From the Zines and Zinesters Discord server, here's a new zine making jam to celebrate 1000 server members! Don't know what a zine is? Well, traditionally, a zine is a self-published booklet, generally made and distributed by one person or small group of people. Zines have their own underground subculture devoted to making, buying, trading, and collecting them. Most zines are made with photocopiers or home printers and stapled or sewed together by hand. Some people make zines without the use of any computers. Zines are about DIY, about community, about writing whatever you want without worrying about having to go through gatekeepers. Anyone can make a traditional zine as long as they have access to paper and writing implements, or a phone, tablet, or computer!

This jam's theme is "growth", which was the top voted potential theme in the Zines and Zinesters Discord! Interpret "growth" however you'd like. You can write perzines (zines of personal writing), make a photo or art or comic zine, write an informational zine, or anything else you can think of! You may work with a team or by yourself.

Some ideas for interpretations of the theme:

• coming of age
• growing plants
• becoming a better person
• changes in identity over time
• unwelcome growths (medical or otherwise)
• improvement at a skill
• recovery and healing
• children getting older
• babies being born
• businesses growing
• scope creep on projects
• problems getting bigger
• farming sim video games
• character progression in rpgs

If you want to join the Zines and Zinesters Discord server, here's an invite: https://discord.gg/DrRyFx9

Rules:

• None! (Well... it has to be suitable for Itch. And no hate speech or jam spam!)
• You can submit something you started previously!
• You can submit something unfinished!
• You can submit a small zine!
• You can submit a super long zine!
• You can submit a paid zine or a free one or a pay what you want zine!
• You can submit a placeholder page!
• You can submit a page with a link to where your physical zine can be bought!
• If you are open to physical or digital zine trades, consider listing your contact info on the project page!
• Have fun!

If you want something to build off of, here's some resources about making zines traditionally and digitally or a mix of both:

• https://metaparadox.itch.io/lets-make-a-zine
• https://metaparadox.itch.io/affinity-publisher-zine-templates
• https://metaparadox.itch.io/scribus-zine-templates
• https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Zine_Making
• http://www.rookiemag.com/2012/05/how-to-make-a-zine/
• https://www.creativebloq.com/print-design/make-your-own-zines-11410390
• https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Zine
• http://wemakezines.com/zines-101/
• http://www.instructables.com/id/Guide-To-Zine-Making/
• https://thecreativeindependent.com/guides/how-to-make-a-zine/
• http://zinelibraries.info/running-a-zine-library/intro-to-zines/
• https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+to+make+a+zine
• https://zcmag.xyz/zine-idea-generator/
• Designing Zines With Canva - www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU87M7Ez3Ks

Hope everyone has a good time!

Olivia Montoya