Submission Guidelines:

As the page’s curator, I’ve been combing my “to-be-read” pile for titles I think my followers would find interesting. And while I’ve amassed a sizeable collection, its skewed heavily towards zines from Kansas City and the Midwest… but @zinereviews has followers around the world! Thus, I’m happy to accept submissions for review, as long as they fit these guidelines:

+ I consider zines to be handmade, non-commercial, diy publications, typically printed on a copy machine (but not always!), and then folded and bound/stapled/sewn by hand. Although similar, they aren’t books, magazines, or pamphlets.

+ I don’t review e-zines, blogs, .pdfs, or scans of zines. I want to touch your zines, hold them in my hands, turn actual pages.

+ I don’t review pornographic zines; sorry!

+ I also don’t review books on the ‘gram. If your work has an ISBN (a number assigned to books by a government agency for commercial use), or is a perfect-bound paperback book, I won’t be able to review it.

+ To that end, I am also unable to accept submissions of zine anthologies (books containing scans of many zines.)

+ If you created any part of your zine using Midjourney, DALL-E, Chat GPT or another generative AI, I’m not going to review it. Please don’t send me zines featuring AI-generated work.

+ I can’t make promises as to when your zine will be reviewed, but I promise to review it as soon as possible… this may be a few weeks or a few months. @zinereviews is just a hobby of mine amongst many others hobbies, and I dedicate as much time to it as I am able to, while still keeping it fun.

+ If you send me more than 1 zine, I’ll probably just review my favorite of the lot, or review them all as a group.

+ Reviewed zines will be posted about on the @zinereviews instagram page. If your zines happen to fit into an upcoming theme especially well, they might also be featured in a video on my youtube channel, on my instagram stories, or tiktok/reels. However, I do not accept submissions directly for the youtube channel or for video content like tiktok, stories, or reels… these guidelines apply to static review posts made by me on the @zinereviews instagram page.

+ Let me know how I should credit you: include a note with your Instagram handle, website, and (if applicable) your email or P.O. Box address for trades. If your zine is for sale, let me know how much it costs and where I can tell folks to buy it.

+ If your zine is text-heavy and in a language I cannot read, I might pass it along to someone else and ask them to review it. (I’m a native English speaker, and I’m currently learning French.)

+ If you send me a zine promoting hate speech, discrimination, or fascist ideologies, it’s going in the trash.

+ Unfortunately, I can’t return submissions… Most submissions will be donated to a zine library. However, if I am unable to review your self-published work, I will try and return it to you (unless it’s full of hate speech. Then, as I mentioned above, it’s going straight into the trash.)

To submit a zine for review, please send it to:

Dayna M.
P.O. Box 413195
Kansas City, MO 64141 USA

PS: If you are sending your zines in a rigid, cardboard envelope that is 8.5″ x 11″ or larger, please send me an when you drop your zines in the mail (esp. if the post office gives you tracking info!) I’ve had some issues with my post office returning zines that are in cardboard envelopes larger than my P.O. Box. — I’m hoping that by keeping a close eye on tracking, I can prevent any more zines from being returned. Thank you!

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