UK Zine Fairs currently taking applications ⬇️ #diyzines
a photo of a women with brown and green hair smiling, surrounded with birthday related pixel art. Reads: it's my birthday! 15% off everything in the shop for the rest of the week with the code: birthday26
It's my birthday tomorrow! Showing you some rare face to celebrate with a lil discount code for you all (confession: I would like some extra funds to help me go do some fun things).
Just use the code 'birthday26' at checkout ('26 for the year, definitely not my age) penfightdistro.com #diyzines
august 1st scunny zine fest
zine club 19 march my goodness @ quay co-op, T12X867 (plus a drawing of a frog)
Small update to the UK and Ireland zine events calendar: penfightdistro.com/zine-events/ #diyzines
Poster with text: this zine will be ace. Open call for art and writing all about ace/aro/demi/grey identity
Poster with text: what: art, comics, writing, poetry, playlists, recipes or anything that would work on an a6 page. Submit either a finished work, a work in progress or an early idea
Poster with text: who: anyone who identifies as somewhere under the ace/aro/demi/grey umbrella. Submissions can be anonymous. This us a queer and trans inclusive project.
Poster with text: when: send in any works in progress/ideas by end of may. Complete works by end of june. Exact print schedule tbd hope to be released september 2026. How: submit via google form more details below (in the text post)
More details and submission info here, text posts incoming.
Google form: forms.gle/2uve388EQSQY...
#DIYzines #compilationzine #opencall #zines
a hand holding 2 zines with the title "prompts for working class zine makers" one is in blue the other in hot pink
new zine 🩷🩵 prompts for working class zine makers - a pink/blue/black riso (colours come randomly) zine with prompts and ideas designed for working class people who want to make zines.
Sliding scale price too: penfightdistro.com/shop/prompts... #diyzines
a screenshot of the new pen fight website with 'new website' written across it
Thrilled to say the Pen Fight website is back after a month of spending many hours doing lots of boring things on it to make it look and work much better for you. Check it out for lots of queer feminist zine goodness penfightdistro.com #diyzines
a display of zines on some colourful peg boards, surrounded with shelves of books
lots of zines hanging on pegboards
a teal chalkboard with opening times for a shop and upcoming events
people browsing a small shop
Getting nostalgic for the days when Pen Fight existed as a real-life shop (even if it did lose me money that year) #diyzines #zines
Daughters of Carmilla - carmilladistro.noblogs.org
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the front of a zine, titled: get to know your friends, a zine to fill in and share. There's a space at the top to write your name, and 2 cartoon characters looking happy and holding flowerpots
New supporter reward up on my ko-fi: Get to Know Your Friends - a zine to fill in and share. A downloadable zine that asks about tangible things that will hopefully help you & your friends get closer + be able to support each other better. #diyzines
Get it here: ko-fi.com/penfight
a bunhc of zines laid out with titles like: sorry seems to be the hardest word, brick: a zine about abortion, it's no big deal, please reconsider!
Had a couple of days of re-printing zines 📚 and went through a hell of a lot of toner. #diyzines
I also updated my online zine padlet which is a collection for places you can find zines online for free #diyzines padlet.com/penfightdist...
a zine cover with the title "get to know your friends: a zine to fill in and share" there's images of 2 people holding flower pots
a lil work in progress - a fillable zine to help to get to know your friends better #DIYzines
A large hall with 7 rows of tables, filled with exhibitors and visitors. There are large pillars along the longitudinal walls.
I've tried to capture the size of the Expozine #ZineFair in Montreal. I'm still missing a third of the fair in this frame. #DIYzines #Zines
My most recent #DIYzine #DIYzines on my ko-fi!
One of them is free to download about how to do IRL zine trades, and another is a short story zine (check the CWs)!
ko-fi.com/s/3284983a21
ko-fi.com/s/468110e1de
zine maker speed friending, nov 15th 2025, book your place now! at MMU
Zine and small press makers of Manchester (UK) and beyond! I'm going to be running a session of speed friending on November 15th just for you. Come meet folks in a low pressure environment and bring some zines along to trade if you have them www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/zine-maker... #diyzines
a hand holding copies of the same zine in different coloured paper. it reads: notes for working class zine makers (and why you should be one)
Notes for Working Class Zine Makers (and why you should be one too) ✍️
If you've caught me at a zine fair lately you might have seen one of my new zines. Well now they're up on the online store - with cheaper copies available for working class people. #DIYzines
penfightdistro.com/shop/notes-f...
Writing a zine related glossary or terms and FAQ - is there anything you think I should include? Any questions you have about zines you'd like answered? #diyzines
a graphic that reads: call for contributions! pen Fight 10 years birthday zine, deadline Nov 1st
Call for Contributions - entries in any medium for a 10 Years of Pen Fight birthday zine! More information here: penfightdistro.com/pen-fight-is...
#DIYzines
came across this gif I handmade 10 years ago 😊 #DIYzines
the copy of Resistance! Kes’s quick guide to anti-trans oppression and resistance in the UK. There is a drawing of a person protesting and many protest banners in the background
Resistance! Kes’s quick guide to anti-trans oppression and resistance in the UK is a new zine up on the store for sliding scale down to £0.
penfightdistro.com/shop/resista... #DIYzines
4 issues of the zine "greebo", the issue at the front which is most visible is pink on a black background with an image of a skeleton in a kinda laid back position. it reads: Greebo, art - music - poetry
New in stock! 4 issues of GREEBO an alternative queer zine celebrating music, art, literature and culture.
🩻 penfightdistro.com/product-tag/...
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a large badge that reads "boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that's why I make zines on company time" with a yellow star shape and pink outline in the background.
finally made some riso-printed badges #diyzines
a round yellow sticker that says " I traded zines today"
I made these 💫 reward stickers 💫 for giving out to people when they trade zines with me at fairs! I don't experience zine trades anywhere near as much as I used to so I'll be doing some things to encourage it a bit more #DIYzines
Come for the books, #zines and workshops, stay for the Fully Automated Luxury Trans Space #Anarchism🏴 !
#DIYzines #bookfair #zinefair