Don't know where to start?
1) @brattyxbre made a great resource list of places to start
Want to learn how to make a zine?
1) YOLOW Zines & India Johnson offers zine consultations
2) Baki Z Porter holds zine-making workshops
3) Local orgs hold events occasionally like this Textile Art Zine Making Workshop at the Textile Center
Looking to print in Minneapolis?
1) Check out Open Copy with Late Night Copies! They offer discounted printing, and free printing for social/ charitable causes
2) Utilize free prints through the Hennepin County Library
3) Back of Beyond press offers riso printing
4) @brattyxbre recommends Mixam.com
5) Last resort- fed ex or ups :(
Want to meet other Minneapolis zinesters?
1) Check out Midwest Queer & Trans Zine Fest in October
2) Insert Name Zine Fest happens in August
3) Twin Cities Zine Fest holds monthly readings
4) Autonomous Zine Fest is held every summer
5) Boneshaker Books holds zine clubs every month
Curious about other distro's?
1) Check out NONMACHINABLE's second edition guide to zine distros
2) Check out Sheer Spite Distro out of Canada
3) Brown Recluse Distro is a volunteer run zine distro for queer and trans folks who identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of color. Please note prices listed are for BIPOC folks and white folks pay an additional cost.
LIST OF MINNEAPOLIS/ ST. PAUL BASED PRESSES
EXISTING PUBLICATIONS TO SUBMIT TO:
1) Better Homes & Dykes, a quarterly publication for dykes and those who love them. Submissions open quarterly and they take article proposals, missed connections, artwork, and laundry questions. Contributors are compensated.
2) Paranoid Tree is a monthly hybrid lit mag & art zine. Submissions are always open and contributors are compensated.
3) Minnesota Manga is a physical and digital magazine dedicated to local Minnesota mangakas