ask!
email questions and submissions to womanhouse.zine@gmail.com ▲▼▲▼
SUBMISSIONS DUE: January 19th!

Tags: class, feminist critique of pop culture, gender, race, W O M A N H O U S E zine, zine call for submissions