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Poetry Zine

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Poetry Zine
Swap Coordinator:zombiekittie (contact)
Swap categories: Zines 
Number of people in swap:7
Location:International
Type:Type 3: Package or craft
Last day to signup/drop:July 19, 2013
Date items must be sent by:August 25, 2013
Number of swap partners:1
Description:

So I've been making zines for years & writing poetry even longer. For this swap you will have one partner and you will make them one poetry zine. The zine can be styled any way you want & your poetry can be any subject. Lets just make it creative. Make sure you decorate the cover, have both your real name & swap-bot name on it, and make sure the poetry is your own.

This is Wikipedia's definition of a zine:

A zine (/ˈziːn/ ZEEN; an abbreviation of fanzine, or magazine) is most commonly a small circulation self-published work of original and/or appropriated texts and images usually reproduced via photocopier.

A popular definition includes that circulation must be 1,000 or less, although in practice the significant majority are produced in editions of less than 100, and profit is not the primary intent of publication.

Zines are written in a variety of formats, from computer-printed text to comics to handwritten text (an example being Cometbus). Print remains the most popular zine format, usually photo-copied with a small circulation. Topics covered are broad, including fanfiction, politics, art and design, ephemera, personal journals, social theory, single topic obsession, or sexual content far enough outside of the mainstream to be prohibitive of inclusion in more traditional media. The time and materials necessary to create a zine are seldom matched by revenue from sale of zines. Small circulation zines are often not explicitly copyrighted and there is a strong belief among many zine creators that the material within should be freely distributed. In recent years a number of photocopied zines have risen to prominence or professional status and have found wide bookstore and online distribution. Notable among these are Giant Robot, Dazed & Confused, Bust, Bitch, Cometbus, Influentza, Velocitylab and Maximum RocknRoll.

Discussion

benevolentghost 07/ 5/2013 #

This sounds amazing. I can't wait!

KristinCali 07/12/2013 #

Just to be sure, this has to be OUR poetry? Not anybody else's?

KristinCali 07/12/2013 #

OOPS, I didn't see that you already specified that hehe.

chantallusk914 07/29/2013 #

Can it be a mini-zine or does it have to be a regular piece of paper folded in half size? :0)♥

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