zine fests

FediZineFest 2025

I participated in FedizineFest, which is a zine sharing and distribution project for the fediverse.

Think of it like an online zine fest. Some people buy zines. Some people make zines. And some people do both.

I submitted my Text Message Moods zine, so everyone who got physical zines, got a copy of that.

Below are the zines I got from the other people who submitted physical zines. You can learn more about each one on the FediZineFest 2025 page.

A collection of various small zines with diverse cover designs and themes, arranged on a flat surface.

Four zines are arranged on a surface, featuring various designs including cell phones, abstract art, and animals.

Two zines are lying on a table. One zine is called Adventures of DD, Fifi, and Pepe. The other zine is called You Gotta Leave and features a photo from a baseball game.

Two zines are displayed, with titles Grand Jaloprix and Doorways Are Portals.

Zine fest is about a month away, so I’ve gotta start folding. 😅

Mini zines, folded and laying open, on a black cutting mat with white gridlines.

Original or the clone

The Philly Zine Fest is accepting submissions for their Anthology zine. I made a collage with a bit of text I’ve been waiting to use somewhere.

The background is photocopied aluminum foil (for real!). I simply cut a piece of aluminum foil and made a copy of it. Then I crinkled the aluminum foil a bit and made another copy. That became the background for this page.

The woman’s face and hands are stock photos taken by Ospan Ali, available on Unsplash. The text is something I wrote a while ago and hadn’t found a place for…until now. 😉

This collage is a very different style for me, and I really like how it came out! The great thing about submitting to zines is that there’s room to experiment. It feels like low stakes, since it’s only one page.

A collage of fragmented human faces with text overlays reflecting on the concept of identity and originality.