🔹CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!🔹 Our Anthology Submissions are open! Closes: September 8th, 2023 (9/8) at end of day (Mountain Time)

📘📙📓 🔹The theme is: Celebrate! 🎉 This is our fifth year operating the Pikes Peak Zine Fest, and we'd love to see your submissions on dance parties, confetti, and hip-hip-hoorays of all sorts. 🔸Feel free to submit up to 2 pages of work; written works (poetry or prose), illustrations, comics, collage; sky's the limit! 🔹The anthology be available for free at our Zine Fest on Oct 7th, and contributors will be mailed a copy after the event. 📘📙📓

Anthology Submission Guidelines: 🔸PG-13 (some nudity ok) 🔹2 pages max 🔸Black + White 🔹Dimensions: 8.5" W x 11" H 🔸0.25" Bleed 🔹300+ dpi 🔸File will need to be uploaded to form (which requires a google account) or added via link. 🔹Please email us if you need another way to submit.

Hey, everyone! Come visit me Sunday 11 AM - 5 PM at Paper Plains Zine Fest! I will be selling prints, stickers buttons, fresh zines and, a new addition, fortune strawberries! PPZF is an amazing event to meet other creatives, get inexpensive art to beautify your space and gather inspiration. Definitely recommend. Plus, Lawrence is a cool place to check out with things like Wonderfair (possibly the best art supply store around), other cool shops and plenty of places to eat. I hope I see you there!

✨Denver LeakyCon is here!✨⁠ I’m tabling in the Artist Alley at table 102 near the LeakyCon merch booth~⁠ 🦉🔮⚡️⁠ @pikespeakzinefest is also running a zine workshop today! If you’re at the con, stop by the Durango Room at 5:00 pm for The Marauders Made a Zine…and You Can Too! We’ll have free zines, a zine library for inspiration (with some HP themed zines), and supplies to make your own.⁠ 🌟📜🪶⁠ *⁠ *⁠ *⁠ #kelschoo #kookookchoo #kelseychoo #leakycon #denverleakycon #denverleakycon2022 #zines #ppzf #pikespeakzinefest #harrypotterfan #harrypotterfanart #comics #workshop (at Crowne Plaza Denver Airport Convention Ctr) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjtJlPJumKq/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Yayyyy another #ZebraPizzaZine reader! #ThreeAmigosPress thanks you! #Repost @neena_beenaz ・・・ Zine stuff #ppzf #zebrapizzazine #iwanttobelieve (at Power Plant Records)

☢Power Plant's 1st ZINE FEST went off! Thanks to all who came out to support local art.☢ #PPZF (at Power Plant Records)

First time off-road with my 2013 Honda Ridgeline! Happy Father's Day Everyone! Five O'clock Shadow Club #offroad #azusa #ridgeline #summer #logo #fathersday #apparel #fathers #beard #beards #groom #grooming #mustache #beardoil #pomade #shave #razors #razor #balm #beardbalm #beardwax #menscare #mensgrooming #men #man #fos_club #fosc #fiveoclockshadowclub (at Azusa Canyon) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByyugD-ppZf/?igshid=l25q25qxrgiz

✴️ PPZF 2023 is back this October! ✴️

This year PPZF looks like:⁠ 🔸In-Person Zine Fest on Oct 7th!🔸 ⁠ Held at The Hall (Formerly KCH) in Colorado Springs, CO. We'll also have a Community Table again that zinesters can mail their work to for those who can't make it person.⁠

When: Saturday, October 7, 2023 (1-5 pm)

Where: PPLD’s The Hall (Formerly Knights of Columbus Hall Building) 20 W. Pikes Peak Ave. Colorado Springs, CO

🔹Free Anthology!🔹 ⁠ The theme is: Celebration!🎉⁠ You can submit work to until September 22, and will be available for free at our Zine Fest. Contributors will be mailed a copy after the event.⁠

🔸Mailing Zine Swap!🔸 ⁠ Our sign up form will open in October, but we'll be running the zine swap in Spring 2024.⁠

🔹Virtual or In-Person Programming🔹 ⁠ TBD, but we hope to do another Read Zine Rainbow🌈. We're taking suggestions or ideas in our email! (📧: [email protected])⁠

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📰We're in the news again!📰 Thank you so much to The Gazette & Jennifer Mulson for interviewing Organizers Jennifer & Kels about Pikes Peak Zine Fest! 🧡💙🖤⁠ See you TOMORROW! Pikes Peak Zine Fest 2023 Sat, October 7 (1:00 pm - 5:00 pm MT)⁠ PPLD's The Hall (Formerly known as KCH)⁠ 20 W. Pikes Peak Ave.⁠ Colorado Springs, CO⁠ bit.ly/PPZF2023FB 🆓 Free to attend! 😷⁠ Masks required & we will have some free ones available at the door! bit.ly/PPZF2023FB 🧡💙🖤⁠

🔸🔷 ➡️ How to get here: ⬅️🔷🔸 Here's some photos of the venue to help you find Pikes Peak Zine Fest! We'll be in the same building as before in downtown Colorado Springs, but it's just got a new name - The Hall. 📘📙📓 You can find The Hall down W. Pikes Peak Ave. behind the Penrose Library off of Cascade Ave. Turn into the Antlers' Garage Penrose Public Library Parking, and the entrance to The Hall will be at the back of the lot. Once inside, you can follow the signage in the building via elevator or stairs (it's a bit of a maze, but just keep going) to get to the zine market on the 3rd floor. See you soon!!! 👋 📘📙📓⁠ Sat, October 7, 2023 (1 - 5 pm MT)⁠ ⁠ PPLD's The Hall (Formerly known as KCH)⁠ 20 W. Pikes Peak Ave.⁠ Colorado Springs, CO⁠ 🆓 Free to attend! 😷⁠ Masks required & we wil have some free ones available at the door! 🚙 There is metered parking (now with a pay kiosk that enables you to use card vs coins) at the entrance to The Hall, street parking, and also a parking garage across the street. 📘📙📓

✴️TOMORROW IS PPZF!!!✴️⁠ See you soon to celebrate our 5th year running!!! 🤩⁠ bit.ly/PPZF2023FB 🧡💙🖤⁠ WHEN:⁠ Sat, October 7, 20223 (1:00 pm - 5:00 pm MT)⁠ 🧡💙🖤⁠ WHERE: ⁠ PPLD's The Hall (Formerly known as KCH)⁠ 20 W. Pikes Peak Ave.⁠ Colorado Springs, CO⁠ 🆓 Free to attend! 😷⁠ Masks required & we will have some free ones available at the door! 🧡💙🖤⁠

✴️IS PRESS✴️ ispress.co instagram.com/is.press 🔹Denver, CO 🔸Bio: is PRESS publishes art books and zines on the nexus of art and everyday life that deploy accessible narratives with a sophisticated DIY aesthetic and letterpress covers. 📘📙📓 ✴️JEFF WASHENBERGER ART✴️ tumblr.com/jeffdraws instagram.com/ferret250 🔹Denver, CO 🔸Bio: I work in the library by day, and make art by night (and by day). I hope I can use my powers to spread peace and happiness. 📘📙📓 ✴️JOHN DISHWASHER✴️ johndishwasher.org instagram.com/johndishwasher 🔹Los Angeles, CA 🔸Bio: Author of "The Zinester Manifesto: A Novel of the Underground." I made my first zine in 2017. 📘📙📓 ✴️KELS CHOO✴️ kelschoo.com instagram.com/kookookchoo 🔹Colorado Springs, CO 🔸Bio: Kelsey Choo (she/they) is a Hawai‘i-raised artist self-publishing comics, zines, & other art in Colorado. Working in a variety of mediums, their comics & illustrative works are inspired by nature, nostalgia, whimsy, but mainly monsters & magic. 📘📙📓 ✴️KILAH STORM✴️ kilahstorm.com instagram.com/kilahstorm 🔹Colorado Springs, CO. 🔸Bio: Kilah Storm is an author, illustrator and professional puppeteer. She has published a zine collection titled The Canine Bible and has hundreds of fans who follow her fan fiction: Avatar Strife and Harmony. All of her zines centers around animals. 📘📙📓 ✴️LIZ BROWN✴️ instagram.com/lilibet_wenge 🔹Colorado Springs, CO 🔸Bio: Liz Brown (she/her) is a librarian with a love for all things risograph. Originally hailing from Baltimore, MD, she occasionally writes dispatches from library conferences in a zine series called Notes from a Sub-Sub. She is the slow hiker who likes to pick up rocks to check for critters. She is also passionate about comics, creative reuse, games, Halloween, puppetry, and snail mail. 📘📙📓 ✴️MARA GERVAIS✴️ maragervais.bigcartel.com instagram.com/_maralane 🔹Davis, CA 🔸Bio: Mara Gervais is queer, gender-fluid non-binary, and from the Central Valley in California. They love zines, risograph printing, skateboarding, and eating spaghetti! 📘📙📓 ✴️MISS CBENAV✴️ cbenav.com/links instagram.com/miss_cbenav 🔹Midwest 🔸Bio: Cristina 'Miss Cbenav' is a recent graduate who utilizes art and writing to make illustrated stories, letting the crafty world of zines to explore her creativity. 📘📙📓 ✴️NASH'S COMIC✴️ 🔹Denver, CO 🔸Bio: My name is Nash. I'm 11 years old. I came up with characters and make comics with my dad. He writes scripts and I do the art. I've sold my comics at Pike's Peak Zine Fest. People like them, and it was so fun. My new issue #4 has a new character. 📘📙📓 ✴️NIKO WILKINSON✴️ Nicois.gay instagram.com/nicothepoet tumblr.com/nicothepoet cohost.org/nicosuave 🔹Colorado Springs, CO. 🔸Bio: Nico Wilkinson is a poet/zinester/printmaker based in Colorado Springs, CO. They're the organizer of Keep Colorado Springs Queer, an open mic founded in 2016. They enjoy letterpress and relief printmaking. 📘📙📓

✴️DWEEB DRAWS✴️ linktr.ee/dweebdraws_ instagram.com/dweebdraws_ 🔹Longmont, CO 🔸Bio: Ceilidh started drawing worms in 2014 as a means of mindfulness to cope with anxiety and nearly ten years later she's still at it. She uses art to express my mental health journey and is using zines to destigmatize the discussion around such topics. 📘📙📓 ✴️EVAN HICKS CARTOONIST✴️ ficklebean.substack.com instagram.com/evanhickscartoonist 🔹Denver, CO 🔸Bio: Evan Hicks is self-published cartoonist behind Fickle Bean Comics, an ongoing series comic short stories. 📘📙📓 ✴️FAITH LYONS✴️ instagram.com/faithlyonsmadethis 🔹Denver, CO 🔸Bio: Faith Lyons is a Denver-based zine artist and crafter. They work in digital drawing, colored pencil, paint, crochet, polymer clay, and the occasional found object. They love sudoku, talking about zines, and their cat Greg. 📘📙📓 ✴️FANGIRL ZINES✴️ instagram.com/incitecolorado instagram.com/viewshedstudio 🔹Denver, CO 🔸Bio: FANGIRL is one of Colorado’s niftiest fan-zines about Colorado's raddest musicians! Each issue features one band, with a wealth info, reviews, a unique multi-part interview, and flexi-disc single with music by the band. How cool is all of that?! 📘📙📓 ✴️FINA PACA✴️ finapaca.com instagram.com/finapaca 🔹Tempe, AZ 🔸Bio: “fina paca” means “fancy as fuck” in portuguese. Laura is a brazilian biologist with too many hobbies based in Tempe, AZ, USA. Her latest obsessions include (but are not limited to) Gocco printing, Tombow markers, and typewriters. 📘📙📓 ✴️FURTHER OTHER BOOK WORKS✴️ furtherotherbookworks.com instagram.com/further_other_book_works 🔹Colorado Springs, CO 🔸Bio: I teach writing and publishing at UCCS & run Further Other Book Works. Some poetry books and chapbooks came out from NewLights Press, Portable Press @ Yo-Yo Labs, Compline, Delete Press, and supersuperette (now defunct but they were totally dope). 📘📙📓 ✴️G. PIKE✴️ artofgpike.com twapa.tumblr.com @gpike.bsky.com 🔹Colorado Springs, CO 🔸Bio: G is a seasoned cartoonist who has been creating comics for 20+ years, including their long-running comic series "Title Unrelated", a queer fantasy-adventure story. 📘📙📓 ✴️HEMLOCKVALE✴️ instagram.com/hemlockvale 🔹Colorado Springs,CO 🔸Bio: Fantasy & Nature artwork, with a lot of tabletop RPG influences mixed in. I also write lil D&D oneshots, supplements, and monsters. 📘📙📓 ✴️HI-FI ANXIETY ZINE✴️ www.getonboardman.com instagram.com/hifianxietyzine instagram.com/getonboardman 🔹Pueblo, CO 🔸Bio: Hi-Fi Anxiety Zine is a music zine that focuses on collecting and nerd culture. 📘📙📓 ✴️HOITY TOITY GOODS & CURTIS MADE✴️ hoitytoitygoods.com curtismadethis.square.site instagram.com/hoitytoitygoods instagram.com/curtismadethis 🔹Westminster, CO 🔸Bio: Emilie and Curtis Tucker have been making cool art for cool people in Denver, CO for over 10+ years. From zines to embroidery, they’ve done it all. Together, they create artwork that makes people think and makes people happy. 📘📙📓

🔶Zinesters Wanted!🔶

Exhibitor applications are open until August 31st! Come sell your zines in person or apply for our Community Table to be a mail-in exhibitor (send us your zines, we sell them at PPZF 2023, you'll get any extra zines & profits back). 📘📙📓

IMPORTANT DATES 🔸Application Open: August 1, 2023 🔹Application Closes: August 31, 2023 (Any applications sent in after end of day on this date will be waitlisted) 🔸Confirmation Emails: around September 8, 2023 🔹Table Payment Due: September 22, 2023 🔸Event: October 7, 2023 (1-5 p) @ The Hall in Colorado Springs

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TABLES + APPLICATION 🔸Must have at least 1 zine at your table 🔹Default spaces will be a Half Table 🔸A very limited number of Full Tables may be requested

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PRICING 🔹Mail-In Community Table (<5 titles + 2 types of merch) - $5 🔸Half Table (3 x 2.5 ft table + 1 chair) - $10 🔹Full Table (6 x 2.5 ft table + 2 chairs) - $20

Thank you for your lovely article on PPZF 2022!!

We were so touched hearing your thoughts on our event (especially from the POV of local artists!), and are so glad y'all made it to our event!

🔸🔷 PPZF 2022 FAQ🔷🔸⁠ 📘📙📓⁠ WHEN:⁠ Sat, October 1, 2022⁠ (1:00 pm - 5:00 pm MT)⁠ 🔶⁠ WHERE: ⁠ PPLD's Knights of Columbus Hall (KCH)⁠ 20 W. Pikes Peak Ave.⁠ Colorado Springs, CO⁠ 🔷⁠ "Do I have to pay to get in?"⁠ Nope! PPZF is a free event!⁠ 🔶⁠ "Do I have to be vaxxed or wear a mask?"⁠ We're not requiring proof of vax, but masks will be needed to enter. We'll have extra masks and hand sani near the entrance.⁠ 🔷⁠ "Can I bring zines to trade?"⁠ Yes! Some exhibitors may be up for trading, so it's always good to ask. We'll also have free zines at our Info Table or you can submit your zines for our Zine Swap!⁠ 🔶⁠ "How do I get to the event?"⁠ We'll be posting some photos and videos to help folx find our venue (and the exhibitor hall once inside!). KCH is just off of the west side of Cascade Ave.⁠ 🔷⁠ Let us know if you have any other burning questions about PPZF, and we can't wait to see you on Saturday!!!⁠ 📘📙📓⁠ *⁠ *⁠ *⁠ #PPZF2022 #Pikespeakzinefest #PPZF #Pikespeakzinefest2022 #zinefest #zines #comics #indieart #diy #smallpress #printisnotdead #soon #seeyousoon #colorado #coloradosprings #freeevent #downtowncoloradosprings #localartists #coartists #artsmonth #peakradar #visualartsweek #artistsoninstagram #art #SupportLocalArtists #artsoctober #ColoradoArtists https://www.instagram.com/p/CjGZV9_j3nC/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

✴️WELCOME OUR 2022 EXHIBITORS!✴️⁠ (part 2/2) Give them a follow and get their work this Saturday!⁠ 🔹⁠ Kels Choo⁠ Lesbotron⁠ Mara Gervais⁠ Mermaid Ink Comics⁠ Miss Cbenav⁠ Nash’s comic⁠ NewLights Press⁠ Nina Judson⁠ Permanent Intern / ATX Zine Club⁠ 🔸⁠ Pink Pitcher⁠ Prickly Pear Printing⁠ Rachel Bard⁠ S.A.P. Pressing⁠ Sloth.chan⁠ Steve Lawson⁠ stupid zines⁠ Tori Holder⁠ The Depressed Waitress 🔹⁠ #PPZF2022 #Pikespeakzinefest #PPZF #Pikespeakzinefest2022 #zinefest #zines #comics #indieart #diy #smallpress #printisnotdead #soon #colorado #coloradosprings #freeevent #downtowncoloradosprings #localartists #coartists #artsmonth #peakradar #visualartsweek #artistsoninstagram #art #SupportLocalArtists #artsoctober #ColoradoArtists https://www.instagram.com/p/CjD2KdTOoFU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=