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Mae Undead of Gimme Brains!!! Distro created a wonderful zine for the 2007 24 Hour Zine Thing Challenge. You can read a review of her zine and see a picture of the inside below!

Name: Mae Undead
City: San Jose, CA
Zine Goal: I wanna try to write a fiction zine this time. I usually
write personal zines.

Read the review below by clicking on the link!
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For the second week of the 2011 24 Hour Zine Thing, we will be featuring a variety of zine reviews each day from past years. Hopefully the reviews and cover/inside scans will inspire you on your own 24 hour zine-making journey!

We will start off today’s review post with a wonderful zine completed during the 2007 24 Hour Zine Thing by Amber. Amber has written her perzine Culture Slut since 2004, and created a compilation zine called Fight Boredom in 2007, dedicated to featuring ideas on how to fight boredom and appreciate the wonderful aspects of living in a small town. She also runs Fight Boredom Distro, and maintains her blog, Hello Amber!

Name: Amber Farthing
City: Lindsay, Ontario
Zine Goal: Just to write a good zine, I guess. I write a perzine
called Culture Slut and I currently have nine issues out. Issue ten
will be done in 24 hours.

I’m still amazed that Amber was able to conquer the 2007 24 Hour Zine Thing challenge by creating the 10th issue of her zine, Culture Slut, within only 24 hours. Neatly handwritten capitalized letters fill the light blue pages of her zine, along with torn scrap paper pasted underneath stickers, stamps and clip arts. The text itself reads a lot like a letter from a good friend, with one topic leading to another, and then another, such as Amber’s fondness of lists, the “art parties” she throws, pop culture, and feelings about life, the future, and a little bit of everything in between.

Congratulations to all of you for surviving the first week of the 2011 24 Hour Zine Thing! A few participants have already posted on the Facebook page about their finished zines, and I’m sure there are more of you out there sitting on finished zines! Please feel free to post pictures, ask questions, spread advice and help each other out!

Two events have been confirmed this week!

24 Hour Zine Thing at The Olympia Timberland Library with Gumar and His Magical Midi Band!
Date: 7/29/2011, 1:00 PM- 9:00 PM
Location: 313 8th Ave SE, Olympia WA map
Phone: 360-352-0595
Email: zines@trl.org

Your 24HZT challenge: to make a 24-page zine from conception to completion in 24 hours straight. Drop in to the library’s meeting room between 1 and 7 p.m. to use the library’s resources and work with zinester volunteers to create your zine. Supplies provided include recycled magazines, glue sticks, long armed staplers, typewriters, paper, and of course a copy machine. All are welcome to read at the Zinester Open Mike at 7 p.m., to be followed by an epic dance party with Gumar and His Magical Midi Band. All ages and levels of experience are welcome. Supplies will be provided, but feel free to bring materials to use or share.

Samizdat Zine Library Opening and 24 Hour Zine Challenge Event!
When? Saturday, July 16th, 2011 7pm-10pm
Where? The Archive on Cherokee Street STL, 3215 Cherokee Street, Saint Louis, MO 63118 map

Samizdat will begin something of a residency at The Archive during the Cherokee Street Stroll

Please stop by for a number of incentives:
-poetry/zine readings (beginning at 8)
-crafts&art for show&sale
-become a member of the library and get to take zines home with you
-see a really cool banner
-be part of the CHEROKEE COLLABORATIVE ZINE we will be producing
-(potentially) see some awesome (maybe) musical performances
-kombucha cocktails&snacks !
-sign up for the national 24 HOUR ZINE CHALLENGE
-more (possibly)

if you want to participate in anyway (show yer art, play yer tunes, read yer words, bring food, etc.) contact:
samizdatzinelibrary@gmail.​com

Samizdat Zine Library Blog
Samizdat Zine Library Facebook Event Page

And if you are in the Richmond, Virginia area this weekend, don’t forget to stop by The Wingnut for the 24 Hour Zine Challenge event sponsored by the Richmond Zine Fest!

Richmond Zine Fest 24 Hour Zine Challenge
When: Friday, July 8th at 6 PM – Saturday, July 9th at 6 PM
Where: The Wingnut, 2005 Barton Ave. / Richmond, VA. 23222 / USA map

If you attend any of the events, be sure to take pictures and post them to the Facebook page!

Today officially begins the 2011 24 Hour Zine Thing! For the next month, participants all around the world will be devoting a full 24 hours (and a lot of coffee, sweat, and tears) to the creation of a wonderful zine that they can call their own. There are already many events scheduled throughout the United States for people to meet up and share ideas, food and supplies while creating their zine into the wee hours of the night. Here are the confirmed events so far:

Richmond Zine Fest 24 Hour Zine Challenge
When: Friday, July 8th at 6 PM – Saturday, July 9th at 6 PM
Where: The Wingnut, 2005 Barton Ave. / Richmond, VA. 23222 / USA map

3rd Annual Portland Zine Symposium 24 Hour Zine Challenge
When: July 16th at 10:00am until July 17th at 10:00am
Where: The Independent Publishing Resource Center, 917 SW Oak St. #218 / Portland, OR. 97205 / USA map

Planning an event? Send the details to 24hourzines[at]gmail.com and I will post it on this website, the 24 Hour Zine Thing Facebook Page, and our Google calendar, which should be up on the site shortly!

What better way to celebrate this wonderful month of zines than a Pin Design Contest? One pin design will be chosen to grace the front of the 2011 24HZT Participant Pins, which will be given to each participant that successfully completes a 24 hour zine this month. The wonderful Alex Wrekk of Small World Buttons will be assembling the pins. Here are the requirements:

1. The words “24 Hour Zine Thing” and “2011″ must be incorporated into the design in someway.
2. Please follow these guidelines from Alex for the file formats when submitting your design:
“INFO ABOUT THE TEMPLATE
-The template is a lot larger in size but smaller in dpi (dots per inch) when you download it and it will be a .jpg file. Don’t worry about that when you download it. When you finish you design you can either send it as it is or make it 1.3″ x 1.3″ and 300 dpi.
– If you would like a more detailed template that you can open with layers, which you might need for things like writing on the edge of the button, I can e-mail you that template instead.

FILE TYPE
– I can accept most file types like: .jpg .gif .pdf
– I prefer the .tif format because it retains the colors well.”
3. You may submit as many designs as you would like!
4. All submissions must be received by midnight EST on July 22nd, 2011. You can submit the appropriate file type to 24hourzines[at]gmail.com

Here is the link to the template you can use for your designs: 24HZT – 2011 Pin Design Contest Template

The lucky winner will receive a bunch of the printed pins, as well as a gift bag from Avocado Tree Distro.

And finally, don’t forget that July is also International Zine Month

Thank you to everyone who has sent emails about this years event, there has been a huge interest in this years event. We have tons of zine libraries and bookstores currently working on setting up great events all over the world to celebrate the 24 Hour Zine Thing! If you are organizing an event and would like to spread the word, send the details to 24hourzines[at]gmail.com and I will post them onto this website and create a Facebook event on our Official Facebook Page.

If you plan to participate in this year’s event, be sure to visit the Sign Up Page, and be sure to check this website and our Facebook page for all the latest news!

As of last Tuesday, October 5th, all of the Participant Pins have been sent out! I apologize for such a long delay in getting all of the pins sent out, it has been a hectic past few months. Here is a list of the pins that were sent out this week:

1. Kagey, Canada
2. Ivone, Portugal
3. Hannah, Australia
4. Calvin, Canada
5. Aisling, NH
6. Rick, MA
7. Denise, TX
8. Julia, Canada
9. Antonio, Brazil

Now things are finally beginning to slow down, which means you can look forward to seeing new scans and reviews within the coming weeks!

Many of you have expressed interest in some type of newsletter, and I would be more than happy to put one together! If you are interested in receiving a once-a-month e-mail, filled with all the latest 24HZT news, scans and reviews of past zines, and other great tidbits, then please send an e-mail to 24hourzines[at]gmail.com with “Newsletter” in the subject line. If you have any ideas for the newsletter or there is something specific that you would like to see in the newsletters, feel free to include that in your e-mail! I want to make sure this newsletter is helpful and inspirational, and will help with whatever creative blocks might come up next July.

Also! I have noticed there have been a few people still signing up for the event. Please remember that the Official 24 Hour Zine Thing event only occurs during the month of July, and any zines made during other months will not qualify for the event. That does not mean that you should not create 24 hour zines throughout the year! If you have created a 24 hour zine during any other time than July and would like to share your creation, you are more than welcome to send in a copy, but please note that you will not receive a 24 Hour Zine Thing Participant Pin. Sorry for any inconvenience, but sadly the event only occurs during the month of July each year. Any sign-ups received after July 31st at 11:59pm will be added to the next year’s Sign Up sheet. If you completed a zine during the month of July 2010, I have already received your zine, and you did not sign up through the website, just send me an e-mail and we can add your information to the current year’s list!

Congratulations to all of these brave challengers that agreed to resist sleep and dedicate one full day to the art of zine making during the month of July 2010. Here is a complete list of all the zines that have been received for this year’s event up to the deadline, Friday, August 20th, 2010!

2010 24 Hour Zine Thing Completed Zines:
1. Pilgrim by Rachel
2. Razor Sharp Haze Daze by Sandra
3. Tick Tock Biological Clock #2 by Jolie
4. Syndicate Product by A.j.
5. Journey to Create by Brenda
6. Teen Film Cliches by Chiara
7. If You Like Penguins by Dawn
8. My Life Lessons for You by Katharine
9. Fever Dream by Alexandra
10. The Dark Room by Amanda
11. Marked for Life #6 by Sage
12. The Routes We Wander by Lee
13. I Wipe My Butt With the Bible by Samantha
14. Miss Information by Evelyn
15. Requesting the Pleasure of Your Company by Kelly
16. Rant Boy by Calvin
17. Caravan #22.5 by Rick
18. Nothing Last Forever by Antonio
19. Kankedort by Kagey
20.Ladybug by Ivone
21. Fly Like a Biplane by Hannah
22. Empties by Julia
23. The Electro by Aisling
24. Funeral In My Brain by Denise

If you have sent in your zine but do not see it listed above, please send me an e-mail at 24hourzines[at]gmail.com. The Participant Pin supply is running low, but will be reordered sometime this week, and the rest of them will go out tomorrow. Thank you again to everyone that participated and helped to support the event. If you have any pictures or descriptions of events, you may also send those to 24hourzines[at]gmail.com. Check back often for more cover and inside scans and reviews!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2010 24 Hour Zine Thing challenge and have already sent in their zines! So far 17 zines have been received, and all the pins have been sent out to those participants. Please remember that all zines completed for this year’s 24 Hour Zine Thing Challenge must be received by Friday, August 20th, 2010. If you have not sent your zine, or do not think that your zine will arrive by the deadline, please send an e-mail to 24hourzines[at]gmail.com, and we can make arrangements. Once all the zines are received, I will post a list of all the zines received for this year, as well as begin with reviews of completed zines. Continue checking back to this website, as well as the Facebook page, to see all the entries!

All completed zines should be sent to this address:

Raven / 24 Hour Zine Thing
PO Box 2001
Abingdon, Va. 24210
USA

This year’s event is finally over, and the zines are slowly rolling in. Congratulations to everyone that participated in the event and completed their 24 hour zine! And thank you to everyone who participated and helped to support the event. All pins waiting to be sent will be mailed out in the morning, and please remember that the deadline for me to receive all 24 hour zines completed for this year’s event is Friday, August 20th, 2010.

If you organized an event and have pictures and follow-up information to share, please send all information to 24hourzines[at]gmail.com, and all completed zines may be sent to the address below:

Raven / 24 Hour Zine Thing
PO Box 2001
Abingdon, VA. 24210
USA

Thanks again to everyone for helping to make this year’s event the best ever!