Happy International Drag Day! Join us and celebrate and recognize Drag art all around the world.

Are you queer and have something to share?! Workshops can be about anything: we want to have presenters on a variety of topics related to zines, queer issues, and/or DIY culture. Applications are now open for Queer Zest Zine Fest '26 ✨ Online ✨ 🌈 All September long

Attention Queer Zinesters! Applications are now open for Queer Zest Zine Fest '26 ✨ Online ✨ 🌈 All September long If you're queer and you make zines, mini-comics, chapbooks, artbooks, or anthologies, we want to see your work!

International Nonbinary People’s Day on July 14!

The Subconscious Art Exploration with Thalo Blue is live! youtu.be/WIhK9vJ2xcc 1/3

The Accessibility in Zine Making workshop is available to watch on YouTube! youtu.be/Ddz2kwGsV2I 1/6

The "A Spoonful of Queers" workshop recording is now live! youtu.be/XBhzRsV6KWI A comic / Zine workshop about weaving personal narratives around food and neuroqueerness, weaving in the personal with the political. 1/6

The Queer Zest Zine Fest final weekend is filled with zesty queerness! Come meet the zinesters, hear their stories, shop from them. Allies welcome. ✨ Saturday, September 27, 2025 ✨ Kelci Crawford 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EDT Oneironaut 17 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM EDT 1/3

✨ Another zesty weekend filled with queer workshops and zinesters! ✨ ✨Saturday, September 20 ✨ A Spoonful of Queers with Jyotsna 9:00 – 11:30am EDT Tosin Jerugba Vendor 1:00 – 2:00pm EDT Eve Gordon Vendor 3:00 – 4:00pm EDT CK Vendor 7:00 – 8:00pm EDT 1/2

Here is the digital collage workshop for y'all! youtu.be/V7zj6qlrbRI

The second zinester elevator pitch session is live on YouTube! youtu.be/cQ2Eksqiz1M

If you missed Evan Bobrow's Risograph file prep workshop last week, it's now up on youtube! youtu.be/TlByCHY1JFg

✨ The zesty queer fun continues! ✨ 📅 Saturday, September 13 Digital Collage Zines with zine.cafe 10:00 – 11:00am EDT Zinester Marta Selusi 12:00 – 1:00pm EDT Zinester Moss Bosch 2:00 – 3:00pm EDT Subconcious Art Exploration with Thalo Blue 4:00 – 5:30pm EDT 1/2

If you missed this morning's social media workshop, it's now up on our youtube channel: youtu.be/3IR-j7zJB8k

Queer Zest Zine Fest live events start TODAY! Check out what we've got scheduled: Saturday, September 6 How to Make a Newsletter Your Fans Love 9:00 - 10:00 AM Moniqa Paullet Vendor 10:30 - 11:30 AM Elevator Pitch #1 1:00 - 3:00 PM The Corners of Their Mouth Vendor 8:00 - 9:00 PM 1/2

Oneironaut 17 (they/them) is a queer collagist, wandering poet, and surveyor of dreams from Minneapolis, MN. As a neurodivergent, nonbinary person, their creations reflect their experiences as someone who doesn't fit into any distinct identity or medium. 1/2

Amanda L (any/all) is a 24 year old amateur zinester. She makes photography zines, personal zines entwined with mythology, art zines, etc. She knows the ins and outs of intellectual property law, and wishes to share their knowledge of public domain art.

Mikoto is a queer artist from Morocco, whose comics and illustrations focus on exploring both the darkness and playfulness of desire. Their zines and stories are centered around kink and storytelling, offering their reader a moment of unapologetic intimacy and passion. @hokaguteatime.bsky.social

DCS, otherwise known as DarkChibiShadow, is a queer and trans cartoonist and visual novel developer. Almost all of their work is erotica and romance with a heavy focus on character dynamics and interactions. They have been self publishing comics for over 10 years. @darkchibishadow.bsky.social

Hello Magnolia Print Shop is run by Mel, a printmaker, zinemaker, and photographer based in Portland, Oregon. Hello Magnolia began as a photography project in 2019, and has since expanded into additional mediums: traditional block printing, creative writing, and zine creation. 1/4

Eve Gordon is a naturalist at heart with a passion for conservation and scientific education through nature-based zines. Their topics of interest include, but are not limited to, ornithology, entomology, ecology, and human ecology. 1/3

Ari is a multi-media artist from Chicago who specializes in making art inspired by science and by his trans experience. @arithetonberry.bsky.social

We are a queer and trans people of color run riot grrl collective. We have a collaborative zine and a zine library in Central Texas that provides narcan and reproductive health kits and aims to promote digital resources through zine distribution. 1/2

"Queer art, goblins and caffeine— HIDDEN VALE is a two-person collective from the south of France, focused on imagining worlds where everyone's needs can be met and a happier future can be foretold. @tootkin.bsky.social 1/3

Charlie is a white nonbinary disabled zinester living on Duwamish land in the Pacific Northwest. They enjoy making zines on a variety of subjects including disability, gender, trauma, their cat, and more. 1/3

Grayson Buckley is a queer poet, artist, and zine maker based in Colorado. His art and zines aim to promote vulnerability and community, while being whimsical and fun for the eyes! 1/4

bug tourmaline is a gay ace transmasc 30-something writer, creatively focused on zines. he likes the weird & macabre, ferrets, and making lists.

seedling library aka nicky chue creates zines and postards that invite you to dream and learn from nature. 1/2

Sapphicrafts is run by lesbian artist Meg (she/they). She has been drawing for almost thirty years and enjoys making cards, stickers, original paintings, and zines. 1/2

Echo Zines has been making zines since 2001 and is still very excited by it. They create zines, mini-zines, and comics about daily life, activism, queer-feminism, finding community, self-care, witchcraft, diy culture, touring with their band(s), and more. 1/4