Welcome

Welcome to the Chicago Zine Fest's website.

 

 

We'd like to continue to thank everyone who made CZF 2010 happen. 

 

The organizers of the Chicago Zine Fest would like to thank Quimby's Bookstore, Johalla Projects, Columbia College's Fiction Department, Renegade Handmade, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Sara Drake, the Gadabout Film Festival, Jeffrey Brown, Lilli Carre, Greg Means, Anne Elizabeth Moore, John Porcellino, all of our donors, everyone who gave us advice, everyone who came to our open meetings, our exhibitors, readers, art show participants, workshop facilitators, and everyone who came to check out the fest.  Please take a moment to recognize the hard work of our volunteers who helped promote and run the fest, they totally rock.


We would like to extend a special thank you to a few individuals without whom, there probably would be no zine fest.  John Wawrzaszek, Liz Mason and Darcy Dahl worked harder than they should have, and for that we are in their debt.

 

You can see photos from CZF 2010 on our flickr pool.

 

Please enjoy site, consider contributing to our forums or commenting on blogs. We encourage you to register / login (note: you can also login by scrolling to the bottom of any page and clicking "login").

Planning for CZF 2011 Has Begun!

We've officially had our first planning meeting for the Chicago Zine Fest 2011! We're very excited to be able to get the ball rolling a bit earlier this year so we have more time to plan this whole thing! 

 

We'll be planning some fundraisers soon, so keep an eye on this blog so you don't miss out! We want to try to keep FUNdraising fun! Some ideas we have include an outdoor movie series, bake sales, benefit concerts, and perhaps even zinester speed dating?  Yeah, we might go there. If you'd like to help raise funds for CZF, we'd LOVE for you to set up an event in our honor. Or you can start volunteering early by helping us run a fundraising event that we've set up. Shoot us an e-mail at chicagozinefest@gmail.com if you want to help us get this started. Last year was our first time planning an event this big and even though we tried to keep expenses as small as possible, things still came up! We have a much better idea of what our budget might look like for 2011. Last year's experience will only make planning for this year much easier. 

 

We've set up a mailing list for general announcements. Don't worry, this will be a low volume mailing list! We'll use it to announce upcoming CZF related events or volunteer opportunities. It'll also be the very first place that you'll hear that table registration has opened! Last year, table space sold out pretty fast. Being on the mailing list is a surefire way to make sure you get to reserve space for 2011. To join the mailing list, either fill out the contact form here or send us an e-mail at chicagozinefest@gmail.com to let us know you'd like to be added. 

 

Lastly, two great ways to stay informed about all things CZF are to add us on Twitter or join the CZF Facebook Group!

 

It was great to talk to a lot of you at Printer's Ball and at the Strangelight DIY Fair. Expect to see our smiling faces around more often from this point on. 

 

 

 

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